Inside the bus, the voices of people continued to fill the air. Although Ye Xiang had many thoughts in his mind, he couldn't discuss them with others. He was worried that creating his own lines would result in deduction of death tickets. Yes, he felt that previously, when he created his own lines, there were no deductions because those lines didn't have a significant impact on the plot. Originally, every time a death ticket was deducted, it was always a whole number when he was away from the bus. But now, there were fractions being deducted, which made him believe... that there were deductions for lines. In other words, when he spoke his self-created lines to a certain extent, the death tickets would be deducted as well.

He could hear the main characters, a man and a woman, continuing their conversation. The more he listened, the more he felt that these two were seasoned actors. When the newcomers delivered their lines, it was as if they were just reading from the script. But when these two spoke, there was a clear emotional touch to their words. This gave Ye Xiang an idea: perhaps, by improving their acting skills, they could also earn additional death tickets? Otherwise, why would seasoned actors pay attention to acting skills?

At this moment, Ye Xiang began to sit up straight because... it would soon be his turn to deliver his lines.

"Xueyan," the male protagonist Luo Haosheng continued, "thinking back now, I always felt something was off."

"Yeah, what is it?"

"This bus..." Luo Haosheng continued, "When we arrived at the long-distance bus station that day, it felt strange. Suddenly, there was an old beggar who appeared beside us..."

"An old beggar?"

"Yeah. He suddenly hugged my leg and said, 'Young man, this bus is full of gloom, you can't sit on it!'"

"What did you say?"

The female protagonist Kang Xueyan looked extremely surprised, and her expression was quite convincing. Compared to the real actors in TV dramas, she was not lacking at all.

"I didn't know about this?" she hurriedly turned to ask, "That old beggar. Is it true?"

"At that time, you hadn't arrived yet. When we saw that beggar's appearance, we thought he was trying to ask for money, so we ignored him and broke free. However, he kept pestering us and kept saying, 'You can't sit on this bus!' At that time, Xia Yun got angry and kicked him, calling him a stinky beggar. It took quite a while to get rid of him."

Xueyan turned back and asked, "Is that true, Xia Yun?"

Ye Xiang, of course, already knew this dialogue in advance. This kind of plot twist was common in horror movies. It was clear that the beggar was an expert, but unfortunately, he was far away now. Otherwise, it would have been an excellent opportunity for survival. This horror movie obviously didn't give the actors a chance to use that beggar to survive. This particular scene was not filmed. And the character he played, Xia Yun, even kicked the beggar. He wondered if he would face consequences for it.

At this moment, listening to Xueyan's question, Ye Xiang had to continue embodying the character of Xia Yun and accessed his lines in his mind, saying, "So what if it is true? That old beggar was probably just trying to scam money. Haosheng, do you really believe him because the bus seemed to have some gloomy aura?"

"No..." Luo Haosheng shook his head, then bit his lip and said, "Thinking back now, this bus was parked in a secluded corner when we arrived. We searched for it for quite a while. When I got on, it felt like the bus had a creepy atmosphere..."

At this point, he looked at Zhang Nianzhou next to him and asked, "Nianzhou, it was like that, right?"

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Zhang Nianzhou cleared his throat and replied, "What are you thinking? The place where the bus was parked was in the shade, so it's normal."

"Some things are better to believe than to doubt."

A cold voice reached their ears, and Ye Xiang immediately looked towards the source of the voice. It was a woman sitting next to Du Yan, another member of the six-person team consisting of the male and female leads and the supporting actors. Her name was Jiang Youlin. Because she had remained calm all this time, Ye Xiang judged her to be a seasoned actress.

"Youlin," the female protagonist Kang Xueyan seemed to have a good relationship with Jiang Youlin. She smiled and asked, "What do you mean?"

Next, it was Ye Xiang's turn to deliver his lines, "By the way, speaking of which, Youlin, you came with Xueyan later. Because both of you arrived late, Du Yan made fun of you for taking too long to put on makeup."

Du Yan quickly responded, "No... that's not true!"

As these lines were spoken, everyone began to get into character, and the initial fear in their hearts started to dissipate. When it came to delivering lines, it felt much more natural.

Since Ye Xiang was a supporting character, he didn't have many lines. The main lines were concentrated on Luo Haosheng and Kang Xueyan. Luo Haosheng continued, "Well, Youlin, you didn't see that old beggar at the time. Do you think what he said makes sense?"

"How would I know?" Jiang Youlin turned her head and looked directly at Luo Haosheng. "You should consider such matters for yourself."

With that, it was time for Ye Xiang's lines again, "That's right, Youlin. When you and Xueyan came later, Du Yan mocked you for taking too long with your makeup."

Du Yan quickly responded, "Where... where did you hear that?!"

As these lines were spoken, everyone began to get into their roles, and the initial fear started to fade. Speaking of the lines, they became much more natural.

Ye Xiang didn't have many lines to say during this time. After all, he was a supporting character, and perhaps the next scene would be his death. Ye Xiang had to prioritize accumulating death tickets to have some means of coping.

To survive, death tickets were the first thing to consider.

It would be midnight when the driver died. And now, it was already 10:30 PM. The time until midnight was getting close. According to the plot, before 11 PM, they would confirm that the bus couldn't be repaired, and everyone would have to spend the night inside the bus. They would then close the doors and windows and gradually fall asleep. After that, Luo Haosheng would wake up at midnight, not knowing how much time had passed after he had a nightmare.

Even if Luo Haosheng fell asleep at 11 PM, there would be a one-hour blank period before midnight. Although Luo Haosheng woke up at midnight according to the script, Ye Xiang couldn't be sure that the driver's death would definitely occur at midnight. In other words, that one-hour blank period was the time when ghosts entered the bus to kill!

No...

Ye Xiang suddenly denied his own thoughts.

"Enter" the bus? According to the words of the old beggar, it seemed that the problem lay with the bus itself. Judging from the plot, the beggar's words were not unfounded. In any case, regardless of what happened during that blank period, Ye Xiang couldn't do nothing. At the very least, he couldn't fall asleep during that time. Maybe he could rest his eyes, but he had to keep his mind alert. When he entered the bus, it was only 8 PM, so it was still early for him to sleep. As for when midnight came...

According to the script, at least until the end of the first act, Xia Yun would still be alive. He could only hope that this wouldn't change.

Time passed bit by bit, and soon, everyone started to close their eyes. Most likely, they were dozing off rather than actually falling asleep. Who could sleep soundly on a haunted bus?

Ye Xiang opened his eyes from time to time and looked at the driver's area. To his surprise, the driver was still sitting steadily in the driver's seat!

Ye Xiang thought he would definitely escape. Could it be that the driver intended to wait until midnight before leaving? Or... could it be that the driver, as a seasoned actor, had some means to deal with the ghosts?

Should he do something?

Ye Xiang hesitated for a moment.

Should he persuade the driver to leave the bus?

He had the idea of saving the driver, but in the end, he didn't dare to.

One hour...

What would happen after one hour?

In the dense darkness outside the bus, a howling wind began to sound, like a sob...

Ye Xiang closed his eyes, pretending to be in a daze. However, for some reason, he felt his eyelids getting heavier and heavier. Every time he opened them, they would involuntarily droop...

He kept reminding himself in his heart that he couldn't fall asleep, couldn't fall asleep. But he couldn't resist the drowsiness, and eventually... he fell asleep!

He didn't know how long it had passed before he woke up in a daze. At this time, almost everyone in the bus was lying around in a disheveled manner, and the lights in the bus had been turned off.

Startled, he immediately took out his phone to check the time. It was now...

11:58 PM!