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The title of Chapter 215 is a disaster!

Han Shan gripped the walkie-talkie tightly: "The number... has decreased?"

He also sensed that the train was slowing down.

It seems like the same thing happened when we went through the tunnel last time; the train's speed inexplicably slowed down.

He held the walkie-talkie and listened carefully to the sounds outside.

Sure enough, the same sound came as before, as if another train had sped past them.

Shortly after the train sped past, they finally saw the light again; the overhead lights came on, and they could see the view outside the window, although there wasn't much to see.

The train has left the tunnel, and power has been restored.

But Xiaotian's voice still didn't come; there was complete silence on his end, so he probably couldn't make a sound anymore.

Those present could guess what had happened to him.

Gu Mian heard a chattering sound coming from the walkie-talkie; someone was unable to suppress their fear.

Han Shan glanced at the passenger area of ​​his carriage, then frowned: "Gui Gu, you're in carriage number one, right? When Xiao Tiantian was talking in carriage number two just now, could you see him?"

Guigu's voice came through: "Yes, I was just about to look over there when the power went out. After the lights came back on in the carriage... he seemed to have vanished into thin air. I can't see where he is."

Han Shan was in carriage number three, which was right next to carriage number two. But just now, he was standing at the back of the carriage, very close to Gu Mian, but he couldn't see carriage number two in front of him.

Therefore, no one can know exactly what Xiaotian saw; we can only speculate based on what he left behind before he died.

Han Shan pondered Xiao Tiantian's words again: "Have the numbers decreased?"

Speaking of quantity... they noticed from the beginning that the quantity of one thing was a bit off.

Could it be the number of passengers?
Han Shan quickly glanced at the passenger area of ​​his carriage while thinking, then lowered his voice and spoke into the walkie-talkie: "Everyone should check if there has been any change in the number of passengers in their carriage."

As soon as he finished speaking, the people in the other carriages nervously began to count the number of passengers in their own carriages.

At this moment, Gu Mian also passed through the passenger area and came to the front of carriage number four. He counted the number of passengers in his carriage, and it was exactly the same as the number on the passenger list: thirty-one.

Including the woman currently hiding in the toilet, that makes thirty-two.

The same number of people he counted when he boarded the bus.

At this moment, Han Shan was standing in carriage number three, not far in front of Gu Mian. He seemed to have already counted the number of people in the carriage, and judging from his expression, there was neither one more nor one less.

However, Gu Mian saw a pale-faced passenger walk towards Han Shan's counter, who was probably the one who placed the order for raw meat earlier.

Han Shan frowned and uttered a few words as he spoke. The pale-faced passenger took several steps back, his face turning even paler.

Immediately afterwards, the pale-faced person turned around and crawled into the toilet behind him.

Gu Mian gripped the guitar tightly against her back: "These ghosts seem to have a particular fondness for sneaking into toilets..."

Han Shan had obviously also seen Gu Mian, who was standing by watching the commotion.

He stepped out from behind the counter, seemingly wanting to say something, but before he could speak, Guigu's voice came from both of their walkie-talkies at the same time: "Oh no, there's one less in my carriage! I counted 32 people when I boarded, and now there are only 31 left!"

Suo Qingqiu's trembling voice came over: "I'm... missing three!"

Three are missing? Gu Mian frowned, mimicking Han Shan's expression: "One is missing on one side, and three are missing on the other. The number of missing items is different."

I wonder how many people are missing from Xiaotiantian's carriage.

At this moment, both Killing Angel and Fang Xiang stated that there were no fewer people in their carriages and the number of passengers remained the same.

The Killing Angel's strange voice came: "It's strange, Xiaotiantian, Suo Qingqiu, Guigu, the people missing from these carriages are all those who pre-ordered things from that vendor... And Guigu, what did you pre-order?"

Guigu replied, "Because I thought the vendor was quite suspicious, I didn't order much, just a few bottles of drinks and two pounds of meat."

Two pounds of meat?
Upon hearing this, Gu Mian asked, "How many kilograms of Suo Qingqiu did you order?"

Suo Qingqiu swallowed hard: "Twenty catties."

It seems that the number of missing passengers in the carriages is directly proportional to the amount of raw meat ordered, and as soon as passengers start going missing, the train attendants in the corresponding carriages are already in danger.

Xiaotian went silent after the passengers were discovered to be missing.

Why do fewer passengers appear in the carriage when people order goods from vendors?
Gu Mian touched her chin.

Just then, the Angel of Death spoke again: "When I turned around just now, I think I saw something flat and square in that vendor's pocket."

Hanshan pressed on, "What does it look like?"

The Angel of Death pondered for a moment: "It looks like a corner of the photo?"

A corner of the photo?
At that moment, a mechanical announcement suddenly sounded above everyone's heads: "The fourth stop, Sweet Manor, has arrived. The train will stop for one minute. Passengers who wish to disembark, please do so as soon as possible."

The train stopped at the station.

Just as the sound rang out, Suo Qingqiu suddenly saw the toilet door diagonally opposite the counter open, and a somewhat pale face appeared in her line of sight—it was the extra one…

The passenger who had ordered raw meat wiped his mouth and looked towards the counter, seemingly wanting something else.

Suo Qingqiu was startled and immediately ran towards the carriage door. She ran very fast and arrived at the platform in just a few seconds.

A breeze blew from afar, calming her down a bit. Suo Qingqiu looked back at the carriage behind her and breathed a sigh of relief, then looked towards the middle of the platform.

As expected, there were still vendors at this stop, but this time the vendor was a woman, a middle-aged woman.

At that moment, she was smiling and waving at Suo Qingqiu.

Suo Qingqiu glanced around in fear, only to realize that there were only two other people besides her who came down this time.

Hanshan in carriage number three and the doctor in carriage number four.

They seemed to want to come down and investigate something.

The doctor had a guitar slung over his back. He tapped his clothes and muttered something to Hanshan: "You'd better keep an eye on the time. I suspect the train won't make a sound when it's half a minute past the hour, and it'll just run away after a minute."

Gu Mian knew her luck had never been good, and there was no guarantee that the train's announcements wouldn't suddenly malfunction. A minute later, the train would leave without a word, leaving Gu Mian and Han Shan alone on the platform.

Han Shan nodded with a serious expression, clearly not optimistic about Gu Mian's luck.

Immediately afterwards, Suo Qingqiu saw the two of them walk towards the vendor in the middle of the platform...

The author's chapter titles are a disaster! The author clearly didn't make any suggestive remarks in the chapter titles!
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