Smoking Was Harmful to Your Health; Secondhand Smoke Was Even Worse
Perhaps due to the preconceived notion brought about by Kukulkan's intelligence, Feng Xue regarded this world as a classic supernatural Weird Tale after entering it, and instinctively developed the naive idea that "as long as you survive to the end, it's a good ending."
But after sorting out the four major systems of this train Weird Tale, Feng Xue suddenly realized that perhaps this Weird Tale had no "end" at all.
That so-called seven-day, seven-night journey is likely just a false proposition.
Using the Egyptian plagues as an example, suppose the plagues are a Weird Tale, with one plague each day, requiring one to survive for ten days and nights. Would it be enough to simply survive for ten days?
Of course not!
Because the ninth of the ten plagues is the Black Sun, in other words, the sun will not rise again on the ninth day, which means that the tenth day is impossible. (Of course, in reality, the Black Sun plague is a solar eclipse that only lasts for three days.)
If these speculations are true, it means that unless Feng Xue intervenes, the car will probably never reach its destination.
At this moment, Feng Xue was very fortunate that she had figured these things out the next day. If she had waited until something like heavy snow blocked the roads or a train derailed, it would have been difficult to undo the damage.
But speaking of which...
Those four thugs seemed to have said...
Did the Train Police get off at Sanlian Station?
Feng Xue's expression suddenly became arrogant.
"What are you laughing at?"
Seeing Feng Xue suddenly laugh, Bread Girl, who had been complaining, suddenly felt a chill. Feng Xue didn't waste any words, got up and went to Lin Jiaxin, stuffing the Admission Letter with her name on it into her hand.
The next moment, the blanket covering Lin Jiaxin was suddenly gone, and a new student without pants was added to the School Hell.
The Bread Girl, who was about to scream, suddenly froze the moment Lin Jiaxin disappeared, then acted as if nothing had happened and continued complaining to herself.
Upon seeing this, Feng Xue's lips twitched slightly, because the School Hell did not possess any functions such as "blocking perception" or "erasing existence." In other words, under normal circumstances, if someone disappeared after receiving Admission Letter from Feng Xue, then others would not lose the other person's memory.
The attitude displayed by Bread Girl and Mango Girl at this moment undoubtedly exposed their Targeting mechanism.
"Is it some kind of super AI that doesn't actually have any intelligence, but rather relies on a principle similar to 'Chinese Room,' automatically responding to the interactions of the passengers in the room?" Feng Xue muttered to herself, but walked directly to Mango Girl, took out a coin, and stuffed it into her hand, saying:
"May I have your name?"
"Xu Ruyi, didn't you already say that?" Mango Girl said with a puzzled look, then picked up the handmade coin and started playing with it, asking as she did so:
"By the way, where did you get this coin from? It looks quite nice."
"Tsk..." Feeling that the Admission Letter with the name "Xu Ruyi" on the other party's body was not valid, Feng Xue finally concluded that this thing really had no independent consciousness, and might not even have a real name.
Seeing this, Feng Xue didn't bother to probe any further. She reached into her pocket, pulled out a huge sack, and stuffed Mango Girl inside.
"What are you doing?!" The Bread Girl sitting on the other side seemed stunned by the sudden turn of events and immediately let out a piercing scream, while reaching for the pager to call the flight attendant.
Knowing there were no Train Police on board, Feng Xue ignored them completely. With a tremor, the [yellow-clad] figure, hidden by her Hermit Authority, suddenly appeared, tightly binding the Bread Girl and forcefully pulling her into the Wrapping Cloth as well.
Feeling the struggle emanating from inside Santa's Wrapping Cloth, Feng Xue reached to her waist, pulled out a card, and announced:
"I activate the Magic Card, the Sealed Golden Cabinet!"
A huge Golden Treasure Chest appeared in front of Feng Xue. Feng Xue stuffed the Wrapping Cloth Bread Girl and Mango Girl into it, closed the lid, and Feng Xue a sigh of relief as the Golden Cabinet was banished to Different Dimension.
"At least until the next parking session, there shouldn't be any problems." Feng Xue re-checked the condition of the Hometown Tree and confirmed that the trash cans, windows, and other facilities were intact before opening the door and stepping out of the room for the first time.
The aisle outside the sleeper car compartments is not wide, barely wide enough for a dining car to pass through.
Here, there are also windows, but just like inside the room, all the windows are closed.
Looking out at the white expanse, Feng Xue had a slight bad feeling and immediately walked towards the front of the car.
K7 Train has 13 carriages when it travels, nine of which will run the entire journey. The remaining carriages are the dining car and carriages that only travel within the country. These carriages will be replaced with carriages for other countries when the train arrives in those countries.
His carriage was the seventh one. In front of it were three hard sleeper carriages and three Hard Seat. Behind it were one Soft Sleeper and one Luggage Carriage. Further back were the dining car and one Kent Country sleigh carriage.
As Feng Xue walked a few steps to the connecting area between the carriages, her face darkened. There, three women who looked to be in their forties were leaning against the railing, smoking.
He stopped abruptly, pulled his hands back, and a black cloak enveloped him. He then activated his Ghostly Evasion, entering Shadow Dimension and passing directly through the group of people into the compartment at the train connection.
The moment he broke free of his Ghostly Evasion state, a biting wind swept across his skin. The windbreak at the partition was practically useless; the white icicles had even seeped through the gaps in the windbreak and condensed inside the compartment.
"Judging from this, I wouldn't be surprised if the connection suddenly failed due to temperature fluctuations."
Seeing this scene, Feng Xue immediately opened the door to the carriage ahead, but at that very moment, a chilling chewing sound suddenly came from behind her.
Instinctively looking back, Feng Xue's eyes trembled slightly. The secondhand smoke they exhaled condensed in the air into monsters made of smoke, feasting on the bodies of the three smokers.
But what's truly terrifying isn't the ferocious beast feasting on its prey, but rather the smaller monsters bursting from the nostrils, mouths, and even the chests of the three smokers.
Their bodies, formed of smoke, possessed extraordinary strength, easily tearing through flesh and bone, shredding the people to shreds from the inside out, and then vying to merge with the smoke beasts in mid-air.
The whole process lasted about five or six seconds. By the time the smoke dissipated, it was no longer possible to see any trace of the Remnants through the transparent window on the door; only specks of smoke were slowly drifting away.
I saw someone mention Legend of the Gambler in the comments section before, and yeah, this is really worth watching. It's a mahjong game that lasted for 26 years, but it finally ended in 2018 (sweat, speaking of which, this is the most torturous manga I've ever followed. But thinking about it, Song of Hell OVA seems to be similar, one episode a year, it's unbelievable).
Although Fukumoto Nobuyuki's art style is bizarre, his depictions of casino psychological warfare are truly remarkable, making him a magical author who can make you forget about his art style.
Although it's a gambling-themed manga, it's genuinely a series about Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor. The Kaiji trilogy portrays the gambler's psychology very well. If Akagi is a god, then Kaiji, with his godlike ability to go against the wind and his reckless attitude, is a classic example of a gambler. But while you can enjoy it, cherish life and stay away from gambling.
To be honest, before watching Legend of the Gambler, I thought only Hong Kong action anime liked to use the winner-takes-all trope. Who the hell would have thought that mahjong could be played like that? (Although Vasily didn't actually die.)