Chapter 246 Two Minutes to Go
Although Xu Shuo didn't know why the delectable human in its eyes suddenly turned into a foul-smelling Necrophage, the Little Ghost still seemed not to have given up the idea of eating him, salivating black drool while trembling.
Xu Shuo pinched its face and said indifferently, "Do we have time to talk now?"
The Little Ghost was taken aback, the black mist in its eyes shifted, revealing a strangely sly look, and it nodded like a pecking chicken.
Whilst the change inside the carriage was intense, the spread of the Abyss outside was slow and silent.
The girl before the transformation and the Little Ghost after it seemed to possess two different consciousnesses and ways of thinking, and these influences might well be related to the "Abyss."
Xu Shuo locked eyes with it and demanded, "Tell me, when exactly did that Abyss appear?"
"Some time ago,"
it began weakly, its youthful voice, overshadowed by fear, now less offensive and somewhat reminiscent of the little girl's previous state. Explore more stories with empire
The Little Ghost said with a sense of grievance, "I don't know exactly when, but a crack opened up where the train fell, and delicious power started oozing out from it. I became stronger and was able to drive that train on the tracks, something I couldn't do before."
"So you've been conscious for the past ten years, but you couldn't leave that place before?" Xu Shuo narrowed his eyes.
"Yes, yes," the Little Ghost nodded hastily.
"What's the route you take with the train?"
"I can only run on the railroad that passes over this bridge, and if I run too far, my power weakens. No matter how much I run, those living people on the train can't see me."
The Little Ghost lamented its tale before excitedly saying, "But last time, I discovered that you and that guy can get on my train! It's just that something seems to be controlling me, which is quite strange; I don't quite remember..."
That thing is probably the Script Space.
Xu Shuo paid it no mind, his brow furrowed in thought.
In some respects, this world indeed used to be normal.
The existence of the girl might have been akin to that of a Resentful Spirit, and moreover, a Bound Spirit restricted to a certain place and even untouchable by humans, until the crack she mentioned appeared...
In fact, Xu Shuo had entered the Script Space only recently as well.
But before him, the Player Luo Kai had awakened even earlier, and surely, they weren't the only two players on this planet, so any connection between these events was unclear at present.
Xu Shuo looked at the Little Ghost's ugly countenance, repulsed for a moment, then pinched its cheek and queried, "Then what exactly is your purpose in approaching me?"
"I don't know, I just think big brother smells so nice, and I like it a lot," the Little Ghost blinked its eyes as drool flowed again.
"You want to eat just because it smells nice?"
"Aren't delicious-smelling things meant to be eaten?"
"Why don't you eat perfume then!"
Xu Shuo gave a sinister smile, his forcefully pinched fingertips distorting its cheek, causing the stitched Flesh and Blood to burst open, black viscous liquid spilling over his hand.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om
The Little Ghost pouted pitifully, its muffled voice protesting, "I'm not lying, I really like the scent you emit. So I wanted to eat it..."
"So you've had your eye on me for quite some time?" Xu Shuo squinted slightly.
"More or less..."
The Little Ghost looked away guiltily, "I just couldn't figure out why I couldn't ever see you before, and my train never ran into any other living persons. Suddenly I felt like I could meet you, and I just pulled you over."
"How did you pull me?"
"Ah? Just... using the power of the big hole. I felt your Qi and just grabbed like this." The Little Ghost gestured with its paw, "But it was only this time that I felt your Qi."
This time was Xu Shuo's second-level assessment.
In fact, by the time Xu Shuo met the assessment criteria and entered this script, some time had already passed since Luo Kai had extracted the "Green-skin Train."
Logically, it shouldn't have had trouble encountering other living persons.
Contemplating this, Xu Shuo released his grip and continued to question, "How many groups of people have you encountered in this place?"
"What people?" The Little Ghost was happy to continue the conversation.
"The ones that act all strange and perform plays here, and you're supposed to provide them with clues as part of the process, then turn into a monster at the right time."
However, upon hearing his words, the Little Ghost appeared completely befuddled.
Just like the little girl, it had no understanding at all.
It either had no memories of the scripts it had been through before, or perhaps, this script truly hadn't been acted out by anyone before.
Yet, the Little Ghost certainly wasn't following script this time, its thoughts far more complex than an NPC's!
At this moment, the Little Ghost, unable to think of what he was talking about, could not answer, simply looking at him weakly and saying, "I really don't know about this... I'm not lying!"
It even emphasized the last sentence.
Xu Shuo just glanced at it without speaking.
But the next moment, he suddenly turned his head towards the front of the carriage, his expression slightly grave.
Suddenly, the previously trembling Little Ghost's eyes burst with delight!
It struggled violently again, and the Holy Sword that had pinned it down was easily pushed aside, the darkness that had been dispersed surged back fiercely!
Xu Shuo pulled back, watching the Little Ghost, now arrogant and casting aside the Holy Sword, completely shedding its weak, pitiful, and helpless disguise.
Additionally, when he attempted to dissipate the encroaching darkness once more, he was overpowered by the Little Ghost's strength, and within seconds, he was grabbed by a grotesque creature formed from the passengers' flesh and blood and darkness.
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