148: Chapter 148: The Train That Never Stops (Part 17)

So that's how it is!

Wanting to get on the train so urgently...

At a glance, everything was a hazy blur of blood; the entire platform had formed into a giant, blood-colored mist.

Xiao Ye stared outside dazed, lost in thought.

Bai Lin and An Ke stared blankly outside until the darkness before their eyes snapped them back to their senses.

An Ke could only feel her heart thumping wildly, 'thump-thump, thump-thump'.

The next second, she collapsed onto the floor.

“Can we... can we actually get out?”

“Why?”

“Why...”

An Ke held her head, curling herself into a ball.

“An Ke...”

“An Ke...”

An Ke looked up at the person shaking her.

“Bai Lin! What... what did you just call me?”

“What... what is my name?”

“Say it again. Why did I hear it, but I can't remember it?”

An Ke grabbed onto Bai Lin.

To the side, Xiao Ye watched their behavior like a bystander.

Not just An Ke, but Bai Lin also realized something and pushed her away.

He... he actually couldn't remember who he was either!

“Who am I?”

“Where... where am I from?”

Beside Xiao Ye, Cang Bei watched their actions, the corners of his mouth curling up slightly.

He murmured to himself, “Soon, very soon.”

“Just one more to go...”

“What?”

Xiao Ye turned back to stare at Cang Bei.

The smile on his lips had already vanished. At this moment, he looked at Xiao Ye with an innocent face, his eyes full of confusion.

“Xiao Ye, what's wrong with them?”

The corner of Xiao Ye's mouth twitched as she looked at him with profound meaning in her eyes, “You'll find out in a bit~”

After saying that, she continued to watch the two of them.

After she spoke, Cang Bei instead stared at her back with eyes full of doubt.

An Ke clutched her head, shaking it for who knows how long. When she looked up again, her face was completely blank.

“Right, I am a passenger. I am a passenger...”

“...”

“I need to go to... to...”

“Go where?”

At this moment, she looked lost. The next second, she sat down quietly in her seat.

Bai Lin made the same movements as her, slowly walking toward the rear carriage.

The train continued to run slowly, and the entire carriage fell silent.

The darkness outside the train drew closer, and in the next instant, the entire carriage was swallowed by the night.

“Dong...”

“Dong dong...”

The sound of gongs and drums.

The people were nowhere to be seen, only the sound remained.

Around Xiao Ye, there was only a vast white mist. Beyond one meter, nothing could be seen.

Only the sound of gongs and drums could be heard coming from within the mist.

The surrounding mist made it impossible to determine direction, so Xiao Ye had no choice but to walk toward the source of the sound.

The further she walked, the further and more ethereal the sound became.

As Xiao Ye went deeper, the sound finally disappeared altogether.

Now, before her stood a forest.

The mist was quietly fading, and the scene before her became clearer. This place was a graveyard.

As far as the eye could see, graves littered the landscape, surrounded by weeds taller than the mounds that no wildfire could ever burn away.

Xiao Ye lifted her foot, intending to turn and leave, but as soon as that step landed and she looked up, she found herself in the center of the graveyard.

A sense of pressure came from above. In mid-air, above the center of every grave mound, hung a coffin.

The trees from which those coffins hung were all dead and withered, and upon them sat crows that cawed incessantly.

That sound was piercing and carried an aura of unease.

Those withered branches were like skeletons, tightly surrounding Xiao Ye, staring down at her from above.

Xiao Ye took a step to the side. With a 'crackle' sound, the crows paused for an instant.

The next second, all the surrounding crows charged toward Xiao Ye.

When the crows attacked her, she saw clearly that their eyes had been gouged out; no wonder their hearing was so sensitive.

“Ugh, the crows are so cute, why hurt them!”

“I... I'm going to get angry!”

Xiao Ye looked at the crows rushing at her. Every single one was like that—eyes hollow, bodies wreathed in black mist.

Seeing this scene, Xiao Ye's aura became gloomy.

Xiao Ye opened the hong ling umbrella, and a faint layer of light surrounded her. The crows seemed to fear the red light and didn't dare approach her.

Xiao Ye raised her hand, and a ball of red light appeared in her palm. The next second, she reached out toward the crow in front of her.

The crow instinctively tried to peck, but in the next instant, its body was enveloped by a cool aura.

It was completely wrapped in red light. In a flash, the red light dissipated, and the crow began chirping incessantly around Xiao Ye.

And now, its eyes were no longer hollow voids; its tiny eyes revealed the simple nature unique to animals.

The red light no longer repelled it, letting it fly right in. The crow perched on Xiao Ye's shoulder, chirping non-stop.

The next second, it even gently rubbed its head against Xiao Ye's cheek.

Xiao Ye raised her hand and tapped its little head.

“Fine, as you wish.”

The next instant, that crow flew out toward the other crows.

They huddled together, chirping and whispering, saying who knows what.

Then she saw those crows form a line in front of her, standing quietly and obediently in a row.

Xiao Ye was amused by this scene and let out a soft chuckle.

The next instant, a ball of red light gathered in her hand again and flew toward the crows.

Those crows were all surrounded by clusters of red light.

“Master, Master, what are you doing!”

“That is your source power!”

“You're actually using it to save a bunch of weak spirits.”

The flower pot appeared out of thin air. Xiao Ye familiarly extended her hand and caught it.

spider lily shook incessantly in exasperation.

The entire flower pot was shaking along with it.

“Alright, alright, it's fine, just a little bit.”

“Hmph.”

“I'm not looking after you anymore.”

“I really don't understand why you're going to so much trouble to save these weak spirits.”

Xiao Ye looked at the group of joyful little birds before her and smiled slightly, “Because...”

Xiao Ye's lips moved, but she didn't say anything aloud. spider lily couldn't hear what she said either.

Just as it was preparing to lecture her again, the ground began to tremble.

It grew more and more violent.

“Thump.”

“Thump.”

“Thump.”

“...”

Several knocking sounds drew closer and closer.

“Master, look up!”

Xiao Ye looked up, focusing her gaze on the coffins.

“Ooh, looks like I've played a bit too much~”

Xiao Ye grinned brilliantly, staring at the coffins that wouldn't stop moving.

With a loud “Thump”.

The violent vibration ended.

In front of Xiao Ye, a coffin appeared.

“What does this mean?”

“Master, are you asking me?”

“Who else?”

“Am I talking to myself?” Xiao Ye looked down at the spider lily in her hand, freeing a hand to pinch its leaves, applying quite a bit of force.

“Ow, ow, ow!”

“Wuwu, Master, I was wrong. This coffin couldn't be prepared for you, could it?”

After spider lily said this, the first little crow Xiao Ye had healed flew back to her side, perched on her shoulder, and began chirping non-stop again.

“Oh?”

“It really is...”

The corner of Xiao Ye's mouth curled up slightly.