“603 km/h, maglev train out of control?!”
What kind of speed is that? If a person stood in front of the train, they’d be instantly reduced to nothing but a layer of skin.
The Vermilion Bird Mentor’s gaze was grave as she lightly tapped her watch and said, “Check the current number of passengers on the Zhuiguang train.”
[Current passengers: 107, distributed across four carriages.]
The Vermilion Bird Mentor lowered her watch and looked at us.
She suddenly slammed the table:
“This is not a drill! Everyone present—regardless of which Academy you belong to—anyone who has a high-speed flying Spirit immediately step forward!”
“Those who can fly at speeds exceeding 200 kilometers per hour, step forward.”
After this second screening, only five people remained in the Academy, including Xinyue and Qionganna.
“Students who have mastered the Flash skill, step forward!”
I obediently stepped out.
Coincidentally, there were exactly five people who could flash.
“Now, you flight-type Spirit Masters, summon your Spirits and carry the students who can flash to the midsection of the train. You will encounter the out-of-control train there.”
“Then, the students on the Spirits’ backs will flash into the carriages and work with the seniors inside to eliminate the rampaging Electro Spirits… Move out! Quickly!!!”
For the last ‘quickly,’ the Vermilion Bird Mentor was practically shouting.
The incident was so sudden that there wasn’t time for detailed planning.
“Ride with me.” Qionganna patted my dragon’s back.
I nodded and glanced back at Krulu, giving her a reassuring look.
Then I climbed onto the dragon’s back.
Dolagon spread its wings and took off. In the blink of an eye, we were soaring high above.
I controlled my Lingyuan to press my hips tightly against Dolagon’s back, avoiding any physical contact with Qionganna to prevent any unnecessary awkwardness.
“You really are cautious…” Qionganna sounded annoyed. “I’m practically begging to get a little closer to me.”
“I have gynophobia,” I said casually to brush her off.
Dolagon’s speed was incredible. Soon, I could already see the maglev train’s track bridge.
The Baize communicator crackled to life:
[This is the leader of the Zhuque Operations Team, Vermilion Bird. Vanguard Squad, listen carefully—do not flash directly onto the train! Do not flash directly onto the train!]
Huh?
[The maglev train’s speed is too fast! If you recklessly flash onto it, the relative speed difference will be a terrifying 600+ km/h, and you will be smashed into mush inside the carriage!]
[Therefore, before boarding, your flying carrier’s speed must reach its limit! You must get as close to relative stillness with the train as possible before flashing on!]
“Relative stillness?!” Even Qionganna looked like she’d seen a ghost. “What kind of bird can fly that fast?! You’ll shake my Dolagon’s wings to bits! A hummingbird can’t fly that fast!”
“We can’t reach true relative stillness, just need the speed difference not to be too large. Just don’t get killed when you get on.”
“Do you have any protection skills?”
“A little.”
“Don’t joke around. ‘A little’ won’t be enough. It’s deadly!”
“Maybe I’ll still have half a life left.”
At this moment, the maglev train came into view.
In the distance, a restless Vermilion Bird senior tried to flash onto the train.
But… his flash was a bit off, and his speed wasn’t fast enough.
“Bang—”
A splash of blood exploded on the window.
I don’t even want to imagine how terrified the passengers inside must have been.
[We have contacted the passengers on board. All passengers have gathered at the rear of the carriage. The middle aisle is completely clear now. Flash into the aisle!] Vermilion Bird Mentor’s voice came through the communicator.
Although they had arranged the flash conditions as best they could, everyone present swallowed nervously, their faces full of fear.
Even the senior students looked the same.
The unlucky guy’s remains were still splattered across a carriage window. Who would dare board now?
Just a slight flash deviation or a little too slow, and you’d be minced meat!
This was far more thrilling than any fight.
“Let’s go!” I patted Dolagon’s rump. “No need for their help. We can handle this ourselves!”
“Are you sure?” Qionganna was shaken too, her voice trembling.
“Faster! If you fly too slow and I get killed, I’ll come back as a ghost and tear your dragon saddle apart to eat it!”
Qionganna laughed bitterly: “That’s terrifying… fine…”
Dolagon began flying full speed along the track.
We flew ahead of the maglev train, which was now rapidly hurtling towards us from behind.
“Faster!”
“I’m already at full speed!”
The gale nearly ripped me off Dolagon’s back. I knew Qionganna was giving it her all—this was Dolagon’s limit.
The train’s nose was just below Dolagon now.
Flash!
“Bang!”
Through the glass, people outside could see my pitiful trajectory.
I flashed to the front of the carriage, but in an instant rolled from the aisle to the back of the carriage.
“Thud—”
A muffled sound as my back slammed heavily against the partition door.
The entire door bent from my small, fragile body’s impact.
I definitely heard the sound of a spinal fracture.
Luckily… I still had half a life left.
I painfully reached for the leg ring, took out a Bone-setting Pill, and swallowed it whole.
I tapped the screen on my watch and gritted my teeth.
“Yunluo Immortal has landed successfully. Command, what’s the next task?”
No other voices came through the watch, but outside the carriage on the backs of flying Spirits, the seniors and juniors were clearly cheering wildly.
“Hmph, not bad.” The nine-tailed Shen Shui Senior nodded slightly. “Looks like this one-tailed junior isn’t just good at causing trouble.”
[Yunluo Immortal, according to intel, that Electro Spirit has now integrated into the control panel of the driver’s cabin.]
The train will crash into Jiangdong Airport in three minutes. Considering the time needed to brake and cancel inertia, you must defeat it within one minute!
Time is tight. No reinforcements!]
“Understood.”
I ended the watch communication. Feeling my body regain mobility, I scrambled up.
Straight to the driver’s cabin.
“Kirin, electro.”
Using Palm Lightning at my fingertips, I cut open the sealed driver’s cabin door.
The driver and co-driver had already been charred to carbon by that fierce Spirit, and the instrument panel’s data was wildly fluctuating.
At that moment, a palm-sized insect crawled out from the dashboard, its body shimmering with dazzling electric light, leaping straight at my face!
“Playing with electricity in front of a Spirit Master?”
Palm Lightning!
“Boom!”
Blazing electric light exploded inside the cabin, the scattered current instantly tearing the cabin apart.
I stared in surprise at the tiny insect blasted backward.
“Ox Louse?!”
Ox Louse, or Cicada—this thing I couldn’t figure out how it had anything to do with electricity.
This palm-sized Ox Louse was filled with fresh blood, which seemed to be the source of its electric power.
It used that electricity to hijack the entire maglev train, employing powerful electric barriers to isolate outside control and block the track-closing signals, causing this disaster.
Such a terrifying calamity was caused by just a giant cicada!
Unbelievable.
Yet amid the shock, my mind focused on the blood inside this huge cicada that generated its electricity.
A smirk appeared on my lips. As the cicada trembled in fear, I pulled out a syringe:
“Thirty seconds left. Looks like we still have time for a cesarean section.”