The car slowly came to a stop. Jiang Cheng stared ahead, while Huai Yi in the passenger seat was so shocked that his jaw hung open.
People began to appear before them—many, many people, gathered together with their backs to them, blocking the entire road.
It seemed these were the people who had disappeared from the cars.
Standing at the very front of the crowd was a girl in a camisole and denim shorts.
The girl also had her back to them. She was tall, with skin so pale it seemed to glow, and wore a pair of casual shoes.
The girl suddenly took a step forward. A moment later, everyone else stepped forward with her, their movements perfectly synchronized.
As the girl moved ahead, Jiang Cheng clearly saw that the road beneath her feet was strangely extending forward, as if it stretched wherever she went.
His earlier guess had been right. They could leave as long as they got in front of the girl.
With the bus's mark, the girl's strange ability had no effect on them. Otherwise, they would have lost their minds too and joined the crowd, like zombies.
"But how are we supposed to get through?" Huai Yi couldn't help asking. He stared at the crowd, deeply uneasy. If he had a choice, he'd stay far away from them—especially the girl at the front.
The girl was probably the out-of-control Disciple, and this supernatural incident had started because of her.
The crowd blocked the entire road, so there was no way to drive through unless they ran people over. Jiang Cheng and the others didn't consider themselves so utterly heartless.
If they couldn't drive through, then they'd have to make their way through the crowd on foot. But it looked like neither the Fatty nor Huai