Chapter 35: The Train of Terror (Part 2)

  When Sun Heng walked up to He Lao Wu, He Lao Wu finally stood up. He seemed not to have noticed Sun Heng walking towards him at all and took a step forward as if he wanted to leave the place.

  Sun Heng immediately struck out, his palm hitting He Lao Wu's left neck. Sun Heng used a great deal of force in this strike, and He Lao Wu's eyes widened before he fell to the ground.

  It was unexpectedly easy to subdue He Lao Wu, I felt very puzzled, so I rushed over hastily, wanting to confirm whether the person knocked unconscious by Sun Heng was really He Lao Wu. According to my understanding of He Lao Wu, he shouldn't have been subdued so easily and shouldn't be on this train in the first place.

  Sun Heng also looked at me with some surprise, stretched out his hand and pulled up He Lao Wu, without paying attention to the greasy leftovers all over He Lao Wu's body. When He Lao Wu fell down, he knocked over some leftover dishes and rice, his whole body covered in oil stains, looking very disgusting.

  I went forward to help put He Lao Wu on a chair, and upon closer inspection, I couldn't help but say: "It's really He Lao Wu, how did he end up here? We need to quickly notify the police, inspect all passengers on the train, in case other members of the Wan Long Hui are on board harming others..." As I said this, I couldn't help but think again, how did He Lao Wu end up here? Did he escape from the previous pursuit and just happen to appear here by chance?

  Sun Heng didn't wait for me to finish speaking and had already picked up the phone to contact the traffic police.

  I looked around and found a sturdy rope, tied He Lao Wu up tightly. Then I went to check the black leather suitcase He Lao Wu had brought with him.

  Sun Heng had just finished his phone call and saw me going to get the black suitcase. He hastily shouted, "Don't move! Be careful..."

  I was startled and immediately withdrew my hand, looking at Sun Heng and saying: "How can you be sure it's not dangerous without taking a look?"

  Sun Heng slowly stepped forward and said, "Be careful, you're opening the trunk so recklessly. If there's something dangerous inside, won't we all be finished off here? Move aside, let me take a look if it's a bomb."

  I stepped back a few steps, watching as Sun Heng slowly picked up the suitcase and placed it on a dining table, then slowly unzipped the zipper. His movements were very gentle and cautious.

  As I pulled the zipper open, I saw a lot of newspapers inside the trunk, stacked neatly like a large block of tofu.

  Sun Heng's face changed, and he loudly told me: "You quickly go to the front carriage, I can handle it alone here. Let unrelated people leave here quickly."

  I knew something was wrong, so I quickly did as instructed and told all the unrelated people to leave this carriage immediately, preferably going to the frontmost carriage, and asked the train conductor to stop the train. Only after doing all that did I have time to ask: "What's going on? Is there really a bomb?"

  Sweat dripped down Sun Heng's forehead, he nodded slowly and said: "It's C4, a C4 plastic explosive bomb. It's a timed bomb with great destructive power, you'd better leave here quickly too."

  My heart started racing wildly and I couldn't help but shout: "What about you? Are you not leaving?"

  Sun Heng shook his head: "I can't leave, otherwise this train will suffer losses and may even hurt people..."

  My forehead was sweating profusely, and my mind went blank. For a moment, I really didn't know what to do. I couldn't abandon Sun Heng and escape on my own, because he's not only my friend but also my brother. If I were to leave him behind, would I still be human?

  Sun Heng saw me standing still and hurriedly said: "Hurry up, time is running out..."

  "I shook my head: 'If we're going to die, let's die together, I won't leave alone.'"

  Sun Heng took a step forward and said solemnly, "I am a soldier. In the face of such a situation, I must think for everyone's sake, so I cannot leave. You are different, you are just a student, you can leave first, no one will blame you..."

  I shook my head again: "Don't talk, let me think, maybe there's a way...". I stopped listening to Sun Heng and walked forward, staring at the suitcase, muttering to myself: "Just how powerful is the bomb inside? If we can dismantle it..."

  Sun Heng stretched out his hand to open the newspaper, and I saw a square box under the newspaper. Sun Heng took a look at the box and said, "This bomb is very powerful, so I can only dismantle it. Otherwise, ten minutes later, the last few carriages of this train will not be saved."

  "I said, 'Is it only ten minutes left? Let's leave this place together, there is no one here...' As I said that, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed through my mind, and I immediately burst out laughing: 'Are we stupid or what? If there are still ten minutes left, why don't we just throw this bomb into an uninhabited area and let it explode by itself? Disarming the bomb is very dangerous, you know that, why take the risk?'"

  Sun Heng was taken aback, looked out the car window, slapped his forehead and laughed: "Right, this isn't in the city center, we can totally throw away the bomb..."

  He said, carefully picked up his suitcase and walked to a train window.

  I quickly opened the car window and saw that there was a river outside, so I threw the bomb out with Sun Heng. When people are in urgent situations, some will suddenly become clever, while others will become stupid due to having something on their minds, which is also normal.

  We easily solved the bomb in this carriage, and Sun Heng and I couldn't help but wipe away the sweat on our foreheads, looking at each other and bursting out laughing.

  Sun Heng let out a sigh of relief, picked up a cup of unfinished juice that he didn't know who left behind, and suddenly poured it all over He Lao Wu's head as he lay unconscious.

  He Lao Wu immediately woke up, looked at us with a surprised face. After a moment's thought, he was about to jump up and run away. Unfortunately, he had already been tied up by me and couldn't jump up, let alone run away.

  Sun Heng gave He Lao Wu a heavy punch, hitting the left side of his face with a red and swollen mark, and blood quickly flowed out of his mouth.

  "I asked him, 'Tell me, how did you escape? How many people on this bus are with you?'"

  He Lao Wu's eyes were filled with hatred, and he gritted his teeth as he said: "Don't think I'll tell you anything, just kill me if you dare. Jin Cang, don't think that just because we can't find you now, you're safe - one day, we'll kill this traitor and make your family suffer to the point of wishing they were dead..."

  I remained silent for a long time before finally saying: "What exactly did I take from you that makes you hate me so much?"

  He Lao Wu cursed: "You dare to pretend to be a good guy, you took the personnel list of our Wanlong Society, causing countless deaths and injuries among our people, and most of them were caught... You... You will not die well, we will definitely kill you to avenge our people..."

  I listened carefully to He Lao Wu's words, and after he finished speaking, I said: "Who says it was me who took your list? Did someone see it? Or is it just something you heard from others?"

  He Lao Wu snorted again: "Wu Lao Si saw you take away our list with his own eyes, and even took Li Huanhuan hostage. Do you still want to deny it?"

  I furrowed my brow and said seriously, "You've been deceived. I didn't take any list from you, nor am I a spy, and I didn't kidnap Li Huanhuan either. I'm just a student, why did Wu Laosi frame me like this, I don't know, but what I want to tell you is that everything I said is true."

  He Lao Wu suddenly calmed down a bit, staring at me intently: "Are you telling the truth? How could Wu Lao Si possibly frame you? Unless..."

  "What unless?" I asked hastily.

  Sun Heng interrupted the conversation between me and He Lao Wu: "Quickly, how many people got on this time? Are there any other places where bombs are hidden?"

  He Lao Wu gave Sun Heng a cold glance: "Don't think about knowing how many of us there are, you have the guts to kill me, see if I will betray our people!"

  Sun Heng was anxious and really went up to a burst of punches and kicks, He Lao Wu quickly became covered in wounds and blood all over his face, looking very frightening.

  I grabbed Sun Heng and said to He Lao Wu, "Your identity has been exposed, wherever you go, there will be people who want to catch you. And no one will come to rescue you again, your organization has been eliminated. I advise you to honestly tell what you know, otherwise, you will suffer."

  He Lao Wu said fiercely: "If you have the guts, kill me now. Otherwise, once I'm free, I'll be the first to find you."

  Sun Heng let out an "oh" and pulled out his pistol, not even giving He Lao Wu a glance. He raised the gun and fired. The bullet grazed He Lao Wu's scalp, taking away a strand of hair, but didn't harm him.

  I was startled and instinctively took a step back.

  He Lao Wu was even more unbearable, his eyes tightly closed, and his legs were trembling. He was also a timid fellow who was scared by Sun Heng's shot.

  Sun Heng sneered: "You're still too tender to play this game with me. Tell me, how many of you got on the bus?"

  He Lao Wu's forehead was sweating profusely, he didn't dare to pretend to be a hero anymore, and stammered: "We... we have four people, I'm in the dining car, they... they went to the front..."

  "Then who were those three people? Which car did they go to?"

  He Lao Wu thought for a moment, saw Sun Heng raise his gun again, and hastily said: "One went to the luggage car, we still have things there; the remaining two went to the passenger car, convenient to hide..."

  Sun Heng glanced at me, and we listened to He Lao Wu's words, and couldn't help but start worrying again. The people from Wan Long Hui were really everywhere, and there were still so many people who hadn't been caught, left outside to cause trouble.

  He Lao Wu handed over, there were four people who got on the train this time. Except for He Lao Wu, the other three were just new recruits of the Wanlong Society's grassroots members, hiding in the front carriages waiting for orders. The four of them brought four timed bombs, planning to use these four bombs to threaten all personnel on the train, in order to get the result they wanted - they wanted to hijack this train, using the lives of everyone on this train as leverage, forcing the government to release the detained leaders and important members of the Wanlong Society.

  If it weren't for us accidentally getting on this train, their conspiracy would have probably succeeded.

  Our top priority now is to find the other three **** and locate the other three timed bombs. So, I had a simple discussion with Sun Heng, and I went to find the police officer to ask for help in finding the bomb, while Sun Heng took He Lao Wu to find the three members of the Wanlong Society.

  The location of the time bomb has been revealed by He Lao Wu, but it's still difficult to find the bomb in a crowded train carriage. So I thought of asking the police on board for help. I originally wanted the police to inform the train conductor and temporarily stop the train, but thinking that this would definitely alert the other three ****, so I had to quickly contact Chen Jing and others, telling them not to make any noise.

  I and five other conductors split up in six cars, walking along the corridor to search, while Sun Heng took He Lao Wu and several other conductors directly to the luggage car.

  Among the passengers on the bus were some vigilant ones who looked at us and kept their distance from us. We were glad they gave way, making it easier for us to search.

  I finished searching my carriage and didn't find any suspicious items. I hid in the toilet to contact the police through the walkie-talkie they provided, reported the situation of this carriage, before entering the next one.

  At this time, a conductor came over to help me. He whispered to me: "The person in the luggage car has been caught and a bomb was found and has been disposed of."

  I nodded silently and continued searching for bombs and mines.

  Sun Heng was a soldier after all, and he was from the special forces. He was very familiar with this kind of work. Before long, he sent back a message that the third bomb had been found in the second carriage of the train.

  I and a conductor slowly searched, one car after another, without daring to be the slightest bit careless.

  The police had already contacted the nearest public security department when we reported the discovery, and it is believed that someone from the public security department will come soon to assist in finding the last bomb and those two who have not been caught yet.

  With these arrangements, I felt a little more calm in my heart. But still working hard to find the last bomb, not daring to relax at all.

  The train was about to enter a temporary stop, and we were all secretly anxious. If **** found out something was wrong at this station and slipped away or detonated the bomb, the consequences would be unthinkable. And that last bomb, according to the time, was about to explode soon, our time was running out.

  Sun Heng was also anxious and kept in touch with us, asking us to thoroughly investigate all suspicious places and people.

  We only have ten minutes in total, if we miss this time, it may cause very serious consequences.

  So Sun Heng decisively decided to stop the train at a temporary station and let everyone get off. The reason was that the train had broken down and needed to be repaired before continuing south.

  This is Chen Jing's excuse, many travelers will not suspect, at most they will just complain.

  The train stopped quickly and when the doors opened, passengers rushed out in a flurry of confusion.

  We were forced to stop searching and looking at all the passengers getting off the train, but we couldn't find out who **** was among them.

  However, Sun Heng had his own way. He let all the passengers get off the train and gather on a square less than 100 meters away from the train, then line up according to their original carriages. With the help of the police, the passengers were still quite cooperative. This way, no one could leave under the surveillance of all the police and crew members.

  I soon found that although most people were very cooperative, there was still a small number of people who were not very willing to stand in the square and wait, and they went one by one towards the exit.

  At this time, all the police officers came forward. They stood around and did not allow anyone to leave. Generally, people do not get along with the police, so almost everyone returned to the square, except for a dozen or so who looked like they had some background.

  These dozen or so people were all taken away on the spot, handcuffed and taken to one side. They were the focus of the investigation, what can you do if they don't listen?

  The people from the nearby Public Security Bureau arrived quickly, bringing explosive ordnance disposal personnel and search dogs. I saw a team of about thirty special police officers also arriving, fully armed and equipped, with an air of majesty that made many female passengers scream loudly.

  With the public security department taking over, Sun Heng, Chen Jing, Dongfang Yu and I were idle. Sun Heng handed over the people he had caught to the public security department and explained where the three bombs that had been handled were located, so that someone could go and see if they had exploded or not. If not, then a bomb disposal expert would have to be called in to deal with them.

  What a false alarm, I thought to myself: if there really was a bomb that exploded, we probably wouldn't be as carefree as we are now. Whether it's injury or death, neither is something I'd like to see happen.

  It's great to be alive!

  Sun Heng also said to me after finishing everything: "This time you have made another achievement, you recognized He Lao Wu, and thoroughly foiled the criminal's conspiracy, a great merit."

  I smiled and said: "It's just a coincidence, no need to talk about credit or not, it's good to be alive!"

  Sun Heng was taken aback for a moment, then also laughed and said: "Right, as long as we're alive, that's all that matters!"

  Chen Jing said: "If it weren't for the fact that my sister Yu'er is your fiancée, I would really like to try being friends with you. You're really a very lucky guy..."

  I immediately wanted to say "welcome", but was preempted by Dongfang Yu, who said: "Sister, you must not like Jin Cang, he is not a good person, seeing one loving one, if you like him, there will be plenty of bitter fruit for you to eat in the future!"

  I was left speechless with a bitter taste in my mouth as I looked at Dongfang Yu.

  Sun Heng burst out laughing beside me, and to my surprise, his eyes were filled with a mixture of sympathy and schadenfreude. It made me want to go up to him and give him a good scolding.