Chapter 85 - The Empress Goes on a Trip

“Wow, there are so many people here!”

At the entrance to the high-speed rail station, Long Yue stood pulling her suitcase, watching the endless stream of people queuing to enter, and couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.

There were far more people here than she usually saw at the mall, and almost every person was carrying bags of all sizes.

“This level of crowd is actually considered small.”

Lin Fan said as he walked past her, leading the way to the ticket gate queue.

Long Yue and Zhou Yan followed closely behind, lining up in the queue.

As soon as they heard they were going mountain climbing, Zhou Yan had enthusiastically dragged Lu Zhai along with them.

Watching the people in front of her take out their ID cards one by one and place them on the same spot on the ticket gate, Long Yue also took out her own ID card from her pocket in advance to prepare as her turn approached.

Since this was her first time traveling far from home and her first time taking a high-speed train, she had even specifically looked up guides online the night before about what preparations were needed.

Holding her ID card now, she suddenly had the familiar feeling of holding an immortal pass token, preparing to be inspected and cleared for passage.

Ever since she became the Empress, she had never needed to be inspected by anyone. This was a long-lost feeling that made her feel a bit nostalgic.

Soon, Lin Fan, who was ahead of her in the queue, passed through the entrance gate first.

She copied the spot where Lin Fan had placed his ID card and put hers down, waiting quietly for the gate in front of her to open.

However, after she waited for a moment, the gate remained motionless and did not open smoothly as it had when Lin Fan passed through.

What's going on? Why is it different when it's This Empress's turn...

Feeling the gazes of the waiting crowd behind her, Long Yue couldn't help but become nervous for a moment.

If she can't get through, will it arouse suspicion? Will she be taken away for interrogation…

From what she had learned about this world, if 'aliens' like her and the Demon Sovereign from the Immortal-Demon Continent were discovered, it was highly likely they would be dragged away to be studied overnight!

“You have to lift your head and look at the camera on the screen.”

Lin Fan turned back when he saw Long Yue stuck at the entrance, pointing to the screen on the gate to remind her.

Although she had placed her ID card on the scanner, she had kept her head down looking at the card, so naturally, she hadn't passed the facial recognition scan.

“Look at the camera on the screen?”

At Lin Fan's reminder, Long Yue lifted her head to look at the screen on the gate. A green box appeared on the screen, framing her face.

After just a glance at her own image on the screen, the ticket gate opened automatically.

“Ooh! How amazing!”

Long Yue pulled her suitcase through the gate, her eyes full of wonder and admiration.

Just a pass token isn't enough; you actually need facial recognition to get through! The mortals of this world are just too incredible when it comes to clearance inspections!

On the Immortal-Demon Continent, for most forbidden lands or checkpoints, you only needed an issued pass token to go through directly, with no need for extra checks.

From time to time, there would be people who forged immortal pass tokens to sneak into forbidden lands or escape through checkpoints. In terms of identity verification, they were completely inferior to the mortals of this world.

She felt that perhaps in the future, she could introduce this system into her Immortal Realm and create a similar facial recognition system...

“How does sister-in-law not even know how to go through the entrance gate…”

Watching Long Yue pass through the gate under Lin Fan's guidance, Lu Zhai pushed up his glasses, his expression pensive.

These days, even a girl from the countryside should know how to take the high-speed rail, but she was acting completely like it was her first time…

“What's so strange about that? I already told you, sister-in-law is the precious young miss from a great, influential family. Have you ever seen a precious young miss who needs to take the high-speed rail herself?”

“In the past, sister-in-law was definitely chauffeured everywhere she went.”

Zhou Yan was already accustomed to Long Yue's clueless behavior. He pulled his luggage and followed her through the gate.

Just think about it, a precious young miss who has never even used a phone or a computer before—it's pretty normal for her not to know how to take the high-speed rail, right?

Lu Zhai felt that what Zhou Yan said seemed to make sense, so he didn't think about it anymore and followed them through the ticket gate.

After placing their luggage on the conveyor belt and going through a simple security check, the group successfully entered the main station area.

Inside the station, crowds of people pulling luggage moved back and forth. The waiting chairs were almost completely full, and the more than ten ticket gates were nearly all lined with people waiting to board.

On the large screen, the schedules for trains that were about to board or were waiting to board cycled through. A broadcast announcement repeated over and over:

[Boarding for train XXXX is about to begin. Passengers for train XXXX, please proceed to gate XX for ticket inspection.]

“There's still half an hour until our train starts boarding. Let's find a place to sit first.”

After finding their train on the board at the corresponding gate, Lin Fan found a nearby empty spot and sat down.

Just then, a spot on an automatic massage chair nearby opened up, so Long Yue took the opportunity to sit down on it.

She had just sat down when she suddenly felt something moving behind her, which scared her so much she immediately jumped back up.

“Lin Fan, th-there's someone in this chair! He's hiding inside and he touched me!” Long Yue said in terror, pointing at the massage chair.

As soon as she said this, even the children nearby couldn't help but laugh.

Long Yue was completely baffled, standing frozen on the spot.

Someone is hiding in a chair with ill intentions. This is clearly a very serious matter. Why is everyone laughing at her?

Did she say something wrong again...?

“That's an automatic massage chair. There's a special machine inside that's operating. As long as you sit down, it will automatically start massaging you,” Lin Fan explained with a laugh, pointing at the chair.

“Automatic massage chair…?”

Long Yue was skeptical. She carefully examined the massage chair, even reaching out to feel it to confirm that there was really no one inside the leather before cautiously sitting back down.

Soon, under the operation of the massage chair, she could clearly feel a powerful rolling and pressing against her back, waist, and even her shoulders. The sudden, pleasant sensation made her unable to help letting out a soft moan:

“Mmm-hmm~”

In an instant, everyone around once again focused their gazes on her.

Long Yue's pretty face flushed red. She quickly covered her mouth and lay silently in the massage chair.

She hadn't expected the massage chair to be so strong. It was so comfortable that she had accidentally made a strange sound…

Just as she was gradually getting used to the intensity of the massage chair, the massage behind her suddenly came to an abrupt halt.

“Why did it stop?”

Long Yue sat up in confusion to check.

Lin Fan pointed to the armrest of the massage chair.

“The trial period is probably over. You just have to scan the QR code on the armrest to pay.”

“Ah, so you have to pay for it…”

Long Yue looked disappointed. After a moment's hesitation, she picked up her phone and scanned the QR code on the armrest.

When she saw the price of 30 yuan for half an hour, she silently closed the mini program.

Forget it, forget it. It's almost time to board the train anyway, there's no need…

Besides, I already got to try it for free once. That's more than enough…

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