The black train runs on the endless sea, and the steel wheels cut through the mirror-like sea, and the ruts ripple one after another.

It's just that this boundless ocean is a little too monotonous - no seabirds, no boats, not even a wisp of sea breeze.

In addition to the water, it is still water, it is simply a static oil painting.

Inside the train, Qianzhou leaned on the seat expressionlessly: "I guess, this car can't get off early?"

"Yes. The girl on the other side nodded.

The man sitting behind Qianzhou also heard a voice: "Get on the wrong car, forgive me for laughing." It's really one of the funniest jokes I've heard lately. ”

Dong Ling looked at Qianzhou and frowned: "So you didn't receive the invitation?"

"What invitation, can you give me a look?" asked Qianzhou sincerely.

Winter Spirit groaned for a moment, and pulled out a black metal card from his pocket.

Qianzhou stretched out his hand to take it, and found that the thin piece of metal was much heavier than he had imagined.

On the front of the card is a "gear" depicted on it, which is roughly the shape of a gear, but it's slightly different.

The jagged edges of the "gears" are not regular, but deep and shallow, thick and thin - as if some information is hidden like a password.

The edge of the gear is a sinuous vine, and one of the branches rests on the gear.

On the back of the card was a piece of text that Qian Zhou couldn't read, but soon these words squirmed into his familiar Chinese -

To the hopeless people who wander in this world:

It was an invitation from a dying old man.

I've been wearing this tiara for so long that I've forgotten what I really am.

There has never been a person in the world who is not easy for eternity, just like the stars end up and the vicissitudes of life.

Sorry for nagging for so long, I have only one purpose - I need a successor.

I don't care to lie! I can tell you clearly:

The journey was lifeless.

If you still have a nostalgia for your life, then throw this invitation away!

If you are desperate and don't care about the world, then come to this feast. Charon will pick you up.

Ladies and gentlemen,

I've got my drinks ready and I'm ready to wait.

ash

Qianzhou smacked his lips.

"Ash" is not the real name of the [king], of course, but the title—if he had written his real name on the invitation, I am afraid that few people would have lived to read it.

Qianzhou now has an impression of this [king].

In the original plot, the gray king is indeed approaching.

But I don't remember such a plot to find an heir at all.

Is it the butterfly effect, or is there something else going on?

Qianzhou looked at Dong Ling: "That's what you believe? Risking so much just for a trumped-up inheritance? In a place of that depth, death is already a pleasure." ”

"It's normal. The girl's eyes were as calm as a frozen lake, "That crown is enough to point directly to the fourth order, and it is more likely to open the door of the fifth order." ”

"But only one person can succeed, and the others are just sacrifices on the road. ”

Qian Zhou said, just in time for Shang Dongling's self-deprecating eyes.

Yes, the first sentence of the invitation says, "To the hopeless who wander in this world." Since you don't care about anything anymore, what do you have to accept the invitation?

"In that case. Qianzhou sighed and put his finger on the gear on the front.

The paragraphs on the invitation are strange, and they happen to be divided into ten paragraphs after pinching the head and removing the tail.

The serrations of gears have four states: "thick, fine, deep, and shallow", and each sawtooth is a combination of the two states.

Starting from the serrated teeth where the branches are placed, the "thick" and "shallow" advance by two, and the other combinations do not move. After flicking the ten teeth in turn, the text on the back of the card changes.

Qianzhou returned the card to Dong Ling, and the text on the back was as follows:

"I appreciate wise people. ”

"This puzzle isn't that difficult, but I'll give you some information as a reward when I solve it. ”

"It is not only the people of the world who have come to this banquet, but I have also sent tens of thousands of invitations to the vast abyss. ”

"But don't worry, I'm only inviting guests below the [ladder]. Ascending the [Heavenly Ladder] naturally no longer suits my crown. ”

"One last tip: I don't really like gray. ”

Dong Ling took the card, his beautiful eyebrows moving, but he didn't speak.

As the train continues to move forward, the surrounding environment finally changes.

In the center of the ocean, a whirlpool with a diameter of a kilometer spun rapidly.

The swirling tide rolled up wave after wave, and the huge waves raised were 100 meters long, covering the sky tightly.

Huge waves continued to fall from the sky, breaking bones and setting off new ripples at the same time

In this apocalyptic horror, the Charon cut through the gaps in the waves and rushed towards the center of the whirlpool.

In a whirlwind of nausea, the Charon was swept into a whirlpool and dived into the depths of the boundless ocean.

Qianzhou only felt that the light suddenly dimmed, and the sea became deep and distant, like a huge mouth that chose people to devour.

After the light disappeared completely, the fluctuations in essentia became more pronounced.

Countless schools of fish passed by the train, leaving a trivial ripple of water – and then devoured by larger creatures not far away.

The cycle of life and death is going on in an orderly manner, and countless lives, big and small, are only an insignificant link in this chain.

This cycle is precise and solemn - precise coldness, solemn ruthlessness.

Even through the thick glass, Qianzhou seemed to be able to smell the smell of blood in the sea water all the way.

I don't know how long the Charon has been diving, and the essentia around it has become less and less reactive, and it is getting stronger and stronger. However, most of them do not approach the Charon, and have avoided it from a distance.

Suddenly, a powerful essentia spread along the sea, and the terrifying feeling was like the sun rising!

But in the distance, another sun rose to confront it!

Two terrifying shadows like continents swam in the sea, and every move swept up countless turbulent undercurrents.

Immediately afterward, two unknown creatures collided as far as the passengers in the car could feel.

There was a heavy muffled sound in the sea, and even with the carriage blocking it, many passengers were bleeding from their mouths and noses.

The Charon is like a lonely boat, rising and falling in the waters. The carriage spun so violently that Chifune had to secure himself to his seat with essentia.

The battle between the two creatures continued, and the glass of the carriage still cracked.

This made all the passengers in the car nervous. They had no doubt that without the Charon's protection, everyone would have perished here.