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Chapter 68 The Hearse that Ascended to Heaven

The salesperson said that the hearse had drifting and jumping functions, which could help the driver jump over obstacles in one go.

Gu Mian didn't quite understand how to operate "drift" and "leap". However, there was a lever next to the handbrake that looked similar to the handbrake, with the words "jump lever" written on it.

Jumping off a car was something Gu Mian had never tried before.

But then the opportunity to put it into practice came.

The hearse's headlights were very bright, so bright that they could be seen from a great distance. Gu Mian spotted the cars stuck in the road ahead at a glance.

He drove straight past.

The middle of the hearse is used to place the body, so apart from the driver's seat and the front passenger seat, the other seats are arranged along the windows.

The fat man sat in a seat right behind Gu Mian, sticking half his head out to look ahead: "Dr. Gu! What are you doing? Don't do anything rash!"

He huddled his massive body behind the driver's seat, only daring to show his eyes, and made some fearful whimpering sounds, somewhat like the howl of a husky.

Chu Changge, in the passenger seat, was relatively calmer. He stared ahead expressionlessly, a stark contrast to the fat man, as if he were subtly showing off.

Gu Mian said to the fat man behind her, "Fasten your seatbelt. I bet you're about to witness what it means to be transported by hearse."

As he spoke, he reached out a hand and touched the takeoff lever next to the handbrake: "Ready?"

The fat man nodded hurriedly, though he didn't know if Gu Mian could see him.

Seeing the fat man nod in the rearview mirror, Gu Mian pulled the take-off bar up with all her might.

The carriage, still adorned with white banners, suddenly lifted up and leaped upwards like a horse riding a horse.

"Holy crap!" The fat man gripped his seatbelt tightly. "This car is amazing!"

Tonight is destined to be an uneventful night.

Residents near the supermarket were woken up by a loud noise in the middle of the night.

They said the sound was like the roar of a giant beast, or like some monster banging on a door; some witnesses even claimed to have seen a white monster leaping across the road from their balconies, which looked terrifying.

This resulted in very few players daring to go out the next day.

Meanwhile, Gu Mian and her two companions had already embarked on their journey to Hengdian.

Chu Changge bought a map and a compass at the supermarket. Although they weren't as good as electronic navigation, at least they could provide the correct directions.

Gu Mian tried to drive on roads without obstacles.

Although this thing can jump from place to place, the people sitting inside don't have a good experience. Every time they jump and land, their butts feel like they're being bounced into eight pieces. The three of them have had their butts bounced around all night.

It was already early morning. There was no air conditioning in the dilapidated car. Last night, the group of people were shivering from the cold. The fat man had wrapped himself in three layers of quilts, but he still felt cold.

A layer of frost had formed on the car window, and Gu Mian was parking the car and wiping the frost off with a rag.

The fat man, who hadn't slept well, took a pot, seemingly intending to fry eggs, but couldn't find anything to start a fire.

The parking area is quite remote and not many people live there. There are a lot of unfinished buildings, but now all the construction workers have left, leaving only these half-built buildings.

Chu Changge squatted down next to the fat man and looked at the map: "Because we took a detour, we didn't drive very far last night... Let me see, we are still more than a thousand kilometers away from Hengdian."

The fat man looked at him: "More than a thousand kilometers... I remember that the original distance between Lianhua and Hengdian was more than a thousand kilometers, right?"

"Obviously," Chu Changge said, taking back the map, "we didn't make any progress last night because Gu Mian took a detour 12 times to avoid obstacles. Otherwise, why do you think you slept so soundly last night?"

The fat man chuckled. Although he hadn't slept well last night, at least he had managed to get some sleep.

"Speaking of which..." the fat man looked at Gu Mian: "Dr. Gu seems to have been driving all night. Aren't you tired?"

As he spoke, he glanced at Gu Mian, who was still energetically cleaning the car windows, showing no sign of wanting to sleep.

The fat man continued, "Actually, I used to drive a truck, you know, one of those big trucks... An old man tricked me into driving for him. When transporting goods, I would often drive all night without rest. I know how many drivers have crashed because they were distracted... But Dr. Gu doesn't seem tired at all."

"It's probably because this is his first time driving freely, so he's excited," Chu Changge said, looking at Gu Mian. "You know his luck; there are actually many things he can't do."

“I remember a long time ago, when we were very young, probably in elementary school... our teacher took us on a field trip, and he always silently followed at the back of the group. When crossing the street, he would wait for everyone else to cross before he caught up.”

"At noon, when everyone was gathered together eating the lunch prepared by their parents, he would squat far away, munching on bread. He would take a bite, then look up at us, then take another bite, then look up at us again."

"Later, when we were in junior high school, the whole class went to the amusement park. He didn't want to go, but he was dragged along. Then...then when we were on the roller coaster, the power suddenly went out, and the whole class was left hanging on the ride for half an hour."

"From now on, whenever there are gatherings at amusement parks like this, Gu Mian will just stand to the side, looking up and watching us play."

"He seems carefree and impressive, but he's actually suffered a lot these past few years, so much so that he's become numb..."

The fat man was slightly stunned; he never expected that Gu Mian had been like this for the past twenty years.

Chu Changge suddenly changed the subject: "But you'd better be careful if Gu Mian drives. It would be a miracle if no one died while he was driving. You'd better pray that we don't die in the hearse."

"Uh..." The fat man's carefully cultivated emotion vanished instantly.

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