When Dong Xi opened his eyes, he found himself in a pitch-black, enclosed space.
Recalling the system’s initial briefing, he dared not move, fearing that some sinister entity would discover his anomaly.
He thought this might be a game of “hide and seek” between the living and the supernatural. Luckily, he had something to conceal himself.
Fortunately, there was a crack in this enclosed space, allowing him to breathe.
He stayed hidden in this dim yet relatively safe space until the bus stopped, and he sensed people disembarking one after another.
After grappling with indecision for several seconds, he managed to remain concealed.
Gradually, he understood the situation and what it meant to pretend to be a ghost.
Carefully widening the gap, he secretly witnessed the exposure of players on the bus, the methods of killing them, and became even more aware of his fortunate position in a very secure environment.
He had no intention of going out.
What made him even more reluctant to venture out was the discovery of “ghosts” infiltrating the group of players.
He firmly believed that both the young man and the two kids were ghosts.
Because he had clearly seen the little girl summon numerous skulls out of thin air and observed the little boy with only half a shadow.
He even witnessed the boy, while sleeping, unconsciously moving his mouth to the back of his head, still breathing as if he inhaled and exhaled on the back of his head.
Dong Xi was nearly frightened to the point of losing his eyeballs.
But gradually, he also realized that if he continued to stay hidden and didn’t let other players know about him, no one would believe him later on.
So, tonight when the bus stopped, he emerged from the coffin.
He really wanted to tell the human pupa master that he was a player and that those three were ghosts infiltrating the crowd. However, the three ghosts remained in the vicinity of the human pupa master, and he dared not approach.
Just before boarding, in his last chance to talk to the human pupa master, the ghostly young man glanced in his direction.
He stiffly retreated back into the coffin.
Inside the coffin, a mix of uncontrollable urine and the already present stench blended together, making it unbearable. He felt panicked, uncomfortable, and aggrieved.
He sensed that the ghostly young man had noticed him.
While observing in secret, the little boy ghost also spotted him, his frightening yin-yang eyes staring directly at him.
He couldn’t continue hiding.
For various reasons, he needed to quickly get acquainted with the players to avoid losing their trust in the future. He should also take the opportunity to expose the three ghosts when they were asleep.
When the three ghosts were asleep and most of the ghosts in the bus had also begun to slumber, he quietly emerged from the coffin.
The human pupa master was asleep, and knowing how terrifying she could be, he didn’t dare to wake her. Instead, he approached Gu Xinghua, who was beside the human pupa master.
He knew Gu Xinghua, also a member of the Yongming Guild, often seen accompanying the human pupa master as her confidant.
His name was Gu Xinghua. To prove he was a player, he had to reveal his name, identity, and inform him about the Ning Su incident.
Gu Xinghua finally stirred, and he thought Gu Xinghua believed him.
His head fell to the ground.
His eyes stared in terror.
Looking at Gu Xinghua.
Gu Xinghua’s eyes widened in shock. Even the red blood vessels on his eyeballs burst and became thicker.
He trembled, feeling the warm and thick blood on his face.
Was the blood of a corpse warm, too?
An idea popped into his mind.
The suddenly stopped bus confirmed his suspicion.
In an instant, a certain panic tightened his heart, different from the panic of being discovered by a corpse.
He didn’t know why he was panicking; it wasn’t his first time killing. He had handled many players for the human pupa master in other instance.
Why was he panicking?
Suddenly, he remembered the system prompt.
[Do good deeds, don’t inquire about the future.]
‘Do good deeds, do good deeds? Then does that mean they can’t do bad deeds?’
Gu Xinghua inexplicably panicked, as if he had stepped into a trap-like quagmire and couldn’t get out.
The players coming down were all confused.
Pang Yang was on the verge of madness. “What’s going on? Haven’t we confirmed the players on the bus? Wasn’t our bus already safe?”
Ning Su said, “The one who might have died is the player who ‘disappeared’ on our bus.”
Pang Yang and Fang Qi were stunned.
It was Fang Qi who reminded them that there might be another player on their bus.
But since that player never came out, they speculated about having three players in one bus, and eventually, they didn’t pay much attention to it.
Whether that player came out or not was the other’s choice and freedom. Anyway, he was a player, not a ghost hiding in the crowd, so there was no need to be overly tense.
Unexpectedly, unexpectedly...
Fang Qi’s face turned ugly. “We tried to identify players, solidify our group, treating outsiders as potential threats, and as a result, we lost a player.”
Since entering the instance, no matter what methods they used, there would always be player deaths.
If they separated, they couldn’t prevent unknown ways of dying.
If they gathered together, who would have thought there would be corpses disguised as players?
They confirmed safe individuals, never expecting players to be treated as corpses.
What would come next?
That player’s head was directly severed by Gu Xinghua’s skill weapon, blood immediately splattering everywhere. It was a quick and convenient way to bleed out.
They fell silent for a moment, and then the bell rang.
By this time, it was almost dawn.
After the corpses got on the bus, they fell into a deep sleep.
The inside of the bus was very quiet. The bus stopped in less than an hour.
It remained silent inside, with no players getting off.
Gu Xinghua, who hadn’t slept all night, leaned against the bus wall, nibbling on his fingernails.
When the sun rose high, players began to get off the bus one after another.
“Five players died on the first night, three players on the second night. Will only one player die tonight?”
This time, the bus stopped in a place without a village in front or a store behind. Fortunately, there was a river here.
Fang Qi caught fish and sat beside Ning Su, watching him grill the fish, making such speculations.
Pang Yang: “Your knowledge of arithmetic progression is quite good, just don’t know if the system would have the same thought.”
Fang Qi: “...”
After a night of panic and death, when the sun fell upon them, the gloom and darkness dissipated a bit.
They still had to fill their stomachs and continue through the dungeon.
Ning Su was earnestly roasting fish. Smelling the aroma of the grilled fish and seeing the golden-brown fish skin, he happily swallowed saliva. His whole attention was captivated by the grilled fish.
“Snap!”
Suddenly, someone forcefully pushed his head, and the grilled fish on the fork plunged into the fire.
Ning Su almost got pushed in, too.
“Do you have the mood to eat, damn it!” Gu Xinghua, with bloodshot eyes and a fierce face, resentfully said, “What’s on your minds? Why didn’t you tell us there’s another player in the bus!”
Pang Yang threw the fire stick and stood up immediately. “What are you doing? Are you looking for trouble?”
Ning Su quickly took out the grilled fish, looked at the charred piece, pursed his lips, and stood up.
The little girl also stood up with him. Her bloodshot eyes stared at Gu Xinghua and then at the approaching human pupa master.
The little boy lifted his head and, as the crowd gathered, ran to the bus.
Gui Sheng adjusted his two short legs, hurriedly climbed to the upper bunk, and with two gray-white little hands, shook the wrist of the sleeping man.
The man slowly opened his eyes, and in those eyes, there was endless darkness and chaos.
The little boy stared blankly for a while, then murmured, “Dad.”
After a pause, the little boy crisply complained, “They bully, bully Mom!”
When Dong Xi opened his eyes, he found himself in a pitch-black, enclosed space.
Recalling the system’s initial briefing, he dared not move, fearing that some sinister entity would discover his anomaly.
He thought this might be a game of “hide and seek” between the living and the supernatural. Luckily, he had something to conceal himself.
Fortunately, there was a crack in this enclosed space, allowing him to breathe.
He stayed hidden in this dim yet relatively safe space until the bus stopped, and he sensed people disembarking one after another.
After grappling with indecision for several seconds, he managed to remain concealed.
Gradually, he understood the situation and what it meant to pretend to be a ghost.
Carefully widening the gap, he secretly witnessed the exposure of players on the bus, the methods of killing them, and became even more aware of his fortunate position in a very secure environment.
He had no intention of going out.
What made him even more reluctant to venture out was the discovery of “ghosts” infiltrating the group of players.
He firmly believed that both the young man and the two kids were ghosts.
Because he had clearly seen the little girl summon numerous skulls out of thin air and observed the little boy with only half a shadow.
He even witnessed the boy, while sleeping, unconsciously moving his mouth to the back of his head, still breathing as if he inhaled and exhaled on the back of his head.
Dong Xi was nearly frightened to the point of losing his eyeballs.
But gradually, he also realized that if he continued to stay hidden and didn’t let other players know about him, no one would believe him later on.
So, tonight when the bus stopped, he emerged from the coffin.
He really wanted to tell the human pupa master that he was a player and that those three were ghosts infiltrating the crowd. However, the three ghosts remained in the vicinity of the human pupa master, and he dared not approach.
Just before boarding, in his last chance to talk to the human pupa master, the ghostly young man glanced in his direction.
He stiffly retreated back into the coffin.
Inside the coffin, a mix of uncontrollable urine and the already present stench blended together, making it unbearable. He felt panicked, uncomfortable, and aggrieved.
He sensed that the ghostly young man had noticed him.
While observing in secret, the little boy ghost also spotted him, his frightening yin-yang eyes staring directly at him.
He couldn’t continue hiding.
For various reasons, he needed to quickly get acquainted with the players to avoid losing their trust in the future. He should also take the opportunity to expose the three ghosts when they were asleep.
When the three ghosts were asleep and most of the ghosts in the bus had also begun to slumber, he quietly emerged from the coffin.
The human pupa master was asleep, and knowing how terrifying she could be, he didn’t dare to wake her. Instead, he approached Gu Xinghua, who was beside the human pupa master.
He knew Gu Xinghua, also a member of the Yongming Guild, often seen accompanying the human pupa master as her confidant.
His name was Gu Xinghua. To prove he was a player, he had to reveal his name, identity, and inform him about the Ning Su incident.
Gu Xinghua finally stirred, and he thought Gu Xinghua believed him.
His head fell to the ground.
His eyes stared in terror.
Looking at Gu Xinghua.
Gu Xinghua’s eyes widened in shock. Even the red blood vessels on his eyeballs burst and became thicker.
He trembled, feeling the warm and thick blood on his face.
Was the blood of a corpse warm, too?
An idea popped into his mind.
The suddenly stopped bus confirmed his suspicion.
In an instant, a certain panic tightened his heart, different from the panic of being discovered by a corpse.
He didn’t know why he was panicking; it wasn’t his first time killing. He had handled many players for the human pupa master in other instance.
Why was he panicking?
Suddenly, he remembered the system prompt.
[Do good deeds, don’t inquire about the future.]
‘Do good deeds, do good deeds? Then does that mean they can’t do bad deeds?’
Gu Xinghua inexplicably panicked, as if he had stepped into a trap-like quagmire and couldn’t get out.
The players coming down were all confused.
Pang Yang was on the verge of madness. “What’s going on? Haven’t we confirmed the players on the bus? Wasn’t our bus already safe?”
Ning Su said, “The one who might have died is the player who ‘disappeared’ on our bus.”
Pang Yang and Fang Qi were stunned.
It was Fang Qi who reminded them that there might be another player on their bus.
But since that player never came out, they speculated about having three players in one bus, and eventually, they didn’t pay much attention to it.
Whether that player came out or not was the other’s choice and freedom. Anyway, he was a player, not a ghost hiding in the crowd, so there was no need to be overly tense.
Unexpectedly, unexpectedly...
Fang Qi’s face turned ugly. “We tried to identify players, solidify our group, treating outsiders as potential threats, and as a result, we lost a player.”
Since entering the instance, no matter what methods they used, there would always be player deaths.
If they separated, they couldn’t prevent unknown ways of dying.
If they gathered together, who would have thought there would be corpses disguised as players?
They confirmed safe individuals, never expecting players to be treated as corpses.
What would come next?
That player’s head was directly severed by Gu Xinghua’s skill weapon, blood immediately splattering everywhere. It was a quick and convenient way to bleed out.
They fell silent for a moment, and then the bell rang.
By this time, it was almost dawn.
After the corpses got on the bus, they fell into a deep sleep.
The inside of the bus was very quiet. The bus stopped in less than an hour.
It remained silent inside, with no players getting off.
Gu Xinghua, who hadn’t slept all night, leaned against the bus wall, nibbling on his fingernails.
When the sun rose high, players began to get off the bus one after another.
“Five players died on the first night, three players on the second night. Will only one player die tonight?”
This time, the bus stopped in a place without a village in front or a store behind. Fortunately, there was a river here.
Fang Qi caught fish and sat beside Ning Su, watching him grill the fish, making such speculations.
Pang Yang: “Your knowledge of arithmetic progression is quite good, just don’t know if the system would have the same thought.”
Fang Qi: “...”
After a night of panic and death, when the sun fell upon them, the gloom and darkness dissipated a bit.
They still had to fill their stomachs and continue through the dungeon.
Ning Su was earnestly roasting fish. Smelling the aroma of the grilled fish and seeing the golden-brown fish skin, he happily swallowed saliva. His whole attention was captivated by the grilled fish.
“Snap!”
Suddenly, someone forcefully pushed his head, and the grilled fish on the fork plunged into the fire.
Ning Su almost got pushed in, too.
“Do you have the mood to eat, damn it!” Gu Xinghua, with bloodshot eyes and a fierce face, resentfully said, “What’s on your minds? Why didn’t you tell us there’s another player in the bus!”
Pang Yang threw the fire stick and stood up immediately. “What are you doing? Are you looking for trouble?”
Ning Su quickly took out the grilled fish, looked at the charred piece, pursed his lips, and stood up.
The little girl also stood up with him. Her bloodshot eyes stared at Gu Xinghua and then at the approaching human pupa master.
The little boy lifted his head and, as the crowd gathered, ran to the bus.
Gui Sheng adjusted his two short legs, hurriedly climbed to the upper bunk, and with two gray-white little hands, shook the wrist of the sleeping man.
The man slowly opened his eyes, and in those eyes, there was endless darkness and chaos.
The little boy stared blankly for a while, then murmured, “Dad.”
After a pause, the little boy crisply complained, “They bully, bully Mom!”
