Chapter 19: You Give Me a Ride, I’ll Save Your Life!
It was 7 PM in the evening. After a journey of over five hours, Zhang Beixuan finally got out of the car. It was raining in Jiangbei at this time, a rather refreshing drizzle. As he looked at the bustling streets, Zhang Beixuan couldn’t help but feel excited.
Three years had passed. He had finally descended from the mountains! However, the place he was in now was just the outskirts of Jiangbei, still quite far from Jiangbei University. Fortunately, at his current location, a bus went to Jiangbei University.
While waiting for the bus, a female voice suddenly came from afar. Zhang Beixuan looked in that direction and saw a tall, slender girl wearing denim shorts and a white half-sleeve shirt. She was holding a cell phone and walking towards him while trying to avoid the rain. Seeing her long, slender legs, Zhang Beixuan silently gave his approval.
This was it! He had indeed come to the right place!
“Dear friends, I’m really sorry, but due to the rain, we have to end our outdoor event earlier than planned,” the girl announced. “But don’t worry, our livestream will continue. I will take the bus home right now, and we’ll continue our late-night chat by candlelight.”
While running and panting heavily, the girl was speaking into her phone, clearly doing a live broadcast. Her name was Zhou Mingyue, an outdoor live streamer. With her fair skin, beauty, long legs, and reputation as a top graduate from the Drama Academy in Shanghai, she had gained some fame.
Today, she had been in the middle of an outdoor live broadcast when the rain interrupted her plans, forcing her to return reluctantly. She quickly ran to the bus stop platform, catching her breath. Zhou Mingyue sighed with relief and brushed the rainwater off herself.
In her live chat, viewers expressed understanding of the situation:
“Streamer, please go home quickly. I heard that rainy days aren’t safe.”
“Yes! Rainy days carry heavy yin energy, and it’s when supernatural things are most likely to happen!”
“Ghosts? Where are the ghosts? Female ghosts, maybe? I’d like to give it a try!”
“Streamer, how did you manage to ask such a silly question? ‘Are you waiting for the bus at the bus stop?'”
“My heart aches for the Taoist priest, three seconds.”
Just as Zhang Beixuan was about to respond, a bus with its headlights on slowly approached from the end of the road.
“Ding! Congratulations, host, you have triggered a system mission: ‘Defeat the Ghost Passenger on the Bus!'”
“Mission Completed: Rewards [Thirty Years of Cultivation] [Martial Arts Upgrade Card x1]”
“Mission Failed: No Punishment!”
Suddenly, the system’s voice sounded in Zhang Beixuan’s mind, leaving him slightly stunned. There were so many ghosts down the mountain. Could you really encounter a mission by simply taking a bus? He glanced at the bus number: Bus 444. It was the one he needed.
“How interesting,” Zhang Beixuan chuckled. He had ridden a bus before, but this was the first time he encountered a mission involving a ghost-driven bus.
As the bus’s doors opened, Zhang Beixuan was about to step on, but to his surprise, Zhou Mingyue, with her long legs, was even faster. She boarded the bus ahead of him, paid the fare twice, and then turned to Zhang Beixuan with a cheerful smile.
“Elder, meeting is fate. Allow me to invite you to take the bus this time.”
“The streamer finally showed some wisdom!”
“This time, I’m inviting you to take the bus. Next time, you’ll have to invite me on board. (Grinning face)”
“Onboard? How do I invite you on board? Is it a paid invitation?”