I deliver food in a bizarre world

The three students, feeling as if they had been granted a pardon, didn't have time to think much. They grabbed their luggage and scrambled onto the car, thanking the driver profusely.

"Thank you, Master! Thank you!"

Chen Mo sat on the electric scooter, turning his head to look at the scene behind him. Countless questions flashed through his mind, but ultimately turned into unease.

Didn't those three college students even check the inside of the car? Weren't they afraid it was an unlicensed taxi?

Even if he tries to dissuade them now, those three probably won't listen to him.

The headlights of the electric scooter illuminated the old minibus, its dark red paint appearing somewhat dull in the light, with a few peeling spots and tiny scratches visible.

There were no signs on the vehicle, and behind the windows was an impenetrable darkness, so dark that nothing could be seen.

Without a doubt, there's something wrong with this car!

Just as the tall boy stepped onto the last step and the car door closed, Chen Mo suddenly recalled the cold message in the mission notes.

Do not speak to anyone asking for directions along the way.

The person asking for directions...

Were those three students... asking for directions?

Chen Mo shivered.

Although they didn't directly ask for directions, their act of asking for help was essentially a request for guidance...

Moreover, this strangely appearing minibus...

A strong sense of unease gripped him.

This situation is different from the one with Ye Kulang. He responded to Ye Kulang that time, but that was after he had completed his mission.

That mission was considered complete once he delivered the goods.

He later reflected on the incident and concluded that if he had left quickly after putting down his things, there shouldn't have been any problems.

Things are different now; now he's only completed half of his mission...

Chen Mo almost instinctively twisted the throttle of the electric scooter!

"Buzz—"

The wheels turned, carrying him at an instant acceleration.

Without hesitation, he continued driving towards the western cemetery, without stopping at all, and without even checking whether the three students had gotten on the bus.

Why did Brother Mo leave? Didn't he check the situation?

The three students got on the bus, so they should be alright now, right?

Chen Mo glanced at the comments and replied, "I'm not watching anymore."

That car looked really strange; it didn't even have its lights on... How could the driver see the road?

[The mission is important, right? Brother Mo said he had something urgent to attend to.]

[Something feels off to me. Didn't that guy say the signal was bad...? Mo's live stream seems pretty smooth, it doesn't look like there's a problem with the network at all...]

I have a feeling that Brother Mo is running away...

When Chen Mo saw the comment about signal and network, his mind went blank, and he got goosebumps all over his body.

He had felt something was wrong before. Although this part of the road between urban and rural areas was very remote and mostly consisted of small villages, it wasn't deep in the mountains and forests, so how could there be no signal coverage?

His live stream connection is working fine, so why are they saying the signal is bad?

That car looked strange. Why did they get in without even asking the driver?

He didn't realize that this was the normal mindset of ordinary people in dire straits.

The person involved is only thinking about escaping their current predicament and isn't considering anything else. Let's overcome the immediate difficulties first; any subsequent problems can be addressed later.

With this mindset, one is easily susceptible to being trapped by the illusion of low intelligence.

This is a common trope in horror movies: being forced to flee to another dangerous place, barely catching your breath, and then getting killed... because when they're running away, they don't think about where they'll be going back to, or what might happen there.

In reality, it's like being about to fall off a cliff, suddenly finding a rope nearby. He climbs up, but before he can even catch his breath, he suddenly discovers a tiger lurking nearby...

The three students believed the car was heading towards a populated area, and that as long as there were people and they left the area, their goal would be achieved.

But Chen Mo is different; he has experienced real, bizarre events, and he doesn't just look at things superficially...

He accelerated to the limit he could control, the night wind whistling past his ears, trying to leave the scene behind.

"No, I don't have time to deal with them. If I don't complete the mission, I'll lose my senses for three whole days!"

He kept telling himself that the task was the priority, and that it was better to do less than more; everything else was irrelevant to him.

But I couldn't help thinking about those three students.

The unease in his heart did not dissipate as the distance increased; instead, it spread slowly like ink dripping into clear water.

……

at the same time.

The door of the dark red minibus slowly closed, making a dull thud.

The car was still dark, with only the faint green light from the instrument panel barely outlining a blurry, stiff silhouette of the driver from the driver's seat.

Once on the bus, they discovered it was completely dark inside. However, with the help of the outside light, they could vaguely make out that the front seats were packed with people.

The three students could only squeeze to the back, and when they found that there was no one sitting in the last row, they plopped down and breathed a long sigh of relief.

"I was so scared! I thought I was going to have to sleep on the streets tonight." The girl patted her chest, still shaken.

The bespectacled boy slumped in his seat, saying, "We're finally saved. This bus arrived just in time."

The boy in the tracksuit spat, his face showing displeasure, and glanced at the direction Chen Mo had disappeared through the rear window of the car, his tone sarcastic.

"Tch, what was that guy on the electric scooter?! He ran faster than a rabbit! What was he trying to prove!"

The girl tugged at his arm: "Okay, Qiangzi, he might really have something urgent to do. Besides, his little car can't carry the three of us."

"Just because something's urgent doesn't mean you can ignore other people's lives?" the boy in the tracksuit, called Qiangzi, retorted. "He has no compassion at all! I think he's just a coward, afraid we'll try to extort him!"

"And that ride-hailing driver, I'm definitely going to file a complaint against him! What a piece of idiot!"

The tall, bespectacled boy tried to smooth things over: "Alright, alright, just say less. It's good enough that you can get on the bus. This bus... seems a bit cold?"

He rubbed his arms and felt that the temperature inside the car was lower than that of a normal air-conditioned car.

Qiangzi also felt the chill and muttered, "Why is the air conditioning on so high in this crappy car? And the lights aren't even on..."

He looked up to check the situation inside the car, but the light was too dim, and the area ahead was completely hidden in darkness.

The girl suddenly whispered, "Don't you guys think... this car is too quiet?"

After she said that, the other two realized it too.

Apart from the hum of the old engine, there were no other sounds in the vehicle.

There were no station announcements, no music, and you couldn't even hear other passengers breathing or making any noise.

The entire car seemed to contain only the three of them...

But weren't there quite a few people sitting around?

Thinking of this, the bespectacled man asked, "By the way, did you buy tickets?"

"No……"

"no."

A sense of foreboding instantly washed over the three of them, and an eerie, deathly silence enveloped them.

Fear began to permeate the small, dark space.

Qiangzi felt a little uneasy, but trying to remain calm, he raised his voice and shouted towards the driver, "Sir! Is this bus going to the city? How long will it take?"

One second, two seconds...

There was no response from ahead...

The driver's back remained stiff; he didn't even turn his head, as if he hadn't heard a thing.

The three looked at each other, a chill rising from the bottom of their hearts, even more uncomfortable than the low temperature inside the car.

The girl took out her phone, turned on the flashlight, and shone it around...