Chapter 22: Are you going to wear it?
After hearing this voice, all the ghosts in the entire bus carriage were stunned.
They had seen people on the bus who were furious, begging, or committing suicide in despair, countless kinds of people.
But they had never encountered someone hijacking the bus!
Are they even robbing a ghost bus?
All the ghosts inside the bus were silent.
However, this hijacker wearing a gas mask was not going to tolerate them.
Under the gaze of everyone, the man lifted his black trench coat and took out more than a dozen Zhenlei Talismans from inside.
Upon seeing this thing, all the ghosts present were dumbfounded.
They weren’t stupid; they knew exactly what the talismans in the man’s hand were.
Zhenlei Talismans?!
All the fierce ghosts on the bus were shocked. They knew that once an ordinary fierce ghost was hit by this thing, its soul would be scattered.
And now this man had taken out more than a dozen at once.
It was as outrageous as pulling out a dozen C4s on an airplane!
Was this person planning to blow himself and everyone on the bus up into the sky?!
The fierce ghosts in the carriage, whose faces were already swollen and white, now turned completely green with fear.
Upon seeing this, the bus immediately stopped and opened both its front and back doors. In just a second, the fierce ghosts inside scattered. Quite a few of them didn’t even bother with the doors; they jumped directly over the windows and ran far away.
If there were only one or two ghosts, Liu Haoyu might have tried to chase them, but it would be difficult to catch more than forty escaping pigs, let alone forty ghosts.
After they dispersed, the bus also turned into a phantom and disappeared completely.
The man wearing the gas mask, along with the stunned young girl, stood blankly in the middle of the road.
“They do run quite fast.”
The man sighed.
This man was Liu Haoyu.
The man put all these Zhenlei Talismans back into his trench coat.
Of course, he was just trying to scare those fierce ghosts. Even though Zhenlei Talismans were not as powerful against humans as they were against ghosts, if more than a dozen of them exploded at once, he, with his physique of a sports student, could still withstand it, but Qiu Leling behind him could not.
“It’s you…”
“Yes, it’s me.”
Liu Haoyu glanced at the black book. The red line above Qiu Leling’s name had disappeared.
“Delivery guy.”
Qiu Leling said dazedly. This title made Liu Haoyu a bit speechless.
However, it was at least better than being called a “midnight murderer.”
“It’s good that you’re alright, but I need to tell you something next, and you must not be scared…”
Hearing the man wearing the gas mask speak with such a heavy tone, Qiu Leling couldn’t help but hold her breath.
“Could it be that I’m already dead?”
“No, you’re not dead yet… but it’s very possible that your existence has been erased. That is to say, people who knew you, including the traces you left behind, have all been erased by the fierce ghosts.”
Liu Haoyu had only spoken halfway when Qiu Leling was about to breathe a sigh of relief, but after hearing the whole sentence, her face was filled with astonishment and disbelief.
“So, everyone doesn’t know me anymore?”
“Yes.”
After receiving Liu Haoyu’s affirmation, Qiu Leling finally understood. When she had called Liu Zining just now, the other party was not a ghost, but her existence had been completely erased, and she didn’t recognize her at all.
“I… don’t believe it.”
Qiu Leling looked a bit stubborn. She gritted her teeth and took out her mobile phone to call her family.
However, the cold prompt on the phone made her heart grow half cold.
“The number you have dialed is out of service…”
No matter how she tried, she heard this voice.
But how could there be no signal so close to the city?
Qiu Leling looked at Liu Zining’s phone, took a deep breath, and called again.
“Hello…”
“Hello? Are you okay? Where are you? I’ll come over right now!”
Liu Zining on the other end was very anxious, but she still didn’t recognize her.
Qiu Leling was silent for a moment before saying.
“I am Qiu Leling… Ningning, do you remember me?”
“This…”
There was hesitation on the other end of the phone, and then the voice said with a smile.
“Of course, I remember. Where are you? I’ll be there immediately.”
Listening to this voice, Qiu Leling didn’t speak. She knew Liu Zining very well.
Based on her reaction, she was lying just now.
It was just to take care of her feelings.
Just like her usual fake, forced smile towards others.
“It’s okay, it’s okay. Ningning, you should rest early. It’s almost four o’clock.”
After Qiu Leling finished speaking, she hung up the phone and then sat dejectedly on the curb.
Like a helpless little dog with no home.
It started to rain lightly, and the cold raindrops fell on the two of them, but Qiu Leling didn’t react at all.
She was not as strong as Bai Anting; she was just an ordinary person, nothing more.
Anyone encountering such a situation would feel a sense of confused helplessness.
As she was lost in thought, an umbrella blocked the raindrops falling on her.
Qiu Leling looked up. The man had taken off his gas mask, holding an umbrella in one hand and placing the other in front of her.
At this moment, Liu Haoyu’s figure was like a giant standing between heaven and earth, giving Qiu Leling a sense of security.
A trace of admiration and gratitude arose in the young girl’s heart, and she took the man’s hand.
“Thank…”
“Your clothes are all wet, right? I have a pair of white stockings here, do you want to wear them?”
“……?”
The feelings of admiration and gratitude disappeared.
Qiu Leling now only wanted to call the police.
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On the other side, Qin Liu was walking in the cold and desolate wilderness.
She and Liu Haoyu were acting separately.
Liu Haoyu went to protect Qiu Leling, who was being targeted.
She was alone in the Underworld, searching for Bai Anting’s trace.
Before separating, Liu Haoyu gave the black book from his backpack to Qin Liu.
And repeatedly instructed her to listen to the black book’s instructions and run if she encountered any danger, and absolutely not to confront fierce ghosts.
Especially, try not to use her abilities as a guide.
In fact, Qin Liu also knew this.
Ever since she realized her mission as a guide a long time ago, she had been restraining herself from using her abilities as much as possible.
She even tried her best to live like a normal person.
Normal walking, normal eating, normal sleeping, normal self-touching…
Pfft! What was that.
Qin Liu threw the chaotic thoughts in her mind aside.
Then she looked at the black book and said.
“Is Bai Anting really going to be in a place like this?”
“Fate’s guidance tells me she is ahead.”
Listening to the black book, Qin Liu looked at the Stone Turtle Reservoir in front of her.
She and Liu Haoyu had been here a few times, but that was in the Human World.
Now this was the Underworld filter. A faint mist floated on the lake’s surface, and ripples occasionally formed, as if some monster was emerging from the water and quickly sinking back down.
“Walk a few steps forward along this small path, and you’ll arrive.”
“Okay…”
Following the black book’s guidance, Qin Liu turned from the straight highway onto a village road.
The village road ahead seemed like it hadn’t been walked on for a very, very long time.
The weeds on both sides had almost encroached into the middle of the road.
The road condition was also very bumpy and uneven. Coupled with the upward slope, Qin Liu, with her extremely poor physical condition, was out of breath after walking only a few steps.
“Damn… It’s been ten minutes, why… haven’t we arrived yet?”
“If you ask me…” the black book said, feeling a bit ashamed as it looked at the panting Qin Liu.
“You’ve only been climbing the mountain for three minutes.”
“Why does it feel so far?”
Qin Liu had no choice but to float her body up so that she could feel a bit more relaxed.
“I think it’s a problem with your body being too weak.”
A normal person wouldn’t be as weak as Qin Liu. This physique was like that of a sickly young girl.
Although the black book couldn’t see Qin Liu’s fate,
based on the current known conditions, it could guess why her body was like this.
Qin Liu’s body had been lying in a coffin all along. Even though the formation maintained her vital signs, there was still a constant wear and tear, and her body would also affect her soul.
For example, Qin Liu’s weakness was caused by her main body not being able to move.
It was similar to how a patient lying in bed for several years would become emaciated.
If the current situation continued, although it could suppress her abilities as a guide, the continuous weakening of her body was also very dangerous.
In fact, Qin Liu’s body might die in the coffin, and at that time, the guide would completely take over her soul.
So, no matter what, they had to think about how to get Qin Liu out of the black coffin in the end.
And…
Looking at Qin Liu’s extremely weak state, the black book added in its mind.
If this state wasn’t properly recovered, and she were to get into bed, she would probably pass out after just three minutes of “bombardment.”
