The usually quiet mountain road was now only filled with the sound of wheels rolling. A bus drove through the rugged mountain road, causing the people inside to sway and quickly steady themselves.
There weren't many people in the carriage; including the driver, there were only six people.
The driver yawned, squinting. He wasn't driving very steadily, but he was used to it. Looking at the group of people behind him through the rearview mirror, the man's lips curled into a strange smile.
Liu Xi's face paled as she made eye contact with the driver. She suddenly looked down at the ground, clutching the hem of her clothes tightly with both hands.
She looked young, only in her early twenties, and her pale face made her look quite pitiful.
But inside the carriage, apart from the man sitting in the corner shivering, the others ignored it.
After experiencing something like this a few times, their hearts should have hardened. Besides, they can barely take care of themselves now, so where do they find the energy to comfort others?
The bus wasn't very big, but with only six people on board, it felt a bit empty.
Looking at the scenery outside through a layer of fogged glass, Wen Li couldn't see anything clearly.
From the moment I boarded the bus, the scenery outside remained largely unchanged, or rather, due to the shrouding white fog, any changes were imperceptible.
How could the driver see the road ahead? Wen Li thought with a hint of sarcasm, her expression indifferent.
Even though Wen Li vaguely saw several hazy figures in the mist during the rest of the journey, his heart remained unmoved.
The figure looked extremely slender, and he couldn't see it clearly. It was only in that fleeting moment that he realized it was a humanoid monster.
The white mist concealed the rotting marks on his body and the bits of flesh hanging on his face.
However, there's not much to guess; encountering a monster is inevitable, isn't it?
A sense of anticipation inevitably rose within Wen Li once again; if only he could die.
Yes, he deserves to die.
Wen Li's face looked calm. The middle-aged man across the aisle hesitated for a moment, but still took the initiative to speak to him.
"How about teaming up with us?" Yang Lin's voice was very soft, but the meaning behind his words was clear.
This team naturally excluded the two newcomers.
After asking the question, Liang Congnan couldn't help but look over, his gaze falling on the man looking out the window.
Even though he had never met Wen Li before, his photo, name and deeds had already spread far and wide. Although Wen Li was a bit eccentric, he was extremely lucky.
He has completed missions alone more than once, while everyone else has died, but he has survived.
Wen Li looked up at the middle-aged man, her gaze falling on the fogged glass opposite, where there was already a handprint with extremely long fingertips.
The man nodded indifferently, a mocking smile curling at the corner of his lips as he looked at the undisguised joy on the two men's faces.
When everything returned to calm, there was nothing left except the sound of the wheels rolling.
The carriage was eerily quiet.
[Please arrive at Zuoshou Town before nightfall. After dark, the town's residents will enter a deep sleep.]
[At that time, players will remain outside the town and will be able to enter the following day.]
A cold, inorganic voice rang out in my mind, shattering the silence.
Liang Congnan subconsciously looked out of the car window. It was all white and hazy, so he couldn't tell what time it was, but it was noon when they got on the car.
The man withdrew his gaze and was about to speak to Yang Lin when Liang Congnan paused, a look of shock in his eyes.
A clock appeared beside the driver at some point, and as it ticked away, the minute hand moved quickly.
It's 5:30.
Noticing his stiff movements, Yang Lin followed his gaze and frowned slightly.
"Driver, could you please drive a little faster?" Liu Xi asked softly, her voice trembling slightly.
She was terrified. The two men had told her that she needed to stay quiet to survive. But the voice that suddenly appeared in her mind filled her with even more fear.
Liu Xi was an atheist, and she wondered if this was just a nightmare. She just wanted to wake up.
"This road is very steep, so this is the only speed we can go."
Even so, the driver still went a bit too fast, so the carriage bounced even more violently.
Yang Lin's thought of stopping her was interrupted. He glanced at the pale-faced girl and shook his head almost imperceptibly.
But since there were only a few of them, someone had to be the first to ask.
Noticing that the driver intended to speed up, Liu Xi looked at him with gratitude in her eyes.
But before her gratitude had faded, the bus suddenly stopped.
The driver said with a surprised look, "It must have broken down; it can't be driven."
He slammed on the gas pedal several times, but the car didn't move an inch.
At the same time, the voice in his mind seemed to ring out again: [Players, please arrive at Zuoshou Town before nightfall.]
Sun Yizhi, who had been hiding in the corner, was also starting to lose his composure. It was already 5:40, and now that the car had broken down, how were they going to get there?
According to common practice, people define six o'clock as the boundary between afternoon and evening.
Time is of the essence; if we don't get to town soon, what will happen tonight is pretty self-evident.
The car stopped, but the minute hand, which keeps moving, doesn't.
Looking in the rearview mirror, Liang Congnan saw the smug look on the driver's face, and his heart sank.
Then Liang Congnan couldn't help but glance at Wen Li out of the corner of his eye. He still looked calm, completely different from the panic of the others.
Wen Li is number one on the player rankings, and has been for a long time.
But seeing Wen Li staring out the window, Liang Congnan knew that he wouldn't make a move.
The driver, without anyone noticing, had already taken out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, lit it with a lighter, and started puffing away.
White smoke blurred his face, and only his voice could be heard, "Why don't we wait a little longer? Anyway, we still have plenty of time."
"What time is there? Are you doing this on purpose?" Sun Yizhi couldn't help but curse angrily.
He thought the men next to him were experienced and was hoping to rely on them to get through the difficulties ahead, but he didn't expect them to be so useless!
The fog outside gradually thinned out, and this time everyone could see the figures outside.
Sun Yizhi originally wanted to hold back, but looking at the monster getting closer and closer outside, and then at the people sitting calmly inside the car, he couldn't hold back any longer.
If the car can't be driven, those monsters will come in sooner or later.
"What do you mean, intentional?" Upon hearing this, the driver stopped smoking and tossed the cigarette aside. "You're slandering me!"
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