Chapter 123: Chapter 122: Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night.
Chen Miao's sudden shout left the other players on the bus completely dumbfounded, frozen in place with faces full of shock, all of them staring in horror at the wide-open bus door.
Accompanying the high-speed travel, a massive amount of cold wind whistled in.
Chilling each person to the core.
In this eerie place, only sitting on the bus could give them a slight sense of security; with the door wide open, who knew what the next second might bring.
Only Chen Miao continued to enthusiastically stick his head out towards the empty street and bellowed.
"The last 119 Hell Bus from Fengtian City to hell, no more after this one!"
"There are still seats available!"
"Come aboard if you're getting on!"
He then licked his lips with lingering excitement, now slightly regretting sending off that mother and child ghost so soon. If only he had acted later, but those two had been so emotional that he accidentally pulled the trigger and sent them on their way...
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He had sent away his Taboo Item with that trigger pull!
Although he didn't know what effects the D-class Taboo Item "Lover's Lunacy" would have, since it was a D-class, it was definitely something valuable, and he had been coveting the D-class Taboo Item that Sang Biao had.
"Young man..."
At the urging glances of everyone, the man from Gaobei City wearing a straw raincoat said with a tingling scalp and an uneasy expression, "Shall we close the door first? This is the deadly 18-passenger Hell Bus. It's better to be cautious."
"We're absolutely safe inside the bus, but nobody knows what we may encounter along the way. If something gets in, we're doomed."
"And..."
After carefully considering his words, the man continued, "Being a ticket collector is just a role, don't take it too seriously. Attracting too many of these messy...lovely things on the bus isn't really a good thing."
He had wanted to say these messy things, but considering the creature seated at the back of the bus, if he inadvertently said something wrong and offended it, causing a sudden frenzy, they'd all be in trouble.
Since he had communicated with Chen Miao the most, he had no choice but to speak up now. If it were before, he would never have approached this conversation so gently, but he could no longer be so carefree after seeing Chen Miao handle a situation with a single round at Mile Park during the first challenge.
"It's okay."
Chen Miao turned to look at the man, smiling, "Just now, my panel told me, the more uninvited guests we have on board, the fewer dangers we'll face later on."
The man's mouth twitched slightly, but he didn't speak. He was eighty percent sure that Chen Miao was spouting nonsense, but he didn't dare to question it. He started to suspect that Chen Miao's previous statements about his panel were also made up.
And just then—
A woman without a head had suddenly appeared at the end of the road, standing in place and waving her hands continuously.
"Here, here!"
"Driver, stop the bus!"
Chen Miao, who had stuck his head out of the door, brightened up when he saw her and immediately signaled the driver to stop. He then stood at the bus entrance and called to the headless woman in front of the bus, "Going to hell from Fengtian City, right?"
"This is the last bus, no more after this."
"Do you have the fare?"
The woman, lacking a head, with a horrific bowl-sized wound on her neck that had turned her blood to a paste, naturally couldn't speak. She just waved her hands in the air for a while, as if trying to communicate in sign language. However, it was clear that Chen Miao had no idea what the woman was trying to convey.
But not understanding didn't matter.
The panel would tell her.
"Ding, congratulations on triggering the hidden quest, kill the murderer."
"Quest details: Kill the murderer in real life before the vehicle reaches the final stop."
"Reward for the quest: Obtain the bus fare from the woman, a random E-rank item treasure chest."
Just E-rank, huh...
Chen Miao muttered under his breath with some dissatisfaction, looking at the woman in front of him who was now headless. So poor yet still wanting to take the bus to reincarnate, he was almost reluctant to take this job. His appetite had grown larger.
He already felt that a random E-rank item treasure chest wasn't really worth his interest.
But a mosquito's leg is still meat, so he accepted the job. It was just his mental process, after all. With hidden quests popping up, there wasn't really a chance to refuse.
At this moment, the woman took out a piece of parchment from her bosom and handed it to him.
It listed the woman's cause of death and grievances, as well as the exact address of the murderer.
She was a young girl, walking home in the early hours after a dance practice. Passing through a dark alley, she offered some food to a homeless man who was still struggling late at night. Perhaps it was when she bent down, her low-cut neckline inadvertently revealed too much.
That made the homeless man suddenly hungry.
The homeless man, who hadn't tasted a woman in years, overpowered the young girl in a moment of impulse, defiled her, and then cut off her head and threw it into the sewer before fleeing.
The family address was where this homeless man often roamed, including a general description of his appearance and build.
"..."
After reading the parchment, Chen Miao looked at the headless woman with a slender figure and reflected, "How does that saying go? Do not go gentle into that good night."
"As a girl, you should stay away from dark alleys in the wee hours. The other side of humanity can be greatly magnified in the darkness where there's no one around, especially for those driven to desperation."
He never gave to beggars.
Because he believed, no matter how much money he had, homeless people couldn't get rich off it.
But if he were to give up even a couple of coins, he might have to skip his next meal.
The world is in too much chaos, better to take care of oneself first.
"Alright."
Chen Miao waved his hand, indicating the woman could board the bus, "Find a seat for yourself. Next life, be more careful about where you're reborn, maybe I can pull some strings to have you reincarnated as a beggar so you can defile others. That would be karma, a cycle of vengeance."
The bus doors slowly closed.
The bus began moving again.
They hadn't reached the third stop yet, but the bus had stopped mid-way, just as he had guessed. The primary mission of this ride was to pick up the lost souls who died unjustly in the human world and were delaying their trip to hell; they were just incidental.
That's why the bus had stopped.
Without delay, he posted the information about the murderer in the forces channel. This trip was a test for the "Tomb Guardian" force as well as for Hungry Monkey, Yuan Buping, and everyone else involved.
If everything went smoothly this time, their tacit understanding would be honed to a whole new level.
This force might truly become one to be reckoned with.
Sometimes, it's not actually that important how strong you are, what truly matters is being capable of getting things done.