When 'God' Decides To Start Over-Chapter 785 - 313: Terminal Station
Li Xiu rode atop the locomotive, turning to watch the platform and the disappearance of those aristocratic women and gentlemen, before looking ahead.
The little train continuously forged ahead, passing several stations, perhaps because there were no longer any Jade Dolls onboard, the train didn’t stop at the platforms.
Li Xiu kept observing those platforms but found nothing unusual about them, as if each station looked the same, with no clue as to where they each led.
He was unsure whether he should disembark, eventually choosing not to and continued riding the little train forward.
The little train proceeded silently, it had been a while since he’d seen a station, like there was nothing in the world except this endless tunnel.
Li Xiu keenly noticed the green light of the Jade Tunnel ahead seemed to be weakening, growing darker, the two headlights of the locomotive cast beams into the darkness ahead, only illuminating a stretch in front of the train, beyond which the light vanished, as if swallowed by some dark beast.
The little train journeyed through that darkness, Li Xiu couldn’t even see the Jade Tunnel, surrounded entirely by endless dark, giving him a feeling the train was flying through a pitch-black night sky.
"Where is this little train headed?" Li Xiu wondered intensely, unable to fathom its destination.
After a long time, Li Xiu finally saw a glimmer of light in the darkness, soon realizing it emerged from a station.
The little train approached the station and gradually halted, Li Xiu noticed this Jade Station appeared to be the final destination, where the train stopped seemed like a garage, with no other exit except the entry door.
Seeing the train had come to a stop, Li Xiu disembarked and walked out of the empty garage.
Li Xiu surveyed the entire station, besides the garage, there was also a low building nearby resembling an office, otherwise there was just the platform and the lanterns hung on it.
Within the garage, there was nothing besides the little train, the office-like building’s door was closed, leaving its contents unknown.
This office’s door was only a meter high, with the whole structure shorter than Li Xiu, clearly not intended for humans.
"Why are there no words here, otherwise we could know what this place is." Li Xiu examined the station in the dark but found nothing resembling writing.
Hesitating, Li Xiu crouched to try opening the small door of the office.
The small door opened effortlessly, with no resistance, Li Xiu peered inside, finding indeed a counter and window resembling a ticket booth.
Unfortunately, inside the window, there was no uniformed female ticket agent.
Li Xiu’s sharp eyes noticed there were two Jade Tokens discarded atop the counter, frustratingly one side of the token was blank.
Li Xiu’s mind stirred, summoning the Ice Soul Sea Demon to float inside and retrieve the two Jade Tokens from the counter.
The process went smoothly, with no issues arising, as the Ice Soul Sea Demon came out and tossed the two Jade Tokens into Li Xiu’s hands.
Li Xiu examined the tokens carefully, discovering the opposite sides of the two Jade Tokens were inscribed with Demon Text.
The Demon Text on both tokens differed slightly, luckily Li Xiu could recognize the text.
One token read "Happy Hometown Station", while the other said "Terminal Station".
"Could these two tokens be train tickets?" Li Xiu pondered, turning them over repeatedly, finding no other marks or wording besides the Demon Text.
"I’ve already been to the so-called Happy Hometown Station, it’s just a place to deceive people, what is this Terminal Station? Could it be the tunnel’s exit?" Li Xiu contemplated while holding the tokens.
Typically, a terminal station would indicate two ends; this station is likely the terminus on this side, but the opposite end’s location remains unknown.
If these two Jade Tokens are indeed tickets, then identifying whether the terminal station ticket refers to this location or another terminus is unclear.
Additionally, whether the tickets are functional, if useful, how they are to be utilized, is something Li Xiu couldn’t determine.
"Had I known, I wouldn’t have made the little train mute, at least I’d have someone to ask." Li Xiu considered, suddenly hearing a familiar steam whistle.
Remarkably, the little train that had pulled into the garage was now departing again.
To Li Xiu’s surprise, the alarm light he had damaged with the Longevity Treasure Chopsticks was now functioning normally, blinking with light.
"Attention passengers, the train departing from Terminal Station to Time Avenue is about to depart, passengers yet to board please do so promptly..." that eerie mechanical voice echoed once more.
Li Xiu hurriedly mounted the little train again.
The little train slowly pulled out of the station, gradually distancing itself from the eerie depot amid the whistle sound.
From the direction the train was moving, it should have been the way he came, but given the space’s peculiarity, though the direction seemed right, it might not precisely be the way back.
