Hailu City.
On the Soul Tool Train, Wang Zhi had bought seats in the luxury carriage.
The carriage was quiet and tidy, with wide, comfortable seats and complimentary meals.
Through the window, the scenery rushed past...
Cities, fields, mountain ranges.
Finally, there was the boundless sea.
Ling Lin leaned against Wang Heng's shoulder, gazing at the ocean outside. A contented smile spread across her face.
"It's beautiful."
Wang Heng nodded.
"We'll live here from now on. We'll be able to see it every day."
Sitting across from them, Wang Zhi watched the tender scene between his parents and felt a sense of peace.
Ika sat beside him with his eyes closed, seeming to doze.
But Wang Zhi knew he was keeping watch over everything around them.
Just as Wang Zhi thought the trip would be peaceful...
Ika suddenly opened his eyes and leaned slightly toward Wang Zhi, lowering his voice.
"Wang, an Evil Aura has entered this train."
As a general of the Black Shadow Kingdom, Ika was extremely familiar with Evil Aura.
After all, the Black Shadow Kingdom was itself the embodiment of darkness and evil.
Even from several carriages away, he could clearly smell that chilling, rotten, nauseating stench.
Wang Zhi's expression turned strange.
Good grief.
When had he caught the "Soul Tool Train Killer" bug?
He was even getting the protagonist treatment.
He glanced at his mother, who had fallen asleep against Wang Heng's shoulder, then at his father, gazing absently out the window, and stood up.
"Dad, I'm going for a walk."
Wang Heng nodded.
"Don't go too far. We'll be arriving soon."
"Okay."
Wang Zhi left the compartment with Ika and headed in the direction the aura had come from.
Toward Carriage 5.
After passing through several carriages, they reached the connection between Carriage