Chapter 182: Spirit Exploration Live Room
As an ordinary person who had been weak since childhood, Xu Zhiyan had never thought that there would be a day when he would be able to violently beat the monsters in the dungeon.
The hand bones that were previously considered useless began to heat up slightly after coming into contact with the regular monster.
A strange feeling of joy was transmitted from the hand bones.
This emotion that did not belong to him was so abrupt that Xu Zhiyan had to stop when he punched the rule monster wrapped in black film under the seat again.
Breathing slightly, Xu Zhiyan stared at his right hand in a daze.
The slightly warm white bones were half embedded in the back of his hand. It was the first time he observed this hand bone that was not of the right size so carefully.
"……strangeness."
He clenched his fists, feeling the emotions coming from the bones, and then Xu Zhiyan suddenly unclenched them.
Something is wrong.
The emotion conveyed by this hand bone after attacking the monster was completely different from the ghosts and gods he had in mind.
Excited, crazy, violent, arrogant...
Especially when he clenched his fists, the bones in his hands were almost eager to fall again.
Throw another punch.
One more punch!
Xu Zhiyan could almost hear the screams of his bones.
It is longing, longing for the person who owns it to use it to launch a more fierce attack.
"Brother Xu, Brother Xu, what's wrong with you?"
Yu Xiu's words interrupted the young man who was standing there in a daze.
"Huh?" Xu Zhiyan suddenly came to his senses and found that his back was soaked with cold sweat without him noticing.
Meeting Yu Xiu's worried look, he shook his head and replied, "It's okay."
Although it was hard to believe, his emotions were inexplicably controlled by his hand bones.
A question that he had never thought about, or rather, a question that he had always avoided thinking about, came to his mind at this moment.
...What kind of existence are ghosts and gods?
The Bai Jin he saw was cold and peaceful, like a god without desires or requests.
The only time we had an argument in the safe house, the other party didn't care at all.
But after the hand bone hit the monster for the first time, it did convey a kind of warlike madness.
It wants to tear apart everything in sight.
It craves a stronger opponent.
So what kind of personality do ghosts and gods have?
Seeing the slimy monster crawling out from under the car seat, Xu Zhiyan had no choice but to put this question aside for the time being.
After being hit hard, the rule monster became smaller.
But it didn't seem to care and just kept provoking with bad language.
"I am a rule born from fear."
"As long as the fear remains, I will not die."
It laughed strangely twice, its tone full of disdain.
As if to cater to the rules monster's statement, a broadcast sounded in the car.
"Please arrive at the examination room before dawn."
"There is only one way into the examination room."
"Please do not stay where you are for more than thirty minutes."
The in-car broadcast was still the same female voice, but after saying the three new rules, the voice suddenly changed and became the previous sharp and piercing sound mixed with electric current.
"The school bus has been parked here for 25 minutes. Please drive away within five minutes..."
The broadcast had not yet ended completely when the frightened voices of students could be heard in the originally silent carriage of the school bus.
"No, no, no..."
"I don't want to die."
"Wow, why, why..."
"There's no way. We can't cross the bridge ahead..."
Regardless of whether the voice was playful or hearty, there was only fear at this moment.
Xu Zhiyan glanced at the dark carriage, suddenly clapped his hands, and turned to face the students.
"Everyone, please be quiet for a moment. I have a way to get everyone across this bridge."
After saying this, he heard the noise in the car gradually become quieter, so he walked to the driver's seat, took out a black videotape from his backpack, and whispered instructions.
"Little transparent, do me a favor."
After the students expressed their fear, the monster that had shrunk a lot after being beaten expanded again. As it was said, this rule monster was born from fear, and as long as there were students in the car who were afraid of it, it would not die.
He placed the videotape near the rule monster and didn't dare to do it himself.
With the previous experience of Yuan Chi being possessed by the rule monster, Xu Zhiyan only used his right fist covered with bones when beating the rule monster, and he had the protection of Xiao Touzi beside him.
The hand bones are only on the back of the hand, so who knows if he will get stuck if he tries to grab the monster with his palm.
For safety reasons, it is better to let Xiao Hong take action directly.
"Throw this thing out, and remember to only use one hand!" Using a whole arm would definitely break his props!
"What...ah——" The black monster wrapped in the black film was grabbed by a big transparent hand before it could react, like a chicken with its neck pinched.
Holding the videotape, Xu Zhiyan looked like a teacher patiently demonstrating.
"Look, this isn't a driver, it's just an ugly monster that can be thrown out like this."
The carriage fell into an eerie silence.
From other angles, the wriggling black monster was suspended in mid-air and was easily thrown out of the open car window.
After doing all this, Xu Zhiyan took back the videotape and turned to face the carriage.
"Although time is very tight, I hope everyone can cooperate with me... cooperate with me and hand over all the change you have."
He was smiling, but his last words, which sounded like robbery, filled the entire carriage with a strange atmosphere.
Even the audience in the live broadcast room couldn't stand it anymore and called it shameless.
[Are you kidding me?! You don’t even let go of the student ghost’s money? ]
[Awesome, pocket money, this is pocket money! ]
[Is there anything wrong with that? He got rid of the student ghost's fear, so what's wrong with collecting some protection money? ]
[Emmm, just throwing it out shouldn't make it disappear. 】
【!! Look, the rule monster has crawled back again, but it doesn't seem to dare to enter the carriage and is just clinging to the window. 】
[What's the use? Once Xiao Baiwan leaves, the monster will come back again.]
[How about beating up the monster without taking any benefits? ]
[Anyway, these students don’t need the money. ]
[Gone, Xiao Baiwan has changed, he didn’t know how to make this kind of money before…]
【? ? What kind of moral guardian is this? What's wrong with making money from ghosts in infinite games? 】
[What does this have to do with morality? I just think that these student ghosts did not attack after finding out that Yu Xiu was also a high school student... a little, a little, oh, shit, I won’t say anymore! ]
[Oh? Why don't you attack Yu Xiu, who is also a high school student, but only attack the unlucky Xiao Baiwan? Xiao Baiwan deserves it? It's not the high school students' fault? ]
As the topic progressed, this usually harmonious live broadcast room actually started to have a rare quarrel.
Perhaps it was because this group of student ghosts were a bit miserable, and although they held resentment, they did not show any stronger attack power. After discovering that Yu Xiu was also a high school student, they strangely stopped their attacks, which made some viewers feel a little sympathy for them.
"Xu, Brother Xu?"
Yu Xiu was also a little confused when he heard the next sentence.
However, he turned his head and looked inside the car, pursed his lips and hesitated for a while, then suddenly rolled up his sleeves and volunteered to speak.
"Brother Xu, I, I can help you rob it!"
Although these student ghosts didn't seem to attack him again, for Yu Xiu, Xu Zhiyan was the one who saved him from the darkness, and he was willing to do anything for the person who gave him warmth.
This sentence made the student ghosts angry.
"Damn it! You're a traitor to the student class!"
"We killed him for your own good!"
"Only if he dies can you sit in the safety seat when the school bus enters the water!"
The student ghost was indignant.
But Yu Xiu didn't need this kindness, he quickly retorted.
"Brother Xu needs this safe seat more than I do... Although I appreciate your kindness, but, I was going to die anyway."
"Pooh--"
"I am really blind..."
"If it weren't for your academic excellence..."
Inexplicably, Xu Zhiyan, who was tapping on the card swiping machine, noticed that a quarrel was about to break out. He scratched his hair and quickly interrupted them.
"Stop arguing and collect the money first."
He pointed to the coin machine and explained, "One hundred coins can be exchanged for a hammer. I don't have any coins, but you should have some."
The fear of the dead students was because they didn't want to be drowned again, and this safety hammer that could only be exchanged for one hundred coins might be the key to unlocking the entire rules of the sinking school bus.
He didn't know whether this was a glimmer of hope left in the copy world.
But if given the chance, he'd give it a try.
"Everyone was unable to escape from the sinking carriage because someone leaned out of the window and injured their eyes, so the school sealed all the windows."
"But as long as we have a safety hammer, if the car hits the water again, we can knock out the car window."
As he said that, he sat in the driver's seat and closed the car window with a snap.
"Besides, the driver has changed. I am a good driver and I didn't drink. It is impossible for me to drive the car into the water!"
Although he had not driven a car many times since passing the driving test, in order to reassure his students, Xu Zhiyan packaged himself as an experienced driver.
Hearing the faint sound of sobbing coming from the carriage, he urged.
"Don't waste time. I saved you because I like this car. I hope that after you fulfill your wish, you can go to heaven honestly and leave the car to me."
He was not very interested in raising a group of clear and stupid high school ghosts. In Xu Zhiyan's mind, this behavior was a win-win project.
The safe house still has no car.
Now that I have the chance, I must get one!
"Brother Xu, you are such a good person! I'll go collect the money!"
This time, Yu Xiu did not hesitate or worry, and the student ghosts were very cooperative.
Although they had no way of opening his backpack, they could guide Yu Xiu and tell him where the coins for his pocket money were hidden.
"Just coins? I have four coins in the side pocket of my backpack."
"Mine is in my clothes pocket. Last time I went to a grocery store to buy soda, the boss gave me a lot of change. I don't know how much I have..."
"I have two in my pencil case!"
"Oh, I only have paper money, it seems that this won't work..."
We have wasted too much time before and there is no time left.
Xu Zhiyan glanced at Yu Xiu who collected the money smoothly, and started the car when the five minutes were about to end.
He planned it well.
Now the bridge ahead is only a few hundred meters away. The driver has changed. He just needs to drive slowly and let the car move slowly, so he can extend the time within the rules.
But after the car started, the students seemed frightened and some of them began to sob again.
The power of fear grew.
Xu Zhiyan found that his body seemed to be controlled and he stepped on the accelerator suddenly.
Outside the car window, the monster stuck to the glass was laughing strangely, as if mocking his arrogance.
Xu Zhiyan used almost all his strength to just keep steady.
Damn it, he finally understood why the rule monster didn't resist when it was thrown out of the window. He had summoned the little transparent one to deal with the monster before, with the intention of intimidating it.
But he didn't expect that once he sat in the driver's seat and started the car, his body would involuntarily behave in the same way as the driver.
"The stop time is up. I'll drive slowly, but everyone should hurry up."
He said soothingly in his calmest voice possible.
"It's okay. We have a safety hammer this time. Even if the car crashes into the water again, no one will die. You can trust me."
After he finished speaking, the low sobbing in the carriage subsided a lot.
Xu Zhiyan found that he was able to control his body a little. He gritted his teeth and let go of the accelerator, then used almost all his strength to press the brakes a little.
But that’s not enough.
My body was under control when I just started the car and I stepped on the accelerator too deeply, so now I can't slow down very much.
Seeing the bridge right in front of him, he did not urge Yu Xiu to collect the money.
In the current situation, whether it is urging to collect money or urging the student ghosts, it will only make everyone more nervous.
Fear must be reduced, never increased.
Xu Zhiyan had to bear all the pressure and act as if nothing had happened. He suppressed his panic and spoke in a relaxed tone.
"Are you guys going to participate in the competition? Speaking of which, our Xiao Yu is a top student. After we cross the bridge, you can ask any questions you want to ask."
Yu Xiu answered sheepishly while rummaging for change.
"No, it's just that those questions are easier."
His humility calmed the other students down a lot.
High school students are just naive, not stupid. They admire these geniuses who can get the answers to the questions just by looking at them from the bottom of their hearts.
Xu Zhiyan felt that he had regained a lot of control over his body.
"Oh, do you have any unused textbooks? You can give me some later. Our Xiaoyu still has to take the college entrance examination."
He changed the subject, making the atmosphere in the car more relaxed.
The school bus finally slowed down to the speed I expected.
Just drive slowly.
Xu Zhiyan thought.
After the car slowed down, Yu Xiu quickly collected enough coins. He ran to the coin machine and stuffed a full hundred coins into it with hope.
"Ding-dong-dong-bang-"
The strange rhythmic sound of metal collision became extremely pleasant at this moment.
Finally, after one hundred coins were inserted, the lock under the coin box opened automatically.
“Crack—”
Yu Xiu reached in and pulled out a small hammer.
But after he got the hammer, he suddenly seemed to collapse and became a little listless.
Xu Zhiyan turned his head and glanced at Yu Xiu's expression that looked like he was about to cry. His heart skipped a beat, and he knew that there must be something wrong with the hammer, otherwise Yu Xiu would not have looked like this after receiving the hammer.
But the arrow is on the string, even if there is a problem with the hammer, we can’t say anything!
"Brother Xu..."
"Great! We got the safety hammer! Now everyone can rest assured!" Xu Zhiyan quickly interrupted Yu Xiu's next words.
He knew that the hammer was unlikely to save the students, and was afraid that Yu Xiu would say something to scare the students, so he gestured for Yu Xiu to hold the hammer and stand among the students.
"Xiao Yu, stand in the middle of the carriage and remember to hold on firmly."
Damn, this is a stupid game. The safety hammer is just a cover.
"Students, as the benefactor who saved your souls, I don't really want a school bus without windows. Now I'm the driver, I won't drive the car into the lake, and we're about to get on the bridge. You can see I'm driving very slowly. If the car tilts, can we knock on the window?"
He couldn't reveal that there was something wrong with the hammer.
"Ah, what if I don't have time to smash it at the last minute!"
"But he drives very steadily. He shouldn't run into the lake again this time."
"I'm still a little scared."
"I...I believe him!"
The student ghosts were relatively easy to talk to. Although some of them raised doubts, they finally chose to believe Xu Zhiyan because he was the only one who had found a safety hammer in the past ten years.
From the rearview mirror, Xu Zhiyan saw Yu Xiu standing in the middle of the car with a stern face, his fingers tightly gripping the seat. He took a deep breath and stared straight ahead with full concentration.
There was a force controlling his arms.
According to the rules, the car will then rush into the lake.
It was not pleasant to go against the rules. Xu Zhiyan pursed his lips and tried his best to resist this force. He held the steering wheel tightly and tried to keep the car going as straight as possible.
In just a short while, his forehead was covered with sweat.
The power is weakening.
As the fear of the dead students subsided, the rules controlling Xu Zhiyan also became much easier.
As the school bus drove onto the bridge, more and more students watched the bus driving smoothly, and they believed more and more that they would be able to drive across this time, and the fear in their hearts gradually disappeared.
But then, there was the section where the car fell into the water.
It was obvious that the rules that had just weakened had become stronger again. Xu Zhiyan comforted the students in a gentle voice.
"We're already halfway through...it's okay, we can get through this time."
He didn't even dare to mention the words related to falling into the lake.
Suddenly, a more violent force of rules appeared, and Xu Zhiyan's hands began to tremble, and his fingertips almost pierced into the steering wheel.
A crying voice was heard in the carriage.
"I, I can't swim. If I fall into the water, even a safety hammer will be useless... wuwuwu..."
It was as if it had just remembered that it couldn't swim.
This sentence was like a nail dropped into the calm water, which immediately aroused more fear. Many students also remembered that they actually could not swim.
"Wow, I don't think I can either."
"…What can I do? I don't know how to do it either."
"I will die. If I sink again, I will die again..."
The power of rules suddenly increased, and Xu Zhiyan tasted blood in his mouth. He was not sure whether he had just bitten his tongue or damaged his gums due to using too much force.
But at this moment he could no longer concentrate on comforting the students.
There was not much distance left to cross the entire bridge. His chest heaved violently. He wanted to step on the accelerator and rush through, but found that he could not move.
Fighting the rules seems to be a mental drain.
He could sense that his spiritual value began to drop rapidly as the power of rules increased.
It’s almost there, just hold on.
Xu Zhiyan, who was unable to speak anymore, could only comfort himself this time.
It doesn’t matter, as long as his hands are steady enough and he can keep the vehicle line moving forward, the students will start to trust him again and eliminate their fear. As long as they can drive to the other side, he can add another car!
The desire to add a car to the safe house sobered him up a little.
Just when Xu Zhiyan thought that he had to force himself to drive across the bridge in this state, Yu Xiu, who was standing in the middle of the carriage, spoke.
"It's okay, I can protect the students who can't swim."
He seemed to have made a great decision. He found a rusty utility knife from the backpack beside him, held it in his hand, and calmed the student ghost on behalf of Xu Zhiyan.
"My skill can create a barrier. If the car really falls into the lake, students who can't swim can come find me."
As he said this he secretly glanced at the driver's seat.
Seeing that Xu Zhiyan had no objection, he cut a cut on his palm with a knife.
A barrier emitting warm light appeared instantly, like an egg, enveloping Yu Xiu and the area around him.
"Although Brother Xu said that I can't hurt myself anymore...but, but today is a special situation. I will start not to hurt myself tomorrow."
Yu Xiu wanted to do something for Xu Zhiyan.
Although he was willing to help Xu Zhiyan take the students' money when it came to collecting money, he wanted to save the students more than anyone else if possible.
"…Thank you very much for what happened just now."
The wound was not deep and the barrier disappeared quickly.
But the appearance of this barrier completely calmed the student ghosts, even though they were not sure whether they could be covered by the barrier.
"Hey! This way you don't have to be afraid..."
"Very good……"
"Look! We've passed the lake crash site!"
A student suddenly spoke up, pointing out the window in surprise.
The vehicle drove smoothly past the scene of the accident, finally allowing all the student ghosts to completely relax. They began to cry continuously, and this time they were tears of joy.
For ten years, the students trapped in the school bus had to relive their own deaths every night.
And at this moment they finally did not fall into the lake again.
In the driving seat, Xu Zhiyan regained full control of his body after the student ghost's fear was eliminated.
Unlike the excited students, he had no time to wipe the cold sweat from his face. He stepped on the accelerator and shouted without caring about Yu Xiu who almost fell due to inertia.
"Hold on tight! We still have some way to go!"
The school bus rushed out suddenly.
Outside the car window, the lake water, which failed to successfully swallow up 52 souls again, was churning.
The lake water slapped against the bridge, trying to keep the car away.
But Xu Zhiyan was driving very fast, and the school bus passed through the rising water with a whoosh.
The raging lake water turned black.
From a distance, it looks like it is covered by a black film.
Fortunately, although Xu Zhiyan's driving skills may not be very good, he is brave and dares to step on the accelerator. He is not afraid at all and drives smoothly all the way without being affected by the rules that breed fear.
Finally, the school bus reached the other side of the lake.
Xu Zhiyan did not stop. After driving the car across the bridge, he drove for some distance before slowly stopping by the roadside.
“…Damn, it’s not easy to get a car.”
He leaned back in his chair, breathing heavily.
The carriage was very quiet and Xu Zhiyan didn't care. He thought that the student souls had fulfilled their wishes and disappeared after the school bus drove across the bridge.
So when he heard Yu Xiu's trembling voice, Xu Zhiyan just thought that the other party was frightened by his speed.
"Xu, Xu, Xu...Brother Xu..."
The boy almost cried.
"What's wrong? Are you not used to the high speed? It's okay—"
The voice stopped abruptly before he finished speaking.
When Xu Zhiyan turned around to check on Yu Xiu, he was met with 52 pairs of eyes.
After crossing the bridge, the dead students revealed themselves.
Only Yu Xiu fell to the back seat and was caught by the corpses. He closed his eyes tightly and looked at the corpses up close. He was a little scared.
The student ghosts really wanted to thank the person who was driving.
But who would have thought that the other party would ask in a very disgusted tone.
"Why are you still in my car?"
Xu Zhiyan didn’t understand. Did he have to bring a car full of ghosts along with him?
“…”
Seeing the human beings openly claiming the school bus as their own property, the student ghosts fell silent.
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