If Yu Hanjiang hadn't clearly remembered the license plate number of bus 301, people might have questioned their judgment and thought it really was just...
It was a night bus. After all, who would believe that the Zerg would drive a bus?
Perhaps it's because they learned to mimic human movements after evolving?
This group of Zerg has an impressive ability to mimic; they must be the vanguard squad sent to the east of the city.
Ye Qi, Xiao Lou, and the others boarded the car, their eyes quickly scanning the carriage—
Everyone was looking down at their phones.
However, the young man's phone screen did not light up, probably because it was out of power. Although he tried his best to pretend that he was human, he pressed the volume buttons randomly for a long time but could not turn on the phone at all.
Noticing Xiao Lou's gaze, the man calmly put his phone back in his pocket and turned to look out the window.
The carriage was cold; the heating wasn't on at all. Clearly, the Zerg preferred the cold.
These insectoids are probably disguised as normal humans, patrolling the city in cars on a snowy night. What happens to humans once they get into the car? Surrounded by more than 20 insects, they're doomed to infection.
In the front row, Lao Mo stayed in the boarding position so that he could take over the car at any time after his teammates controlled the driver.
Ye Qi, Liu Qiao, Qu Wanyue, Long Sen, and Shao Qingge all entered the carriage.
The driver glanced at Yu Hanjiang, who was still outside the car, seemingly wondering why he wasn't getting in. Yu Hanjiang, in turn, put on an act, waved to Xiao Lou, and said, "Goodbye, I won't see you off."
Xiao Lou waved his hand cooperatively and said, "Okay, I'll contact you later." Then he looked at the driver and said, "If he's not getting in, close the door."
To everyone's surprise, the driver closed the front door but opened the back door—two women got out of the car and walked towards Yu Hanjiang.
The driver then smiled slightly and started the car.
Xiao Lou's heart tightened, and he immediately thought to Yu Hanjiang, "Be careful. They might be patrolling the city in this car, looking for any escapees. They won't let any normal humans get away. Two of them have gone down to look for you."
Yu Hanjiang's calm voice echoed in my mind: "Don't worry, I can handle it. Make your move as soon as the car turns the corner!"
Ahead was a street corner, and the driver slowly made the turn.
The car was moving so slowly that the insectoid inside the driver must have just learned to drive. It almost crashed into a lamppost while turning. Xiao Lou gave Ye Qi a wink, and Ye Qi immediately took out a card —an erhu (a two-stringed bowed instrument).
As the mournful melody of "Moon Reflected in the Second Spring" began, the entire Zerg train instantly fell into a deep sleep.
Old Mo was quick-witted and agile—the Erquan Yingyue only had a 3-second crowd control duration. He happened to be standing at the front of the bus at that moment. As soon as the erhu music started, he jumped onto the driver's seat, pushed open the driver's side door, kicked the Zerg driver out of the car, seized control of the bus, and slammed the door shut!
When the driver woke up and realized that the bus had been robbed, he immediately crawled on the ground and chased after it!
But the next moment, a bullet pierced the air—
Bang!
Yu Hanjiang picked up the Type 17 pistol and his marksmanship was incredibly accurate. The driver only climbed one meter before being shot in the head!
The Zerg inside him crawled out, trying to find his companions, but he couldn't receive any signals from them.
Because those two women are already dead.
They followed behind Yu Hanjiang, intending to launch an attack undetected. Unexpectedly, Yu Hanjiang suddenly turned around and fired two shots, knocking two Infected to the ground. He then used alcohol and a lighter to finish them off, burning the insects to ashes before they could even react!
At this moment, on the car.
Old Mo slammed on the brakes and stopped the car, opening the back door at the same time.
The inside of the carriage was in complete chaos.
After the insectoids awoke, they fiercely pounced on Ye Qi, but as soon as Ye Qi played his flute, they became uncontrollably dizzy and lightheaded. Liu Qiao and Qu Wanyue took the opportunity to throw them down!
Xiao Lou used Balance to control the Zerg in the back half of the carriage, making them stand still for 5 minutes.
Those in the middle of the carriage who were close together were controlled by Ye Qi and Long Sen, while Liu Qiao, Qu Wanyue, and CEO Shao kicked them off the train one by one like a football.
The Zerg that rolled down from the back door was met with a headshot from Yu Hanjiang!
One by one, kill them.
The teammates cleared the carriage quickly, but Yu Hanjiang's marksmanship was even faster.
After a single kill, immediately follow up with a fire attack, preventing the Zerg from merging and upgrading!
In the blink of an eye, more than half of the Zerg in the carriage had been dealt with.
Yu Hanjiang stood under the streetlight, firing his gun with pinpoint accuracy. The moment the Zerg spawned off the vehicle, he blew their heads off with a single shot. Xiao Lou was incredibly impressed by his unerring marksmanship.
Just then, Long Sen suddenly shouted, " Professor Xiao, watch out!"
It turned out that Ye Qi and Long Sen's control skills were interrupted. After all, Long Sen's badminton requires accuracy, and Ye Qi's flute also has a cooldown time. Long Sen originally wanted to use the badminton to hit Little Girl, who was sitting in the middle of the back of the carriage. However, the little girl was incredibly agile. The moment the badminton flew over, she suddenly jumped up and climbed directly onto the roof of the bus using all four limbs!
The Zerg's climbing ability is very strong. In the blink of an eye, she climbed directly above Xiao Lou and stretched out her claws to attack Xiao Lou's head!
Long Sen cried out in surprise, and his teammates turned pale as they all turned to look at Xiao Lou.
At this critical moment, a man dressed in ancient costume suddenly appeared in the carriage. He was dressed in a long black robe, had a handsome face, and swiftly swung a sharp longsword in his hand—
With a flash of white sword light, the Little Girl's head...
But he cut it off!
Teammates: "???"
Xiao Lou was stunned: " Xiao Yu?!"
The trigger mechanism for this card is currently unclear to Xiao Lou. He had encountered danger before, but Xiao Yu had not appeared. Now he suddenly appears to protect his brother, probably because the crisis just now was fatal.
Everyone recognized Xiao Yu and then understood what had happened.
Xiao Yu clearly didn't know what the Zerg were, and simply cut off the Zerg's head.
The little girl's head rolled to the feet of an adult man, and the insectoid creatures parasitizing her immediately began to merge with him.
Xiao Lou's face turned pale: "Oh no, it's leveled up..."
Ye Qi said nervously, "My flute has 5 seconds left to cool down!"
Long Sen's badminton shuttlecock was having a hard time hitting the upgraded, incredibly fast Zerg. Xiao Lou made a decision immediately, summoning the Character Card without hesitation— "Holding Hands, Gazing at Each Other with Tears in Our Eyes."
Just as the upgraded Zerg were about to climb onto the roof of the vehicle to attack the group, Xiao Lou controlled them, forcing them to turn back.
Xiao Lou's target was the upgraded Zerg and another Zerg nearby.
The insectoid, halfway up the mountain, suddenly stopped, turned around, and grabbed the insect sitting nearby. The two insects held each other's hands tightly, and tears of emotion welled up in their crimson eyes.
Two Zerg players: "???"
Why is my body out of control, yet I'm still holding onto my companion's paw and crying?
Everyone who saw this scene was both amused and exasperated.
Professor Xiao's unusual card still works to control the Zerg.
Fortunately, Xiao Lou reacted quickly enough and successfully resolved the sudden crisis. The two insects, holding each other's claws and looking at each other with tears in their eyes, were pushed off the vehicle by Liu Qiao and Qu Wanyue. Their hands rolled together, but they still couldn't separate. They stared at each other with wide eyes, almost bleeding tears.
Yu Hanjiang fired two shots, sending them to their deaths.
Ye Qi's flute cooldown was over, and the Zerg controlled by Balance were also taken over by Long Sen. Liu Qiao, Qu Wanyue, and Shao Qingge endured the nausea and pushed them all out of the window of the car to be handed over to Yu Hanjiang to clean up the mess.
Yu Hanjiang happened to be holding Xiao Lou's first-aid kit. He fired a shot with one hand and poured alcohol on the insects with the other, setting them all on fire. In less than 10 minutes, with everyone's cooperation, Yu Hanjiang burned this elite insectoid group to ashes!
The road was littered with charred corpses. To prevent the fire from spreading to the car, Yu Hanjiang shouted, "Old Mo, drive!"
Mo Xuemin started the car and pressed the accelerator with his right foot. Yu Hanjiang took a running start to accelerate, grabbed the car door, and jumped in.
Old Mo immediately closed the back door.
The bus shot out of the fire like an arrow!
Only the eight of them remained on the bus, along with Xiao Yu, Xiao Lou's younger brother, who was standing next to him.
Recalling the incident of fighting the Zerg for the vehicle, everyone was still shaken. Ye Qi breathed a sigh of relief and said, "If Xiao Yu hadn't suddenly appeared, Professor Xiao would have almost been scratched by that agile Zerg!"
Upon hearing this, Yu Hanjiang immediately went over and looked at Xiao Lou with concern: "Are you alright?"
Xiao Lou shook his head: "Don't worry, I'm not hurt."
Shao Qingge said thoughtfully, " Xiao Yu's skill is a passive skill. I remember the description says that he will consciously come out to protect his brother in extremely dangerous situations. Have you noticed that when Captain Yu was with Professor Xiao, even if Professor Xiao was in danger, Xiao Yu never came out? But just now, when Captain Yu wasn't around, he came out?"
Upon reflection, it seemed to make sense. Back in the supermarket, the Zerg had launched a surprise attack on Xiao Lou, but Xiao Yu hadn't reacted. Now, on the bus, the same situation occurred, but Xiao Yu appeared?
Ye Qi looked puzzled: "Why? Is the probability of getting this card random?"
Shao Qingge said with a half-smile, "It's not a matter of probability or randomness, but rather related to Professor Xiao's state of mind. If Professor Xiao feels that the danger is unbearable, Xiao Yu will come out to protect his brother. If Professor Xiao isn't very nervous, he doesn't need to come out."
Ye Qi suddenly realized: "That makes sense! When Captain Yu was around, Professor Xiao wasn't actually nervous even though he was being attacked, so Xiao Yu judged that his brother wasn't in extreme danger and wouldn't come out. Just now, Captain Yu wasn't around, and there was no one to protect Professor Xiao. When he was suddenly attacked, Professor Xiao must have been very nervous, and his hormones were surging, so Xiao Yu came out, right?"
Liu Qiao added with a blank expression: "...adrenaline."
Ye Qi: "Yes, yes, that's the gist of it."
Xiao Lou's cheeks flushed as she listened to their earnest analysis.
Seriously... why are you speaking such blunt truths!
When Yu Hanjiang is around, Xiao Lou feels very at ease. No matter how dangerous the situation, he doesn't get nervous. Perhaps he subconsciously believes that Yu Hanjiang can handle any crisis? So Xiao Yu's passive skill determines that his brother doesn't need his protection.
But just now, Yu Hanjiang wasn't around. As Ye Qi said, when the Zerg on the roof suddenly swooped down, Xiao Lou's adrenaline surged, and his heart almost stopped. Xiao Yu judged that his brother was in extreme danger, so he came out and sliced off the Zerg's head with his sword.
Xiao Yu wasn't to blame for the Zerg fusion; he didn't even know what Zerg were. Fortunately, his appearance gave Xiao Lou time to recover, allowing him to successfully use the Character Card's control abilities to resolve the crisis.
After sorting out the cause and effect of what had just happened, the teammates all showed expressions of sudden realization.
It turns out that whether Xiao Yu comes out or not is related to Xiao Lou's own consciousness.
Guan— When Xiao Lou feels that danger is difficult to deal with, her younger brother will come out to protect her; when Xiao Lou is not afraid, her younger brother will not come out.
Xiao Lou realized that he had unknowingly developed a strong dependence on Yu Hanjiang. Since they were connected via Telepathic Connection, Xiao Lou couldn't dwell on it and quickly changed the subject: "Well, at least we got a car; we don't have to travel through the snow."
Old Mo, who was in charge of driving, said, "This car has a full gas tank and can go for several hundred kilometers. Since we can still drive on the snow, why don't we drive a little further and find a remote place to stay?"
Yu Hanjiang nodded: "Let's do it this way, I'll give you the map."
He stepped forward, handed the map to Old Mo, and turned to everyone: "Sit down, everyone, and avoid the bloodstains on the ground."
The other Zerg were thrown off the vehicle and burned. Xiao Yu bled a little when he cut off the Zerg's head. Xiao Lou cut a piece of white silk to cover the bloodstains. The teammates, exhausted from the whole day, avoided the bloodstains and found seats to sit down.
There were plenty of seats on the bus. Apart from Long Sen and Qu Wanyue, who were sitting side by side in a double seat, everyone else sat alone in a row. Xiao Lou was sitting in a seat towards the back, and Yu Hanjiang, despite having so many empty seats, went over and sat next to Xiao Lou.
Shao Qingge turned around and glanced at Xiao Lou with a smile.
Xiao Lou blushed slightly, feeling a little nervous, and unconsciously clenched her fingers.
Just then, Yu Hanjiang's voice came into my mind: "Was that dangerous just now? Xiao Yu was forced out."
Xiao Lou feigned calmness and said, "It's nothing, just an accident. I'll be more careful in the future."
Yu Hanjiang gently held Xiao Lou's hand, patted the back of his hand reassuringly, and whispered, "I'm sorry, I didn't think it through... I'm glad you're alright."
Outside the window, snow was falling heavily, and the cold wind was biting.
Inside the bus, Lao Mo turned on the heater, and the temperature slowly rose, gradually restoring color to everyone's faces, which had been frozen stiff.
In the back seat of the car, out of sight of his teammates, Yu Hanjiang held Xiao Lou's hand tightly.
Xiao Lou's cheeks flushed. He couldn't help but think, "Isn't it a bit inappropriate for two grown men to always be holding hands like this?"
Forgetting that he was connected to the Telepathic Connection, his thoughts were transmitted to Yu Hanjiang's mind.
Yu Hanjiang asked in a low voice, "Do you hate it?"
Xiao Lou was taken aback: "What?"
Yu Hanjiang looked at him, her gaze gentle: "Would you hate it if I held your hand like this?"
Xiao Lou's breath hitched, and he immediately lowered his head, saying, "...No."
Yu Hanjiang heard that Xiao Lou didn't dislike him, so he simply took Xiao Lou's hand and intertwined their fingers.
The man's long, slender fingers slipped through the gaps between his own, interlocking seamlessly with his own.
In the wind and snow, bus No. 301 sped along carrying eight people.
The outside temperature was terrifyingly low, but Xiao Lou felt incredibly hot inside the carriage; his entire body felt like it was on fire. The intimate gesture of "holding hands" was, for someone with zero dating experience, a bit too suggestive.
He could hear his heart pounding.
Yu Hanjiang's heart was also racing, and his palms were slightly sweaty.
With their minds in a complete mess, Xiao Lou simply cut off the Telepathic Connection to avoid interfering with each other.
Shao Qingge, who was sitting in the front row, saw this scene through the projection in the window. He chuckled and touched his nose, thinking to himself that the two of them were obviously experiencing their first love. They looked naive and clumsy, unaware that the other liked them, and were still cautiously testing each other.
Such a pure affection made him somewhat envious.