Chapter 11 Tunnel

　　Seeming to sense the awkward atmosphere, the driver chuckled and said, "This tunnel saves a lot of road. Don't worry, I'll step on the gas and we'll be out of here in no time."

　　But soon, the driver couldn't laugh anymore.

　　They had been driving in the tunnel for a full five minutes. At first, there were occasional cars coming from the opposite direction, but now, apart from the lights on the tunnel ceiling, there was only endless darkness.

　　The surrounding darkness was like thick ink. One glance, and it felt like your vision would be swallowed.

　　"What... what's going on?" the driver said, his voice panicking, "I drive this road all the time. When did the tunnel become so long?"

　　Of course, there was nothing wrong with the tunnel. The problem was with the people in the car.

　　"Bang!"

　　A strange noise came from the roof of the car, like someone had heavily slapped it with their hand.

　　"Bang!"

　　"Bang!"

　　"Holy crap! What's that sound?" the driver shouted, his voice changing in fear. He glanced at the roof of the car, and the hand gripping the steering wheel began to tremble.

　　"Give up," Jiang Cheng heard a faint voice in his ear. He turned his head and saw Xu Yi's pale face.

　　Her beautiful eyebrows were tightly furrowed together, and one could imagine the pain she was suffering at this moment. "Let me out of the car, or it won't let you go."

　　Jiang Cheng didn't say anything, but his eyes had already moved to the car door. He knew that Xu Yi was right. As long as they threw her out, they would be safe.

　　After all... the ghost only wanted her this time.

　　Xu Yi's left arm hung down limply, and only her right arm could move a little, but it was clear that she couldn't even open the car door anymore.

　　Jiang Cheng slowly reached out to the car door next to Xu Yi, but just before he made a decision, Xu Yi's weak but urgent voice sounded again.

　　"Don't hesitate," her teeth were chattering, and her mind was starting to blur.

　　She leaned against Jiang Cheng's shoulder, her eyes closed, so she didn't notice the movement of his hand. She continued to say to herself, "Don't waste time on me. I'm no longer valuable. Leaving me will only bring danger to everyone."

　　The next second, Jiang Cheng felt the person on his shoulder shake her head in pain, and a weak but firm voice sounded, "It's not worth it." Xu Yi gasped, "It's even... meaningless."

　　Jiang Cheng's hand, which had already grabbed the inside handle of the car door, paused.

　　No value, not worth it, meaningless...

　　These few ordinary words seemed to come alive, like lightning striking his mind. How long ago had someone said the same thing in front of him... In that instant, Jiang Cheng's heart twitched fiercely.

　　In his opinion, abandoning a teammate who had no value was not a heinous thing. The teammate had already been targeted by the ghost, and bringing her along would endanger everyone.

　　What's more... she had taken the initiative to bring it up, and he hadn't forced her.

　　This person was about to die, and now it was meaningless to do anything. At most, it would only help her delay the time, and her hope of surviving was slim.

　t why... did he have this feeling?

　　He was inexplicably afraid, and the look in his eyes as he stared at the car door was like he was sizing up a prehistoric monster, as if as soon as he opened this door, he would be lost in the darkness outside the door.

　　In just a few seconds, his back was soaked with cold sweat, and the sound of his rapid breathing even drowned out the sound of the wind outside the window.

　　Feeling the weak breathing of the person on his shoulder, his hand trembled, then slowly retracted, and he took Xu Yi's hand that was reaching for the car door and placed it on his knee.

　　"Hold on a little longer," Jiang Cheng said, holding her with one hand, his chin resting on her forehead. "We're almost there."

　　Lowering his body, he tried to make Xu Yi lean on him more comfortably, while the cold aura spread in the car, and the invisible pressure began to shift to him.

　　"Drive faster!" Jiang Cheng shouted to the lost-minded driver.

　　It seemed that his efforts had paid off. Xu Yi's face had miraculously softened a little, and her lips had gradually regained some color. "Cough, cough..." She coughed violently, with a little blood on the corner of her lips. She opened her eyes, and the first thing she saw was a profile.

　　Jiang Cheng was shivering from the cold, but he still didn't let go of Xu Yi's hand. He stared intently at the darkness ahead, and there was a faint light in his dark eyes.

　　"What are you looking at?" Noticing that she was awake, Jiang Cheng's expression immediately became carefree. He glanced at her and pretended to be fierce, "Let me tell you, I don't save people for nothing. Either pay up, or pay with your body. Someone like you probably doesn't have any money, so use your looks to pay it off. I'm thinking that the grace of saving your life should be worth a hundred or eighty times. I've already robbed you more than 20 times while you were sleeping, and I'll save the rest for later when we get out."

　　Xu Yi had just woken up, her face full of confusion, but she soon realized that it was the shivering man in front of her who had helped her.

　　"Don't look at me like that," Jiang Cheng widened his eyes, seemingly frightened, then changed to a panting tone and begged, "Can you let me catch my breath?"

　　"Thank you," Xu Yi said softly.

　　After a pause, Jiang Cheng turned his head and hummed twice, "No need to thank me. When you're on a mission again, just ask your colleagues to let me off the hook."

　　"I'm very easy to recognize," Jiang Cheng said, his eyebrows dancing, "I have two stage names, one is called Silver Spear Little Lang Jun, which is used in the little sister venues, and the other is called Tahiti Dandelion, which is used in the rich woman venues. Write them down, don't forget them."

　　To Jiang Cheng's surprise, Xu Yi seemed to really think about it for a while, then looked at his eyes and nodded, "Okay."

　　After a moment of愣住, Jiang Cheng slowly retracted his hand, and then pulled his collar up and tightened it as much as possible before the situation worsened.

　　There was finally light at the end of the tunnel, and Chu Jiu was so excited that he almost jumped up. "Sister Xu Yi, we're getting out!"

　　The driver also began to step on the accelerator, and the vehicle made a wild roar, not like a taxi, but more like a long-suppressed off-road vehicle.

　　Staring at the light not far away, Jiang Cheng also breathed a sigh of relief.

　　The cold feeling was still there, but it had weakened a lot. It seemed that its ability was only enough to trap them for so long.

　　"What's your name?" Xu Yi looked at him and asked seriously.

　　Jiang Cheng glanced at her, "Hao Shuai." (handsome)

　　"Real name?"

　　"I swear by my parents," Jiang Cheng raised three fingers.

　　"Okay," Xu Yi smiled helplessly, "Then I'll call you Hao Shuai, thank you for saving me." She paused, looked into Jiang Cheng's eyes, and said, "You're a good person."

　　Glancing out the window, Xu Yi turned her head and continued, "I hope you can live, and if possible, please help others to live."

　　Hearing this, Jiang Cheng's face immediately changed. The tunnel entrance was right in front of him, and there was a faint light in the car. Taking advantage of the light, he quickly looked at the rearview mirror.

　　The next second, even his breathing stopped. He saw that all the ghosts that were originally riding on Xu Yi had appeared, and their eye sockets even only had whites in them.

　　Even more terrifying was that the female ghost had changed her position, with her two feet踩 (cǎi - stepping) on Xu Yi's shoulders, and was climbing towards him.

　　"Mr. Hao," Xu Yi opened the car door, and the howling wind immediately poured in. The rope that bound her ponytail was torn apart, and her black hair was scattered in the air, like a wild splash of ink.

　　"Please be sure to live!"

　　The next second, the car broke through the darkness, leaving only Jiang Cheng's hand in the back row frozen in mid-air.

　　In the sunlight, the car was filled with dust.