The red high heels may have attached themselves to the bus driver.
Su Zimo hadnât noticed immediately. After all, a scenic bus was different from an ordinary bus. The driverâs seat was not only sunken down but also separated from the rear compartment. Only the upper part had a space for the driver to pass through with a window to watch the situation inside the compartment.
In such a case, it was impossible to notice the driverâs shoes.
In other words, the driver could see them, but they couldnât see the driver. In addition, only the driver could open the door between the compartments. If the high heels were really attached to the driver, their only hope was to immediately leave the compartment!
If they wanted to get off the bus, they would have to make a lot of noise. The most convenient and quick way was to jump directly from the second floor of the scenic bus. That kind of action wouldnât be a problem for Su Zimo, who had enhanced his physique many times.
He subconsciously began to move toward the stairs, then saw Fu Mingchen and the tall woman, who should have been on the second floor of the bus, walk down the stairs. There was nothing strange in their expressions. After naturally descending the stairs, they returned directly to their seats.
When Fu Mingchen saw Su Zimo, he nodded and smiled amicably.
Su Zimo didnât have time to think much. He continued moving forward.
But when he approached the rear stairs in the compartment, the partition on the stairs between the first and second floors instantly shut and locked itself!
âPa!â
The sound of the partition locking was neither loud nor soft. Some people who were chatting and laughing didnât notice, but some who were resting immediately turned their heads to see what was going on.
The metal partition between the two floors was used to handle extreme weather. Due to the design of the compartment, even if there was some normal light wind and rain, the second floor wouldnât affect the first floor even if it was open. In general, it didnât close.
The switch that controlled the partition was naturally in the driverâs hands.
Being able to do these things⌠Su Zimo could only say that the heelsâ ability wasnât just to control peopleâs steps, but maybe to control more movements.
It seemed to use the tall woman to get into the compartment and control the driver. This sequence of events couldnât be coincidental.
*
For the others on the scenic bus, although they were surprised by the sudden acceleration and turn just now, their bodies that were jostled by the acceleration had stabilized again. The scenery outside the window looked nice, so there wasnât much of a commotion.
After all, most of them were riding a scenic bus for the first time and didnât know the specific route.
Instead, the âTight Manâ who was sitting in the first row wrapped himself up more tightly and muttered, âIsnât this the suburbs of Jiangdu and Huadu? We didnât stay here this long last time. Could something be wrong with the route?â
Soon, the people in the compartment would have no time to pay attention to anything else. The sky outside the compartment darkened at an unexpected speed and became extremely shadowed, completely indiscernible at just three or four in the afternoon.
In the next second, rain began to pour!
âI said before that the weather was too bad, it must be because it was going to rain so heavily, ah! No wonder the partition suddenly closed just now.â Because it suddenly started raining outside, the strange change in the sky and the sound of the partition closing now had a perfect explanation. None of the passengers thought it was strange; they just took it for granted.
âHowever, what about that sudden acceleration just now? Where are we?â The question was asked by an old lady sitting in the row behind Su Zimo.
After Su Zimo returned to his seat without any countermeasures, he heard the cautious voice of the old lady behind him.
âIt may be the next attraction⌠Oh heavens! So beautiful!â
âItâs so beautiful!â
Before anyone had time to think, the passengers on the left side of the compartment suddenly exclaimed in admiration!
Su Zimo frowned slightly. He wondered what would make the people in the compartment think âbeautifulâ on such a dark rainy day.
After looking out the window, Su Zimo found that they had arrived at a place similar to the suburbs at some point and were driving along a somewhat narrow road.
On either side of the road, he could see fields with tall crops. The fields themselves werenât unusual. The reason why everyone was admiring them was because of what was floating in the fields!
Even Su Zimo couldnât help but show a somewhat surprised expression after seeing the two fields clearly.
Not for any other reason, just because there were so many stars floating around the fields that should have been dark and invisible within the heavy rain!
Su Zimo was surprised by the âstarsâ that resembled groups of fireflies, but he found that if he focused carefully, the light from the firefly-like creatures was a grey-white color that wasnât very bright.
The color wasnât very pretty at all, but since the sky was dark and there was no light source around, as hundreds or thousands of the grey and white lights floated around the field, it looked like a fairylandâŚ
What are those things?
Su Zimo didnât ask, but the ghost umbrella standing behind him seemed to know his bossâs thoughts and spoke in a serious tone: âBoss, those are wisps! <sup>1</sup> But this kind of thing⌠even if one appears, they shouldnât appear in groups in the real world!â
Just as Su Zimo began to feel even more confused, Ghost Umbrella continued more seriously: âItâs a wisp, but really, each spot of light represents a ghost. The wisp is just another form of the ghost.â
âIf Boss remembers, the eyes of ghosts arenât the same as humansâ. When we show our true form, our eye color will change. Most ghostsâ eyes are muddy or grey, and the closer the color is to white, the stronger the ghost is.â
When Ghost Umbrella spoke, Su Zimo was surprised.
He thought of Peng Pengâs eyes, which were an almost white shade of grey.
Zhang Xiaoqing never showed him her real eye color. Later, she covered them up with the âGhost Eyes of the Blind,â so it was even less likely for him to see what color they were.
But⌠If Su Zimo remembered correctly, Ghost Umbrellaâs eyes seemed to be red.
It wasnât Su Zimoâs problem. He heard the ghost umbrella sitting next to him muttering: âBut there shouldnât be so many ghosts here! Even after the emergence of the nightmare world, all the ghost tools in trainersâ possession should have revived. Itâs impossible for so many ghosts to appear in the real world!â
âBoss.â Ghost Umbrella seemed to know that Su Zimo wouldnât respond, so he spoke directly. âBoss, the only possibility is that these ghosts donât come from this world at all â they may be from another world!â
âWe may⌠have entered the base of a group of migratory ghosts.â Ghost Umbrellaâs voice deepened.
Su Zimo still didnât know what happened in the other world that made it so even ghosts were forced to migrate. Su Zimo only knew that there were nightmares in that world, there were trainers who experienced them, there were also human beings, and there were many ghosts who had revived, and even An Yu Yi Yu!
There was even a boss who came from An Yu Yi Yu.
Ghost Umbrella also came from that world, and his former boss from An Yu Yi Yu gave him a long black umbrella, so Ghost Umbrella received the name âGhost Umbrella.â
Su Zimo didnât know anything else.
He didnât even know what âGhost Umbrellaâsâ real name was.
He only knew that the driver possessed by the high heels had indeed deviated from the route the scenic bus was meant to travel on, and it took all of the passengers into the wilderness, surrounded by fields. Perhaps it was like Ghost Umbrella said: it was a base for migratory ghosts!
Ghost Umbrella said before that there was a wide variety of ghost tools with the trainers on the bus, so he didnât notice the weak high heels ghost for a while.
Now that he thought about it, the high heels ghost was weak. The sea of wisps was the real nightmare awaiting them.
But at that moment, no passengers except for Su Zimo had any sense of foreboding at all.
The people sitting in the rows in front of Su Zimo were surrounding and flattering a veteran trainer. Before returning to his seat, Su Zimo took a special look at the young man who was apparently a veteran. He remembered that his suit and leather shoes looked dignified, but his colleaguesâ praise made it seem like he was a god descending to earth.
After driving for a few hours, Su Zimo could still hear their flattery.
âXiao Liu, are other veterans as good as you?â
âStop speaking nonsense. Do you think you can be as good as Xiao Liu just by becoming a veteran? Xiao Liu must be the best of the veterans.â
âThatâs right. Even if we become veterans under Xiao Liuâs protection in the future, we will still be Xiao Liuâs in the end! Itâs the same whether itâs in the nightmare world or the company.â
âXiao Liu, what kind of treasure is your pen that can kill ghosts?â
The other person mentioned a ghost tool, so Su Zimo was also a little interested.
He only heard âXiao Liu,â who was praised by everyone, say with pride: âThis is called a ghost tool. We veterans in the nightmare world used to call them props, which sounded weird. Later, the name âghost toolâ emerged in our Dawn organization. I heard that it originated with a very powerful team leader in the organization who learned it from a ghost in the nightmare world. It sounds much more appropriate than âprops,â right?â
âXiao Liu is truly humble. That leader, how can you not be better than him? Youâre not only a veteran, but also the future CEO of our company!â
âDonât say that. Maybe Iâm better than him in the real world, but as a veteran, he has more ghost tools in his possession.â Liu Qi said modestly. âBut then with my luck, I should be able to find more powerful ghost tools. Then, whoever is better will be better.â
âAs for the origin of this pen, have you ever heard of the pen fairy? The nightmare world is very exciting.â Liu Qi said, then began to tell his colleagues about a nightmare world heâd experienced before, receiving waves of exclamation.
The speed of the scenic bus was very slow, even slower than earlierâŚ
Other than Su Zimo, no one knew that what awaited them wasnât a beautiful and relaxing destination.
Footnotes
<ol>Wisps as in will-o-the-wisps. Theyâre usually described as either little floating flames that contain a ghostâs spirit or mischievous ghost lights that like to play with travelers. In this case, it should be the first description.</ol>