Magical Girl's Knight Brother

Chapter 276 The Strange Train

Chapter 276 The Strange Train

Clang clang clang clang

The train sped along the tracks, making a rhythmic clanging sound, each syllable like the painful groans of time.

"Um... um..."

Tangcao slowly opened her heavy eyelids and groggily raised her head. This rapid dizziness and the state of traversing the dimensions of the surface world made her feel extremely uncomfortable.

Just as Tang Cao's brain restarted, Qin Nan's voice slowly emerged from her mind.

Tangcao, how are you feeling? Are you alright?

"Sister Nan?!"

Tangcao was taken aback at first, then suddenly realized that the other party was not beside her, but was communicating with her through the magical girl's "telepathy".

"Both I and Tangcao are doing quite well right now, it's just that the impact of traversing the surface world dimension was a bit significant. Tangcao should be fine after resting for a while." Xiaobai's voice joined the group chat.

Tang Cao then noticed that Xiao Bai was standing on the seat next to her, cautiously observing the surrounding scene.

Looking around, you see an old-fashioned train.

The train's body was mottled, with the paint peeling off severely, revealing the rusty undercoat. The carriage was empty except for himself and Xiaobai. The overhead lights were dim and yellowish, as if they might go out and dim at any moment.

The seats were worn out, the leather was cracked, the foam underneath was showing, and it also gave off an unpleasant smell.

The car windows were covered in dust, blurring the scenery rushing past outside, leaving only a hazy blur of light and shadow.

The train seemed to be moving very fast, and the wind whistled past the carriages, making a sharp sound—this was Tang Cao's first impression of the world.

Just as she was observing her surroundings, Qin Nan's voice rang out again.

"Forcibly entering this dimension without actively hunting in the surface world will indeed cause some mental stress during the dimensional traversal process. Please don't move around rashly for now, and adjust your state before proceeding."

Upon hearing this, Tang Cao quickly responded in her mind.

She was indeed like this when she and Su Siyao were pulled into the surface world. In such an unfamiliar environment, acting rashly was not a good choice, as one could easily encounter unknown dangers.

"Sister Nan, where are you now? Can I come to you?" Tang Cao called out in her heart while cautiously observing her surroundings.

Qin Nan quickly replied, "It seems that Xiao Hui and I are also in the same carriage, but I can't determine which carriage we are in or how far apart we are."

As he spoke, Little Grey chimed in.

Personally, I still suggest that we don't act rashly. Perhaps we can take this opportunity to test whether the experts' conjectures are correct, and search carefully. If it really is a strange tale, there should be clues around.

"That makes sense." Xiaobai nodded, seemingly agreeing with the suggestion.

However, Tang Cao's expression suddenly changed. "Wait, Sister Nan, you said you're with Xiao Hui! Then, what about my brother?"

After he finished speaking, there was a long silence on the other end of the telepathic connection.

After a while, Qin Nan's voice rang out again.

Tang Zijun must have been separated from us. It seems this external world randomly assigned us to different carriages. Your brother isn't a magical girl, so he can't communicate like we do.

"Then isn't he in a very dangerous situation right now!" Tang Cao immediately stood up upon hearing this. "No, I have to go find my brother."

"Wait!" Xiao Bai quickly stopped Tang Cao as soon as she made a move. "I know you're worried about your brother's safety, but running around like this is dangerous. Concern can cloud judgment!"

"But, but my brother is just an ordinary person. What if he encounters danger?" Tang Cao frowned and said anxiously.

"You can protect him for a while, but you can't protect your brother forever," Xiaobai said seriously. "In any case, your brother is now the only six-star agent in the Demon Surveillance Bureau, and there are countless possibilities for him to encounter danger in the future."

"But."

"Isn't this the best opportunity for your brother to grow? Don't forget, this is only a surface world with a difficulty level of one and a half. If he can't even get past this hurdle, how will he protect himself in the dream dimension later?"

Hearing Xiaobai's extremely serious words, Tangcao opened her mouth, but ultimately couldn't utter a single word.

She knew Xiaobai was right.

Although we don't know what the Dream Dimension is, the fact that the Bureau of Demonic Investigations was able to promote my brother to a six-star agent based on just this one thing is enough to prove the importance of that dimension.

Such an important dimension is naturally fraught with danger.

My brother is currently the only person in this world who can travel back and forth between that world. He must have enough ability to protect himself. Only in this way can he, an ordinary person, have a chance to survive in another world.

If I have to protect my older brother every step of the way even in a world with a difficulty level of one and a half stars, how is my older brother supposed to grow stronger?

This isn't helping him, it's harming him.

Thinking of this, Tang Cao sighed softly.

"Okay, I understand..."

"That's more like it." Little White grinned, revealing a smile.

At the same time.

In their one-way "telepathic" communication channel, Tang Zijun praised with satisfaction, "Well said, Xiaobai. I'll buy you some cat food when we get back."

I want pizza!

In another carriage, listening to Xiaobai's words, Tang Zijun smiled and shook his head. He held a black card in his hand and spoke.

"Okay, pizza it is, I'll buy you all of them."

Because she has no magic power, Tang Zijun can only access the magical girl's "telepathic" channel by relying on the power of the cards she obtains from the magical girl.

At this moment, he was using the Dark Radiance card of the Earth element. As long as he connected it to the appropriate magic frequency, he could use the card as a walkie-talkie. All the words he spoke to the card could be converted into consciousness and mapped into the mind of the corresponding being.

What Xiaobai just said is basically what Tang Zijun wanted to express.

At this point, he didn't really want Tang Cao to know his identity. On the contrary, an older brother who was clearly very "weak" but held a high position and was in danger at any time was the best role model to urge Tang Cao to become stronger.

Given her bond with Tang Cao, coupled with her talent, Tang Zijun couldn't even imagine how outrageous Tang Cao's progress would be.

The only thing to worry about is that when her identity is exposed, she will be met with a barrage of accusations from Tang Cao.

By that time...

Tang Zijun shrugged helplessly and decided to put these things out of her mind for now.

The most important thing now is to figure out whether the rules of the surface world actually exist, how big the threat from this dimension is, and how to solve it.

The carriage where Tang Zijun was located was filled with an old, musty smell, mixed with rust, dust and a faint musty odor.

On the luggage rack were several worn-out suitcases, half-open, revealing some messy clothes inside, and the musty smell was coming from there.

The walls of the vehicle were covered with faded posters, the images so blurry they were barely recognizable as tourist attractions, but they seemed to be places not found on Earth.

Not far away, on the small table in front of the seat, there were several newspapers scattered about. The newspapers were yellowed and rustled from the vibrations of the train.

Tang Zijun's eyes were drawn to the newspaper, and she started walking towards it.

The train aisle was narrow and dark, and the handrails on both sides were rusty, cold and rough to the touch, and would leave black marks on your fingers.

He picked up the stack of newspapers; they were thin and light, and didn't seem particularly special.

Tang Zijun gently unfolded the newspaper, her gaze falling on the words on the yellowed paper.

Immediately afterwards, lines of text that looked like gibberish came into his view.

Every single character is clearly Chinese, but it's completely disjointed, even the punctuation is chaotic. You can't piece together any valuable sentences from these characters. Even a novice typing on a keyboard would have a better idea of ​​what to write.

Tang Zijun frowned slightly. Just as he was wondering if the text on the newspaper might be some kind of secret message that required a suitable password to decipher, the text on the paper suddenly changed.

This change was both sudden and gradual.

When Tang Zijun discovered this scene, the changes had already ended, and the words on the paper had become even more confusing.

It looked as if some invisible force had torn the words off the paper, but it did not cause any damage to the newspaper.

The ink-black characters were rearranged and formed new characters in the dim light and shadow.

This was not a script he had ever seen before, and it expressed an unknown meaning.

Just then, a sudden gust of cold wind rushed into the carriage.

Tang Zijun turned around abruptly and saw a tightly closed door at the end of the carriage. A piece of glass on the door was broken and barely sealed with tape, but even so, wind could still blow in.

The cold wind just now came from here.

The lights inside the carriage flickered erratically in the cold wind, creating an eerie atmosphere throughout the space.

Fortunately, the cold wind came and went quickly, disappearing in just a few breaths, and the flickering lights gradually went out. Tang Zijun stared suspiciously at the door. He didn't know what was behind the door, nor did he know which carriage he would reach after crossing it.

But what he could sense was a scrutinizing force in the cold wind, as if something was observing him, and its gaze transformed into a biting, icy gale.

Silently narrowing her eyes, Tang Zijun slowly turned her attention back to the newspaper in her hands.

When his gaze fell on the newspaper, his eyes widened slightly.

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