Coin

The tungsten filament light bulb had been painted red by someone, causing the light it emitted to appear an unusual bright red.

It's not just a matter of lighting.

When this bright red blood falls on the skin, it's as if a red curtain is draped over it, and you can even taste the blood.

The team had just passed through the passage of Waiting Room No. 4 when they all stopped in their tracks.

Even You Zhen, who was a doctor, immediately adopted a strange fighting stance, with her five fingers hanging down in front of her as if they had no bones.

If the areas we had passed through before were all deserted, then what we were seeing now was the complete opposite.

The entire waiting room was packed with people.

Luo Di also thought of a term he had seen in a movie, "Chunyun".

The peeling wooden benches were filled with passengers, all dressed in relatively simple clothes, and many had woven bags with the word "urea" printed on them piled up at their feet.

All the passengers here had their heads down, or rather, their heads were folded up, their faces were folded into their chests, and their cervical vertebrae were bent as if they were about to break.

The dense images were even more eerie under the red light.

But Luo Di didn't spend much time observing these people; instead, he turned his gaze deeper into the waiting room, towards the far end.

Unlike the three waiting rooms that were previously lit up with green lights,

The area at the end is open, with a passageway leading directly to the train platform. This interconnected structure means that the train station can be explored further.

Perhaps arriving at the platform and boarding a train will take you to other corners of the area, or even deeper regions.

Although this exploration for new players is limited to the train station area, it's still worthwhile to find the Connection Port and learn about them beforehand.

However, it will be a bit troublesome for them to get to the ticket gate from where they are now.

Waiting hall number four is not only crowded.

The design here is very unreasonable.

The benches run the length of the space, leaving no walkway. This means that if they want to get to the other end, they need to step over these "passengers".

"Let's go in and take a look."

As the team officially stepped into the station, the announcement for Waiting Room No. 4 began:

<Attention passengers, boarding for the train bound for ** (electromagnetic interference sound) will begin in fifteen minutes.>

However, interspersed among this loud broadcast was a somewhat unclear, interjection:

<A counterfeit ticket user is among the passengers, seriously disrupting security at the train station. Please find and eliminate him before ticket checks begin, and punish him accordingly. Passengers' tickets are in their pockets; feel free to check them, and they will be happy to cooperate.>

Yu Ze heard it very clearly, and he even took out a whole stack of Yellow Talisman from his waist.

Just as he was about to make a move, Luo Di suddenly grabbed his shoulder.

"Yu Ze ~ Anyway, we still have more than ten minutes, so let's go through the normal process and search the pockets of these passengers one by one. If we really can't find it, then we'll use your methods."

"Fellow villager, don't you find this troublesome? Or is there some other meaning behind it?"

"I want to experience that fear I felt at the window again."

I've always felt that directly confronting the Fear Entity like this can deepen our understanding of it. Repeated exposure might enhance our perception of fear, which could be helpful for our future explorations of hidden corners of the world.

Yu Ze smiled slightly and put all the talismans away.

The two men, one on each side, began checking the passengers in the waiting room.

You Zhen remained uninvolved; she simply stood in the middle observing the two people's involvement in the incident.

Just as the broadcast announced.

The passengers' Train Ticket were all in their pockets, most even in their breast pockets, which they could easily take out with a pinch of their fingers.

However, the act of taking the Train Ticket would bring Luo Di into close contact with the passengers, and some passengers would remain well-behaved while others would not.

One second the passenger was still looking down,

By the time Luo Di took the Train Ticket out of his breast pocket, the other man had already twisted his neck and turned his head around.

What was revealed was a face riddled with bloody holes, which was still twitching slightly under the light.

In the instant their eyes met, Luo Di even felt his own face transform under the red light, and waves of fear seeped from his face into his body.

But Luo Di was not afraid.

Instead, he revealed a somewhat morbid smile.

The long-lost feeling of fear made Luo Di extremely excited; for some reason, he really liked this feeling.

As a serial killer, he even subconsciously learned to express fear, perhaps to use in his subsequent hunts.

Even the fear he releases can have a cornering effect.

Compared to Luo Di's excited expression as he checked the tickets,

Yu Ze was much more reserved. He didn't show any extra expression, but simply checked with one hand while holding a talisman between his other hands.

Inspection complete.

Luo Di and Yu Ze reunited.

What is certain at present is that all passengers had Train Ticket, and the Train Ticket all looked the same, with no obvious signs of forgery.

With only three minutes left, they didn't have enough time to do a second comparison.

Just as Luo Di was about to ask Yu Ze to reveal his methods, the latter revealed a faint smile and whispered:

"Shall you do it, or shall I?"

Luo Di immediately understood what Yu Ze meant. He had already found the holder of the fake ticket, but he deliberately did not alert him.

"If you find it, you can handle it."

"Alright."

Among the hundreds of passengers crammed into the waiting room, one passenger seemed to sense something; his body began to writhe, and streaks of dark substance began to spread from beneath his feet.

These dark substances are abnormal manifestations of the Fear Entity, capable of spreading into the bodies of other passengers and exerting internal manipulation.

It was at this time that

One after another, talismans fell down.

At the same time, there was the sound of bells ringing.

These talismans did not land on the "target," but rather on the travelers around him, firmly affixed to their heads.

When the dark substance invaded the bodies of these travelers who had been afflicted with talismans, it became uncontrollable and was suppressed by some kind of golden energy.

"Rise!"

A voice rang out simultaneously, accompanied by the sound of bells.

The travelers with talismans affixed to their clothes suddenly stood up like zombies.

The target, caught in the middle, tried to escape, but was instantly pierced through the body by outstretched arms and torn to pieces.

These travelers, who had been afflicted with talismans, seemed to possess greater strength and speed, and were completely under Yu Ze's control.

To end it all lightly.

The lights in the waiting room have returned to their normal green color.

You Zhen was completely stunned. This was no newcomer; this was a powerful individual who had experienced real killing in another world.

She pretended to be calm and immediately stepped forward, placing her index finger on Yu Ze's temple to remove any remaining traces of Fear Entity from his body.

"Wow, that's impressive! Your Special Operations Group is truly the most capable department in the General Investigation Bureau."

It was at this moment that

A huge shadow suddenly appeared behind her.

Moreover, the shadows even enveloped all three members of the team.

Both Luo Di and Yu Ze had already made a gesture of drawing their swords.

But the next second...

Ding ding ding~

Six coins fell to the ground and were caught by Yu Ze quick reflexes.

The shadowy figure was not a threat.

Instead, it was a tall figure dressed as a security guard, whose entire face was glowing green, and it was he who gave him the coin.

After giving the reward, the security guard turned and left, disappearing into the green light.

The person who used the counterfeit ticket has been executed, and the reward has been issued. Ticket checking has begun in Waiting Hall 4. Please queue in order to pass through the ticket check.

When everyone's attention shifted from the security guards back to the waiting hall, all the benches had disappeared.

The passengers who were previously sitting with their heads folded are now standing up, even raising their heads.

Their faces were no longer covered in bloody holes under the red light.

Instead, it became a smooth, featureless face, with eyes and a mouth randomly drawn with a green highlighter.

The passengers had already formed a long queue.

Those plastic arms reappeared at the ticket gate.

"Let's keep exploring."

Luo Di had somehow gained control of the team and led everyone to the back of the line.