Taking Instructions for Riding the Train
Ten minutes later, Feng Xue had bought Travel Guidebook and schedule for the K7 tourist train from a newsstand in the station, arrived at the train. If anyone could hear his inner thoughts, they would surely be a string of vulgarities that only a person from Yan could fully understand.
If he hadn't learned some information from Kukulkan beforehand, he really wouldn't have thought to buy Travel Guidebook.
But this very thing contains the deepest malice of this Weird Tale.
"Rules of the Weird Tale, and rules of the Weird Tale, with clearly defined regulations. This is much more troublesome than the School Hell where you have to guess everything on your own."
Flipping through the Travel Guidebook in his hand, Feng Xue searched for his carriage. According to the Travel Guidebook, each of the three types of carriages —Hard Seat, Soft Sleeper, and hard sleeper—had different rules Weird Tale. He needed to decide which carriage he wanted to sit in in the few minutes he had left.
According to the Travel Guidebook and train schedule, the K7 Train is a transnational tourist train that crosses three major countries, with a total journey of seven days and seven nights and fifty-six stops, primarily for sightseeing.
All of this seemed normal, but as a time traveler who had experienced the era Zoo Supernatural Tale all the rage, he sensed a strong sense of malice from the Riding Instructions at the back of this Travel Guidebook.
First of all, the Hard Seat are a given. With a seven-day, seven-night journey and more than sixty seats in each carriage, coupled with the timetable marked in the handbook, it's basically a battle for survival. Plus, it looks like there will be more passengers boarding later, making it practically a death journey.
Hard sleeper berths are slightly better, but not by much, and they come with many additional rules that only sleeper berths require.
As for Soft Sleeper, it seems to be the best choice on the surface, since there are only four compartments and a total of sixteen berths in a carriage. However, common sense suggests that behind this preferential treatment lies a greater difficulty.
"If I had known it was structured like this, I would have just bought all the berths in the entire carriage."
Feng Xue muttered to herself, but she didn't plan to go back and buy a ticket. Not to mention that there wasn't enough time left even if she cut in line, the main problem was that unless the train was extremely unpopular, the chance of encountering an empty carriage was really low. Or rather, if there really was an empty carriage, the train wouldn't have so many sleeper berths.
"There are 5 minutes left before the departure of K7 Train. Boarding will be closing soon. Passengers who wish to board, please do so as soon as possible. Passengers who are seeing off the train, please move behind the white line. Thank you for your cooperation."
As the station's announcement came on, Feng Xue took a deep breath and finally chose the Soft Sleeper.
He didn't care about sleep quality, but one thing he remembered vividly from Kukulkan's intelligence was the characteristics of the monsters he encountered.
According to him, the basic attributes of those monsters are similar to those of ordinary people, but they have disgusting attributes such as breaking defense and preventing healing. Although the two of them entered different dungeons, since they were both being assessed by the dungeon master, it must be to test some kind of "potential" or "method". In that case, even if the dungeons are different, the essence of the assessment should have some commonality.
Therefore, there shouldn't be options with significantly different levels of difficulty. If we assume that the three types of seats are roughly the same level of difficulty, then the significance of choosing should lie in balancing the levels of difficulty.
For example, Hard Seat are numerous but have low individual Combat Power, Soft Sleeper are few but have high individual Combat Power, and hard-sleeper trains are somewhere in between.
Of course, this was based on the mindset of "passengers = monsters." However, given the lack of information, Feng Xue felt she should choose the angle she was better at.
Having found her private room, Feng Xue gently knocked on the door, and sure enough, there were already three passengers in the room.
The three women were not very old. Although Feng Xue considered them to be above average beauties, only one of them was dressed in clearly feminine clothing, while the other two were more androgynous.
Presumably because it's a tourist train, the sleeper berths are well-designed and look very clean, with an overall blue and white color scheme. They are equipped with air conditioning, and both the upper and lower berths have windows that offer a direct view of the outside. The table in the middle of the berth is also quite large.
Seeing that both lower bunks were occupied, Feng Xue recalled the Travel Guidebook, said nothing, and quickly climbed onto the upper bunk where no luggage had been placed. She didn't interact with the three people who were having an awkward conversation, and instead started flipping through the Travel Guidebook on her own.
The three passengers below seemed to be unfamiliar with each other to begin with, and seeing the last passenger's attitude, they were even more embarrassed. After exchanging a few more awkward words, they all shut up.
Feng Xue lay on his side on the bed, his gaze sweeping over the three people below him, his eyes slightly cold, because he could not hear the thoughts of any of them.
"Is it due to a time-sensory overlap similar to that in the Backrooms, or are these three not human?"
Feng Xue wondered to herself, but didn't probe. Instead, she calmed down and carefully studied the Riding Instructions the Soft Sleeper carriage.
1. All train attendants wear blue uniforms. If needed, please press the button on the bedside table to call for assistance.
2. Please do not smoke in any areas other than designated smoking areas. If you find any passengers smoking, please notify the flight attendant immediately.
3. This train will pass through a nature reserve. In order not to affect the local ecology, the Lights Out will be turned off after midnight. To avoid accidents, please do not use mobile phones or lighting devices between midnight and 5 a. m.
Fourth, because wild animals may sometimes pass by outside the car window, please do not open the window casually, and do not feed them in any way. If you violate this rule, you will be responsible for the consequences.
5. All toilet doors will be locked when the train stops. Please leave the toilet before the train stops.
6. Flight attendants' working hours are from 7:00 AM to 10:00 PM. Please do not call the flight attendants outside of working hours.
7. Water and food will be provided on this train from 7:00 to 9:00, 11:00 to 13:00, and 17:00 to 19:00. Passengers who need them can purchase them from the train attendants.
8. Please dispose of your trash in the red trash cans. The flight attendants will collect it regularly.
9. This train is scheduled to stop at specific scenic areas. Please do not disembark without prior announcement.
10. Although the scenery at night is beautiful, for your physical and mental health, please go to sleep as soon as possible before 1 a. m.
11. Passengers in upper and lower berths are requested to maintain a good relationship to ensure a pleasant journey.
"That means don't talk to flight attendants who aren't wearing blue uniforms, use the button to call a flight attendant, smokers might be problematic, turning on the lights at night is dangerous, opening the window might let something in, don't go to the toilet casually, don't call for flight attendants or buy food outside of designated times, don't throw things into trash cans that aren't red, and not sleeping before 1 AM might cause trouble... Also, the emphasis on upper and lower berths, does that mean there's a lower berth below the lower berth, and an upper berth above the upper berth?"
Feng Xue roughly translated the so-called rules of conduct in her mind. For ordinary people, it might be a bit troublesome, but for Wu, who doesn't need to eat or go to the toilet, it was surprisingly easy.
"However, we need to consider whether other people breaking the rules will affect me in the same room, and..." Feng Xue frowned as she looked at the travel itinerary in the travel guide.
"If you're going to Snow Country in the dead of winter, you'll need to make sure you're warm enough..."