"Brother! Where is the hair dryer? ”

Duan Xiaoling's voice pierced through the wall.

"Ask, I know to ask your brother all day long! Your brother went to the university today to report, let's see who else you can ask in the future! ”

While Wei Ping was packing up Duan Xu's things, she yelled at Duan Xiaoling angrily.

"Knock Knock Knock ......"

Duan Xiaoling stepped on the wooden floor with bare feet.

"Bang-"

The door of Duan Xu's bedroom was pushed open, and a girl with a junior high school appearance and a mediocre appearance stood at the door with wet hair, her eyes wide.

"You're leaving today? Isn't it only August 27th today? Isn't it September 1st to report to college? ”

In the living room, Duan Guoping, who was holding a newspaper, moved slightly, seemingly a little uncomfortable.

When Duan Xu heard this, he took his eyes back from the overnight rain outside the window and looked at Duan Xiaoling.

"The hair dryer is under the desk in your room, go dry your hair first, don't catch a cold."

"Brother!" Duan Xiaoling's eyes immediately turned red, "Why didn't you say earlier that you were going to leave today, you were annoyed!" ”

Duan Xu smiled, his eyes turned to the rain outside the window again, and said in a low voice: "Leave early and leave late, it's all about leaving, go to Yecheng first, and it's not bad to familiarize yourself with the living environment for the next four years......"

"Industry City...... Why Yecheng! With your grades, you can go to the best local university in Fengdu, so why do you have to go to Yecheng Medical University? ”

Duan Xiaoling's words shouted out in an almost sloppy tone, Duan Xu didn't react, but Duan Xiaoling's parents, Duan Guoping and Wei Ping, froze.

Yecheng, why is Yecheng......

Duan Xiaoling's questions echoed in his mind, but Duan Xu couldn't explain a word.

"Don't block the door, go and dry your hair, it's windy and rainy outside, the weather is getting cooler, and I'm really cold for a while." Wei Ping put down the clothes in his hand and walked to the door and pushed away Duan Xiaoling, who was unrelenting.

"Click-"

The door of Duan Xiaoling's bedroom was closed by her.

Duan Xu in the bedroom, Duan Guoping on the sofa in the living room, and...... Wei Ping, who was standing at the door and was a little at a loss, fell silent for a while.

Duan Xu silently packed his things, his movements were fast, in fact, if Wei Ping hadn't had to fold the already folded clothes several times, his luggage would have been packed a long time ago.

After a while, Duan Xu closed the suitcase and dragged it out of the door.

"Little continued...... Going? When Wei Ping asked this sentence, her voice trembled.

"Hmm."

Duan Xu's simple answer made her not know how to speak next.

"Go ahead, call home if you have any difficulties."

Duan Guoping's voice came from behind the newspaper, although it sounded calm and calm, but compared with the past, it seemed to be something more.

"Okay."

Duan Xu nodded, dragged his luggage, and walked to the door.

Duan Xiaoling was losing his temper in his bedroom, Duan Guoping still didn't put down the newspaper in his hand, Wei Ping turned around, but his body was trembling slightly.

"Click-"

The door opened.

The moist air penetrated into Duan Xu's nose with the wind in the corridor, and he took a deep breath and whispered, "Dad, Mom, thank you." ”

"Bang-"

The door was closed, and the person dragging the luggage in front of the door was gone.

"Alas......"

Duan Guoping put down the newspaper and muttered, "Xiao Xu really knows ......"

Wei Ping walked to the sofa and slowly sat down next to Duan Guoping, her eyes were a little red: "We have been hiding from him, how could he ......?"

"Hide?" Duan Guoping's face showed a helpless look, "From the moment he chose Yecheng Medical University, I understood that we had never hidden from him, and he had always known it...... Himself is not our own son......"

At this time, there was a sudden knock on the door with a "tuk tuk".

Wei Ping and Duan Guoping glanced at each other, got up and walked to the gate.

"Who?"

She opened the door.

A young man dragged his luggage and said with a smile, "Mom, I forgot to take my umbrella." ”

Wei Ping's tears came out of her eyes, and she hurriedly went to get the umbrella and handed it to Duan Xu.

Duan Xu didn't take the umbrella, but let go of the suitcase in his hand, stepped forward and hugged Wei Ping tightly, and whispered, "I'll be back, don't worry, Mom." ”

"Okay, good ......," Wei Ping replied vaguely.

Duan Xu could feel that the body of the mother in his arms trembled violently.

The gray hair on her head has also increased over the years......

"Click-"

The door closed gently, and this time, Wei Ping and Duan Guoping knew that Duan Xu was really gone.

But their emotions were not as worried as before, because this time they knew that Duan Xu would come back.

……

Duan Guoping guessed correctly, Duan Xu knew early on that he was not a child of the Duan family.

This is not because of how sensitive Duan Xu is, but because he found that the more he grows up, the more he doesn't look like his parents.

And...... Duan Xiaoling, Duan Guoping, and Wei Ping's family of three all have single eyelids, but they are the only ones with double eyelids, which is almost a certainty, and they can't deceive themselves if they want to.

After realizing this, as he grew up, there would always be some inexplicable pictures in Duan Xu's mind, maybe it was the memory of his childhood?

After investigation, Duan continued to confirm that the scenes in those pictures belonged to Yecheng.

It was a city far away from the wind, and it took two days by train.

Actually, Duan Xu was not very interested in his life experience.

He likes the Duan family very much, and he has long regarded the Duan family as his real relatives.

But...... Since the age of sixteen, he has been dreaming the same dream over and over again.

A man who looked exactly like himself, only older, in his thirties, stood in front of a grave and looked at him quietly.

Weird, bizarre, grotesque, and unexplained dreams made Duan Xu realize that perhaps...... I should go to that place and walk it.

In this way, with a little inexplicable expectation for Yecheng, Duan Xu came to Fengdu South Railway Station.

The rain hasn't stopped, perhaps because of the heavy rain, and it's hard to see a single figure inside the train station.

In this kind of rainstormy weather, no one usually chooses to travel.

Duan Xu took out his ID card and walked to the automatic ticket machine.

The black screen reflects his image.

White shirt, black jeans, not too long hair, a little messy in the wind and rain, a face that is not masculine, nor feminine, but the expression on the face is too calm, calm and calm...... It's not like the look that a person of this age should have.

Duan Xu put his ID card on.

[Scan completed......]

【Ticket issuance......】

He waited quietly, however, the machine had been parked at the interface where the tickets were being issued, and there was no movement for half a day.

Stuck yet?

Duan Xu picked up his ID card and was about to try again.

"Nourishing ......"

A ticket slowly came out of the ticket gate.

Duan Xu's eyes froze, this ticket ......

He picked up the ticket, and the touch after touching it made Duan Xu panic.

It's made of...... It feels like flesh and skin.

At the moment of touching, Duan Xu even thought that he had touched human skin.

Moreover, the overall shape of this ticket is also strange.

Both sides are black, with a lifeless gray skull drawn on the front with a number, 9, written underneath the skull.

On the reverse side of the ticket, the name of Duan Xu is written.

Other information is not available at all.

What is this?

Holding this "ticket", Duan Xu glanced left and right.

April Fool's joke?

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and although he had doubts in his heart, Duan Xu still walked into the waiting hall with this "ticket".

Although he had already guessed that the business at the train station should not be very good today, Duan Xu never imagined that there were only two people in the huge waiting hall.

One male, one female.

However, at the moment when Duan Xu stepped into the waiting hall, the radio announcement in the hall suddenly rang.

"Train No. 9 is about to enter the station, please go to platform No. 9 to board the train."

"Train No. 9 is about to enter the station, please go to platform No. 9 to board the train."

"Train No. 9 is about to enter the station, please go to platform No. 9 to board the train."

……

The entry information was notified nine times in a row, and Duan Xu glanced down, the 9 on his ticket should refer to the No. 9 train, right?

In the same way as him, there was also a man and a woman, and the two of them also got up separately, holding the same ticket as Duan Xu in their hands, and looked up at the platform.

Seemingly...... That's right.

The three of them crossed their eyes and walked towards Platform 9 one after another.

Duan continued to drag his luggage and walked at the end.

He had a vague delusion.

You can hear the train coming in, but I don't know if it's the wind or the sound of the tunnel.

The sound of the train coming by was like thousands of people wailing and screaming...... Sounds creepy.

The man and woman walking in front seemed to feel the same way, and both of them tilted their heads slightly to glance in the direction of the train entering the station.

In the rain and fog there, a common dark green train slowly drove by.

Nothing peculiar.

This more or less eliminated the strangeness and uneasiness in the hearts of the three of them.

The train slowly stopped beside the platform, and the doors were already open.

"The train is about to depart, please get on the train as soon as possible."

"The train is about to depart, please get on the train as soon as possible."

"The train is about to depart, please get on the train as soon as possible."

……

The cold female voice of the radio echoed in the platform over and over again, maybe it was affected by it, maybe it was some other reason, Duan Xu and the three of them didn't think much about it, they each carried their luggage and stepped on the train.

However, as soon as all three of them got on the train, the train changed.

The red hideous bone spurs quietly stretched out from the body, and the dark green car gradually spread to the dead pure black, this black, extended to the front of the car, and then, the iron sheet at the front of the car squirmed wildly, and finally turned into a ...... A smirking gray skull.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the train is about to depart, I wish you a pleasant journey......"

……

August 27, Fengdu, South Railway Station.

The torrential rain was pouring down, thunder and lightning were combined, and the fine raindrops fell wildly, splashing white water arrows and shooting all around.

The dark and low sky whipped down a curvy snow-white whip from time to time, and occasionally a huge thunderclap that shook the glass trembled slightly.

A cordon has been set up next to the platform, and police officers wrapped in raincoats are busy inside the line.

"The deceased, male. Name, paragraph continued. Eighteen years old, a native of Fengdu, was admitted to Yecheng Medical University, and on September 1st, that is, four days later, the freshmen started school and bought a train ticket to Yecheng at two o'clock this afternoon. ”

"The deceased, male. Name, Wang Yuli, 27 years old, a native of Fengdu, a photographer, went on a business trip to the dead city and bought a train ticket at 2 o'clock this afternoon. ”

"The deceased, female. Name, Bai Feiyu, 21 years old, from Yecheng, traveled to Fengdu from Yecheng, and bought a ticket to return to Yecheng at two o'clock this afternoon. ”

"Click-"

The flash of the camera and the thunder appeared at the same time, and a miserable white light cracked through the sky, and soon through the heavy rain curtain, it was reflected on the three young corpses.

Duan Xu's body was twisted and lying on his back beside the platform, his pupils that had long been dilated were grayish-white, and the huge raindrops slapped on his flesh, but they couldn't drive away the flies and insects on his body.

They lay on his stomach, eating, laying eggs, and some of the larvae had hatched and were burrowing in and out of the decaying holes of the corpse.

"The nearby camera captured that the deceased arrived at the train station at one o'clock this afternoon, even if he was killed just after arriving at the train station, it should not be decomposed like this......"

"At this level, he's been killed for at least a week......"

The surrounding discussion made the old detective's brows furrow tighter and tighter.

"Bring it back to the bureau first."

"Yes."

Police officers were constantly busy, and heavy rain washed everything.

Seem...... The rain quickly erases the traces of their former existence......