On closer inspection, the special bus connecting the frontier and the federal metropolis is quite gothic-style, with a single tire that is more than a person tall, gray and black, lying on the ground like a drop of pine resin that has just dripped from a tree and rolled down on the ground wrapped in dust.

The bus was driven by a rude middle-aged white man with yellow teeth, with adventurous tattoos on his neck and a dirty plaid shirt on his upper body;

The lower body is a fattened dark blue bib pants, wearing a cap embroidered with gray bats on the brim, and roaring loudly immediately after opening the car door, "One guest, 500 yuan per person, take the salute with you; One guest..."

In his shouting, the passengers climbed into the bus one by one, the regular passengers were casually throwing cash into the cash register and then walking directly to the carriage, and some of the passengers had to swipe their cards and signatures, which was annoying.

However, no matter how long the payment was delayed, the bus continued to devour the guests like a monster, and the queue decreased little by little, and after a while, it was Barbara's turn and the others.

Because the customized service of the travel company includes all the necessary expenses throughout the journey, Wendy, who got on the bus first, was extremely skilled in swiping the card and said to the driver: "Sir, I am the tour guide of the dream moment, and I pay for the seven people." ”

"Okay, beautiful young lady, oh, are you really a tour guide, you look so young..."

However, although distracted, this loyal employee who has worked at the Gray Bat Bus Station for more than 20 years has not forgotten to perform his duties, glancing at Barbara and the others who boarded the bus, and silently counting in his heart, "One, two, three..."

After counting to 7, he suddenly saw another yellow-skinned young man saluting on his back, looking at his mobile phone and walking into the car, without any intention of paying, he couldn't help blurting out: "Boy, don't want to be deceived to get through, you have to get out of the car for me if you lose 500 meters." ”

The yellow-skinned young man was Zhang Longchu, and after being inexplicably reprimanded by the bus driver, he was slightly stunned, shrugged his shoulders, and said in his mouth, "Don't be so angry, Mr. Driver, I have a long-term ticket." According to the instructions found out by the network, he shook the mobile phone that opened the 'Superman program' on the cash register in front of him.

In an instant, a red light flashed on the gray metal shell of the cash register, and at the same time, a mechanical female voice suddenly sounded, "Welcome to the BA981H Gray Bat Bus, Mr. Transcendental, I wish you a pleasant journey." Suddenly, there was silence in the bus, which had been filled with loud noises.

Anyone who often travels to and from the frontier of the unorderly and predatory of the jungle knows that the most terrible things are often not those things that look hideous and fierce on the outside, and which attract scruples at a glance, but animals that do not give people the slightest sense of danger or threat.

For example, if you are driving a large armored chariot and driving unscrupulously in a jungle where wild beasts should be rampant according to the distribution of food chains, if you see a monster that is comparable in size to an elephant and looks like a lion and tiger, then you just need to rampage and hunt it;

Because according to the rules of physics, an ordinary animal made of muscles and bones, no matter how strong its fur, how amazing its strength, and how terrifying its fangs and claws are, it is difficult to compare with the large armed armor that is cast from alloy and whose firepower can be cut through mountains and rocks.

But if you come across a single animal that looks like a rabbit, you'd better turn around and run away.

Because in the absence of strong physical strength, a seemingly weak animal wants to dominate the mountains and forests, it is likely that it has evolved some special ability that transcends the rules of nature, and perhaps it can crush an armored combat vehicle like an ant to death, so dodging is the wisest choice.

Man is also an animal, so to some extent, this law also applies to human societies in the frontier zone, that is, characters who look battle-hardened, have a steely expression, and have a face that looks like the word "danger" is not so dangerous.

And those who look strangely tender and feel harmless to humans and animals, like they shouldn't be on the front of chaos at all, are probably walking explosives depots, and the slightest touch will blow them to pieces.

It is precisely for this reason that when Zhang Longchu, who is obviously still a teenager, appears alone at the Gray Bat Station, those strong men who seem to have been making a living in the frontier area for a long time will give him three points of courtesy.

And the driver of the gray bat bus has to drive to the frontier area more than a dozen times a month, and naturally understands this taboo, only because after counting the seven teenagers who went to the 'Conqueror Theme Park' for vacation, he saw Zhang Longchu immediately, and naturally classified him as an ordinary teenager under the inertia of thinking, which will subconsciously speak out.

In the eyes of normal people living in a federal legal society, such a half-sentence of foul language means that the bus driver lacks education and needs to apologize, but other than that, it is really not a big deal.

But for more than 20 years, the gray bat bus driver has lived in tension and suffering in the vast majority of people, and gradually the beastly nature of the "human" has overwhelmed the frontier of kindness, morality and humanity, and has heard too many tragic stories of inexplicable corpses on the streets because of a quarrel, and has also seen with his own eyes the horror of the power of the extraordinary.

Therefore, he was silent for a few seconds, and a smile on his face that was more ugly than crying appeared, and he emphasized that he became extremely sweet and said: "It's a great honor to have such a young Excellency (adult) in my car today, and now there is an accident on the road, and I am not afraid."

By the way, my lord, I have freshly brewed coffee, bento boxes and fruits, and if you are willing to enjoy them, it will be even more honorable. And took out all the refreshing drinks and lunches that his wife had carefully prepared for herself.

Zhang Longchu, who had never been to the frontier zone, didn't understand the sudden 180-degree change in the driver's attitude, smiled and shrugged his shoulders and said, "Thank you, but I have something to eat." He put away his mobile phone and walked to the car.

Seeing that his attitude did not look angry, the bus driver put his heart back into his stomach and unconsciously returned to his rude demeanor, but after that, he never said a word of rudeness out loud throughout the journey.

After entering the carriage, Zhang Longchu was stunned to find that on both sides of the aisle, some passengers were obviously deliberately avoiding their gaze, looking like they were a flood beast;

Some of them stared at him curiously as if they had found a precious animal, and couldn't help but feel very uncomfortable, so they hurriedly walked a few steps to the nearest empty seat, put their backpacks on the luggage rack, and sat down.

After feeling that the contradictory feeling of being scrunched up and snooped on suddenly disappeared, Zhang Longchu breathed a sigh of relief, but heard the passengers around him shout curiously in an incredible voice: "Long Chu, you are actually an extraordinary person!"

Wow, you're going on an adventure, right, you didn't go to the Blue Whale Plane to play in the 'Conqueror's Paradise', but really went to the Alternate Plane to adventure, right? ”

According to the data recently released by the Federal Academy of Sciences, the ratio of humans who have supernatural powers to ordinary humans in Milicon is 1:5051, which means that the current population of the country has just exceeded 500 million, and the number of transcendents in the country is about 100,000.

This may sound like a scarcity but not a scarcity, and the city of Los Angeles, with a population of more than 20 million, should be inhabited by at least a few thousand transcendents.

But in fact, just like birds live in the sky, swimming fish live in the ocean, and wild beasts live in the continent, the transcendents have their own worlds, and unless they are newcomers like Zhang Longchu, they will not easily come into contact with the general public.

Therefore, many ordinary people are likely to only know about the existence of transcendents in news and film and television works all their lives, so it is only then that Caroline, who has never seen a transcendent person on vacation to the 'Alternate Plane' for the first time, will seem so excited.

"Yes," Zhang Longchu, who had other purposes in mind, took advantage of Kai Ruolin's excitement and pretended to smile calmly and said, "Before I was adopted, I made a living by going to the heterotopic plane to earn some 'bounty'..."

"Ordinary days are ordinary urban teenagers, going to and from school with us, watching movies, eating, and sometimes playing some crazy games with friends," hearing him say this, Kai Ruolin interrupted Zhang Longchu's words more and more excitedly, "On holidays, tear off the disguise, reveal your true face, and rush to the heterotopic plane to earn a bounty with your bloody and cruel superpowers."

Wow, this is really a plot that only exists in superhero movies! ”

"And it's the plot of the villain," Zhang Longchu said angrily: "Kai Ruolin, who told you that my extraordinary strength is bloody and cruel, although the effect it uses for combat may be really, really not so pleasing to the eye."

Okay, listen girl, I'm not a character in a movie, but an ordinary middle school student who is exactly like you, the only difference is that you are a woman and I am a man;

I inadvertently awakened supernatural abilities, and you don't have it, so I relied on my supernatural powers to go to the Alternate Plane to earn a bounty, and work with you in a fast food restaurant, oh hell, with your personality and family background, I'm afraid it's impossible for you to go to work.

Well, in short, it means that I rely on extraordinary strength to make money on the different planes in fact, there is no difference in nature between me and ordinary middle school students selling their physical strength to do odd jobs, please don't treat me as a monster...", speaking of this, he took the opportunity to turn to look at Barbara and said: "Also, Miss Barbara, because I was adopted very suddenly, my adoptive parents didn't know my identity as a transcendent.

And to avoid them worrying, I don't want to tell them about it..."

"I understand, we didn't see you today, you're on a plane to China, not in the gray bat bus that goes straight to the Blue Whale plane." The shrewd Barbara didn't wait for Zhang Longchu to finish speaking, she understood what he meant, and said with a smile: "But as a reward for lying for you, in this boring journey, you have to tell us a few adventure stories from your own experience to relieve our boredom." ”

"OK, very fair deal.

Uh, let me think about where to start..."Zhang Longchu paused, nodded, and began to search the intestines and stomachs to rub together the cases of heterotopic exploration that he had searched on the Internet recently, and made up his own story to tell.

And just as he was talking about it, the Grey Bat Bus was finally full of passengers, slowly starting, and rushing out of the iron gate of the bus stop.