307: Bus

“Luckily, we made it. This is the last bus to M County today.”

Inside the bus, Xu Xue looked at the bus schedule on her telephone with a hint of relief.

“It’s not just the last trip today, you know.” The driver, with a distinct M County accent, said.

“After this trip, there won’t be any buses going to M County for the next few days.”

“Why?” Xu Yu asked, puzzled.

“There’s something dirty on the road over there. These past two days, whenever I’ve driven to M County, I keep seeing accidents and other problems.” The driver shook his head, “After this trip, I’m going to take a long vacation myself.”

“If I keep driving, who knows, that dirty thing might get attached to me.”

As he spoke, the driver lit a cigarette for himself, his eyes looking somewhat lost.

Xu Feng and the two women didn't speak further.

The ‘dirty thing’ the driver mentioned, in their opinion, was likely some kind of evolved creature.

Their gaze turned towards the sky outside the bus window.

Under the setting Sun, there was a sense of calm.

They had heard from Nangong Shushuang before that M City was a severely affected area.

They had been here for quite some time now, and the situation here seemed relatively good.

Traffic was normal, and public order was stable.

The sky also wasn't filled with hornets to the extent that helicopters couldn't provide rescue, as described by Nangong Shushuang.

The reason Nangong Shushuang said those things could only be that she herself had received false information.

And where did that false information come from…

Shaking his head, the matter was confusing, and Xu Feng stopped thinking about it.

Right now, he just needed to complete this System mission.

If he had a three-star summon card as a trump card, he would undoubtedly be able to handle most dangerous situations!

In fact, along the way, Xu Feng had already thought it through.

Once he had the three-star character summon card, he planned to build a doomsday survival Base City.

No matter what the World would eventually become, he wanted to lead the majority of Humans to persevere until the end.

Living until only one person remains is despair; living until everyone remains is hope.

“Ding ~ System is selling human skin masks for a limited time. Does Host want to purchase?”

Ye Tian's sudden voice pulled Xu Feng back to reality.

“Human skin masks?” Hearing the System's words, Xu Feng was puzzled, “What do I need this for?”

He glanced at the price.

One mask actually required the corpses of two one-star creatures!

Although he could buy on credit…

He withdrew his gaze.

Xu Feng ignored it.

The one-star creature corpses he owed before, within less than a day, he needed to repay two.

Don't think that one-star creatures are weak.

The only five evolution potions in the entire World could only create five Humans comparable to one-star creatures.

He couldn't afford to buy on credit.

But the next moment.

Looking through the bus window and seeing the two people walking directly towards them in the distance, Xu Feng's breath hitched.

These two people were clearly Li Xiu and Lin Yue!

That's right.

Lin Yue's hometown was also in M County.

So they absolutely wouldn't miss this last bus from M City to M County.

They had just become outsiders; they couldn't expose themselves at this time.

Who knew how many pairs of eyes were watching Li Xiu right now.

“System!”

He anxiously thought to himself.

Then, three masks quickly appeared in Xu Feng's hand.

“Ding ~ Host currently owes eight one-star creature corpses.”

“Due to the overly general unit of creature corpses, System triggered an upgrade.”

After a few simple words, Xu Feng saw only a progress bar on the System panel in front of him.

He came back to his senses.

Looking at the human skin masks in his hand, Xu Feng took out two and handed them to the Xu Xue sisters: “Put them on.”

The two sisters didn't understand the situation at first, but after seeing Li Xiu and the other person walking towards them not far away, they immediately understood.

They put on the masks.

From his appearance, Xu Feng completely became a handsome man in his forties.

After Xu Xue next to him put on the human skin mask, she also showed quite a few traces of time, with hints of her former beauty visible in her eyebrows.

Xu Yu, on the other hand, gained more of a youthful feel.

If someone were to look at them at first glance, they would definitely mistake Xu Feng and the two women for a family of three.

“Did that woman send the message?”

At the bus door, Lin Yue asked Li Xiu, who was looking at his telephone messages.

“Yes.” Li Xiu nodded slightly, “She said there’s a problem in M City and she plans to investigate the situation alone.”

“It should be very dangerous, right? You’re still keeping in touch with her; you might be implicated later.”

Lin Yue said with a worried expression.

Li Xiu didn't respond.

Keeping in touch now was naturally for the two survival spots in the Kyoto Base City that Nangong Shushuang had promised.

The changes in the World were visibly spiraling out of people's control; the Kyoto Base City might be his next stop after completing this mission.

“Let’s get on the bus. I’ll take you home first.” Li Xiu informed Lin Yue.

They walked into the bus compartment.

Xu Feng and the two women didn't attract Li Xiu's slightest attention.

Not long after.

As seven or eight people boarded one after another.

The driver lit another cigarette and held it in his mouth: “It’s time.”

The vehicle drove out of the station.

The afterglow had already disappeared.

It seemed that if the journey went smoothly, it would be completely dark by the time they reached M County.

The road to the County was not smooth.

This was especially noticeable after the vehicle drove out of M City.

Even on a smooth road, the not-so-Advanced bus rattled and clanked, and on the cracked roads, it made sounds as if it were about to fall apart.

Sitting inside the bus.

Xu Feng only felt as if he was being dragged by a pile of sheet metal parts.

The cold smell that filled his nostrils was even more indescribable.

The Sun had completely set.

Besides plants, the scenery on both sides of the road was still just plants.

From time to time, a sudden commotion could be seen in the dense grass by the roadside.

The driver's expression was normal regarding these movements, clearly having seen many before.

Xu Feng on the bus, however, communicated with Little Earth, telling it to follow underground.

An evolved creature at the two-star level was not dispensable at the moment.

Night fell quickly, and the headlights were turned on.

Turning around one fork in the road after another, the bus was currently driving on a narrow road.

In the distance, many self-built rural houses with glazed tiles could be seen.

However, not a single household had their lights on.

Perhaps because the smell inside the bus was extremely unpleasant, a Child in the front seat opened the window slightly.

The cool wind significantly lowered the temperature in the bus compartment.

It also made it a bit fresher.

“Damn it, what are you doing?! Don't open the window!”

The driver, who was driving, cursed loudly after discovering that someone had opened the window.

Everyone in the bus who was drowsy was startled awake.

And the Mother next to the Child, hearing her Child being scolded, immediately got angry: “You won’t even let us open a window? We have to be told whether or not we can open a window on a bus?”

“If you want to open the window, get the hell off the bus!” The driver’s attitude was firm.

As soon as he said this, the woman took two deep breaths, clearly very angry.

“These days, drivers are so incredible, huh.” The woman said sarcastically, forcefully closing the bus window.

The driver didn't argue.

He just kept muttering a stream of curses and foul language.

The vehicle continued to move forward.

Many people inside the bus had lost their drowsiness.

“Beep-beep-beep-beep~~”

Not long after, a clear car horn sound appeared behind the bus, coming from far to near.

“Master, it’s an ambulance behind us.”

A passenger saw the fast-moving ambulance and reminded the driver.

Without replying, the driver turned the steering wheel, and half of the bus rolled into the grass by the roadside.

In a matter of ten seconds, the ambulance, with its emergency lights flashing, quickly sped past the bus.

“Don't open the window for me again before we reach the County!”

The vehicle restarted, and the driver shouted to the passengers.

Through the faint light inside the bus, Xu Feng, sitting in his seat, could see a hint of fear on the driver's face.

Looking at the distance, they weren't far from M County now.

In the faint headlights, the bus continued on its way.

Not long after.

Everyone on the bus saw an ambulance ahead on the road, its lights constantly flashing.

That ambulance was clearly the one that had just passed the bus.

And in front of the ambulance was a private car with its door open.

In the light of the two vehicles in the distance, not a single person was visible.

On the desolate road, the red and blue lights reflected on the ground, making it seem somewhat dead silent.

“Bang!”

A bloody hand suddenly slapped the slowly decelerating bus door!

“Save me! Save me!!”