The two of them outside heard the agonizing shout from inside quite clearly. But while they recognized every word, the full sentence made no sense to them.

"What did he just yell?" Wind Blows Butt Cool asked. He doubted his own hearing. He looked in confusion at Moonfall Crow Cries beside him.

"It sounded like... 'I am the most dangerous one! That Living Hell King is dating me! Insure me first!'" Moonfall Crow Cries repeated what he'd heard, mimicking the tone perfectly.

"It sounds like he's dating someone incredibly dangerous." Wind Blows Butt Cool mulled over Zhao Tiankuo's words. Suddenly, an idea struck him. "Do you think he could be two-timing us, his player love interests, while also dating other dangerous entities?"

"You're right. We previously felt that Zhao Tiankuo's every action didn't resemble a ghost's. But if our romantic interest isn't a ghost, then where does the danger in this instance come from? Now that you mention it, I sort of get it."

Moonfall Crow Cries felt as if he had found the way to survive this instance. He then said, "Our online love interests, besides dating us, are very likely also dating terrifying ghosts! They're entangled with these ghosts, and if we get too close to our love interests, the ghosts might get jealous and kill us!"

Humans dating ghosts defied normal logic, but this was a horror instance; anything could happen. It was also possible that these ghosts were unrequitedly attached to the players' love interests, and these love interests knew they were being haunted. They preferred to believe "Living Hell King" referred to an unknown ghost in the instance, rather than a player dating Zhao Tiankuo.

The more Wind Blows Butt Cool thought about it, the more he agreed with Moonfall Crow Cries. "This instance is truly malicious!" he exclaimed. "Not knowing the situation, we'd definitely try to chat with our love interests, build rapport, and get more clues from them. In reality, we'd be walking right into a trap set by the instance. The more actively we seek out our love interests, the angrier the ghost entangled with them will become. When that anger reaches a certain point, it will come to kill us."

"But I have a question," Moonfall Crow Cries said, watching Zhao Tiankuo desperately trying to squeeze his way to the window in the hall. "Didn't you find his explanation just now strange? He's dating a dangerous entity, so he ran here to buy insurance. That's such a bizarre reason, yet no one around seems to find it abnormal."

"This insurance company isn't normal either; everything about it is eerie," Wind Blows Butt Cool said. "So, should we still wait here for Zhao Tiankuo to come out? If there really is a ghost haunting him, wouldn't approaching him be asking for trouble?"

"I think it's better not to keep following him. If the ghost haunting him discovers us, I fear our chances are slim." Moonfall Crow Cries slowly shook his head. He believed leaving now was the best course of action.

Wind Blows Butt Cool hesitated for a few seconds before making a decision. "Alright," he said. "Let's leave here for now. We'll find a safe place and then discuss what to do next..."

As the two were talking, the sound of an approaching vehicle came from a distance. They looked up in the direction of the sound and saw a large bus slowly approaching, apparently also headed for the Sunshine Insurance Company.

"How odd," Wind Blows Butt Cool muttered, puzzled. "So many people coming to buy insurance. I've never seen anything like it."

Even from a distance, they could see the bus was packed to the brim; it was definitely overloaded. The people at the very front were practically pressed against the windshield. Through the glass, they could also see people inside talking with worried expressions.

"We should be at Sunshine Insurance Company soon, right? I think I see the company building."

"We're almost there, almost there! I see it too. Sigh, things haven't been peaceful lately. I heard earlier that the nearby Ronghua Amusement Park took in someone surnamed Che. I think he's that unlucky fellow. Back then, I had a bad feeling. I hoped that unlucky fellow wouldn't attract that Gu person here by coming. I didn't expect my worries to come true so quickly. Today, when the notice came down saying he'd arrived in our area, it felt like a dream."

"I don't think that Coach Che is any unlucky fellow; he's an outright traitor! You know, I didn't originally work here. I used to be a big director in charge of an instance, working diligently every day to maintain it. Everything was normal. Then one day, that Coach Che suddenly brought Gu Mian into my instance, and they went on a rampage! He even grabbed me and threatened to cut me with a saw!"

"Huh? So Coach Che really is a traitor? I thought that was just a rumor everyone was spreading."

"He couldn't be more of a traitor! When Gu Mian was about to saw me, Coach Che just stood by watching. Not only did he not help, he looked relieved! All the actors in my instance were beaten by them to the point of hospitalization. Luckily, I kicked him out early, so the equipment and other things weren't badly damaged. The actors are still recovering, and the instance can't reopen for a while. I was planning to come to this area to do some temp work, earn money for new equipment, and I can't believe I ran into him here again..."

"That Coach Che is really no good!"

Being too far away, Wind Blows Butt Cool and Moonfall Crow Cries couldn't hear what the people inside the bus were discussing. They could only see that the two people pressed against the windshield at the front seemed to be chatting very enthusiastically. One of them, a young man, even slapped his thigh hard as he spoke, as if passionately lamenting something.

"Let's go." Wind Blows Butt Cool averted his gaze, intending to slip away quietly.

However, just as he shifted his gaze, he saw five strange people walking towards them. The one at the front was obsequious and seemed reluctant, yet forced a smile, occasionally glancing back at those behind him with an overly cheerful expression. Directly behind him was a young man in a white coat, apparently a medical worker. Bizarrely, this white-coated man also carried a guitar case on his back, as if ready to perform at any moment. A tall, thin man in a suit was being pulled along by the hand by the man in the white coat; the suited man was expressionless, looking as if all hope was lost. Behind the white-coated man and the suited man followed two more: a youth with glasses and an aloof expression, and a young woman who cautiously observed her surroundings, frequently darting behind the white-coated man, appearing very timid. None of these five looked normal.

Suddenly, Moonfall Crow Cries, who was beside him, spoke up, "That man in the white coat... could he be the player 'Doctor'?"

As Moonfall Crow Cries spoke, the five individuals drew a bit closer, now within range to open player panels. Wind Blows Butt Cool tried opening the player panel of the man in the white coat. Sure enough, the bright green words "Doctor" appeared above his head. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

"He's Zhao Tiankuo's love interest! Zhao Tiankuo came here, and now he's here too. They must have arranged to come together. No, we have to stop him! If he meets Zhao Tiankuo, the ghost tormenting Zhao Tiankuo will probably kill him!" Wind Blows Butt Cool decided to go over and save this player in the white coat.

Just as he was about to show himself and stop Gu Mian, he suddenly heard the piercing SCREECH of brakes. He reflexively looked towards the source of the sound.

He saw the bus that had been heading their way suddenly slam on its brakes. Through the windshield, he could see the passengers' horrified expressions.

The driver, mouth agape, was frantically wrenching the steering wheel. Passengers behind him were anxiously pounding on his seat, seemingly urging him on. Their lip movements suggested they were shouting, "Run!"

Then, the bus executed an incredible drift, spinning around in the blink of an eye so that its rear faced them instead of its front. The crowded passengers tumbled due to inertia. Wind Blows Butt Cool thought he even heard cries of pain from inside. The exhaust pipe under the bus belched out a thick cloud of smoke, and then the vehicle accelerated to maximum speed and fled without a backward glance.