The limit of time left for Nanzhou to think cannot exceed five seconds.

More than five seconds is enough to arouse everyone's suspicion.

After sorting out the currently known information, Nanzhou can draw the following conclusions:

This is an intercity bus from City C.

The destination of the vehicle is unknown.

The place he passed through is unknown.

The driving GPS is turned off, so there is no way to guess the driving route.

He has four seconds left.

There is a small map of City C on the advertising light box in front of the first row of seats.

A corner of the map covered by several missing person notices was revealed, which happened to be the location of Longtan District, with the school logo of No. 2 Middle School on it.

This is also the inspiration for one of Nan Zhou’s lies.

But the location of the residential area will not be marked on it.

In other words, if you asked him where he got on the bus and what details he got on the bus, he would not be able to completely fabricate it.

From the corner of his eye, Nan Zhou quickly turned to the driver's seat directly in front of him.

...three seconds left.

The work plate clearly stated that the driver of this car should be a woman named Shen Qiuyan.

But next to the shelf where the water cup was placed, there was a brand new plastic-enclosed work permit hanging, with the lanyard and the water cup handle intertwined together.

From the information we got at a glance, we can tell that the person driving today is surnamed She or Yu, and he is a man.

Why change driver?

Is it a common shift change between drivers?

...two seconds.

wrong.

None of the four people who have spoken so far said they got on the bus from the bus stop.

They all started from their respective residential areas, even down to the details of "Phase One" and "Phase Two", "Expat Area" and "Ordinary Residential Area".

Therefore, this is a bus that travels on non-daily routes.

...A new driver was suddenly replaced, and the bus was running abnormally.

Moreover, all passengers in the car seem to be going to a specific place.

Therefore, the bus was most likely requisitioned for rescue missions.

The "volunteers" mentioned in Li Yinhang's words can corroborate his speculation.

...Only one second left.

So, why are there so few people in the car?

It is still daytime, so it stands to reason that now is the best time to carry out rescue operations.

In other words, even if the bus is not overcrowded during the day, it should not be the current density of people.

what does that mean?

This means that these people are probably not the first wave of people to be rescued.

...So, it is obvious where Nanzhou should get on the bus.

——The time is up.

Nan Zhou withdrew his gaze and looked at everyone.

He said calmly: "I was the first one to get on the bus."

Zhao Guanglu was the first to disagree: "No, I didn't see you when I got in the car."

The moment before the atmosphere in the car solidified, Nanzhou accepted his question and gave his answer: "I came up secretly."

Everyone: "...?"

"I was originally taken to an asylum site, and my mother was not there."

"But I don't know where she is. I asked volunteers, but there was no result."

"I was very worried about her, so I had been hiding in the car parked at the door since last night, hiding under the seat, trying to find her."

"Perhaps we can get off the bus on the way, or we can sneak into other evacuation sites to check out."

"I was very sleepy, and then I fell asleep. I didn't wake up until I drove for a long time."

"I had a headache. After quietly coming out, I slept for a while leaning against the glass..."

He spoke a little slowly, but in a very orderly manner, which made people feel that he had not yet fully woken up.

While speaking, Nan Zhou also raised his sleeves to ensure that everyone could see the thin dust on them when he went down to look for the bracelet just now.

Everyone said "Oh" in their hearts in unison.

The gap under the bus is indeed enough to hide a person.

If you don't look carefully, you may not find what's hiding under the seat.

Someone asked: "At this time, if you don't stay in the 'cocoon room' obediently, how dare you run out?"

...Nan Zhou silently wrote down that the shelter was called "Cocoon Room".

At the same time, he gently cleaned the dust on his sleeves and replied slowly: "Well, not everyone has relatives, and not everyone will understand this feeling of worry."

"..." The questioner was so choked that he almost rolled his eyes.

It has to be said that Nanzhou's reason is sufficient, and there is nothing to refute.

But the problem is that Nan Zhou has a very weird temperament.

She has black eyes, black hair, and no extra decoration except for the clothes that are out of season. When she talks with the corners of her eyes that are red from sleep, she looks like a slow-witted wooden beauty.

But the tear stain just below his left eye not only gave him the charm and coldness he deserved, but also gave him a strange spooky aura.

Even though the sunlight outside the window next to him was so intense that it almost turned white, he still felt an incompatible and repulsive feeling with the sun.

This kind of temperament makes everyone feel uncomfortable.

Someone continued to ask him: "The mushroom is so close to you, why aren't you afraid?"

"Because I thought it was a dream at first," Nan Zhou said. "Later I woke up and found that it wasn't too scary."

Everyone:"……"

To put it bluntly, the mushroom itself is not scary at all.

And the weird mushroom-shaped head was too far away from the first row.

He did have a reason not to be afraid.

Then, it’s time for the last question.

"Is there anything to prove what you're saying?"

Moreover, the question is buy one, get one free: "It's summer, why are you dressed like this?"

Nan Zhou didn't speak any more, but loosened the cuffs of his windbreaker.

A small squirrel-colored animal poked its head out of his cuffs.

It's a sugar glider.

Nanzhou introduced: "Let's get to know it, it's called Antarctica."

As soon as he saw the apple placed on the other side of the seat, Nanjixing's dark eyes suddenly lit up. He opened the skin of his hind limbs and flew out. He hugged the apple tightly with his two front paws and moved his buttocks to gather energy, thinking.

Put the apple into your sleeve and take it for yourself.

Nan Zhou pressed the apple stem with his hand to stop its movement, and said slightly unhappy: "Mine."

The little animal puffed up its cheeks and stared at Nanzhou, aggrieved.

Nanzhou remained unmoved.

It maintained such a pitiful posture, snatched a piece of apple with a loud noise, and quickly slipped back along Nanzhou's open cuffs with the piece of apple in its mouth.

Nanzhou: "..."

Facts have proven that human judgment is affected by some non-objective factors.

For example, now, everyone's vigilance against Nan Zhou has been greatly reduced.

Not just because of the reason "Ghosts will bring pets?", but the fluctuation of his expression at the moment when the apple was stolen made him look much more alive.

The person who had been criticized by Nan Zhou just pointed at him unwillingly: "Didn't you say you are a teacher?"

Nan Zhou held the apple in his hand and nodded: "Yes."

The man asked sharply: "Teacher, do you allow you to have such hair?"

Nanzhou nodded again reservedly: "Yes, art teacher. Do you have any more questions?"

Everyone:...Grass.

Suddenly, everyone had a completely reasonable understanding of this man's weird temperament.

——It turned out to be an artist, I understand.

Nanzhou looked calmly at the people who had started the next round of self-introductions, looking at every face that was either nervous or trying to be calm.

But when his eyes turned to the Ukrainian mixed-race young man, Nan Zhou's eyes paused slightly.

Jiang Fang was leaning on the bus seat and didn't seem to be looking at himself.

...But Nan Zhou knew that he was looking at him.

Look at your reflection in the window next to you.

He seemed to be smiling but not smiling, so gentle that it was difficult to judge his emotions.

Nan Zhou remained calm, seemingly unaware, and naturally turned his attention to the others.

Nanzhou's presentation and explanation took a little longer, so everyone's introduction was a little slow.

The bus has 15 rows of seats and 61 seats.

Counting from back to front, the situation is as follows:

In the first row from the bottom, the man sitting on the left is architect Zhao Guanglu.

The second to last row on the right is an unknown person who died because he tried to jump out of the window in violation of the rules. The only information that can be confirmed at present is that "he was an ordinary person."

In the fourth row from the bottom, on the left, is the unlucky bank clerk Li Yinhang.

In the fifth row from the bottom is Jiang Fang, who is sitting directly in front of Li Yinhang.

The door of the two-door bus opens near the fifth row from the bottom.

Further forward, there was a man sitting in the sixth row from the bottom, his name was Liu Rongrui.

He is the one who was silenced by Nan Zhou just now.

He said he had no food, so he mustered up the courage to leave the house. After walking for a long time, he couldn't find a supermarket that was still open.

Finally, he heard that there was food to eat, so he got into the car with two volunteers, an old man and a young man.

When he said this, his face was full of regret: "If I had known I would have starved to death, I would not have boarded this pirate ship."

The seventh row from the bottom is vacant.

The eighth row from the bottom, that is, the eighth row from the front, has a somewhat special situation. There are two people sitting there, a man and a woman.

The girl sitting on the left is called Sun Ruowei, and the young man sitting on the right is named Lin Xiangjun.

Both of them came from Longquan Community, and they exchanged a few words with each other after getting on the bus. It can be said that among all the people in the bus, they can best testify to each other.

But on the contrary, they may also be ghost companions who lie together.

The seventh row from the top is vacant.

In the sixth row from the front, on the left, sits Qin Yadong, male, who got on the bus from Xingfu Street.

He took the initiative to wave at the roadside and boarded the bus.

In the fifth row from the front, sitting directly in front of Qin Yadong was a fat man weighing nearly 200 pounds.

According to him, he got on the bus at Xingfuyuan on Workers Street.

Qin Yadong can vouch for him, because he adjusted the back of the chair from the moment he got up, and when he lay back, it directly pressed against his thigh.

But the fat man didn't appreciate it very much, saying that he fell asleep when he came up and didn't notice anyone behind him.

In the fourth row from the front, to the right, sat a rather neurotic young man.

He looked at everyone with vigilance, chewed his fingernails anxiously, and revealed with great care that he was a student at University C, and his name was Wu Yukai.

When someone questioned, "Did we pass by University C just now?" he yelled back angrily: "Nonsense!"

I don’t know whether it’s because of a guilty conscience or because I simply don’t like being questioned in this situation.

In the third row from the front, Xie Yangyang, an employee of a foreign company who got on the bus at Donghua Community with Jiang Fang, was the first to scream and is still trembling.

The first row from the front is Nanzhou, also known as Luoyan.

Just as Xie Yangyang was stammering about his self-statement, the carriage was suddenly swept, enveloped, and gripped by boundless darkness.

The moment the bus passed through the tunnel without warning, it silently announced a fact to everyone.

First round, empty ticket.

Five more rounds to go…

Only five rounds left.

After seeing the light again, everyone unanimously turned their attention to the huge mushroom in the back row.

The soft and slender mycelium had wrapped the entire seat where he was sitting, and the colorful umbrella cover swayed regularly as the vehicle swayed.

...it seems to be alive.
Chapter completed!