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Chapter 209 Pulp Fiction
Outside?

What's going on outside?
Gu Mian looked up and out. From his angle, he could only see a small, empty platform outside carriage number four.

There were no passengers waiting for the bus outside, but that's normal. It's past 11:30 at night, so it's not unusual for no one to be waiting.

However, when Gu Mian looked towards the passenger area, she noticed something else: none of the passengers in the entire carriage seemed to be getting off. Everyone was sitting quietly, and she wondered if the situation was the same in other carriages.

The voice of the Angel of Death then came: "Over here, in the direction directly opposite from outside carriage number five, there is someone."

Are they passengers about to board?
Upon hearing this, Gu Mian carried the orange juice soda towards the passenger area and then stopped at the carriage door.

Although no passengers disembarked at this time, the carriage doors were still opened.

Gu Mian stood at the carriage door, looking in the direction of carriage number five.

At this moment, he also saw clearly the person the Angel of Death had mentioned. In the dim light, there was indeed a person squatting on the platform.

That's right, he was squatting in the middle of the platform.

There seemed to be a colorful pile of things in front of him. Gu Mian stared at it carefully and found that there seemed to be bottles and jars among the colorful things in front of the figure.

It looks like a street vendor?
At that moment, Guigu's voice came through the walkie-talkie: "Who did you all see? I'm too far away, I can't see anything."

Gu Mian, still holding the orange soda in her hand, answered truthfully: "I saw a dark shadow, it looked like it was setting up a stall? The stall was colorful, and it seemed to have delicious orange soda."

Guigu: "..."

Fang Xiang's somewhat hesitant voice came through the walkie-talkie: "Is anyone outside?"

Immediately afterward, Gu Mian heard him stir, as if he wanted to go to the window to look, but as soon as he moved, a gasp and a groan came from the walkie-talkie: "Hiss, no, you can't move yet..."

If that gasp of shock were accompanied by the words "terrifying," it would be a scene straight out of a fantasy.

However, this time no one uttered any words of "terrifying".

At this moment, the mechanical voice came again from all directions: "The train will depart again in half a minute. Passengers who wish to disembark, please disembark immediately."

Upon hearing this, Gu Mian glanced at the passenger area behind her again, but still no one seemed to be planning to get off. How strange.

Then he turned to look at the figure squatting on the platform.

At that moment, the blurry figure was raising its head, as if waving in their direction.

The voice of the Angel of Death came through: "Look at that thing, isn't it waving at us?"

Suo Qingqiu seemed a little scared: "It won't suddenly rush up, will it..."

All the carriage doors are wide open now, and there's no way to stop someone from rushing on.

The scene did look rather eerie. On the dimly lit platform, a dark figure was squatting down, setting up a stall, and his hand was making an eerie arc.

However, this eerie scene did not last long, and soon the train started moving again.

The carriage door slammed shut with a "bang," almost pinching Gu Mian's nose.

Gu Mian silently touched her nose and looked out the window.

The train had already started moving quickly, and the scene on the platform was rapidly moving backward. A few seconds later, the crouching figure flashed past him.

The man seemed to be packing up his stall and getting ready to go home. Gu Mian noticed that next to the colorful items on the stall, there was a large black bag that looked very heavy. At that moment, the figure was struggling to drag the black plastic bag at his feet.

At the same time, a mechanical voice sounded overhead again—"Next stop, Chengdu City. Passengers who wish to disembark, please prepare in advance."

Chengdu City?
Gu Mian frowned. This city appears in many novels; it's the hometown of many protagonists. He even felt that if he were to travel to Rongcheng, he might encounter seventeen or eighteen of the main characters.

Of course, Gu Mian can't get off the train now to embark on the journey to find the protagonist, since he still has to play the role of a flight attendant.

However, speaking of Rongcheng City... he remembered that this city seemed to have appeared in a previous instance.

As Gu Mian pondered this, she glanced at the passenger area, wondering if any passengers were planning to get off at the next stop.

But as soon as he turned his head, he met a pair of wide-eyed stares—the man who had ordered a bottle of orange soda.

He didn't show any alarming expression; he just stared longingly at the orange soda Gu Mian was carrying, as if he had been waiting for a long time...

Gu Mian coughed a little embarrassedly; she seemed to have been carrying this bottle of soda for quite some time.

He stepped toward the man.

Just then, a middle-aged woman leaning against the aisle suddenly stood up, and Gu Mian glanced at her.

The woman's figure was already out of shape, and her face looked somewhat haggard. At this moment, she was walking towards the back of the carriage.

There's a restaurant counter and a restroom over there.

Gu Mian glanced at her, then quickly walked up to the man who had ordered the soda: "Sir, your orange soda."

The man sitting in the seat looked up, glanced at Gu Mian, and then reached out to take the soda from his hand: "Thank you."

That's all.

Gu Mian stood there for a few seconds, considering whether she should charge him.

Normally, ordering food on the bus would cost money, but since we're in a dungeon, Gu Mian isn't sure if ordering food after getting off the bus will cost money in this dungeon's world.

However, the person in front of him didn't seem to have any intention of paying.

Gu Mian stood there for a few more seconds, making sure the man had no intention of paying, before turning around to walk back.

But just as he turned around, he suddenly saw Hanshan standing straight in the middle of the carriage ahead.

At this moment, Han Shan was standing at the back of the carriage, looking in this direction. He was standing in the very center, just a few steps ahead of the deadly 38th parallel.

Gu Mian glanced at the line not far from the foot of Hanshan Mountain, then looked up at his furrowed brow.

Every time Gu Mian saw that furrowed brow, she suspected that he had run into some trouble.

But after spending some time with him, he realized that this was Han Shan's normal expression. If he suddenly relaxed his face and looked relaxed one day, Gu Mian would definitely suspect that he was possessed by a ghost.

However, it seems that Hanshan has really run into trouble this time.

At this moment, Gu Mian had arrived at the front of her carriage and was facing Han Shan.

He stared at the man not far away with his brows furrowed: "Brother, your brows are so furrowed they could trap a fly."

Although it seems that no fly can be caught between Gu Mian's eyebrows now.

Han Shan touched his furrowed brow, then his brow furrowed even deeper: "A passenger just came to the counter to order food..."

Judging from his expression, it was clear that the passenger had ordered something extraordinary.

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