Cataclysm King

Chapter 26 Exposure
"Bang, bang, bang, bang."

The train moved on.

The vent finally has air flowing and it smells a lot better.

The carriage is heavily armored, and the speed is not fast. Ji Xun estimates that the speed is only fifty or sixty kilometers per hour.

You should not die if you jump off the car.

At this moment, compartment 15.

There is a lot of people here.

For the life-and-pay treasure hunter, there is no better form of entertainment than gambling and women.

"Come, come, come, one more flower card and I'll be twenty!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

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A table was cleared, and dozens of hunters gathered around the table to play poker in full swing.

Playing cards is a bit like blackjack in a previous life.

Among a group of gamblers, Ji Xun, who was wearing a half-face gas mask, was also betting.

If you lose money, you will curse, and if you win money, you will be flushed with excitement.

Whether they recognize each other or not, as long as they are gambling, gamblers will quickly get acquainted.

He had no interest in this kind of low-level gambling.

Participating so deeply, in addition to wanting to marinate among the crowd, the most important thing is to hide the fact that you have no seat and no companions, so as not to be noticed.

While playing cards, Ji Xun observed the surroundings and arranged some preventive measures by the way.

It was noisy in the carriage.

In addition to dirty jokes, these hunters also have a lot of useful news.

Ji Xun also listened with great interest.

"Old Chen, I heard that you found an abandoned warehouse in the eastern suburbs of Devil's Cross a few days ago, and made a fortune."

"Oh, I can't talk about getting rich. It's just that I have money to buy a better breathing method for my kid when I go back this time."

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"Uncle Dong, have you found the [Enforcer] sequence job transfer materials?"

"I found one, and it's not bad. You can change jobs after you go back."

"Then congratulate Uncle Dong in advance for becoming a spell card master, and I will take care of my younger brother in the future."

"It's still early. Only when you don't get out of control after fusion can you be considered a formally advanced spell card master."

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"Scar, I heard that your Iron Ax group produced a rare black iron demon mark in the different-dimensional space in the East District yesterday?"

"Tsk tsk, this guy is well-informed. [Ace of Hearts-Bright Knight], the imprint has an extra 15% increase in flesh and blood growth."

"Hey, there are additional entries? This is amazing."

"It's not too powerful. Just after returning to the camp, the manager of the Haisen Chamber of Commerce took over a small million dollars."

"Fuck!"

"Hahaha"

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These hunters talked about their cave exploration experience in Devil's Crossing, and revealed a lot of information.

Ji Xun listened silently and learned more and more about the world.

"How the hell are you going to find it!"

The old dog walked from the No. [-] compartment all the way to the back, looking for it, while complaining frantically.

His demon mark is [4 of Spades - Beast Walker], the contract points to the great demon Oser, and his occupational sequence is also the ability in the direction of animalization.

Although the kobold image is not too powerful, it gives him a sense of smell far beyond human.

Also because of this ability, although he is not strong in combat, he managed to find a position with a fixed salary in the Blackwater Mercenary Regiment.

On weekdays, I mostly do some investigation and tracking work, which is not too dangerous.

Originally, the old dog was satisfied.

But this task, he really has a headache.

Looking for a man and a woman among the thousands of people on the train?
I'm looking for something!
The more sensitive your sense of smell, the more you will suffer in this train.

After only finding eight carriages, he felt that he was about to faint from the stink.

Ordinary people can only smell bad smells, but after transforming, he can distinguish a hundred kinds of bad smells from that smell.What is the smell of fermented meat stuck between the teeth in the mouth, the body odor of not taking a shower for a few days, the smell of stepping on shit on the shoes, the smell of virus infection and rot
The key to smell is only one aspect.

There are other troubles!
Who in the city of innocence has no secrets?

There are too many hard roles.

Don't look at their Blackwater Mercenary Group's face, if they really provoke those guys, they will still be beaten.

Fortunately, the only piece of accurate information was that the other party was a card master apprentice.

This can also narrow down the scope a lot.

The old dog felt that he was going to be smoked to death.

It took two hours for these eight carriages. Along the way, he encountered many suspicious guys, but after investigation, they were all wrong.

There are still eight cars!

But several other teammates also wandered around the carriage many times, but got nothing, and the team leader kept urging him more and more urgently.

Cursing secretly, he didn't dare to complain, and continued to search forward.

Finally, we reached the No.15 carriage.

Ji Xun still stuck in the crowd and gambled enthusiastically.

Of course, he also noticed that in the past few hours, several groups of people passing by seemed to be looking for someone in secret.

But without exception, those people ignored Ji Xun in the crowd.

There are estimated to be 5000 people on the whole train, and there are also many solo travelers. How can it be so easy to find yourself who has become one with the gamblers?

It has not been found yet, which means that the other party does not have much information.

It sounds like the train will take ten hours in total, and it will be much safer to get off the train in a few hours.

Ji Xun also secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

He chose the fifteenth car because it was near the rear of the car.

He has already observed that if he can get the key on the conductor of the train, he can open the back door of sixteen carriages, and there is also the possibility of jumping off the train.

The armor of the steam train is very thick, but the locks are not as complicated as the doors in the previous 407 different-dimensional space.

Ji Xun didn't go to steal the key, but just glanced at it a few times, and the photo-remembering ability brought by the [Trickster] easily remembered the exact structure of the key.Taking advantage of the gap between gambling and going to the toilet, he has also forged a temporary key.

Now that he has several preparations in hand, even if he is discovered, there is room for him to deal with it.

Ji Xun was not careless and continued to observe his surroundings.

The carriage was still noisy, but as he listened, he suddenly heard a story that flashed to him.

"Hey, have you guys heard that something happened to the camp of the alien space in the [Old Silver Moon Altar] two days ago?"

"Why haven't I heard of it? It is said that the people from the Old Smoker Group discovered an altar and found some ancient relics. Someone wanted to steal it, and then killed all 10 or so people in the entire camp. The Hunter Union also offered a reward of [-] Wan, looking for clues to the murderer."

"I've heard different versions. It seems that the person got in touch with the ancient relics, lost control and deformed into a monster, and then violently killed people. It is said that dozens of corpses in the camp were gnawed. If it wasn't for the distortion, who It's okay, why kill someone and eat the corpse?"

"In other words, there is really an ancient relic from the Silver Moon Altar?"

"Seems to be."

"Hey, any level I relic is worth hundreds of thousands. If you really want to meet a high-level one, you will never have to worry about it for the rest of your life. Why don't we have that luck?"

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During the few hours in the car, Ji Xun had already heard several similar stories about his teammates taking risks in the wild with black equipment, or killing people and stealing goods.

Stories like this happen almost every day, and the hunters don't think it's an anecdote to kill people for money.

The law of the jungle is the keynote of Innocence City.

Even compared to how many people died, they were more curious about how much the relics were worth.

Ji Xuncai gradually understood why Cao's house in Governor's Mansion couldn't stop calling a train, and the binding force was so low.

It's not that there is a problem with the power of this world.

It's the people of Innocence that have a problem.

When others heard the story just now, they just sighed with emotion.

And Ji Xun suddenly caught a key word in his mind: out of control?
After merging [JOKER] before, he also has a special ability, that is, he can perceive the out-of-control magic power of creatures.

The mantra of normal people is like body temperature, it is constant temperature.

Usually nothing is visible to the naked eye.

Even if someone occasionally shows it deliberately, it can be seen as a uniform flame.

And just before getting on the train, when he was observing several nearby carriages, he found a guy in the No. 16 rear carriage whose mana overflowed very irregularly, resembling an "octopus tentacles".

After Ji Xun saw it, he paid more attention.

Only then did it confirm that the guy leaked it irregularly every once in a while.

Ji Xun suspects that this may be the so-called "mana out of control".

Normally, if the mana is out of control, it will be distorted into a monster.

But strangely enough, the guy didn't.

This made Ji Xun even more strange, so he paid more attention.

He thought it was because of his lack of cognition and misunderstood the loss of control.

But after hearing the story of the murderer and robbery just now, he felt that the guy became more and more suspicious.

Correct,
Just suspicious!

With this assumption and then bringing in the conditions, more problems were discovered at once.

That guy chose to be in the No. 16 rear car, and he was originally a very inconspicuous ordinary passenger.

But now Ji Xun feels that this guy may have the same plan as his own, for the convenience of jumping off the car.

In addition, there are very few people walking around at the rear of the carriage, so it is easy to tell if someone comes deliberately.

But this guy also chose a corner position facing the front of the carriage.

It is inconspicuous, but has a very wide field of vision, and you can see all the people coming and going.

Many coincidences put together are not coincidences.

There are various indications that this guy has a strong sense of anti-reconnaissance.

Then there's the story I just heard.

Although there were thousands of people in the whole train, this was the only person whose spell power got out of control.

Ji Xun suddenly took his seat: Could this guy be the guy who murdered and robbed?

Think about it, the possibility is quite high.

To leave the Devil's Crossing camp, the only way is to take the train, and there is only one trip every two days, so it is not surprising to encounter it.

At the same time, if the two were both passers-by, it would not be surprising to meet them at the rear of the carriage.

Thinking of this, Ji Xun instinctively thought of something else.

But he didn't think about anything else, and the situation suddenly happened.

Suddenly, a tall, thin guy with a hood covering his face appeared in his eyes.

The guy wasn't walking fast, and the hood was shaking slightly, as if his facial muscles were moving regularly.

When Ji Xun saw this guy, he immediately became alert.

Smell?
A transcendent with an enhanced sense of smell?
But he didn't change his face, and continued to gamble among the crowd.

Even if you really came to find someone, you may not be able to find yourself.

The guy in the hood looked like he really didn't notice anything, and walked straight over.

Not long after, compartment 13.

The four-member scouting team of the Blackwater Mercenary Regiment, all three of them were frowning after meeting.

They have been searching for several hours, but found a few suspected people, but after checking, none of them were the people the group was looking for.

"Boss, is there no one in the car?"

"Whether it's in the car or not, we have to look for it. The regimental commander just passed the death order, so it's very troublesome to find it this time!"

"How big?"

"I'll see you later."

"What the hell is going on?"

"I understand now, I'm afraid it's not the leader who is anxious, but someone else."

"Oh?"

"Who do you think is paying our current salary in Heishui?"

"You mean the Cao family in the upper city?"

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The more they talked, the more they felt that the situation was not good.

But at this time, the rosacea suddenly returned.

The strong man hurriedly asked: "How is it, old dog, did you find anything?"

The old dog took off his hood, revealing his gradually humanized dog face, and reported: "Boss, we found something! It's in the No. 15 carriage!"

When the three of them heard this, they all looked over in unison.

The old dog continued: "When I passed by, I found a special smell in the crowd. It is the devil's breath that can only be left by disaster corpses above B level. The smell is very weak, and it should be the [deodorizing potion] that has been used recently ]. But the irritating smell is still there. Obviously, it has just been contaminated not long ago. Most likely, it has not been long since I came out of the different-dimensional space. But there are many people in the 15th compartment, and the smell is too mixed. I am not sure which one it is. I just think it should be It's someone from the group playing cards. I was afraid of being found out, so I came back first."

"Good job."

Hearing this, the three strong men looked happy.

Intuition told them that they might have found an important breakthrough.

If it is an ordinary hunter, even if he just came out of a different dimension, he doesn't need to use any [deodorant potion].

Moreover, B-level disasters are very rare in the wild, and it happens that there is one in the 407 space!

The timing is right!

Someone in car 15 has a big problem!

Without further ado, the brawny man directly ordered: "Gao Mei, go there and see if you can identify the person with your sixth sense."

The woman in leather nodded and said, "I'll try. The carriage is locked, and the target range will be smaller. If it's just a card master apprentice, it should be fine."

The brawny man: "Okay. After confirming, don't startle the snake, wait for me to do it together. Since the guy can slip away from the leader and the others, he can think of some means, don't underestimate it. And try not to make a big noise, use hypnosis Make a quick decision. Otherwise, if there is a commotion in the carriage, the Hunter Union will also intervene."

The woman in the leather jacket nodded: "Yeah."

As soon as the words fell, the strong man ordered the skinny man playing with the dagger again: "Xiao Wu, go to the No. 16 compartment first, and be careful that that guy might jump from the rear of the car. If you really can't control it, you'll pick your hamstring. Just live there."

The skinny man frowned: "But boss, it's nice to see blood in the car?"

The strong man was also a little helpless: "I don't care so much anymore. First catch the person and then talk."

As he spoke, he ordered again: "Old dog, you go last, don't show your face, so as not to be noticed by that person."

Old Dog: "Yes."

As soon as they met, they immediately took action.

On the other hand, Ji Xun watched the man in the cloak walk around and left, and didn't take it seriously at first.

Thinking that it was probably the same as the previous waves, he left without finding anything unusual.

However, it didn't take long.

Ji Xun suddenly watched a skinny man with a half-faced gas mask walk over.

Although this person seemed to be just passing by, he didn't stop in the No. 15 car, and went straight to the No. 16 car.

But Ji Xun immediately noticed something was wrong.

He now has the ability of photographic memory. Although this guy has made a disguise, looking at the black leather dagger holster on his waist, Ji Xun recognized it at a glance: This guy has been here once before!

This guy looked around all the way before, obviously looking for someone, most likely someone from the Blackwater Mercenary Group.

Now it's here again, pretending to be, but leaving so decisively, obviously there is some purpose.

"Is it still found?"

Ji Xun's eyes were awe-inspiring, and he immediately made a judgment in his heart.

He wasn't taking any chances.

The worst still happened.

(End of this chapter)