Qin Nuo stopped in his tracks, turning stiffly to look at the driver.
The driver's face was deathly pale, staring directly at Qin Nuo, and from his cracked lips came a few hoarse words: "You put in too many coins."
Qin Nuo secretly breathed a sigh of relief and calmly said, "It's okay, I have plenty of money."
The driver said nothing more, closed the door, and started the bus.
There weren't many passengers on the bus.
Apart from the elderly and women with children who boarded with Qin Nuo, there were four other passengers.
Two were ghostly and transparent, and two were solid.
One of the solid figures had a terrifying seam running down the center of his face, with numerous steel nails embedded in his head.
Clearly, this was a ghost.
The other solid figure was dressed in a suit, with a lean build, a square face, and slicked-back hair, gazing nonchalantly out the window at the passing scenery.
Qin Nuo looked at him, feeling a shiver inside.
A human presence!
Not a Half-Ghost; this man in the suit was a real human!
With his Ghost Power, Qin Nuo could roughly distinguish between humans and ghosts.
A player from another area?
Why wasn't he afraid, daring to ride this ghost bus alone?
Qin Nuo was shocked and puzzled.
The elderly and women with children who had just boarded also noticed the human on the bus.
They scrutinized the man in the suit, then seemed to realize something, and withdrew their gazes, appearing wary.
"Mommy, I want it!"
The ghost baby in the woman's arms stared at the man in the suit, as if seeing something amusing, reaching out with tiny hands to grab him.
The woman held the baby's hands, turning away to prevent it from causing trouble.
"There must be things I don't know about in this Horror World, or some rules I haven't touched upon," Qin Nuo pondered to himself.
After all, it was his first time entering the Horror World, a genuine newbie player!
Back on Earth, Qin Nuo had seen news reports more than once.
Those national-level veteran players could freely enter horror games, complete instances, and earn rewards.
For those experienced players, horror games were not nightmares but dream worlds that constantly offered them benefits.
"We newbies think every day about how to survive and return, always on edge."
"Those veteran players have long found the essence of playing these games, freely shuttling between the horror and real worlds."
Qin Nuo sighed inwardly as the bus arrived at a stop.
"Blood Grudge Cemetery, please disembark in an orderly fashion. The next stop is the Underworld Hotel, passengers preparing to disembark, please get ready!"
The man in the suit stood up, glanced down at Qin Nuo as he passed, smiled, and then exited through the back door.
"I've been discovered."
But the water ghost didn't expose Qin Nuo; instead, it found a seat and sat down, its greedy eyes never leaving Qin Nuo, afraid its prey would escape.
Five minutes later.
The bus stopped, and Qin Nuo immediately stood up, ready to get off.
The water ghost suddenly blocked his path, grinning sinisterly: "Sit back down!"
Qin Nuo looked at him coldly: "This is my stop."
"I said sit back down, little rat, don't you understand what I'm saying?"
The words "little rat" caught the attention of the passengers.
They all looked up, their eyes falling on Qin Nuo.
Qin Nuo's face darkened; this water ghost clearly wasn't planning to let him go.
Under the raincoat, his fingers tightly gripped the Bone-Crushing Hammer.
He wasn't afraid of the water ghost.
But if he made a move against it on the bus, his identity would undoubtedly be exposed.
The ghost driver also turned to look at Qin Nuo and the water ghost, then closed the rear door that had been opened.
Some passengers began to stir.
They vaguely guessed something.
A rat had snuck onto the bus!
"Trouble, a lamb in a wolf's den."
As the atmosphere on the bus gradually became tense, Qin Nuo's expression also turned increasingly grim.
The water ghost stared sinisterly at Qin Nuo: "Rat, I'll say it again, sit back down!"
Qin Nuo didn't move. Sitting back down meant not only missing his stop but also facing unknown dangers ahead, which he couldn't imagine!
At the critical moment, the water ghost felt a tap on its shoulder and turned to see a shadow behind it.
"It's mine," the shadow said expressionlessly.
"Yours? What proof..."
The water ghost sneered, but before it could finish, the shadow suddenly raised a hand, its fingers gripping the water ghost's face.
Sharp nails pierced the water ghost's face, and black blood splattered.
Before the water ghost could resist, the water on its body quickly evaporated, releasing steam.
Then, terrifying flames engulfed it, and its ghastly white flesh charred and burned at a visible speed.
Amidst a horrific scream, the water ghost was burned into a charred corpse.
The shadow crushed the water ghost's skull, and the headless body fell to the ground, shattering into pieces of black charcoal.
The shadow looked at the ghost driver and coldly said, "Open the door."
The ghost driver, showing a hint of fear, opened the rear door of the bus.
Without giving Qin Nuo a chance to speak, the shadow pulled him off the bus.