Lin Dong chose the Storm-Pear Blossom Needles.
Zhou Gong naturally chose the B-rank ninjutsu.
Bai Ruoxue did not show them what she had chosen.
In any case, once the three of them were ready to leave, the cold-faced man who had announced the Devil Fruit reward at the assembly appeared again.
"His name is Chen Kai. He'll take you to the instance."
Wang Jianshe seemed to have little liking for the man; even his words carried a strong whiff of hostility.
Chen Kai neither introduced himself nor said anything else. He swept his gaze over the three of them and coldly uttered a single word. "Go!"
Seeing this, Lin Dong and the others looked at Wang Jianshe.
"Go on!"
Wang Jianshe waved a hand. "Remember, stay calm no matter what happens. Never let fear consume you!"
"Thank you, Principal."
The three nodded together, then shouldered their backpacks and followed Chen Kai.
Wang Jianshe stared after their retreating figures for a long time before letting out a heavy sigh. "The storm is coming."
The school bus stop.
Zhou Gong looked around and whispered, "What are we waiting for?"
"Didn't they say we only had thirty minutes?"
"With somewhere that far away, shouldn't we be taking a plane?"
Lin Dong was rather puzzled too, but said nothing.
"The bus is here. Let's go!"
Chen Kai suddenly spoke, pointing a short distance away.
Lin Dong and Zhou Gong followed his finger and saw a battered bus, seemingly from the 1980s, slowly driving toward them.
Lin Dong could swear there had been no bus there a moment ago!
Yet this bus had appeared before them out of nowhere!
Stranger still, everyone else seemed unable to see it. Only Lin Dong and his companions had noticed the bus.
Clack!
The bus door seemed to be damaged, making an ear-piercing noise as it opened!
"Holy shit! What is that?!"
Zhou Gong was terrified. "Dong, don't tell me that's the legendary Ghost Bus!"
At that, Lin Dong gritted his teeth!
In that instant!
A name sprang into Lin Dong's mind: Mystery Revisited!
Did this world also have secret realms or instances based on Mystery Revisited?!
If it did, that would be far too... terrifying!
"Dong, he's getting on!"
Zhou Gong hurriedly pointed at Chen Kai.
"Let's go too!"
Lin Dong gritted his teeth and followed Chen Kai.
At this point, there was no turning back!
"Holy shit! Wait for me!"
Zhou Gong's towering two-and-a-half-meter frame seemed to shrink to a mere meter sixty in his terror. He let out a strangled cry and hurried after him.
Bai Ruoxue boarded last.
Inside the bus.
It was eerily quiet!
After boarding, Chen Kai simply found himself a seat.
Lin Dong looked around. There were clearly only four of them inside, yet the passenger count displayed on the bus read:
9!
Before, Lin Dong might have assumed the display was wrong.
But Zhou Gong's warning made him realize this was no error!
This was a fucking Ghost Bus that ferried the living and the dead between two worlds!
Lin Dong had never imagined anyone in this world could materialize the Ghost Bus and use it in reality!
Just how far had their exploration of the Mystery Revisited world progressed?!
Besides the Ghost Bus, had they found ways to use other malevolent ghosts?!
Lin Dong's mind swarmed with countless questions, but he dared not say a word the entire time, afraid of triggering some rule that would get him killed.
"Time to go!"
Just as Lin Dong's thoughts were racing.
Chen Kai suddenly rose and called for Lin Dong to get off.
"That soon?"
Lin Dong felt as though he had only just boarded.
"Take a look."
Chen Kai pointed.
Lin Dong turned and discovered, to his horror, that the leafy city scenery outside had somehow become a brightly lit subway platform.
"Is this... the Train to Busan instance?!"
Lin Dong was astonished.
Chen Kai wasted no words. Once the bus came to a complete stop, he quickly got off.
Lin Dong and the others followed close behind.
Clack!
The bus doors closed.
Almost in the blink of an eye, it vanished.
The sight left Lin Dong even more amazed.
Chen Kai pointed a short distance away. "The train is coming. Get ready to board."
Lin Dong followed his finger and saw a train slowly emerging from the darkness.
He did not know whether he was imagining it!
Lin Dong could faintly hear screams, wails, and roars.
Roar! Roar! Roar!
Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The train slowly pulled into the station.
The first thing Lin Dong saw was the front of the train, covered in blood and all manner of human tissue!
The carriages followed, every window smeared with horrifying blood!
Through the windows, Lin Dong could even see zombies roaming and rampaging through the carriages!
Some had gathered together to devour passengers!
Others were hunting madly!
The bloody, brutal scene made it look like a train bound for hell!
"Wait!"
Seeing Zhou Gong about to board, Lin Dong suddenly grabbed him, then turned to Chen Kai:
"Didn't you say the Federation had recruited people from all over the world?"
"Why are there only three of us here?"
Zhou Gong abruptly caught on and instinctively took a step back. "Yeah, why are there only three of us?"
Even with a low turnout, a worldwide recruitment drive should have assembled at least a few thousand people, right?
There were only three of them here. Something was clearly wrong!
"Who said there were only three of you?"
Chen Kai pointed to either side. "Take another good look."
The three hurriedly looked around and discovered that the other platforms nearby were actually packed with people!
Judging by their clothes, there were Koreans, Japanese, and Thais, and even a few blond-haired, blue-eyed foreigners.
"What?!"
Lin Dong and Zhou Gong exchanged a glance, each seeing the shock in the other's eyes!
They clearly had not seen anyone a moment ago.
How had so many people suddenly appeared?!
What kind of ability was this?!
At that moment, Lin Dong and Zhou Gong looked as though they had a hundred thousand questions, confusion written all over their faces.
"Get ready for the train!"
Chen Kai reminded them again, "Once you enter the instance, find the Koreans if you want to get a Devil Fruit."
"They'll tell you what the mission is."
Zhou Gong asked curiously, "Would the Korean contestants really be that kind?"
"In theory, we're all rivals. Every person who doesn't know means one less competitor."
"If it were me, I definitely wouldn't tell anyone."
Lin Dong nodded in agreement.
"They have their own mission."
Chen Kai replied coldly, "In any case, they won't hide anything from you."
"You don't need to worry about that."
Lin Dong and Zhou Gong exchanged a glance and said nothing more.
Chen Kai continued, "Of course, don't forget your main mission this time: find out exactly what mutations have occurred inside Train to Busan!"
"The more detail, the better!"
All three nodded at once.
The next second!
A glaring scarlet warning appeared before Lin Dong's eyes!
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