Xie Lao Ba's words left me a bit confused. I asked him what he meant by that.

Taking a deep breath, Xie Lao Ba's cigarette glowed intermittently as he said, "That truck behind us... it's the same one that almost crashed into us just now!"

Ah?!

Xie Lao Ba's words startled everyone in the car.

Wasn't that truck driving towards us just now?

How did it suddenly turn its direction and end up behind our car?

Moreover, the mountain road here is narrow with many sharp bends and steep slopes. How did this train-like truck manage to make a U-turn on the mountain road?

"Are you sure it's the same truck from earlier?" I asked Xie Lao Ba.

Slowly but firmly nodding, Xie Lao Ba said, "I remember its license plate number, it's exactly the same!"

The heavy truck that nearly caused an accident for us was now silently trailing behind us. What did this mean? Did the truck driver have a grudge against us?

Enough is enough!

That ** almost took our lives and now it's following us? Is it looking for trouble?

No, we must confront the truck driver and find out what they want. This kind of person shouldn't be allowed to bully us!

With five men in our car, I wasn't afraid of the truck driver behind us at all.

Such provocative behavior from the truck driver was infuriating.

Niu Fugui's temper flared up, rolling up his sleeves, he angrily cursed, "Open the door! **, dares to come back? What does he want? Provoking us? I'll beat him until he spits out teeth!"

Although Niu Fugui was in his forties, he still had a fiery temper.

Anger welled up within me as well. I asked Xie Lao Ba to open the car door so that we could confront the truck driver and find out what he wanted. We can't let him think we're easy to mess with!

We had five men in our car, so I wasn't afraid of the truck driver behind us at all.

Xie Lao Ba shook his head and repeated, "There's something wrong with that truck!"

Fatso rolled his eyes and said, "There's something wrong with the truck? I think the driver's brain is what's wrong!"

Xie Lao Ba kept his eyes fixed on the rearview mirror, his voice trembling slightly, "That truck... doesn't have a driver!"

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What?!

No driver?!

We looked at each other, thinking it was a joke. How could a truck without a driver move? Does it have autonomous driving capability?

Fatso speculated that the driver might be sleeping in the truck or stepped out for a smoke.

I nodded, finding Fatso's explanation reasonable. The truck driver probably wasn't even in the vehicle, which would explain why the driver's seat appeared empty. Not even a glimpse of a ghost.

Xie Lao Ba extinguished his cigarette, massaged his temples vigorously, and suppressed his voice, saying, "Truth be told, when that truck came rushing down from the bend earlier, I saw... there was no driver in the cab!"

Silence filled the cabin, and a mysterious atmosphere spread.

I touched my cheek and felt goosebumps on my skin's surface.

How did a heavy truck without a driver manage to travel on the mountain road? How did it perform such a difficult U-turn? And how did it silently follow us?

I observed the truck behind us through the rearview mirror. It was lifeless, parked in the thick fog, not even its hazard lights were on. This was an extremely foolish act. In this foggy weather, not turning on the hazard lights could easily cause a rear-end collision. As an experienced truck driver, it's impossible to make such a basic mistake.

Moreover, the sound of a heavy truck's movement is loud, but when did that truck stop behind us? We didn't notice anything at all, which was quite strange!

"Have you heard of ghost vehicles?" Chen Dong, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke up.

My heart suddenly felt a chill. "Ghost vehicles?!"

Chen Dong nodded, "I've heard of ghost vehicles. They are cars that have been involved in accidents, suddenly appearing on the road, silently driving like ghosts, without a driver inside!"

I took a deep breath, realizing that Chen Dong's description of ghost vehicles was similar to ghost ships from legends.

Ghost ships are a supernatural phenomenon that science can't explain. Simply put, ghost ships refer to ships that went missing or sunk many years ago, and after a long time, they are discovered sailing on the seas again, with no one on board. Like ghosts, they appear in certain areas, then disappear, only to mysteriously reappear in another area.

Chen Dong continued, "Yes, ghost vehicles are similar. I've been to the northwest, around the Northwest Desert and the uninhabited areas in northern Tibet, where there are many legends about ghost vehicles!"

Fatso frowned and said, "This sounds so eerie. Let me get off and take a look. I'll see if someone is intentionally messing with us or if it's really a ** ghost vehicle!"

Without warning, Chen Dong suddenly reached out and tightly grabbed Fatso's arm, "Don't go. The old herders in the Tibetan area told me that once you get on a ghost vehicle, you never come back!"

Seeing Chen Dong's serious expression, Fatso, who was not joking, also felt a sense of fear. He stuttered and asked, "Is it true?"

Chen Dong urged Xie Lao Ba to start the car quickly. It was uncomfortable being followed by a ghost vehicle.

As the sky gradually brightened and the temperature rose, the thick fog outside slowly dissipated, improving visibility slightly.

Xie Lao Ba restarted the Jeep. Through the rearview mirror, I observed the truck behind us. When we started the minivan, the truck actually started as well, silently trailing behind our car.

This time, I could see it clearly. The driver's seat of the truck was indeed empty!

Everyone remained silent, their faces tense and speechless.

After a while, Fatso suddenly said, "It seems like that ghost vehicle has disappeared!"

Looking back, we found that the area behind our minivan was empty, and there was no trace of the truck anymore.

Our tense nerves finally relaxed. We didn't expect to encounter such a strange thing, a ghost truck, on the first day of school. Both Fatso and I felt a bit unlucky.

Xie Lao Ba kept smoking, and I wondered if he would dare to drive at night after experiencing this incident.

I couldn't sleep at all. I checked the time and saw that it was already past 4 o'clock in the morning.

No one else could sleep either. We started chatting with each other, and the atmosphere in the car became lively again.

Xie Lao Ba said that ahead was Qian Shi Hill. Once we crossed Qian Shi Hill, the mountain road would become wider, and it would take about another hour to reach the county.