Train Survival: You're really trying to survive!

"Hey, who are you?" Su Li shouted at the girl.

"Huh?" The girl, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, was startled by Su Li's shout and her shoulders trembled. "I, I am also a player of the Eternal Train game."

Su Li pressed on, "And what about your car?"

"You, you mustn't have any bad ideas, I won't tell you," the girl said in a panic. "We are all Earthlings, we should unite and cooperate."

Su Li sent a friend request to the other party.

Friend request sent, awaiting acceptance.

However, the other party showed no signs of receiving the message.

Su Li felt that her guess was pretty much right.

"Alright, I'll be going now, for the sake of being a fellow Earthling. Take care of yourself." Su Li turned around, picked up the manual, and pretended to complain, "Tsk, where did Ivan and Sun Keke get teleported to?"

After saying that, he made a move to leave.

The girl over there trembled when she heard the name Sun Keke.

【Five, four, three...】

"Wait a minute, handsome guy!"

Su Li smiled slightly, just as I expected.

Su Li turned around and asked, "Is there anything else?"

"Um, well, I mean..." The girl hesitated for a moment, then gritted her teeth and made a decision, "Can I travel with you?"

“No way. We’re not teammates, I don’t trust you,” Su Li refused decisively.

“I… I can be the bait.” The girl started talking and said incessantly, “This world is so strange. Monsters can attack others through the loopholes in the mind. Even if you have some strength, with your Black Iron level strength, once you are surrounded, the continuous mental attacks will put you in danger.”

"Take me with you. I can act as bait at crucial moments to lure away the monsters."

"It sounds tempting, but I don't trust you. It's so dangerous, wouldn't it be better to hide? Why are you following me?" Su Li retorted, "Let me tell you in advance, we're going to fight the mastermind, Shadow. It will only be more dangerous for you to follow me."

“I have a reason to go find that shadow,” the girl said frantically. “That’s right, she took my family away, I have to go find her.”

Su Li's lips twitched. "Listen to this for yourself, is that convincing? It's clearly a reason I just came up with. Fine, I'll play along."

"Alright, I agree to take you along, but if things go wrong, I'll abandon you, understand?"

The girl immediately perked up; she was truly someone who wore her heart on her sleeve. "I understand!"

"Then what's your name?"

The girl was silent for a moment, then said, "My name is Lin Xin."

Su Li scoffed inwardly, [Lin Xin? Sun Lili, perhaps!]

Yes, the girl's face bore an 8% resemblance to Sun Lili, who was lying on the train. After discovering this, Su Li conducted some probing and was basically certain that it was indeed Sun Lili.

As for why Sun Lili is here, we can only unravel the mystery slowly.

With a 'temporary teammate' joining the party, Su Li sheathed her greatsword. "Then I'll take you with me and we'll rejoin my teammates first."

Lin Xin panicked again. Sun Keke definitely recognized her like this, and the last person she wanted to see was Sun Keke. She quickly stopped her, saying, "Wait! Don't rush to meet up! I know where that shadow is! It's nearby!"

[Nearby my foot! Shadow Lily is still chasing Sun Keke, and she's locked in a fierce battle with my team.]

Su Li saw through the lie at a glance. He opened the manual and found Song Mingyu: "How is the situation?"

Song Mingyu – We repelled them; their teleportation ability was too troublesome. We're preparing to return to the train. What about you guys?

Su Li—I've run into people who are most likely Sun Lili's people.

Song Mingyu—What? Sun Lili's body was also transported there?

Su Li—I don't know. She seems to have some ulterior motive and doesn't want to meet with Sun Keke. We'll split up. I'll keep her company for a while. Why don't you go check on Sun Lili's health?

Song Mingyu – What are your guesses?

Su Li—she has no magical energy at all, while Sun Lili is a player who has advanced to the Black Iron level, so it's unlikely that her main body was teleported here. This is the mental realm, so I guess she might be some kind of benevolent clone; that's how it's portrayed in novels and anime.

Song Mingyu – Understood. I'll get back to you if I get any messages.

After exchanging information, Su Li waved to Lin Xin, "Lead the way."

"Oh, okay, okay, you're such a good person." 'Lin Xin' hurriedly bowed to Su Li. "This way!"

Lin Xin led the way, with Su Li following behind. They didn't see a single monster along the way.

They passed through the residential area and arrived at a commercial street. Then they entered an office building and took the elevator to the top floor.

Upon reaching the top floor, 'Lin Xin' led Su Li to the window. Pointing outside, she said, 'I feel—no, I saw it earlier—that shadow was in that direction.'

[You were just saying I sensed it, weren't you? Pay attention, there are loopholes everywhere.] Su Li thought to herself, subtly looking in the direction 'Lin Xin' was pointing: "What direction? Wait, is there an outline in the sky?"

Su Li squinted and spotted a huge silhouette in the sky, hidden within thick black clouds. Judging from the silhouette, it looked like a massive castle.

They are currently on the 33rd floor, and looking down, they can only see a vague outline.

The world here is shrouded in a light mist, so you really can't see this thing from the ground.

"You mean, the Shadow is in that place?" Su Li asked seriously.

“Yes, yes, I saw the shadow fly there before,” 'Lin Xin' lied.

Su Li glanced at the height of the suspended object; it was definitely not a height she could jump up to. "It's so high. If you hadn't been there with us, we would have searched forever and never found it. Thank you."

"Not at all, not at all, mutual benefit, mutual benefit." 'Lin Xin' intertwined her fingers and grinned foolishly.

This girl is so good at being praised!

Su Li found 'Lin Xin' quite interesting. However, if this 'Lin Xin' is indeed, as he suspected, an incarnation of Sun Lili, then her current personality is very likely to differ from the original's.

Su Li didn't believe that a teenager working to support her family while caring for her eight-year-old sister could be so stupid, full of mistakes, and so incompetent at work. She thought her boss would teach her a lesson.

Just then, Su Li received a message from Song Mingyu's handbook.

Song Mingyu—Sun Lili's body is still inside the train, and there has been no change.

Zurich—I understand.

Su Li glanced at 'Lin Xin' and figured it was probably some kind of benevolent clone. She wouldn't be surprised if the benevolent and malevolent bodies clashed later, with the masks being torn off and the characters shouting "Personality" to awaken their powers.

Putting aside her speculations about 'Lin Xin's' identity, Su Li focused her attention on the buildings in the sky.

How do we get up there?