Chapter 3 - Sent to prison: Probability

Chapter 3:Probability 

Xiangnu maintained a well-behaved expression, blinked his eyes, his eyelashes fluttered gently and slowly fell, casting a shadow on his fair skin.

Chen chengen asked Li Yue, “Li Yue, you have participated in this mission before, how much do you know about this ‘ Furnace Apartment ‘ and what is its background?”

Li Yue’s face was pale, his eyes were a little erratic, his voice getting weaker, no longer arrogant as before, “I only know that there was an explosion in the furnace apartment and I don’t know about the rest.”

The experienced taskers fell speechless and looked at him silently. Li Yue had to confess, “There was a powerful boss in my mission. She had been exploring alone and rarely communicated with us. I don’t know what she found, but after she communicated with the landlord, we cleared the dungeon inexplicably.”

The main purpose of taskers entering the dungeons was to find the root of the dungeon formation and use that formation to seal the copy ghosts in those copy worlds.

But not every tasker was capable of sealing ghosts, especially in some extremely difficult dungeons. So as long as the taskers can solve one of the key problems, the tasks can be said to be completed.

This was also the reason why there were many batches of taskers in one copy. Though their copy mission world is the same along with the location, their experiences are different from each other as they are given different tasks.

“Look….the railings they are leaning on feel as if they will break at any time.” A sweet and ethereal voice sounded. Everyone looked over to see Fenghe lulu who had just spoken.

She was wearing a loose pink mid-length skirt, her long black hair was loosely draped over his shoulder, her exposed legs were white and slender. With her beautiful face, she looked like a weak willow.

Fenghe lulu pressed her hands and face against the window and tried her best to see the scene outside the window. Because of the angle, people couldn’t see her expression. But they could guess from his erratic movements.

The girl seemed a bit abnormal.

Everyone thought of this and went to see her boyfriend and found that he was looking at her tenderly and pityingly. Hearing her he agreed, “I also think….ah!”

The man suddenly exclaimed, “The railing broke and someone fell!”

Everyone hurriedly looked out and sure enough, they saw several figures fall from the corridor one by one on the ground.

These figures lay quietly on the ground like real corpses until a woman in dark clothes also fell. They suddenly began to wriggle and tremble and they slowly started to move towards the train.

Li Yue was shocked, “They still can move! They climbed over! Ah! Ah! Ah!” In fact, with the speed they were moving, by the time they reached their train, the train would have already left.

But not everyone could think rationally. Some timid people had already lost their reason when the corpses started moving and asked in a panic, “Are they going to come over to the train? Can they come in?”

Xiangnu frowned and whispered, “It’s only been 143 seconds.”

Yu Su stared out the window tightly, not knowing what he was thinking.

Li Yue suddenly exclaimed, “That person is the landlord. What the hell is he going to do with the female corpse in red?”

Everyone saw a fat man, presumably, the landlord held the female corpse and started moving towards the train. In just a few seconds he came to the front of the carriage.

He started at the door of no.1 car then walked away, came to car no.2, then walked forward again l. He stopped and walked all the way and finally stopped in front of car no.7.

The position of the man holding the female corpse on his back was very clever, so from the carriage, everyone could only see him. He stared at the door of car no.7, move forward slowly and touched the sliding door of the train.

Just when the man was about to open the door, the door opened from inside by a tasker of car no.7. The tasker with a pale face and dazed eyes opened the door and walked out.

There were several taskmen with different expressions standing behind him and it was impossible to tell whether they were pushing him or blocking him at the door.

The tasker who opened the door stumbled down, stepping on the landlord’s toes and slipped down the stairs overthrowing the landlord and staggeringly fell to the ground on that man(landlord).

The tasker was so shocked by that collision that he slowly sobered up from his dazed look and when he realized that he had gotten out of the car, his face immediately paled and he started screaming

All the operators in car no.7 got stunned and tried to close the door after realising what had happened.

The landlord wiped his face and pushed away the tasker pressing on him. When he saw the shivering tasker next to him, he showed a weird smile. As he patted the woman on his back, he pointed to the door and said, “Hey, you paid me a tasker so why don’t you bring back the good?”

After he finished speaking, the female corpse on him suddenly jumped up and slammed at the door. The sliding door which was closed and difficult to open was like fragile tofu and was easily knocked open by the female corpse.

The female corpse laid on all fours, her black hair scattered all over her face, scarlet eyes flashing behind her hair. She slowly swept across all the taskers on the carriage and then she slowly crawled into the carriage.

No one knew what happened in the 7th compartment and no one would go there to die as now there was a monster in that compartment.

The tasker who got out of the car was crushed and buried under the wriggling corpses on the ground. His ending was predictable.

After the woman’s body entered car no.7, the landlord didn’t go back to the apartment after turning around from the door of car no.7. Instead, he wandered around the other carriages as if he evaluating goods for sale.

Chen chengen was lost watching this scene, his face turning pale, “Exchanging people……although the broadcast mentioned it is within our wish to get out of the train but at that empty seat monsters could get on the train. They should not have let that man out.”

Wang Nan said irritably, “Why does your face look like a dead child’s mother. Isn’t it normal for us to use human lives to test the rules? Besides, it was not us who forced him to go out. Why don’t you put your Madonna face away?”

Chen chengen regained his senses, frowned and glanced at Wang Nan with an unpleasant expression.

Li Yue was afraid, “Oh my God! The monster actually got on the train. Will it go on a killing spree in-car no.7? After that will it start on another carriage.?”

Feng Hejia denied, “It should not be. It’s hard to say what is going on 7th compartment now. But we should consider that for random inspection also that compartment was chosen. There are six stations so six compartments will be randomly inspected. So, for the monsters, the inspected area is a safe place because if they enter the other carriages, they will be punished by the flight attendants. We should be safe for now.”

“I don’t know if there are any rules in choosing compartments for the random inspection…”

Xiangnu, like an emotionless timekeeping machine, suddenly said, “Five minutes are up.”

The announcement sounded after him, “The stop time is over and passengers are prohibited from getting off the train. Please take your seats. The train is about to leave for the next station.”

Xiangnu attracted the attention of everyone after he told the time accurately. He also gave some opinions before, so everyone was familiar with him and felt that this newcomer had great potential.

But no matter how much potential he had, he was just a newcomer with a disability. So his attraction was far less than the unfathomable Yu Su next to him.

Chen chengen looked at Yu Su and asked, “Mr Yu, what do you think about this situation?”

Yu Su replied lightly, “Someone on the train got off the bus so, in the next station, the train will stop for thirty minutes. There is also a monster who got on the bus. According to the principal Feng Hejia, 321 seats should be filled…..After we go to the next station, in the 30 minutes stop time, the monsters of that station can also get in the car.”

Chen chengen sighed, his face full of worry, “I don’t know what’s going on in the no.7 compartment now.”

Yu Su ignored him, rubbed Xiangnu’s tender palm with his fingertips, pressed his lightly and asked, “Are you going to the bathroom?”

Xiangnu tilted his head and made full use of his body language to express his confusion.

Yu Su pursed his lower lip slightly asking, “Didn’t you say you have a ‘ frequent urination ‘ problem.”

Xiangnu was stunned, his white cheeks were covered with a thin layer of pink and said shyly, “Yes, please, Mr Yu.”

“You are welcome.”

He helped Xiangnu stand up and took him in the direction of the bathroom.

Wang Nan saw the postures of the two of them, his eyes flickered and a strange smile appeared in the corners of his mouth. He said neither positively nor negatively, “Sure enough, good looks are dominant everywhere, whether they are men or women doesn’t matter……”

His voice was not loud but not so low, everyone in the carriage heard him including Yu Su and Xiangnu who had not yet left.

Xiangnu’s expression didn’t change but Yu su looked back and glanced at him.

The wide brim of the hat cast a large shadow on Yu su’s face which made his cold and handsome face look a little gloomy. His indifferent eyes made people panic for no reason, flustered and made them feel short of breath, daring them to not look at him directly.

This feeling was more obvious in Xiangnu who was standing beside him. At that moment, an extremely icy cold feeling swept over Xiangnu’s whole body. He was sure he smelled the smell of decay.

Wang Nan was stunned by Yu su’s gaze and he couldn’t say what was on his lips. He closed his mouth sternly and shivered, a trace of unease flashing across his eyes.

After entering the bathroom, Yu su let go of the hand holding Xiangnu and closed the door, Xiangnu waited for him blankly and whispered, “I really want to go to the bathroom this time.”

With his back to Xiangnu, Yu su paused and after closing the door silently, he helped Xiangnu to the bathroom and asked in a muffled voice, “I don’t need to help you anymore, right?”

Xiangnu blinked and said shyly, “If you want, of course, you can.” He invited him implicitly and straightforwardly but only received Mr Yu’s warm departure and a cold snort as a response.

Xiangnu smiled lightly and quickly finished everything and then followed his memory to the sink to start washing his hands.

Yu su asked, “Which carriage do you think will be inspected next?”

The beautiful young man opened his mouth slightly, his face full of hesitation, “I don’t know this either….”

Yu Su interrupted him and said, “Which one are you guessing it will be? I don’t need a reason, you can just say casually.”

Xiangnu muttered, “You tell me what you want to do first.”

Yu su didn’t hide it from him and said cheerfully, “I’m going to guard the door next to that carriage and give them some information after the inspection check.”

Xiangnu asked slowly, “For example…”

Yu Su replied slowly, “For example, about the ‘ Silver Holy City ‘ and the mission hall.”

He stared at Xiangnu’s face that was full of scrutiny and measurement, not letting go of any subtle expressions.

The palm of the young man in military uniform gently fell on the shoulders of the beautiful young man, the other hand gently circled his(Xiangnu’s) slender waist. He whispered in Xiangnu’s ear, “Getting out of the station is not an option and the prison at the end is very likely to be a dead-end also. Only the road to the mission hall can get us out of the copy world. But until you try it, who can guarantee that you will live following that road.”

So, they had to find someone to explore the way for them first.

But forcing people to explore for them in an uncertain and dangerous situation was tantamount to forcing people to die.

Forcing people to commit suicide was very immoral. To Xiangnu, morality or something didn’t matter. But, if he forces others, he will set himself against everyone. He had a disability and it was not a wise decision to do so.

But if they told those people who were in distress and under crisis, they would risk even if there is a 55-50 percent chance. They would not have to face problems of being ostracised.

Although there will be danger, for taskers this will be an attempt to survive.

Xiangnu nodded, “I understand.”

“I think the next car to be inspected is no.4,” Xiangnu told Yu Su and said calmly, “But I am not sure. I can probably guess the rule of the spot check the next time as I still need the results of this spot check to verify it for me.”

Yu su didn’t speak and Xiangnu could not see his expression but he felt calm.

He didn’t want to die but he was never afraid of death.

Xiangnu thought of this and could not help feeling lost. Yu su glanced at him and turned off the faucet, taking out his handkerchief to wipe his fingers carefully for him.

Feeling the gentle and meticulous movements of the man before him, Xiangnu’s heart moved and he could not help raising his head to look at him.

Yu su said, “Then let’s go to no.7 carriage to check the situation first and then go to no.5 carriage to wait. After the routine check, we will go in car no. 4 to communicate with the task personnel in that carriage.”

Xiangnu nodded and asked, “What if our assumption is not true.”

Yu su didn’t know if he(Xiangnu) was really unsure or frightened by his suggestion, he said softly in a helpless tone, “If the random inspection is not in the 4th car, except the 4th and 7th car, the probability of 5th car being selected is ¼.”

Xiangnu thought about it and said, “No, it Is ½. Because if car no.1 is also selected, we will be in danger along with others in car no.1.so other than the 4th and 7th car, the probability of being in danger is too high.”

Xiangnu corrected a bit, Yu su listened in silence. His expression remained unchanged, he only asked lightly, “So, will you go?”

Xiangnu nodded quickly, “I will go with you.” He looked very firm and decisive without any hesitation when agreeing. There was no grinding like when he was calculating the probability of being in danger.

Yu su snorted softly, opened the door and led Xiangnu out of the small space.