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 had come from a different direction than Qin Manjiang, and after watching him walk away in the other direction, Qin Manjiang switched on his phone's flashlight and began retracing his steps through the darkness.
But at that moment, 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 here 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 where he was and immediately began searching on his phone for the latest construction updates 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 had once provided 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 tonight. Dark clouds hung low overhead, and the air in the woods, where rain had just fallen,