The journey to XZ is a long one-person journey, and it should be a difficult one-person journey.

Before leaving, Zou Xia planned to bring a little friend along.

But the problem is that he doesn't have the kind of friends in this world who are familiar enough to travel far together.

So after thinking about it, I signed up for a one-way tour group temporarily, so that at least the road will be much easier.

The tour will depart early tomorrow morning.

So until then, he has plenty of time to buy travel supplies,...... Although he said that, he actually prepared very few things, mainly medicine and a change of clothes, and only a small amount of food and drinking water, which was not enough to fill a travel backpack.

The main thing is that this body is excellent and healthy. The desire and need to eat is extremely low, and you will not die of hunger and thirst along the way.

If it weren't for the fact that it might be inconvenient to replenish food and drinking water on the road, he wouldn't have had any problem with it.

The tour group departs around 7 a.m., but before that, all members must rush to the agreed place to gather, so Zou Xia has already gone out with his luggage 1 hour in advance, around 6 o'clock.

When I arrived at the meeting place at about 6:40, there were already a few people waiting here, because they were all strangers, so there was still a trace of alienation from each other, and there was almost no communication.

Each of them holds up their mobile phones or whispers to their friends and companions.

Among these people, Zou Xia is not too conspicuous, he wore a black mask before going out, and his face was covered by at least 50%, but that unique dusty temperament still attracted the side eyes of several little girls next to him.

They whispered, but they didn't muster up the courage to come forward and talk.

Zou Xia didn't want to cause trouble on the road, he didn't have the slightest interest in this kind of little girl who was not deeply involved in the world, and at the same time, he had a clear understanding of his own charm, so he took the initiative to stay away from them at the beginning, so that they couldn't find a suitable excuse to communicate.

The time soon came to 7 o'clock, the special car of the tour group arrived on time, Zou Xia was the first to get on the bus, sat in the back seat, and observed the crowd on the bus.

Among these people, there were three who were impressed by him at a glance.

1 girl who was also carrying a backpack had a very strange smell on her body, and after identification, Zou Xia was very sure that it was a corpse scent.

It's not the smell of corpses, it's the smell of corpses!

Her family or herself should be engaged in corpse protection-related work, similar to the profession of corpse chaser in Miao Jiang.

1 is an empty-handed boy, not ugly in appearance, but that's all, it's not handsome either, and belongs to the type that is almost unrecognizable in the crowd.

And what really made Zou Xia remember him was the terrible wound above his wrist when he raised his hand.

The wound should be a scar, very fresh, deep visible to the bone, and the flesh is turned outward.

But the strange thing is that the blood has long coagulated, no, or should I say that there is only skin and bones in this wound, and there is no blood.

There is no blood, so it can't come out.

This kind of wound is like a corpse that has been drained of blood, but Zou Xia is very sure that the other party is a living person, and he is very healthy, and has nothing to do with death.

When such an injury appears on a living person, it is worth pondering......

"Cursed ......"

Inexplicably, this word floated through Zou Xia's mind again.

But no matter what, this man is definitely a presence that needs to be noticed.

And the last person is an old man with gray hair, whose age is estimated to be 60 years or higher, at such an age, it is not very convenient to look at his legs and feet, and it is a little obvious hunchback...... Such a characteristic appeared in the old man, but she was traveling alone.

It's a little strange, but what really makes Zou Xia focus on her is the milky white pendant around her neck.

Hoist pendant!

Human Blood Gourd Pendant!

"It seems that this trip shouldn't be lonely......" Zou Xia muttered.

Looking out the window at the receding scenery, he stopped talking.

Before arriving at XZ, in fact, there will be many service stations in front, but Zou Xia has never gotten off the car, and it is very convenient to observe the actions and changes of the vehicle people sitting in the back.

The old lady in the middle got off 3 times, and the two young people got off 5 times.

Zou Xia didn't have a shadow clone, even if he followed them out of the car, it was impossible to monitor the three people at the same time, and he could only speculate what they had done based on the changes in getting on and off the car.

The first is eating and going to the toilet, which are easy to leave a residual taste, and it will be obvious in various senses, at least it can't deceive Zou Xia's sense of smell.

The second is that the two young men seem to have communicated after getting out of the car for the second time.

They were strangers who didn't know each other before, but since the second time they got off the bus, they sat together.

Although it is not intimate, the communication along the way is also very close, depending on the situation, it should be through each other, and the goals are at least related, even if they are not the same.

The old lady was still alone, but she looked lonely, and from time to time she would take out the gourd pendant and rub it in her hand.

These are all in Zou Xia's eyes.

The car was moving, swaying slightly like a baby cradle, Zou Xia felt that he was about to fall asleep, and suddenly there was a loud noise outside.

The driver got out of the car and checked it, and came up with a desperate message -

The car has a flat tire!

In other words, I can't leave today, and I have to wait for the travel agency to send another car tomorrow.

"There is a hotel about 1 km ahead, everyone can go there to rest at night, and the extra cost is reimbursed by the travel agency 20%......"

The tour guide apologized very sincerely.

But no matter how deep the apologies are, they can't pay extra for so many people's food and accommodation, and 20% of the reimbursement is already the greatest sincerity, although everyone is still very dissatisfied, but after all, it is an accident, and it is already good that people can be safe and not injured, and they also know that no matter how many requests people can't answer, so complaining is complaining that there are no travelers looking for trouble.

Those with a lot of luggage only pick up some necessities on the road, and those with less luggage, like Zou Xia, left with a bag on their backs.

Under the leadership of the tour guide, the group marched in the direction of the hotel.

On the road, you and I are very noisy, Zou Xia has been silent, he doesn't want to speak, but he is observing the surroundings, I don't know if it's a coincidence, he always feels that the environment in this area is very similar to the place where the ghost car of the tour group described by Wang Hai had an accident.

But it's just very similar, the car accident half a year ago, by now, the traces have long been cleaned up, even if he has great ability, it is not certain that this is the place where Wang Haihai got the ghost car of the tour group.

XZ's trip, the first day ended perfectly, there was no special incident, although the car burst a tire, but after all, it was an accident maybe just a coincidence.

Before dark, everyone walked to the inn and went back to their rooms to rest.

When he came down to eat in the evening, Zou Xia looked at a table not far away and was stunned for a moment.

In the car, the old lady still had nothing to do with the two young people, and now they actually sat at the same table to eat, and there were talking and laughing, and the atmosphere was quite harmonious.

The young boy seemed to notice Zou Xia's gaze, and took a cautious look, and the two of them tacitly staggered their gazes.

Zou Xia sat farther away from them and ate alone.

"What's wrong?"

"The man...... It's weird, it just seems to be observing us. ”

"No, could it be a delusion?"

"Hopefully......"

The reaction of the girl and the old lady was not so alert, because Zou Xia has always been very honest on the road, so they don't have much impression of Zou Xia, they only know that he is a young man with a good appearance and temperament, and there is no intersection if there are more...... Moreover, the purpose of their trip and the profession they are engaged in are not ordinary professions.

regarded Zou Xia as an ordinary person, even if he really had any ill will towards his group, they would have a way to resolve it.

Zou Xia knew that his behavior had aroused the suspicion of the other party, so he was more honest next, and he didn't even glance over there, and went back to the room alone after eating.

At night, Zou Xia, who was sleeping soundly on the bed, couldn't tell the time, and was awakened by a rapid knock on the door.

He first touched the phone charging at the bedside and looked at the time - 2:10 in the morning.

At this time, who will knock on their door? ......