Hodaka Haruya pretended to be looking at his mobile phone and secretly glanced at the profile of Haruna Kanade next to him with his peripheral vision.
There were only two of them in the carriage, and it was so quiet that they could hear each other's breathing.
The girl wearing a raccoon scarf next to Hodaka Haruya looked a little anxious, her pale cheek almost touching the glass window out of fear, and her hands were anxiously grasping the tassel hanging from the tail of the scarf.
The train has been staying at this unheard-of Qunzhen Station for more than half an hour. During this period, no crew member came to explain the situation, and no one was seen at the station outside the window.
The two of them had felt something was wrong more than ten minutes ago. They wanted to go to other carriages to find someone to ask, but they found that the doors at both ends of the carriages had been locked. They shouted hard against the doors for several minutes, but no one paid attention.
Hodaka Haruya tried to smash the car window with a metal-cased thermos water cup, but the thin glass did not budge.
Although the mobile phone signals of both people showed full signal, they could not successfully dial anyone's phone number.
I tried to ask for help online, but the browser kept showing that the web page was loading, and the email could not be sent.
After struggling for a while, the two of them sat back down to rest exhausted.
This was the first time I was alone with her like this... Damn it, why did this happen to me today.
Hodaka Haruya stared at the loading webpage on his mobile phone, trying to muster up the courage to comfort the girl next to him, but he really couldn't think of what to say.
Even if I think of it, I can't express it properly.
Because...I'm scared too.
Hodaka Haruya unconsciously grabbed the phone.
"Haruya-kun, can you open the web page?"
In order to extend the use time of their mobile phones as much as possible, the two only turned on one mobile phone and rotated it every fifteen minutes to see if they could make or receive calls from their family members.
The one who kept the phone powered on now was Hodaka Haruya. He showed the phone screen to Haruna Kanade, and the circular arrow that represented loading was still spinning.
Haruna Kanade pursed her lips hard and said:
"Haruya-kun, I'm very sorry. If you hadn't accompanied me to Iwashima Town to find Mr. A, you wouldn't have..."
She tried hard to keep her voice from shaking, but she couldn't hide her slight breath.
Hodaka Haruya tried his best to force out a smile that he didn't know was appropriate, and said to Haruna:
"Haruna-san, it's not your fault, I decided to accompany you here.
We have already told our family that we will take the Ryomo Line to Tochigi Prefecture tonight, and they will definitely come to our rescue after they find that they cannot contact us.
Haruna-san, don't worry too much, it will be fine.
You should take a rest first, I will wake you up after the network is connected."
"Thank you, Haruya-kun."
Haruna Kanade seemed to feel relieved after hearing Hotaka Haruya's words. She stopped looking out the car window, closed her eyes and leaned on the car seat.
Hodaka Haruya didn't know what he should do or think now. He emptied his mind and stared at the loading webpage on the screen of his mobile phone. The only sound of two people's breathing was left in the empty carriage.
Time passed little by little, the light outside the car window seemed to be getting darker and darker, and the airtight car seemed to get a little colder.
12:00 late at night.
Hodaka Haruya closed his eyes tightly. In order not to wake up the girl next to him, he raised his head and yawned silently.
His cold fingertips fumbled for the fingerprint recognition area on the back of the phone.
This was the first time he had looked down for an unknown number of times. Hodaka Haruya had given up hope, but found that the loading circular arrow had disappeared, and a forum page he had never seen before was displayed on the mobile browser.
"Haruna-san!"
Hodaka Haruya immediately woke up his companion, and the two of them came together in front of the mobile phone screen.
"Hurry up and make a video call."
Hodaka Haruya clicked several times with stiff fingers before switching to Line, finding his father's account and pressing the video call icon.
No one heard.
Mother, brother, teachers, classmates... The two tried every friend, but no one got through.
The email cannot be sent, and no matter which website URL I enter, I will end up jumping to the page of the unknown forum.
With no choice but to do so, Hodaka Haruya could only post a message asking for help on the suspicious forum with an empty page.
Thank God, it was finally sent out.
He and Haruna Kanade stared at the forum page, refreshing it every few dozen seconds. It didn't take long for their posts to receive replies.
"The pie dragon next door: I set off from Tokyo Station to Tochigi but stopped at a station I've never heard of? Is this an urban ghost story? (laughs)
"Tachu-kun's mayonnaise: I seem to have heard of similar things before. It's so scary, so scary."
"Fallen Angel Warrior: Qunzhen Station? I've never heard of this station. Don't waste time in the car. Get out of the car and go find an adult for help!"
"The natural gorilla: Yes, there must be staff on duty at the station. Get off the car and go find them for help."
Did these people seriously read what I posted?
Didn't I tell you that the car door was locked and couldn't be opened?
Hodaka Haruya was about to reply to the netizens who gave suggestions when the sound of mechanical rotation suddenly came from the head of the carriage.
A gust of cold wind blew into the car from outside.
The car door opened automatically.
Hotaka Haruya and Haruna Kanade turned pale, huddled in the car seats and looked at each other silently.
After a while, Haruna Kanade mustered up the courage to speak:
"Haruya-kun, do you want to go out..."
…
On this side of Kukai, the boundary gate that turned into a rockery finally reached its destination.
A transparent walnut-like sphere slowly rotates in the sky, and under the uneven textured membrane are countless stars.
Liang De looked at the cost of crossing the boundary gate.
4396 crystal cluster.
Judging from the consumption, this random crossing did not go too far into this shore, so naturally it cannot be the oldest blue star.
Although he didn't expect to return to his hometown during his first random time travel, Liang De was still a little disappointed.
Just like although I don’t really expect to win the first prize of the Lotto, I always feel a little disappointed every time I compare the numbers on the lottery tickets and find that I have paid another IQ tax.
Failure is the mother of success, Ade, Ade, don't be discouraged, show your national football spirit, life is alive, it doesn't matter how many more mothers there are, Oli is here!
Liang De encouraged himself and began to focus on collecting materials for Teacher Fengxian.
The more than 4,000 crystal clusters consumed in this boundary crossing were advanced by Thunder Evil Sect's company account and recorded in Liang De's account.
The fixed task quota for April has been used up, this time it is a free task.
According to the agreement between him and Teacher Fengxian, if the materials brought back from this mission receive an evaluation of three stars or above, the travel expenses can be fully reimbursed.
If the evaluation of the material is lower than three stars, he will have to pay for it himself. This is something Mr. Liang absolutely cannot accept.
If you cannot make ends meet for a long time, you will be forced to borrow money. If you borrow too much money, you will become an eel head who listens to inspirational songs every day.
Terrible, terrible, terrible... I must do my main job of Utopian Fist in a down-to-earth manner.
If you want to make money and maintain high-frequency travel, you must focus on your main business of collecting materials, and you must also focus on your side business of escorting.
Liang De glanced at Bai Hekong with evil intentions.
The salary and benefits at Mo's Heavy Industries are so good, so we have to find a way to get more out of her.
"How is it!"
Bai Hekong's warrior sense sensed Liang De's sneaky eyes and gave him a very unhappy look.
"Not really, not really...Classmate Bai Hekong, can you, the old man, enter the world?"
Liang De pointed to the transparent walnut-like world on the other side and asked cautiously.
"What else can I do? I'm here now!"
The white crane flew towards the transparent walnut with bulging air, and Liang De closed up the floating rockery that changed through the boundary gate and followed closely behind.