Under the Storm

Under the Storm

Seeing his grave expression, Yan Jiayu grew serious too. She followed him all the way to the Fourth Car before lowering her voice to ask, "Is it that bad?"

"It might not be an ordinary storm." Xu Huo estimated the distance ahead and behind, then stopped in the passage between the Third Car and the Fourth Car. "If it's a dimensional storm, the front of the train will take the heaviest hit. But if the storm isn't thick enough, the cars in the middle might make it through."

He wasn't certain. This was only his judgment based on video footage he'd seen. In the footage of trains caught in dimensional storms, both the front and rear sections had vanished, while only two cars in the middle had barely remained intact.

Yan Jiayu had evidently heard of dimensional storms too. She immediately said, "I'll go find the train staff up front!"

In fact, the staff had learned that this was a dimensional storm even earlier than they had. The train had specialized detection equipment, which had identified the storm's level before the clouds were visible to the naked eye.

Before Yan Jiayu could leave, the train's broadcast system came to life. "Welcome aboard. I'm the train's traffic controller. Unfortunately, I have some bad news: an E3 dimensional storm lies ahead."

"As everyone knows, dimensional storms are the most dangerous kind of spacetime storm for railways and trains. This train isn't rated to fully withstand an E3 dimensional storm. However, the good news is that E3 is the least dangerous level of dimensional storm. According to our monitoring data, the storm's range will shrink to two-thirds of its current size by the time it reaches the train."

"So please gather in the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Cars to best