Although he appreciated Moonlight's conjecture very much, Sean still shook his head lightly.

This conjecture is extremely bold, but there are several unreasonable places.

First of all, if you want to replace the carpet, you will definitely need the cooperation of the crew.

But according to Xiao En's observation, the state of the train conductor and conductor is by no means a show.

This kind of judgment comes from the reporter's eyesight and the intuition brought by the size of the soul.

Secondly...

"We are Queen-level explorers." Sean reminded.

Moonlight seemed to understand something, smiled wryly, and seemed to temporarily give up the conjecture just now—

After all, ordinary people are more likely to choose the inexperienced Jack class if they want to use the Quest to disguise their crimes.

When encountering a combination of three Queens, this possibility is extremely slim.

A cunning fox might choose to trick a crow into eating meat, but when encountering lions...

They are more likely to stay away.

"I'm very sorry, soloist." Sean nodded encouragingly, "I really like your conjecture just now, it's based on reality and dares to imagine.

"However, it seems that we still cannot rule out that this is a mysterious incident."

After a round of discussion, the investigation returned to the original point.

The team agreed to try to find witnesses to the disappearance next.

In order not to cause panic, they asked passengers about their jobs along the train, and handed it over to Jerry and two other conductors.

When they excluded all the passengers in the high-class car and came to the ordinary car to start asking, the Northland Express stopped slowly.

The blizzard outside the window was still there, and only large flakes of snowflakes could be seen.

In order to avoid being buried by an avalanche that may be caused by the snowstorm, the Northland Express, a giant steel beast, stopped in front of the tunnel.

The bright headlights illuminate the dark tunnel, making people wonder where the tunnel leads.

Fortunately, this long-bodied behemoth crouching in the snowy night has enough coal in its power core, which can provide enough heat and electricity for the entire train...

However, for some reason, in the premium compartment closer to the front of the car, the heating is sufficient, and passengers can even take off their coats.

On the other side separated by the two dining cars, in the ordinary cars, the closer to the rear, the heavier the cold air intruding from the windows.

Even if people sit in the train, they have to wrap their coats tightly.

During this helpless and irritating wait, the conductor found a passenger with a strange look in the eighth carriage.

The passenger was politely invited by the conductor to the connecting corridor outside the two dining cars—he was guarded by the conductor and was not allowed to enter. The door leading to the ordinary dining car was also covered by a cloth, temporarily acting as a case office for the explorers.

After entering this corridor, the passenger saw four masks looking at him...

Four explorers!

He first felt a burst of panic, and then suddenly realized that the four people in front of him were trying to solve the strange situation he saw, and he couldn't help feeling a desire to talk...

"Don't panic." Sean's voice was calm, "The conductor told me that you were here before..." Sean pointed to the ground, "I saw some strange sights."

The man was thin, with brown hair, and the plaid suit was a little washed out.

After seeing the strange scene, he upheld the idea of ​​keeping quiet and did not tell anyone, but let the thrilling scene torment his mind...

He didn't expect to be able to confide to professionals at this moment, he nodded repeatedly, and said in a trembling voice: "I saw that the dining car went dark, and when it was lit again, the people in the car disappeared!"

Sean frowned: "Don't worry, speak slowly—how did you see it, what did you see..."

The man swallowed his saliva, and began to recall every detail.

"About half an hour ago, I ate in the dining car..." He pointed to the ordinary dining car behind him, instead of the empty high-end dining car facing him at this time.

"I thought it was a bit hot in the car, so I went to this corridor to smoke..."

Sean nodded slightly, encouraging the other party to continue talking.

"While I was smoking, I heard the passengers in the premium cars start singing."

"Singing?" Moonlight asked as if confirming, "They started singing? What song are they singing?"

The man swallowed again, with panic in his eyes, and trembling lips, he said: "They are singing...

""friendship forever"."

"friendship forever"?

Sean frowned suspiciously.

Very classic tune. Cheerful people always sing this song together.

"Then what?"

"Then..." The man's eyes, looking directly at the direction of the empty dining car, began to empty, "I saw a lot of smiling faces, sir and miss, all smiling.

"They were holding wine and cigarettes, looking very happy..."

"I was also infected by their emotions, and I hummed that song softly.

"Then, I saw the food truck go dark all of a sudden."

"It's dark?" Sean and Moonlight exchanged glances.

The conductor Jerry seemed to have gotten used to the weird atmosphere, he raised his hand and said, "There was a two-second blackout before...

"It's an old problem with the power system..."

When Jerry said this, Sean suddenly remembered that when he was resting in the box after dinner, the lights did go dark for two seconds.

But the time was so short that he didn't care at all.

"And then, what happened in the dark?"

"Darkness comes quickly." The man didn't dare to look directly at the dining car anymore, and looked at Sean for help, "At first I thought that those gentlemen and ladies were frightened by the sudden darkness, so the singing suddenly stopped.

"Then, when the lights come back on...

"The dining car is empty.

"Empty...no one there."

As the man said this, a terrible silence began to fill the corridor.

"I couldn't believe it, so I looked through the window, leaned closer, and opened my eyes wide." The man opened his mouth half-opened, "Really...

"It's all gone."

The faces of the conductors turned pale.

The man's soul was shocked and his heartbeat began to weaken as he recalled what he had witnessed.

His eyesight was blurred, he staggered, and seemed to be about to fall.

Moonlight quickly played Ning Xin's tune, and a wisp of smelling salts wafted out from the cufflinks, which made the man sober up and stood up again.

After listening to the man's narration, Sean fell into deep thought...

A dining car with no traces of the supernatural.

The people who sang together.

The sudden darkness.

The collective disappearance after recovery...

He opened his eyes.

A possibility appeared in my mind again, but it was not suitable to talk about—

He was worried about causing another shock to the ordinary people present.

He could only silently describe the newly emerging conjecture in his heart:

"Our judgment on blindfolding has put the cart before the horse.

"The disappearance of people is not the point~lightnovelpub.net~ The point is that those people in the dining car never existed from the beginning."

"It's just that because of the power outage, a certain mechanism was interrupted, making them disappear like a TV picture."

Someone is running a group of phantoms on this train?

who is it? Why do you want to do this? !

"more importantly…"

Thinking of the face of the retired non-commissioned officer who had a scar on his face and lost his left hand... James' face, Sean's breathing became more rapid.

It is impossible to hide it from his eyes by ordinary means.

He looked around, afraid to trust anyone but his teammates...

Another extremely troublesome situation!