"What, what do you mean?"

Literally, the space-time train that was supposed to disappear twenty-three years ago has once again appeared in the abandoned space-time tunnel. ”

"Abandoned space-time tunnels?"

"Yes. ”

The old man didn't answer immediately, because the newly ordered drink was brought up by the waiter again. Ani also got a cup of mocha coffee, she looked at the bubble pattern on the coffee in a daze, ignored Bai Yiquan's eye advice, and tasted the sweets of the earth again. Bai Yiquan is very suspicious that when he returns to [THIRD] during the Chinese New Year, Ani will become Ani PLUS.

But now he doesn't have time to care about her, and now he seems to be a child waiting for adults to tell stories.

The old man took a leisurely sip of milk tea, and his beard was full of foam.

"That space-time tunnel is codenamed 'α'. As I've said before, before the Z375 accident, it was the only space-time tunnel that passed through Earth. It was only about thirty years ago that the space-time tunnel was revealed to be a safety hazard. ”

"Thirty years ago?" Bai Yiquan was stunned, "But you said before that the time and space train had an accident twenty-three years ago, which means that it was used for nearly seven years after it was exposed as a safety hazard?

"Nothing is impossible, that's the truth. The old man put down his teacup, "In fact, repairing the space-time tunnel has always been an extremely difficult task, requiring a great deal of manpower and material resources. At that time, there were only two organizations that could build or repair space-time tunnels, one was the Space-Time Authority, and the other was [THIRD]. But thirty years ago, [THIRD] had not paid attention to this world, and the Temporal Authority was not willing to spend so much effort to repair a little-used space-time tunnel. ”

"Lesser people?"

"Yes, the Z375 that passes through the earth only departs once in half a year. Only a very small number of merchants would choose to take this empty train, and it was obviously not cost-effective to repair such a space-time tunnel. As a result, the tunnel, codenamed 'α', was still in use for seven years despite the safety hazards, until the accident at Z375. ”

Bai Yiquan opened his mouth, but did not speak.

"It's cruel, right, if it is placed on the earth, it must be an earth-shattering event, in this country, the relevant responsible people may be shot, you must know that a plane crash not long ago has shocked the whole world. But the gods are gods after all, and the guys who have the power of the gods have ruthless blood flowing in their veins...... Sorry, I want to smoke a cigarette. ”

After Bai Yiquan's consent, the old man lit a cigarette for himself. I don't know why, Bai Yiquan always felt a touch of sadness in the old man's eyes, especially under the smoke that swirled around.

"After that, the Space-Time Authority had no intention of repairing the 'α' tunnel, and was not even willing to send someone to salvage Z375. As a result, the Z375 completely dissipated in time and space, accompanied by the deactivation of the 'α' tunnel. During that time, the gods on Earth could not contact the gods of other worlds, and were completely isolated. It wasn't until fifteen years ago that [THIRD] also built a space-time tunnel, and the gods of this world once again had contact with the gods of the outside world. However, it is limited to [THIRD], [THIRD] has not allowed anyone other than the student to use the time and space tunnel, which is the [THIRD] special train. ”

The old man spat out a mouthful of white mist: "This is the background. Coming back to this event again, as I said before, Z375 appeared a month ago, in a similarly abandoned space-time site. A passerby took a photo of it and posted it on the Internet, causing a sensation and calling it the Ghost Train. ”

"It sounds a little creepy.,Are you sure it's not a prank? Now the PS technology seems to be quite powerful.,The big man who picks your feet can give you P into a cute girl.,It's not impossible to get a train out of thin air.。 ”

"Although we are inferior to [THIRD] in all aspects, we still have the ability to identify whether a picture has been photoshopped. The man in the suit said stiffly.

Bai Yiquan scratched his head a little embarrassed, he saw that the atmosphere was a little nervous, so he couldn't help but say something, who knew that what blurted out was bad words.

The old man waved his hand: "What you said is indeed possible, contemporary technology is so advanced, it is really easy to conjure up a set of controversial photos." However, not from a technical point of view, from other point of view, this thing is not like, no, it should be said that it cannot be fake. ”

"Why?"

"The location of the shooting. The man in the suit spoke again, "The α tunnel has been abandoned for twenty-three years, and it is still a space-time tunnel, and it is impossible for mortals to know the location of its site in this world. ”

"Isn't it at the train station?"

"No, the railway station is the station of your [THIRD] special train, and it is only a temporary station, and the main station should be in Shanghai. ”

Bai Yiquan remembered that Ye Zhifan had said to him in the text message that he and He Xinxin would get off at another station, presumably Shanghai.

"And where is the Z375 site?"

"Right here in the city. ”

The corners of Bai Yiquan's mouth twitched. Well, he just wanted to spend a winter vacation in peace, but he didn't expect strange things to come to the door. Come on, he's been living in this city for almost twenty years, how come he hasn't noticed anything like this before?

"Where exactly?"

"Department store. The old man said, "The underground parking lot of the department store." ”

Department Store?Bai Yiquan has some impression that it can almost be said to be the oldest shopping mall in G City, and it has the same long history as G City. But in the past ten years has declined, this is also a matter of no way, before the rise of D, there are many emerging shopping malls to divide its customer traffic, now D is built, I'm afraid no one will go there anymore.

"Thirty years ago, the department store was like the D now. Merchants who buy the products of this world from the mansion can go to the basement level to trade with the gods of the other world. At that time, the seeds of symphony had not yet emerged, and merchants from other worlds could communicate almost exclusively by gestures, but even so, the two sides still got a lot of good things from each other. ”

As he spoke, the old man untied the pendant that hung on his chest and placed it on the table. Bai Yiquan thought it was a jade pendant at first, but when he looked closely, he was startled, and there was a small "person" with wings sleeping inside.

"I bought it from an elf back then. It was a very beautiful female elf, with eyes as beautiful as diamonds, and she had not intended to sell this pendant to me. But I liked it so much that I asked for a loan for half a year. ”

"Lending?"

"Yes, N375 is sent semi-annually, I promised to return it to her the next time we meet, and I paid her a lot to convince her, but she never came back. The old man's eyes darkened, "That time, N375 was wrecked. ”

The atmosphere became oppressive. Except for a girl who was still drinking coffee without heart or lungs, the faces of the rest of the people became extremely heavy. Although Bai Yiquan didn't know why he was heavy.

"Ahem, then why are you looking for me?"

"But in terms of knowledge, the students in the [THIRD] headquarters are undoubtedly much better than us. And Thomas Murray told me that your ability is the key to solving this incident. The old man said seriously, "So, please." ”