Techniques and Dao

Chapter 147 Dilemma
Dark night. Mist. Dense forest.

Jane had no choice but to open the car door and get out. Unexpectedly, a sudden blast of cold air rushed into the car, and the temperature dropped by more than ten degrees.

"Damn it! Why is it suddenly so cold outside!"

Jane jumped a few times on the spot, and her words began to fog up.

"Are you sure there's no road ahead?" Hua Sheng asked.

“No.” Jane looked around.

"When the car came by just now, was there a fork in the road that made us take the wrong turn?"

She replied simply, "I've been staring wide-eyed; there's no fork in the road. And did you even see it?"

Hua Sheng and Mie Ying shook their heads together.

Jian said, "There's clearly only one road, so how come it's a dead end... oh, a dead end. Could it be that when the car skidded earlier, it spun around because of the slippery ground, and the front of the car was actually the direction we came from?"

Hua Sheng said, "The possibility is not high, but it can't be said to be completely impossible. After all, everyone was asleep at the time, and perhaps no one noticed that the car slid slightly."

Jane shivered and fled back to her car, then turned the car around and drove back.

This time, Hua Sheng stared intently at the road ahead, while Jian turned on the car's navigation system and carefully examined the map.

What does the navigation show?

"Where am I? Strange... Pempont..."

Jane tapped the screen with her fingers, and the navigation LCD screen began to flicker, displaying strange symbols before finally turning completely white. No matter how much Jane touched or rotated the buttons, it was to no avail.

She tapped the screen on the car's center console, but there was no response. So she stopped the car, turned off the engine, switched off the power, and restarted it, but the problem persisted.

The screen in front of the vehicle remained blank.

Mieying peeked out and said, "I told you this is a junk car... it doesn't even have a display screen."

Hua Sheng had no time to heed her complaints and pressed Jian for an answer: "What strange thing did you just say?"

Jane said, "They actually came all the way to the Panpeng Forest."

"What's wrong with this forest?"

"The Pompeii Forest is southwest of Paris, while Nice, which we are going to, is southeast of it."

Hua Sheng pondered, "Although it's a bit strange, the general direction is south, just a bit roundabout..."

Suddenly, Mieying slapped Huasheng on the back of the head from behind and said, "How can there be so many coincidences? I just felt there was definitely something wrong with this forest!"

Hua Sheng glanced back at Mie Ying, then asked Jian, "The screen crashed. Can you fix it with magic?"

Jane smiled wryly: "This... doesn't seem to be my area of ​​expertise. What about your magic techniques?"

Hua Sheng shook his head: "I've never actually tried using magic to repair cars. This car is valuable, I wouldn't dare to try it recklessly."

"Get out of my way!"

A voice came from the back seat: "This young lady has come to investigate the car's background, to see if it's honest or not! Hurry, hurry, by the law! Come, Third Sister! Your Samadhi True..."

Before Mieying could even utter the word "fire," Huasheng rushed forward, saying, "Never mind! Miss, don't make things worse. Let's spare the lives of this carriage! The weather is dry; be careful with fire. Don't start a forest fire that could harm innocent lives."

"Tch!" Mie Ying leaned back and said, "Do as you please!"

The three of them pondered for a while in the car.

Jane said, "Although the navigation has some problems, the car can still be driven. As long as we follow the road back, we will eventually get out of the forest."

Hua Sheng felt there was no major problem. If they really couldn't get out or the car broke down, then Jian wouldn't blame him or Mie Ying for using their cloud-riding technique.

How could a mere forest, whether it be the Panpeng Forest or the Greater Khingan Mountains, possibly confine oneself?
With that thought in mind, Hua Sheng relaxed, fastened her seatbelt, and confidently followed the car forward.

After driving back for a few minutes, they indeed didn't see any forks in the road. After driving for a while longer, Jane began to feel uneasy.

"Something's not right... There's only one road, something's not right. Hanamori, have you noticed?"

Hanamori stared at the road ahead, where visibility was extremely low, and was equally puzzled.

"Where did that crater where the car wheel got stuck go?"

Jane said, “Yes, I’ve been watching the road the whole time! This time I’m sure there are no forks in the road. At this speed, we should have run into the gravel pit we just got stuck in five minutes ago.”

Hua Sheng couldn't figure it out and said, "It's impossible that everyone took the wrong turn..."

"Hehehehehe! I think it's a ghost wall!" Mie Ying in the back row suddenly chuckled.

The sound startled Hua Sheng and Jian, who were in the front row. Hua Sheng said, "Mie Ying, don't make such noises in this eerie forest! Humans can scare each other to death! Immortals can scare people to death even more!"

Jane frowned and said, "Exactly! You were scared to death just now, and now you're playing a prank!"

"That's because I've figured it out! If all else fails, I'll just hide behind my sisters." Mie Ying seemed indifferent. "But you all supposed to be learning some kind of immortal arts and magic. How come you're trapped by such a simple formation?"

Jane immediately asked, "What? You figured out the reason?"

Mie Ying snorted, "It's obviously some kind of bewitching array. Let me unleash a great fire and burn this area for miles around to the ground. Then the bewitching array will naturally be broken!"

Hua Sheng also wavered a bit and asked, "Since we can't get out anyway, why don't we let her set a fire and see?"

“That won’t do! This forest fire isn’t burning your area! What if we just got lost due to carelessness?” Jane quickly said. “Besides, there’s a path ahead. Let’s try walking a little further.”

Mieying was impatient.

"Then drive straight! If you can't get out of here, I'll burn this Ferrari down with you!"

Jane couldn't help but turn back and ask her, "I never understood before. What's with all the talk about sisters and cousins? And why did your hair suddenly turn white?"

Hua Sheng explained, "Mieying has nine sisters residing inside her body, each with a distinct personality. Her current appearance is that of the seventh sister among them..."

After hearing this, Jane turned around and pointed at Mie Ying, shouting, "Hey? You clearly have multiple personality disorder and schizophrenia! You Easterners even let people with mental illnesses like this walk around on the street? That's dangerous! Why don't you lock her up in a mental hospital?"

"You rude, barbaric woman!"

Upon hearing this, Mieying flew into a rage and suddenly reached out from behind to grab Jian by the neck: "Are you saying I'm sick? I'll strangle you to death!"

"She's having an attack! She's panting... panting... unable to breathe!" Jane was being choked by Mieying until her eyes almost rolled back.

Hua Sheng rushed over to break up the fight, saying to Mieying, "Mieying, let go! We're counting on her to prove my innocence!"

He then shouted at Jane, "Jane, you don't understand cultural differences. It's not impossible for someone like Shadow Annihilation to possess nine souls as one! Haven't you heard of the mysterious Eastern power?!"

"Mieying, your injuries haven't healed yet. Don't get angry! Don't get angry!"

After Hua Sheng tried to persuade and fuss over her, Mie Ying finally let go, snorted, and sat in the back row without saying a word, pouting.

Having narrowly escaped disaster, Jane quickly moved the driver's seat forward, away from the back seats.

Just as she turned her gaze back to the road, she suddenly slammed on the brakes!
The car suddenly stopped.

"There's no road again!"

The path ahead had come to an end again, and it turned out to be another dead end!

(End of this chapter)