Chapter 415 - Onward To Heaven Dou City (1/2)

Once the train station staff confirmed that there was no snake in the vicinity, the crowds of people quickly calmed down. The brief snake scare had pa.s.sed, and the train heading for Heaven Dou City quickly filled up. Once the embarkation process was complete, the train then started moving forward, gently at first, then picking up speed until it was zipping toward Heaven Dou City.

“d.a.m.n it!” Xu Lizhi, Ye Xinglan, and Gu Yue had just arrived at the train station and could see the train carrying Tang Wulin leave the station. “We just missed the train. Well, at least there are a lot of trains going to Heaven Dou City. We'll just have to wait half an hour.”

“According to the rules of the exam, it's time for us to part ways here. Good luck.” Ye Xinglan fist b.u.mped Gu Yue.

Gu Yue smiled. “Let's see who gets back first then. I'm going to go buy my ticket.”

The vast majority of the first grade students were still busy making money. Tang Wulin was the only one whose journey had truly begun.

The soul train rapidly picked up speed until it reached a high-speed cruise. Tang Wulin found himself in the dining car along with around a dozen other people. He soon realized that he had made a mistake.

He was getting hungry.

The aroma of food hung in the air of the dining car. The food served on these trains couldn't be called spectacular, but it didn't matter to Tang Wulin when his stomach was growling! However, he was penniless. He couldn't buy any food. Money hadn't been an issue when he snuck onto the train, but it was an issue now.

The other people in the dining car were already seated and eating breakfast. Tang Wulin patted his empty stomach as he looked around.

The Academy is so mean! They didn't even let us eat breakfast before starting the exam. Tang Wulin felt depressed. He firmly believed that if his stomach weren't full, his strength wouldn't be at one hundred percent. Well, there's nothing I can do. I'll just have to bear with it for now...

Tang Wulin soon faced another problem. The staff were checking tickets again! Tickets were checked once more on the train to prevent stowaways like Tang Wulin. The dining car was at the very center of the train. Since the staff started checking tickets from the front and back ends of the train, they would check here last.

At that moment, Tang Wulin saw ticket checkers appear from both doors of the car. He knew he was cornered, and he had no plans to lie either.

“I don't have a ticket,” Tang Wulin calmly told the train attendant.

“Huh? You don't have a ticket?” The train attendant put on a grave expression. “So you're a stowaway then. Please buy a ticket immediately.”

Tang Wulin could only force out a bitter smile. “I don't have any money either.”

The train attendant sized him up. “Kid, your clothes are so clean. How could you not have any money on you? Did you run away from home?”

Tang Wulin was only fourteen years old now. Even if he was tall, he still had baby fat left on his face.

“Yeah. I ran away from home.” Tang Wulin looked at the train attendant helplessly. “I have relatives in Heaven Dou City. I can get money from them to pay for a ticket. Would that be alright?”

“Come with me.” The train attendant brought Tang Wulin to the train conductor was. Since he was just a child, the train attendant didn't treat him too harshly. There was nowhere to run on the train anyway. Tang Wulin couldn't escape.

They quickly arrived at the conductor's room in the operations carriage, which sat at the center of the train.

“Ma'am, this kid is a stowaway and he doesn't have any money for a ticket. What should we do with him?”