Honkai: Star Rail Train Novels & Stories

For reasons unknown, even though I know who he's referring to, I don't move from the train tracks until Trent runs up the span and Juana follows. I assist his ascension, then at which point he shakes my hand to speed up my developments and being firmly followed by Peter, we scramble to reach Trento, who takes cover behind one of the segments. We do the same thing, just sticking the head out to the point of seeing what happens. The neighing of the ponies reverberates in my ears, as does the accompanying series of thunderclaps, both sounding off rapidly as a mist of green smoke suddenly appears on the rails, which I reason is something of a haunted entrance. when I see three apparition riders

Then I saw why we'd gotten off the train in the middle of nowhere: the track ended—was destroyed, the metal rusty and twisted, the last wood planks in splinters. "As you can see," Cillian said, opening the back door for me, "the beasts of the Sun don't like efficient modes of transportation. Why your water-loving packmates side with them is beyond me. But," he continued with that too-wide smile, "we place that all behind with you… Gemma. Inside you go." I stepped forward hesitantly, glancing back at Gralyn and Hadley, who hadn't moved. "You're not coming?" Gralyn said, "Hell no," and hauled himself back onto the train as it was already chugging slowly backward.

She rolled her eyes, snorting, “ I mean, where exactly in Japan?” I huffed, glaring at her, choosing not to answer her for she has been asking me for the past hour. The pleasure of having her face red because of irritation made me grin but I regretted it instantly as she gave me a death glare. I watched her as she ran off to gawk at the bizarre things she is seeing. “Caelum, look! The train is hanging upside down. Do you hear me? It is hanging upside down! How can they do that?”

That was when a train horn blared from a distance, and someone called out from the other end of Roy's walkie, "The train has passed the fork!" Since he had been waiting for this train all day, Roy had already had his men wait at the fork between the main track and the track that branched into Duca Mines to notify them as soon as the train arrived. Once the train passed the fork, it was still a few kilometers away from Duca Mines, which was no more than a few minutes away. Turning to Penny, Roy bowed his head as he said, "Praetor, the train will arrive in a few minutes. I will lead the cavalry guards to unload the goods as soon as possible and install the monitoring equipment overnight!"

It was slowly moving toward the Citadel's docking spire, right along the path of Cargo-Line 7. "The train leaves the depot in exactly two minutes," I said, a holographic overlay of the transit schedule glowing on my visor. "Once it hits the open track, it accelerates to two hundred and fifty miles an hour. If we don't catch it before the Delta Bridge, we'll be eating its exhaust." "Then we push the redline," Dax ordered. He cranked the throttle of the Interceptor. The heavy bike surged forward, the modified engine screaming in protest. The rest of the pack followed suit, the raw torque threatening to tear the tires from the asphalt.

And running through the center of it, gleaming like a silver snake, was the Mag-Lev rail line. "Do you see the train?" Saoirse shouted over the wind. Vane pulled a spyglass from his coat. He squinted with his good eye. "I see smoke!" Vane yelled. "Big smoke! It’s the heavy hauler! The Iron Behemoth!" Tristan opened his eyes. The violet light pouring from them was terrifying. "Perfect," he wheezed. "A big target for a big rock." "We have company!" Zephyr screamed from the prow.

The man in the olive T-shirt was the first to appear, then the woman wearing the dark glasses and mustard sundress and finally the young woman with the pierced nose: all using different access points, all looking for us. Blanche glanced up at me in desperation. "What are we going to do?" "Stay calm," I say. Platform seven, filled with a rush of air, accompanied by the sound of electricity rattling through the track in front of us. The sound volume escalated as the red train, with HIGH BARNET VIA BANK, emblazoned in bright yellow lettering on the front carriage, clattered into view, its brakes squealing as it slowly came to a halt. "MIND THE GAP! MIND THE GAP!" Announced an electronic voice o

THE TRAIN HAS ARRIVED Lena looked toward the tunnel. And froze. A train slowly emerged from the darkness. Covered in blood. Its windows were filled with human hands slamming against the glass from inside. People were trapped in there. Screaming. Begging. Noah backed away. “No.” Tess cried harder. “No.” Kai’s smile disappeared. “…that train is not normal.” The doors slowly opened. Inside— complete darkness. A voice whispered through the speakers. BOARD TO SURVIVE Elara looked sick. “What happens if we don’t?”