(Tang Ya artwork)
Wang Dong'er turned to Xiao Xiao, her tone carrying a hint of seriousness. "Xiao Xiao, don't give me away when we get back to school."
Xiao Xiao leaned over the seatback, her chin resting on her arms, her eyes sparkling. "Don't worry, my lips are sealed!"
Looking at those big eyes of hers that couldn't hide a secret, Wang Dong'er gave a soft snort, her gaze filled with undisguised suspicion.
Xiao Xiao stuck out her tongue and shrank back into her seat.
Sunlight slanted in through the windows, filling the carriage with a lazy warmth.
Tang Ya leaned forward from the back, about to say something...
Screech—!
Lin Ye suddenly slammed on the brakes. The tires dragged across the ground with a piercing scrape, and everyone in the vehicle lurched forward!
"Ow!" Tang Ya's forehead bumped lightly against the front seatback. She clutched her head and gasped, "Lin Ye! Do you even know how to drive? Let me do it if you can't!"
But Lin Ye did not answer.
Both hands gripping the steering wheel, he stared through the windshield at the road ahead. His brows drew together slightly, and his voice was several shades lower than before.
"Something's off. Twelve out of ten off."
Lin Ye's Lotus Heart Consciousness Sea silently spread out.
The road ahead was completely deserted.
On the surface, everything seemed normal: sunlight, dust, and the wild grass by the roadside swaying faintly in the wind.
Yet beneath that calm lay an abnormal energy fluctuation, dense and solid.
It was as though someone had buried a concentrated mass of destructive force beneath the road and concealed every trace of its aura by some means.
A Soul Guidance Bomb.
And at least a Class 6 Soul Tool.
Lin Ye shifted into reverse and sharply