The [Animal Path] would completely tame its targets, down to their very bones. It would twist even their beliefs and ideals. Once they strayed from the path of taming and left this carriage, they would feel intense rejection, disgust, even guilt.
Just like animals, they might resist at first, but once tamed, they became numb, single-minded machines.
Zuo Yang's eyes gave Ji Yan the answer.
At that moment, amid the unrest in the carriage, Ji Yan watched as Zuo Yang and the others grew increasingly agitated, his eyes flickering faintly.
He could clearly feel that his own heart was being affected and twisted by the [Animal Path].
The way to ease this influence was simple: kill an Eerie NPC in the carriage.
But clearing the Dungeon and proceeding to the third carriage was somewhat troublesome.
The carriage had to trigger its stage before there was a chance. Yet the [Authority] was in the carriage Boss's hands. If it kept delaying the stage, it could drag things out indefinitely.
Of course, Ji Yan still had a way.
If [Authority] collided with [Authority], it could create a "loophole" in the carriage. But that method was too extreme, and Ji Yan would not use it unless absolutely necessary.
Still, Ji Yan was merely giving the other side time.
Just then, chaos erupted at the front of the carriage.
For some unknown reason, several passengers were continuously kicking and stomping on a middle-aged woman.
The middle-aged woman was dressed in rags. Curled up in a corner, she buried her head against her chest and shielded it...
Her cloudy eyes held nothing but numbness as she faced the passengers' malicious bullying.
"It must be you! You sickly woman, refusing to get lost to the [Hungry Ghost Path] carriage and shamelessly staying here. You must have