Gao Wu: After holding back for eighteen years, my words are divine.

Inside the carriage, the burst of blood mist was still slowly dissipating.

Everyone was shocked, their gazes shifting back and forth between the crow's mangled head and Jiang Nan's still-raised finger.

Fear, confusion, and a sense of bewilderment as if one's worldview is collapsing.

"What...what happened? Why did the crow suddenly die?"

In the corner, a petite girl wearing thick-rimmed glasses raised her hand.

Her name is Liu Yuqing. She ranks among the top students in all subjects in the school and is a top student.

"I...I think I saw it..."

"Jiang Nan just made a gun gesture, and... he even spoke!"

"Then the crow exploded!"

Upon hearing this, several girls around him gasped in shock.

However, before the shock could fully develop...

"Huh? Liu Yuqing, have you lost your mind too?"

A sneer rang out.

The speaker was a girl sitting in the front row.

She was dressed head to toe in designer clothes, clutching a Hermès bag with the tag still on, and her chin was so sharp it could kill someone.

Her nose bridge is translucent, giving her the look of an overly surgically enhanced internet celebrity.

Her name is White Lotus, and she's notorious in the class for being a snob.

"Do you think this is a novel? Using gestures and talking?"

Bai Lianhua rolled her eyes dramatically and pointed at Jiangnan, who still had a blank expression:

Everyone knows he's mute!

"What, is there really a lunatic who would hold back their words for eighteen years just to show off, only to shudder like this today?"

"This is ridiculous!"

Although Bai Lianhua's words were harsh, they were undeniably reasonable.

Who would be so bored as to pretend to be mute for eighteen years?

However, Liu Yuqing bit her lip and mustered up the courage to retort.

"But...but I really saw it."

The next second, the girl sitting next to her spoke.

That was Liu Yuqing's best friend, and also the class beauty, Yu Shishi.

She is pure and beautiful, and he is always by her side.

"Yuqing, Jiangnan has a certificate from the hospital, you must have misread it."

"Think about it carefully if you don't believe me. What if you were pretending to be mute, able to speak but unable to because of some unforeseen reason?"

"How painful would it be to stumble upon shocking gossip but not be able to share it, to be misunderstood and unable to explain yourself!"

"Let alone eighteen years, I couldn't even last a year!"

Upon hearing this, Jiangnan, who had been expressionless, twitched slightly at the corner of his eye.

He nodded frantically in his mind.

I have to say, you've spoken my mind!

Eighteen years! A full eighteen years!

Do you know how I've spent the last eighteen years?!

To accumulate these few words, for the power of that one shudder.

Countless times I wanted to complain, countless times I wanted to curse, but in the end I could only pinch my thigh hard and swallow the words back!

This has resulted in him being unable to make any facial expressions now.

Aside from managing a forced, crooked, cold smile, he's basically expressionless!

"But…"

Liu Yuqing was about to say something when she was abruptly interrupted by a roar.

"Enough! Who cares if he's really mute or pretending!"

Yang Wei suddenly jumped up from his seat, his finger trembling as he pointed at the corpse on the ground.

His eyes, unlike Li Xin's, were filled with fear, not desire.

"More important than how the crow died..."

"Didn't you see what he just did?!"

Yang Wei, his face filled with terror and anger, roared:

"He arrested Li Xin as a shield!!"

"He's using a living person to block the crow's beak!!"

His words stirred up a huge wave of discussion.

The crowd, who were still immersed in the cause of the crow's death, suddenly recalled the chilling scene from just now.

That mute man, whom they usually regarded as a vulnerable group with no presence.

He actually managed to pull Li Xin, who weighed 140 pounds, out with one hand and throw him to the monster like trash!

"I saw it too... It's so cruel..."

"Although Li Xin went a bit too far just now, Jiangnan can't just kill people like that!"

"Exactly, a murderer... what's the difference between him and that monster?"

In an instant, the public opinion in the carriage changed.

Fear often translates into aggression towards others.

Jiangnan looked at these classmates who had been so timid just moments before, but now stood on their moral high ground, pointing fingers and making pronouncements.

But his eyes held only mockery.

Especially this big guy, who was actually using the herd mentality to win over others.

It reminded him of a sentence he had seen online before.

When you are barked at by stray dogs on the street, do you call them back?

of course not.

Because Jiangnan will only kill it.

He then slowly raised his right hand, extended his index finger, and pointed it at Yang Wei's brow.

At that moment, the hairs on Yang Wei's body stood on end.

"What...what do you want to do..."

Upon seeing the other person's trembling voice and fearful eyes.

Hmm? No, that's not right.

I see... I see.

Jiang Nan frowned, then the corners of his mouth turned up.

It seems...

Things were not as simple as he had imagined.

He underestimated this big guy; he had some stereotypes.

Then, Jiang Nan lowered his hand, shook his head, and spread his arms wide.

The meaning is simple: do as you please.

However, in the very next moment...

"call!"

A fragrant breeze wafted over.

Immediately afterwards, Jiang Nan felt a darkness before his eyes as two masses instantly enveloped his entire face!

That's Chen Tong!

In a moment of panic, the voluptuous and beautiful teacher rushed over and gave Jiangnan a "face wash".

She forcefully pressed his head into her voluptuous embrace!

"Hmm..."

Jiangnan felt a sudden warmth spread through her, but she almost fainted.

Oh! This damn feeling of suffocation…

And this damn softness!

Chen Tong held Jiang Nan tightly, then turned to Yang Wei and the others and angrily rebuked them.

"What kind of time is this! Still fighting amongst themselves!"

"Can't you guys calmly think about what we should do next?!"

It must be said that Chen Tong does have a certain level of authority as a counselor.

In addition, she usually treats her students well, and she gained many students during last year's winter break exams.

She was another stunningly beautiful woman, and when she got angry, many people lowered their heads.

"call..."

Yang Weigang breathed a sigh of relief, then heard Chen Tong speak, and then shouted back with his neck stiffened.

"Teacher Chen, you're being biased! Jiangnan clearly..."

"Stop arguing! Everyone stop arguing!"

Just then, another voice broke in.

It's that chubby boy with glasses, Wang Meng.

He ran over from the driver's side, sweating profusely, and interrupted the argument.

"Our goal isn't infighting, it's to live to see the sunrise!"

Wang Meng said breathlessly:

"By the way, my family owns a car repair shop. I just went up to check the car's condition after Mr. Wang died."

"Bad news: The power system is completely down, and the engine is totaled. This car is now just a metal coffin; it's completely unusable!"

Upon hearing this, everyone's faces turned deathly pale.

The car is broken?

Wouldn't we be trapped here and die?

"Why don't we all think about what to do next? I don't recommend staying in the car any longer."

Wang Meng pushed up his glasses and pointed to the broken window.

"As you can see, that crow can easily break through the glass."

"This vehicle's defenses are practically paper-thin in front of those monsters!"

Upon hearing Wang Meng's words, everyone immediately shifted their attention away from Jiang Nan.

After all, life and death are the most important things!

"Grass!"

Yang Wei slammed his fist on the bench in anger and cursed, "That Wang guy is a real bastard! He must have known all along!"

"I asked him why the car door wouldn't open! He was so emotionally distraught at that point!"

Yang Wei paced back and forth in the corridor, his eyes shifting between light and shadow.

During this time, I secretly glanced at Jiangnan, who was still struggling, several times, and my whole body trembled.

Finally, he stopped abruptly, his eyes flashing with malice.

"No! We can't wait any longer!"

"A bus is too conspicuous! And..."

He glanced with disgust at the corpses of Master Wang and Li Xin on the ground, and at the blood all over the ground.

"The stench of blood here is too strong! It'll definitely attract even more monsters!"

"We must leave!"

As he spoke, Yang Wei looked around, his gaze landing on the large wrench in Chen Tong's hand, as if he wanted to snatch it.

But the next second, he met Jiangnan's eyes, which had broken free from Chen Tong's embrace.

Yang Wei shuddered and immediately dismissed the idea.

"snort!"

He snorted and turned around to grab a few bags of potato chips and beef jerky scattered on the ground and stuff them into his bag.

Then, with quick reflexes, he took the window breaker hanging by the window, as well as the high-powered flashlight next to Mr. Wang's body.

This is already the most valuable item on the vehicle.

He went to a window that wasn't broken yet, smashed the glass with a hammer, and looked back at the crowd.

"This car is a death trap! Who wants to come with me?"

"It's dark outside, but as long as you find an open space without trees, there won't be any crows! A clear view is safer!"

Everyone looked at each other.

Looking at the car full of blood and corpses, and then at the shattered windows, fear overcame everything.

"Me! Brother Yang Wei, I'll go with you!"

"I'm leaving too! This car smells awful!"

"Let's go, let's go, I also feel safer outside!"

Driven by the will to survive, most of the students grabbed their belongings and rushed to follow Yang Wei out the window.

In just two minutes.

The once crowded carriage instantly became empty.

Only four people remained.

Chen Tong, Jiang Nan, Wang Meng, and that petite girl from before, Liu Yuqing.

Outside the window, Yang Wei, shining a flashlight, turned around and called out.

"Teacher Chen! Aren't you coming down?"

Chen Tong looked at Yang Wei, then at Jiang Nan beside her, and seemed somewhat hesitant.

"Jiangnan...shall we go too?"

"The smell of blood here is really too strong..."

However, Jiangnan shook his head.

He found a clean spot to sit down, his expression calm.

joke.

He's currently a fragile mage with high attack but low defense. Although his Word of Power is strong, his body is still just a mortal.

Although this bus is dilapidated, at least it has a layer of sheet metal.

Should they voluntarily leave the cover and venture into that unknown, dark jungle?

Go to an open area?

Isn't that just plain stupid?

Seeing that Jiangnan refused to move, Chen Tong became even more conflicted.

She didn't know what to do. Reason told her that Yang Wei made sense, but her intuition told her that she didn't want to leave this student.

Finally, she looked into Jiangnan's eyes and asked.

"Why? Give the teacher a reason."

Jiang Nan took out his notepad, the pen gliding across the paper, and wrote two bold characters that seemed to penetrate the paper:

Trust me.

Upon seeing these two words, Chen Tong took a deep breath.

A strange sense of security welled up in my heart again.

"it is good."

Chen Tong's eyes hardened, and she called out the window, "I'm not leaving. Be careful!"

This enraged Yang Wei and the others outside the car.

"Tch, I think Teacher Chen is just infatuated with that pretty boy!"

"Exactly, let's just wait to die with a mute guy!"

Everyone started making up stories.

These words sounded like a joke to Jiangnan.

Who would argue with a dead person?

His gaze swept over the other two people who remained.

Wang Meng was bent over, fiddling with the control panel, seemingly trying to see if he could fix something, completely ignoring the calls from outside.

Meanwhile, a dispute arose with Liu Yuqing.

She was leaning against the window, desperately trying to persuade Yu Shishi, who was standing outside the car.

"Shishi! Come up here! It's too dangerous outside!"

"I still think it's safer in the car!"

Liu Yuqing called out anxiously.

Yu Shishi stood in the cold wind, looking at the car with some hesitation.

But before she could speak, Bai Lianhua grabbed her arm.

"Hey Shishi! Why are you listening to that bookworm?"

Bai Lianhua looked at Liu Yuqing with disdain.

"Liu Yuqing, if you want to die, don't drag others down with you! Didn't you see that Jiangnan kills without blinking an eye?"

"I'd rather follow Brother Yang Wei than that kind of pervert!"

"He's the center on the school basketball team, and a sports student too. He could carry us even if we encountered a monster!"

Beside her, three boys who had been pursuing Yu Shishi immediately chimed in.

"Exactly! Shishi, ignore that four-eyed girl!"

"We'll protect you! What future is there in following that mute guy?"

"Shishi, let's go, it's too cold here!"

The way these guys bow and scrape before you doesn't make them seem like simps; they're just affectionate and warm-hearted men.

Yu Shishi glanced at Liu Yuqing, then at the boys surrounding her, who were fawning over her, and finally gritted her teeth.

"Yuqing...I'm sorry."

"I think everyone's right, why don't you come down too?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Yuqing's eyes instantly dimmed.

She realized that in the face of life and death, this friendship was nothing more than that.

She took a deep breath and shook her head frantically.

"Shishi, can you trust me just this once?"

Yu Shishi avoided her gaze and made an excuse: "I...I'm afraid of blood."

Liu Yuqing didn't say anything more.

She silently took a step back, and then resolutely closed the car window in front of her former friend.

It was even fastened with a clasp.

This hurdle represents two different worlds.

"Tch! What kind of person is this! They take my kindness for granted!"

White Lotus spat fiercely at the car window.

Then she affectionately linked arms with Yu Shishi, and didn't forget to turn around and wink at the three boys.

"Let's go! You guys better be good protectors of the flowers~"

Don't worry!

The three boys instantly became incredibly energetic, as if they had been injected with adrenaline.

"Alright, stop dawdling!"

Yang Wei, standing ahead, waved his flashlight impatiently.

He glanced back at the pitch-black bus and Jiangnan, who had no intention of leaving, and breathed a sigh of relief.

I don't want to be with a monster...

Yang Wei thought with apprehension, and then issued orders.

"Let's go! To that open space over there! The more open it is, the fewer trees there are, and without trees, there are no crows!"

The group, in a grand procession, headed towards a slightly sparser area deep within the jungle.

As night deepened, the blood-red moon climbed to the treetops.

Inside the carriage, Jiangnan leaned against the window, watching the group of figures gradually disappear into the darkness.

"An open area..."

Jiangnan sneered inwardly.

In this dangerous and wild realm, you expose yourself to the open wilderness with no cover...

That's not called safety.

That's called a buffet opening ceremony.