On an unusually cold winter night, the last train of the Chengdu Metro is quietly gliding through a dark tunnel. The carriage was empty and deserted, except for a few tired late passengers scattered in their seats, keeping a polite distance from each other, immersed in their own thoughts.
One of them is Li Yang, a programmer who has just been freed from overtime and habitually chooses the last subway to go home. Outside the car window, the flashing lights reflected on his pale face, making him even more tired. However, when the train arrives at an old station, "Bell Tower Station", where mysterious disappearances have been said to have taken place, the situation takes a turn for the worse.
When the door slowly opened, a woman in ancient costume floated into the carriage, her face as white as paper, her eyes deep but lifeless, as if looking at another world through all the passengers. Her presence went unnoticed by the other passengers, as if they couldn't see her. Only Li Yang felt a chill rushing to his heart, and he was surprised to find that the clothes and ornaments worn by this woman were no different from the style in ancient portraits, which did not conform to the dress of modern people at all.
After the train started, the woman walked straight to the empty seat opposite Li Yang, and after sitting down, she stared at him, and that kind of gaze made her heart palpitate. Li Yang tried to break the silence and said hello, but she didn't respond, just continued to stare at him coldly. As the subway drove deeper, the temperature in the carriage seemed to plummet, and the breathing of the surrounding passengers gradually disappeared, leaving only the monotonous roar of the train and the sound of its own faster and faster heartbeat.
Just when Li Yang was about to collapse, the subway suddenly shook violently, followed by a piercing brake sound. The name of the station flickered on the display, ending on an ancient station name that had never been heard of. The car door opened again, and the woman in ancient costume got up and walked outside, while turning to throw a meaningful smile at Li Yang.
Li Yang mustered up the courage to follow out of the carriage, only to see an ancient platform that had been abandoned for a long time in front of him, and the surrounding scene seemed to travel back hundreds of years. The woman's figure had vanished, leaving only a vague sneer echoing through the air. And when Li Yang looked back at the subway, it had reintegrated into the dark tunnel and galloped away, leaving him alone to face this strange and terrifying world.
Since that day, every late at night, people will hear the last train of the Chengdu Metro passing by Zhonglou Station, and there will be a burst of whispering, as if someone is telling the bizarre encounter on that winter night, which has become one of the city's enduring horror legends.