67 Chapter 67 (Two in One)
◎Who says this car is bad? This car is awesome!◎
The blurry words on the test paper gradually emerged, and the facial lines of the person huddled under the driver's seat of the van suddenly became clear.
There seemed to be a magnet attracting the two, and the paper that had been swallowed by the van now attracted the facial lines to turn towards it.
The wheel moved slightly, and before the wheel lock was activated, the facial lines suddenly braked the car, and the empty road that had just appeared under the wheel disappeared instantly.
The lines on the face were like a ball of stretched plasticine, slowly stretched into a long line on the floor of the carriage.
Its entire "face" was distorted, like a scream of terror in an abstract painting.
The nearby investigators' faces grew quizzical. "...Bai Xuan just mentioned that the [Hearse's] eerie aura is growing stronger? Is it trying to escape? Perhaps Boss Ye's attention to the paper gave it an opportunity. Be careful."
Van: ...
The wrinkles on the faces of the people squeezed on the floor of the carriage were so severe that their mouths were twisted with anger.
Zhou Xing was reading materials about Yucai College. "I was drawn to the questions, believing that passing the test would give me what I wanted, and eventually became addicted to them. The allure came from the belief that it could be achieved, not the questions themselves. And this temptation, close to the forbidden zone, from a high-level demonic den, was irresistible even to many strange beings..."
"But fortunately, at least we've confirmed that Boss Ye won't be tempted by the leaked power. The plan to penetrate [Yucai College] hasn't been finalized yet, but we can have the information department start thinking about the tactics. Boss Ye, please join us in solving this dangerous situation caused by the leak. Have you located it yet?"
The investigators' search continued. The summer sun slanted a little bit, and shadows kept moving in the carriage. The changes were subtle, but real.
In Xile Restaurant, diners have already turned over several tables, and the unique aroma of crayfish is everywhere, from the trash can to the table top, and the new diners are still lively.
Compared to the tables and chairs filled with people and the back kitchen aisle where people are constantly coming and going, the cashier counter is usually the quietest place in the store.
Xile Hotel is not a big restaurant and does not require complicated reception and settlement.
The store owner is very supportive of online payment, but if you think you can get away with paying or pay less... you will be stopped by the owner who is peeking out from the kitchen before you even leave the store.
The lobby was bustling with people, and apart from looking at the menu, few people paid attention to the faint strange noises coming from the counter.
The rustling sound of the paper stopped for a while, and suddenly a red ball rolled out of the drawer.
I was never able to snatch anything new from the sweeping robot, nor was I able to keep any other small items that came into the store. The wrinkled red "night light" had become much drier than it was originally.
But next to the ball that had rolled out of the drawer, there was a new, dusty ball. It looked like it was made of crumpled waste paper, and the writing on its surface was black and gray, with only the four words "Yucai Education" still legible.
The two balls stuck together, and similar fine cracks appeared on the surface of the new ball.
The "night light" rolled around, and the gap lit up slightly, as if something was peeking out from it.
Eyes, increased.
The outline of the new eyeball gradually disappeared and became part of the sight of the shriveled eyeball itself.
rustle……
The sweeping and mopping robot silently turned under the counter. Behind the counter where no one was approaching, strands of black hair suddenly popped out of the white shell and grabbed the disappearing new eyes.
The outline of the crumpled paper was instantly caught in the net, and the rustling sound of paper shaking was heard again.
The faint scrambling sound lasted only a moment. Before the noise broke out, the night light and the sweeping and mopping robot both stopped.
The paper torn off by the night light shattered into pieces of black mist and was swallowed up by it as soon as it appeared.
Taking away most of the paper ball, the sweeping and mopping robot's hairs all retracted from the top and huddled under the counter, motionless.
The paper ball, which had not been completely swallowed, fell from the mouth of one hungry beast into the mouth of another hungry beast.
A chaotic mess of handwriting quickly appeared on the surface of the paper ball, a text that was definitely not readable or comprehensible. However, the hairs of the sweeping robot moved across it, as if it had received a special message.
A chill erupted beneath the counter. For a moment, the reflection on the tile was no longer the counter, and the curled shell of hair was no longer there. The area on the tile where the hair had been was rapidly blurring from the area where the paper ball had been pressed.
It's about to—disappear from here.
The night-light, glued to the counter, stared at it, its hair dancing wildly in ecstasy, like an anemone holding up its shell.
As if afraid of being discovered, even when waving it around, all the hair only extended less than one centimeter, making it quite inconspicuous.
The hair is completely blurred.
But the blurred area lasted less than a blink of an eye before the hair "fell" out.
The shell fell with a crisp plastic sound, and the paper ball tightly wrapped by the hair broke into pieces and fell all over the floor. Even the hair was like a ball of felt that was flattened somewhere, and it lay on the ground for a long time without getting up.
"The artificial intelligence is starting to hit the wall...?"
Ye Pingan muttered and called for an employee to go check it out. "Xiao Cheng, there must be oil on the floor that's interfering with the robot. Wipe it off!"
Hair: ...
Night Light: ...
While eating, I observed the investigators in the store and exchanged glances silently:
This group of weird escapes failed again. Hehe.
Before the clerk noticed the abnormality of the sweeping and mopping robot and reported it, the white robot slowly came out from behind the counter and took away all the crayfish oil stains and scattered shrimp shells on the ground.
With a squeak, the shell fragments quickly disappeared, and the ground was as clean as new.
The van's lights often flickered faintly towards the store door, but today none of them came on at all.
The lines on the face were stretched into long strips little by little, getting closer and closer to the paper in the depths of the carriage.
One hour, two hours...
After delivering the last order, Ye Pingan stir-fried a plate of spicy crayfish and started the dishwasher. "Xiao Cheng, don't clean up yet. Go get two bottles of Coke! Get ready to eat!"
As night fell, the hazy shadows became stronger, the wheels vibrated more and more, and the lines on the people's faces seemed to be wearing masks of pain, twisting and looking towards the store.
“Beep, beep, beep—”
The car alarm blared outside the door, but was mostly drowned out by the noise from the kitchen. The investigator, who had been staring at the hearse all afternoon, was suddenly startled.
The shadow of the empty road spread from under the wheels, and a cold breath suddenly burst out.
"Defend!" The investigators immediately blocked the door of the store.
After noticing the abnormality in the hearse, the team had enough time in the afternoon to deploy their delay and interception equipment nearby. At the press of a button, the devices quickly popped up, enclosing the van like a giant fence.
As we all know, [hearses] can travel long distances, but the car accidents caused by [hearses] are equally shocking.
No matter how Ye Pingan dealt with the strangeness, the doctors' close observation confirmed that she was also a mortal. Who could withstand being hurt at such a close distance?
After the special roadblocks rose from the ground, the van did not crash into the Xile Hotel or the busy food street.
The van flashed for a moment in the empty road and the spreading coldness, and the next second it appeared on the other side of the road, running towards the side of the construction site where there were fewer people.
Like a ghost constantly flashing on the street, or an image with frequently dropped frames, the van appeared and flashed on the road, jumping and speeding along the road.
Its wheels were stuck, the locks clanged, and the alarm blared ever more shrilly. The strange, flashing lights of the vehicle had an inexplicable amusement to them.
The investigators were baffled. "The hearse's travel distance has shortened? What's it doing? This doesn't fit the pattern of these strange murders..."
The figures that disappeared at the same moment the van moved reappeared in the shadows beside them.
Zhou Xing stepped out of the shadows and immediately got in the car, "Hurry, Xiaobai, follow us!"
The investigators were stunned for a moment.
The hearse wasn't traveling along a real road, making it difficult to capture and track. This had been a major challenge during previous rounds of encirclement and suppression. How could we catch it? Could we catch it by just driving?
Despite the doubts, the order was carried out smoothly. Half of the vehicles parked nearby quickly started, some accelerating to try to intercept, while others followed closely behind the van.
As the convoy started moving, Zhou Xing grimaced and swung his arms. "Oh, my old arms and legs! I even got thrown off while chasing the car. There's something wrong with the miniature ghosts in the hearse."
Bai Xuan hugged the hedgehog and whispered, "Xue Rong feels that not only is there the scent of the [Hearse] in the car, but [Yucai Academy] has also appeared."
"Two ghost dens got together and helped each other? But it seems that the relationship between the two ghost dens is not very good. The shuttle of the [Hearse] and the engulfment of the [Yucai Academy] combined to interrupt each other, so we were able to catch up with it."
Zhou Xing stared at the flashing van in front of him. "In the ghost den formed by overflowing power, there are usually low-level weirdness. If there are more C-level [hearses], it's hard to say what the ghost den will become. It's heading southeast... Follow the [hearse's] direction and search for the ghost den as soon as possible!"
The shrill sound of the horn gradually faded away. Yan Mingyue watched his colleagues rushing out like wild horses, feeling both amused and helpless.
"After eating the medicinal food, why does it seem that Mr. Zhou has become more and more 'lively'?
"Although there's a strange aura interfering, the hearse's current state is bound to be witnessed. Let's draw public attention to it. Let's put away the roadblocks first."
Mechanical equipment is easy to start, but it is a bit troublesome to remove it.
The equipment blocking the intersection was dismantled with great haste. Ye Ping'an had just turned off the fire, and when he came out of the kitchen, he saw someone at the front door doing something.
"Captain Yan? You've been transferred to work in Jiang City? This is..."
Ye Pingan didn't finish his words, his eyes suddenly widened, "Where's my car?! Someone stole my car???"
Thinking back, I thought I heard a horn just now. But the Xile Hotel is at an intersection, and there are dozens, if not hundreds, of cars honking their horns all day long. It's not uncommon.
It wasn't the middle of the night, it was just getting dark, and there were police officers patrolling the road. How could the thief be so bold?
"The car was..." Yan Mingyue was about to remind him when she met Ye Ping'an's incredulous gaze.
"Officer, someone stole a car right in front of you. That's outrageous! How can you tolerate this?"
Yan Mingyue: ...
Although it's not quite right, it seems okay to say this.
"We are about to chase the 'thief', Boss Ye——"
"I'm going with you!" Before she could finish, Ye Pingan squeezed into the car without any courtesy and angrily said, "You stole my car, have you figured out how to compensate me?"
"Xiao Cheng, you eat first, I'll be back soon!"
Only a sound was left blown away by the wind, and the low roar of the engine was speeding along the road.
The van's flickering shadow was getting faster and faster, and the interval between where it disappeared and where it appeared next time was getting longer and longer.
The first convoy that went out to chase was left far behind and could only continue to calibrate the tracking direction based on the captured scent, visual targets and monitoring damage reported along the way.
The more Zhou Xing chased, the stranger his expression became. "...Why does it feel like the hearse's pause was intentional?"
For ordinary vehicles to track a hearse that could shuttle back and forth was like a fantasy. Zhou Xing led the team to catch up, just to lock on to its direction and not lose it completely.
But no matter how far away it is, the target of the [Hearse] is still in front of them.
Like a trap.
The chase was brief, only a few thousand meters, before the hearse swerved, crashed into a faded iron gate, and disappeared.
The convoy braked suddenly and stopped. Before the investigators began their investigation, Zhou Xing stopped everyone.
"Wait, let's check each other's cognition first to confirm whether it is an illusion."
The hearse's direction and location were indeed within the reduced range of the ghost's search. It finally disappeared into a closed cram school, which also matched the pattern of Yucai Academy.
But compared to the strange events he had encountered before, this all happened too easily, too inexplicably, and strangely, it also had a sense of déjà vu. Zhou Xing had to be on high alert.
Zhou Xing checked the team's cognition and confirmed that there were no hallucinations.
After receiving the news from the rear, she suddenly realized: "I was wondering why it looked familiar. If Boss Ye was driving in the front, it would look right."
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The rustling sound of writing in the classroom became faster, and the figure of the "teacher" that occasionally flashed outside the classroom became longer and longer.
Weird "teachers" appeared frequently, and the classroom was almost full of "classmates" who looked like corpses and had dazed expressions.
They seemed to be staring at her, or perhaps they were simply salivating at the fresh flesh that would soon become part of their own.
Lin Yu sat at the table, feeling dizzy.
The third set of questions had already appeared on the test paper, and this round of "assessment" had not yet been notified of the end. She didn't dare to look at the questions on the test paper, but she had to.
You have to answer the questions. According to the woman I was eating with, the one with the lowest score will be taken away by the teacher. If you don't write a word, you will quickly attract the teacher's attention.
The best way is to write, write slowly, write slowly, write carefully and write to high standards.
You will not be condemned for answering questions too slowly, but the longer you spend answering and paying attention to the questions and the more deeply you think about them, the harder it will be to stay awake.
…The woman in the back seat no longer remembered her name, initially calling herself “Name.” She remembered writing her name in that column on the test paper, but she had forgotten it, and the handwriting was completely blurred.
The thin paper looked like a flood or a beast in Lin Yu's eyes.
She took a pen and traced the name again. The questions printed in black and white on the test paper kept drilling into her mind.
The woman in the back seat made a sound of nails scratching the blackboard on the table. She poked Lin Yu and said, "Rice, give me another bite..."
Lin Yu couldn't remember how many meals they had eaten. Fortunately, the food was still delicious, and they didn't have to endure another kind of pain while resisting one kind of pain.
As she chewed her food, she noticed the few words she had just written on the test paper.
"The format is wrong... How come I even forgot the format for financial reimbursement..." Lin Yu muttered, looking at the question seriously, and a hint of clarity appeared in his gradually confused eyes.
"No, I meant to write 'answer the questions slowly'!"
Lin Yu was startled as if sleepwalking, and quickly wrote the reminder on his arm again, but halfway through, he was a little dazed, "What was the title?"
The marks on her arm were already densely packed. The "teacher" seemed to be watching her from behind. Lin Yu looked at the paper on her arm in a trance, "Ah... I can hand it in now."
BANG!!!
A violent bang was heard at the classroom door, and the bright headlights illuminated the figure of the "teacher" who appeared in an instant.
Lin Yu's dazed mind was suddenly awakened and he opened his eyes wide.
The "teachers" who were close to each other stretched from the podium to the door.
But the van that broke in didn't stop for a second.
Those strange figures with scars all over their bodies fell down immediately after being hit and were run over.
They were like bubbles, rolled into the wheels and disappeared.
A shrill whine came from the loudspeaker, and the chill that came from nowhere made Lin Yu's bones ache.
The second after all the bodies were run over by the wheels, the horn turned into a dull vehicle broadcast voice, "Please pay attention, stop, please pay attention, stop."
Lin Yu stared in amazement at the podium that had changed drastically in the blink of an eye, and shook his head vigorously to make sure it was not an illusion caused by dizziness.
A van hit the "teacher" and killed him???
The podium and classroom door were still intact!
Can a ghost be killed by a dump truck—no, a van?!
The "teacher" disappeared, and Lin Yu vaguely heard a burp coming from the van. But when he looked closely, there seemed to be no one behind the window.
Lin Yu shuddered.
Could this be a ghost car? However, the car seems familiar...
Before Lin Yu could figure out the familiar source from his chaotic mind, he was pushed by the woman behind him, "Hurry! Good opportunity!"
The short woman stared at the van with shining eyes. "If it can get in and kill 'Teacher', we can definitely get away!"
Lin Yu reacted immediately, picked up his unfinished meal, and ran away.
The classroom was small, and the damaged podium was very close to everyone. But just as Lin Yu and the woman in the back seat left their seats and took a step, faint voices came from all directions.
"Classmates... the exams aren't over yet... where are you going?"
The vague questioning voice was cold and emotionless, coming from someone else sitting in the classroom.
"If you move around before the end of the test, you will lose points."
"Are you guys going to cheat?"
"Hehehe, deduction points, deduction points! I definitely won't be the last one this time!"
"I can get extra points for helping to maintain order, right? The teacher should give me extra points."
They, no, they staggered out their arms and legs and grabbed Lin Yu and the other man.
They are like zombies and puppets. Beating and shoving them is useless, and shouting and persuading them are even more useless.
It seemed that there was only another set of order in their minds. They would only ask Lin Yu and the other person who violated the rules to continue the exam and deduct points - even though there was no "teacher" here.
Lin Yu finally realized how creepy the scene the woman in the back seat said about being blocked by classmates was.
The short woman gasped, "Why are they still like this? There's obviously no ghost!"
The two were forced back to their seats by the crowd. The papers on the table clattered, as if invisible hands were slapping them, warning them to continue answering the questions.
The crowd stared at them, shouting as if they were watching a stake.
"Exam! Exam!"
"Deduction points! Deduction points!"
"Answer the question! Answer the question!"
Lin Yu suddenly noticed that everyone had papers in their hands, but there seemed to be none in the van that had just crashed into them.
She gritted her teeth and said, "Car! Car, can you take us away?!"
The shouting students turned to the podium and stared directly at the van, "Are you here for school?"
The shouting turned back to its original vague sound, but at the same time the sound came out from the loudspeaker, and the whole classroom became even colder.
Test papers floated out of thin air. The words on the blank papers were blurry and changing from time to time. Only the four words "Yucai Education" were particularly clear.
The papers drifted towards the van like snowflakes, enough to bury it.
Behind the empty car window, a fat, pale face crawled out from under the driver's seat. It didn't sit down, but just lay in front of the steering wheel, pulling at the wet paper in its hand, but couldn't tear it off.
The papers flew and fell, and the voices of questioning grew louder. The bright lights went out, and the hood of the van split open, discharging half a paper.
The students' questioning finally stopped and they all sat back in their seats.
Lin Yu’s eyes went dark.
Finished. The new car is also stuck.
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The cram school has been closed down and no one has used it for who knows how long. The blackboard and tables and chairs are covered with a thick layer of dust.
The place was completely empty, with mold spots and peeling paint all over the walls, and no signs of a car having entered.
The second team arrived only a few minutes later than Zhou Xing. Ye Ping'an arrived before he did, and he was looking around aggressively.
"Where's the car thief? Where's the car? Officer, are you chasing in the wrong direction?"
"Looking." Zhou Xing controlled the spreading shadow, and the corners of his mouth twitched.
She was sure that the den of evil was here.
However, the leaked power of [Yucai College] has seriously distorted reality. Without meeting the conditions for entering the ghost den and finding the entrance, it seems that the ghost den does not exist. Investigators without sufficient experience may be misled when they come in.
Fortunately, the miniature ghost cave is not very large, so we can explore the entire area to find the entrance. Once we find the entrance, we can invite Ye Pingan to enter together, which will make it less likely for her to realize that something is "weird".
Ye Pingan walked into the classroom enthusiastically, "Officer, are you looking for clues about the car thief? You may not be able to see clearly at your age, I can help you!"
As Ye Ping'an stepped through the door, a strong chill erupted from the classroom, and the surrounding searchlights suddenly dimmed, as if covered by a layer of shadow.
The moment the lights dimmed, more than twenty students with pale faces appeared in the empty classroom.
Some people had words written all over their bodies and were staring at them straight, some had dazed and distorted expressions, and some had greasy faces and their eyes were wide open in fear... At the back of the classroom, there was even a table in front of the front of the van, as if it had become a student here too.
demon!
Zhou Xing looked at Ye Ping'an in surprise.
How did you suddenly come in???
Oh no, if someone flashes in front of him from inside the ghost den, will Ye Ping'an notice anything unusual?
"This is..." Zhou Xing spoke urgently.
Looking at the students who suddenly appeared, Ye Pingan rolled his eyes speechlessly, "Scare people? These routines are outdated. I'm not your teacher who fights wits and courage... Look, the old police officer's face has changed with fear!"
Zhou Xing: ...She's worrying in vain!
The van's lights flashed, "Beep, beep, beep—"
The alarm sounded again, and the pale face in the carriage twisted and turned, looking at Ye Ping'an eagerly, with dark eyes as if about to cry.
Ye Pingan saw the van at the back of the classroom and stared at the fat white man in the van with a bad face, "Okay, you come to steal my car again!"
【Hearse】：?
The pale face was stunned.
Once inside, Zhou Xing immediately began to search for any strangeness in the ghost den. However, apart from the hearse, there were only ghost slaves filling the classroom.
[Hearse] ran away with the help of [Yucai College]. Could it be that they will start devouring each other again so soon?
"There's something wrong with the car. Boss Ye, be careful of attacks from 'car thieves'!"
Zhou Xing reminded that the shadow separated the ghost slaves on both sides, leaving a path for them to walk towards the [hearse] and control it.
For a few minutes, Lin Yu's heartbeat was like a roller coaster, ups and downs, and he almost choked to death on a mouthful of food.
The car that can kill ghosts is here - the car crashes - Boss Ye and the seemingly official people are here, but they seem to mistake the car for a ghost!
Who says this car is bad? This car is awesome!
She quickly said, "Wait! It was the car that saved us!"
Zhou Xing: ???
Wait, didn’t Lin Yu fail to be rescued after being transformed into a ghost slave and was swallowed by the ghost?
How come she is awake now?!
...That said, it doesn't seem entirely clear. Can a fleeing hearse still save lives?
【Author’s words】
I have a little diarrhea...I'm really sorry for the late update today QAQ
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