bestfiction Chapter 960 Replacement?!
Chapter 960 Replacement?!
"..."
Lin Hai gently gripped the cold, stiff hand of the passenger in the hoodie.
"Alright... kill them first... then make everyone... pay for our deaths."
But before Lin Hai could finish speaking, the scene that had barely stopped because of Meng Lang's "death" suddenly changed.
The strange couple who had been standing still the whole time—the bride in her wedding dress and the groom—seemed to be extremely agitated the moment the middle-aged man appeared.
Two streams of bloody tears suddenly flowed from the dark sockets of the woman in the wedding dress. She abruptly opened her bluish-purple lips and let out a scream so shrill it could pierce the soul:
"Ah—!!! It hurts!! It hurts so much… I'm in so much pain! It hurts so much…!!!"
As she screamed, the groom, who had been quiet all along, also let out a low, beast-like roar. The resentment flowing from his twisted face, which resembled Lin Hai's, almost solidified into a tangible form.
Their gazes were fixed on the middle-aged man walking towards the driver's seat, but the next second, they simultaneously turned to Xiao Juan and A Hao, who were being protected behind Chen Yi and huddled together.
Xiao Juan and A Hao trembled behind Chen Yi's screen.
When the gazes of the strange couple fell upon him at the same time, Ahao suddenly felt a tremor and fear originating from the depths of his soul, as if he saw something... his future self... and the fate of himself and his girlfriend.
"No...don't look at us..."
Xiao Juan broke down in tears, crying out, "We don't know anything...we just want to go home..."
"We just want to go home..."
"go home……"
The woman in the wedding dress wept bitterly, her voice hoarse and broken as she repeated Xiao Juan's words, "We...we also want to go home...to have a wedding..."
The groom stiffly turned his neck, looking at Lin Hai and the hooded passenger, then at Xiao Juan and A Hao, and finally at the back of the middle-aged man.
He Lingling barely opened her increasingly blurry eyes and stared intently at the strange couple and Xiao Juan and Ahao.
These four shadows represent "when happiness is unharmed" (Xiao Juan and A Hao), "the resentment of a ruined wedding" (the strange couple), and "the obsession and madness of fusion" (Lin Hai and the hoodie passenger).
She thought that as long as she protected Xiao Juan and A Hao, they wouldn't cross paths. But at this moment, because of the murderer's appearance, they unexpectedly and chaotically "overlapped".
As He Lingling's mind raced with chaotic thoughts, the entire carriage began to shake violently.
Cracks began to appear on the floor, walls, and roof of the bus, and more black mist billowed from the cracks, mixed with countless fragmented images—
A blood-stained floral dress, splattered blood, terrified faces, indifferent eyes, Lin Hai's desperate cries...
These images, like living things, attempt to entangle and devour every rational and conscious living being in the carriage—that is, the player.
"They are merging... all the shadows are being forcibly merged by Lin Hai's obsession and the rules of this 'crime scene'!"
He Lingling forced herself to sit up straight, her bloodshot eyes fixed on the center of the flowing gray mist, and said in horror:
"No, once they fully merge... this vehicle, this replica, will become an inescapable death loop! We will all become part of it!"
"Just kill Lin Hai!"
Upon hearing this, Anjie immediately thought of a solution and rushed towards Lin Hai again, disregarding her injuries.
"Shi Jiu! Kill Lin Hai if you get the chance!"
In her view, as long as Lin Hai, the source, is killed, the fusion process will be unable to continue.
Chen Yi almost gritted his teeth, wanting to push the acorn barrier upwards again, attempting to isolate Xiao Juan and A Hao from the outside world even more completely.
But the passengers, driven by their growing resentment, began to assault the barrier, and the barrier, which was already nearing its end, began to show dense cracks.
Xu Han frantically pulled out several more props to reinforce the cover, his face ashen white.
"Brother Chen! What if we can't hold on any longer?"
Chen Yi gritted his teeth, "Wait a little longer. If it really doesn't work, then I'll just activate my talent skill."
With all that extra fat on his body, he can definitely protect Xiao Juan and A Hao.
Yu Shijiu took a deep breath after Anjie called his name.
Just like when the gray fog appeared before, he could feel the contamination in his left arm stirring wildly.
But he forcefully suppressed his agitation and quickly scanned the entire room with his gaze.
The culprit, the madman, was almost at the driver's seat, but the driver remained unmoved and continued driving forward, as if everything happening inside the car had nothing to do with him.
Yu Shijiu had doubts about this. He didn't believe that a real driver would really ignore a murder case inside a car. He guessed that this was an adaptation by Dawn Game based on Lin Hai's memories and pain.
but……
Yu Shijiu turned to look at the strange couple who were staring intently at the young couple behind the barrier.
The strange couple were filled with resentment, their venomous eyes fixed on Ahao, Xiaojuan, and the madman who was still walking forward.
Lin Hai and the hoodie passenger had their sights set on the madman and the driver, but they didn't have time to do anything else now, because Ange really wanted to kill Lin Hai.
Therefore, in this situation, only he and Xu Han can find the key to breaking the deadlock.
"Brother Han! Brother Chen!"
Yu Shijiu suddenly shouted, "You just need to protect that couple. Be careful not to let the ghost couple touch them."
"what?"
Chen Yi and Xu Han were taken aback.
"They are the shadow of 'happiness'."
"If Lin Hai's obsession is swallowed up or destroyed by the shadow of 'resentment,' he may lose his last anchor and go completely insane and out of control."
He Lingling added hoarsely that thanks to Xu Han tying her belt, she could now finally see more blurry fragments of the future.
"Although the ghost couple hates that madman, seeing Xiao Juan and A Hao arouses even stronger resentment in them. They want to destroy their 'happiness'... or... replace them—"
He Lingling's breath hitched, and she repeated in disbelief the words she had just uttered:
"replace?!"
"replace?"
Anjie instantly understood what was happening, and looked at the strange couple who were standing still with shock in her eyes.
After screaming, the bride and groom began to slowly drift towards Xiao Juan and A Hao.
The closer they got, the more their overflowing resentment transformed into countless black threads, attempting to penetrate Chen Yi's wooden barrier.
"You mean, they want to... take over Xiaojuan and Ahao's bodies? To complete their wedding that never happened?"
Xu Han felt a chill in his heart, his hand trembling as he gripped He Lingling's arm tightly, and whispered.
He Lingling nodded slightly and sighed, "How pitiful."
Xu Han: "..."
"Don't pity them now, pity ourselves instead..."
Xu Han muttered something under his breath, his hand gripping He Lingling's arm, ready to heal her again at any moment.
Well, the healing power that was originally intended to treat the pollution on Yu Shijiu's body was mostly used on He Lingling.
Xu Han felt a little guilty towards Yu Shijiu, and looked up at where Yu Shijiu was standing with remorse.
They saw the other party grabbing the black mist drifting out from the cracks and the passengers crowding on with their bare hands—no, their bare claws—and tearing them apart with an excited yet restrained expression.
Xu Han: "..."
He swallowed hard, thinking that Yu Shijiu didn't seem to need treatment yet.
Shi Jiu will definitely be able to suppress the pollution.
As Xu Han thought this, her weak hands and feet involuntarily made her stand up and leave her seat.
He Lingling's neck was still not very mobile, and she glanced sideways at Xu Han, who was clumsily walking towards Yu Shijiu while holding onto the seat.
Although he was scared, his hands and feet were still quite "brave".
Chen Yi also saw Xu Han leave his seat and was a little worried, but he did not stop him.
He forcefully activated the now-ripened acorns again, and the wooden barrier in front of him immediately thickened, temporarily blocking the black lines of resentment.
But the wooden barrier also developed more cracks.
Just then, the driver's hoarse, indifferent, and seemingly unchanging voice finally rang out again:
"The last stop... the final stop, the old road intersection, will arrive in two minutes."
"Passengers who are getting off, please take your belongings and prepare to disembark."
The old road intersection.
The name of the station sent a jolt through Lin Hai.
...This is the section of road on which the bus that brutally murdered his girlfriend occurred in the real world.
Damn it, damn it, damn it, damn it—why? Why did the game choose to alter his memories? Does it really not want to see him have even the slightest bit of an advantage?
Lin Hai was trembling violently from that painful experience.
Those slender pupils, mutated by their innate skills, were instantly replaced by dense blood vessels, and even the glimmer of light deep within them was shrouded in a thick layer of red.
No, that's not right.
Lin Hai forced himself to ignore the bloody memories flashing through his mind and turned his head to look out of the bus.
The Dawn Game gave him a new life... Dawn, dawn... Since it bestowed dawn upon him, he should have given everything in return...
Lin Hai's eyes flickered, and he gripped the hoodie passenger's hand tighter and tighter...
The coldness emanating from the other person seeped into Lin Hai's skin through their hand, further solidifying his resolve.
As long as he saves up one million points... as long as he saves up one million points... he's willing to do anything.
The bus began to slow down after the driver said that we were almost at the station, and outside the window, it was no longer pure darkness as before.
A hazy, gray light peeked through the thick clouds, barely illuminating the dilapidated, desolate crossroads ahead.
The rain continued to drizzle, washing over the cracked road surface.
The bus stop sign at the intersection looked more dilapidated than any of the previous signs, probably because it was nearing dawn and there were no lights, only the asphalt road soaked by rain and the blurry outline of abandoned buildings in the distance.
In the center of the intersection, a dark stain can be vaguely seen that cannot be washed away no matter what.
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The car door opened.
A cold, damp morning breeze swept into the carriage, dispersing the thick, resentful fog that filled the interior.
The middle-aged man was the first to react.
He stopped walking towards the driver's seat, tilted his head, looked at the intersection outside the car door, and a childlike, innocent yet cruel smile appeared on his face.
"We're here...this is it...it's hot here..."
He muttered to himself, holding the blood-dripping knife, and staggered as he tried to get off the bus, but the driver stopped him.
“You didn’t get off here,” the driver turned his head, his pupils dark and cold, “Have you forgotten?”
The middle-aged man stared at him intently, his gaze somewhat distorted. He licked his bloodied lips. "Didn't I put it here?"
The driver nodded, but made no real move to stop it.
"Then I'll get off here anyway."
The middle-aged driver ignored what the driver said, turned around and got out of the car, stepping directly onto the wet road surface at the intersection.
And the instant his feet touched the ground—
boom!
The entire carriage, along with the space outside, seemed to vibrate.
All the passengers who had been looking down, their faces stained with blood as they fought with Yu Shijiu and the others, suddenly raised their heads.
Their movements were stiff yet swift, their faces bearing the same terror and numbness that Lin Hai remembered.
The next second, all the passengers stopped fighting and rushed towards the door like a tide, scrambling to get off the bus.
"Don't push! Let me off!"
"Run! Run!"
"Call the police! Call the police now!"
"Call the police! Murder! Murder!"
"Don't push me! Someone's killing me!!!"
"..."
The noisy shouts of men and women with accents rang out again, overlapping with the scene in Lin Hai's memory.
The strange couple's attention was also drawn to the middle-aged man who got out of the car.
They stopped attacking the wooden barrier in front of Xiao Juan and A Hao.
Beneath the lifted red veil, two resentful faces turned toward the car door, tears streaming even more fiercely from their eyes. Their resentment swirled like a black whirlwind toward the middle-aged man standing at the crossroads, looking around blankly.
Lin Hai also stared intently at the car door.
He stared at the murderer standing at the source of the deepest pain in his memory, his tiny pupils swirling wildly with fragments of light. The hooded passenger next to him seemed to be stimulated as well, gripping his hand tightly, his nails almost digging into his flesh.
“Ah Hai…kill him…”
The woman's gentle yet barely concealed voice reached Lin Hai's ears.
"Kill him...kill him...kill him and we can..."
What can happen then?
Go home? Or sink into eternal resentment and regret?
Lin Hai listened to his girlfriend's calls in his ear, and a moment of confusion appeared in his eyes.
It's now!
"Shi Jiu! Stop the ghost couple! Don't let them get off the car!"
Anjie noticed Lin Hai's absent-mindedness and immediately called out:
"Chen Yi, make sure to protect those two before we get off the bus! Xu Han, keep an eye on Shi Jiu and don't let him lose his senses. Lingling, tell me where the weakest point in the black fog is!"
Anjie certainly hadn't given up on killing Lin Hai, but—her gaze swept quickly over Mulanzhi and the other two, and she gritted her teeth.
Although Meng Lang was unlucky enough to die, Mu Lanzhi and the other two are still alive. As long as they are alive, Lin Hai probably still can't kill them.
"The weak point... the weak point lies between the driver and that madman! And... that strange couple!"
He Lingling cried out despite the excruciating pain in her eyes.