The metro was constantly moving through the dark tunnels, and the sound of passing tracks and the slight bumps of the cars surrounded everyone.
Because the metro never entered another station, Su Zimo, who was sitting in the next-to-last car, could only see the advertisement screens that were lit outside the metro windows. In a normal world, there should be some celebrities or products on the billboards, but the ones in the nightmare world were just blank, a white blur of light as the metro sped past.
Su Zimo sat quietly in the car and figured out some useful information after listening to the complaints of Miss Gan, who was crying in fear.
The boy named Xiao Yuyang was the only veteran on the team, and the vice president of a hiking club. From the age and behavior of the group of people, Su Zimo feels that the hiking club they were talking about should just be an amateur university club.
The girl addressed with âMissâ is called Gan Yuan, a real lady who couldnât even climb a mountain. She once let Xiao Yuyang carry her all the way up a mountain, so after entering the nightmare world, she was full of grievances and fears from the start. Sheâd been crying up until now, testing everyoneâs patience.
In addition to that delicate relationship, there seemed to be the president of the hiking club called Hu Lie, as well as one of Gan Yuanâs roommate in the next car.
Since most of them were busy comforting Gan Yuan, it was impossible for Su Zimo to get any complete information, and knowing this much was already a surprise. However, Su Zimo noticed that there was a boy in the next car who hadnât spoken from the start who was the last among the trainers in the car.
The little skinny boy always stood silently while the others were surrounded by Gan Yuan, saying nothing, showing no expression, always indifferent.
While Su Zimo was watching all of this, the metro that was driving fast started to slow down.
The metro was entering a station again.
âYuanyuan, donât be angry right now. The doors will open again soon, and I donât know what will come in again.â Xiao Yuyangâs voice lowered a lot.
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Su Zimo, who was still in the next car over, thought that he would see an empty platform after entering the station, but found that a platform full of people had appeared outside the metro cars!
To be honest, it was Su Zimoâs first time in the nightmare world that he had seen so many figures other than the trainers, especially this group of figures that didnât look like ghostsâŠ.
Crowded on the platform outside the metro were dozens of students in uniforms. They lined up neatly along the platform, followed by adults who looked like teachers.
Whether it was a student or a teacher, everyone looked at the metro slowly entering the station and smiled. As it entered, they turned their necks like sunflowers, the movement synchronous, and even the smiles on their faces were very similar.
At first glance, it looked like they were going to take the metro for a field trip. Each smile was bright and energetic, but nobody knew why it gave them a creepy feeling.
Su Zimo saw the sign behind the students with the big black words âAmusement Park Stationâ written on it.
âAh, a lot of people!â In the neighboring car, it seemed as if some of them did not feel the strangeness of the figures on the platform. Their tones were somewhat happy, âDid we clear a task?â
âDonât be kidding, nothing has even started yet!â Xiao Yuyang, who was a veteran, was finally not acting stupid. He dragged a girl who was preparing to go forward, Gan Yuanâs female friend and roommate, and pulled the hikers back inside. The members of the club all reached the place furthest away from the doors, and one stressed each word as he said, âLook at the electronic clock on the wall!â
Su Zimo overheard the announcement and found that there was indeed an electronic screen displaying a digital time hanging on the platform wall. It showed that the time in the platform was now 04:14.
âHave you ever seen any students who leave for a field trip so early in the morning?â
At almost the same moment that Xiao Yuyangâs words fell from his mouth, the figures standing outside the metro grinned brighter, and the corners of their mouths kept rising, almost exceeding human limits.
Thatâs not a normal person, thatâs a ghost from the nightmare world!
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âDingââ
At that time, the metro doors opened to both sides.
âWuwu- wu-â The young lady named Gan Yuan seemed to want to say something again, but her mouth was covered by Xiao Yuyang.
âWonât they come in like they did before?â The other boy with acne next to him twitched at the words, obviously frightened by his own imagination.
But the ghosts of the students outside did not move.
They stood motionless outside the doors, only a few steps away from the trainers in the car, until the doors closed again a few minutes later with a âding.â They never moved forward even half a step.
The nightmare world ghosts with the strange smiles, once again uniformly twisted their necks ninety degrees and watched the metro leave, just like the beginning.
âWhat the hell was that!â After the metro re-entered the dark tunnel, Gan Yuan collapsed. âXiao Yuyang, weâll die here, wonât we?â
âWe canât do anything right now.â Even Xiao Yuyang, who was a veteran, was so scared that his lips were pale. âThe task is for us to stay on the metro for two hours. Itâs all we can do.â
âThen after two hours?â
âNobody knowsâŠ..â
âItâs all your fault!â
When Su Zimo took another peek, the scene he saw surprised him.
Miss Gan, who had been crying on the seat, suddenly got up and used strength that seemed to come out of nowhere to push the thin, indifferent boy directly to the ground. There was a loud noise as the back of the victimâs head hit the opposite seat.
âIf it werenât for my father marrying your mother and insisting I have a good relationship with you⊠If it werenât for you, Wu Qing, you jinx, I wouldnât have promised Xiao Yuyang that I would come and climb the stupid mountain! Itâs all your fault!â
Looking at Wu Qing, the boy with a pained expression on the ground, the hiking club members who had been comforting Gan Yuan before avoided his sight as if they couldnât see anything. They even turned around to face another direction. They didnât want to intervene.
It was obvious that the occurrences had nothing to do with the boy named Wu Qing, and that Miss Gan was just venting her anger and fear.
There was a veteran in the team of trainers and a strong man who claimed to be the president of the hiking club, but the final authority was actually the young lady who did nothing but cry and complain.
The only one standing up at the sight turned out to be Su Zimo, who was sitting in the next car and was mistaken for a ghost.
This may be becauseâŠ. Wu Qing, who had fallen to the ground, reminded Su Zimo of Su Hewen when they were children. His brother, who now looked fierce and cold, had such a bad time when he had just become the adopted son of the Su family.
At that time, Su Zimo, who wasnât even as tall as a piano stool, walked with white and tender feet and wanted to save his brother.
But this time was different.
At that time, Su Zimoâs left foot stepped on his right foot, and thanks to Su Hewen rushing over and hugging him, he didnât fall.
Now, when the trainers saw Su Zimo suddenly stand up and stand between the cars, they were all scared and shut their mouths. Donât even mention bullying Wu Qing, they couldnât even dare to show their faces!
Su Zimo held the weird umbrella in his hand for courage. The complicated engraved pattern on the umbrella handle helped with his bluffing. He tapped it on the floor of the car, and the heavy sound of a metal-on-metal collision rang.
As a result, the useless trainers hushed completely.
What Su Zimo didnât realize was that someone noticed his umbrella and couldnât look away.