Train Accident, Black Rot Corpse!

"Boxed meals! Two meat, one vegetable, 25 yuan each! Instant noodles, 10 yuan each, hot water available in carriage number 6!"

"The train is in motion, please refrain from smoking!"

"Yangcheng specialty sweet cakes! Only 15 yuan, any passengers interested?"

As noon approached, the attendants pushed their meal carts back and forth, hawking lunch to the passengers.

Everyone knew what to expect from the boxed meals on high-speed trains; very few people actually bought them. Most passengers brought their own instant noodles to eat in carriage number 6.

Carriage number 5, where Xu Fang was seated, suddenly became empty.

Xu Fang put down his phone, intending to take out some bread from his bag to fill his stomach.

Across from him, an old woman sat with her legs crossed, constantly spitting out melon seeds from her mouth, making loud clacking sounds on the metal tray on the table.

Beside her was a brat, about seven or eight years old, the kind of age that everyone finds annoying. His face held a clarity untainted by upbringing.

Ever since they boarded, the little terror had been fixated on Xu Fang's golden hair. However, because Xu Fang didn't look particularly approachable, he hadn't dared to act.

Now, as Xu Fang looked down to find his bread, the boy finally couldn't hold back and reached out to grab it.

Slap!

A Mage's mental power far surpassed that of ordinary people. Before the brat could touch him, Xu Fang's palm landed crisply on the back of his hand.

"Waaaaah—!" The brat wailed, baring his teeth.

"What are you doing!?" The old woman got agitated, pointing at Xu Fang and scolding, "What's the harm in letting the child pull a little? Young people nowadays are so stingy!"

Xu Fang raised an eyebrow. "Who are you?"

"It doesn't matter who I am, I just can't stand how you young people are nowadays…"

"So it doesn't matter then?" Xu Fang suddenly raised his voice. "Then why is this child with you? Where are his parents—I get it, you kidnapped this child!"

"You're spouting nonsense!" The old woman shrieked, sounding like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.

"Family, can anyone relate? I was just yelled at by a furious old hag." Xu Fang took out his phone and started recording. "Now I have even more reason to suspect your identity. Attendant! Where is the attendant?"

"You're crazy!"

The old woman pulled the brat up. "Come on, Da Gao, let's not sit here, not sit next to bad people!"

The tearful brat couldn't have been happier. Xu Fang's slap hadn't been light, and the back of his hand was still red.

The attendant finally arrived, albeit a little late.

"Sir, what happened?"

"Nothing, one Yangcheng sweet cake." Xu Fang calmly dismissed her. The surrounding passengers who had witnessed the entire scene cast looks of utter amazement.

What a character!

You can even play it like that?

Without the brat, the carriage became considerably quieter.

The midday sun was particularly fierce, making the phone screen difficult to see. Xu Fang simply leaned by the window, basking in the sunlight as he entered a state of meditation.

Within the stardust, the golden Star Seed had been trained into Xu Fang's shape. It was no longer as rebellious as before, circulating rapidly along its designated orbit.

As the golden core and the crimson Star Ring rotated, the Demonic Energy within him gradually filled up.

Meditation was a rather boring affair. All a Mage could do was observe the Star Seed's rotation. Fortunately, Xu Fang's Star Seed was fast, and watching the rapidly increasing Demonic Energy gave him the thrill of playing a simulation game.

Time ticked by.

Screams, one after another, shattered the tranquility of the carriage.

"Help! Help!!!"

"There are monsters! There are monsters!"

A group of passengers screamed as they rushed over from the direction of the dining car, passing through carriage 5 and desperately fleeing towards the carriages ahead. People tripped and fell, only to be trampled by those behind them!

Passengers who had been dozing in their seats looked on in confusion, wondering what all the commotion was about.

Following the direction from which they had fled, their faces were etched with terror in the next second!

"H-help…"

Their teeth chattered, and their legs felt as if their strength had been drained, becoming so weak they couldn't stand.

Countless dark figures stumbled out of the dining car. Even from a distance, a pungent smell of blood could be detected. Black, rotting flesh dangled from their skeletal bodies.

Most horrifyingly, they were gnawing on red flesh, with blood dripping along the path. Combined with the screams from before, it wasn't hard to guess where these chunks of flesh came from.

Even the most terrifying zombie movies couldn't compare to a fraction of what they were witnessing.

"Black Rot Corpses?"

Xu Fang recognized them immediately. The first page of the [A Pot of Old Wine] guide stated: Black Rot Corpse, Servant level, a type of undead creature, weaker than a One-Eyed Demonic Wolf, comparable to a Giant-Eyed Stinky Rat, extremely afraid of light.

But the problem was, the high-speed train route was clearly within the protective zone of Anjie. How did wild Black Rot Corpses get in, and so many of them at that!

With no time to think, the Star Track appeared on Xu Fang's body. He decided to deal with the immediate threat first!

"Everyone, close your eyes!"

"Radiance·Spark!"

A ball of milky white light emitted scorching rays, suddenly appearing inside the cramped carriage.

The light was so intense that the paint on the walls seemed on the verge of melting. The people in the carriage instinctively closed their eyes, yet still felt the stinging pain of the bright light.

The Radiance exploded right before the eyes of these Black Rot Corpses, the intense light piercing their bodies like blades.

The parts of the Black Rot Corpses illuminated by the light rapidly vaporized, the effect spreading throughout their entire bodies.

The Black Rot Corpses opened their mouths wide, as if groaning in pain, but they had no vocal cords. Only the black rot in their throats twitched until their entire bodies were purified by the Radiance.

Just like when the Giant-Eyed Stinky Rats were killed, the Demonic Energy of the Black Rot Corpses turned into black mist, assimilated and absorbed by the golden light.

Xu Fang's timely intervention finally stabilized the situation.

The people who had fallen to the ground were helped up and stumbled towards the back carriages to retreat.

Xu Fang looked in the direction of the dining car, where he sensed a strong fluctuation of Demonic Energy.

At the same time, inside the dining car.

"Lu Wanqing, you actually betrayed the Judgment Society and colluded with the Black Vatican! Have you forgotten your oath under the Oath Tree?"

A judge wearing a polo shirt roared.

"What era is this? You still believe in unreliable things like the Oath Tree. Liu Guifang, should I call you stupid or brainless?"

Lu Wanqing sneered.

Beside him stood a short man whose large mask covered most of his face. The exposed skin looked as if it had been corroded by a strong acid, forming disgusting, undulating flesh.

In the man's hand, he carried a mangled, headless corpse. Judging by its size, it was about a seven or eight-year-old child.

"After being pinned by your Giant Shadow Nails all the way here, I finally have time for a full meal."

Liu Guifang's eyes were about to split!

He was a trainee judge of the Clock Tower Judgment Society, ordered to capture Tu Chao, a member of the Black Vatican who had killed countless people, and bring him back to Gudu for judgment.

Tu Chao's primary cultivation was in the undead, with water element as his secondary. Both elements had reached the Intermediate level.

In a one-on-one fight, Liu Guifang, whose primary cultivation was in the shadow element, was not afraid of him. However, Tu Chao's attack range was too wide, and he was hesitant to harm ordinary people, always holding back.

Fortunately, the Lingyin Judgment Society dispatched a Light Element Mage, who specialized in countering Tu Chao's undead element, thus bringing this villain to justice.

However, just now, a bratty kid had barged into the dining car and, with a mischievous hand, reached out to lift Tu Chao's mask.

Liu Guifang spoke to dissuade him, but the brat didn't stop. An old lady also jumped out to curse. In that momentary distraction, Tu Chao suddenly erupted, crushed the child's head, and released undead magic to summon Black Rot Corpses.

And his colleague, Lu Wanqing, immediately cast an Intermediate level Light Blessing—and deflected Liu Guifang's Giant Shadow Nail into nothingness!