Chapter 30: Turning a Fatal Corner
An ice-blue Wrangler SUV was speeding down the road, it was already three o'clock in the afternoon, and Danny and they were already nine hours away from departure, except for lunch in Baker City and a little rest.
Danny and the others never stopped for a moment, especially after lunch, after Paul and Danny changed places, he drove the car, and Danny and Eva went to the back seat to rest.
Paul doesn't drive like Danny is very safety-conscious, on the endless road, Paul basically stepped on the accelerator to the bottom, just like in drag racing, fortunately he didn't meet the police halfway, otherwise he would have been caught speeding.
Danny had been resting in the back seat because he had been driving all morning, close to five hours, and the long drive was so boring that Danny would have persevered if he hadn't had Eva in front of him and kept chatting with him.
So, when Danny went to the back to rest, Eva also switched places with Jasmine, and the two slept for a long time, and when they woke up for a while, they found that everyone was not far from their destination, and there was only about an hour's drive left.
So everyone was happy, and Paul continued to drive, although he was a little tired, but it was not far away, so he didn't exchange it with Danny.
Eva, who has recovered her spirits, has been chatting with Danny in the back, and the two have become familiar with each other in the morning, and the two sides are no longer estranged, which can be regarded as friends.
Danny also knows a lot about Eva, such as her dream of becoming a full-fledged model at the age of eighteen, attending a fashion show, and then modeling until she is twenty-five, then quitting the modeling industry to study design and become a fashion designer.
This is Eva's simple ideals and plans, and Danny praised her very much after listening to them, people need goals and plans in their lives.
The two talked about everything, and Danny listened to a lot of Eva while driving, Eva was born into a modeling family, so she knew a lot of insiders in the modeling industry, such as money transactions, unspoken rules, scandals in the circle, celebrity gossip, etc.
Danny listened very energetically, usually he didn't pay attention to these things, sometimes a name needs Eva to explain for a long time, but she still enjoys it, it feels as if she is teaching Danny about fashion.
Of course, Eva wasn't the only one talking about the whole thing, Danny also talked a lot about the famous places his uncle took him to, what kind of extreme sports he played, or what interesting things happened at school.
The whole process became more and more harmonious, the two got to know each other a lot, no longer separated by a membrane like before, and became a little intimate. As it is now, Eva and Danny are side by side, head to head, and there is a word to say.
"Jasmine, how about turning on the radio and listening to the news? It's a little annoying to listen to songs all the time. Eva suddenly straightened up and said to Jasmine in the passenger seat.
Jasmine replied yes, turned off the music, turned on the car radio, simply turned up the frequency, and turned to the news station.
It just so happened that the news was broadcasting a piece of news. "Near Highway 52 to the city of Monttour, two college students who had been camping have been missing for three days, and after the police received the report, after a preliminary investigation, it was speculated that the two had been killed from the bloodstains and traces found at the scene of the crime. The police reminded people who camped in the wild that they need to be safe and do not trust strangers easily. ”
This news immediately attracted everyone's attention, after all, they were also going to camp, and now that the same people have been killed, they are all a little worried.
Jasmine took out her mobile phone and checked it, and said with a panicked face: "My God, the place where those two people were killed is right in front of us." It's horrible! ”
Hearing Jasmine's words, Eva also said in fear, "Are you sure? How could it be such a coincidence? ”
Jasmine looked it up again, and replied, "That's right, it's about forty miles ahead, and we'll be there in half an hour." And some people on the Internet said that they were killed by wild people in the mountains. ”
"Haha! Savages in the mountains? Are you kidding? My darling, what age is it now, and what wild people will be there! Paul, who was driving, laughed.
"Humph! It's not what I said, it's written on the Internet. Jasmine pouted and pinched Paul's arm.
"I'm sorry, baby, I didn't mean you, it was those people who scribbled, you just don't take it seriously." Paul hurriedly apologized.
"Don't worry, Paul is right, the news on the Internet is generally false rumors, most of them are not credible, and we don't go to that place, we just pass by." Danny saw that Eva's face was still worried, so he comforted her.
When everyone heard Danny say this, they thought about it, and they didn't have to stop there and worry about anything, so the car began to be lively again.
It's a pity that Danny and the others have just walked for less than 20 minutes, and there are more and more cars on the road where there are originally few vehicles, and in the end they are actually blocked, forming a line of cars.
"Damn! It's completely blocked, there's no movement in front of you, and you don't know how long it's going to be blocked? Paul slammed the steering wheel a few times and had to stop the car.
Danny rolled down the window and poked his head out to look ahead, but the car was too long to see what was going on.
"You guys wait in the car for a while, and I'll go down and ask the others to see what's going on up ahead?" With that, Danny opened the door, got out of the car, and headed forward.
Danny specifically asked the truck drivers because they generally know a lot about the situation on the road, and they are all connected, so they generally know about the traffic information.
After asking several enthusiastic truck drivers, they all said in unison that a truck in front of them had an accident and blocked the road, and the key was that the truck was pulling very dangerous chemicals, which was very troublesome and took a lot of time to clean up.
Danny, who got the news, went back and told everyone what happened, and for now everyone can only stay in the car honestly and wait for the chemicals in front of them to clean up before they can continue to move forward. It's just that there will definitely be a lot of delay, and you may arrive at your destination very late.
Paul, who was already very anxious, became even more anxious when he heard the news, kicked the car a few times, and said depressedly: "Can we only wait here stupidly?" After saying that, he looked around, but found that there was a dirt road in front of him that had gone into the woods, and said happily, "Danny, do you see that road leads there?" I think we can go and try it and see if we can get around. ”
Danny looked closely, shook his head and said, "I don't recommend it, that road is too old, and many people would rather get stuck in traffic than change lanes, maybe it's a dead end." ”
"I don't care, it doesn't matter if it's a dead end, it's better than waiting stupidly here, and if it's a shortcut that can be bypassed, it would be better." With that, Paul got into the car impatiently, started the car, and turned towards the path.
The trail is bumpy. However, you can still see some fresh tire prints, which means that not long ago, there were cars on this road.
Both sides of the road are full of dense jungle, dense and impermeable, even the sunlight is only sparse, and the whole path looks a little gloomy.
Everyone seemed to be affected by this atmosphere, and they were quiet and did not speak, and even Paul, who had been thinking about it, was engrossed in driving.
Suddenly, Jasmine picked up her phone and said in surprise, "What's the matter?" My phone is out of signal all at once, Eva, where's yours? ”
When Eva heard Jasmine's words, she hurriedly took out her mobile phone, looked at it, and said depressedly: "Hey! Mine is gone, too. ”
Danny and Paul also took out their phones and looked at them, and found that there was no signal.
The car continued to move on, and after a few minutes, finally through the jungle, the view suddenly became wider, and Paul noticed a gas station in front of him, and said, "There is a gas station ahead, I think there should be someone, let's go and ask where this road leads?" ”
Paul slowly parked the car on the side of the road, and all four of them got out of the car, only to find that the gas station was built in that era, and it was completely dilapidated, and the roadside was full of all kinds of scrapped cars.
As Paul walked ahead, he saw a man sitting in front of a wooden house, and was about to ask for directions, but was startled by the man's appearance, and Jasmine and Eva were even more frightened, and turned their heads to look at it.
It turned out that the man was ugly, sparse skin with yellow, dull and unpolished hair that had not been combed and glued to all kinds of dirt, and his whole body was snuggled up to the chair like a frame, with only a few teeth left, and his eyes were one big and one small, staring at everyone strangely.
Paul cautiously asked, "Sir, where does this road lead?" We don't know the way, so let's ask. ”
The old man said in a hoarse voice, "Where do you want to go?" ”
"Hmmm! We wanted to go to the small town of Jasberg and there was an accident on the highway and it was completely blocked, so we wanted to find out if there was any other way. Paul explained.
"Jasber is some distance from here! You can continue to walk and turn onto Bear Mountain Road, which is a shortcut. The old man's voice was not only hoarse and unpleasant, but also weak.
Danny, who had never said anything, suddenly pointed to the map of clothes hanging on the wall and said, "Bear Mountain Road? Are you sure? The map shows a dotted line, why? ”
The old man turned to Danny and said, "That's because the route hasn't been paved yet, but it's okay to drive." ”
Hearing the old man's answer, Danny nodded thoughtfully, smiled at the old man and said, "Thank you, sir, thank you very much for your help, goodbye." ”
After saying that, he called the three of Paul and returned to the car, Paul started the car and continued to drive forward, Danny, who was sitting in the back, rolled down the window, waved his hand at the old man who was still looking at them, and showed a meaningful smile.
After a while, the car entered the dense forest again, and the surroundings were dark again, and at that moment, Danny suddenly said, "Paul, stop for a moment, I want to get something." ”
Paul pulled over to the side of the road, turned to Danny and asked, "What are you going to take?" ”
Danny smiled and didn't reply, just turned around, flipped around in the back of the car for a while, took out two sabers, and handed one of them to Paul.
"Paul, take it, I know you brought a gun, give the good bullets on the gun to Jasmine, we are in danger."
Through the temptation of the old man just now, Danny has fully understood what will happen to him this time! I didn't expect it to be the plot of "Fatal Bend".