The flames in the air slowly dropped; the weak fire all around the platform was completely unable to compete with them. The dark black backdrop was an especially vivid contrast to the burning flames.
Not a single ghost dared to hang around in the fire’s range.
The ghosts that were caught by the fire were still wailing. They rolled around and struggled, as if they had returned to the most torturous instant in their lives.
The ghosts that weren’t caught by the fire also hid far away in the darkness. Their fear of fire roused their consciousness. At that moment, they gazed at Xiao Lan’s figure with alarm and terror in their eyes. For a while, no one dared to come a single step closer.
To them, Xiao Lan was standing within an insurmountable moat.
Finally, the train’s rumbles grew closer and its lights illuminated the platform, declaring to the players that this game that had danger lurking everywhere was about to end.
The players were all wary of the ghosts, their footsteps slowly shifting towards the train.
Unwilling to be left on its lonesome, the platform’s broadcast rang out once more. This time, it no longer hid its objective:
“No one… can leave… kill…”
In the wake of this announcement, the rate at which the platform’s original facade was peeling off suddenly sped up. The floor started to split open, and the traces of burning in the darkness rapidly spread over the surrounding walls like water stains.
Several parts of the platform collapsed with a bang, which caused other parts to start falling apart.
The ghosts received an order and once again gathered to slowly press in on the players.
But they weren’t courageously advancing like before.
“No one can leave…” the train broadcast urged once more.
As if targeting the broadcast, Xiao Lan raised his hand and made a move as if he was about to snap his fingers.
The ghosts who were slowly closing in suddenly paused in an even more unified move than when they had heard the platform’s order, as if they had been rigorously trained.
If the station broadcast had a real body, it might be angry enough to spit out blood.
The heck?! Whose subordinates are you?!!
A group of traitors!!!
At that moment, the train had also arrived.
The doors slowly opened, the light in the carriage a captivating lure.
The players all ran toward the train at their top speeds.
They all understood that if they missed this train, who knew if this station could hold on until the next one, to say nothing of the numerous ghosts. Holding these things off was seriously too difficult.
The broadcast was infuriated by this scene; its voice turned shrill: “Kill —”
As if they had been issued an ultimatum, the ghosts didn’t dare hesitate anymore this time as they pounced on the players once more.
The players were once again confronted with the monsters’ malevolent faces and sharp claws. They used all their strength to move forward. As long as they got onto the train, they would survive!!
However, these ghosts were extremely quick and closed in behind them in a short few seconds, yet the train was still a few meters away.
A bloated arm caught a player by the arm, and his heart burst with a chill.
Pa —
Xiao Lan snapped his fingers and a line of raging fire ignited right behind the players’ feet. After that, a wall of fire suddenly rose from the ground, separating the players from the ghosts that were very near to them.
The bloated arm instantly burned in the intense inferno, emitting a greenish-grey smoke.
Some of the ghosts who were running too quickly couldn’t retreat in time and directly crashed into the fire wall. They instantly also smoked all over and howled mournfully.
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The fire wall continued to spread and surround the entire side close to the train.
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Ghosts: “… ”
Fuck! Who wants to see you off?! If it wasn’t for you blocking us, we would have long rushed over!
Beep — beep — beep — The train doors were about to close.
A hysterical scream was transmitted through the broadcast, filled with intense anger and unwillingness; it was so sharp their eardrums hurt.
A fierce wind blew past and through the train doors. At the same time, a twisted and furious face appeared in the wall of fire. In spite of the pain from the burns, it tried to charge through the flaming partition.
He opened his mouth wide at Xiao Lan, as if wanting to tear a bite of meat out of Xiao Lan.
The players just saw two white shadows suddenly pass through the crack between the doors and ruthlessly strike this face. After that, this face’s expression turned astonished as if it had suffered some unfathomable attack and was defeated.
Only Xiao Lan saw that there was a bit of black hidden in this white shadow; it was Luo who had imbued the white tickets with his power when he tossed it out.
Having touched Luo’s engulfing power, this fellow who didn’t know its place probably wouldn’t have it good.
Luo slowly withdrew his hand, his voice so low that only he himself could hear: “Please do not show such discourteous behaviour in front of sir.”
The players looked at him in bewilderment and uncertainty. He could actually garner such an effect even with a train ticket; it turned out that this guy was also this powerful?
Did these two bigshots still have a place for little brother subordinates?
The train doors closed completely and the train slowly left the station as it advanced into the darkness, leaving behind the unwilling and angry gazes of the ghosts on the platform.
The players finally sighed in relief as they leaned back inside the carriage for a little rest.
Xiao Lan looked at the players in the train. There were ten people present overall. Aside from the three of them, there was also a man in a leather jacket, a woman in red skin-tight clothes who held a whip, a woman carrying a broadsword, a small three-person team, and a muscular big guy with stubble in women’s clothes and heavy makeup.
Faced with the last one, the crossdressing big guy, Xiao Lan’s expression was very calm. In his years as a part-timer, he had seen many strange people, and there were even more weirdos everywhere in the Advent World, which toughened one’s heart.
After that, he realised that there were now plenty of other people in the initially empty carriage.
Or perhaps, to be more accurate, he should say ghosts.
These ghosts had all appeared out of nowhere. They sat in their seats and didn’t move at all, like a carriage of solid wax figures.
Among them, he also noticed the old man whom he had seen before, the one who tried to fool him into taking the train ticket. This guy was really great; he fooled other people into leaving the station, yet he himself ran to the train and quietly sat there.
What a pretender.
Xiao Lan guessed that not all of these platform NPCs wanted to stay in the station. Perhaps a few among them wanted to leave or couldn’t due to certain reasons. For example, the owner of the brooch and this old man; finding a player to replace them was probably one of the ways they could leave.
At that moment, no one spoke. Only the rumbles of the train filled the air.
Clack — clack — clack —
Heavy and stiff leather shoes approached this side unhurriedly. The players followed the source of the sound and turned to look.
The tall figure dressed in black and who had a deathly white complexion slowly walked over from the front carriage. He seemed to have appeared out of nowhere, and abruptly walked into the players’ line of sight just like this.
The players felt an enormous pressure from him. This person absolutely wasn’t a simple character.
The train marshal’s cold and detached eyes swept over the players present, and his voice was husky and broken. “All of you made the right choice.”
After that, he no longer cared about the other players and directly stretched out one hand towards Xiao Lan.
The players had stupefied faces. What was this ah? Two bigshots shaking hands to express friendliness upon meeting before they discussed things?
On the other hand, Xiao Lan understood the train marshal’s intentions and took out from his pocket the brooch which he had obtained from the woman in the control room.
When the train marshal accepted this brooch, Xiao Lan saw traces of a gentle expression on his cold face. The train marshal reached out and very lightly and carefully stroked the brooch.
In response to his action, bits of light slowly flew out of the brooch to form a human figure next to him — fair skin, slender figure, delicate features and supple, beautiful hair.
It was the lover he had longed for for a very long time.
The woman gave the train marshal a gentle smile and reached out to softly smooth out the crease between his eyebrows.
“Plot task 【Longing for the Departed】 completed. Obtained reward 【Random rare item gift box】 *1.”
Xiao Lan was planning to study what this thing 【Random rare item gift box】was, when he felt the train suddenly shudder. After that, the train gradually started to slow down before it stopped as if it was overloaded.
He looked outside the train and saw numerous hands clinging to the windows. These ghosts were using strength that was hard to resist to drag the entire carriage backwards.
The platform returned to his field of vision.
“What the fuck…”
“This is cheating ba! A goddamn physical ghost wall…”
“Are we fighting or not?”
The players who saw this spectacle couldn’t help the burst of despair in their hearts.
A malicious ghost face plastered itself against a window, its evil and mocking eyes sweeping over the humans and ghosts in the carriage.
He mouthed: Don’t — think — of — leaving —
At that moment, the woman who had just reunited with her lover turned around. Under the players’ confused gazes, she walked towards the window, lifted a slim and beautiful hand, then gave the ghost face outside a resounding slap.
Pa —
Her slap which looked weak passed through the wall of the train and directly slammed against the ghost face outside, which twisted from the impact and flew off.
“Ss… This sister is seriously awesome…” Diyi Fugui exclaimed in admiration.
They had initially assumed that the person in front of them was a princess who needed rescuing, only for the princess to directly stand up and brandish a broadsword on their behalf – it was quite a stimulating sensation.
Immediately after that, even more ghost figures appeared at the window. Each of their faces were twisted sinisterly and harboured ill will.
At that moment, the train marshal finally moved. He seized his lover and moved her behind him so that these fellows’ ugliness wouldn’t disgust her.
Then, he extended a hand as pale as his complexion and gently rapped on the train window thrice.
It looked like an ordinary and normal move, but it was followed by an impact which spread at a speed that couldn’t be seen with the naked eye. The ghosts pulling the train back instantly shrieked and tried to escape, but reality was cruel. As if they were torn apart and burnt, they turned into flying dust.
The force dragging the train back instantly disappeared.
With no more resistance, the train slowly sped up again and advanced forward.
The players in the train had just sighed in relief, when they were astonished to discover that the three-man team that had been with them had disappeared!
Xiao Lan had a premonition. He turned his head and looked at the platform. Among the ghosts leaping about haphazardly, he could vaguely see three familiar figures.
“Sure enough, it’s like this…” he quietly said.
“Why did they go back ah, Xiao ge?” Diyi Fugui also noticed the trio’s situation and was a little baffled.
Xiao Lan: “Did you notice? When the ghosts attacked us, the ghosts around them were especially few. At that time, I guessed that it was very possible that they didn’t have any train tickets.”
“That’s too tragic…” Diyi Fugui couldn’t help feeling a little sympathetic. Realising that they didn’t have the qualifications when they were just a step away from escaping was simply too wretched.
Xiao Lan looked at the crumbling station and didn’t know whether these three could hold on until the next train arrived, and find tickets on top of that as well.
But, would there really be a next train?
After all, the key figure on the train, the train marshal, had already made a move after reuniting with his lover. This time, the train couldn’t possibly be caught in the loop again.
Hearing Xiao Lan’s words, all of the players couldn’t help but fearfully dig out their train tickets, clutching it in their palms as if it was as precious as their life.
However, the complexion of the man in the jacket suddenly paled, because he realised — only his train ticket was white.
While the other people in the train all had black train tickets.
Uneasy and apprehensive, he noticed that the tall train marshal in black was also looking at him. After that, the white ticket in his hand turned to dust, and the next instant, he saw his hand begin to turn to dust as he disappeared bit by bit.
The man in the jacket looked at the train marshal in alarm. “I… I have a ticket… You can’t…”
The cold train marshal didn’t give him a response and left without a word.
The man struggled; he used practically all his skills and items, but still couldn’t prevent it. This was the price for failing to clear the game. He was disintegrating under everyone’s watchful eyes.
Finally, the man in the jacket gritted his teeth and took out a ball from his pocket.
Giving this hard-to-get item a reluctant look, he finally activated it and shouted, “Break away from this game! Fuck your grandma’s leg, Advent World —”
Following his words, his figure directly disappeared. It seemed he had utilised a precious life-saving item.
After he disappeared, his curse on the Advent World still reverberated in the air, deeply touching the other players. How could they not want to beat this perverse Advent World to death?
The train proceeded forward once more. Although it looked like the danger was now far away, they hadn’t heard the true notification for clearing the game, so the players were still unable to relax.
They glanced in Xiao Lan’s direction and couldn’t help but want to establish a bit of friendship with these super fucking awesome bigshots.
At that moment, Xiao Lan was standing on the side. Beside him was Luo, who looked elegant but in fact wasn’t to be trifled with.
The players contemplated for a moment, and felt that the foolish-looking greenhead was easier to approach in comparison. Thus, they quietly walked closer to Diyi Fugui.
“Meimei ah, are you very close to those two bigshots?” The muscular crossdressing man took the initiative to strike up a conversation.
When Diyi Fugui heard this, she was instantly stirred up. “Aiya~ Let me tell you, that’s Xiao ge! Xiao ge’s awesomeness has to be told starting with one of my good sisters. During that time, she was pitiful, weak, and helpless. She was captured by the Advent World and encountered a big baddie who was treacherous and wretched…”
As she gave an account, the other players who were initially listening in secret also couldn’t help coming closer.
“Xiao ge’s distant back was just that steady and powerful; moreover, he guided her future path…
“She then saw Xiao ge walking over from afar, bathed in the radiance of hope…
“If Xiao ge throws a punch, all the obstructions in the world will be defeated before him…”
The entire scene was just like an underground evil cult organisation evangelising on the spot.
Xiao Lan: “…”
He listened as Diyi Fugui’s words were practically about to become ‘Xiao ge’s Legend of Chivalry’. He regretted it sorely that he didn’t stop Diyi Fugui in time. At that moment, his heart was on the brink of collapse.
Who am I?
Where am I?
Who are they talking about?
Fuck, that’s so embarrassing ah…
HAHAHAH, I really like this girl. We can even be single dogs together~ Xiao Ge’s definitely becoming a legend. Hehehe
and thats how it started… the great religion of Xiao ge…
Sorry I didn’t mean to reply…
Truly, the religion of Xiao Lan commences haha. Love his cool fighting, love the conclusion, all the bigshots in one place and especially our brooch lady being cool in her own right
Thank you so much for translating! <3
xiao ge‘s gonna become a legend lol
Thank you for the chapter!!! ❤️❤️
Ahahahahahaha, XL you can just bear with it, eh? xDDDD
Thx for the ch ٩(｡˃ ᵕ ˂ )و
Thanks for the chapter! ^^)❤
I would like to join this Cough Cough evil cult- Cough Cough I mean, fan group o^o;
Thanks for the chapter! <3
Xiao Ge is becoming a hero in a fairy tale~ Luo will be the manly princess~
Thanks for the chapter~
Xiao Lan is about to have way more fans and Luo will be beating admirers back with a stick!
Thanks for the chapter <3
😂😂😂
Is no one gonna speak about how awesome the beautiful ghost sister’s slap against a bad ghost was? Like that was epic 😍😂
And Diyi Fugui converting people to join Xiao Lan Cult is hilarious
😂😂
You might think Fugui is cute like this, but in the Advent World, rumors that exaggerate your deeds are actually quite dangerous, right? You seem powerful, so people will come hunt you, you seem kind and generous, so people will latch onto you to gain benefits…
Also, god, the secondhand embarrassment!
HAHAHAHHAAHAH if I were Diyi Fugu I Will say same sentence
How the legend began
ALL HAIL TO OUR XIAO GE.
Hahahahahaha. I really like Fugui, she’s so funny. Lol. And also, I missed Xiaohe. Hope Xiao Lan can meet her soon.
😂😂😂😂
Fugui, let me to join the cult!! (≧▽≦)
🐶muito fofo este cão solteiro,pregando o culto ao seu xiao ge.
Ahahahaha go girl!!
Everytime she says xiao ge, i always remember brother zhang.
To be totally honest depending on my mood I would take that situation in one of two ways. I’d either overreact after becoming unbearably embarrassed and condemn and revoke her story telling rights, or find it funny and just sit and listen with everyone else like a typical melon seed eater as if it was a story about someone else. Like wow no way! So what’d I do next??🤩🤔👄🍿
Welcome to the downsides of being an amazing Ge, embarrassing stories😂
i laugh every time ‘bigshot’ is written because with speech thing it always sounds like ‘big hoes’ and i dies
sir, it’s for the best, to have followers when you’re a god ba!~