Act II. Decent price

Nothing happened overnight.

Bai Ge should have had no experience of spending the night on a moving train before, he had only seen similar plots when he watched movies and movies from the old era, such as the lonely journey of taking a long train alone in order to meet lovers thousands of miles away, and the ending seemed as if the two people were not together in the end.

However, maybe he was used to the clanging sound of the wheels running over the rail connections, or maybe the sound insulation of the first-class seat was really good, Bai Ge did have a good sleep after closing his eyes and maintaining a certain degree of vigilance.

In the morning, a shaking woke Bai Ge up, he opened his eyes and jumped down from the open top bunk - the lower bunk he placed a certain amount of bedding to pretend to be someone just in case.

Looking out the window, it was obvious that the [Orient Express] had arrived at the supply station, and there were not too many problems with last night's driving, Bai Ge also saw that there were passengers who got up early to get off the train to breathe, and only hoped that they would not forget to come back.

At this moment, the morning light was faint, the rising sun rose from the horizon, first a ray of light bloomed, and then, the whole dark world was illuminated, the false stars were eclipsed, and the earth awoke.

Bai Ge saw that there seemed to be birds soaring in the sky in the distance, but when he looked closely, he found that it was not a bird, but a huge, four-winged lizard-like creature, they were not fast, they seemed to be chasing something, flying in the direction of the sun.

He vaguely remembered that this creature Bai Ge had read a few words of introduction in the information given by Tao Xuanran, which seemed to be called "sun-chasing birds", as the name suggests, they chase the sun and fly and migrate long distances on the continent, because their food is sunlight.

"I don't know what this thing tastes like, I don't think I've seen a description of it?"

Thinking of this, Bai Ge smiled at the mirror in the room, changed into a thin coat, put on a top hat and monocles, and walked out of his private room.

The train was going to stop here for half an hour, Bai Ge didn't plan to go down to breathe, he just wanted to go to the dining car to solve the breakfast problem.

When he opened the door, Bai Ge saw that the door of the private room next door opened, and four people also walked out of it.

Well......?

Everything else is like Bai Ge's judgment last night, two young men with a capable appearance and a certain amount of Pan-Western Sea blood, and a middle-aged man with deep wrinkles at the corners of his eyes and a slight clumsiness.

It's just that next to the middle-aged man, there is a girl who is about six or seven years old.

The girl had black curly hair, but her eyes were blue, and she looked like she was a mixture of the Western Sea and the Summer.

Compared to Fan Sisi, this girl is weak enough, no, maybe this is what she should look like at this age.

Bai Ge smiled.

"Good morning."

As a gentleman, even if it is a stranger, a greeting is always needed, let alone the passengers who will spend the next six days together.

"Good morning......

The two young men hesitated slightly, but the middle-aged man responded to Bai Ge first.

"Good morning!"

The little girl greeted warmly.

"I'm going to go to the dining car, together?"

Bai Ge casually invited, and the two young men glanced at each other and showed a commercial smile.

"Well, we're all together, too."

They each closed the door, and Bai Ge and the four of them came to the carriage of the high-end dining car.

Compared with the ordinary dining car that is as simple and simple as a canteen, with only metal tables and chairs, the high-end dining car does not live up to its "high-end" name, with mahogany tables and chairs, exquisite tableware, and background music.

At least it looks like that.

The first-class ticket included the cost of the meal, but it was obviously still early, the dining car was empty, and the exquisite food was not cared for.

Bai Ge resisted his urge to ask for a bowl of duck blood vermicelli, and only ordered a pan-Western Sea special omelette, bread and bacon, and took a few chocolate biscuits for dessert.

It's not very decent to wear this dress and eat duck blood vermicelli.

The four people at that table sat next door, the little girl seemed to be very excited all the time, looking out the window, it was difficult to sit down steadily, the two young men were a little restrained and vigilant, and the middle-aged man was very appetizing and ordered two omelettes.

"You guys got in the car last night, right?"

Bai Ge retrieved his breakfast and asked casually, he was in the private room next door, if it was strange that he was not woken up by the movement in the middle of the night, it was logical to ask the reason at this moment.

Although Bai Ge didn't have any nosy thoughts, and he also knew the truth that curiosity killed cats, but at this time, ignoring it was even more suspicious.

"Well, yes, because there was a little problem with the previous ride, so I was stranded for a day."

One of the young men explained.

"It's unfortunate."

Bai Ge sighed with emotion, and did not continue to ask, but showed a polite smile.

"My name is Arsene Hercule, and I'm a student going to the school city."

Introducing yourself first can help ease the other person's vigilance.

"I'm Philo Young, and this is my classmate Makero Wu, our teacher, Professor Henrik, and his granddaughter, Nala."

The young man sitting on the outside side, his hair was gray and short, and his eyes were greenish and darker.

As for his classmates, he has slightly curly bangs, his hair color is closer to gold, his eyes are dark red, slightly dark, and he looks more mature.

To be honest, the two of them are actually not the same age, more like seniors who haven't graduated for many years and juniors who have just entered the school, but there is nothing strange about endless learning.

Bai Ge was inspired, and suddenly felt that the other two might be unusual, but he didn't think about it.

"Xuecheng is really a nostalgic place."

When Professor Henrik heard Bai Ge's words, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion, as if there was something in the past.

Xiao Nala was not restrained at all, she said hello to Bai Ge, jumped in front of Bai Ge, and looked at the small plate of chocolate biscuits on Bai Ge's table.

"Want to eat?"

Bai Ge remembered Fan Sisi, who loved to drink milk tea, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously softened a little.

"Hmm."

Little Nala nodded vigorously.

"Don't worry about this kid."

Professor Henrik smiled helplessly, trying to pull the little girl back into her seat.

"It's okay, you can take whatever you want."

Bai Ge then pushed the cookie dish outward.

Anyway, the meal fee is included in the ticket, and Bai Ge doesn't need to pay more.

Xiao Nala happily took two biscuits, stuffed them into her mouth, chewed and swallowed them, and then remembered something, and took something out of her clothes pocket and put it on Bai Ge's table.

It was a toffee that could be found everywhere in Zhuxia.

"It's an exchange~"

After speaking, he returned to his seat, and waited for the waiter in the dining car to serve breakfast, and little Nala puffed and ate, not at all with the demeanor of everyone's ladies.

Well, at least not as noisy as the bear kids.

Bai Ge glanced at it briefly to make sure that there was nothing wrong with the sugar, put it in his pocket, and put the sliced bacon and fried egg into his mouth, still nostalgic for the taste of Zhuxia's delicacies in his mind.

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During the train, there are no signal towers except for the supply station and the corresponding station, and the mobile phone naturally does not receive the signal, if there is an important contact, you can ask the crew to go to the communication room to make a call, but for modern people, the mobile phone is obviously not only used as a communication tool.

Because there was no mobile phone, several people came to the dining car one after another, including a thin man with a servant, dressed as a pan-Western Sea nobleman, and with two mustaches; There are also blond businessmen with big bellies and messy hair, who are so dressed that they can't even button them completely; There are courtesans with exaggerated smiles and jewels on their bodies; There are also taciturn, plainly dressed chestnut-haired women.

Since the high-end dining car is located in the middle of the two first-class carriages, the passengers in the front and rear of a total of 12 private rooms have come to the dining car.

No one knew each other, and no one had the idea of making friends during the trip, except for the initial noise, all that was left was the sound of knives, forks or chopsticks colliding with plates.

Picking up the teacup, Bai Ge took a sip of black tea brewed with lemon slices and looked out the window.

At this time, the train announced that they had just passed through the last supply station in Zhuxia, and the next station would be the Black Castle between the Pan-Western Sea and Zhuxia, which was once an underground shelter, but was invaded by natural disasters, and after the destruction of the entire city, only a supply station and a small town remained.

There are many such towns in the wasteland at the junction of the two countries, Black Castle is still prosperous because the [Orient Express] passes by, and more cities, because there is no contact with the outside world, it is not even certain whether they still exist.

Some of these cities were once prosperous, while others were established as outposts in the Pioneer Age, and as the power of each country stabilized, it was difficult for the city to continue to expand unless it was adjacent to the abyss.

It is said that in the far north, this situation is even more serious, and there are even cities directly built in the abyss, Bai Ge is unimaginable.

After breakfast time, some passengers chose to go back to their carriages, but like Bai Ge, they stayed in the dining car, and they were lying down anyway, so it was better to have drinks to enjoy here, of course, Bai Ge felt that it might be because he had just gotten on the bus, and if it had been a few days, he might have been numb and lay on the bed and slept all day.

The desert landscape has been replaced by a new greenery, and outside the train window, the frantically growing vegetation soon forms one mysterious forest after another, and the wind blowing through the train makes the branches shake and give a strange feeling.

"What's that?"

The little girl, Nala, pointed to a place outside the window, causing many people in the car to turn their heads, and Bai Ge also saw the thing.

It was a huge, mountain-like creeping creeping, blue-gray thick six-legged swaying in the air like tentacles, no head could be seen, no head was known, its back seemed to carry a land island, on which there were mountains, rocks, grass, trees and flowing water, with the movement of the creatures, the mountains and forests above also shook, startling a large number of strangely shaped bird creatures.

"That's the Galapagos tortoise, named after an island in the old days, this creature is not very dangerous, as long as you are not in its path, well, it is said that the ecosystem on the back of each Galapagos turtle will be different, and there have been reports of this turtle covered in snow in places like the far north......"

Philo Young, who had short gray hair, made a brief introduction, which made the passengers who were listening suddenly nod, and many of them must have seen each other for the first time.

"Isn't it time to remind you not to say, 'As long as it's not in its path of action?'"

Bai Ge thought of it in his heart, and felt that the speed of the train began to slow down, and finally stopped.

"Hello dear passengers, due to the movement of the Galapagos turtle ahead, this train is temporarily suspended, the estimated travel time will be 30 minutes later, please pay attention to your own safety......"

The train radio sounded, and several people subconsciously glanced at Philo Young, who had short hair and gray.

"Well, that's a common thing, too."

The young man looked at him left and right.

So don't put a flag.

The corners of Bai Ge's mouth curled, and he could understand why this train had been running for seven days.

If you encounter this kind of refusal to give way on the road, you must not take the initiative to give in, stop and go, and seven days will pass quickly.

Whoosh –

Countless screams rang out, and Bai Ge saw that from the back of the Galapagos tortoise, countless translucent creatures flew out, looming in the blue sky, heading towards the [Orient Express], as if to roll up a gust of wind.

"That's the storm bird, an atmospheric creature, simply put, a creature whose body is mostly made up of gas, like the old ocean, uh, jellyfish, this bird moves in flocks, because it is air, so when thousands of people of the same kind gather, it can easily cause a storm, hence the name......"

Philo Young went on to explain.

This person seems to have a special interest in this creature, so could it be that he is engaged in related topics?

Bai Ge couldn't help but think about it, and asked at the same time.

"How do these birds taste good?"

“?”

A question mark appeared on Philo Young's head, and he began to think about it very seriously before finally looking up.

"I don't know, there doesn't seem to be a similar record in the books, but in the case of atmospheric creatures, it may be similar to smoke, maybe it is tasteless, well, it is worth examining."

Actually, you don't have to be so serious...... Bai Ge twitched the corners of his mouth.

The next moment, there was a commotion.

Bang dang dang –

Those invisible translucent birds hit the train windows, making a ping-pong sound, like a shower under a strong wind, the water vapor is thick, and water droplets soon appear on the window glass, as if in the middle of a rainstorm.

The solid storm surrounds the train and moves away quickly, forming a translucent torrent.

Bai Ge couldn't help but wonder, if these similar creatures were larger, could their movement alone cause drastic weather changes, cause typhoons, or even overturn trains?

Stop, stop, this is also in the FLAG!

Bai Ge's thoughts changed, and he looked at the front of the train in order to divert his attention.

There, there was a dark cumulonimbus cloud, silver lightning, brewing in it.

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