The Layout of the Despair Train

"Truth Company's dedicated Communicator?"

Lin Yu asked curiously.

Pankto nodded. "That's right, this is a Highest Level secure Communicator... It's only used to transmit the highest-level instructions from the company's Headquarters and Board Members to various executives. The holder's internal authority is at least B-1 level."

"Ordinary people would never be able to open it after receiving it—only authorized users can use it normally."

"Not only that... even if you kidnap an executive, you can't even force him to open this box, because this thing can even detect whether the user is under threat."

"That's amazing?"

Lin Yu felt somewhat incredulous, and even subconsciously found it hard to believe Pankto's words.

But after receiving the unassuming black box that Pankto had "seized," the description of the Item corroborated Pankto's statement.

[Confidential Communicator]

[Note: This Communicator can automatically identify the user's Soul State. Only authenticated users who are fully conscious and emotionally stable can activate and use the encrypted communication function.]

Lin Yu shared the Item's instructions with Li Nian and Chen Zhuo, and then tossed it to Wang Yuyang.

Li Nian raised an eyebrow. "This thing is quite well-designed, but it gives me the feeling that our own executives were kidnapped and survived."

"Even if they achieve this, the interests of management and the company are above their lives," Pan Yuqiang commented. "It's very much in the style of Truth Company, but it's also really unsettling."

Hearing such a respectful and morally sound statement about life coming from a member of a "Psychology Society," Lin Yu's expression became somewhat strange.

It seems that Miss. Pan Yuqiang is an outlier in that twisted organization, the "Psychology Society".

Therefore, Lin Yu couldn't help but become even more curious.

How did this person come up with the idea of joining the "Psychology Society," and how did they awaken to the potential of a "killer"?

However, now is not a good time to inquire.

At the moment, Lin Yu is more concerned about the content of the current Instance.

"So, among those dead people were managers from the Truth Company?"

Pankto and shook his head.

"I don't think so. The person I found the Communicator just now seemed like a criminal from the City That Never Sleeps ... He had tattoos and looked fierce, and his clothes were cheap, worn-out, and ordinary. The emotions remaining on the corpse were mixed and murky, which didn't seem like a company executive at all."

Pankto walked to the middle of the dining car and picked up the corpse from which he had just found the Communicator —indeed, judging from its appearance, it looked like a vicious and dangerous gangster who had spent years mingling in the lower rungs of society.

"But he could be the squad leader or the head of this gang of bandits, and this Communicator was likely stolen by him or 'rewarded' by some important figure."

"After all... if that important figure were to appear inside the Despair Train, he would likely be 'exiled' here like me—this Communicator would lose its core function and become nothing more than Communicator with slightly better signal and stronger anti-interference capabilities."

Pankto Leng Jing and logically analyzed the situation, only his expression darkened slightly when he mentioned "exile".

Li Nian showed an appreciative expression. "Not bad, Mr. Pankto, I didn't expect a combatant like you to be so quick-witted."

Wang Yuyang also chimed in to corroborate Pankto's statement.

"Indeed, that guy does have some influence in this dining car... If I had known it would get this far, I wouldn't have just killed him outright."

At this point, Wang Yuyang's tone couldn't help but show some regret.

Pan Yuqiang added with a smile, "Luckily Spirit Summoning Ring, I managed to ask them a few questions while I was collecting the tickets shortly after they died."

Wang Yuyang looked at Pan Yuqiang, a sweet smile appearing on the girl's face, "I know you don't think too much when you deal with these scumbags, so naturally I'll help you fill in the gaps."

"Anyway, I probably won't need to get involved in the battle."

As Pan Yuqiang spoke, Pan Yuqiang Wang Yuyang patted her head and said, "You did a great job, truly worthy of being Yuqiang."

Li Nian couldn't help but spit out. "Zhao, can't you be serious!"

Pan Yuqiang looked at Li Nian with a calm expression. "Of course—these people are indeed led by a high-ranking person who is also trapped on the train..."

"Not only that, I also have a general understanding of the layout of the entire Despair Train."

"Yu Yang and I came from carriage number 4. In the previous carriage, we encountered a two-wheeled robot attack. After dealing with the robots, we met three people from carriage number 3 who claimed to be the 'Airport Gang'."

"Before Yu Yang killed them, he obtained information through torture—on the Despair Train, if you harm other lives with 'souls' and 'emotions,' you will receive a reward in the dining car."

"Delicious food, cigarettes, clean clothes, weapons... even 'Ticket Fragment'."

"Once enough 'Ticket Fragment' are collected, they can be pieced together to form a complete 'ticket'."

"The 'ticket' is the proof of leaving the 'Despair Train' —although the Despair Train never stops, the Truth Company has ways to put people in, and naturally, they have ways to get people out."

"After receiving this message, Yu Yang and I went to carriage number 3—the dining car, which is also the stronghold of the 'Airport Gang,' with thirteen members."

"I originally wanted to negotiate with the Airport Gang, but the members of this 'gang' all seemed to be criminals who had offended the Truth Company and were put in here. They were very rude to me as soon as they saw me."

Wang Yuyang sighed, "I hate people who can't control their Desire the most. They live like wild beasts, wasting the 'humanity' they are born with."

Pan Yuqiang shrugged. "So Yu Yang killed them all..."

"However, thankfully I have the [Spirit Summoning Ring]," Pan Yuqiang, shaking the beautiful silver and green ring on her Right Hand middle finger. "These dead people are more honest than the living, so I figured out the situation of the Despair Train."

"Because the Rule of the entire train encourage those trapped on board to kill each other, any announcement that a newcomer is boarding will be met with a hunt from the nearby 'veterans'."

"The veterans usually make their appearance after Weapon Test '."

"Once these newcomers demonstrate sufficient strength, the veterans will also try to recruit them into their own factions—after all, it's not just the newcomers who need to face the danger of weapons being dropped by 'Truth Company'."

"Every 24 hours, random weapons will be dropped, and the hunters will begin targeting passengers in random train carriages. This will only last for one hour... As long as you escape, it shouldn't be a big problem."

"But roughly every 72 hours, the entire train undergoes a three-hour-long Great Purge —a situation that cannot be dealt with by simply hiding and escaping."