CHAPTER 534: CHAPTER 500: THE BEAST IS RIGHT BESIDE ME

"Hehe, don’t even think about laying a hand on me. Although I haven’t killed a child spirit, it doesn’t mean I can’t."

At this point, the train had already passed through the tunnel, and the other people were looking at Xiao Qi with complex expressions.

They had just heard Xiao Qi’s confession.

The matters were known to the assistant driver and Ling Zi, but they had kept it from Jiang Xiao.

Because they thought it had nothing to do with whether they could defeat the paranormal.

Moreover... when the security wanted to eat people, they both agreed.

So, of course, they preferred not to talk about it if they didn’t have to.

"I was wondering why the security suddenly became so ’upright’, so it was Brother Tianyu who took action..."

"Shut up!"

Xiao Qi interrupted the assistant driver’s words, her eyes red.

"How dare you call my dad ’brother’? If it wasn’t for the need of someone who can drive the train, you would be dead by now!"

"Cough."

The assistant driver coughed dryly, his face red but he did not retort Xiao Qi’s words.

From the appearance of the paranormal until now, he really hadn’t fulfilled the responsibilities of an assistant driver.

From beginning to end, it had been Fang Tianyu alone handling everything...

"So, what then?"

Jiang Xiao continued to ask, sensing the story had suddenly become more intriguing.

"Then dad and mom said that he just needed a bit more time, just a little bit of time, and he would be confident in driving the train out of this closed loop of space-time..."

Xiao Qi’s eyes sparkled as she spoke, not hiding her admiration for her dad.

Damn...

Even Jiang Xiao felt that Fang Tianyu was a master.

Since he said so, there must be confidence to drive out because there was absolutely no point in lying at this time.

If they truly couldn’t get out, he could just leave the locomotive and enjoy the last moments as a family of three with Yu Fen and Xiao Qi...

Moreover, he was able to turn the security into a pain-resistant, absolutely obedient puppet-like existence.

It only goes to show everyone has their area of expertise, something Jiang Xiao can’t achieve.

"Since your dad can drive the train out, then why?"

"Because, Dad, although he could keep the security maintaining order, no matter how powerful Dad is, he can’t conjure food out of thin air..."

So, even though the security was ’obedient’, new ’security’ would always appear.

Initially oppressed passengers, unable to endure hunger, started harboring thoughts of cannibalism.

And they set their sights on women and children!

"Were you targeted?"

"En, I was sleeping in my mom’s arms at the time, woken by people arguing. Someone wanted my mom to hand me over, or they would eat her too."

Xiao Qi’s expression remained calm as she spoke, but the disgust in her eyes was unmistakable.

Emm...

Jiang Xiao understood; if Fang Tianyu had controlled the security from the beginning, he could have been the king.

Fortunately, at the crucial moment, security patrolling reached them.

Then, those ferocious passengers dispersed.

"Can’t you ask your dad to arrange for two security guards to protect you?"

"Yes, that’s what mom thought too before something happened to her..."

Jiang Xiao’s heart skipped a beat.

So, did something happen to her mom on her way to the locomotive?

"So, did the paranormal attack the passengers inside the carriage again..."

"It wasn’t the paranormal, it was many passengers. They cornered mom in the carriage one section away from the locomotive, my mom, she was beautiful..."

"What? That’s your mom!"

The co-driver’s face turned pale, and he couldn’t help but cry out in shock, but he soon realized he had lost his composure.

Xiao Qi looked at him deeply, but in the end, she did not make a move.

Well...

Jiang Xiao did not speak; he was considering whether the people on this train still needed to be alive.

"I’m sorry! I deserve to die, I deserve to die!"

While speaking, the co-driver slapped his own face hard, tears and snot streaming down.

"Xiao Qi, I’m sorry, I didn’t know, I didn’t know it was your sister-in-law. I’m already over thirty, still unmarried, and at that time I thought I was a goner. I... I got confused, I got confused!"

’Slap slap slap slap!’

The sound of slapping echoed continuously in the carriage.

I want to kill him.

This was Jiang Xiao’s assessment of the co-driver.

Just as Jiang Xiao was about to kill him, Xiao Qi stepped forward to stop him.

"Don’t, brother, don’t touch him. Dad said, if one day the train can get out, we still need him to drive the train..."

Jiang Xiao reluctantly put away his murderous intent for the moment.

Xiao Qi did not dwell on this topic; she was still a child, how could they let her keep recalling what happened that day.

Continuing her story, Xiao Qi’s voice became calmer and calmer.

"Dad can’t solve the problem with food, and he doesn’t have the strength anymore. Dad’s voice has turned very faint, very weak."

"So, in the end, the train didn’t get out, right?"

"Yeah, there wasn’t enough time. Dad said, give him three more days, and he could drive the train out... but at most 12 more hours, and he would starve to death..."

Maybe he could eat human flesh?

This was Jiang Xiao’s thought.

But he also understood, Fang Tianyu was the type of person who would rather starve than survive on someone else’s flesh.

Even if he ate someone, he could lead many more people out of here.

Similarly, this choice was akin to the trolley paradox.

"But Dad has other ways to keep us alive."

Every time Xiao Qi spoke about Fang Tianyu, her tone couldn’t hide her pride.

"He can connect our train to the eerie barrier world, and thus siphon some energy that can be converted into food, which also keeps the train running normally. He said, if the train keeps running, one day humanity will escape from here."

"How did he open it up?"

"A fulcrum, two closely connected bridges."

"It’s set up during the time the train passes through the tunnels, when the blood-red sunset outside has minimal effect on the train..."

"Absorbing energy requires a ’straw,’ half in our world, half in the eerie world. My mom and dad became the straw, they resonate with each other, absorbing the energy of the eerie world. I, as their child and the receiver in the train, convert that energy into food and the power for the train to run."

Xiao Qi’s calm words spoke of a heart-wrenching result.

So...

Is Xiao Qi so powerful because her body possesses eerie powers?

No wonder she’s so badass.

"That bastard co-driver said it required the passengers’ sacrifice..."

"That’s also true, because there was not enough time. Dad couldn’t set up everything properly, causing some issues with their positions. Such problems caused their ’bridges’ to age and required human lives to repair."

Jiang Xiao was somewhat speechless.

When all is said and done, does it still require human lives?

Your dad is also foolish; why not just eat someone?

"Brother, but Dad overlooked one problem, I can’t withstand the recurring surges of the eerie. Sometimes, I can’t control the urge to kill..."

"So, brother, could you cripple my limbs and nail me to the last carriage?"

"Only you, with your strength, can completely suppress the uncontrollable eerie powers inside me."

"I’m not afraid of dying, but as the receiver, if I die, then everyone on the train will have to be buried with me..."