Chapter 44: Either you send them to the underworld
The moment Qin Liu saw the bus, she froze.
When she wanted to leave, she found she couldn’t control her body at all!
Qin Liu could only watch as the bus drew closer to her…
When the bus was less than 10 meters away from Qin Liu, it suddenly stopped.
Inside the empty bus, there was no sound.
Qin Liu and the bus stared at each other.
Through the reflection on the bus window, Qin Liu saw her own appearance.
A young girl in a red wedding dress, holding a lantern emitting a faint light.
Her hollow, lifeless eyes gave off an extremely oppressive sense of fear.
She stood quietly by the roadside, watching the 514 bus.
They stared at each other in silence for a long time.
Until the next second, the 514 bus’s reversing lights suddenly came on, and with a flick of its tail, its rusted body, devoid of lubricant, let out an unbearable screech of metal friction.
In just 3 seconds, it completed a drift, a U-turn, and an acceleration sprint.
This bus, so rotten it could barely be called a bus, exhibited a terrifying acceleration of 0 to 100 kilometers per hour in an impossible 4 seconds, speeding off into the distance.
The emaciated middle-aged driver sat in his seat.
His face was rotten, and his entire body was swollen from being soaked.
Due to the sudden drift, his cervical spine made a creaking sound, and his head even turned a full 180 degrees.
His wide-open eyes were already filled with whites, with no pupils at all.
But even so, people could feel the fear and despair in his gaze.
Although this bus looked like a dilapidated wreck, under the driver’s skillful operation, it was running quite fast.
Looking at the speedometer reading 120 km/h, the driver opened his mouth, revealing pale teeth inside.
He breathed a sigh of relief.
At this speed, that fierce ghost in the red wedding dress shouldn’t be able to catch up… right?
He steered the steering wheel, preparing to take a hidden small path to bypass the red-clothed fierce ghost.
Even though he had become a ghost, he had worked in Jiangquan City for decades, and his understanding of the area was already etched into his DNA.
He knew how to get there even with his eyes closed.
The bus entered a small path, a rural road within the village.
Although it was morning, the road was covered by thick white mist, making it appear exceptionally desolate.
The bus traveled a long distance on the deserted country road.
But for some reason, it felt like the atmosphere inside the bus was becoming increasingly cold and gloomy.
It subconsciously glanced at the rearview mirror, and the expression on its face instantly froze.
Looking at the scene in the rearview mirror, even the hands holding the steering wheel began to tremble.
The bus, which was originally empty, was now filled with paper effigies dressed in red clothes and green pants.
Cold wind constantly blew into the bus through the broken windows.
This also caused the hands of these paper effigies to move constantly.
It was as if they were beckoning to the driver through the rearview mirror…
The driver’s face was filled with terror, and his hands gripping the steering wheel were already soaked with sweat.
He really wanted to abandon the steering wheel and run, but as the earth-bound spirit of the bus, he couldn’t!
What’s more, he knew that without this bus, it would be even more impossible for him to escape the pursuit of the red-clothed fierce ghost.
Ghosts should not make things difficult for other ghosts!
The driver dared not look at the rearview mirror again and tried to calm himself.
But he found that the more he tried to calm down, the more nervous he became.
Inside the bus, the gazes of over forty paper effigies were fixed on him.
This made him feel increasingly terrified.
After several minutes, the driver mustered up some courage and looked at the rearview mirror again.
But he found that the smiles on the faces of these paper effigies were becoming even more brilliant, and more crucially…
They had left their seats and were all hanging from the bus handles.
Like over forty hanged ghosts, swaying in the wind.
Even more chillingly, the young girl in the red wedding dress had gotten on the bus at some point. She sat quietly in the last row of the bus, her delicate but lifeless face gazing at him.
Just one glance at her, and the driver almost wanted to kneel.
His white shirt was already soaked with sweat. He dared not speak, and could only shift his gaze forward.
He was afraid that if he looked back, that young lady would charge over and devour him.
“Driver… stop the car.”
At this moment, the young girl in the back row spoke.
Even though she was so far away, the driver felt as if she were right beside his ear.
Upon hearing her voice, all forty-odd paper effigies returned to their seats.
“Screech!!”
The bus braked sharply and stopped.
But the problem was, the driver hadn’t hit the brakes from the beginning!
The bus stopped by the roadside, with traces of blue smoke rising from the tires.
Escape!
The driver quickly unbuckled his seatbelt and tried to get off.
But when he turned back, he saw that the red-clothed fierce ghost holding the lantern was already standing in front of him.
Her hollow, lifeless gaze brought a chilling terror to the driver.
He couldn’t break free, couldn’t escape, his entire body felt frozen and stiff.
But he heard the words of this red-clothed fierce ghost clearly.
“I need you to do me a favor.”
The girl’s voice was devoid of emotion, like that of a machine.
The driver looked like he was about to cry.
He wanted to refuse, but could he?
The forty-odd paper effigies around him seemed to let out sinister, eerie low chuckles that echoed constantly in his ears.
At this moment, the calm voice spoke again.
“From today onwards, change the bus route and set the destination to the interior of the Gui Ping District North Air-Raid Shelter. It is already connected to the underworld.”
“You need to pick up wandering souls along the way and take them to that place.”
“You have no other choice.”
“Either you send the wandering souls in this area to the underworld, or… I’ll send you to the heavens.”
Although the red-clothed fierce ghost’s tone was very calm, she spoke the most terrifying words.
The driver dared not object. He could only nod repeatedly, indicating his agreement.
“Now, drive the bus to the air-raid shelter. The underworld officials will be there to meet you…”
Qin Liu witnessed all of this, but her body was still not under her control, and the dream began to blur, gradually turning into darkness.
When Qin Liu woke up again, she found herself still sitting on the bus, and her control over her body had been restored.
This time, there were many unfamiliar faces on the bus, including victims from the past river-falling incident.
However, these sinful souls were now all bound tightly to their seats.
Besides these people, Qin Liu also saw a familiar yet unfamiliar young girl sitting in the last row.
This young girl was wearing glasses and sat upright in her seat, her eyes focused as she flipped through her lesson plans.
And Qin Liu recognized this person at a glance.
Liu Qian.
