Modern Life of Immortal Demons 山海奇谈

Chapter 2

As Luan was walking along the cement roads of the human world, he discovered he hadn't been here for way too long. Everything looked completely different from what he remembered. Holding the map presented by Dragon Ying, Luan was filled with unanswered questions – everything felt so new around here.

He looked at a metal box that opened nearby and a metal bird that flew high into the sky. Glancing to left and right, he almost forgot he was supposed to catch the train.

Once he finally rushed into the station, Luan was startled by the sea of people that crowded in the waiting room. So many people... Damn! Clutching his map and ID, he followed the flow of people that trickled towards the doorway. On the way, he was patted with glowing sticks wielded by some of the humans. On the other side, some other humans dressed in similar uniforms picked up his luggage and threw it into a large gaping mouth. He heard funny sounds, and his luggage was spat out on the other side. Luan nervously picked the luggage up and took a few steps forward. Suddenly he looked up only to find himself completely surrounded by the atmosphere of mankind.

A few steps away, a mother was holding a crying kid. Slightly further away, an old man was slowly walking on crutches. A young man leaning against a pillar was laughing and talking to a small metal box... Oh, there was a little girl biting something round in here hand – it looked very delicious! Luan swallowed saliva hungrily and looked up to see a middle-aged madam. (No! Parrot said to call them lady!) The lady was hurriedly dragging a suitcase up the escalator, accompanied by several noisy children, who were laughing and running around her. She called them to stop, but they just made a wry face and ran away.

"How do you do!"

Confused by the clear voice that addressed him from behind, Luan quickly looked back and smiled: "Ah, hello."

A brown-haired boy greeted Luan and quickly moved over to his side. His smiling, round eyes narrowed: "You're new here, right? I see you've been standing here for some time - don't you know the procedures?" Luan was simply nodding, so the boy said: "That's fine, I want to stamp my pass too, so tag along! By the way, where you going?"

Luan carefully replied: "I'm going to Boshlake City."

"Oh, Boshlake City – I've wanted to go there for some time, too! But today, I have to go in another direction for a fortnight long internship. Yes, I am a trainee doctor. When my parents heard that I had enrolled in a medical school, they went mad with rage and chased me with a stick in hand over two mountains, saying that they were going to break my legs if I got a job at hospital." The boy stuck out his tongue and smiled: "But I'm not afraid, I believe studies are good! And where are you going? Oh yes, you're going to Boshlake City! That memory of mine! Anyway, we should have our passes stamped first." The boy waved the ticket in his hand, and urged: "Quick, better not miss the train. By the way, what's your name? Are you taking the high-speed train too?"

He spoke like a machine gun, and Luan discovered there were a lot of words he couldn't understand. He simply gave an answer to the questions he remembered: "Well... My name is Zhu Luan. And I'm going to Boshlake City to find a friend." He paused and asked: "What is the high-speed train?"

The boy scratched his head and muttered: "Oh my God, how long haven't you come out? You don't even know what the high-speed train is." He thought for a while, and explained: "The high-speed train is a fast type of train. It only takes a few hours to get where an ordinary train would need a whole day. But you need to change trains to get to Boshlake City from here. Only the green train goes there, and it takes some eight or nine hours. Oh, I almost forgot to introduce myself - my name is Mulele, but friends call me Woody. You can also call me Lele."