Chapter 168: Reality Station
"You... you all..."
Sandy’s eyes widened.
"How is this possible?"
Mwah.
Mwah.
Mwah.
Dingling.
Dingling.
Dingling.
Meilin’s accidental kisses mixed with the crisp ringing of the bell, the strange combination echoing through the darkness as though it were deliberately provoking Sandy.
Shen Yu’s calm voice followed.
"Sandy, I want you to save all of us right now."
The command rang out perfectly.
Sandy’s eyes widened even further.
Her lips twitched.
Then she bit down on them angrily and stomped her foot.
"All right."
"All right!"
"All right, darling."
She glared toward Shen Yu.
"You really got me."
"Did you already guess that woman would touch the bell?"
"Was this command planned from the beginning?"
Tap.
Tap.
Tap.
Her high heels struck the floor.
Almost immediately, the speed of the carriage began to decrease.
The separated train cars slowly drew closer.
With a tremendous metallic groan, the carriage gently reconnected with the rear section.
Clank!
The doors aligned.
The train stabilized.
The terrifying shaking disappeared as if it had never happened.
Sandy walked toward the carriage with an expression of suppressed resentment.
Once inside, she forced herself to calm down.
"Hello."
"What service do you require?"
Shen Yu’s lips moved.
"Sandy, I want you to—"
He was still speaking like a broken record.
Fortunately, the sentence wasn’t even finished.
Buzz—
Buzz—
Buzz—
A strange vibration suddenly passed through the carriage.
The four people inside felt their heads become dizzy.
Their gray pupils slowly regained their original clarity.
Their vision began returning.
"Ha..."
Shen Yu slowly opened his eyes.
He could see again.
He could hear again.
And, most importantly—
He could feel.
He was lying on the floor.
Meilin was still pressed against him, apparently having been kissing his chest moments earlier.
Shen Yu slowly raised his head.
Sandy stood directly in front of him.
He blinked.
"I can hear."
"I can see."
He looked at Sandy’s tightly furrowed brows.
A faint smile appeared on his face.
"Dear."
"It seems I’ve passed this disaster."
Sandy stared at him.
"Hehe."
"Dear, your wisdom really surprises me."
"Did you already guess this monster’s talent?"
"That’s why you kept shouting that command in advance?"
"Because you knew her talent would eventually make the bell ring?"
Shen Yu merely shrugged.
He didn’t answer.
But the truth was—
He really had guessed it.
Just moments ago, Shen Yu had been completely helpless.
Although he had no sight, hearing, or touch, his mind had remained active.
He knew exactly how dangerous his situation was.
His chance of finding the bell by himself had been less than one percent.
Perhaps even lower.
So, at the critical moment, his mind rapidly searched through everything he remembered.
Then—
He thought of Meilin.
Her luck.
At first, it had only seemed like coincidence.
But the more Shen Yu thought about it, the more impossible those coincidences became.
Back when they played Balloon Heads, Meilin’s luck had been absurdly good.
One lucky incident could be dismissed as chance.
Two could still be coincidence.
But what about everything afterward?
Even Bill’s calculations had shown something strange.
At Twilight Station, Meilin had somehow avoided getting off the train.
She had survived without doing anything.
And now, at the most critical moment, she had somehow rolled directly into Shen Yu and accidentally pressed the bell hidden beneath his clothes.
That wasn’t ordinary luck.
Shen Yu had already begun suspecting that Meilin’s talent was related to luck.
So he gambled.
He bet that Meilin’s luck would not allow her to die.
More importantly—
He bet that her luck would somehow cause her to activate the bell.
All he needed to do was keep repeating the command.
Then wait.
He didn’t need to find the bell.
He only needed Meilin to find it for him.
And now—
His gamble had succeeded.
Shen Yu calmly helped Meilin back toward her seat.
He glanced at Sandy, who was visibly grinding her teeth.
Sandy forced a professional expression onto her face.
"Sir."
"You four are no longer in danger."
"Do you require any further assistance?"
"No need."
Shen Yu smiled.
"Thank you."
Sandy’s expression darkened.
Tap.
Tap.
Tap.
She turned around and walked back toward the pink carriage.
Meilin buried her head against Shen Yu’s chest.
She looked completely confused.
From beginning to end, she thought she had been kissing Shen Yu.
Now that her senses had returned, she confirmed that she really was in his arms.
A satisfied smile appeared on her face.
She instinctively snuggled closer.
Shen Yu looked at her.
"This is luck."
"It seems like she did nothing..."
"But she actually did everything."
The funniest part was that Meilin herself had no idea what she had done.
She simply continued smiling foolishly.
"Shen Yu!"
Menloa finally recovered.
He was still gripping the seat in front of him, his face filled with confusion.
"You’re not dead?"
Shen Yu rolled his eyes.
He didn’t bother explaining.
Instead, his gaze shifted toward the rear of the carriage.
There—
Matsumoto Kika was awkwardly lowering her leg from the rear door.
Her face was filled with disbelief.
"What the hell just happened?"
She stared at Shen Yu.
"No way."
"Didn’t you see it?"
"Wasn’t that basically cheating?"
"Meilin actually touched the bell against all odds!"
"This is ridiculous!"
Matsumoto Kika’s eyes narrowed.
"Shen Yu..."
"You planned all of this, didn’t you?"
"He didn’t even move."
"He just kept repeating the command."
"Did he already know Meilin would touch the bell?"
The live-stream barrage immediately erupted.
"This guy guessed Lady Meilin’s ability!"
"He actually used her talent as his own!"
"That’s insane!"
"Using another person’s talent as if it were his own?"
"Damn, the Dragon Kingdom’s Shen Yu is too smart!"
"Meilin is literally a lucky star!"
"She didn’t even know what she was doing!"
The comments continued flooding the screen.
Shen Yu ignored Matsumoto Kika glance .
His expression remained calm.
Clang.
Clang.
Clang.
The train continued racing through the endless darkness.
Under the bright lights, the carriage gradually became quiet again.
"There are two more stops."
"The final two."
"As long as we can hold on..."
Matsumoto Meumi sat toward the back, repeatedly muttering to herself.
Her hopeful expression was mixed with anxiety.
Then—
The electronic announcement suddenly sounded.
"The next station, Reality Station, has arrived."
"Due to maintenance, this train will not stop."
"The train will proceed directly toward the final station."
"Passengers, please remain seated."
Clang.
Clang.
Clang.
The Twilight Train slowly passed a station surrounded by iron railings.
This station looked completely different from the previous ones.
Modern facilities.
Blind pedestrian paths.
Warning lines.
Suspended LED signs.
Safety passages.
Elevator entrances.
Everything was complete.
Everything looked real.
And on the station sign—
One word flickered between light and darkness.
TRUTH
Bang.
Bang.
The moment the train passed the station, its speed instinctively slowed.
Everyone looked toward the window.
Their reactions were different.
"Oh!"
"We skipped a stop!"
"We’re almost out!"
Matsumoto Kika’s face filled with wild joy.
Menloa instinctively clenched his fists.
But Shen Yu remained silent.
He stared at the slowly disappearing station outside the window.
Reality Station.
His expression became strange.
Memories endure through the past, present, and future.
After fiction comes confusion between truth and falsehood.
And after that...
The brain obtains a moment of genuine memory.
Reality.
Could it be...
Shen Yu’s gaze slowly shifted toward the carriage door.
Suddenly—
Meilin tugged at his arm.
"Shen Yu."
"I need to go to the bathroom."
She touched her stomach.
Her eyes carried a hint of ambiguity.
Shen Yu immediately understood what she meant.
He smiled faintly and shook his head.
"Go."
"After this stop."
"There may be another disaster immediately."
"Don’t waste time."
Meilin nodded.
"Okay..."
She looked as though she really couldn’t hold it any longer.
She hurried toward the front carriage.
But instead of using the bathroom directly connected to their carriage—
She opened the door to the pink carriage.
Tap.
Tap.
Tap.
She walked inside.
Sandy was lying lazily on the bed.
The moment Meilin entered, Sandy looked up.
The two women stared at each other.
Neither spoke.
For several seconds, the atmosphere became strangely tense.
Then Meilin suddenly made a gesture.
Her expression was innocent.
But her meaning was unmistakable.
I will never give Shen Yu to you.
In the end, I’ll leave this place with him.
Sandy’s expression immediately darkened.
Meilin turned and walked toward the bathroom.
The live-stream barrage exploded.
"Whoa!"
"Did Meilin just provoke Sandy?!"
"666!"
"I love watching women fight!"
"There’s no way Sandy can touch Meilin, right?"
"It’s hard to say."
"Shen Yu is Sandy’s treasure."
"Meilin just tore off the mask!"
The comments continued pouring in.
Meanwhile—
Sandy had already stood up.
She watched Meilin enter the bathroom.
Then she slowly walked toward the door.
Tap.
Tap.
Tap.
The bathroom door was locked from the inside.
Sandy simply stared at it.
Her fingers reached toward the handle.
The locked doorknob suddenly turned by itself.
Click.
The door opened.
Inside the bathroom—
Meilin sat on the toilet.
She held Shen Yu’s shirt against her face and inhaled deeply.
She looked completely satisfied.
Then—
Clank!
The bathroom door suddenly flew open.
Meilin’s body trembled.
She looked toward the doorway in shock.
"Who—"
Sandy stood there.
Her golden hair swayed slightly.
Her cold eyes were fixed directly on Meilin.
"Monster."
Her voice was filled with hostility.
"Are you trying to steal my man?"
Meilin’s expression immediately hardened.
"You?"
"What do you want?"
"We’re competing fairly."
"You are nothing compared to me."
"I’ll leave here with Shen Yu sooner or later."
"And you can’t kill me right now."
Meilin might have looked lovestruck most of the time, but she wasn’t stupid.
After everything that had happened, she already understood the timing and rules of the Twilight Train.
She knew Sandy couldn’t simply kill her here.
She stared back fearlessly.
For several seconds, the two women locked eyes.
Then—
A strange smile appeared at the corner of Sandy’s mouth.
"Hehe."
"Monster."
"A monster that survives on luck."
"I can’t kill you."
"But..."
"I can send you out early."
"And leave Shen Yu for the final stop."
Meilin’s expression changed.
"What?"
Clank!
Sandy’s large hand suddenly swung.
The entire bathroom window was ripped away.
Whoosh!
The rushing night wind immediately poured into the bathroom.
The wall was now completely exposed to the speeding tracks below.
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Meilin’s hair whipped wildly in the wind.
"You!"
"What are you doing?!"
She finally realized Sandy’s intention.
But it was already too late.
"Get out."
Sandy stepped forward.
Her palm struck directly against Meilin’s abdomen.
Boom!
The force sent Meilin flying backward through the missing wall.
Her body shot toward Reality Station.
"Ah!"
Boom!
A heavy impact echoed through the station.
Back inside the pink carriage, Shen Yu and the others immediately stood up.
They rushed toward the window.
Outside—
A flicker of light appeared at Reality Station.
Then Meilin’s figure vanished from view.
She had been thrown backward into the waiting hall.
And completely disappeared from everyone’s sight.