"From the beginning, we weren't the only players in this instance. If I'm not mistaken, it's probably structured like a team battle..."
"We're one team, and the vendors are another."
Gu Mian stroked his chin. He had experienced similar team battles before and ended up inadvertently dragging the host out due to a mistake.
The logistics staff from that instance also inexplicably followed... But none of that was important now.
"It's rather unfair how the teams are divided. The other team seems to be fully aware of our existence, while we're blind to theirs, only able to guess their presence based on clues. It's like a battle between a conspicuous team and one hiding in the shadows."
Han Shan interrupted, "The teams must be divided according to strength. The weaker side tends to have more favorable conditions, and it's also very likely that the weaker side may have an impact on the other."
Gu Mian continued, "Alright, let's assu we are the stronger team... To sum up the current situation, both of our teams are on the 'Ti Escape' train at two different ti points. The instance has twisted these two ti points together. Our task is to et the passengers' demands and refill goods, while they're masquerading as vendors selling goods to us."
"I'm quite curious where they got their goods from, especially the raw at... However, we discovered earlier that passengers in our carriages have disappeared. After the first ti we pre-ordered goods from the vendors, anyone who had pre-ordered had so passengers disappear from their carriage."
Guigu's voice ca over the intercom, "Suo Qingqiu seems to have gone silent. Aren't you guys going to pay any attention? And when we were going through the tunnel earlier, it felt like sothing was blowing cold air on my head."
Han Shan glanced down at the intercom. "Understood."
Guigu fell silent.
Gu Mian continued, "Of those who pre-ordered goods, only Guigu is still alive. By the way, Guigu, can you check how many passengers are left in your carriage?"
After the question, Guigu's voice instantly ca through the intercom, "Thirty-two. Only one passenger is missing, and the count hasn't continued to decrease..."
So, Guigu's No. 1 carriage had, up to this point, only lost one person.
Guigu seed uneasy. "I'm the only one who pre-ordered goods that's still alive. Am I going to be the next one to die?"
Gu Mian answered, "Theoretically, you should be next."
Guigu choked. "I want to understand why pre-ordering goods leads to death. We never went to collect what we pre-ordered anyway..."
From the intercom ca Angel Slaughter's voice, "I didn't lose any passengers, but the man who was taking pre-orders for raw at has co by a few tis. I refused him each ti."
Fang Xiang also chid in, "In my carriage, no one has disappeared."
Gu Mian rubbed his chin. "Because no one got off the train to pre-order at the last station, the number of passengers didn't continue to decrease this ti?"
Han Shan frowned. "If you pre-order goods, the number of passengers decreases. What is the connection between the goods given by the vendors and our passengers?"
Gu Mian glanced out of the window. "Perhaps because 'goods' equals 'passengers'?"
Hearing this, Guigu felt a chill run down his spine.
No matter how powerful the instance was, it couldn't turn living people into orange soda or the like, but he rembered that 'raw at' was an option among the pre-ordered goods.
Turning living people into raw at... most people should be capable of that.
Angel Slaughter took a deep breath. "Are you saying that the raw at we pre-ordered was all sourced on the spot by them killing passengers to provide it?"
Gu Mian nodded towards the intercom. "In the beginning, each of our carriages should have had only one ghost, one that liked raw at but wasn't particularly aggressive..."
Suddenly, an announcent rang out on the train.
"Fifth stop, Crazy Ga City is approaching. Passengers planning to alight, please prepare in advance."
Gu Mian quickened his speech, "This ghost should be considered a trigger, its purpose being to mislead players into pre-ordering raw at from the vendors. And once we pre-order raw at from the vendors, they will kill passengers in the corresponding carriages to obtain the raw at."
"For example, if Xiao Tiantian in carriage No. 2 pre-ordered ten kilograms of at, then those ten kilograms of at would also be taken from carriage No. 2."
"Here, I'll make a bold guess: although they can kill passengers in the carriages, the decision-making power is actually in our hands. They should be constrained by so rule; if we don't pre-order, they can't just kill passengers arbitrarily."
"In other words, as long as we pre-order, passengers on the 9 o'clock train will be killed for their at. If passengers on the 9 o'clock train die, their counterparts on the 11 o'clock train will naturally die as well... They might even turn into ghosts and then attack us."
"Suo Qingqiu was short three passengers for ten kilograms of at, so Xiao Tiantian's carriage should also be short three. Adding Guigu's one, there should now be seven ghosts on our train. Therefore, from the mont soone pre-ordered raw at, we were already in danger."
Guigu listened, sowhat dumbfounded. He hadn't expected this instance to be so insidious, luring them into a trap from the very beginning.
Fang Xiang's voice suddenly ca through. "They were the ones who killed the people, so why are the ghosts coming after us?"
Is it because their train has so protective chanism? If the vendors killed people, and the passengers turned into ghosts seeking revenge on the vendors, then this instance couldn't continue.
Just then, Han Shan thought he heard faint footsteps behind him. He whipped around to look, but the passenger area was quiet. Everyone was sitting lazily in their seats; no one was moving in the aisle. Strange...
Then Angel Slaughter's hesitant voice ca over the intercom. "So, is there nothing we can do now? Do those who pre-ordered raw at just have to wait in their carriages to be killed by ghosts?"
Gu Mian responded, "No."
Hearing Gu Mian's "no," Guigu felt a flicker of excitent; he really didn't want to die a horrible death in this instance. But Gu Mian's next words plunged Guigu into deep self-doubt: "People who didn't pre-order might also be killed by ghosts. Possibly."
This situation is even worse than before!
"Why?" Fang Xiang's volu suddenly increased, sounding extrely agitated.
Gu Mian recalled the instance's cautionary notes. "This instance stipulates that two players cannot be in the sa carriage, so you didn't dare to casually run into other people's carriages. But ghosts aren't players. They aren't restricted to a single carriage; they can roam around wherever they please."
At this mont, the faint, slow footsteps were heard again from behind. Han Shan quickly turned around once more.
His gaze passed through his own carriage to Xiao Tiantian's No. 2 carriage. There should have originally been three ghosts in carriage No. 2. Now that the attendant of carriage No. 2, Xiao Tiantian, had been killed by them, they should be killing other people now...
Angel Slaughter clenched her fists. "In that case, from the mont soone pre-ordered raw at... we were already in a no-win situation, right?"
Just then, the train suddenly decelerated sharply. Simultaneously, an announcent followed.
"Fifth stop, Crazy Ga City, has arrived. The train will stop for one minute. Passengers who need to get off the train, please alight as soon as possible."
"Speaking of which," Gu Mian suddenly said, "don't you think this train is stopping a bit too frequently?"
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