The thick fog that covered the sky and the sun flooded the world like a tide, and also submerged the uneasy hearts of the people in the car bit by bit.

"Is this on the radio a program effect?" the round-faced young man said unconfidently.

"Well, it should be the effect of the program. Today's programs just like to do this kind of stunt to attract people's attention. Damn it, we shouldn't listen to this program."

The driver, Jackie, punched the steering wheel in frustration, turned off the car radio, and switched to the car music.

In the past, drivers liked to listen to the radio on the car radio to relieve the loneliness during long-distance driving and increase the interactive communication experience. This can stimulate tired and numb nerves.

But today's show clearly exceeded his expectations. It was not only exciting, but frightening!

"It doesn't matter, let's keep driving." The middle-aged man in the passenger seat said, "By the way, Mr. Jackie, how long will it take for us to reach our destination?"

"It's about an hour away, I don't know how long it will be now."

He looked at the time. It was now one-thirty in the morning. At this low speed, the original distance would take at least two cars.

"You guys should sleep for a while first. I'll drive slowly. Maybe the fog will dissipate later. I'll call you when we reach the destination."

Seeing Jackie's confident expression, the people in the car no longer thought too much. They adjusted their seats and postures, leaned back and closed their eyes. Their spirits were too exhausted tonight and they were in urgent need of rest.

The monotonous sound of the car engine intertwined with the sound of the wind outside, forming a humming roar. The round-faced young man accidentally pressed his face against the car window while dozing off, and suddenly felt a weird, wet and sticky feeling, as if

The tongue of some giant beast was licking, accompanied by hot and humid gas spurting out, which made people upset.

But this feeling was quickly taken away by him as he turned around, leaving only the dark and sweet dream calling in front of him, which contained everything he expected, protecting him from the intrusion of the outside world.

The weirdness outside seemed to cease to exist the moment he closed his eyes.

He returned to his warm home again, lying in front of the red-burning fireplace and reading a book. At this time, rain was pouring outside the window, hitting the window lattice, and falling into the gaps in the building.

The crackling sound of the firewood turned into a hypnotic and gentle melody, soothing every wrinkle on his nerves.

The words in the book seemed to him more and more blurred, and even started to jump and dance, like rootless elves playing and frolicking, combining into different words to bring greetings to him.

His eyelids became heavier and heavier, and his breathing became slower and slower. The waves of sleepiness carried the turmoil of the world and submerged him again. It was a slight feeling of suffocation, surrounding him with an intoxicating happiness.

His mother, who was busy in the house, passed by him, showing a troubled and helpless expression, and brought a cashmere blanket to cover him.

He turned over.

The whole world was filled with the sound of firewood being burned.

crackle...

crackle...

crackle...

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After an unknown amount of time, the round-faced young man woke up from his sleep.

He opened his eyes blankly, feeling slightly dizzy, and all the beautiful things in the dream were destroyed by reality.

The crackling sound of firewood is actually the sound of car tires passing through the gap in the road. The rain outside the window becomes the sound of the wind outside scratching the car window glass.

The blissful and suffocating heat of the fireplace in his dream was actually a reflection of the dull and anxious air in the car.

"It's such a desperate feeling." The round-faced young man muttered, rubbed his eyes and sat up straight, leaving only the sleepiness in his mind still stubbornly resisting.

"Are you awake?" Jackie, the driver, probably heard him talking to himself and asked.

"Yes, Mr. Jackie. You haven't slept yet? Do you want to take a rest?" The round-faced young man said a little embarrassedly. The passengers could sit and rest, but the driver couldn't relax his vigilance. He didn't know how to drive at this night.

How long have you had the car?

"I'm fine. Just rest. I'm afraid that once I rest, I won't be able to leave again..."

A bone-chilling chill rose from the spine of the round-faced young man and went straight to the sky.

Originally, his buttocks had been numb from sitting for a long time, but now he suddenly regained consciousness, and the suppressed urge to urinate quickly rose up.

He heard it!

Driver Jackie is scared!

Because the first greeting was too brief, he didn't notice the tremor in the driver's voice. But the second sentence had already exposed him.

The driver Jackie's voice was trembling and weak, with a kind of nervousness in his words, as if he had gone through a long and fruitless struggle and was on the verge of breaking.

What happened!

He didn't know how to ask the question, so he could only hiss with his thirsty throat after not drinking water for a long time, and his bloodshot eyes widened.

The middle-aged man in the front row slowly turned around.

The round-faced young man saw in the dim light that the middle-aged man's facial features were still as sharp as an axe, but there was a hint of surprise, and he used his eyes to signal him to calm down.

"Do you know how long you've been sleeping?" the middle-aged man asked.

"No... I don't know." The round-faced young man was panicked by the man's gaze. The fear in his heart was reduced a lot under this pressure.

"It's been four hours. We've been driving on this road for four hours and we haven't seen any exit signs."

"What?!!"

"According to the distance, we should have arrived twice. But we didn't see any intersection, and there was no sign of the end of this road."

"This... is impossible..."

"It has happened!" the driver Jackie said firmly, "We are trapped on this road, and I dare not stop the car for fear that I will be left here forever without a road."

The young man with the Chinese character face was still sleeping soundly in the back seat, and the argument in the car did not have any impact on him.

"Then what should we do now?" Seeing the two people in the front row so calm, the round-faced young man gradually calmed down and vaguely guessed what plan they had.

"Although I didn't see the exit of the highway, I saw other things in the fog..."

"Every fifteen minutes, a sign indicating a rest area will appear, followed by an abrupt ramp."

"The opinion of this gentleman and I is to let everyone take a rest and regain enough energy before deciding whether to drive into this intersection."

The middle-aged man also said slowly: "If we drive in, we may face the same situation as in the radio story. We don't know how that person got out. This kind of behavior is very risky, and we need to make a decision together."

."

The young man with the Chinese character in the back row opened his eyes and said, "I heard everything, and I agree to go in."

His voice was so calm that it was scary, different from everyone else in the car.

The driver Jackie showed a trace of calmness in his collapse, expressing his yearning for the rational world in the past and his unwillingness to give up his reason prematurely. But if he continues like this, he will collapse one day.

The expressions and emotions of the middle-aged people in the front row cannot be seen. They may be scared, angry, or nothing at all. Nothing can be seen.

But unlike the panic of the round-faced youth, the Chinese-character-faced youth is in an extreme state of suppressing emotions and stimulating rationality. His thirst for knowledge overwhelms his desire to survive. Maybe the person sitting now is not a person, but a human-shaped rational incarnation.
Chapter completed!