"...What do you an?"
The young man's head stopped laughing.
"Of course it's because I need you to help deal with the things inside the Coin Slot Space."
Lin Ye said with a smile.
"...What's inside there?"
Unable to sense the interior of the Coin Slot Space, the young man's head attempted to control the hatching creature to leave, but he failed.
"Then you'll have to ask our friend in the back—who knows what it put inside there."
Lin Ye leaned against the seatback, looking toward the mysterious black-clad figure sitting by the window.
"How did you discover ?"
"I've dealt with so many small temples, yet the owner of this place hasn't shown any reaction at all. That's very abnormal. Since those two are together, the only suspicious one left is you. As for putting things in the bus—for a monster like you that controls others through the slender creatures inside small temples, how could you possibly miss the opportunity to control the bus through train tickets?"
Lin Ye admitted he was purely guessing, but so things didn't require evidence—intuition was enough.
"You've mistaken one thing. While I can indeed control those nodes to so extent and influence the surroundings through them, I didn't create those nodes. In fact, the purpose of those nodes' existence is to keep confined to this immovable area. I must thank you—if you hadn't destroyed those nodes, it would have taken much longer to completely hollow them out."
The mysterious black-clad figure removed its black clothing, revealing not a human body at all, but a biological aggregate ford by densely packed white slender creatures.
"I originally intended to let you leave, since you helped destroy the nodes and are going to drive to a new Plane. But unfortunately, you know too much."
The middle-aged bald man silently exited the bus and closed the door, leaving only the box inside the vehicle.
"Dammit, take with you!"
The young man's head growled in a low voice.
Although he had gained so special abilities from devouring a relic fragnt, these two on the bus were clearly not ordinary people. Now that he couldn't control the hatching creature, staying here any longer might really an the end for him this ti.
"Goodbye, I'll miss you."
The middle-aged bald man retreated to Yang Lin's side, watching the drama unfold from outside the bus.
He knew the young man still had other thods, so he planned to wait until the big shots inside had fought it out before going in to clean up.
After all, without the bus, they would be trapped here.
Lin Ye leaned against the seatback. He didn't plan to initiate attack—the reason he remained seated was because he needed to stay close to the Coin Slot Space. The 'train ticket' he had inserted earlier was already affecting the bus's operation. Having briefly contacted the deepest part of the bus before, perhaps he could exert so influence on the vehicle during this opportunity.
The slender creature aggregate suddenly shattered the box containing the young man's head, several slender creatures piercing into the head's interior.
"Hmm, let see what kind of monstrosity you put in there. Now even I can't control what's inside."
"Hisss, stop poking! I'll tell you, alright? It's a derivative of a relic fragnt, called an 'egg' hatching creature. I suggest you drive the bus out first, otherwise when what's inside cos out, none of us will escape."
The aggregate didn't stop its actions. The young man's head kept twitching slightly, and before long, it stopped moving completely.
Black and white filants began growing silently from every corner of the bus, these threads entangling all living creatures inside.
The aggregate casually tore apart the young man's head, then ignored the surrounding filants, instead hurling nurous slender creatures toward Lin Ye.
However, before those slender creatures could reach Lin Ye, they were shredded by the rune traps inside the bus.
"When?"
The aggregate looked at the rune traps spread throughout the entire bus, asking in surprise.
"I started setting up these rune traps not long after boarding. Concealnt is the most important trap technique."
After multiple simulations, Lin Ye had beco familiar with Robert's body. Although he couldn't engage in direct frontal combat, with so enhancent, setting up rune traps was still possible.
The aggregate shredded the surrounding black and white filants. It didn't continue attacking—the part of its body placed in the Coin Slot Space was very important to it, and now it was truly extrely weak.
"Ultimately, we have no need to attack each other. Drive the bus outside, and afterwards I can let you leave."
"Hmm... good idea... have them board the bus then."
Lin Ye was still sensing the deepest parts of the bus through the Coin Slot Space. He had achieved so results, but was still so distance from success—he needed to buy a little more ti.
"Good idea my ass! He's clearly stalling for ti. Hurry up and kill him so we can drive away! I don't want to die with you!"
A slender creature growing on the aggregate suddenly spoke.
"You're actually not dead? Is this consciousness transfer technology?"
As it spoke, the aggregate suddenly crushed that slender creature.
"Useless. You've contacted too deeply. Your brain-dead operation got rid of my 'egg,' so now I can only use your body."
The young man had transferred to another slender creature.
While the two argued, the black and white filants in the bus grew increasingly nurous, occupying all unoccupied spaces.
Lin Ye continuously controlled the runes to shred the nearby black and white filants, but he knew it was aningless because the deepest parts of the bus were cramd with massive amounts of black and white filants. In the most densely packed area, an egg-shaped object with black and white patterns was incubating.
"Hey, kid, hurry up and drive the bus out! You don't want to die here either, right?"
The aggregate and the young man reached an agreent. They decided to deal with Lin Ye first, then drive away from this prison.
"Haven't you realized yet? This bus has been taken over by the thing you created. I can't drive either."
"Hisss, stop poking! I'll tell you, alright? It's a derivative of a relic fragnt, called an 'egg-hatching creature'. I suggest you drive the bus out first, otherwise when what's inside cos out, none of us will escape."
Seeing the bus move, the passengers still outside hurriedly rushed toward the vehicle—they didn't want to be trapped in such a place.
"Excellent, we can finally leave here."
The aggregate said excitedly.
It didn't care about the young man inside it—just one more consciousness ant nothing to it.
The young man was also very excited. As long as they could leave here, it had ways to deal with the aggregate. Once they reached the other side, it would be calling the shots.
However, their excitent didn't last long before the bus stopped.
Lin Ye certainly wouldn't let the bus return like this. The organization's mission was to resolve anomalies, not bring back a bus full of them.
He really didn't want to have to start over again.
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