The conductor knocked on the door.
No sound was made, but the ripples caused by the air vibrations were already transmitted into the cab.
About three seconds later.
The door slowly opened, and the whole process was still silent.
When the door was completely opened, a colorful, distorted light and shadow was revealed in front of it.
The conductor was not surprised by this and stepped directly into the light and shadow.
The black boots were surrounded by light and shadow. Soon, the light and shadow seemed to be alive, slowly climbing up from the feet until the conductor was completely covered...
At the same time, a beep sounded in the conductor's ears.
"Identity check passed."
"Time and space correction is in progress——"
"Time and space correction successful."
"Welcome, three-star conductor, Mr. Starworm."
As the sound fell, the light and shadow also dispersed.
At this moment, the conductor "Starworm" has arrived at the real cab. It's just that the inside of the cab is different from the cab that ordinary people imagine.
Above the head is a transparent glass dome, with a shimmering starry sky projected on the glass.
Through the dome, you can see the void with constantly changing scenes outside.
This exactly corresponds to the scene outside the Xinghai Train.
Under the dome, there is a circular hall with a black marble floor. The marble is very smooth, reflecting a thin layer of light under the starry sky projection.
The hall was empty, without any walls or any utensils, not even facilities for driving.
There is only a stone statue in the middle of the hall.
This statue looks like a flame demon, but there is no flame on it, only pieces of falling embers.
As the starworm approached, the embers on the statue peeled off bit by bit like dust.
When the starworm walked to the statue, all the rubble on its body fell off, revealing its "true appearance".
——An owl about one meter tall.
This owl wears a red train conductor's uniform, has a long gray beard, and has no whites in its eyes, only pitch black. If you look closely, you can see a bright sea of ​​stars through its dark pupils.
Starworm stared at the owl, silently.
This was his first time seeing this owl.
Judging from its red uniform, this owl is undoubtedly a train conductor, but I don’t know where the train conductor of this shift ranks among the Star Masters?
The rank is very important, it represents how much the Star Master attaches importance to it. The higher the rank, the more favored it is by the Star Master, and the more comprehensive its abilities are.
However, for conductors like Starworm, the order is not that important. The most important thing is its character.
As long as his personality isn't as bad as the previous demon, that's fine.
After all, for the rest of the journey, if nothing unexpected happens, Starworm will work with the train conductor in front of him.
Starworm prayed silently in his heart and made a half-kneeling salute to the owl.
"No gifts."
The owl seemed to have just woken up, stretched out, and then slowly spoke.
Its voice is not as aged as its appearance. On the contrary, it is quite young, but its tone is rather lazy, as if it has not woken up.
Starworm stood up, still lowering his head.
"You are the only three-star conductor on the 199th auxiliary train, Starworm."
Starworm nodded: "Yes, distinguished conductor."
The owl did not speak immediately, but looked down at the broken statue on the ground: "It turns out that my last train conductor was No. 141. That guy was very bad. You can survive under him and still be promoted to three stars.
It’s not easy either…”
Starworm didn't dare to answer the call. The owl in front of him was also a Star Master and could be assigned the number 141 at will. However, it was just a train conductor and it didn't dare to say anything bad about the Star Master. Even if the other person was a former boss, it wouldn't be allowed.
"Nice to meet you. My number is No. 005. As you can see, I am just a frail owl that has entered old age." At this point, the owl train conductor coughed a few times to show weakness.
However, Starworm was not deceived by the opponent's "weak" posture at all.
He was even more nervous inside.
If he had skin, he would probably have chills rising by now.
005!
These are the top five rankings of Star Lords!
The higher the rank, the more terrifying it is. Starworm has been on train 199 of the Star Sea Train for thousands of years, and the largest rank it has ever come into contact with is No. 141.
Thinking of No. 141's methods, Starworm already felt incredible.
The top five rankings are probably even more terrifying.
Although Starworm has not seen the abilities of the first five sequences, he does not dare to underestimate the opponent at all. What kind of frail old owl? This is a lie.
Although Starworm didn't speak or make any small movements, how could the Owl Train Conductor not know what he was thinking.
It just said with a smile: "I'm not lying. Regardless of my high ranking, it's just because I'm more popular..."
Starworm naturally didn't believe it, and just said in a very formal way: "Dear conductor, you are here in person this time. I wonder which star track we will take next?"
Owl: "Are you getting into a routine so quickly? You just came here, shouldn't you ask me first if I want to take a rest?"
Starworm did not answer the call, but said to himself: "The Xinghai train cannot stop for a moment... Now, it is about to arrive at the station, and you need the conductor to plan a new journey."
The owl waved its wings: "Okay, okay, I will personally draw up a new star path when we get to the station."
"A new star track?" Starworm was stunned: "A star track that is not in the 199th column?"
"Yes, the new star track will lead to the dream world." The owl nodded: "This is the section of the road that the star master finally negotiated... The star track has never been paved into the dream world in the past, and this time it is the first time.
.”
"Dream world?" Starworm: "Are there any creatures there who want to board the train?"
"I don't know." The owl shook his head: "However, the Star Lord said that there are some interesting things happening outside the dream world. Let me go and find out..."
"Maybe we'll meet some old friends."
Star Lord sent him here just because of his "connections".
The owl walked to the edge of the dome with a smile and looked at the void outside, his eyes twinkling.
After a moment of silence, the owl turned to look at the starworm: "We will discuss the new star trajectory issue later. Let's deal with the issues left over from the previous one first."
"Tell me, what mess did No. 141 leave behind?"
As the only three-star conductor on train 199, Starworm has a good grasp of everything on the train. When faced with the owl's questions, he immediately started talking.
After a while, Starworm finished talking about all the events.
Owl yawned and said softly: "Although there are a lot of messes, they are all small things. Only the problem of Cat Doss has not been dealt with well."
Starworm: "Cat Doss? Is he the guest who was exiled by the former conductor?"
Starworm was a little confused, it was normal for the Star Sea Train to be exiled.
As long as you violate the taboos on the train, you may be exiled.
The so-called taboos refer to the rules set by the conductor...
The conductor of Train No. 141 needs to burn a living heart every once in a while as a snack. The provider of the heart is the guest on the train.
It will randomly select a guest, and if the guest refuses, he may be exiled.
Not long ago, the former train conductor chose Doss the Cat to provide a heart, but what he wanted was not the heart of Doss the Cat himself, but the heart of the kitten in his arms.
From Starworm's point of view, this is already considered preferential treatment.
But Mao Doss refused without hesitation, because the other party got on the train with a ticket, so the former conductor could not kill him directly.
To be continued...