Master of Kaidan-Chapter 582: Geographical Common Knowledge
He had to admit, the moment the time on the pocket watch changed, Feng Xue really panicked a bit.
Because in his understanding, this Kaidan should be the kind where something happens on the road, leading to an inability to reach the destination.
That’s why he had taken proactive measures to investigate dangers and eliminate various accidents, but if the nature of this Kaidan was a time loop, or even worse, time reversal, then all his efforts would have been in vain.
However, when he put his hand in his pocket, his mood improved a bit. At least, the bomb components were still in his pocket at that time.
In other words, these items did not return to their original places with the reversal of time.
But if time reversal doesn’t carry the return of items, what’s the point? Merely prolonging the journey?
Feng Xue took out his phone and looked at the clock, which read 17:08. He finally confirmed it wasn’t an issue with the pocket watch and couldn’t help but feel a bit of a headache.
As for it getting dark at five, Feng Xue wasn’t surprised at all. The train had entered a high-latitude area. It’s common sense for it to get dark at five in winter, but in summer, the lack of nightfall is also normal.
However, this display...
Feng Xue suddenly felt something was off. He immediately took out his phone and carefully examined the screen, finally noticing that the clock was not in its usual place.
"Bell Time Zone... damn it!"
He opened the clock app and looked at the timezone, and Feng Xue’s face turned gloomy. In that moment, he realized that he had overthought everything. This so-called change in time was not an actual reversal but merely a switch to the new country’s timezone as they crossed the border.
Kent Country had the same timezone as the original, so there was no issue when crossing the border. But Bell Country had a five-hour time difference with Kent Country, so the moment they crossed the border, all the clocks on the train rolled back five hours.
"That scared me, truly scared me to death."
With a long exhale, Feng Xue felt a bit limp all over. It wasn’t a physical burden but rather a psychological one caused by the string of inquiries laden with intense killing intent in that instant.
"Excuse me, Sir, can I help you with..."
"Damn it!"
Hearing the voice close by, Feng Xue jolted, then saw a stewardess in a soaking wet blue uniform pushing a trolley, smiling at him through the still-open door of his room.
"I didn’t call for a stewardess, did I?"
Feng Xue scrutinized her carefully, ensuring she was indeed wearing a blue uniform and not some absurd trap like blue in front and red behind, and then responded, "No need, Miss. It’s dinner service now, isn’t it? Do you need something to eat? If you want instant noodles, there is hot water on offer 24 hours a day at the end of the carriage..."
After hearing her reply, Feng Xue took out his phone again, glanced at it, remembered that food service did indeed start after five, and then shook his head in response,
"No need, I still have my own food with me."
"Alright, if you need anything, just call us with the bell," the stewardess advised with a sweet smile before pushing her trolley and turning to leave. Feng Xue watched, his lips twitching slightly as he saw glimpses of tattered-dressed young ladies passing by outside the window.
He shut the door to his room and looked out the window again, ignoring the wandering female ghosts trying to catch his attention and only feeling a swelling in his eyes.
"Looks like I’ll need to wear sunglasses tomorrow, or I might get snow blindness from the snowfields."
Feng Xue remembered what his friend from Dongbei had told him about snowfields. He found a pair of sunglasses that "immunized against the Sun Fist" among his heap of various odd items, but with no other effects. He placed them beside him, sat in meditation to collect his thoughts, and tried to recuperate from the backlash of forcefully splitting his perception during the Wise Man’s Time.
However...
"Identity, come out for a moment!" Feng Xue sighed helplessly as she looked down and shook an expensive steel pen vigorously, unable to calm her restless mind.
The Identity peeked out of the pen, looked around, and seeing that it wasn’t a call to combat, asked with confusion,
"What do you need?"
"I just used ’Tai Sui,’" Feng Xue said with a tight face, causing the Identity to blush and then grumble,
"It’s whoever caused it that should be dealing with it!"
"It can’t be helped, I prefer black long hair over white hair!" After saying this, Feng Xue reached over to draw the curtains over the door and windows, starting to counteract the side effects of the Time Stop Pocket Watch...
...
Time reached midnight once again, and the lights of train K7 went out. Feng Xue, having exhausted the frustration in her mind, took advantage of the Wise Man’s Time and stepped out of the room once more.
However, this time he didn’t move forward but instead took out the All Things Squeezing Driver and strapped it around his waist—
"SCLASH DRIVER"
The long-missed sound effects rang out as the Orca Authority was activated, and the jelly bottle was swiftly inserted into the slot.
"KILLER WHALE JELLY"
"Transform!"
Pushing down the lever forcefully, a beaker-like assembly and the jelly substance surged out, completely enveloping Feng Xue’s body.
"Crush~ Flow~ Overflowing~~"
"KILLER WHALE IN WEIGHT-D (Orca Power - Deep Sea Pressure Form)"
Masked Rider Orca transformed once again; without another word, Feng Xue opened the emergency hatch on the train roof and leaped out of the train in two strides.
Wearing the armor with "extreme Environment Adaptability," he felt no reaction even in the biting cold winds. Braving the resistance brought by the gale, Feng Xue strode forward toward the front of the train.
Using the mobility of the Masked Rider to run atop a train was undoubtedly a Waste, but as he moved, a series of swooshing sounds came attacking from behind.
"What in the world?"
The swooshes were clear, yet Feng Xue did not currently have any gun-like Weapons equipped, and the Arrow Avoidance Protection Power didn’t react at all.
Martial Artist sound recognition skills combined with the Circle Realm unfolded, and Feng Xue began to sense objects with elegant trajectories.
"Birds?" Feng Xue almost immediately recalled the "wildlife" that had dragged the ghost girl Lin Jiaxin out of the window, flicked his fingers in a rapid succession, and sent bursts of No-thought Divine Power hurtling through the air, downing each of the wild birds.
But before he could catch his breath, the accumulated snow on the roadside suddenly exploded, and an Arctic Bear over five meters tall rose on its hind legs. Its massive paw managed to catch up with the speeding train—and Feng Xue sprinting atop it—as if ignoring the distance, swatting down towards his head.
"Having an Arctic Bear at this latitude is outrageous..."
Feng Xue didn’t even have time for Sarcasm about the bear’s size; a bag of salt appeared in his hand.
With a pinch, the bag split open, and the salt, infused with Inner Strength, was scattered by his hand, turning into two white arrows that struck the Arctic Bear’s eyes ahead of time.
"Roar~!"
A piercing howl came from the bear’s mouth, but Feng Xue didn’t bother with what the bear might do next. He just continued running towards the front of the train...
