No one knew of the conversation that had taken place in the train control room.
Meanwhile, Su Yu, flustered and hurried, had already arrived at the rear of the train.
“Carriage 7… This train should only have nine carriages. We’re almost there.”
She muttered to herself, unconsciously glancing around.
The crowd was now in utter chaos—many had left their seats and were running around the train like headless flies.
Su Yu had to carefully avoid the rushing masses, which slowed her progress to some extent.
But fortunately, the train connecting door was right in front of her.
Passing through it would lead to Carriage 8, and the control room at the rear was not far off.
She was just wondering what to do next when suddenly a voice came over the intercom:
“I think you should be ready, Train Captain.”
“Are you ready to start the game?”
Su Yu, who was pushing forward, froze.
The entire carriage fell silent along with her, and the atmosphere instantly became extremely eerie.
“What the hell?”
She furrowed her brows but had no time to dwell on it.
Just as she was about to continue forward, the smoothly running train suddenly jolted violently.
Fortunately, she managed to steady herself in time and didn’t fall.
“What’s going on?”
Before she could understand what had just happened, the connecting door not far away snapped shut with a click, and then the door behind her also locked tightly.
“What’s going on?!”
Some panicked passengers walked up and tried to pry the door open, but it was clearly a futile attempt.
“Why did the door close? Are monsters coming?”
“Wuwuwu… Mom, I’m so scared…”
“Where are the Hero Association people? Why hasn’t anyone come to save us…”
The sudden change made the already unsettled crowd even more panicked.
The atmosphere in the carriage was gradually heading toward despair.
Su Yu was silent for a moment, wondering if she should reveal herself to calm the passengers.
But thinking that she was also in the dark, she decided to wait and see to avoid alerting the enemy.
She arrived at the connection between Carriages 7 and 8.
Through the glass door, she could vaguely see people in the opposite carriage also trying to open the door.
After organizing her thoughts, she called into her bracelet:
“Lin Mo, any progress on your end?”
…
“Lin Mo?”
Su Yu checked her bracelet.
The communication system was working fine, but no sound came through.
She couldn’t help holding her breath, a sense of unease creeping into her heart.
But fortunately, after a few seconds, Lin Mo’s voice came back:
“I can hear you. I was just sparring with that guy, trying to get some info out of him, so I didn’t reply in time. What’s the situation?”
The girl’s eyes instantly calmed down.
She reported everything that had just happened:
“The train just jolted for some unknown reason, and then all the connecting doors closed, separating people in each carriage.”
“Is that so? Looks like it really intends to strike. Where are you now? Are you in the last two carriages?”
Su Yu was taken aback, slightly surprised, but quickly replied:
“That’s right…”
“Then it’s simple. This monster thinks it knows me well enough to be confident of victory, but it absolutely didn’t expect that I still have a trump card.”
Lin Mo’s voice was steady, without a hint of panic.
“In that case, go ahead and take care of that monster. I reckon it’s about to reach Carriage 9 and start killing. You need to move quickly.”
“Huh? Me?”
Su Yu was stunned for a moment, then remembered that she was a Professional Hero.
If not her, then who?
“No problem. Do you have any info on the monster?”
As she asked, she moved to the connection point, ready to try opening the door.
“Not much info, but it really likes to spout nonsense. Keep that in mind.”
A question mark appeared over Su Yu’s head.
She asked back, puzzled:
“So what use is that?”
“Of course.”
Lin Mo’s tone was calm, sounding completely confident.
“Remember the Superpower Bracelet I gave you? I set up an extremely powerful magic inside it, very hidden, but it takes time to activate… I don’t want any complications, so you know what to do, right?”
Su Yu now understood his meaning.
The corner of her mouth twitched.
It was just to play dumb and let the other side ramble on for a bit, then catch them off guard.
Though despicable, it was effective.
“No problem, leave it to me. I’m best at this kind of thing.”
Su Yu agreed to the plan without hesitation.
Then she slowly walked to the center of the connection, took a deep breath, and under the gradually shocked gazes of the passengers behind her, the tightly sealed door began to crack open a sliver.
“She… she’s a superhuman.”
…
…
“Hahahaha…”
“Feel pain, experience pain, accept pain, understand pain.”
“Jinshu Fengbao… when the painful choice falls on you, what decision will you make?”
First, a long string of resentful voices drifted through the air, like a demon from hell demanding lives.
“What’s that sound? Who’s talking?”
“Monster… monster! We’re all going to die…”
“Is there anyone who can save me… boo hoo…”
The carriage immediately fell into chaos.
Voices of fear and crying rose one after another.
People scrambled to escape, but faced with the impossibly heavy train doors, ordinary people’s strength was utterly useless.
They could only wait for despair in their dejection.
“Humans are truly pitiful creatures… enslaved by ridiculous emotions without realizing it.”
Like a ghostly voice echoed through the carriage.
Everyone could hear the wailing of this specter.
From the ceiling at the rear connection point, black sludge gradually seeped down.
Soon, a ferocious humanoid creature holding a Blood-Colored Giant Axe slowly rose from the mire.
“Monster… it’s a monster…”
With the monster’s appearance, the previously noisy carriage fell into an eerie silence.
The huddled crowd stopped crying loudly, instead sinking into numbness and confusion.
It seemed they had resigned themselves to fate, like a flock of lambs waiting to be slaughtered.
But that was not surprising.
To ordinary people, a monster was the greatest nightmare in their cognition.
Just its presence made most of those with weak mental fortitude unable to breathe and tremble.
The monster, watching this scene, couldn’t help feeling a sense of pity.
Once upon a time, he too had been like these helpless lambs, constantly hoping for a miracle in times of despair.
Even though the result was often greater despair.
A flash of crimson flickered in its eyes.
The giant axe in its hand dragged across the ground, striking sparks against the metal.
“Unfortunately, your fate is sealed. Until the ‘Train Captain’ makes a choice, your lives will be used to prove my determination.”
“Remember, the one who truly killed you is the Professional Hero you worship, Jinshu Fengbao.”
As it spoke, the monster swung the giant axe with force, slashing toward the crowd in front.
Its crimson eyes seemed to already envision the blood splattering from severed bodies, but it didn’t care at all.
At the critical moment, accompanied by the unique screech of metal, a white flash streaked across everyone’s vision.
The first to react was a middle-aged man in professional attire.
His face was ashen, but a look of incredulity burst forth in his eyes.
It was a white-haired woman of unremarkable height, dressed in white.
With just a lift of her arm, she had completely caught the terrifying giant axe mid-air, seemingly without any effort.
Though the train’s lights were dim at the moment, her resolute, cold, and beautiful profile was etched into his mind like a brand.
“Everyone! Run!”
The girl’s cold voice rang out, but to the crowd that had been scared senseless, it was like casting pearls before swine.
Seeing no one move, Su Yu grew both anxious and confused.
In her haste, she directly yelled at the crowd:
“Go!”
Only then did the people snap out of it and surge outward in a scramble.
The monster naturally wouldn’t watch them escape.
It immediately extended its other hand, black energy swirling in its palm, as if about to use magic.
But Su Yu was faster.
Just as the monster raised its hand, she had already cast ‘Flame Explosion Technique’.
bang!
The monster’s huge body flew backward, crashing heavily into the door at the end of the carriage, denting the metal plate, and lay motionless.
All that remained was the roaring sound of the train’s engine racing.
Although this strike seemed quite effective, Su Yu didn’t think an attack of this level could kill it.
Sure enough, within two seconds, the monster dissolved into a puddle of mud and merged into the floor, then reconstituted into an abstract humanoid shape.
“I admit I underestimated you, madam. Judging by the result, you are not the vase I expected.”
“But that’s all there is to it.”
The monster’s form twisted, and then its body shape changed, becoming more angular and appearing much sturdier.
It took two steps forward and continued:
“Originally, I planned to save you for last. After all… perhaps only you could bring a trace of possible pain to that heartless machine.”
“But now it seems necessary to advance this plan a bit.”
Su Yu was unmoved.
While silently observing, she remembered Lin Mo’s instructions and deliberately asked with feigned confusion:
“I don’t seem to know you, but you seem to know me quite well?”
The monster stopped at a distance where it could strike at any moment, apparently very confident in its strength and willing to chat a little more.
“You are the only person I’ve ever seen standing in the same frame as that tin man Jinshu Fengbao. I realized your relationship might be special, which made me have to take you seriously.”
The monster paused, then let out a rather smug laugh:
“If I could make the person that tin man cares about die before his eyes, that feeling would be absolutely wonderful, wouldn’t it?”
“I can hardly wait to see the expression on that tin man’s face when he loses something precious.”
At this, Su Yu’s expression turned strange.
“So, you have a grudge against Lin… Jinshu Fengbao?”
The monster’s eyes flickered, and it let out a heavy breath.
“I wouldn’t call it a grudge. After all, the world believes he has never done anything wrong.”
“But I just want that lofty hero to experience the same feeling of despair.”
Having talked this far, Su Yu felt the time was about right.
These villain-looking types indeed always had to chat and answer every question.
“So you’ve said all this? You seem to have overlooked one problem.”
Su Yu raised her head and met the monster’s gaze, her eyes devoid of any hesitation.
“Are you so confident that you can beat me?”
“Ha…”
The monster was amused, as if hearing the biggest joke.
“You’re just a rookie hero who only rose to A-rank with that guy’s help. You don’t really think that power belongs to you, do you?”
“As for me, for today, to obtain power sufficient for revenge, I have abandoned everything and finally obtained this body. What can you use to defeat me?”
Su Yu just shook her head dismissively, ignoring its boasting.
Instead, she showed off the bracelet on her wrist and said something incomprehensible.
“Is that all? I’ve recorded it, but as a last word, it’s too short.”
“Time’s running out…”
The monster was momentarily stunned by these baffling words.
Then, as if realizing something was wrong, surging Magic Energy immediately swirled around its body.
But it was too late.
A deep blue Magic Circle instantly appeared beneath the monster’s feet, and a powerful pressure came crashing down like an avalanche.
“No… Space Magic? How is that possible! When was it activated!”
The monster’s body gradually collapsed and twisted under the suppression of the Magic Circle.
This horrifying sight even startled Su Yu.
She hadn’t expected it to be this effective before using the move.
“It’s over.”
Su Yu stepped back a few paces to create some distance.
She didn’t know how the magic would unfold next.
To be safe, she decided not to go in for a finishing blow, just watched from afar.
“How… is this possible! My plan… my everything… where did I go wrong?”
Time passed second by second.
The Magic Circle grew brighter and brighter.
Finally, a dazzling blue light exploded before her eyes.
Su Yu, being the closest, couldn’t help but close her eyes.
When everything returned to calm and she opened her eyes again, all that remained were several neatly severed bodies.
Clearly, there was no chance of resurrection.
Su Yu couldn’t help but gasp.
This Lin Mo really had brutal methods.
She’d better not provoke him again.
But despite the complaint, she also breathed a sigh of relief, just feeling that the rule of villains dying from talking too much was still in effect.
“Solved?”
Lin Mo’s voice rang out at just the right time:
“I see the data has been transmitted back, and the bracelet has entered recharge cooldown. It should be solved.”
“You sure are well-informed.”
Su Yu pouted a bit uncomfortably.
This feeling of winning without doing anything made her uneasy.
“Alright, stop daydreaming. The work isn’t over yet. You need to hurry to the Backup Control Room and pull the Emergency Brake, or the train won’t stop.”
“Fine, fine. I’m going.”
She sighed, stepped over the monster’s scattered remains, and ran toward the rear of the train.