Chapter Summaries

Feng Yan tried to stop people from boarding a suspicious Route 666 bus linked to disappearances, explaining that he was an intern with Qingliu City's Special Action Team. As the bus prepared to leave, an elderly woman boarded alone, and it stopped again.

• Feng Yan claimed he worked for the Relevant Authorities and showed the waiting passengers his Special Action Team ID.
• Feng Yan explained that people taking the midnight Route 666 bus had gone missing and that his team was investigating.
• Feng Yan warned the group not to board and said his teammates would arrive soon to take them elsewhere.
• The Route 666 bus announced its next stop and began closing its doors, while the waiting passengers hesitated.
• An elderly woman stepped aboard alone, and the bus stopped after sensing a passenger.

Feng Yan watched the waiting passengers board the Route 666 Bus despite his warnings, then boarded himself to continue his investigation. The bus changed as soon as he stepped inside, leaving him amid dim lights, eerie whispers, and a distorted scene.

• Feng Yan saw the old woman wave at him with a rigid smile and discovered that his message to the Sixth Team had failed to send.
• Feng Yan announced that he would board the bus to investigate it, but the burly man and the office worker boarded ahead of him.
• The college couple and their friend boarded, promising Feng Yan they would get off after two stops.
• Feng Yan boarded the Route 666 Bus after failing to stop the others, and the lights dimmed as whispers and distortions filled the interior.

Feng Yan boarded the Route 666 Bus and discovered its seated passengers were desperate humans trapped there for days. They explained that the bus would not let them leave, and that filling every seat might be their only hope.

• Feng Yan stepped onto the Route 666 Bus and found its interior dim, with the earlier passengers frozen among hollow-eyed occupants.
• The seated passengers whispered that the bus might let them leave once every seat was filled.
• Feng Yan used his mirror to inspect the seated passengers, then asked whether they were human.
• A pale passenger confirmed they were human and said they had been trapped on the bus for a long time.
• The passenger explained that he had been trapped for five days, while others had endured up to fifteen days without food or water, yet could not die.

Feng Yan questioned the passengers on the Route 666 Bus and learned that they were trapped in a loop and unable to leave. The passengers revealed that the bus would stop once two more people boarded.

• Feng Yan asked the exhausted passengers whether they had tried to leave the bus.
• A thirsty passenger asked for water, but another passenger warned that offering it could provoke them.
• The more alert passenger told Feng Yan that anyone who stepped off the bus returned inside.
• The new passengers realized they were caught in an Eerie incident, and the young man saw that a skeleton was driving the bus.
• The more alert passenger said they might get off once two more people boarded and the bus was full.

Feng Yan learned that the passengers could not leave the eerie bus until it reached the terminal or became full, and a student's attempt to escape left him injured and unconscious. Feng Yan tried to steady the other passengers and keep them safe as the bus continued into the night.

• A pale passenger told Feng Yan that people had tried to leave through the bus doors but had been unable to.
• The male university student rushed to the rear door, but an announcement warned that it opened only at the terminal or when the bus was full.
• The student tried the front door and then grabbed the steering wheel, causing his fingers to wither before he collapsed unconscious.
• The student's girlfriend begged Feng Yan to save him and the other passengers.
• Feng Yan told her to help the student to a seat, then seated the elderly woman and urged the new passengers to stay calm and wait for more passengers to board.

Feng Yan reassured the new passengers that the people already on the bus were human and urged everyone to sit down. After learning the bus had been driving for five days and stopped unpredictably, he promised to explain their situation before they got off.

• Feng Yan put away his phone and mirror, took out a book, and told the new passengers that the seated riders were human, not the danger.
• The exhausted passengers took seats, while the office worker chose the one nearest Feng Yan.
• Feng Yan asked the existing passengers when the bus would reach its next stop, and one said the bus had already been driving for five days.
• The existing passengers said the bus stopped unpredictably and that two more people needed to board for them to have hope of going home.
• Feng Yan said an item had confirmed the passengers were human and promised to explain what had happened before they got off.

Feng Yan explained how the mist affected ordinary people and how the Special Action Team used Mist Shop items to survive eerie incidents. He demonstrated that his puzzle-like book could identify strange creatures and reveal information about them within a hundred meters.

• Feng Yan said that people with special abilities and the Relevant Authorities had resolved the eerie incidents in Qingliu City.
• Feng Yan explained that Special Action Team members were less affected by the mist and could sense strange creatures, though his own ability was uncertain.
• The passengers realized that the mist had clouded their judgment and driven them to board the suspicious bus.
• Feng Yan described how people with special abilities traded items at the Mist Shop and how ordinary people could use some of its goods.
• Feng Yan demonstrated that his book could identify strange creatures and provide information about them within a hundred meters.

Feng Yan explained what he had learned about the Route 666 Bus from a strange book and mirror, reassuring the passengers that no other Strange Creature was aboard. The bus then slowed beside a lone streetlamp and a hazy bus stop in the mist.

• Feng Yan told the passengers that his search dictionary showed only some scrambled text to him and that special abilities might reveal the full contents.
• Feng Yan explained that the book described a Strange Creature moving through mist and taking lost travelers onto a path of no return.
• Feng Yan concluded that the Route 666 Bus itself was the only Strange Creature aboard, meaning the passengers were safe from other creatures for now.
• Feng Yan showed the passengers a mirror from the Mist Shop and said it could identify Strange Creatures disguised as humans, though it revealed that everyone aboard was human.
• The bus slowed down beside a lone streetlamp and the hazy outline of a bus stop in the mist.

Feng Yan tried to reassure the trapped passengers as the Route 666 Bus passed a stop without anyone waiting, while the newcomers blamed the elderly woman for boarding. The bus then approached another stop where a hazy figure was waiting.

• The bus slowed at an empty stop but did not stop, leaving the newcomers angry and despairing.
• The burly man blamed the elderly woman for getting on the bus, while a college girl argued that the fog would have lured someone aboard regardless.
• Feng Yan asked the elderly woman why she had boarded, and she said she had left home after an argument with her family and could not remember why she got on.
• Feng Yan recorded his observations and concluded that the fog might affect mentally vulnerable people more strongly.
• Millie introduced herself and identified the unconscious student as Zhen Youbing and his girlfriend as Ren Qingqing.
• The longtime passengers spotted a hazy figure waiting at the next stop.

The Route 666 Bus stopped at a fogbound station, and a new passenger named Su Bai boarded. He greeted the terrified passengers with a relaxed smile, leaving them stunned.

• Feng Yan noted that only two seats remained and expected the bus to stop once they were filled.
• The bus halted beneath a streetlight, and its front door opened as the passengers waited for newcomers.
• A tall, slender young man climbed aboard, drawing every passenger's attention.
• The new passenger, Su Bai, lifted his head with a faint smile, surprising Millie and the other passengers.

Su Bai encountered the Route 666 Bus in a misty overlap between the Real World and the Nightmare World and recognized the strange passengers inside. After spotting a young passenger with a book from the Mist Shop, he boarded the bus to investigate.

• Su Bai walked into a mist carrying the Red Moon's aura and realized he had entered a rift between the Real World and the Nightmare World.
• Su Bai saw the Route 666 Bus stop and noticed decayed and normal-looking passengers staring eagerly out at him without leaving their seats.
• Su Bai recognized a book held by a young passenger as a mass-produced Mist Shop item and wondered how a newcomer could have obtained it.
• Su Bai considered what Qin Ge had told him about the Qingliu City mutation incident, then boarded the bus.

Su Bai boarded the Route 666 Bus and found it filled with decaying passengers, while the ordinary-looking Feng Yan held an item book from the Mist Shop. After briefly restoring a weakened passenger with Red Moon power, Su Bai sat beside Feng Yan and suggested asking the book whether the bus could really reach Wanliu Mall.

• Su Bai sensed Red Moon power and a rotten stench aboard the Route 666 Bus, and confirmed that no other Nightmare World Players were on board.
• Su Bai saw the skeletal driver and decaying passengers, while the passengers at the back whispered about him and mentioned someone from the Relevant Authorities.
• Su Bai asked whether the bus was heading to Wanliu Mall, then moved toward Feng Yan and asked a weak passenger to give up a seat.
• Su Bai sent Red Moon power into the passenger, briefly restoring his strength before he weakened again.
• Feng Yan questioned whether the strange bus could take them to Wanliu Mall, and Su Bai suggested that Feng Yan ask the item book for answers.

Su Bai boarded the eerie Route 666 Bus, and Feng Yan mistook him for a Special Ability User sent to answer his distress signal. When Feng Yan consulted his answer book, its words descended into chaos and revealed a baffling count of nearby “honored ones.”

• Su Bai boarded the Route 666 Bus and calmly traded seats with a passenger as Feng Yan watched him closely.
• Feng Yan asked Su Bai whether he believed the strange bus could take him to Wanliu Mall, and Su Bai described seeing the skeletal driver before boarding.
• Feng Yan concluded that Su Bai was a Special Ability User responding to his phone’s distress signal and explained how the Relevant Authorities tracked people trapped in eerie environments.
• Su Bai challenged Feng Yan to seek answers in his book and suggested that he might be a Strange Creature instead.
• Feng Yan’s book’s words scattered into disorder, then formed a cryptic line listing “honored ones” and ending with “that one, dare not,” leaving him confused.

Su Bai learned more about the Route 666 Bus from Feng Yan and concluded that filling it might create a way off. He then revealed that he had contacted another passenger, leaving Feng Yan stunned.

• Feng Yan introduced himself to Su Bai as a trainee with the Qingliu City Special Operations Team, and Su Bai gave only his name.
• Feng Yan explained what he knew about the Route 666 Bus, including that it had to be full before anyone could get off.
• Su Bai suspected the bus counted only human passengers and noted that the Strange Creatures aboard had not filled it.
• Su Bai avoided forcing his way out because longtime passengers seemed connected to their seats and could be harmed.
• Su Bai suggested filling the bus, then told Feng Yan he had contacted another passenger and that the contact had worked.

Su Bai told Feng Yan and the passengers that another passenger would arrive soon, after the Ghost Shaman offered to help by entering the Real World in a Doll shell. Zhen Youbing woke to find his finger missing and spiraled into panic as everyone waited for the bus to fill.

• Su Bai received the Ghost Shaman's offer to conduct an experiment in the Real World and concluded that a Doll shell could let him board as an ordinary human.
• Su Bai told Feng Yan and the other passengers that someone would arrive soon, but they remained doubtful of his abilities.
• Zhen Youbing woke, saw that part of his finger was missing, and slammed his head against the bus window in distress.
• Ren Qingqing calmed Zhen Youbing, but he soon panicked again and demanded to know why he was still on the bus.
• An old passenger warned that hunger and exhaustion would leave the newcomers unable to struggle, while Ren Qingqing urged them to trust Su Bai and wait for the next passenger.

On the eerie Route 666 Bus, Su Bai advised the passengers to seek out the Special Operations Squad if they wanted to learn about special abilities. The bus was struck by a mysterious newcomer, whom Su Bai identified as one of his own, leaving the passengers frightened and confused.

• Millie asked Su Bai how he had become a Special Ability User, and he suggested the passengers apply to the Special Operations Squad.
• Zhen Youbing asked Ren Qingqing what they were waiting for, and she explained that the bus should stop for its last passenger.
• The bus collided with something, stopped, and had its doors wrenched open.
• A tall figure in a black robe boarded, and his head fell off onto the floor.
• Su Bai picked up the head, reattached it to the figure, and said the newcomer was one of his own.
• Su Bai recognized the newcomer as Wu Heng, whose face felt strangely familiar to him, while the passengers stared in fear.

Su Bai and Wu Heng tested whether Wu Heng’s arrival filled the Route 666 Bus, but the rear door stayed shut until the bus reached a stop. The bus resumed moving toward an unnamed stop, leaving the passengers waiting to learn whether they could finally get off.

• Su Bai examined Wu Heng’s new Doll shell, and Wu Heng explained that its lighter material made the joints and head connection less stable.
• Feng Yan wondered whether Wu Heng counted as the final passenger, and the passengers expected the rear door to open.
• Wu Heng approached the rear door, but the loudspeaker repeated that it would open only at a stop or the final destination.
• Su Bai suggested the bus had not reached a stop, and Wu Heng said he had used a shortcut to board.
• The bus started moving and announced an unintelligible next stop as Wu Heng stood beside Su Bai.

Wu Heng explained that the Route 666 Bus was draining its passengers’ qi-blood and that depleted passengers might be unable to leave even when the bus reached its Final Stop. He and Su Bai prepared another way for Feng Yan and the others to escape, leaving them with the instruction to get out of their seats.

• Wu Heng told Su Bai that human qi-blood followed a distinct path through the body and that the bus was consuming it.
• Su Bai realized the bus would likely open its doors at the Final Stop, but passengers whose qi-blood was exhausted might be too weak to get off.
• Su Bai and Wu Heng discussed using the bus’s stored qi-blood to help the passengers escape before their vitality ran out.
• Su Bai introduced Wu Heng to Feng Yan and the other passengers as a special ability user.
• Wu Heng offered two ways to get off the bus, and Su Bai told Feng Yan and the others to leave their seats.

Su Bai explained that the Route 666 Bus was a tree feeding on passengers’ blood qi through its seats. He had the passengers leave their seats so he could separate them from the bus’s roots before tearing it apart.

• Su Bai told the passengers to get out of their seats and explained that the bus was a tree drawing nutrients from them.
• The passengers rose, but the swaying bus made them reach for the seat backs before they remembered Su Bai’s warning and moved away.
• Su Bai said the seats were themselves roots and explained that the bus relied on passengers’ blood qi to survive.
• Su Bai asked the passengers to help free those too weak to stand, preparing to separate everyone from the roots.

Su Bai and the passengers fought off the Route 666 Bus’s tentacles with help from his Strange Creatures. When the tentacles retreated into the seats, Su Bai sensed the bus’s vital point and sent his Cat Spirits and Little Black toward the driver’s seat.

• Feng Yan and the passengers followed Su Bai’s instructions, moving the weakened passengers into the aisle and away from the seats.
• Su Bai sensed the Red Moon’s power growing unstable as the Route 666 Bus noticed its passengers were no longer seated.
• Black tentacles burst through the seats, but Su Bai’s Cat Spirits, Kai Xin, the Giant Hound, and Wu Heng restrained them.
• The tentacles turned transparent and withdrew into the seats, and Su Bai sensed that they were retreating toward the bus’s core.
• Su Bai sent his Cat Spirits and Little Black toward the driver’s seat, targeting the bus’s vital point.