Chapter 107 The Strange Bus, A Distorted Timeline

3:30 PM.

The scenery outside the bus window began to shift from darkness to brightness, like the morning mist, vague and hazy.

'The bus has been driving for almost an hour, how is it not at the station yet?'

Lu Xian felt uncertain and suspicious.

As expected, supernatural buses are always accompanied by some unknown eeriness.

3:44 PM.

Screech~

Hiss~

The No. 44 bus suddenly cut its engine and came to a stop.

The scene outside the bus was hair-raising.

The bus had stopped at the entrance of an old village.

It was daytime, and the scorching sun was high in the sky outside.

At the village entrance, a procession dressed in red was playing suona horns, as if there were a celebration in the village.

The atmosphere was very lively.

'This is too eerie.'

Lu Xian silently took it all in.

Even though he was riding a city bus, the next stop had weirdly arrived at a 'rural village'.

He remembered the route map, the next stop was Wencang Road, followed by Pingan Street.

Just then.

The bus doors opened.

The old man and the old woman on the bus suddenly stood up and walked off.

Seeing the B-Class Evil Ghost old man get off, Lu Xian breathed a sigh of relief.

The old man was the one he was most wary of on the bus; the others were fine.

He looked out the bus window as the two old ghosts walked into the village and disappeared.

He waited for several minutes.

The bus still hadn't started.

The red-clad procession entered the village outside, and the sound of the suona horns gradually faded into the distance.

3:51 PM.

Suddenly, a young man and woman appeared at the village entrance. The woman had a large belly, looking as if she were about to give birth.

Soon, they boarded the bus as well.

'Hm?'

Lu Xian looked surprised.

He couldn't see what level of ghost the couple who had just boarded were.

Moreover, their skin tone and vitality looked very much like living people.

Or were they an even more terrifying level of ghost?

If so, then the level of this hidden instance was quite terrifying.

'Strange.'

'Could there still be living people?'

What puzzled him even more was that he actually felt the couple looked a little familiar.

The time reached 3:54 PM, and the bus started again.

On the bus were seven D-Class Ghosts, four C-Class Ghosts, Lu Xian, and the couple.

At this point, there were still two empty seats on the bus.

The scene outside the window receded and became blurry again.

Lu Xian secretly observed every move of the couple sitting to his front side.

They were behaving very strangely.

Compared to the stiff, corpse-like 'passengers' on the bus,

they were just like normal people taking a bus to the city, chatting affectionately and whispering to each other.

Lu Xian only saw their mouths moving, but didn't hear any sound.

He glanced at the comments:

[I know lip-reading. The man should be comforting the woman, saying the hospital is almost here, just hang on.]

[Brother Lu, go over and say hello to them / doge face for self-preservation.]

[Why do I feel like they are not quite right? They don't look like living people.]

[Of course it's not normal, this is a supernatural space!]

Everyone was discussing the bus heatedly.

Time slowly passed, and the scene outside the window gradually became clear.

Outside was the pitch-black night.

But there were city lights and the atmosphere of the human world, with the sounds of cars honking outside.

It felt like returning to reality from an illusion.

And at this moment.

Screech~

The bus gradually slowed down and stopped, but the engine didn't cut.

In front was a traffic light at an intersection.

Nothing weird or terrifying happened.

The ghosts on the bus were all very calm.

Lu Xian naturally hoped to get off the bus smoothly.

This supernatural bus was not as simple as he had imagined; even the B-Class Ghosts on board were well-behaved.

Lu Xian turned his gaze out the window.

Next to them was a truck, with a fat woman sitting in the passenger seat.

The two vehicles were very close.

Lu Xian, however, weirdly discovered that the fat woman was looking at him with a face full of terror.

No.

Her gaze must have been directed at the bus.

She looked like she had seen a ghost, trembling in fear.

'Hm?!!'

Lu Xian was also startled.

Even the viewers in the livestream room were dumbfounded.

[Holy crap, what is going on?!]

[I've really seen a ghost.]

[That person driving the truck is... the tattooed man from the fast-food restaurant?!]

[Yes, yes, yes! It's him! The pig butcher, Tang Heican!]

[It's terrifying to think about, Family members, why are we meeting him here?! Isn't he a ghost?!]

[Damn, do you guys remember what he said?! On the way home, his wife saw a supernatural bus, and the bus was full of ghosts...]

Everyone in the livestream room suddenly felt a chill down their spines.

As someone on the scene, Lu Xian felt that things had become even more hair-raising.

The burly man in the driver's seat next to the fat woman was actually Tang Heican, whom he had encountered before at Liu Xiaoqiang's fast-food restaurant!

'What kind of existence is this supernatural bus?!'

At this moment, he felt that the supernatural bus had taken him to the past and then brought him back to the present.

The time displayed on the bus was clearly 4:33 PM.

But the time and scene outside were like seven or eight in the evening.

The supernatural had disordered the timeline.

The time point outside seemed to be in the 'past moment', which was the night before Pingan Street was sealed off.

If it was as Tang Heican said, then the time point outside was the night of August 14th on the lunar calendar.

'It really is a supernatural bus.'

If it were normal, it wouldn't be called supernatural.

Lu Xian remained silent, secretly observing the situation inside and outside the bus.

The other ghosts on the bus didn't move a muscle.

As for the couple, the woman was holding her belly, looking very uncomfortable and in pain.

But there was still no sound, like a silent film.

And the time gradually approached 4:44 PM.

The inside of the bus suddenly went pitch black.

When the time displayed on the bus, the red numbers, became:

[4:44 PM.]

Suddenly.

The originally dead-silent bus erupted with noisy, clamorous sounds:

'Driver, help! Driver, please help!'

'My wife is about to give birth, please take us to the hospital...'

'The people I hate most are people like you. Your wife is about to give birth and you're still taking the bus? Why not call an ambulance in the first place?'

'Exactly, we still have to go to work. This is going to cause us to lose money.'

'Stop the bus, I'm going to change vehicles, or I'll be late.'

...

In the blink of an eye.

The scene before his eyes changed instantly.

Lu Xian didn't react in time:

'What's going on?'

The ghosts on the bus had disappeared!

Not only were all the seats taken, but the standing area was also packed with office workers.

Through the gaps in the crowd, Lu Xian saw the source of the commotion just now.

'No way...'

The people who had just asked the driver to go to the hospital were the couple who had boarded earlier!

Eerie!

It was just night, and in the blink of an eye, it was daytime again.

Things were getting more and more eerie.

The bus stopped, and the passengers, full of complaints, got off while grumbling.

'Ah~'

The woman with the large belly let out a scream, cold sweat breaking out.

'Wife, are you okay?!'

'My stomach hurts so much, I feel like I'm about to give birth.'

...

Lu Xian asked the viewers in the livestream room:

'Should I get off the bus?'

Clearly, he had encountered another supernatural event.

Just like the encounter at the fast-food restaurant.

Everything he had seen before had changed.

Only that young couple hadn't changed.

Moreover, Lu Xian had gone from not being able to hear their voices at the beginning, to now being personally involved, witnessing and experiencing the aftermath.

[Better to slip away first.]

[This bus is very weird, neither the time nor the location follows the usual path.]

[I feel like getting off is a trap, Streamer, don't get off.]

[Why do I feel like staying on the bus is the most dangerous thing?]

The comments had different opinions.

Just then, Lu Xian received a new mission notification:

{Triggered Hidden Mission · Soul Mending: There is Yin energy wreaking havoc inside a living person, with a Ghost Infant devouring souls while developing. As a Ghost Puppet Master, you can use tailoring soul techniques to repair the unformed Ghost Infant and reverse death into life.

Mission Requirement: Cut off a corner of a C-Class Ghost soul and sew it into the unformed Ghost Infant to complete the infant's soul and save it.}

'What kind of mission is this?'

'Soul Mending? A living person?!'

No, the pregnant woman in front was actually a living person?!

Lu Xian was shocked; this really exceeded his expectations.

Just then, the bus started moving.

There was no abnormality.

Although the driver was grumbling, he still spoke up:

'You guys wait a bit, I'll take you to the hospital right now, it'll take about three minutes.'

There were only five or six people on the bus now.

Seeing this, Lu Xian couldn't get off even if he wanted to.

Then he might as well do the mission.

He simply stood up and walked towards the young couple.

Looking closely, something was indeed wrong.

With his Ghost Puppet Master profession, he could see a small ball of black energy in the pregnant woman's belly, as if two small ghost souls were stuck together.

If not handled, the baby this woman gave birth to would be a stillborn.

The abdominal pain caused the woman's features to contort, cold sweat to pour down, and she gasped for air, looking in extreme pain.

They couldn't help but look at this 'Taoist priest' walking towards them, who was dressed in a terrifying way, looked very scary, but had a handsome face?

The people in the livestream room were also curious:

'What is the Streamer doing?'

Lu Xian spoke directly:

'The reason your wife is in so much pain is because there is Yin energy wreaking havoc inside her body.'

Yin energy wreaking havoc?

Doesn't that mean something unclean is haunting his wife?

The man was startled and suspicious, his mind constantly weighing the credibility of Lu Xian's words.

His wife hadn't been to any unclean places...

Wait!

Suddenly, he thought of something.

Today is the first seventh day after the passing of the two elders in the family!

Could it be...

Thinking of this, the man immediately pleaded:

'Taoist priest, please help me!'

This strange Taoist priest spoke up on his own; he must know something.

'Mm.'

Lu Xian didn't explain much; he directly took out a piece of red needle and thread. The thread wasn't long, as if a section was missing.

He directly controlled the B-Class Needle and Thread Ghost.

However, Lu Xian overlooked one problem: he had just controlled the B-Class Needle and Thread Ghost to deal with the Ghost Shop Owner.

According to normal time, the six-hour cooldown hadn't ended yet.

But at this moment, it had already recovered!

Lu Xian summoned a C-Class Ghost, the Split-Head Ghost.

He remembered that this ghost hadn't been affected by the Ghost Shop Owner's cutting, so its power was intact, and he took it out to use.

Most of the other C-Class Ghosts had been cut and crippled, and were still recovering.

Additionally, since there were no ghost scissors available, Lu Xian intended to use the ghost needle and thread as scissors to cut off a corner of the Split-Head Ghost's soul.

'Ah~'

The Split-Head Ghost screamed, and half of its head was 'cut' off.

[So miserable.]

[What is Brother Lu doing? Seems like he's going to help those two ghosts?]

[Feels like there's another mission? Otherwise, why would he take the initiative to help?]

The people in the livestream room were discussing heatedly.

Lu Xian noticed the expressions of the others in the bus; they all looked curious.

They didn't seem to be able to see the ghosts?

That was just as well.

'I will help you clear the Yin energy in your abdomen. If you feel any discomfort, just bear with it.'

Lu Xian said.

He controlled the Needle and Thread Ghost to shred half of the Split-Head Ghost's head, and then stitched it piece by piece into the stillborn infant inside the pregnant woman.

The pregnant woman's eyes widened; the sensation was extremely eerie.

She felt her belly go cold, as if a chill were piercing through it.

The original, intense pain inexplicably began to fade away!

The man also looked confused, seeing Lu Xian's empty hands making piercing motions, as if... performing a ritual??

The whole process took less than ten seconds.

Lu Xian looked at the pregnant woman's belly; the black energy inside had dissipated, and along with the fragments of the Split-Head Ghost's soul, it had been stitched into the unborn baby by a special force.

It was like a supernatural system crash that brought the stillborn infant back to life.

The method could be called miraculous.

'It's done.'

Lu Xian said.

Done?

Everyone was astonished.

Just by making those gestures, it was done?

A fraud?

However, the pregnant woman was pleasantly surprised:

'I'm not in pain anymore!'

'Thank you, Master!'

Everyone was startled. A real master?

The man on the side had a strange expression, then thanked him excitedly:

'Thank you, Taoist priest, for your help! Thank you so much!'

It was too miraculous.

Just a moment ago his wife was in agonizing pain, and now, all of a sudden, it didn't hurt anymore.

As expected, the Taoist priest who came down from the mountain was unfathomable.

A benefactor indeed.

'May I ask for the Taoist priest's name?'

The man took some money out of his pocket, wanting to give it to Lu Xian.

He replied, 'My name is Lu Xian.'

'Lu Xian? Taoist priest, you also have the surname Lu?! What a coincidence, I also have the surname Lu. We are from the same clan!'

The man said excitedly.

Just then, the bus braked.

The driver shouted:

'We've arrived at the hospital.'

And Lu Xian received the mission reward for this time.