For some reason, the Snow Shuttle came to a stop. The passengers aboard immediately grew restless, and many pressed their faces against the windows.
Chen Mu was riding a midsized Snow Shuttle that could hold over a hundred people. On branch routes like this one, midsized Snow Shuttles were the main means of transportation. Large luxury Snow Shuttles capable of carrying over five hundred passengers could only be seen on long-distance routes.
Large luxury Snow Shuttles had formidable defenses and were extremely comfortable; their only drawback was the steep price. But that was not why Chen Mu had avoided them. The real reason was that boarding a large luxury Snow Shuttle involved stringent formalities. With his current identity, he was a textbook case of someone with an unknown background. He could not withstand an investigation.
Midsized Snow Shuttles did not have particularly strong escorts, only around ten Card Adept guards, whose primary concern was wild beasts. Few Card Adept Corps would set their sights on a Snow Shuttle. Although each vessel had limited defenses, every company or conglomerate that dared enter the passenger transportation business possessed substantial power.
Anyone who dared hijack a Snow Shuttle could just wait for the transportation companies to retaliate! All the passenger transportation companies were remarkably united on this issue. If any company's Snow Shuttle was hijacked, every other company would spare no effort to help.
Of course, the world never lacked desperate outlaws. Fortunately, there was little profit to be squeezed out of a Snow Shuttle, so few Card Adepts took an interest in them. Incidents rarely occurred on this branch route, making it a fairly safe one.
The Card Adepts aboard this Snow Shuttle were reasonably capable, something Chen Mu had noticed when he boarded. Every one of them looked seasoned and formidable.