The bus station.

After a bloody battle, Han Bingjie, who possessed the Deceit Skin, still managed to kill all the attackers.

But as he looked in the direction the bus had left, his heart was filled with desolation.

"Am I... going to die?"

The date was approaching, and he could not find any way to reach Deceit City.

And it wasn't just that.

The desolation of being abandoned by his comrades filled his heart even more.

"No... it seems I was the one who volunteered to stay behind and cover their escape. Why did I impulsively get so hot-headed then?"

"And the bus wouldn't wait for me, it just left..."

Han Bingjie's voice carried a sobbing tone.

"Maybe... it's because I sensed that I was almost done for?"

He looked at his body and discovered that most of it had become cold and stiff.

Deceit Skin was a very strange supernatural object; it was not something to be transplanted, yet it could exert a very terrifying effect.

However, after using it multiple times, it would fuse with its owner and transform the other into... a ghost!

At this moment, Han Bingjie felt that the skin seemed to have completely merged with him and could not be taken off.

"No, no... there's still a way out."

"I don't want to die."

He rapidly analyzed all the information and finally concluded, "A ghost... I, I still have one last way out, and that is to actively merge with the Deceit Skin and become someone like Chu He. No, I need to go even further... to gain most of the ghost's abilities."

"A real ghost should be able to enter an alternate dimension on its own."

"After merging with the Deceit Skin to a large extent, I should be able to do the same, and then I can go to Deceit City..."

Thinking this, Han Bingjie gained a bit of confidence.

But in the next moment, he noticed something wrong.

His hand began uncontrollably grasping at the corpse on the ground, seemingly wanting to skin it...

"No good... is the Deceit Skin's instinct taking control of me?"

Han Bingjie screamed in horror, "Chu He said that this state is very similar to a transplant, and it must be resisted with a firm will... a firm will..."

Unfortunately, he who had always been clinging to others for survival till now had no such firm will...

After merging with the ghost, Han Bingjie's consciousness began to weaken and dissipate rapidly...

In the end, there was no more Han Bingjie, only a Skin-Stripping Ghost reborn wearing Han Bingjie's skin.

"I'm going to die..."

Han Bingjie's mind flickered with a final glimmer of life: "At least in the end, could it be said I died a hero's death?"

He seemed about to succumb to his instincts and completely turn into a ghost.

"No!"

At that moment, Han Bingjie suddenly remembered something, "The death notice for me was in Deceit City, no matter where, definitely not at the bus station. I will not die; I will definitely be saved."

"Brother Gui, Brother Gui, save me!"

He screamed at the top of his lungs.

Bang!

The next moment, a black umbrella slammed directly onto his head.

Zhong Shenxiu, who had been watching the drama for a while, walked out and drew the tip of the umbrella across Han Bingjie's back.

He screamed as a piece of Deceit Skin was stripped away.

Not only that but sticking to the Deceit Skin was a lot of... human skin!

That was... Han Bingjie's own skin!

At this moment, he screamed miserably, rolling on the ground like a worm that had half its skin peeled off.

Peeling off a Deceit that had already fused with him for the most part—how could there not be a price to pay?

Zhong Shenxiu waited a long while until Han Bingjie stopped his screeching, then casually cast a Small Revitalization Technique on him.

Han Bingjie's skin on his back grew back rapidly, and he shakily got up, but halfway through, he instinctively took a flying dive and clung onto Zhong Shenxiu's thigh, "Brother Gui, save me!"

"Weren't you acting all brave just now when covering our retreat?"

Zhong Shenxiu kicked him away with one foot, "Crying now, are you?"

By this point, the Foundation had already sealed off the surrounding area.

Otherwise, with such a commotion, they would have been surrounded layers in and layers out long ago.

"I just got hot-headed. Once that passed, I knew fear."

Han Bingjie got up, rubbing his head embarrassedly, "Brother Gui, where have you been touring these days?"

"Mmm, I've been to many places, incidentally bought a car, bought a house..."

Zhong Shenxiu sighed, a look of sorrow on his face, "Then I came back to the company to find it emptied out, the boss had lost a billion, took off with his mistress... didn't even invite me, the best employee, to the year-end party. Is there no justice in this world? No law?"

"You're not wrong, Brother Gui, I support you, to hell with that ruined company!"

Han Bingjie suddenly felt invigorated, then saw Zhong Shenxiu looking at him like he was an idiot, "I promised to stir things up after the year-end party... so, you'll have to rely on yourself."

"Don't do this to me."

Han Bingjie pleaded with tears, having gotten used to the status of being a 'leg hanger-on'; to ask him to make an effort again was quite the challenge!

"What kind of person am I? I said I wouldn't interfere, so I won't!"

"Let's go, I'll show you my car!"

Zhong Shenxiu took Han Bingjie to one side and introduced him to his new ride, "How's that?"

"This... isn't this just a taxi? And isn't it from out of town?"

Han Bingjie rubbed his eyes.

"Ah, times have been tough recently. After the company went bankrupt, I've been thinking of changing careers to be a taxi driver..."

Zhong Shenxiu said, "Look at this ride, good for both business and pleasure, traversing thousands of miles in an instant. Even if you want to go to an alternate dimension, I can take you there... How great is that!"

Han Bingjie's eyes lit up, "It can go to alternate dimensions? Brother Gui, I knew you wouldn't forget about your little brother."

"Less talk, to hitch a ride, pay up first!"

Zhong Shenxiu took out a QR code, "Two hundred thousand, flat rate, no discussions!"

Han Bingjie's face turned sour, as if he was once again dominated by the horror of being subjected to the prices of various supernatural items.

"Wait up!"

Suddenly, his eyes lit up, and he scurried back to begin rummaging and scavenging through the bodies on the ground.

...

After a flurry of chaos, Han Bingjie ended up in the cab.

The Spirit Car sped up and drove into the unknown fog, disappearing from sight.

For Han Bingjie, this was anything but a pleasant experience.

Riding in the taxi was certainly more comfortable and safer than the bus, but the myriad of terrifying scenes from alternate dimensions outside the car window still turned his face an involuntary shade of white.

"Alternate dimensions are vast, once lost, heh... you might never make it back to reality."

Zhong Shenxiu let go of the steering wheel, his face showing signs of vicissitudes as he took out a cigarette and expertly lit up for himself.

Watching as the Spirit Car was about to charge into the gaping maw of a white-clad female giant, Han Bingjie screamed aloud, gripping the interior handles tightly.

"Don't worry, trust in my driving skills."

Zhong Shenxiu took a leisurely drag, letting the Spirit Car drift elegantly, dodging the giant female ghost, "Open your phone, take out your invitation! It's your death photo!"

Without this thing as a beacon and catalyst, Zhong Shenxiu wouldn't necessarily be able to find the location of Deceit City amidst the countless alternate dimensions.

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