??465: Chapter 465: Transporting Experintal Samples
465: Chapter 465: Transporting Experintal Samples
Weiwei stopped taking her anger out on the cake, but her complexion clearly soured as she stared coldly at the woman opposite her.
The woman seed unfazed, lifting her finger to sip her tea before saying, “Be good.”
The man sitting opposite her took the knife from Weiwei’s hand, “Children shouldn’t play with such dangerous things.”
Weiwei said nothing, and soon her complexion returned to a rosy hue, and she beca cheery again, scampering around the carriage.
It wasn’t long before she made her way to the rear carriage.
Through two sets of doors, one could not hear voices, but Xu Huo felt her stopping briefly in front of three players, seemingly standing for a mont before quickly moving on, then heading to the next carriage.
However, the players in this carriage were clearly not as easygoing, and soon she was chased out, escorted back by two players from the second carriage.
The little girl’s skirt was sared with blood stains, and the players from the second carriage told her parents, “It’s best not to let the child wander around, there are so Cannibal Players in the third carriage, it’s not safe for her being so young.”
“Yes, so Cannibal Players specifically target young girls,” added another.
“Thank you so much,” the woman stood up to thank them, and politely invited them to a al, but the two declined; instead, they gave Weiwei so food and toys.
Anyone of sound mind could see sothing was amiss.
Last night, this couple nearly killed all the players in the second carriage, and today they were able to converse amiably, even showing kindness—sincere in their deanor—to a little girl who was clearly a player.
The two parties were obviously strangers; even without last night’s fight, the current scene should not have occurred.
After the two players left, Weiwei happily played with the items they had given her, showing them off to Xu Huo, “Uncle, look, isn’t this fun?
It turns out adults are different too.”
Adults do differ, and children are not necessarily the sa either.
Xu Huo ignored her and put on his eye mask to catch up on sleep.
By the afternoon, more players had boarded the train, with ten alone in the second carriage, and these people carried coffin-like tal boxes; two of them had their hands and the coffins fused together by so thod, while the other eight either stood or sat around the coffin.
“These people look formidable,” Dr.
Deng noted, paying attention to their attire.
The ten people were dressed similarly, the last ti such a group appeared was from the Ga Governnt’s Orbital Supply Departnt.
“Who are these people?” Weiwei asked curiously.
Xu Huo’s expression shifted slightly as he responded, “They might be so sort of Player Organization.”
“They’re so strange, carrying a coffin with them.”
Generally, items can be stored in the luggage compartnt, and if they can’t be stored, they’re either bodies or living things.
“I’ll go ask!” Weiwei said and was about to leave, but at that mont, one of the players stood up and walked to the front of the carriage, sealing the carriage door—the tal plates on both sides of the window automatically grew towards the center, blocking the view, and then the door fra also lted and reford, completely sealing the door shut.
Weiwei stood in the transition carriage, gaping, and then had no choice but to return.
Inside the carriage, her father spoke, “Don’t run around everywhere, what if they hurt you?”
“Then you kill them,” Weiwei sat down, resting her chin on her hands, “I want to know what’s really inside that thing.”
The two adults wore expressions of disapproval, while the other four players seed to be enjoying the scenery outside the window, apparently paying no attention to the second carriage at all.
They’re quite convincing in their act.
This group was briefly highly focused when the ten people boarded, their gaze involuntarily fixating on the coffin.
A simple curiosity to look a bit longer is no issue, but deliberately avoiding it really gives the ga away.
Dr.
Deng suddenly gave him a knowing glance.
Xu Huo understood and took a cigarette to the attendants-only passage.
Dr.
Deng followed him out, “Use that soundproofing prop again.”
“Speak.” Xu Huo glanced at Weiwei, who was peering around the door.
Dr.
Deng cautiously covered his mouth and nose with the smoking pose and said, “Those people might be the ard escort personnel of Stellar dical.”
Xu Huo took a puff of his cigarette, “The company that develops the ga?”
“Exactly,” Dr.
Deng took a deep breath, “Stellar dical is ostensibly a healthy potion company, but in reality, many of its projects use live humans.”
Xu Huo wasn’t surprised by this point; so many aliens were already good research subjects, and if there were mutant samples, there naturally needed to be normal human samples as well.
“The ard escort generally transports very important experintal subjects, and it might even be a living person,” Dr.
Deng appeared sowhat anxious, “The few odd players in first class are probably here for the experintal subjects, and there may be other players boarding later.”
“Really hit the bad luck lottery, why did it have to be this kind of situation.”
“Can’t you stay out of it?” Xu Huo said.
Dr.
Deng had a strained look, “It could turn into a disaster.”
“You know what’s outside the tracks, the best case is empty and uninhabited, but if there’s a Different Species Group…”
“Then we’ve got big trouble,” Xu Huo’s expression darkened.
Near the tracks, tickets might not be of any use, and not only if they encountered a Different Species Group, even if they encountered nothing at all, they could still face oxygen shortage, radiation poisoning, food scarcity, and if the tickets couldn’t be used, they might not be able to get through to the random instance three months later.
“Maybe the situation isn’t that bad,” said Xu Huo, “Even if soone wants to snatch the sample, they’ll at least need to ensure they can leave.”
“I’ve worked at Stellar dical, and the chances of vehicle destruction and casualties aren’t low,” Dr.
Deng said with a look of remorse.
Xu Huo knew what he was thinking–he regretted boarding this train.
“People can’t predict the future; choosing a different train might not have been any better than now.”
He paused and summoned an attendant to ask if there were any empty carriages.
“The last carriage and the sixth carriage are already empty.”
Xu Huo gave him so money, “Could you do
a small favor?”
He stated his request, but the attendant had to check with the chef first.
A few minutes later, the attendant returned and, using the excuse of inviting passengers to sample new dishes, consolidated the few remaining players in the seventh and eighth carriages into the sixth carriage, with Xu Huo footing the al cost.
For Xu Huo, this was an unexpected boon, so he proceeded to the rear carriages and made so simple arrangents.
Dr.
Deng was waiting at the front for him, and when Xu Huo returned, he asked anxiously, “Do you really have a solution?”
Xu Huo gave him a glance, “If I didn’t, could you jump off the train?”
Dr.
Deng choked on his words.
As they walked back, they unexpectedly ran into Weiwei’s father, who was also heading to the rear carriages.
Xu Huo looked at him but said nothing, nor did he turn around to see which carriage he actually went to.
Dr.
Deng couldn’t help looking back and saw the player staring at them, which scared him into hurrying forward.
“He didn’t enter the carriage,” Dr.
Deng whispered to Xu Huo.
Xu Huo expected he wouldn’t enter; the player must have learned from the attendant that the rear carriages were cleared out, and since he had spent money, he certainly wouldn’t do nothing.
At this point, to play it safe, the player likewise wouldn’t rashly step in.
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