I slay demons and monsters in a bizarre city.

Chapter 36 White Cat, Black Cat, and Red Cat
Lin Jiuge's office was really big enough, with a separate study of over 100 square meters. Li Changgeng hadn't had a chance to tour it properly yet. He wanted to have a cup of coffee, but accidentally dropped the coffee cup on the white cat's head.

As a result, the white cat's head and eyes lit up, the black door turned white, and the terrifying red countdown began again.

05:05:05
05:05:01
Li Changgeng was going crazy. This damn ghost was relentless, and he really didn't want to go on the ghost train again.

Stay calm, stay calm.

call……

Li Changgeng breathed a sigh of relief. The red countdown numbers had appeared out of nowhere, and there must be something fishy about it. Some crucial details must have been overlooked. Something was wrong. Li Changgeng began to recall the many things that had happened since the red countdown numbers appeared.

When Li Changgeng was transported to the ghost train in the game "Mythical Descent" for the first time, he was at home when a countdown appeared inexplicably, and he ended up in carriage number 5. Although "Mythical Descent" was indeed a game that he had designed but "aborted" halfway through, many of the plots and settings that he was familiar with had changed significantly.

The disgusting octopus girl almost ate him, and that particularly creepy severed hand still gave Li Changgeng goosebumps when he thought about it. There was one thing Li Changgeng couldn't understand: why did the octopus girl's face look so much like Xia Mengmeng, his little fangirl from Black Sea City University? That was very strange.

Later, to verify this, Li Changgeng went to the Buddhist Academy of Black Sea City University and found Xia Mengmeng. She was completely different from the Xia Mengmeng he remembered; she had merged with the divine soul of the white giant serpent and become one of the Ten Heavenly Stems and Ten Ancient Gods. This didn't make sense either; Xia Mengmeng was a very well-behaved, outgoing, and beautiful girl who loved to laugh. How could she have become like that?

Li Changgeng couldn't understand Xia Mengmeng's situation.

After being transported to carriage number 5 of the ghost train, Li Changgeng had no confidence that he could escape the octopus girl's foul-smelling giant mouth if it weren't for the sudden appearance of a saw demon claiming to be from the [Mythological Administration Bureau]. Why did that kid called the saw demon insist that he was one of the Ten Heavenly Stems and Ten Ancient Gods? What was the saw demon's real name? And why did the saw demon disappear without a trace after the rousing piano march faded away?

Entering carriage number 4 of the ghost train was even more terrifying. The Skeleton Reaper was an invincible being. Xia Mengmeng broke the rules of the Reaper and obtained a purple mythical card with the number 15, which could summon the Skeleton Reaper. Perhaps for this reason, a divine mark appeared on her body.

Both the Saw Demon and Xia Mengmeng from the Mythology Administration were crucial; without them, Li Changgeng would almost certainly not have survived.

At Black Sea City University, Li Changgeng encountered the nightmare within the Thirteen Coffins of Evil Spirits. In a moment of crisis, he also saw a giant cat-headed man at the hospital where his sister Li Ying was. This was quite absurd. Could it be that the hospital was raising this cat-headed man to deal with evil beings?

There's also the masked swordsman who saved Xia Mengmeng and guided her across the Naihe Bridge. Getting off at the Three Lives Stone would allow her to return home, which is even more absurd. Could it be that his home is connected to Fengdu City? However, Li Changgeng did obtain the blue Mythical Card No. 9, which can summon the Fengdu Hell Carriage.

When the red countdown appeared again, Li Changgeng was transported to carriage number 3 in the game "Mythical Descent". He met three fox demons who looked exactly alike. He later learned that they were three-headed, nine-tailed green foxes. He also met the train attendant, who turned out to be Lin Mo, Li Ying's attending physician. Lin Mo was killed by the nine-tailed green fox.

After finally reaching carriage number 2, Li Changgeng encountered the Saw Demon again, along with the even more powerful, somewhat dim-witted, and neurotic Black Goat. Through a Sudoku game, Li Changgeng temporarily gained the Black Goat's trust. Although the Saw Demon didn't help much this time, he opened the door to carriage number 2 at a crucial moment. The Saw Demon disappeared, accompanied by the familiar sound of a piano melody.

In the game of the Golden Revolver, Li Changgeng had the last laugh. After the green countdown ended, he returned to reality and obtained the golden Mythical Card No. 14, the Golden Revolver. The Saw Demon was a very key person, and he would definitely be there again in this Ghost Train journey. Li Changgeng planned to find out what exactly the Saw Demon was all about and why he always encountered him.

Octopus Girl, Skeleton Reaper, Nine-Tailed Blue Fox, Black Goat—these were monsters and evil spirits that Li Changgeng had never seen before, but Xia Mengmeng and Lin Mo were people he had met in real life. These mythical cards, which he could not use on the Ghost Train, seemed to be usable in real life.

The prerequisite for using it is obtaining the bronze shrine from the man in yellow. The bronze shrine is engraved with Li Changgeng's name. Whenever Li Changgeng thinks of the bronze shrine, a mournful and aged voice, seemingly from the depths of hell, echoes in his head—"Open, open the shrine."

The bronze shrine had a blurry, oddly shaped lock with no combination key, no keyhole, and no number display. There was no clue how to open it. Li Changgeng also wanted to see what was locked inside the bronze shrine. Undoubtedly, his name was engraved on it, so it must be related to him.

Perhaps, after the eternal night mist descended, his parents' mysterious disappearance was connected to this bronze shrine. Li Changgeng inexplicably had this strange idea.

The more I think about it, the more confused I get. My head is buzzing. The only thing I can figure out right now is that if I see the Saw Demon again, I have to get to the bottom of things.

KMS Games is also very strange. His colleagues are all taking drugs like him and are under the company's 24/7 surveillance. Apart from Lin Jiuge, Li Changgeng doesn't remember the names of any of his colleagues. They only have numbers or nicknames, which is even more absurd. Today, he was late for work because he saw what looked like his cat, Qi Xi, being run over on the subway tracks. He and his colleague No. 15 were on the same subway line at the same station and both saw the same cat.

How could two people see different things when the time, location, subway station, train number, and direction of travel are all the same? Could it be that the time is wrong? Only the wrong time can be a reasonable explanation. Perhaps employee number 15 is lying.

The buck-toothed girl also said that he had no family and that everything was fake. Li Changgeng was puzzled. He had never doubted his family. Taking the subway was the most convenient way to get to work. Why did he always take the subway? Li Changgeng seemed to have never thought about this question.

The red countdown timer had reached one minute. Li Changgeng had too many things he couldn't understand. He thought that once he left the area around his home, the countdown would stop, but Li Changgeng had been too naive.

The dazzling white light turned everything a stark white, and as the white light exploded and gradually turned into twinkling points of light, Li Changgeng opened his eyes in a daze. The familiar seat, the familiar train window.

Li Changgeng looked up at the train carriage number: carriage number 2.

Looking around, strangely enough, there seemed to be no one else in the entire carriage besides him...

The update schedule has been adjusted; two chapters will be updated every night around 8 PM.

Around 1 a.m., if I can still find the time, I might update again.

I work part-time as a writer, and my time is very tight. Lately, I've been extremely busy with work, it's all a mess…

Previously, I updated every morning around 8 AM, which was all written while staying up all night.

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