Chapter 415: Unexpected


    “Perhaps,” Han Dong analyzed calmly, “we could break the cycle by letting the figure at the crossroads get on the bus.”


    “But what if we can’t confront this individual? Letting them on the bus could end us all… we could even meet a more terrible fate.


    I want to get off… I don’t want to continue anymore.


    At least, I could choose my way of dying if I stay back in the supermarket.”


    David, our protagonist, wanted to retain this person, because in his view, another person added to their battle power…


    Just then,


    Han Dong, who sat in the back row, propped his leg up and hit his firefighting axe against the metal handrail with a displeased expression on his face.


    “Bloody hell, get lost now! Why’d you even get on the bus if you aren’t even aware of the risks?


    Also, if there’s anyone else who’s afraid of dying, I suggest you get off the bus right now.


    If anyone talks about being scared of dying and not wanting to carry on… I’ll bash your head off with this axe!”


    Han Dong’s thundering threats, coupled with his fierce gaze, forcefully made the still-hesitant passenger get off the bus.<div>


    This incident stayed true to Han’s character.


    Letting this fearful person stay on the bus would inevitably disrupt the group’s future maneuverings, so better to have him leave promptly. It’d benefit the team’s operations.


    “Mr. Nichs, what about this…” David seemed somewhat embarrassed.


    “What? You don’t believe me? Getting on this bus to explore the mist means we’ve already prepared ourselves for death. If you’re scared, get lost.”


    The driver Daniel spoke up at this point,”Mr. Nichs is right. Once you get on this bus, you have to be prepared to die… Although the supermarket is safe, death is still inevitable in the end.


    Our choice to explore the mist means we’ve exchanged higher risk for a faint, yet present glimmer of hope.”


    Due to Han Dong’s outburst.


    Previously frantic due to the uncanny cycle, the townsfolk suddenly regained their determination…continuing to navigate beyond the edges of the town.


    Nothing changed.


    The mysterious figure shrouded in a dark robe still waved slowly by the side of the road.


    “Prepare to stop the bus and let him in… Everyone, get ready! If anything we cannot control happens, break the windows and jump out of the bus.”


    “Okay!”


    Everyone gripped their weapons tightly, viewing the mysterious hitch-hiker as a more terrifying humanoid monster than the Octopus Soldiers.


    The bus stopped, while its doors were immediately aimed at by four handguns.


    The hooded figure at the side of the road stopped waving, but didn’t seem to want to get on immediately.


    Just then, the card in Han Dong’s Omen Pouch responded.


    “Just had to be now!”


    Seizing the opportunity when everyone’s attention was on the mysterious person, Han Dong quickly drew a card from his pouch.


    Six!<div>


    Numerous Octopus head Marks appeared on the face of the card, denoting the highest level of danger…maximum Omen!


    This made Han Dong shiver to the core, and his back was immediately soaked in cold sweat.


    Such a threat could obliterate everyone on the bus in an instant and put Han Dong himself in immediate danger.


    The Metal Dice were in Han Dong’s hand, he didn’t have much time with the minute-long restriction.<div>


    He gently tossed the dice on the smooth wooden seat of the bus…[6].


    “Hmm!?” Han Dong was a bit surprised asdy luck seemed to have smiled upon him in the nick of time.


    “Equal values, this Omen is nullified…Probability of drawing “Despair Moment” increased by 60%”


    Meanwhile, the mysterious man cloaked in ck stepped onto the bus.


    A man holding a handgun due to nervousness and suspicion even wanted to use bullets to assess the danger directly.


    “Bang!”


    But, Han Dong timely intervened and stopped this person.


    “Everyone, put down your guns! He’s not an enemy.”


    After hearing Han Dong, David was the first to lower his gun.


    Following David’s action, the other townsfolk steadily calmed down but still remained vignt towards the mysterious figure.


    After boarding the bus, this mysterious person directly threw back her hood exposing an exquisite beautiful face.


    An alluring face of a twenty-year-old college student…her smooth and tender skin is wless.


    Her hair, incredibly, is a natural sea-blue that’s slightly damp.<div>


    The glow from her eyes is restrained, revealing a pair ofrge ck eyes that resembles ck pearls.


    This beautiful womanpletely bbergasted several of the townsfolk.


    But one thing they were sure of.


    They had never seen such a stunning girl in their town before…she wasn’t a local.


    The mysterious girl who had boarded the bus only stared at Han Dong with her big, shiny ck eyes, as he was the one who made the group let their guard down.


    She was barefoot.


    Every step she took left a wet footprint…


    She walked alone to the back row of the bus and sat by the window…right next to Han Dong.


    Sea-blue and damp hair,


    Moist soles,


    and an intermittent smell of seafood,


    All these clues hinted that there might be some connection between the woman and the mist monster.


    “Mr. Nichs, what do you think…”<div>


    “Just keep driving for now. Let’s see if we can sessfully get out of the mist…I’ll talk to her. No threatening moves from anyone. Got it?”


    “Okay!”


    The school bus moved on.


    This time, as they left the town, the bus was no longer shrouded in the dense fog. The cycle was broken and they smoothly exited the town.


    It would seem the [Cycle] was rted to this mysterious woman.


    While the townsfolk were exhrated about leaving the town, they also became more alert. Every now and then they would steal nces at the beautiful ‘monster.’


    …


    Intentionally, Han Dong sat leaving a seat between himself and the mysterious woman.


    While assessing this woman who seemed to have emerged from the deep sea, he thought about the previous Omen card draw…


    He wondered: “What if the values weren’t equal, the Omen would have certainly corresponded to a terrifying aspect of this woman.


    It could have been impossible to confront a sea creature from the deep sea, which could have instantly enved everyone on the bus or possibly dragged the entire bus into the deep sea.


    But…thanks to good luck, the Omen didn’t take effect.


    Is it possible that the influence of the [Omen] on [Reality] haspletely erased this woman’s ‘hostility’?<div>


    Could this woman somehow be an ally?”


    Under the Little Demon Eye’s observation, Han Dong saw that this woman had structures simr to that of an Octopus i.e., ‘Ink sac,’ ‘retracted tentacles,’ etc.


    In addition to that, she also had some organs that Han Dong had never seen before and parts that couldn’t bepletely seen through.


    After a basic observation, Han Dong tried to strike up a conversation:


    “Haven’t we met somewhere before?”


    What he meant by ‘before’ was naturally in the parking lot behind the supermarket.


    But who knows?


    This Octopus Girl suddenly turned this head.


    Without answering Han Dong’s question or making any redundant moves,


    she suddenly leaned in ‘from the front’.


    She put her moist, soft lips onto Han Dong’s lips.


    Everyone on the bus was taken aback.