As Yang Wei and his group left, the carriage felt much emptier, but the stench of blood in the air grew even more pungent.
On the ground lay the bodies of Master Wang and Li Xin, their blood still flowing in winding streams.
Jiang Nan frowned.
He knew he had to deal with these potential threats.
He lifted his head, his gaze coldly sweeping over the remaining three.
Chen Tong, Wang Meng, and Liu Yuqing.
The three had just breathed a sigh of relief when Jiang Nan's icy stare made their hearts shiver.
"Jiang... Jiang Nan?"
Chen Tong tentatively called out.
Jiang Nan didn't waste words. He directly pulled out a notepad, his pen moving swiftly as he wrote a line.
Then he tore it off and slapped it onto the broken window.
[Throw the bodies out.]
Seeing this line, the faces of the two girls instantly turned pale.
Staring at the horrific sight of Li Xin dying with his eyes wide open, Liu Yuqing felt her stomach violently churn, and she instinctively took a step back.
"I... I can't..."
Even Chen Tong felt a wave of resistance. After all, having just transmigrated from a modern, civilized society, who among them had ever done something like destroying corpses and wiping out traces?
"Can't we just... leave them there?"
Chen Tong spoke with difficulty, "Or cover them up?"
Jiang Nan didn't even lift an eyelid at her words.
He simply raised his right hand slowly, making the same gun gesture he used when he killed earlier.
He pointed at the bodies, then at the three of them.
Though he said nothing, the meaning was clear.
Either you throw the bodies out.
Or, you become bodies, and I'll throw you out.
In this post-apocalyptic world, there's no need for disobedient burdens.
"Gulp."
Wang Meng swallowed hard, being the first to react.
"Teacher Chen, Yuqing, Jiang Nan is right, we have to do this..."
Wang Meng braced himself and stood up, his legs trembling, but his mind quick.
"The smell of blood is too strong, it'll definitely attract monsters."
"If we throw them far away, they can even serve as bait... it's tactical."
Although Chen Tong and Liu Yuqing were still terrified, they understood the stakes.
The three of them worked together, using all their strength, and finally pushed the bodies of Master Wang and Li Xin out of the broken window.
Jiang Nan stood by the window, pointing into the distance.
Wang Meng gritted his teeth, jumped off the bus, and dragged the two bodies fifty meters to the edge of the forest before running back, panting.
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After all this, the three collapsed into their seats, utterly exhausted.
But after this ordeal, their previously equal relationship was completely shattered.
Jiang Nan had established absolute dominance through his actions.
Get to work.
Jiang Nan pointed at the broken window again.
"Alright... I'll start fixing it right away!"
Wang Meng dared not rest, using the toolbox from the bus, he dismantled the iron plates from a few seat backs.
With a series of clanging operations, he managed to seal the broken window.
Though it looked like a patchwork, it at least provided some physical defense.
By the time they finished, night had fallen.
The carriage grew quiet, with only the sound of their breathing.
To ease the oppressive atmosphere from moving the bodies, Chen Tong looked at the two beside her, trying to break the silence.
"Um... Wang Meng, and Yuqing, I want to ask, why were you so determined to stay back then?"
Wang Meng, wiping his sweat, scratched his messy hair, chuckled, and lowered his voice:
"Teacher Chen, to be honest."
"I was hiding nearby and saw Jiang Nan make a 'bang' gesture at that big guy!"
Liu Yuqing nodded excitedly, her eyes shining: "Me too! I saw it too!"
"His lips moved, and then the monster's head exploded!"
"Oh! Really?!"
Wang Meng seemed to have found a kindred spirit, "I knew I wasn't seeing things! This is definitely a supernatural ability! Like in novels!"
The two were thrilled by their shared belief.
Hearing their confirmation, Chen Tong, who had been tense all along, let out a long breath.
She patted her chest, her ample curves rising and falling, revealing her relief at surviving.
"So... I wasn't crazy."
Chen Tong looked at Jiang Nan's back, her gaze complex and filled with gratitude.
"Actually, I saw it too."
"When he raised his hand, I saw it clearly..."
"But I was so scared at the time, I thought I was hallucinating, I couldn't believe it."
Chen Tong smiled wryly: "Now that you both say it too, I'm relieved."
Since Jiang Nan truly possessed such supernatural abilities!
Staying on the bus, even facing monsters, they now had real confidence!
However, just as the three felt a sense of safety from discovering the secret.
Jiang Nan, who had been resting with his eyes closed, suddenly opened them.
He heard a disturbance in the wind.
"Rustle, rustle..."
It was dense and fast!
Without hesitation, Jiang Nan tore off a piece of paper from his notepad, on which he had already written a large character.
[Shh!]
He showed the note to the three, then made a gesture to get down immediately.
Seeing Jiang Nan's serious and cold expression, the three instantly fell silent, reflexively huddling under the seats with their heads down.
The next second.
"Caw! Caw! Caw!"
A deafening chorus of screeches engulfed the bus!
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Countless mutated crows frantically slammed against the bus!
The iron window Wang Meng had just sealed twisted under the pressure, seeming like it would be torn open any second.
Through the gaps, under the moonlight, they saw nothing but red eyes outside!
This was a vengeful flock of crows!
"It's over... so many..."
Wang Meng looked at the overwhelming numbers, swallowing in despair.
How could they fight this?
Jiang Nan frowned at this moment too.
He glanced at his attribute panel.
[Current Word Spirit Reserve: 6665 words]
This was the result of eighteen years of effort.
No way to replenish, no supply.
Use one, and it's gone.
To clear the hundreds or thousands of crows outside, it would take at least a few hundred words.
That was a year's worth of savings!
Jiang Nan felt a pang of heartache, his heart bleeding.
But if they didn't fight, they'd die.
"Damn it, no more holding back!"
Jiang Nan steeled himself, knowing he had to spend to survive!
He took a deep breath and stood up abruptly.
Arms outstretched, thumbs up, index fingers straight, he posed with dual guns.
If he was going to spend, he might as well spend lavishly!
"Come on, you little bastards."
Jiang Nan began spinning in place, his mouth, sealed for eighteen years, unleashed a torrent of words!
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"
His speech was rapid, a continuous stream!
In the shocked, petrified eyes of the three, Jiang Nan transformed into a machine gun!
Wherever his arms pointed, the crows outside the window exploded and fell like raindrops!
Word Spirit · Bullet, bypassing defenses, absolute straight line!
One after another, they fell like dumplings.
Every "bang" represented a day of Jiang Nan's life!
He was burning his lifespan!
The screeches outside turned from anger to terror, realizing they had met a formidable foe, they tried to ascend and escape.
"Trying to run?"
Jiang Nan pointed fiercely at the sky, his eye twitching.
I've spent my savings, and you still want to run?!
All of you, die!
"Bang bang bang bang bang bang!!!"
Another rapid series of explosions!
It lasted a full minute, firing over three hundred shots!
Until the last crow exploded into a blood flower a hundred meters high, the world finally fell silent.
Outside the bus, bodies lay everywhere.
"Phew..."
Jiang Nan slowly lowered his aching arms, looking at the drastically reduced number on his panel.
[Current Word Spirit Reserve: 6340 words]
Three hundred and twenty-five words.
Nearly a year's silence, gone in a minute.
Jiang Nan's heart ached, his mouth twitching, and his throat burned from the rapid speech.
He turned, looking at the three on the ground, their eyes wide in shock.
Then he picked up a bottle of mineral water beside him, starting to cool down...
Meanwhile.
The team led by Yang Wei wasn't as 'lucky' as they were...