Key Clue

Since the Elder Priest could use an item, the player's identity could be confirmed.

In other words, was the Team Leader the Elder Priest?

Damn it!

If that were the case, he would be in danger.

If he could analyze the Elder Priest as a player using the item as a clue, couldn't the Sheriff, who was the God Slayer, do the same!?

However, the next moment, Qin Shang heard faint footsteps not far away.

Then, two figures walked into the compartment.

"Come out, let's talk quietly, he can't actually hear us."

They were both alive?

What was going on?

How could this be?

If the Little Loli, Grandpa Niu Cosplays Maid to Seduce Zhuang Zhuang's Mom, was a passenger and the Priest was the Team Leader, then without a doubt, the Sheriff was the God Slayer.

Did the second round of the God Slayer not need to act against players?

If 'Eagle of Justice' was the God Slayer, wouldn't that have been the best opportunity to kill the Elder Priest just now?

Why didn't he act?

"And that Red Skirt Phantom, that thing is also a bit strange. It came to the front carriages in the first round too?"

"Then why didn't it directly attack the players? When I was moving between the first and second carriages, the commotion was clearly huge!"

"What prevented it from acting?"

"But that thing still managed to sneak into the second carriage and eat the corpses of 'So Handsome They'll Chop Me' and 'Don't Touch Me, I'll Turn Green'!" Qin Shang felt his head was about to explode.

However, he still instinctively pulled 'Grandpa Niu' out from under the bed.

Outside, the 'thump-thump-thump' of footsteps suddenly grew louder. It seemed that once night fell, that ghostly thing would frantically patrol and wander around the third carriage, with knocking sounds accompanied by footsteps coming intermittently.

Qin Shang frowned, stopped the Sheriff who looked like he had something to say but hesitated, and made a shushing gesture.

Just then, the Elder Priest raised his hand, signaling everyone to look at him.

Then, the Elder Priest took out a small oil pen and began writing and drawing on the ground.

Immediately, a line of small fluorescent text appeared before everyone's eyes.

A fluorescent pen?

Qin Shang's eyes widened. He hadn't expected the Elder Priest to have such a thing!

A large line of text on the ground...

"Let's use this pen to write and communicate!"

The few people looked at each other. Qin Shang nodded slightly.

Then, the Sheriff took the Elder Priest's oil pen and wrote a line of text on the ground.

"Why are you, a God Slayer, helping us?"

After writing this, the Sheriff's vigilant gaze fixed directly on Qin Shang, his eyes filled with caution and threat.

This scene made Qin Shang feel a little less confident.

???

I'm the God Slayer?

I thought you had discovered my Con artist profession.

I didn't expect you to be a real-life Kogoro Mouri, having a brain but not using it, just making wild guesses, right?

If I were the God Slayer, and Grandpa Niu and I walked for so long, I would have already killed the Little Loli.

Qin Shang rolled his eyes with annoyance and took the oil pen from the Elder Priest.

The moment his palm touched the oil pen, a new piece of information popped up on Qin Shang's sky-blue attribute panel.

[Item Name: Fluorescent Pen]

[Function: Writing]

[Attributes: None]

[Quality: None]

[Remarks: A writing pen with fluorescent function, an interesting little item obtained by a Priest player in another dungeon exploration]

"I am not the God Slayer, I am a passenger."

He 'swish swish swish', writing a line of text on the ground with swift strokes.

At this point, Qin Shang finally understood one thing.

The experienced players in the group weren't just the Sheriff; this Elder Priest was also an old player.

Otherwise, if he hadn't even figured out how to use his inventory yet, how could this old man have so many strange little items?

One moment it was a cross, the next it was a fluorescent pen.

Actually, upon closer thought, it was easy to tell he wasn't a newbie player.

When the Elder Priest first entered the "Death Train" instance, he hadn't shown any signs of nervousness, unlike the beautiful woman "Don't Touch Me, I'll Turn Green" and the thug "So Handsome They'll Chop Me."

Although in this kind of environment, calmness was the only rule for survival.

But the Elder Priest had adapted far too quickly.

Furthermore, he was the first person to report his profession and skills after the Sheriff had declared everyone should report theirs.

In other words, the Elder Priest knew how to use his Character Card without needing the Sheriff's reminder.

Meanwhile, the little loli "Grandpa Niu Cosplays Maid to Seduce Zhuang Zhuang's Mom" watched them communicate with fluorescent pens on the ground, completely bewildered.

Seeing what Qin Shang had written, the Sheriff's wariness only increased.

According to the information he had obtained, only one player had ever cleared "Death Train."

Mr. Yin's intelligence that the person was called "Fiercely Licking Cockroach Jade Feet" couldn't be wrong.

That was why he suspected Qin Shang was the God Slayer, an NPC who had died in the instance...

But upon closer thought, the logic didn't hold up.

Mr. Yin said "Fiercely Licking Cockroach Jade Feet" was the only person to have cleared the "Death Train" instance, so he definitely wouldn't have died in this instance.

So the question was...

Who exactly was this person in front of him?

According to Mr. Yin, "Fiercely Licking Cockroach Jade Feet" had already died on the Path of the Gods. Who was this young man calling himself "Fiercely Licking Cockroach Jade Feet"?

The next moment, the Sheriff, with a grim expression, wrote another sentence.

"Then how did you know you couldn't speak in the carriage?"

Qin Shang sneered.

So you guys really treated exploring the instance like a stroll in the park?

He took the fluorescent pen.

"The HelloKitty in carriage number two is a clue. That thing doesn't fit the era of the background story."

"It should be a new clue given by the Path of the Gods after the instance was contaminated, specifically to remind players not to make noise in carriage number three."

"Of course, it was just a guess at first. I just thought it was unlikely for the game to have useless clues. Since there was a Kitty cat in that carriage, Kitty must represent something."

"As expected, after entering carriage number three, I simply tried it out. If I didn't make a sound, it wouldn't attract that thing's attention."

"It only chases players because they are moving or speaking."

"This is information I found from the stickers on the windows of carriage number two, clues found in the diaries of Miss Mary and the Train Conductor..."

Seeing these words, the Sheriff and the Elder Priest's mouths twitched violently.

The Sheriff couldn't help but sigh inwardly, how was this kid's brain wired?

When he had stayed behind and parted ways, they had thought the young man was terrified by the bizarre instance. Who knew that staying in carriages one and two would allow him to uncover so many crucial clues?

If they had discovered this earlier, perhaps the "Heart-to-Heart Sister" wouldn't have died...

Seeing their expressions, Qin Shang knew that the Sheriff and the Elder Priest's exploration had been very basic.

It made sense, without the Teacher profession's deciphering skill, no one could understand the diaries on the walls.

Thinking of this, Qin Shang suddenly froze.

Hiss!

I think I understand why the God Slayer had to eliminate the Teacher in the first round!

"Did you guys also enter carriage number three last round? Did you discover anything?"

"These bedrooms show no signs of habitation, as if the train was just built and this entire carriage was abandoned."

"However, the door to the room at the very front was tightly shut. Before this thing arrived, we briefly explored train number three and saw a rotten corpse in the foremost bedroom."

"The corpse was highly decomposed, and the Sheriff couldn't determine its gender. The other passengers remain missing. Also, we found this..."

The Elder Priest took out a notebook and tossed it to Qin Shang.

A notebook, another diary?

Qin Shang was truly speechless, but considering it was the 19th century with underdeveloped real-time communication.

It was normal for people of that era to have the habit of writing diaries.

After all, more than two hundred years ago, people didn't have many entertainment options.

When he had first confirmed his relationship with Jiang Qiqi, his wife had claimed to envy lovers from eras with less developed communication.

She said that in the past, travel was slow, and one could only love one person in a lifetime. When things broke, they would try to fix them instead of replacing them directly.

[Exploration Progress: 75%]

The moment Qin Shang's palm touched the notebook, an electronic prompt sounded in his ear again.

He was instantly taken aback.

This diary could increase exploration progress?

In other words, this thing was also a key clue?