# Chapter 1000: The Elegant Train Hijacker
Square Face urgently leaned back to avoid a fatal strike, forcefully slamming a pair of defensive shields together in the middle—this was originally meant to block the woman's second attack, but unexpectedly, the opponent hadn't withdrawn her hand after the sneak attack, allowing him to smash her arm like that!
The forearm and dagger fell together, and the woman let out a scream before collapsing to the ground, looking at Square Face as if she were looking at a demon: "A player, a player killed someone... a player killed someone! Quickly notify the conductor! Notify Snow City Station!"
"Damn it!" Square Face cursed and had no choice but to retreat toward Car No. 1.
However, at that moment, the door near Car No. 1 suddenly slammed shut. The metal on the door frame visibly melted like water, sealing all the surrounding gaps.
"You dare use such a cheap trick!" Square Face's subordinate swung a short knife, instantly cutting a cross into the car door. Another player followed up with a kick, and just as he was about to pass through the cracked metal panel, the door suddenly melted. The high-temperature metal poured onto him like sulfuric acid, accompanied by a "hissing" burning sound. This player screamed and rolled on the ground, his head pierced through in an instant!
"Fourth Brother!" Square Face shouted with reddened eyes, turning back to find the attacker for revenge. But at that moment, the crowd of passengers surged forward, like mindless puppets, throwing themselves one after another toward the people in Car No. 2.
The few train guard players who had been caught in the crowd were already dead. Although it wasn't clear if a player had done it, the opponent was using ordinary people to conceal their killing method. So Square Face and his three companions didn't give these people a chance to get close. The young player who had been playing peacemaker smashed a bottle of sleeping potion on the ground, and the ordinary guests who had rushed in collapsed one after another.
The front and rear cars suddenly fell silent. Some players in the back cars who had been minding their own business finally showed themselves from a distance, observing the commotion.
"These people have been controlled?" A female player under Brother Lei's command stepped forward, intending to check what was wrong with the passengers. But unexpectedly, the female passenger at the very front suddenly exploded, and the flying tiny fragments nearly blinded her eyes!
And this was with her reacting quickly enough.
As the female player retreated, Brother Lei suddenly leaped out from behind, quickly crossing the crowded Car No. 2, and threw a black magnetic ball into Car No. 3!
"Beep!" When the magnetic ball bounced open, all metal seats within a five-meter radius were ripped from the ground and pulled toward the center—but there was an obvious gap in the middle.
In that instant, Brother Lei sent a long-handled knife flying, piercing through the tightly packed metal seats like paper, and also passing through that gap!
A sound different from piercing metal rang out. The next second, movement headed toward Car No. 4, and Brother Lei pursued again. A defense item blocked the melting high-temperature metal liquid, and he directly dragged someone out in Car No. 4!
The opponent was hiding under an invisibility cloak. When revealed, he spun around and waved his hand in front of him. The train floor melted in one second, and Brother Lei, standing on it, dropped downward, falling toward the exposed tracks.
Only half of the floor in Car No. 4 had melted. Two seats were pulled down, and the sharp tearing sound lasted only two seconds before disappearing. The train continued on as usual. Similarly, Brother Lei didn't fall either. He grabbed the floor with one hand and leaped back up.
But just as he stood up, the invisible player opposite stepped onto his shoulder with an unstoppable force. Whether it was a trait or an item, Brother Lei couldn't shake him off with physical strength alone. It was only when Square Face came to support from behind that a single knife strike forced him back.
The invisible player returned to his original position, staring at the two across the empty train floor.
Neither side spoke, but three seconds later, they moved simultaneously. The invisible player raised a pocket watch, while Brother Lei and Square Face—one aimed his long-handled knife straight at the pocket watch, and the other closed in through the gap to attack!
However, just as they were about to make contact, the pocket watch suddenly snapped open. An unknown force spread out like sound waves. Brother Lei and Square Face, who were closest, along with several players in Car No. 2 and Xu Huo and the others in Car No. 1, all felt a wave of dizziness:
"The prelude to hypnosis!"
Accompanied by this dizziness, the invisible player suddenly accelerated, moving through the car like a ghost.
Brother Lei and Square Face, who were closest, seemed not yet to have recovered from the dizziness, their movements slightly sluggish and unable to mount a proper defense. Fortunately, other players stepped in at that moment, blocking the attack first, then taking Brother Lei and the others away before surrounding the invisible player again.
The two sides engaged in fierce combat, and Brother Lei retreated to the rear to observe the invisible player's fighting style and items, warning his companions to be careful of his hypnosis item.
The invisible player fought alone, gradually losing ground. But the relatively narrow train made fighting difficult, and they also had to be careful not to damage the train. Therefore, Brother Lei's side couldn't resolve the problem quickly.
"The most troublesome thing is his hypnosis item. Find a way to knock it out of his hand!" Brother Lei raised his voice. After watching the long-lasting battle for a few more seconds, he suddenly realized something and turned to run back. "Head to Car No. 1!"
Square Face, along with the peacemaker and another player, withdrew and were about to turn back when a loud crash came from Car No. 1. Immediately after, they saw a small item vehicle crashing out from the back door of the car, pushing the seats in Car No. 1 like building blocks into Car No. 2—the middle luggage compartment had already been flattened. Now, the train control room was visible at a glance. The conductor had become a corpse. Besides the player using the item vehicle, there was also a man in a formal suit wearing a monocle standing in the control room. He smiled as he swept his gaze over Xu Huo, who had dodged the impact while holding Dong Jingxuan and the child, then shifted his eyes to Brother Lei and the others in the rear. He pressed the train's broadcast.
"Welcome, passengers, aboard today's No. 133 train. This train is now under my control. You may call me Mr. Chang."
"It will take another two hours to reach Snow City. We are currently in the underground tunnel section, and I have cut off all external communication channels. Please do not do anything that displeases me. Otherwise, before we exit the tunnel, I don't know what my companions might do."
There were not only a bunch of unconscious passengers on the train but also players distributed across different cars. Some people weren't buying it. "Just the three of you?"
"That's right, just the three of us." Mr. Chang maintained his smile and raised a micro controller. "Have you noticed what's in my hand? This is the detonator for twenty medium-yield bombs. If everyone wants to leave the tunnel safely, rather than being forced into a game or buried in the tunnel, please calm down for now. The people I'm looking for are not you."
He then looked at Xu Huo. "Now, please send the Young Master Dong in your hand over to me."
One thousand chapters, a little commemoration. Thank you all for your support. Good night.
(Chapter End)