That night, Star Swirl returned to her familiar college dorm room in her sleep.

"Hey, on a dark and windy night, shall we tell a strange story?" A girl with melon seed face and phoenix eyes proposed.

"Well, it's better to be the kind of thing you've experienced firsthand." The short-haired girl on the opposite bed immediately became interested and echoed.

"Have you ever heard of the Ghost Highway?" A smile of excitement appeared on the girl's face, and the faint blue light of the mobile phone screen reflected her slightly pale face.

"Are you talking about the road to rest?" the short-haired girl had not finished speaking, when she suddenly heard a voice from the corridor, "Tu, Tu, Tu," and the dormitory suddenly fell silent.

"Squeak--"

The sound of the doorway turning, and the footsteps entered the dormitory, and everyone hid their faces under the covers, fearing that a hand would suddenly lift their covers.

Star Swirl could feel a dark shadow standing at the head of her bed. The shadow approached her pillow, and although it was through a thin layer of quilt, she could feel the cold gaze.

Half a minute later, it was dark again. It's just that the door of the dormitory is still open, and a strange cold wind howls in.

Someone poked his head out of the bed and asked, "Didn't the dormitory manager ask for leave in the past two days, why did he still come to check on the bed?" ”

"Do you know why the housekeeper took a leave of absence?"

"It's because... She was in a car accident on the way to rest. ”

"Rest the road, is there such a way?"

Star Swirl suddenly wakes up from her dream, still with the starry ceiling in front of her. She suddenly got up from the bed in high spirits and pulled the leather-covered notebook out of her backpack.

"Rest in peace—" she quickly rummaged through her notes, and remembered that these words had appeared in her notebook before.

"It was cloudy on September 26

I finally found the scene in the game, and I could feel the silence and desolation when I stood in the lonely light. The Rest Road - the place where she was destined to be met. ”

This is the only diary in the notebook that mentions the "Rest Road", and it is also the last diary entry of the owner of the book. So who exactly is "destined to meet her"? What happened next?

Star Swirl secretly wondered to herself, according to the hint of the dream, the schoolbag she and Gu Xi picked up must not be simple.

When she saw Gu Xi in the school classroom early in the morning, Star Swirl couldn't help but laugh when she had two panda eyes on her cute little face.

"Did you steal your brother's coffee last night?" Star Swirl teased.

Gu Xi barely pulled the corners of his mouth, but he couldn't pull out a smile, he took out the USB flash drive from his schoolbag, and said with some seriousness: "Hyosung, I advise you not to install this game." ”

"Why?" There was a twinkle in the girl's eyes.

Gu Xi refused to tell the reason, and finally he said in a muffled voice: "Anyway, let's hand over this thing to the police along with the schoolbag." ”

The more you don't let it open, the more mysterious magic will draw you closer, like Pandora's box.

"It just so happens that I know Officer Bai, who is in charge of our district." Star Swirl naturally took the USB flash drive from Gu Xi's hand.

"Why do you know a police officer?" Gu Xi was a little surprised.

"She's me... Guardian's friend. ”

"Guardian?" Gu Xi remembered that Star Swirl had said that her parents were no longer there, "Is that your relative?" ”

"You can say that." The corners of the girl's lips curled, and a smile appeared in her eyes.

"So is he good to you? Are you usually harsh? Gu Xi seemed worried, and felt a strong sense of sympathy for a child like Star Swirl, whose parents were not there and who were sent under the fence.

"There's a chance to go to my house." Star Swirl smiled, expecting some of Mr. X's reaction to seeing "Little Gu Yi".

After school, Star Swirl, who returns home with a USB stick, doesn't hesitate to install this somewhat weird game on her computer. She was very curious about what was in it that scared Gu Xi so much that she couldn't sleep all night.

Log in to the game, and the character screen appears on the screen. The shape of the figure seems to have changed, wearing a red dress and a large brimmed top hat on his head, which looks a little funny.

Star Swirl notices that the character's name has been changed from "Joker" to "Ai Ying". What's the matter with Gu Xi, doesn't he agree with the name he took? Who is "Ai Ying"?

With all sorts of questions, Star Swirl enters the game. The screen stays at the terminal of bus No. 19, and at this moment the option pops up above the screen: "try again yes or no".

Mouse down on the "yes" option.

An off-road vehicle suddenly appears in front of the character, the door opens, and the NPC inside waves at her. Star Swirl maneuvers Ai Ying into the car.

The time of the game does not seem to match the real time, and the screen shows twelve o'clock in the morning.

Sitting in the passenger seat, looking out the window, Star Swirl could only see the scattered starlight in the dark night. There was an occasional truck driving on the opposite side, and the lights were dazzling when they flickered.

Star Swirl adjusts her perspective to see a young man in the driver's seat, and the 3D game screen clearly distinguishes his age and physical features.

Sitting in the back row were a man and a woman, about the same age as the man driving, and the girl had a somewhat delicate face, shoulder-length hair, almond eyes, and a vivid face that was significantly different from the other two NPCs.

The weather system in this game is somewhat realistic. Raindrops hit the windshield, and the big lights illuminated the road ahead, and there seemed to be a green belt on either side. There are no traffic lights or signs at the intersection.

The man driving slowed down, as if hesitating to turn that way.

“turn right。” The man in the back row suddenly made a voice, and his voice didn't look like a later dubbing, more like a robot's pronunciation.

Sure enough, the car turned to the right, and the raindrops on the windshield became denser and denser, and the windshield wipers were blowing around like fans. Star Swirl sighed, the details were really good.

Ahead, the lights gradually turned on, and the outlines of some tall buildings appeared on the side of the road.

"After completing this mission, you should be able to go home, right?" The girl in the back row suddenly spoke, speaking in Chinese.

Star Swirl raised an eyebrow, realizing that what was coming from the headphones was no longer a mechanical voice, but a normal human tone.

Suddenly, the headlights swept over a street sign.

The girl immediately shouted: "Wait, look at the street signs!" ”

The man immediately stopped the car and pulled over next to the sign.

Star Swirl could see the sign on the side of the window, and in the dim white light of the streetlights, the three words were faintly reflected in blood red, as striking as the inscriptions on a tombstone.

The Rest Road.