The Only Player in 'Child of Stardust'-Chapter 54 - 45 Station_2
Chapter 54: Chapter 45 Station_2
Chapter 54 -45 Station_2
By a twist of fate, the little girl summoned a goat demon who, after hearing her plea, made a deal with her. The demon cured her mother’s illness in exchange for the girl’s favorite teddy bear.
This deal was entirely devoid of evil intent, making the goat demon a laughingstock among his peers.
However, most investigators who read the story would sigh and say: “It really is, it made me cry to death.”
As for the Playboy Angel, he had no sense of sanctity, indulging in eating, drinking, whoring, and gambling. He even spent many years conducting field research and painstakingly wrote a magnum opus—”Guide to Exotic Species.”
This book was hailed as the bible of debauchery, covering detailed reviews of nearly all species. It caused a huge sensation in the Extraordinary World. Everyone speculated about just how daring the author must be to even lay hands on lizardmen, deep divers, and tentacle monsters.
When his true identity was revealed, the entire Extraordinary World was in an uproar. No one expected the author to be an angel known for his purity!
Hence, the Playboy Angel was dubbed the Sovereign of Pleasure but became a pariah among his kin, eventually being banished from Heaven, never to return.
After recalling the archives, Zhou Yuan breathed a slight sigh of relief. These two abnormal beings were from the lawful good faction. If he really encountered danger, he could ask for their help.
Their presence also meant that the Control Bureau knew about the anomaly of the 106 bus. Since they had not contained it, it probably wasn’t very dangerous.
But what exactly was this “Happy Paradise?” Why were all the passengers headed there?
“Happy Paradise” clearly wasn’t the real Heaven. Otherwise, the Playboy Angel would be lynched there due to his tarnishing of angels’ reputation… The name sounded more like some kind of romantic establishment.
—As for Heaven and Hell, they actually existed. They had resurfaced with the rise of the Transcendent.
This was thirty years after the end of World War III. Heaven and Hell reappeared, intending to cause trouble as they did before, but got a severe thrashing from the Control Bureau, nearly unrecognizable even to their own mothers. In the end, they had to sign an agreement not to interfere massively in the human world.
Zhou Yuan didn’t sit down immediately. Instead, he looked around the bus for station information. If he could know the names of the upcoming stops, he could prepare, but he found nothing.
He had to walk to the back and sit down.
Turning his head to look out the window, the scenery rushed past. The bus was moving at an unnaturally high speed and continued straight without any turns, without hitting anything along the way.
Zhou Yuan took out his Opple smartphone. The current time was 12:02.
After half an hour, the bus slowly decelerated.
At this moment, Zhou Yuan saw the outside scenery. The sky was dim, and there was an abandoned school not far away. The walls were covered with ivy. The campus was dead silent, without any lights, exuding an indescribable eerie aura.
However, with his Dark Vision, he saw something even more bizarre—the hallways of the school building were filled with many dark shadows moving around as if crowded with people inside.
[Yilin Private High School, abandoned due to a series of incidents. Haunted by some terrifying abnormal beings. Advised to explore after reaching level 30.]
Soon, the bus arrived at the station and stopped. Several figures boarded when the door opened.
Zhou Yuan squinted slightly, because those figures were students… no, they shouldn’t be called people; they were ghosts!
There were three male students in total, dressed in private school uniforms. Their heads were shattered, which was horrifying. It was evident that they all died from jumping off the building.
When the three male students boarded, they immediately saw Zhou Yuan. A flash of hungry murderous intent was visible in their bulging or dangling eyes, but it quickly hid away.
To Fierce Ghosts, humans were food, just like animals instinctively wanted to devour fresh meat.
Nevertheless, these three male students were ghosts with some degree of rationality. They suppressed this desire and silently sat on one side, staring forward without needing any communication. They stared intently, making the goblin across them frown uncomfortably.
Those who boarded this bus were not good people. Unless absolutely necessary, there was no need to provoke them.
[They seemed to be students who jumped off the building due to academic pressure. But there was actually more to the story. You might use the almighty Internet to search for related news. However, you probably won’t find anything useful because private schools have the money to block the news.]
Zhou Yuan opened a browser and searched using keywords. He found a school with the same name in the Chuanshu region. As expected, there was no negative news about student suicides, only positive news and an announcement three years ago that the school had closed due to poor management.
He needed to find a reliable informant after returning… Zhou Yuan thought he couldn’t rely solely on these methods to gather information. He had to let the professionals handle it.
After the three students boarded, the bus started again. This time, the outside scenery changed drastically.
The bus seemed no longer in the real world but had entered a very mysterious Spirit World. The scenery outside was full of vibrant colors, light flowing and shifting, dazzling and beautiful. Many abstract and incomprehensible things could be seen operating.
As the bus sped up, those brilliant colors turned into fleeting streamers.
Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple… Countless flashing colors reflected on the glass. Zhou Yuan felt like he was traveling through a time tunnel. His heart was amazed, and he couldn’t help but sigh. “If this were developed into a tourist attraction, how much money would it make?”
After more than an hour, the bus began to decelerate and exited the Spirit World.
Sunlight shone brightly outside, and a giant factory came into view.
[Reagan Food Processing Factory, specializing in producing various snacks sold worldwide. Its products were widely praised for their excellent quality, unique taste, and strict food safety standards, enjoying a high reputation and acclaim.]
But no one knew that a major secret was hidden inside the factory. Exploration level recommendation: 50.]
Another dungeon, and a high-level one… Zhou Yuan focused, wondering if any new passengers would board at this stop.
The bus arrived at the station. The front and rear doors opened slowly, and the three students got off through the rear door.
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[Summer interns, the best choice for a sweatshop. They work hard and earn little, the capitalists’ favorite to exploit.]
Damn, so these three ghosts were here to work?
Zhou Yuan was a bit dumbfounded. Do ghosts need to work? What do they need money for? And the Reagan Food Processing Factory even hires ghosts as employees? This was too exploitative. Not even giving them peace after death.
Then, a white man in a suit carrying a briefcase boarded the bus.
[Factory manager of Reagan Food Processing Factory. A wealthy man, a cunning man, a typical capitalist. I suggest you don’t eat anything he hands you. Boys need to learn to protect themselves when they’re out.]
“Oh? You two look familiar.”
The manager saw the Playboy Angel and the goat demon in the back row and greeted them with a smile, “If I remember correctly, you two seem to have some ties with the Control Bureau?”
“Get lost,” the Playboy Angel said coldly, giving him a hostile look.
“Sorry, he’s in a bad mood today.” The goat demon cut in to smooth things over, clearly a nice guy, without a trace of demonic evilness.
“I apologize for disturbing you.”
The manager wisely moved on and sat next to Zhou Yuan, pulling out a few packs of snacks from his pocket and handing them to Zhou Yuan with a smile.
“Young man, would you like some snacks?”
