The moment the tightly packed corpses touched Lin Qi, his heart began racing uncontrollably. His body's instincts were telling him to run! Run now!
He gritted his teeth and fought his instincts.
Finally...
The slick, bloated corpses slid past his body.
Only then did Lin Qi finally release the breath he had been holding.
His gamble had paid off!
He had guessed the supernatural rules correctly!
The tide of corpses lasted a full hour.
An hour later, no more corpses surged past him. The pounding rain poured over his body, washing away all the disgusting, sticky fluid covering him.
His body was cold, but inside, he burned hotter than ever!
"Lin Qi, when can we move?"
Xiao Wu lay beside him and asked quietly.
"Stay down."
Lin Qi chose not to get up. From where he lay, he couldn't see farther away. Having finally survived this, he would have no one to turn to if he slipped up now.
Time passed.
Every minute and second was torture for them all.
After the rain had poured down on them for an unknown length of time, the dark clouds began to disperse.
The sky was still pitch-black.
After everything they had been through, night had fallen!
Only once the rain stopped did Lin Qi slowly get up. Seeing him move, the survivors around him hurried to stand as well.
Lin Qi stretched his stiff, aching body but did not leave immediately.
He searched the crowd for Scarface. Out here in the wilderness, it was time to settle their old score...
What he hadn't expected was just how wary Scarface was.
Once the danger passed, Scarface went straight back to his van without a moment's hesitation. Before Lin Qi could react, he was already driving into the darkness ahead.
Almost in the blink of an eye, he vanished completely.
"Lin Qi, Scarface ran off."
Seeing the van flee, Xiao Wu clearly had much the same idea as Lin Qi.
Their group had also suffered considerable humiliation at Scarface's hands last time. Naturally, they wanted revenge if the opportunity arose.
"Heh. He can run, but he can't hide forever."
Lin Qi sneered, but his smile soon faded as he looked at the puddles reflecting a bloody glow. "Let's find the convoy first. Being out in the wilderness at night without the convoy is even more dangerous."
"All right." Wang Feng knew perfectly well how active the supernatural entities were in the darkness. As for Scarface, they could only put him out of their minds for now.
Lin Qi tossed his soaked clothes onto the back seat.
Even at night, the weather still wasn't cold. Wearing only his boxer shorts, he drove the off-road vehicle through the darkness once more.
Wang Feng's two vehicles and the sole remaining survivor's vehicle followed closely behind.
Lin Qi sped through the darkness.
As for how to catch up with the convoy, the route was naturally easy to identify.
Not a blade of grass survived wherever the Corpse Tide passed. Whichever road was cleaner had to be the convoy's escape route.
As Lin Qi drove on, his mind began to grow slightly hazy. "Am I too tired?"
He frowned and rubbed his forehead, but the haziness remained.
Lin Qi was just about to have Xiao Wu take over driving.
The instant he caught sight of the rearview mirror out of the corner of his eye, his pupils contracted again!
In the mirror, a soaking-wet figure stood a short distance behind the convoy, watching it from afar.
Long hair hid the figure's face. She looked like a woman who had fallen into the water.
She neither spoke nor moved. She simply stared fixedly at the speeding convoy from within the mirror.
Strangest of all, no matter how fast Lin Qi drove, the woman seemed to remain in the same position. Even without moving at all, she stayed firmly fixed in the mirror!
Lin Qi craned his head to look behind the vehicle, only to find nothing there.
His heart sank. He knew another supernatural entity had set its sights on him.
Looking into the mirror, Lin Qi sighed. "Come on, buddy. Do me a favor."
His words brought no change to the woman in the mirror. She still stood in the same position, her expression hidden behind her black hair, showing no sign of being left behind.
"Another troublesome one."
Lin Qi begrudged spending a thousand Ghost Cash each time. Since she hadn't attacked, he chose not to hand over his Ghost Cash just yet.
The vehicle raced onward, but the woman in the mirror seemed to have little desire to attack.
After a while, Lin Qi noticed that, aside from watching him through the mirror, the woman showed no further changes...
"Xiao Wu, look in the mirror. Is there anything in there?"
Lin Qi wanted to confirm whether only he could see this thing or whether others could see it too.
Yet his call met with silence inside the vehicle.
Dead silence. Nothing but dead silence!
Lin Qi inwardly sensed trouble. He had been entirely focused on the newly appeared supernatural entity. Now that he noticed something was wrong inside the vehicle, he immediately looked toward the passenger seat.
Xiao Wu was still there, but he seemed to have lost his senses. His eyes stared blankly at the mirror on the other side, one hand reaching out to grab it.
In the other mirror, there was also a woman who looked as though she had fallen into the water, her head lowered!
But compared with the one on his side, that woman was clearly closer to the vehicle!
"Xiao Wu!"
Seeing that Xiao Wu was about to touch the mirror, Lin Qi grabbed him and pulled him back.
It was no use!
Xiao Wu continued reaching blankly toward the mirror.
Lin Qi didn't actually care whether Xiao Wu lived or died, but he feared that Xiao Wu's death would make the entity stronger again. With almost no hesitation, he struck Xiao Wu sharply with the edge of his hand.
He struck hard, knocking Xiao Wu unconscious on the spot.
Only after slowing the vehicle did Lin Qi punch the mirror on Xiao Wu's side.
The mirror fell away with a clatter, and the woman vanished.
Lin Qi was just about to look away when his expression abruptly changed again.
The woman who had vanished from the mirror had fucking appeared across the entire windshield!
"Lin Qi! Lin Qi!"
The sudden shouting from the radio made Lin Qi jump. Only after recovering did he realize it was Wang Feng's voice.
"Lin Qi, have you seen a woman who looks like she fell into the water?"
Wang Feng spoke urgently. It was clear that he had encountered the same situation as Lin Qi.
"Yes. What's happening on your end?" Lin Qi asked.
"Whew, as long as you're still all right." Wang Feng sounded noticeably relieved. "Someone here figured out the Mirror Ghost's rules."
"They figured out the rules?" Lin Qi hadn't expected Wang Feng to be so quick.
"Yes. Don't look at her. If you look at her, she'll affect your mind and make you dazed..." Wang Feng spoke extremely quickly, afraid that even a second's delay would leave Lin Qi under her influence.
Lin Qi didn't respond.
Looking at the woman on his windshield, his expression grew uglier. "Wang Feng, if-and I mean if-she's on my windshield, how am I supposed to avoid looking at him...?"
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