Chapter 45 Convergence
Chapter 45 Convergence
"Someone else has had an accident."
In a residential area in the west of the city, Peng Anxiao stood on the rooftop with a cold expression, looking in the direction from which the bell tolled.
Because of the distance, the sound of the bell was not very clear, but it was definitely there. Peng Anxiao, who had been there for seven hours, naturally knew what this meant.
The clearer she understood it, the heavier her heart became.
She turned around and saw six or seven people gathered together, looking around anxiously, but the leader in their eyes was clearly Peng Anxiao.
She saved all of these people.
The group that had initially regarded Peng Anxiao as their savior now felt uneasy under his gaze, and they clearly distanced themselves from each other, wary of one another.
Time passed by, and it wasn't until five minutes later that the tense group finally relaxed.
"Everyone, take a rest. We've made it through this time. Once the reinforcements arrive, we'll send you all back." Peng Anxiao also breathed a sigh of relief.
You should know that she originally saved more than just this many people.
"I wonder when Lin Yuan came in, whether he brought any help, or if he left? Well, it's too dangerous here after all. It's better if he left; every life saved is a life saved."
Peng Anxiao stood there expressionless.
Despite being a petite girl, she stood like a mountain, creating a small haven for the group of people behind her.
But at this moment, all the color had drained from her body, and there were wood-like patterns on her neck under the high collar of her clothes; it was not normal human skin.
Even his walking movements became very stiff.
……
"The bell tolls randomly kill people? Anyone who hears the bell is marked with a curse, and then there's a chance they'll become a ghost slave if they hear it again? Randomly calling names?"
Everything has calmed down.
Sun Ping and his family of three lay peacefully beside the ruins. Lin Yuan glanced at them and then began searching the nearby streets.
Just 500 meters away, he found a motorcycle shop and a loudspeaker, and his mood was mixed.
Fortunately, there's a loudspeaker that can record sound, which will help me find Peng Anxiao as soon as possible.
Saving people is secondary; the main task is to cooperate with Wang Xiaoming and Li Jun to deal with the source of the problem. Otherwise, even if they fight until the vengeful ghosts are resurrected, it will be useless.
But now a problem has arisen.
Time in reality and in this ghost realm are not synchronized. According to Sun Ping, the ratio is roughly one to two, meaning that one hour in reality is about two hours in this ghost realm.
This gave him more time, but he couldn't be sure if it was really true. He couldn't gamble, so he could only find Peng Anxiao as soon as possible and make preparations.
The bad thing is... he can't ride a motorcycle!
It wasn't that he lacked learning ability, but rather that when he was a child, he played in his hometown, and an older brother would take him and a few friends to ride bicycles.
Unfortunately, due to nervousness, he squeezed his legs too tightly while sitting on the back of the bicycle, causing the skin on the inside of both feet to rub against the rear wheel, resulting in blood flowing all over the ground.
He was left with psychological trauma after that incident.
He knew exactly how to ride, but once he got on the bike, he couldn't control his balance, which led to his younger sister laughing at him for over a decade.
Therefore, you still need to go to a 4S store.
Lin Yuan left expressionlessly with the megaphone. Just as he stepped out of the store, a person suddenly appeared under the streetlights not far in front of him.
"Where...where am I?"
This was a young man in his mid-twenties, wearing a food delivery uniform and still in a riding posture, when he fell hard on his backside and hurt himself badly.
Deliveryman?
Can you ride a bike?
Looks like I'm really lucky. Knowing I couldn't ride a bike, they sent me a driver!
Ten minutes later, a motorcycle drove out of the shop and sped off down the quiet street.
The roar of the engine, accompanied by the sound of the loudspeaker, carried very far.
"Peng Anxiao!"
"Peng Anxiao!"
"Peng Anxiao!"
Lin Yuan sat in the back seat, holding a megaphone in one hand and the deliveryman's shoulder with the other, his eyes constantly scanning the surroundings.
The deliveryman was initially a little reserved, but after driving for a while, he gradually became excited and unconsciously increased the throttle, making the new motorcycle feel like it was going lightning fast.
In reality, at that speed, they would have been stopped and punished long ago.
"Haha! Brother Lin, this feels amazing! I've been delivering food for a year, and I've never had such a great time. If the road conditions were like this all the time, it would be incredible!"
The deliveryman shouted excitedly.
He and Lin Yuan had just exchanged names, and Lin Yuan had also told him about the situation here.
After all, they were young. Although they were still a little hesitant to believe it, they still chose to cooperate with Lin Yuan. Of course, this was definitely not because of the shock of Lin Yuan punching a big hole in the wall without breaking a single skin on his hand.
"Then you can drive properly this time. But when you get back, you'd better behave yourself. Don't blame me if you get caught."
Lin Yuan casually dismissed the question, but his expression gradually darkened.
They were making a lot of noise, and he could clearly sense that people were hiding in some rooms on both sides of the street, watching them.
Clearly, quite a few people have already been drawn to this ghostly realm by the sound of the bell.
There were also two-story clock towers; we saw four of them after only five streets.
Two of them stand in the middle of the street, while the other two are in the middle of the ruins of buildings, which is obviously the same situation as the clock tower of Sun Ping's house.
Each of these bell towers has a bell ringer in a black robe, but they are all very quiet and do not make any bell-ringing movements.
Even though Lin Yuan made such a big commotion, and once even had the deliveryman run past the clock tower, it didn't cause any reaction.
"Even ghost slaves have to follow the rule of ringing the bell on time? Time is so important?"
Lin Yuan did not make a move against the black-robed bell ringer. He did not have time to waste here. After driving through more than a dozen streets, just when Lin Yuan was about to give up, he suddenly looked up.
Just two hundred meters away, on the top of a thirty-story office building, Peng Anxiao was waving at him.
"Found it!"
Lin Yuan led the deliveryman to the rooftop and finally met Peng Anxiao.
Upon first meeting, the deliveryman hid behind Lin Yuan, his eyes filled with fear and unease as he looked at Peng Anxiao.
Peng Anxiao's face was cold and numb, but she still reached out and buttoned up her collar to cover her neck. However, there was a clear tendency for her chin to become woody.
"You...are about to die."
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