Lu Ming quickly determined his current point in time based on the present situation.
Not long after the Starving Ghost Incident in Dachang City, Yang Jian had relied on the method of hanging himself with the Ghost Rope before the Ghost Mirror to temporarily balance the Ghost Eye and Ghost Shadow within his body.
It was also through this method that Yang Jian became one of the country's most powerful Ghost Controllers.
To commend his outstanding contributions in the Class S supernatural incident, Headquarters issued the supernatural item, Ghost Candle, and increased Yang Jian's gold quota.
At this time, Little Yang was still too young and afraid of idle gossip from those above.
Having received benefits, he felt embarrassed to continue declining the missions assigned by Headquarters.
Thus, following Headquarters' orders, Yang Jian came to Xiaochun City to investigate the disappearance case of a Headquarters supervisor. Whether by coincidence or deliberate arrangement, he boarded the Ghost Bus.
As all the passengers at the stop finished boarding, the old doors of the bus creaked and shut completely.
At this moment, the inside of the bus was like a sealed, unknown iron cage, making one feel uneasy.
Lu Ming quietly sized up Yang Jian; at the same time, Yang Jian was also sizing him up.
Afterward, Yang Jian sat in the seat beside Lu Ming—in the back row of the bus.
Those five young people dressed as students sat two rows to Yang Jian's left, chatting with each other, seeming to be in very good spirits.
Looking at their appearance, Lu Ming couldn't help but sigh inwardly: "The ignorant know no fear. Most ordinary people, when encountering supernatural incidents, die before they even have a chance to react. Like me right now—knowing everything, yet unable to change anything. Who knows if that is good or bad."
Among the five young people, one mysteriously opened a topic: "Do you know about the Dachang City Gray Fog Incident that's been creating a huge stir on the forums recently?"
"Yeah, wasn't it just a chemical plant leak?"
"You believe that? What chemical plant leak—that's pure nonsense. Let me tell you guys, but don't spread it around..."
The few of them discussed the various rumors regarding the Dachang City Gray Fog Incident, each throwing in their two cents.
Not far from them, Yang Jian listened intentionally or otherwise, while silently calculating in his heart how to find that missing Ghost Controller named Xu Feng.
Among these people, except for Lu Ming, no one realized that, before they knew it, the sky outside had already darkened.
Moreover, the intervals between the bus's stops at stations were growing longer and longer, and it had driven from the city center to the suburbs.
Even someone riding this bus for the first time would notice that the bus had long since deviated from its original route.
Yang Jian's heart immediately sank.
Based on his experience, he had most likely encountered a supernatural incident.
The bus windows seemed to be welded shut; they couldn't be opened at all.
Even pushing with all one's strength, they still didn't budge in the slightest.
Moreover, even trying to use his Ghost Domain was completely useless. The red light of the Ghost Eye's domain simply couldn't spread outside the bus. The outside and the inside of the carriage seemed to have become two separate worlds.
This Ghost Bus was even more bizarre than Yang Jian had imagined.
Yang Jian glanced at Lu Ming sitting beside him, whose expression was unreadable, and formed a silent assessment in his mind.
"This young man doesn't seem like an ordinary passenger. He seems to have sensed something wrong with this bus, but he hasn't panicked because of it. Instead, he's been waiting for some opportunity."
"The only strange thing is that someone capable of remaining calm during a supernatural incident isn't a Ghost Controller, but a complete and utter ordinary person."
After briefly sizing up Lu Ming, Yang Jian quickly withdrew his gaze.
He couldn't sense any supernatural aura on Lu Ming's body.
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On the bus.
Among the five young people nearby, the one called Zhang Hao had the loudest voice. He was arguing with his companions about whether ghosts existed in the world.
Right at this moment, the bus, which had been bumping along as it drove forward, suddenly came to an eerie stop.
"Driver, why did we stop?"
"Wait, the driver seems to have taken the wrong route. We need to get off quickly."
"There seems to be someone standing in the middle of the road waving. They probably want to hitch a ride."
The suddenly stalled bus immediately caused the passengers to break into a clamor of discussion.
But no matter how they shouted, the driver sitting at the very front didn't offer a single response or explanation.
A young man with a fiery temper finally couldn't stand it any longer. He left his seat and was about to confront the driver.
But when he got close, he discovered that the one sitting in the driver's seat wasn't a driver at all, but a corpse that had already rotted and was giving off a stench.
The corpse's face exuded a stiff deathly air. Its hollow mouth was slightly open, emitting a faint foul odor. Its skin carried dark cadaver spots and seemed slightly swollen, as if it had been soaked in water.
"Ah!"
The youth was so frightened he collapsed to the ground, his mind going completely blank, unable to speak.
The others rushed forward at the cry and were also frightened into screaming repeatedly.
If the one sitting in the driver's seat was a corpse, then who had been driving for them just now?
The situation had already exceeded everyone's expectations.
Coincidentally, right at this moment, both the front and rear doors of the bus opened.
A gloomy and cold air drifted into the carriage along with a breeze, and the surrounding temperature instantly dropped by several degrees.
"Quick!"
"Get off the bus quickly!"
By this point, even people who were usually extremely bold and didn't believe in ghosts couldn't help but feel afraid.
After all, no one isn't afraid of death.
Without the slightest hesitation, these people rushed off the bus in a swarm. The ones who didn't move for the moment were only Yang Jian, Lu Ming, and the two people at the very back of the carriage.
Yang Jian didn't move because he had misgivings.
Since this was an extremely dangerous Ghost Bus, could getting off really be this easy?
Moreover, he had just tried extending his Ghost Domain outside the vehicle.
The space outside the vehicle was filled with supernatural aura, making Yang Jian feel extremely endangered.
As for why Lu Ming didn't move... it was because only he had noticed the person standing in front of the bus.
It was a figure in red.
Because the facial features couldn't be seen clearly, from afar one could only sense that this was an extremely beautiful woman.
The woman wore a red wedding dress. Her vibrantly colorful attire was particularly striking in the gray, hazy world.
The only puzzling thing was the woman's actions.
From the very beginning, she had raised her right hand and was waving it stiffly in the air.
Someone unaware of the situation might think she was trying to flag down the bus.
But even after the bus stopped, the woman's movements continued.
"Why is it different from how it was supposed to progress?"
Lu Ming's left eyelid twitched madly, and the sense of foreboding in his heart grew increasingly intense.
If he wasn't mistaken, the scene before his eyes was precisely the foremost of the Ghost Bus's three great dangers: Fierce Ghost Blocking the Road!
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