Chapter 304 - Chapter 304: Chapter 303: The Passenger in the Car

Chapter 304: Chapter 303: The Passenger in the Car

As the bus driver’s corpse fell to the ground, the entire bus went out of control, and it was only then that the passengers realized the gravity of the situation. It seemed that this was no longer a simple matter of the driver taking a detour on his own, because this bus was truly bizarre.

Though the vehicle’s engine was not running, it was still eerily moving along the road with no sign of slowing down.

Once everyone grasped the situation, panic erupted instantly.

Some frantically made phone calls for help, others tried to open windows to see if they could jump out and leave, while some were petrified with fear.

Those who called did get through and were told that help was on the way, but under these circumstances, not only was it unlikely that they would be reached in time, but also they might not even live to see the rescue.

This was a haunted and mysterious bus.

Xu Feng, a local ghost handler who had previously been on this bus, had disappeared on it, which meant something very clear to Yang Jian.

Something extremely terrifying was bound to happen on this bus, it was just that, for now, the urgent and bizarre events had not yet occurred.

“Damn it, the windows won’t open, they’re all sealed shut.”

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“The door won’t budge either, there’s a problem with this bus. It can’t really be haunted, can it?”

“I’ve already reported it to the police, they say they’re ready to rescue us, told us to wait.”

The passengers all began to look for ways to save themselves, but the results were not very good. Aside from still being able to contact the outside world through phones, all other means had failed on this bus.

Seeing the panic-stricken state of the other passengers, Zheng Yaowen was also scared out of his wits. “Zhang Haw, what do we do now? We must have run into something evil.”

With a gloomy face, Zhang Haw said, “How would I know what to do? This is my first time encountering something like this. Anyway, let’s try to get out of here. If it really is haunted, then we’re in big trouble. I don’t want to die in Dachang City like my friend did. I’ve always told you that ghosts really exist, but you just wouldn’t believe me,”

“But, how do we get off this bus?” Zheng Yaowen asked, stuttering, clearly panicked.

At this moment, Yang Jian ignored the panic of the other passengers and chose to leave his seat, standing up and walking toward the driver’s area.

It had already been confirmed earlier that nothing happened when Zheng Yaowen pushed the driver’s corpse, which meant that this action did not touch upon some taboo, and moving around the cabin was safe for the time being. Since it was safe, it was necessary to investigate the surroundings.

Passing through the frantic crowd, he approached the driver’s seat to check it out.

Someone was still trying to control the steering wheel to stop the bus, but it was utterly useless.

Yang Jian looked around but found no clues, nor did he discover any patterns. It seemed at this point that there was no solution to the situation. He felt like the passengers were locked in a cell with no way out, unless, perhaps, the bus doors opened automatically at some point.

“What in the world is this bus? It’s one thing for ordinary people to be trapped here, but even I am stuck.”

He now had no better option than to wait for some kind of change in circumstance.

And just as he turned around to go back to his seat, suddenly,

he saw a black electronic display screen hanging in the middle of the bus. Despite the vehicle not being started and the screen not being electrified, it was still lit up. The red lights formed a line of words that floated across: Current number of passengers: 2.

“Passenger number 2?”

Yang Jian paused for a moment, then scanned the more than twenty people in the bus. No matter how he looked at it, it didn’t seem like there were only two passengers. Had they forgotten to add a zero at the end?

“Perhaps this ‘passenger number 2’ doesn’t refer to people…”

For some reason, this thought suddenly crossed his mind.

If the number on the display didn’t refer to the number of people, it was very likely referring to the number of ghosts on the bus. The light displayed ‘passengers’, but these passengers didn’t necessarily have to be living to count, perhaps the dead were included as well.

At that thought,

Yang Jian couldn’t help but feel a chill.

Were there two ghosts mingling among the more than twenty passengers?

No.

It wasn’t that the ghosts were mingling among the passengers; instead, the twenty passengers had stumbled into the midst of ghosts. Perhaps this bus wasn’t meant for the living at all, and the others had just blundered onto a ghost bus.

Taking another look at the passengers, this time Yang Jian scrutinized them with extra care, trying to identify any unnatural beings.

He immediately locked onto several suspicious individuals.

The driver’s body lay on the ground, ignored by everyone.

The old country woman sitting in the front, she who had previously spoken up to warn Zhang Haw.

And the very last row of the bus.

Ever since getting on the bus, two passengers who had remained silent, sat still as if nothing were amiss.

One of them wore a trench coat, arms crossed and head bowed, unrecognizable, seated on the far right; the other wore a duckbill cap and a long-sleeved shirt, also with head bowed, leaning against the window.

Sitting apart, motionless, they resembled stiff corpses, emanating an eerie, inexplicable aura.

“Could the two passengers on the bus refer to them?” Yang Jian couldn’t help but make such a guess.

If, as he surmised, those two passengers were ghosts, then these two people were very likely the ones.

He wasn’t quite certain.

Moreover, even if he were certain about the identity of the ghosts, Yang Jian didn’t see how it would be of any use; it seemed unrelated to him.

Even if there were two ghosts on the bus, as long as they didn’t start killing people on their own, the effect was minimal.

The real concern was how to find a way to get off the bus and leave this place.

Yang Jian had no intentions of being trapped here indefinitely.

“This paranormal event is completely different from the ones before, a different kind altogether. In previous events, like the Hungry Ghost incident, you only had to deal with fierce spirits, and as long as you could contain them, the event would end. But in this case, you don’t need to confront any fierce spirits, just think about how to leave,” he reflected.

His head began to ache.

If before it was like a game of fighting a boss, now it had become a game of room escape.

The danger was less intense, but the difficulty had increased.

“Thinking things through has never been my strong suit, that’s Wang Xiaoming’s area of expertise. I’m better at direct confrontations, finding solutions through contact with fierce spirits, not by sitting here overthinking,” Yang Jian inwardly sighed with a sense of powerlessness. His ability to deduce was limited; with nothing happening, it was hard to conjecture anything from thin air.

He settled back into his seat.

At that moment he felt his phone vibrate.

Checking it, Yang Jian saw a text from Chong Xiong of the Casework Bureau. He glanced at it, confirming the good news that the handwriting from before had been analyzed, then turned it off. Now wasn’t the time to be distracted by the Ghost Cabinet; he needed to figure out a way to deal with the situation at hand.

The panic within the bus continued and had gradually evolved into an indescribable fear.

More people started to believe they had encountered evil spirits, that there was something wrong with the bus.

“Brother, you were so quick to notice something was off about this bus, you must have a way to leave here now,” Zhang Haw said after regaining some composure from the earlier panic and noticing Yang Jian, who had warned him.

Even though they didn’t know each other, he felt this person knew more than he did.

Yang Jian said, “Didn’t I mention earlier? Don’t be fooled by my calm demeanor, I’m actually panicking, and if I had a way I wouldn’t just be sitting here. I want to leave even more than you do.”

He shook his head, indicating he couldn’t think of any good plan.

“We can only continue waiting, waiting for the bus to stop on its own as there seems to be no other way to leave right now,” he added.

“No, can’t be, doesn’t that mean we’re in great danger? Who knows how long we’ll have to stay in this damned place,” Zhang Haw replied.

Yang Jian responded, “Weren’t you the one who said being single for over twenty years meant you weren’t afraid of any ghost? And now you’re afraid of taking a bus?”

“I was just bragging then, how can that count?” said Zhang Haw.

However, while the two were talking, the eerie bus, which hadn’t stopped for over half an hour, suddenly began to slow down and gradually pulled over to the side of the road.

It seemed as if the bus was about to make a stop.

“Hm?”

Yang Jian’s expression instantly became stern; he stopped the idle chatter with Zhang Haw and got ready to disembark.

If the door opened and nothing unexpected happened, his Ghost Domain would be able to extend outward, allowing him to leave the bus safely.

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