Bang——

The car made a loud crash, and Trist saw the thing being knocked away by him and rolling off the roof, so he braked quickly.

"What's wrong?"

The sound of the brakes woke Lu Ban up. He subconsciously reached for his crowbar and looked out the window.

"I just bumped into something..."

Trist was still in shock. He saw through the rearview mirror a person lying on the road behind him.

The man was motionless, as if he had been hit to death.

"You killed someone."

Lu Ban said without any emotion.

"what happened?"

Xia opened her eyes, still a little dizzy, with red cheeks, and not sure what was going on.

"He suddenly appeared in the middle of the road. How could I hide?"

"You can brake earlier."

Lu Ban opened the car door.

"It was going so fast that there was no time to brake. Someone was bound to be killed."

Trist also unbuckled his seat belt and got out of the car to check the situation.

The two men walked towards the person who was knocked down, and occasionally checked the condition of the vehicles behind them.

After getting close enough, Trist discovered that the man was not wearing white clothes, but was not wearing any clothes at all.

The man was gray and naked, and Lu Ban was very familiar with this appearance. He was a rat man.

"Ratman, this is a ratman, a humanoid monster."

Drizzt was startled. At the same time, he saw that the ratman, who had been lying motionless on the ground, suddenly shook his body and then slowly climbed up.

"There's a saying in the old days, if you see a ratman, it means there are a bunch of them around... run!"

Trist pulled Lu Ban and turned and ran.

At the same time, several white figures crawled out from the surrounding darkness.

They were gray all over, with a small head in a strange shape, and the teeth of a rodent were constantly grinding. A large group of ratmen surrounded them.

"Maybe we'll encounter some fish..."

Lu Ban muttered something and ran away.

A ratman jumped over and tried to grab Lu Ban's legs. Without saying a word, he smashed the ratman's head with the crowbar in his hand, then kicked it away.

Drizzt had already climbed into the car and started the engine.

Lu Ban came to the car door, turned around, materialized the [Last Words] in his hand, and fired a few shots at the swarm of ratmen.

The few ratmen rushing in the front were shot, and their heads were suddenly filled with the mutterings of that great being. They lost their balance and fell, tripping over several of their kind behind them.

Lu Ban sat back in the passenger seat, but before he could close the door, the car took off and knocked over several ratmen that were rushing over. Only then did Lu Ban finally close the door.

"How did these things get here?"

Trist found it unbelievable, ratmen should be creatures that only appear in areas far away from the ruins. Usually, the only ones who can see them are hunters roaming in the ruins. If ratmen appear near the ruins, those masters in charge in the central ring will definitely not sit idly by so calmly.

"Maybe it's the influence of the mission?"

Lu Ban guessed.

In missions with [Alienation] difficulty, this kind of situation may occur: monsters appear in places where there were no monsters before, and pollution appears in normal places.

“These monsters…”

Xia was a little confused and felt something rising in her throat, about to vomit.

"If you want to vomit, you can vomit out of the car window."

Lu Ban gave instructions.

Xia immediately opened the car window, but before she could stick her head out, she could no longer cover her mouth.

"vomit--"

The armored mage girl vomited, a small part of it flowed into the car, and most of it sprayed out of the car.

"I discovered something."

Lu Ban suddenly spoke seriously.

"how?"

Trist's nerves tensed up, and his hands on the steering wheel became unsteady.

"A beautiful girl's vomit is also smelly."

Lu Ban said seriously.

The car was filled with the sour smell of vomit. Even the wind brought by the speeding car could not dispel the stench that made people cover their noses.

“…”

Trist wanted to say something, but then he felt that if he responded, he would lose.

“Cough cough cough…”

Xia coughed and spit out the last of her stomach juice, then retracted her head.

Lu Ban handed her a tissue. The girl had just wiped the corner of her mouth when a head suddenly popped out of the window beside her.

A rat man was scratching at the car window, trying to get in.

Just as Drizzt was about to use his free hand to pull out his revolver to help out, Xia immediately punched him.

Bang——

This punch seemed to be accompanied by some magic. The rat man was knocked out of the car by the huge impact force, and his head exploded directly, as if it was blown apart from the inside.

The car finally entered the original deep darkness. After a period of silence, the three finally confirmed that the rat man could no longer catch up.

"If this goes on, I feel like I won't be able to rest tonight."

Drizzt muttered to himself.

"If you believe me, I can drive for you."

Lu Ban volunteered.

"Don't you know how to drive?"

Drizzt asked back curiously.

"I've played the game before. Well, it's just like driving a car. Just step on the accelerator and hold the steering wheel. It's easy!"

Lu Ban patted his chest.

"...I'd better drive myself."

Drizzt didn't want to wake up and find himself hanging on a tree.

However, this dark state did not last long.

Suddenly, Trist saw that there seemed to be several people standing on the side of the road.

He subconsciously slowed down and looked over.

Those people were all wearing black suits, hats, and carrying suitcases. They were standing quietly on the side of the road and didn't look like they were trying to hitchhike.

Suddenly, all these people started to move, crossing the road, and glancing at the car at the same time.

"What is this?"

Lu Ban was curious.

"have no idea……"

Trist saw these people come to the other side of the road, their eyes still fixed on the car. Even though their bodies turned around and their heads twisted 180 degrees, they were still staring at this place.

A chill ran up Drizzt's spine.

Before they could explore more, the surroundings were suddenly filled with light.

After losing his vision for a moment, Lu Ban, who was the first to regain his sight, saw that the darkness had disappeared and the world was filled with sunshine, singing birds and blooming flowers.

"It's daybreak? How long have we been walking?"

Xia looked out the window. This was obviously the scenery of an inhabited area, with grass, buildings, flat roads, and low-rise buildings scattered around.

"Hey, is there something here?"

Then Xia, who had just remembered to use magic to clean up the vomit in the car, saw that there seemed to be several pages of manuscript paper stuck under the seat.

She reached out and took it out, but before she could read it, the car stopped.

"What's wrong?"

Shia asked.

"I don't know, but...it seems we have reached our destination."

Trist stopped the car and looked at the signpost in front of him, feeling a sense of disbelief.

The wooden, somewhat old sign had the local road signs on it.

It says "Beihan Town" on it.