Chapter 8.2 (1/2)

Editor: AlexaSN

Now, they were far away from there. n.o.body knew what was happening back there, but they all felt as if the ground was shaking.

Many lowered their heads to look at their communicators. They were looking for news to find clues about what had happened.

However, there was no news about the ginkgo tree.

Despite that, there were many strange happenings reported. In some places, animals that were thought to have been extinct for thousands of years were discovered once again. Some ancient wells that had been dried up for hundreds of years began to sprout spring water.

All these omens, made it seem like world was trying to send some kind of message.

“w.a.n.g Wu Lake has purple clouds engulfing it, is this real?” someone gasped.

This piece of news left them surprised, but according to the many heated discussions in their communicators, most people did not believe it to be true.

Even after encountering so many bizarre events, the people on the train were still sceptical about it.

After that, there were reports about the Dong Ting Lake which had a s.h.i.+ny surface and was engulfed in mist. The place looked ethereal.

This started up a heated debate and many  arguments.

As time went by, they pa.s.sed through the torrential rains and crossed to another boundary. There, it was sunny. When compared to the dark rainy area they had been previously, it was immensely different.

An hour later, there was news about the floating trees in s.p.a.ce again. There was a clear satellite image of it and other countries were also reporting it.

Those trees grew fast and were confirmed by  botanist experts, that they belong to Earth. Which, os course, meant that they could be found on Earth.

But how come, they were floating above? How did they even grow there? This, anyhow, was unexplainable.

Undeniably, this train’s journey wasn’t smooth. The train, yet again stopped once more in the evening.

Not only that, it stopped in the middle of nowhere. There were no towns or shops nearby. It wasn’t the train’s usual stop.

That made people unsatisfied and they complained to the train attendants.

“We have received news that, for unknown reasons, this stretch of trail has many problems. Some of the trail are no longer runnable. We will have to stop all the train’s operations in a bit.”

With that, there was an uproar of complaints and then – chaos.

To the knowledge of the train attendants, the trail up front were in close inspection. They needed to make sure that the trail ahead is safe and stable to continue the journey.

At night, Chu Feng called his parents. They talked about the abnormal phenomenon in their areas. Chu Feng was worried for them.

In fact, his parents were also worried about him.

And as warned, the train did not depart again after stopping. They were afraid of the hidden dangers and the pa.s.sengers’ safety. And because of that, there was no hope in trying to get it to move again.

In the compartment, many were on their communicators, some panicked. Because of all the strange happenings, nowhere wad safe. They all wished to return to familiar territories.

The train attendants gave out food and water to all the pa.s.sengers.

If it were not for the delay, stopping in mid-journey, they would have already reached their destination by nightfall.

That night, they were all restless and were discussing among themselves in soft murmurs.

It wasn’t until late at night, when the train became quiet.

Outside, it was pitch black, one couldn’t even see the stars. It was desolated and eerie.

“BOOM!”