Abyss Train

Chapter 841: Ms. Latia's Doctor Bag - Living Doll

[Part①·Best-selling or not]
Editor Green interrupted my story:

——I wasn’t angry, but I stared at his guilty eyes.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Victor, but I'm afraid this story won't make it into the newspapers."

What Green said made a lot of sense, and he almost convinced me.

“Especially the second short story, which pretty much abandons all the underground dwellers of North American origin.”

I shrugged it off and said, "I think people will just take it as a joke."

"You are an Austrian, Mr. Victor, you don't understand." Old Green wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, seeming very nervous: "You can make fun of the American president, but you can't say there is something wrong with their ideology - you can make jokes about anything, but race..."

“I see.” I then asked, “This must be a hard sell?”

Editor-in-Chief Green breathed a sigh of relief: “Yes.”

I continued to ask: "So is it necessary to talk about Ben Rickett's ending?"

Editor-in-Chief Green thought for a moment, then looked at Kotana—

——Kotana also nodded.

"Mr. Ben will be sent to the Secret Library to rest around December of this year. The human world cannot accommodate him. But the underground world may be able to accommodate him. He is in his thirties and is not too late. He is a good policeman and may be treated kindly by Aohen Mingde."

Old Green breathed a sigh of relief.

"Anything else, Mr. Victor?"

I asked back: "What? What else?"

"Like stories that more people like? What's wrong with you? Why are you suddenly picking up these old stories from the doctor's bag?" Editor-in-Chief Green complained: "It's not good for my heart."

“I’m so sorry.” I tidied up the second logbook and put all the records into the doctor’s bag. This is the last bit of dignity I have as Latia Morrigan. Perhaps I can no longer use this pen name in the future.

——I am very pessimistic and think that people have lost the courage to face strong emotional and spiritual shocks. It is like a test and an insurmountable gap.

It seems that in this era, our patience has been worn away by all kinds of entertainment products.

The future shown by Shinto City is gradually lifting its skirt, revealing its rotten and ugly genitals. A new and horrible evil beast is gradually rolling out of the nursery of life, from this crib, and it is beginning to let out a shrill and greedy howl.

People have standard production processes, including how to make standard humans. There are standard entertainment and standard literature and art. As long as you go beyond this standard, everything will become strange and terrifying.

"Okay!" I decided to make up a story, a story that I had just secretly seen from the secret library.

I spent a lot of effort to explain its historical context, and it was a bit difficult to explain its origins to Editor-in-Chief Green.

"Specifically."

I rummaged through the doctor's bag and finally found a cassette.

That was a gift sent back by FE204863 from far away in time and space. There were many such gifts - this tape was just one of them.

"As a King Explorer, I have α-level authority and can retrieve this tape from the Secret Library. It comes from the future, perhaps from another time and space."

"It just tells some interesting stories from life. It has nothing to do with any major events that are closely related to human destiny. It is very ordinary."

"It is also a collection of short stories that I, or [she], Latia Morrigan, got from another time and space."

"Kotana! We have the front-page headlines!" Mr. Green immediately started working and asked his assistant to devote herself to the work.

I took out the class notes I had taken while studying the tape in the secret library, put pen and paper in place, and prepared to talk about this matter in Mr. Green's office, so I could only give a brief outline.

"It's actually very simple. In 2050, Latia Morrigan went to Australia to collect materials and accidentally found a familiar yet unfamiliar child in a hotel."

"The identity of this child cannot be revealed yet. He is just a footnote, a bystander in this story."

"You may have heard of the work of FE204863. The Hounds of Tindalos are hunting down time and space criminals. Anyone who causes time disorder or time and space expansion will be arrested by this Time and Space Administration."

"The story begins in a wild bird watching area in Sydney, Australia."

"The date is September 9, 2050."

"The location was Hertz Rental Cars, and something happened."

"But he didn't realize that this young man, who was only 27 years old, came here with his pregnant fiancée."

"Their journey began with a sudden tropical storm."

"The name of the story is called "Living Doll" - it's an urban legend about a doll appearing, that's all."

He looked up at the sky. The low pressure and dust weather that had lasted for twenty-six hours had turned the whole of Australia into a crispy pancake.

It seemed like everything was melting on this cookie, including the car he had checked in, an old Mercedes-Benz G-Class.

——The fiancée never understood why this oriental man had an inexplicable admiration and dependence on old cars. It seemed that these things with complex mechanical structures and primitive transmission methods were particularly reliable tools.

He just smiled and replied that he was nostalgic, just like his job, always drilling in and out of the caves, knocking off some stones with a rock pick and geological hammer, and then looking at the annual rings of the years, guessing the stories that happened tens of millions of years ago.

He once told his wife that one could see all kinds of rare treasures underground, including love and courage.

My wife just thinks this guy is crazy. He is always crazy, but full of enthusiasm. He seems like a child who often hides in the closet and then suddenly pops up to scare people.

Until this time, their second wedding anniversary.

Chen Pingping can finally follow her husband and say goodbye to classmate Old Li who used to come to visit their home frequently!
No need to listen to Lao Li singing, no need to clean the shoe prints on the coffee table, this guy is from Guangdong, he always likes to put his legs on the table without changing his shoes! It's really rude!
Come! Come and embrace the passion of Australia! And then go and stay near the national reserve for a few days!
Take a good vacation and put all your worries behind you. There is a baby in your belly who has just evolved from a fertilized egg into a new life!

Ping Ping! Think of something good!
"The three-way catalytic converter is all rotten. Damn it." The man squatted beside the car, looking at the melted rubber parts and the scarred chassis. He said to his wife, "Should I rent a car?"

Chen Pingping asked: "Do you need my help?"

He did not respond, but talked about another topic -

"——How about I call dad to help?"

"No, no, no!" Chen Pingping really didn't want her husband's father to show up.

Every time his old father came home, especially to their wedding room, the temperature in the whole house would drop by several degrees.

Pingping didn't know what was going on. It seemed that this old man with cold eyes and stubborn expression was accompanied by ghost officials and soldiers, and looked very evil.

He then asked: "Then should I call my uncle?"

"Don't?" Chen Pingping still refused.

——That was a weirdo who looked even younger than him.

He is over 18 cm tall and as strong as a bull. I think you should have seen this guy on the set of "Fast and Furious ".

Every time he came home, this uncle's voice was as loud as thunder. The German-made floor-to-ceiling windows that had just been installed in our new home were divided into three small windows, and they were all shattered by this voice.

Pingping was only afraid that this pregnancy trip would turn into a farce. After all, this was the most memorable and quiet time they had had since they got married.

He has two older brothers and a younger sister. There are so many family members that visiting relatives and friends takes up a lot of energy.

Back to the world of two, and then have a baby, want to travel to Australia again? I'm afraid I'll have to wait until the child is 13 or 14 years old before I can have this opportunity.

[Part②·Coupon]
He walked towards the rental car and greeted the boss in his broken English. The boss started to sneer at the sight of this stranger, as if Chinese people were not very welcome in Australia.

The price has already been agreed before the water birds in the distance have even flown back and forth twice.

——At first he was a little confused because the car rental price was so cheap.

By Australian standards, he only had US dollars in his pocket, and if he wanted to drive a round trip through the wilderness of the Australian hinterland, he would need to fill up the tank at least twice and buy a sturdy all-terrain vehicle, which would cost about $800.

“There are coupons.”

He asked, "How do I get this coupon?"

The boss came close to him and said, “It’s in the mobile app.”

He looked at the complicated UI window, found the coupon from the overly advanced column, and clicked it lightly.

The offer of eight hundred dollars immediately turned into thirty dollars.
"Wow! It's totally free!" He was so excited that he didn't feel anything was wrong at all.

The boss stretched out his big arms, shook hands with him, and handed the keys to him.

"——Young man! Be safe!"

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"Sure!" He took the keys and soon took his wife to the new car.

The vehicle then drove into the wilds of the forest reserve and into the wilderness suburbs.

Chen Pingping sank into the wobbly chair and almost fell asleep.

He was extremely excited. After touching the steering wheel, he seemed like a different person, changing from a husband back to a child.

"Hey! This thing is so exciting to drive! This is my first time driving an electric pickup truck!"

Chen Pingping: “Yes”

He then asked, “Are you unhappy?”

Chen Pingping: "You don't even want to go to the Huaniao Lake, you just want to go off-road."

He scratched his head embarrassedly, feeling a little guilty.

"——I forgot, hahahaha, we have to find a place to stay first!"

This was indeed the plan. He wanted to find a hotel and discuss the detailed travel plans after getting the room card.

My wife was chatting away.

"What do you think we should name the baby in our belly?"

He immediately said, "Let Dad decide? Or Mom? They are educated!"

"What kind of culture do you have?" Ping Ping retorted, "You are the only one in your family with the highest education, a double degree PhD in archaeology and geology."

He said excitedly: "Then wait until the child is born and let him/her decide for himself/herself!"

"Where can I find such a father?" Ping Ping muttered, "Hey! Why do I feel this car is so cold?"

He also felt a little chilly, as if the car's air conditioning was too effective.

"Have it?"

"No?" Chen Pingping looked around, fiddling with the air-conditioning vents on the co-pilot's side, constantly changing the direction of the wind grille.

Finally she found the source of the cold and dampness. She saw a puppet in the back seat of a pickup truck.

The doll was wearing a dress and had champagne-blond hair. She was a very pretty little girl, about thirty-five centimeters tall, with a very well-proportioned body and a small head - she didn't look like some evil spirit like Annabelle.

It just sat quietly in the back seat. Nothing strange happened, no sudden jump to the face, no shaking head, no opening or closing of eyes, no unnecessary movements.

Chen Pingping was certain that the chilling coldness was coming from the puppet!

"Husband! Hello!"

He quickly responded, "What's wrong, dear?"

"There's a hitchhiker in the back seat!" Chen Pingping laughed and said, "Call the rental car owner? This thing is so exquisite!"

The pickup truck was blocking the road, so he immediately turned around and drove back.

——The moment he saw the doll’s appearance clearly, he felt his scalp tingling.

what is the reason?

The reason is that he thinks this thing is very expensive and the owner must be very anxious!
For example, an ordinary BJD doll costs more than two to three thousand yuan. With accessories such as wigs, eyes, nose and makeup, the doll in the back seat must cost more than ten thousand yuan, which is a huge amount of money for an ordinary family.

Leaving it on the car would only lead to crime, and anyone with a keen eye would steal the property and sell it for money.

Without hesitation, he drove the pickup truck back to the rental company, went to the back seat and took out the doll. Then he stuffed it into the pocket of the boss who was smoking and watching a short video.

"Hey! Boss! The guy who rented the car last time left this thing on the back seat."

The owner of the car rental shop looked at him curiously, as if he were a monster.

——It seems that he is not a normal person, or
The story did not develop as expected. It seemed that there was a powerful force that pushed this damn puppet back to Hertz Car Rental.

"Oh," the boss said quickly, "It's okay, I think it's more suitable for you."

"No way!" He said impatiently, "Do you know how much labor it takes to sew leather? Every stitch and every thread is the result of the hard work of the workers! There are not many handicrafts like this now! The owner must be very anxious! Hurry up and open the order record, call the owner back, and take the item away!"

The boss' eyes were dull, and finally...
Sparks exploded from the chassis of the pickup truck, and Chen Pingping was so scared that he ran down immediately.

She screamed, “What’s going on!”

As a husband, he immediately bent down to check and spoke immediately.

"The pickup truck's battery exploded."

"Hey! Did I eat too much curb? Its chassis is quite high!"

As he said this, he took out money from his pocket and immediately got the fire extinguisher to put out the fire in the vehicle.

"Hey! Boss! How much does it cost to replace the battery pack? It should still run, right?"

The boss was almost devastated. He didn't understand -

——If everything went according to plan, the young couple should have dropped anchor halfway and walked to the sanctuary and the inn. Everything should have gone as planned.
"Oh"

The middle-aged Australian man was stunned and finally came to his senses.

Fortunately, there is another car! Another car that can lead to the sacred road!

"Let me change your car! I'm so sorry!"

"Hey! If I had known, I would have called my dad to come along." He was filled with disappointment. He looked at the sky that was getting darker and darker. It seemed that he would have to drive at night. His driving skills were always terrible. He could only be described as knowing a little bit. "He can fix the car!"

"Can an exploded battery pack be repaired?" Chen Pingping rolled her eyes: "Come on! Wake up! My husband! Who is pregnant?"

(End of this chapter)