Chapter 127 On the probability of accidents on high-speed rail
The hooded man pulled down his hat, leaned over and said, "Hey, brother, are you going to Pengcheng?"
Hearing the voice, Xu Shuo glanced sideways at him, nodded and said a faint "hmm".
"Then we are really destined. I am also going to Pengcheng!" the hooded man said with a smile.
Xu Shuo: "..." You probably have a fate with the people in this car.
This young man doesn't look too old, but because of the green stubble around his chin and his messy, fluffy curly hair, he looks a bit unkempt, making him look a whole generation older.
After a while, the hooded man spoke to him again: "Brother, do you know the probability of a high-speed rail accident?"
Xu Shuo: "..."
He looked at the scenery passing by outside. Although the speed was faster than the train, the train was extremely stable in motion, and pedestrians would not shake when walking on the aisle.
The hooded man didn't wait for his answer, and then said: "Actually, the probability of high-speed rail failure is greater than that of airplanes. Although you usually see a lot of news about airplane accidents, this is actually survivor bias."
"Just last month." The hooded man raised a finger to him with a serious face and continued: "There were one hundred and sixty-eight high-speed rail failures, but only one for the plane!"
"..." Xu Shuo was speechless for a moment.
Because an airplane can kill all passengers in one go, it is frequently in the news. However, high-speed rail failures will only cause temporary suspension or emergency braking at the least, and will not involve the entire vehicle at worst.
In short, it's not a big deal.
Xu Shuo had already discovered that this young man was just bored, so he wanted to chat with him.
After he finished talking about the "probability of high-speed rail failure", he saw Xu Shuo still holding a mobile phone in his hand, so he asked again: "Are you playing some game?"
"Xiao Xiao Le."
"Hai, what's so fun about Xiaoxiaole? How about we play black?"
"There's someone playing over there." Xu Shuo pointed to Pei Sheng next door, the meaning was self-evident.
But the hooded man turned his head and glanced at Pei Sheng, who was so angry at the game that he looked ferocious, then withdrew his gaze and said after a while: "Let's forget it."
The train continued to drive, and after passing through the city of reinforced concrete, it gradually came to the suburbs and drove on the viaduct.
The scenery outside is quite good, the weather is very good today, and the river across both banks is sparkling.
After being quiet for a while, the hooded man couldn't help but speak again, and asked with interest: "Brother, do you believe there are ghosts in this world?"
Xu Shuo gave him a strange look.
Hooded Man: "I heard in my hometown that there are water ghosts in the river. When pedestrians pass by and they walk slowly, they will drag them down. Look, the river is so wide, and we haven't finished it yet."
As soon as he finished speaking, the train drove over the viaduct and entered between the mountain walls.
"If a stone suddenly falls from the top of this mountain..."
After passing the mountain wall, the train entered a field.
"If it suddenly derails, this rice field will be destroyed!"
After passing the countryside, there is another huge lake.
"Oh! This lake is really big, if..."
"I think-" Xu Shuo interrupted him gently and politely, and smiled: "We will definitely reach our destination safely."
The hooded man stopped talking, smacked his lips in a dull manner, and subconsciously reached into his pocket to feel for a cigarette, but then he remembered that smoking was not allowed on the train.
It's so abominable, there isn't even a smoking area!
But during this period of casual chatting, half an hour had passed. After the hooded man lowered his head and looked at the time on his phone, he felt refreshed again.
This boring time flies by quite quickly!
He looked at Xu Shuo again, looking for a topic with great interest: "Brother, what are you going to Pengcheng for? Are you looking for a job?"
Xu Shuo brushed his hands on Xiaoxiao Le and said "hmm" without raising his head.
"Hey, stop staring at your phone all the time. Keeping your head down is bad for your cervical spine - how many levels have you played?" He said as he turned his head to look over, and then he was stunned: "Fuck! More than four thousand.
If it is turned off, then if your data suddenly crashes, wouldn’t it be..."
Xu Shuo's fingers trembled, and he accidentally clicked the wrong last step, and soon the word "failure" appeared on the screen.
The culprit next to him laughed twice.
Xu Shuo paused and screened the phone, turned to look at the hooded man, a rather gentle and bright smile appeared on his lips, his eyes were clear and bright, which was particularly dazzling against an already handsome face.
If Pei Sheng looked over at this time, he would remember that this was the smile the boss used to make every time he wanted to beat him.
The hooded man was stunned and before he could react, the train suddenly roared and entered the tunnel, and the entire carriage suddenly became dark.
When the carriage fell into darkness, the vague voices of other passengers disappeared, and suddenly, the world seemed to have fallen into dead silence.
After a long while, the wall lamp in the carriage was turned on, illuminating the darkness again.
From the seat next to him, Pei Sheng cursed angrily: "Damn it! Why do I have no signal?!"
Immediately afterwards, other people's voices were heard one after another.
Xu Shuo put away the smile on his face and squinted slightly to look out the window, but all he could see was thick darkness, with no lights from the tunnel.
The train was still traveling at high speed, and there was a rumbling sound after entering the tunnel.
At this time, the hooded man next to him murmured in a low voice: "I have taken this train so many times and I have never entered a tunnel."
Xu Shuo turned to look at him, but his pupils shrank slightly, but soon he adjusted his expression and regained his calm look.
Pei Sheng's resentful voice still came from the seat next to him: "I've already pushed you to the high ground, so come and fix it for me, but you won't let me win, right... Useless mobile phone, I'll replace it with you as soon as I get off the car!"
"Please be quiet, we've been making a lot of noise since we were playing games just now." The irritated voice of a middle-aged man came from next to Pei Sheng, who was sitting next to him.
"Oh..." Pei Sheng clicked his tongue in displeasure.
The voices of passengers talking could be faintly heard in the carriage, which was no different from before entering the tunnel, but the difference was that Xu Shuo did not see anyone in his seat at this time.
The carriage became dilapidated and rusty, the ground was covered with stains, and a strange dark liquid was spread on it. A strange smell came from nowhere, like gunpowder smoke or rancid smell.
Xu Shuo remained calm and even turned on his phone to check the time. XiaoxiaoLe was still on the failed interface.
After thinking for a while, Xu Shuo carefully exited the Xiaoxiaole interface.
He pretended that nothing happened, opened the Tetris game, and then calmly cleared the levels, completely ignoring the dark environment and tattered carriages.
Because he seemed to be trapped in this carriage world with the hooded man sitting next to him.
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Normal High School Affiliated.
In the morning, senior high school students were facing their last monthly exam, and a tense and solemn atmosphere spread in the classroom.
Xu Xi was working on the test paper with an expressionless face, and her hand holding the pen was not hasty or slow. Juanxiu's regular script fell on the paper. She was already halfway through the composition, but at this moment, the tip of her pen suddenly stopped.
The black pen stayed on that stroke, and the ink smudged slightly. As the pen tip stayed longer, the thin test paper was gradually punctured.
Xu Xi was stunned for a long time. When he came back to his senses, the bell for handing in papers had already rang.
She looked at the unfinished test paper, put down her pen and let the invigilator take it away, then left the class and took out her cell phone to send a text message.