Train Survival: You're really trying to survive!

Chapter 240 The Last Showdown Before the Station

After giving Sun Lili a lecture cobbled together from anime and comics, Su Li felt she was running out of things to say.

He had little experience and couldn't truly empathize with the situation, so he could only rack his brains to come up with some plausible but ultimately unhelpful words, hoping they would be of some use to Sun Lili.

"That's roughly the idea. Don't give up easily. A coach I really like once said that once you give up, the game is over."

After saying that, Su Li scratched her head in frustration. "That's enough for today. If there's anything you want to know, you can investigate it yourself during the day."

The two got back into the car and drove to the nightclub, where they waited until the evening ended.

Just like yesterday, 'Lin Xin' left Zuli before dawn.

As the sun rose, Su Li returned to his train to rest and inquire about the situation of the other team.

The temporary squad leader, Sophia, reported on the squad's situation: "We cleared out a stronghold. The leader of the stronghold wasn't very strong, and we killed him easily. Then, Sister Mingyu formed a contract with a Shadow Cognitive Entity."

With the help of this Shadow Perception Entity, Sophia and her group were able to infiltrate the floating city.

"Then we won't be taking any action during the day. Everyone, get ready and try to finish everything tonight. We'll use the remaining four days to gather supplies."

The group agreed and then began to make repairs.

That evening, Su Li waited for Lin Xin at the meeting point early.

After Lin Xin arrived, Su Li led 'Lin Xin' into the nightclub.

Because 'Lin Xin' had given instructions, there were very few guards at the nightclub today, and Su Li and her group infiltrated very smoothly, soon entering a room with an open ceiling.

"Hurry, hurry, bring all the offerings for Her Majesty the Queen over here!"

The leader, with a cigar in his mouth, shouted at the crowd.

Shortly after, Zurich received the manual's communication.

Sofia—we have arrived at the floating city.

Su Li – Understood. You guys go ahead and explore. I'll be there with Sun Lili's clone. She still doesn't want to meet Sun Keke.

Before long, the leader piled all the gems in the center of the room, and then led everyone away.

Su Li glanced at this unusual scene and guessed that there must be something he didn't know.

But it's alright, he has the strength to cover his losses. The exploration over the past two days has confirmed that the only monsters in this world are Shadow Cognitives; there are no other monsters. For dealing with just the Shadow Cognitives, Su Li's Moon Wheel Sword is sufficient.

A moment later, the moonlight in the sky suddenly dimmed. Su Li looked up and saw a huge floating city in the sky. The floating city was slowly descending, and a long tentacle emerged from the center of the base, grabbing all the gems in the room.

"Hold on to me!"

Su Li gave a word of advice, then hugged 'Lin Xin', leaped up, and jumped onto her wrist.

"Ugh~ These tentacles are kind of disgusting." Su Li gave a disgusted look. These tentacles didn't look like those of an octopus; they looked more like those from some kind of erotic doujinshi.

This floating city is Sun Lili's territory. Even the Shadow Sun Lili was created based on Sun Lili's understanding.

This is enough to show that Sun Lili is probably not a simple person (meaningful~).

Lin Xin blushed and was too busy to speak.

Fortunately, there were no plot points that couldn't be aired, and the tendrils brought Su Li and the gems to the floating city.

The lower part of the floating city opened up, accommodating them.

After entering the floating city, Su Li jumped off her wrist and looked around.

This is a very large hall, and inside the hall is a huge vault door, which has been blown up.

After the gems, carried by the tendrils, arrived in the hall, they were sucked into the vault through the vault door. In mid-air, the gems transformed into a stack of banknotes.

Su Li has excellent dynamic vision and recognized that these were all 100-yuan bills from the summer heat. [This is probably what Sun Lili values ​​most. Money…]

"We're finally here, Lin Xin. Which way do you think we should go?" Su Li looked around and then asked.

There are signs of a battle here; it seems the monsters guarding this place have been killed by Sophia and her group. The path Sophia took should lead to the vault door ahead.

When Su Li asked her this, Lin Xin was silent for a few seconds, then pointed to the road on the right and said, "Go this way."

"Okay! Let's go then."

By now, Lin Xin had long understood that Su Li knew Lin Xin was Sun Lili.

Both sides tacitly refrained from saying it aloud. Some things are easier to say when disguised by a different identity.

Upon entering the gate designated by 'Lin Xin', Su Li heard some explosions coming from outside, presumably Sophia leading her team in a frontal assault. Su Li didn't hear the agreed-upon piercing sound of screeching arrows, indicating that Sophia's side was still capable of handling the situation.

The path that 'Lin Xin' pointed to was a long spiral staircase, which seemed to lead to nowhere and had no end.

Lin Xin's physical strength is only that of an ordinary person. She can't speed up on such a long staircase, which slows down Su Li as well.

As they walked, Lin Xin suddenly said, "Su Li, I have some questions I'd like to ask you."

"You said."

“This happened to my friend who was arrested,” Lin Xin said.

Su Li almost blurted out, "Is the friend you're talking about you?"

Lin Xin lowered her head, looking at the stairs beneath her feet, and said softly, "My friend had an accident in her family when she was in the first year of high school, and her parents passed away."

"Because my parents eloped, they lost all ties with their relatives. And the accident was caused by my parents running a red light, so the compensation was very little, and our life is not very good."

Lin Xin didn't mind that the conversation had gone viral; she just shared her feelings.

"She was only 16 years old at the time. The day before, she was chatting with her friends about which comic convention to go to during the National Day holiday. The next second, the burden of the whole family fell on her shoulders."

"Her family didn't have enough money, so she eventually gave up her dream of going to university and chose to go out to work. She encountered many things, some good and some bad. Because she refused to give up, she suffered a lot and lived a very hard life."

"But there was no one left in the family to confide in. Facing her younger sister, she could only suppress her pain and force a smile."

"Her dream of going to university is gone, but at least her younger sister can go to university and have a good life..."

"She struggled to make ends meet with her younger sister. Sometimes she would hear people praising her, and she would feel a secret joy. But when she looked at her sister, she would sometimes think, 'How wonderful it would be if my sister were gone forever...'"

"This person, after joining this game, had their mind exploited by monsters, causing them to hurt others..."

“You said…” Lin Xin stopped in her tracks.

Su Li turned around and met the gaze of 'Lin Xin' who was looking up at her.

"Would it have been better if her life had ended sooner?"