Chapter 79: Deadly Travel Group (4)
The emergence of the paranormal phenomenon finally made Ji Ning certain. This instance was actually a horror scenario!
Knowing that two unknown things had joined the bus, Ji Ning's hands and feet instantly turned ice-cold. It wasn't that she didn't love watching horror movies, but that didn't mean she wasn't afraid. She was the type who loved watching but was terrible at handling it, needing to cover her eyes with her hands for every jump scare.
She never imagined a day would come when she'd have to face unknown terror directly. Ji Ning silently swallowed, her lips losing a bit of their color.
Her change was noticed by Sheng Churan, who realized she was frightened.
"Are you cold?"
With those words, her icy hand fell into a warm palm. Ji Ning was completely enveloped in Sheng Churan's embrace, her body taking on his warm, comforting scent that smelled very reassuring.
He guided her head to rest in the crook of his neck, then leaned close and whispered, "Don't be afraid."
Ji Ning didn't stand on ceremony this time, pressing her cheek firmly against Sheng Churan's neck to absorb his yang energy for courage.
He had never left her line of sight, so he definitely wasn't a demon or monster.
The person in his arms clung to him like an octopus, firmly wrapping around his waist and breathing against his neck. This change surprised Sheng Churan a little.
He had previously observed that although Ji Ning recognized him, she was much calmer than many others, leading him to think she was either indifferent to him or had a more reserved, introverted personality.
After spending a short time together, Sheng Churan dismissed both guesses.
He felt that Ji Ning was not unmoved by him, and her personality was rather lively. Perhaps because she had someone more important in her heart, she was able to act the way she currently did.
This made him feel the interaction was just right, and it was a comfort he hadn't felt in a long time.
Because of his pre-death identity, Sheng Churan was actually quite troubled in the Survival Game. If his female partner couldn't focus, his difficulty would multiply.
To reach where he was now, he had actually put in more effort than others.
Meeting Ji Ning in this instance, she not only didn't cause trouble but could also offer him help and reminders. Sheng Churan was in a very good mood right now.
Being hugged and breathed on by Ji Ning at this moment, he not only didn't mind, but even found her a little cute.
After recovering, Ji Ning's lost soul finally returned, and her heartbeat steadied considerably.
She poked her head out from Sheng Churan's embrace and counted again. It was indeed thirty people. But aside from the wrong number, she truly couldn't tell which two among these people were the extra ones.
When boarding, everyone had sat wherever they liked. Because there were extra seats, the couples sat scattered here and there, completely without pattern.
Ji Ning turned back to Sheng Churan's ear and asked softly, "Do you still remember the previous seating?"
Fortunately, their seats were near the back, in the last row on the right side. Only one couple on the left sat further back than them.
Besides that couple, the two of them had the second most convenient view in the bus.
Sheng Churan's handsome brows furrowed slightly as he closed his eyes to search the fragments he had seen in his memory.
After a long moment, he opened his eyes and whispered into Ji Ning's ear, "Two empty seats in the middle section on the left are now filled. I'm not sure exactly which row."
Hearing the detailed answer, Ji Ning's heart began to pound again. Suppressing her fear, she craned her neck to look at the area on the left Sheng Churan had mentioned.
Her hand unconsciously gripped his arm tightly. The sight of her being scared yet still needing to look made Sheng Churan's lips curve up silently.
Ji Ning's breakthrough point was the storage racks above the bus seats. She figured that any "people" who boarded midway definitely wouldn't have luggage, so the racks above their seats would be empty.
But the moment her gaze swept over there, her hope was utterly dashed.
Because some people had directly brought suitcases, carrying nothing but their phones and wallets. So many of the luggage racks inside the bus were empty.
Completely out of options now, Ji Ning retracted her gaze and shook her head at Sheng Churan.
Just as Sheng Churan was about to speak, a gust of chilling wind suddenly swept through the bus.
The wind brushed past their ears, even stirring strands of their hair.
Ji Ning's eyes widened, seeing that Sheng Churan had also noticed the anomaly.
This chilling wind was too obvious, and many people detected it. Immediately, someone shouted, "Driver, don't turn on the AC! We're freezing to death and you still have the AC on."
The driver shouted back in somewhat slurred dialect, "The AC isn't on!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the chilling wind rose again. Within the howling gusts, there was even a faint, ethereal, sharp laugh mixed in.
"AAAAHHH!!!"
"What the hell!"
The bus instantly erupted into chaos. Women's terrified screams mingled with men's angry shouts, immediately sowing panic.
"Everyone, don't be afraid!" The female tour guide stood up to calm them. At the same time, she pressed her palms together, interlaced her middle fingers, and raised the hand seal high to her brow, loudly chanting, "Poye bless us! Poye bless us! Bless the passengers with safety, bless the passengers with safety."
After the prayer, the tour guide urgently added, "Everyone, get intimate with your partners quickly! Only then will Poye have the power to protect everyone!"
As the old saying goes, people only truly believe in gods and ghosts when facing danger.
With the tour guide's suggestion, many couples immediately huddled together, hugging and kissing.
But mishaps came one after another. For some unknown reason, certain people suddenly started vomiting uncontrollably. Forget intimate contact, they could barely even sit upright.
Ji Ning was frowning, trying to see what was happening with the vomiting people, when Sheng Churan gently turned her head back.
"Poye lives on the essence of love between men and women." After saying this, he wrapped his arm around Ji Ning's shoulder, closed his eyes, and pressed his lips to hers.
A pleasant scent washed over her. Sheng Churan's lip-biting and sucking motions were exquisitely skilled, lingering and tender. In just a few movements, he melted away Ji Ning's tension, making her face flush bright red.
His long, thick eyelashes brushed against her eyelids, his high nose bridge pressed against hers, making it completely impossible to get distracted.
As they kissed, Ji Ning noticed that the hair-raising, sharp laughter gradually faded, and the chilling wind unknowingly stopped as well.
The tour guide had indeed been right.
Once everything was completely quiet, Sheng Churan finally released Ji Ning. She gasped for air, pressing her hands to her cheeks to cool herself down.
She silently wondered how the people who had been vomiting earlier were doing now.
"Ah—" A shrill scream shattered the hard-won peace. Someone shouted in panic, "Someone's in trouble!"
Many people immediately crowded toward the source of the sound to see what had happened.
But the moment they looked, everyone's souls nearly fled their bodies.
Someone was dead.
A couple was covered in acidic, green vomit. Their entire bodies were purple and blue. Their eyes hadn't even had time to close, bulging out of their sockets as if about to explode.
Ji Ning gasped sharply in shock and leaned into Sheng Churan's ear, saying, "They're the ones who bought snacks at that small shop earlier!"
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