After reaching an agreement, the two exchanged contact information.
"Let me give you a ride, Mr. Qin. My car is on the off-ramp."
Long Sen had intended to drive Qin Manjiang back in his own car, but Qin Manjiang shook his head and declined:
"My friend is waiting outside."
Long Sen did not insist. He and Qin Manjiang had come from different directions. After watching Long Sen head off the other way, Qin Manjiang turned on his phone's flashlight and began retracing his steps through the darkness.
But just then, Qin Manjiang suddenly realized something!
The off-ramp?!
The place where Long Sen parked should be the off-ramp normally used to enter [Guanyin Flat Lake], but when Abyss and I came today, that off-ramp wasn't there!
He parked his car on an off-ramp that didn't exist?
Was something wrong with me, or with Long Sen?!
At that thought, Qin Manjiang stopped in his tracks and immediately used his phone to search for the latest construction notices near Guanyin Flat Lake.
He found the relevant information without any trouble.
[Announcement]
[Due to adjustments to municipal planning, the South Lin Suburban Off-Ramp will be permanently closed on November 22.]
It was an extremely brief notice, but Qin Manjiang's brow twitched violently as he read it.
Because the South Lin Suburban Off-Ramp was the very off-ramp that used to provide normal access to Guanyin Flat Lake!
That off-ramp had actually been taken out of service two months ago! No wonder he and Abyss had been unable to find the entrance earlier.
No way... Could Long Sen be a ghost?
Cold sweat broke out on Qin Manjiang's forehead.
There was no moon that night. Dark clouds hung overhead, and the air in the woods, where rain had just fallen, carried a damp, rotten smell. That