Gradually, though, the second hand seemed to meet some kind of resistance. It moved slower and slower until, with a soft tick, it stopped.
The next second, after a strange spasm, all three of them jolted awake almost at the same time.
They went downstairs and opened the door. Sure enough, that old bus had come back to haunt them. It was parked not far outside, beside a stop that shouldn't have existed.
"Whew..." Jiang Cheng took a deep breath and stepped onto the bus first as the doors opened.
Inside, everything was still the same: thick fog, poor visibility. Jiang Cheng had memorized the picture on the back of the photo from before, so this time he went straight to the seat where he'd sat on the previous trip.
Fortunately, nothing happened along the way.
Then he walked a few steps farther, approaching the spot Lin Wan'er had mentioned.
Nothing happened.
He thought for less than a second, then slowly took another step forward. Soon, he took another. But as his last step landed, he clearly sensed something was wrong.
A sudden chill ran over him. A cold, sinister gaze had fixed on him.
Without hesitation, he immediately backed away and sat in the seat Lin Wan'er had marked. The Fatty and Huai Yi sat down beside him as well. Since boarding, both of them had behaved themselves, neither looking around nor making a sound.
Once the three of them were seated, the feeling of being watched faded considerably. In just a few seconds, cold sweat had beaded on Jiang Cheng's forehead. That test had been too risky. He'd gotten greedy.
All the seats marked in red were empty. They had to sit in an empty seat to enter the mission safely; otherwise, something terrible would happen. That was