It was here!
He was here!
The moment Lin Dong looked back, he saw a man covered in blood and grime, with scraps of flesh still clinging to him, fleeing in abject terror.
Behind him was a monster... nearly three meters tall!
It had a humanoid build, but bone spikes protruded all over its body, making it look like the Hulk zombie from CrossFire.
Even more chilling, a pair of sharp claws sprouted beneath its belly!
And dangling from those claws were human heads!
It was utterly horrifying!
This was definitely not a monster from Train to Busan!
As terrifying as Train to Busan was, infected ordinary people and Awakeners retained their original appearances and habits. They never underwent genetic mutations!
They certainly never grew three meters tall with a pair of sharp claws on their bellies.
Was this even Train to Busan anymore?!
Lin Dong cursed inwardly. This train was far too strange. Everything about it reeked of something sinister, nothing like the Train to Busan he remembered.
"Get the hell out of my way!"
Seeing Lin Dong blocking his path, the fleeing man twisted his face into a vicious expression and hurled abuse at him.
"A Korean?"
Hearing his accent, Lin Dong immediately identified him. He was probably a local Korean Awakener.
"Move!"
The Korean being chased was scared out of his wits. He kept glancing behind him while screaming frantically at Lin Dong to get out of his way.
Roar!
The monstrous zombie, nearly three meters tall, was incredibly fast and overwhelmingly strong. It simply bulldozed its way forward!
The seats blocking its path were like toys, easily swept aside.
"Breath Concealment Art!"
At the sight, Lin Dong dared not confront it head-on. He swiftly activated breath concealment, hiding himself in the darkness while masking his scent.
"Huh?!"
The fleeing Korean instinctively shuddered when he saw Lin Dong vanish into thin air. But he had no time to think about it. With the monstrous zombie relentlessly on his heels, he could only flee faster.
This is the perfect chance to investigate Carriage 15!
Hidden in the shadows, Lin Dong stared intently at the Korean, silently weighing his options.
If Carriage 15 was a trap, he would have to find another way and rethink his plans.
Just as that thought crossed Lin Dong's mind, the fleeing Korean reached the door to Carriage 15 and repeatedly slammed the open button. "Shibal! Come on, come on, come on!"
The Korean was so desperate he was nearly crying, his hand moving fast enough to leave afterimages.
Click!
Under the Korean's frantic urging, the door to Carriage 15 finally slid open.
"Huh?!"
Lin Dong immediately looked inside Carriage 15. Sure enough, Zhou Gong and Bai Ruoxue were gone!
Apart from that, little had changed inside the car!
The zombies they had killed earlier still lay where they had fallen.
On the surface, nothing seemed wrong!
But Lin Dong kept feeling that something was off.
Click!
Lin Dong wanted another look, but the Korean who had fled into Carriage 15 had already shut the door as quickly as possible.
"This..."
Lin Dong frowned deeply. That fleeting glimpse had offered nowhere near enough information for him to accurately assess the situation.
Roar!
The enormous zombie was hardly slow. Almost immediately afterward, it charged up to the door of Carriage 15!
But just as Lin Dong thought the monstrous zombie would smash its way into the car...
Something bizarre happened!
The door gradually turned into a curtain of water, willingly admitting the monstrous zombie.
Almost in the blink of an eye!
The monstrous zombie entered Carriage 15 without the slightest effort.
Something really is wrong!
At the sight, Lin Dong's scalp tingled, his eyes filled with wariness!
Something was wrong with this train!
Something was very, very wrong!
Lin Dong was one hundred percent certain that nothing like this had happened in the original Train to Busan!
This had completely diverged from the plot of Train to Busan!
What exactly happened here?!
Why were there so many changes?
Where had Zhou Gong and Bai Ruoxue gone?
Question after question tangled in Lin Dong's mind, leaving him utterly bewildered!
I need more information!
After a brief moment of thought, Lin Dong quickly decided to keep exploring ahead and gather information.
Under these circumstances, the more information he had, the better his chances of survival!
But before that, he had to finish dealing with the Mutant Zombie!
Looking at the Soul Bone Finger Skill lodged over the Mutant Zombie's heart, Lin Dong gripped his steel arrow and drove it in hard, again and again!
Squelch!
Only after an immense struggle did Lin Dong manage to pull the Soul Bone Finger Skill out of the Mutant Zombie!
Clack, clack, clack!
After the Soul Bone Finger Skill was removed, its skull actually kept snapping at empty air. It looked incredibly eerie.
Even more alarming to Lin Dong, the system responded at that very moment.
[Ding! Congratulations on successfully slaying a mutated invader. You have earned 100 EXP!] [Ding! Congratulations on reaching level 3!] [Ding! Congratulations on reaching level 4!]
It wasn't dead before?!
Seeing the level-up notifications, Lin Dong's first reaction was not joy, but lingering fear and horror!
He had never imagined that this Mutant Zombie could still be alive when he had practically churned its brains into mush!
It only died after I pulled out this Soul Bone Finger Skill?!
How was this thing so hard to kill?!
Thank goodness!
Lin Dong let out a heavy breath. Thank goodness he had not been careless. If he had let his guard down even slightly, he might have been the one who died!
"Mutated invader?"
After calming himself, Lin Dong immediately noticed something odd about the system notification.
It had not called the creature a zombie, but an invader!
And the EXP awarded by the system was staggering: a full 100 points!
That was equivalent to the combined EXP of 100 zombies!
The changes to the train really were connected to it!
A sharp gleam flashed in Lin Dong's eyes as his suspicions were confirmed once again.
The train's mutation had not resulted from a problem with the instance itself. Someone had caused the instance to mutate.
With that thought in mind...
Lin Dong put away the Soul Bone Finger Skill containing the "Iron Body" skill, quickly opened his personal attributes, and began allocating points.
This time, Lin Dong did not bother with balanced development.
He dumped all four attribute points straight into Spirit!
Lin Dong needed to improve his scouting capabilities!
Lin Dong's current personal attributes were:
[Awakener: Lin Dong] [Level: 4 (40/80)] [Stamina: 15] [Spirit: 23] [Strength: 13] [Speed: 15] [Learning points: 2] [Skill: Breath Concealment Art] [Bound world: Battle Through the Heavens] [Owned items: Tiger Demon Strength Pill!]
After his Spirit broke past the twenty-point threshold, Lin Dong felt his senses sharpen, his hearing and vision greatly enhanced.
Faint sounds and details he normally could not detect gradually became apparent to his heightened senses.
[Ding! Congratulations on triggering the Heavenly Dao quest "Eliminate the Mutants." Would you like to accept?!]
"Eliminate the Mutants?!"
The system's voice suddenly rang out in Lin Dong's mind again. He hurriedly opened the system to take a look...
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