The passengers immediately erupted in an uproar, shouting, "Captain, where are you going! Take us with you!"
"No, you're all too weak. Following along will only hold us back." After mercilessly criticizing all the passengers, Mo Shuwan looked at Yang Zhou, who had been sitting silently not far away. "Yang Zhou, after Wen Zuo and I leave, you'll be responsible for everyone's safety. I know you have defensive talismans; use them if you encounter any danger."
Yang Zhou, whose name was called, quickly stood up and nodded without complaint, "I understand."
Mo Shuwan and Wen Zuo left quickly.
As soon as they left, Yang Zhou gathered all the passengers together and drew a circle around them, placing all his defensive talismans along that line – a desperate gamble.
"No one is allowed to leave this circle. If we encounter any danger, I will immediately activate the defensive talisman with my mind. As long as you are inside the circle, the defensive talisman will protect you."
The passengers who were initially unhappy because Yang Zhou had huddled everyone together like piglets all looked at him with gratitude, and those who had just harbored rebellious thoughts obediently stayed inside the enclosure.
Yang Zhou's actions shocked Lu Xingkai and other veteran passengers. "Are you crazy?"
Yang Zhou squatted on the edge, ignoring Lu Xingkai's shouts.
Cai Zhongqi, who had a slightly better relationship with him, walked over, frowned, and said, "That's all the trump cards you have to save your life. You've used them all now... It's only been three days. What will you do if you encounter danger in the future?"
Let's take it one step at a time.
Yang Zhou's answer was indifferent. Cai Zhongqi frowned and looked at him for a moment, then gritted his teeth and took out two defensive talismans from his pocket. "Here, take two back."
Yang Zhou, who had been keeping his head down, finally looked up at Cai Zhongqi with surprise in his eyes. He probably hadn't expected Cai Zhongqi to help him share the burden at this time. After a long silence, Yang Zhou didn't refuse Cai Zhongqi's kindness, "Thank you."
At this moment, Qi Hao also came over, took out a crumpled defensive talisman and gave it to Yang Zhou, "Here you go."
Yang Zhou lowered his head abruptly, and after a moment said, "Keep yours."
In the end, Yang Zhou confiscated Qi Hao's defensive talisman. With Cai Zhongqi's support, he still had two defensive talismans in his possession.
Throughout the journey, Lu Xingkai and the other regular passengers looked at Yang Zhou as if he were an idiot, thinking: Mo Shuwan probably only asked him to protect the passengers because she thought he was easy to bully. Who else would be willing to give up all their wealth to protect a group of unimportant strangers?
Holding flashlights, Mo Shuwan and Wen Zuo walked into the darkness. They had already covered about a kilometer without encountering any trouble, but it was precisely this that made them uneasy.
That shouldn't be the case. How could we not have encountered a single dinosaur in such a vast forest after walking for so long?
To break the silence, Mo Shuwan spoke first, "Do you remember when we were besieged by vampires in the last world, I killed a passenger in the chaos?"
Wen Zuo nodded.
Unfortunately, the surroundings were shrouded in darkness, and Mo Shuwan had to be wary of any potential threats that might arise at any moment, so she dared not look at Wen Zuo's reaction.
However, even without looking, she could guess that Wen Zuo remembered, so she continued, "Back then, you killed Zhan Fei, which triggered a hidden side quest, but the passenger I killed didn't trigger it. I kept thinking about why, until we came to this world, and the bus would automatically issue side quests to us old passengers who had 'identities'."
"However, I found that some missions are issued immediately by the bus, while others require us to come into contact with key things to trigger them. Until recently, the passengers disappeared without a trace, and we still haven't received any side missions."
Wen Zuo had already guessed what Mo Shuwan wanted to say, and a slight smile appeared on his lips as he felt proud of her intelligence.
But Mo Shuwan didn't notice his odd behavior and went on to explain her guess: "Our bus is the new G-01, which means it's the first time-travel bus in this sequence. But the information we have now is that there are other time-travel buses. The buses have repeatedly tempted us to use points, so does that mean there is a kind of competitive rule among the buses?"
Mo Shuwan stopped in her tracks, feeling as if she had grasped something. "I can be sure that when I boarded the bus, it was the first time it had set off. To put it simply, compared to other buses, the time-travel bus we were riding was just a growing baby."
At this point, Mo Shuwan chuckled at herself.
Meanwhile, atop a mountain cliff, an uninvited guest arrived aboard the new G-01 time-travel bus. The person, cloaked, sat in the driver's seat, gazing into the distance. "Is another observer about to appear..."
The bus was silent, with only its two headlights flickering slightly.
The cloaked figure stood up, his voice cold and clear, "According to Article 367 of the Time-Space Bus Alliance Law, Time-Space Bus New G-01 has leaked classified information due to its own shortcomings. Therefore, all of Time-Space Bus New G-01's points are now reset to zero, and it is disqualified from participating in this year's Time-Space Bus competition—"
The cloaked figure's voice faded into the distance. A few seconds later, silence returned inside the time-travel bus. The quiet time-travel bus grumbled discontentedly, "This is completely targeted! I've never heard of a time-travel bus being punished because of an observer! Besides, she's not even an observer..."
Of course, Mo Shuwan and Wen Zuo were completely unaware of what happened inside the bus...
Mo Shuwan, who had stopped, suddenly chuckled softly, "So, by that logic, how can a baby not make mistakes?" She paused, then couldn't help but rub her forehead, "Am I overthinking things?"
Wen Zuo wanted to say no, your analysis is spot on, but unfortunately the timing is not right. He dared not let his guard down and type, so he could only hide his thoughts in his heart with frustration, eagerly wanting to go back to the bus to exchange for a voice-restoring drug.
Suddenly, a strange, noisy sound came from not far away. Mo Shuwan and Wen Zuo immediately went into battle mode, frowning as they shone their flashlights in the direction of the sound. They saw a huge dinosaur lying on the ground, struggling violently, but there was clearly nothing around it to restrain it.
An unseen enemy?!
Just to be on the safe side, the two did not go to check immediately, and both made a quick decision to take out a defensive talisman and put it in their pockets, so they could activate it at any time if they encountered danger.
Time passed slowly, and Mo Shuwan and Wen Zuo, who dared not make any rash moves, had been standing in the same spot for more than ten minutes. The dinosaur was still in a struggling posture, but apart from the noise made by its struggling movements, it did not make any other sounds, which was very unusual.
Mo Shuwan lowered her voice and guessed, "This place isn't far from us, could it be this invisible entity that abducted the passengers?"
Wen Zuo nodded.
It's very likely, but I don't know why, after so long, this dinosaur has done nothing but struggle.
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