The tunnel was very dark. The two men, with flashlights in hand, had only taken a few steps when a huge object appeared in their field of vision.

He raised his flashlight and looked at the enormous thing.

It was a dark red tram, with thick bloodstains covering almost every inch of its exterior. The dried blood was so thick that the tram's original color was no longer visible.

As they got closer to the tram, its overall structure came into view.

This is a five-car tram, with one locomotive at the front and one at the back, and three passenger carriages between the two locomotives.

The front of the car is not long. Through the blurry windows, you can see that the interior is filled with various instrument panels, but there is no seat for the driver.

It appears to be a fully driverless electric vehicle.

The rear door was sealed off, and the dashboard appeared to have been completely destroyed.

He Ao and Ye Yun walked to the middle carriage, found a damaged door, and went up.

The moment He Ao entered the carriage, he saw a dense crowd of people and a crimson red that filled his entire field of vision.

Splattered blood, a desperate and crowded mass of people.

They surged frantically outwards, trying to open the car doors.

Their hands pounded on the car door, but the tightly closed door showed no sign of opening.

Painful, piercing screams, accompanied by cries, echoed throughout the space.

Amidst this crimson expanse, the bodies of the dead began to contort.

"It's so depressing."

Ye Yun followed behind He Ao, and...

I looked inside the tram with a flashlight.

As soon as he spoke, the scene in He Ao's vision and the echoing shouts vanished instantly, leaving only some distorted murmurs that lingered in his ears.

He looked into the car.

The situation inside the car was even worse than outside; blood had stained the entire interior of the car a suffocating and distorted dark red.

Even on the Navigator, where death and bloodshed were commonplace, such a bloody scene still shocked Heo.

He glanced back at the car door through which the two had entered; the door was damaged, broken from the inside out.

The car door was stained with the most blood, as if many people had risked their lives to open it.

The moment He saw the car door, that painful and repressed hallucination flashed through He's vision again.

"He Ao, is there a problem?"

Ye Yun looked at He Ao with some confusion.

"nothing."

He Ao withdrew his gaze and walked towards the front of the car.

The illusion he just saw is called an 'echo' in mysticism.

He Ao didn't actually understand this 'echo' either.

However, when Ronald, the character from The Wilderness, was learning about occultism as a child, he heard his teacher introduce this occult phenomenon.

Such echoes typically appear in places with strong energy dissipation or heavy pollution, recording events that have occurred in the past.

Most of them are related to some kind of strong emotion.

For example, in an ancient battlefield where many people died, if there happens to be a high-ranking being nearby who caused serious pollution, under certain special circumstances, some highly perceptive people can see the 'echoes' left by those dead warriors on this ancient battlefield many years later.

Legend has it that these echoes originate from the obsessions of the dead and are amplified by corrupted power. If one can help them resolve certain obsessions, one might receive unexpected benefits.

Of course, when Ronaldo was learning this knowledge, he only received one piece of advice, which was, 'Run'.

Wherever there is a 'reverberation,' that is where the pollution is most intense. If you encounter a 'reverberation,' don't expect any benefits; just run as far away as you can.

Moreover, benefits that come with pollution are not necessarily true 'benefits'.

Theoretically speaking, the conditions required for an echo to be generated seem to be quite demanding, requiring a high level of pollution.

However, to He Ao's surprise, the train was not heavily polluted.

In fact, from the moment He entered the core area, the level of pollution he could perceive was very low.

It wasn't even as polluted as the cabin where he encountered the goat monster.

"It appears that many people died in this vehicle."

Ye Yun shone the flashlight around the area.

“Hmm,” He Ao nodded slightly, “It’s like being deliberately sealed inside the car and then hunted down.”

The tram's carriages were all connected without any doors separating them, and the two quickly reached the front of the tram.

There was a door separating the front of the train from the passenger compartment. Ye Yun walked over, grabbed the door handle with both hands, and pulled hard. With a crisp sound, the door opened.

The densely packed dashboard is exposed

Within their field of vision.

The engine on the front of the car is mostly well preserved. There is a display screen, and I don't know if it's because He Ao just pressed the green button to start the car, but part of the dashboard is still flickering.

"Perhaps there's a way to start this car."

He Ao walked to the dashboard and violently opened the cabinet beneath it.

Since Ivelle was able to drive the tram away, it proves that it is possible for the tram to be driven away.

The equipment in this cabinet is well maintained, except for some damaged wiring.

He Ao quickly connected the wires that could be connected, and tried to find ways to connect the wires that couldn't be connected.

However, none of these connections worked until he touched a loose wire.

boom--

As he touched the thread, a roaring sound came from the front of the car, then quickly went silent.

He quickly pulled out the end of the wire, then disassembled it. There was a joint in the middle of the wire with poor contact, so he simply twisted the loose part together.

boom--

With a roaring sound, the train's dashboard lights up one by one.

Immediately afterwards, a woman with long, silver hair, rainbow-rimmed silver eyes, and wearing a tight leather outfit appeared on the screen in the center of the train's dashboard.

She opened her mouth and introduced herself in a gentle voice, first in the language of District One, then in the language of District Two.

"Navigator AI A02 is at your service."

-

Main World - Verola

He Ao's clone sat in the cubicle, looking at the large monitor in front of him. "8753, can you create a correspondence table between my language and your original system's built-in language?"

8753 is an artificial intelligence brought out from the ruins. Its built-in language is the language of the original five districts of the Federation.

"I'm sorry, human, the language translation is 'locked program,' and 8753 is not authorized to operate it. You can access 8753's database using the administrator's account and password to retrieve the information you need."

"8753," the mechanical voice replied.

"Only administrators can access your database?"

He Ao then asked.

"Yes, Your Excellency."

8753 replied.

“Okay, second question,” He paused, “what is the Navigator?”

"The Navigator is... data error... unable to answer... rebooting system... Standard AI 8753 at your service, human."

The mechanical sound of 8753 echoed in the small space.

He Ao stood up, reached out and unplugged the monitor cable, and walked out of the cubicle.

This wasn't the first time he had asked 8753 these questions, and the answers he received were all similar.

No permission, or error.

Whenever he tried to ask a key question, the AI ​​always seemed to 'go wrong' at just the right moment.

He closed the cubicle door and turned on his phone.

The latest news he had was a message from his subordinate 'Nodin' at Dawn, along with an attached document.

The contents of the document were information that Nordin had collected about the 'boss's' friend, the missing 'painter'.

The painter was one of the people in charge of the Dawn Western Region. He was not as mysterious as the "boss". His photos are among the documents.

He also frequently attends public events.

But that's all.

No one, not even within Dawn itself, knew who he was, what he did, or his true identity.

Even with He Ao's current authority as the third-in-command of Dawn, he couldn't find any information.

Unlike Hu Wen, whose background was traceable and who was a wanted criminal, Li Ming only knew that the 'Painter' was a top-tier C-level expert, and then knew nothing else.

Such a powerful C-rank appeared out of nowhere, like something suddenly springing from a rock, and then joined the dawn.

Although everyone in Dawn has a mysterious past that could be utterly wicked, it is clear that this 'Painter' is one of the most mysterious figures among the group of villains in Dawn who are shrouded in secrecy and cannot be tolerated by gods or ghosts.

Since there is no traceable past, what confirms this 'painter's' C-rank status is that he killed several C-rank powerhouses of the World Tree.

He Ao turned off his phone.

The fact that he was a 'painter' reminded him of someone.

Hao Yi.

A false identity, created out of thin air.

It seems this person is also a fan of nesting dolls.

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