The Train's Liuyun Station (3)

Third installment: The bell that tolls at the station. "Liuyun Station? There's no such station on this line, did you make a mistake..." Just as Su Yue was about to raise his head to question, he found that the train conductor had already turned around and silently disappeared into the thickening black mist at the end of the carriage, moving at inhuman speed. The temperature inside the carriage suddenly dropped to freezing point, and Su Yue could clearly see the white mist of his breath with every exhale. Suddenly, heavy footsteps and the hissing sound of something heavy being dragged across the floor echoed from the roof of the train, as if some giant, multi-legged creature was slowly crawling above. Accompanied by a violent braking sound and the grating screech of metal against rails, the entire train began to shake violently. The broadcast in the carriage crackled to life again, the mechanical female voice more distorted now, tinged with a sinister chuckle: "Liuyun Station... has arrived. Passengers alighting... please leave one item behind. Those who do not alight... will remain on the train forever." As the broadcast ended, those stiff passengers all turned their heads in unison, staring fixedly at Su Yue with their vacant eyes... To be continued...