Passengers on the Bus

As the bus driver's body fell to the ground, the entire bus went out of control. Only then did the passengers realize the seriousness of the situation. It seemed that this was no longer a simple case of the driver changing course without permission, because this bus was truly bizarre.

The vehicle was not running, yet it was still driving strangely on the road, showing no intention of slowing down at all.

Once everyone understood the situation, panic erupted instantly.

Some people frantically made various phone calls for help, some tried to open windows to see if they could jump out, and some were so frightened that they were completely disoriented.

The person who made the call got through and was preparing to send someone to help, but under these circumstances, not only would they not be able to wait for the rescuers to arrive, but even if they did, they might not survive until then.

This is a strange and eerie bus.

Xu Feng, a local Ghost Tamer who had previously boarded the vehicle, had disappeared on it, and Yang Jian knew very well what that meant.

Something terrifying is about to happen on this vehicle; it's just that the crisis and the strangeness haven't occurred yet.

"Damn it, these windows can't be opened, they're all locked."

"The doors can't be pried open either. Could this bus really be haunted?"

"I've already reported it to the police. They said they're preparing to carry out a rescue and told us to wait."

The passengers tried to find ways to save themselves, but to little avail. Apart from being able to make contact by phone, all other means of communication failed on the bus.

"Zhang Hao, what do we do now? We must have been possessed by an evil spirit." Seeing the panicked expressions of everyone else in the car, Zheng Yaowen was also terrified and at a loss.

Zhang Hao said with a long face, "How should I know what to do? This is the first time I've encountered something like this. Anyway, let's try to get out of here. If it really is haunted, that would be terrible. I don't want to die in Dachang City like my friend. I've told you guys before that ghosts really exist, but you just wouldn't believe me."

"But, how do I get off this bus?" Zheng Yaowen stammered, already panicked.

Ignoring the panic of the passengers, Yang Jian chose to leave his seat and walk towards the driver's seat.

It has already been confirmed that Zheng Yaowen was unharmed after pushing the driver's body over, which proves that this behavior does not violate any taboos, and it is safe to move around in the carriage so far. Since it is safe, it is necessary to check the surrounding situation.

He pushed his way through the panicked crowd and went to the driver's seat to take a look.

Someone was still trying to control the steering wheel and stop the vehicle, but it was no use.

Yang Jian looked around but found no clues or patterns. It seemed like there was no way to resolve the situation. He felt like the people in the car were locked in a prison cell with no way out. Perhaps waiting for the doors to open automatically would be the only option.

"What the hell is this vehicle? It's one thing for ordinary people to be locked up here, but even I'm locked up here."

He has no better option than to wait for some change in circumstances.

Just as he turned to return to his seat, suddenly...

He saw a black electronic display screen hanging in the middle of the bus. Even though the bus wasn't running and the screen wasn't powered on, it was still lit up. The red lights formed a line of text that floated by: Current number of passengers: 2.

"Number of passengers: 2?"

Yang Jian paused for a moment, then glanced at the twenty-odd people in the carriage. It didn't look like there were only two passengers. Was a zero missing from the end?

"Perhaps the number 2 for passengers doesn't refer to people."

For some reason, this idea suddenly popped into his mind.

If the passenger numbers on this display don't refer to the number of people, then they most likely refer to the number of ghosts on this bus. The lights show passengers, but these passengers don't necessarily have to be alive; dead people might also be included.

Thinking about this...

Yang Jian couldn't help but feel a chill.

Are there two ghosts mingling among these twenty-odd passengers?

No.

It wasn't that ghosts were mixed in with the passengers, but rather that twenty passengers had infiltrated the ghosts. This bus might not have been designed for living people at all, and the others had simply stumbled onto this ghost bus by accident.

Yang Jian glanced at the passengers again, this time scrutinizing them with extra care, trying to spot anything unusual.

He immediately identified several suspicious individuals.

The driver's body lay unattended on the ground.

Sitting in the front was the rural old woman who had spoken up to Zhang Hao earlier.

And the last row of the car.

The two of them have been sitting there motionless, not uttering a sound since they got on the bus, as if nothing had happened.

One of the two men was wearing a trench coat, with his arms crossed and head down, so his face was obscured as he sat on the far right. The other man was wearing a baseball cap and a long-sleeved shirt, also with his head down, leaning against the car window.

The two people sat on opposite sides, motionless, stiff as corpses, exuding an eerie atmosphere.

"Could the two passengers on the bus be referring to them?" Yang Jian couldn't help but wonder again.

If, as I've deduced, those two passengers are indeed referring to ghosts, then these two people are very likely to be the match.

I'm not entirely sure.

Even after confirming the ghost's identity, Yang Jian couldn't figure out what use it would have, as it seemed to have nothing to do with him.

Even if there are two ghosts in the car, as long as they don't start killing people on their own, the impact won't be significant.

What really matters is figuring out how to get off the bus and leave this place.

Yang Jian had no intention of remaining trapped like this indefinitely.

"This kind of paranormal event is completely different from previous paranormal events; they are two different types of events. In the past, even with the Starvation Ghost Incident, you only needed to fight the vengeful spirit. As long as you could imprison the vengeful spirit, the event would be over. But in this case, you don't need to fight the vengeful spirit at all; you just need to think about leaving."

He started to have a headache.

If the game was about fighting bosses before, it has now become a game of escape rooms.

The risk level has decreased, but the difficulty has increased.

"Using my brain has never been my forte; that's Wang Xiaoming's forte. I'm better at confronting things head-on and finding solutions through contact with the vengeful spirits, rather than sitting here and thinking randomly." Yang Jian sighed helplessly. His deductive abilities were limited, and it was difficult for him to deduce anything out of thin air without any actual events occurring.

Go back to your seat at the table.

At that moment, he noticed his phone vibrate.

Yang Jian opened the message and saw that it was a text message from Cheng Xiong from the investigation bureau. He glanced at it casually, confirmed the good news that the handwriting had been analyzed, and then closed it. Now was not the time to analyze the ghost cabinet incident; he needed to figure out how to deal with the current situation.

The panic in the carriage continued, and it gradually evolved into a nameless fear.

Many people believed they were possessed by an evil spirit, and that there was something wrong with the bus.

"Brother, you noticed something was wrong with this car so quickly, you must have a way to get out of here now, right?" After calming down from the previous panic, Zhang Hao finally noticed Yang Jian, who had just warned him.

Although they didn't know each other, he felt that this person knew more than he did.

Yang Jian, "Didn't I tell you before? Don't let my calm demeanor fool you, I'm actually panicking inside. If I had a solution, I wouldn't be sitting here like an idiot. I want to leave here even more than you do."

He shook his head, indicating that he couldn't think of any good solutions.

"The only way to leave is to keep waiting until the car stops on its own. As things stand, there's no other way to get out of here."

"No, really? Wouldn't we be in grave danger if things continued like this? Who knows how much longer we'll have to stay in this godforsaken place?" Zhang Hao said.

Yang Jian, "Didn't you say you've been single for over twenty years and aren't afraid of anything? Why are you afraid of taking the bus?"

"I was just bragging, how can that count?" Zhang Hao said.

However, just as the two were talking, the strange bus, which hadn't stopped for over half an hour, suddenly began to slow down and gradually pulled over to the side of the road.

It looks like the bus is about to pull into the station.

"Um?"

Yang Jian's expression immediately hardened. He stopped wasting time talking to Zhang Hao and began preparing to get off the bus.

Once the door is opened, barring any unforeseen circumstances, his Ghost Domain will extend outwards, allowing him to safely leave the vehicle.