109: Chapter 109 The Death Train Reappears
The Black African Continent.
This ancient and wild land had also failed to escape the catastrophe.
Through the vision of the Blood Crow Servants, Lin Chuan saw one revived taboo source after another, as well as taboo mediums.
But what caught his attention most was at the very center of that continent.
A tree grew there.
An indescribably twisted, monstrous tree.
It was tens of thousands of feet high. Its trunk was not made of wood, but of countless tangled masses of black flesh and blood, constantly writhing and pulsating as if it were a giant heart.
Its branches were like countless tentacles reaching toward the sky, hung with translucent vesicles.
Inside each vesicle, an unspeakable, horrifying embryo was being nurtured.
"This aura..."
Inside the Rebirth Temple, Lin Chuan's gaze narrowed slightly.
Even across thousands of miles, he could feel the ancient evil radiating from that tree.
That level of existence... was not even inferior to the Mysterious Old Man who had left a handprint on his chest!
Most importantly, Lin Chuan discovered that this tree was not a medium, but a slumbering, unknown taboo source!
Eventually, Lin Chuan withdrew his focus and stopped paying attention to that strange tree.
Through the perspective of each Blood Crow Servant, he continued to explore various parts of the world.
Finally, after spending a full half-month and losing hundreds of Blood Crow Servants, he barely managed to map out the current general layout of the world.
Except for the West Continent, which was shrouded in gray mist and impossible to peep into.
The other continents were basically overrun by taboos and spreading calamities!
After gaining Control over everything, Lin Chuan projected a wisp of his will onto the coughing ghoul clone.
At this moment.
The sea region of Neon Country.
The dragon boat passed through the pink mist and slowly approached one of the four main islands of Neon Country... Iyo Island.
The mist here was more than ten times denser than in other areas, as thick as diluted blood plasma, carrying a nauseatingly strange fragrance.
"Ugh..."
As soon as the dragon boat approached the coastline, muffled groans sounded from within the cabin.
An omnipresent suppression of rules instantly descended upon everyone!
Thump! Thump!
Several Ghost Controllers with only B-grade strength collapsed directly to the ground, eyes rolling back and foaming at the mouth.
The ghosts within their bodies had actually crashed at this moment!
It was like a machine being unplugged, losing all movement entirely.
"What overbearing rules..."
On the deck, White Rose's face turned slightly pale.
The noble demeanor she had always maintained now appeared somewhat stiff.
She could feel the taboo power within her being frantically compressed, trembling as if encountering a terrifying natural predator.
Zhou Kai also frowned deeply.
The prophecy pen in his hand was vibrating wildly, the ink flowing from the tip doodling randomly in the Void Realm, every symbol showing omens of "extreme misfortune."
But having already arrived here, everyone could only grit their teeth and endure the fear deep within their Souls, jumping off the dragon boat one by one to step onto the island.
However.
When they truly saw the scene on the island, everyone was stunned.
"This... what's going on?"
Petrovsky's eyes widened in disbelief.
The scene on the island was not the ruins and sea of corpses he had imagined.
Instead, it was a scene of... peace!!
In the distant villages, cooking smoke curled upwards.
In the farmlands, farmers wearing straw hats were working diligently.
On the small paths, children carrying schoolbags were playing and frolicking.
One could even hear the sounds of roosters crowing and dogs barking from afar.
Everything looked perfectly normal.
But that was precisely what was most abnormal!
Because Neon Country had already completely fallen months ago.
"Fake... it's all fake..."
A Ghost Controller with the ability to "Predict the Future" suddenly spoke while trembling.
Bloody tears flowed from his eyes; he had clearly seen some terrifying truth.
Just then.
Woo——!!!
A shrill, long whistle of a steam engine abruptly sounded, breaking this eerie silence.
Immediately after.
Space rippled like water.
An extremely old, rust-covered green train actually emerged out of thin air, defying gravity as it hovered half a meter above the ground.
Screech!!
The train came to a steady stop in front of everyone.
The carriage door, covered in black handprints, slowly slid open with a tooth-gritting grinding sound.
The interior of the carriage was pitch black, making it impossible to see inside.
Only from the old-fashioned loudspeaker installed on the roof came a raspy, mechanical female voice that seemed to carry electrical interference:
"This train... is bound for... Capital City..."
"Passengers... please... board in an orderly manner..."
Capital City!
Hearing these two words, the pupils of everyone present shrank violently.
Before Neon Country fell, Capital City had been the largest city within the Dongsheng Continent region!
And now, it was very likely the location of the source of the pink mist!
"The death train..."
Zhou Kai instantly recognized the origin of this vehicle.
After all, he had taken this train not long ago.
"To board? Or not to board?"
Petrovsky hesitated slightly, subconsciously looking at the priest projection behind him.
The priest did not speak, only silently gripping the shrunken Black Church in his hand a bit tighter.
While everyone was hesitating.
In the crowd, the coughing ghoul clone controlled by Lin Chuan suddenly moved.
The Coughing Ghoul bent its back and, with its stiff legs, became the first to board the train.
"Follow him!"
Seeing this, a sharp light flashed in Zhou Kai's eyes.
He knew that was Lin Chuan's guidance.
Since the True Buddha had boarded the train, there was no need for him to worry.
The people from the Land of Rebirth on the Other Shore no longer hesitated and followed closely, entering one after another.
"We're going too!"
Petrovsky gritted his teeth and led the Shaven Empire team to rush up as well.
The massive Black Church quickly shrank to three inches tall and floated into the carriage.
In an instant, only the Yanlong Empire team was left on the spot.
Seeing this, White Rose's expression became somewhat ugly.
"Hmph."
White Rose let out a cold snort, her heart filled with dissatisfaction.
In her view, the coughing ghoul clone controlled by Lin Chuan had actually boarded the train on its own without consulting her... this was ignoring her as the overall commander of the team!
What angered her even more was that the people from the Shaven Empire had also followed the coughing ghoul clone onto the train without hesitation.
"Everyone, follow me!"
"We're boarding too!"
Looking at the Yanlong Empire crowd behind her, White Rose brushed her long hair, stepped in her high heels, and strode into the pitch-black carriage with a biting chill.
As the last person boarded.
Bang!!
The train door slammed shut.
Woo——!!!
Another long whistle from the steam engine sounded.
The old train vibrated slightly and slowly drove into the distance until it completely disappeared into the pink mist.