[Wait, what was that all about? Let the village girl take care of the driver, then pop out to criticize her? What’s wrong with these two players?]
[Don’t say that. The fight between the village girl and the driver was due to personal reasons, and it did cause trouble for others.]
[I’m a die-hard fan of the village girl. Without her, those three would have been ghost food by now, not even leaving behind scraps of bone. Who are they to come out now, pretending to be righteous and biting the hand that saved them?]
The livestream viewers began discussing fervently, with some growing heated and exchanging sharp words.
Faced with the subtle yet pointed accusations from her two teammates, Qing Li smoothed her braided pigtails draped over her chest, offering a simple, innocent smile. In a soft, gentle voice, she said, “Who said there’s no driver anymore?”
Her words left the other three players confused, their faces showing uncertainty.
The next second, they watched as Qing Li suddenly bent down, her slender hand grabbing the severed long neck of the driver’s corpse and hurling it forcefully out through the front windshield.
“Bang—”
The fragile, cracked glass shattered completely as the corpse flew out, landing with a dull thud outside.
“Now, I’m the driver of this bus.”
Somehow, a wet wipe had appeared in Qing Li’s hand, and she leisurely cleaned off the bloodstains from her palm.
Her statement made the other players’ expressions turn incredibly sour.
It felt as if they had just gotten rid of one monstrous driver, only to have the wheel handed over to a lunatic.
This wasn’t giving the passengers any chance to survive!
From their perspective, Qing Li’s earlier performance was indeed impressive, but they couldn’t help thinking that if they had prepared the right tools from the in-game shop and timed their actions properly, they too could have dealt with the driver.
All of them simultaneously forgot how they’d been trembling in their seats moments before, so scared they nearly wet themselves.
Seeing their silence, Qing Li smiled and asked, “Do any of you have a problem with me taking over as the driver?”
Li Tao: “…”
Wang Ge: “…”
Bai Yueyue: “…”
Of course, they had a problem!
A big problem!
This little psychic kid, looking so young and clearly underage—could she even drive?
“Do you… have a driver’s license?” the blond-haired Wang Ge asked hesitantly.
Qing Li’s smile deepened, her expression innocent as she asked back, “Driver’s license? What’s that?”
“You don’t even know what a driver’s license is! How can you drive? If we die in a car accident because of your incompetence, can you take responsibility?” Li Tao’s temper flared, and he roared furiously.
Qing Li tilted her head and countered, “Do you have a driver’s license?”
Instinctively, Li Tao replied, “Of course I do.”
He was a seasoned driver with five years of experience, after all!
“Then why don’t you take the driver’s seat?” Qing Li blinked, her smile honest and seemingly innocent.
Li Tao’s temper, which had been flaring moments before, instantly deflated.
What a joke! The owner of the ominous handwriting on the walls was clearly the bus driver. Anyone who dared to sit in that seat might as well hang a lantern and walk into a cesspool—there was no difference between that and actively looking for death!
“My license has expired,” Li Tao muttered, shrinking his neck and obediently sitting back in his seat, his voice noticeably weaker.
“What about Numbers 85 and 69? Do either of you want to be the driver?”
Qing Li’s gaze shifted to the other two players.
Wang Ge: “I can’t drive.”
Bai Yueyue: “Neither can I.”
“In that case, it seems this heavy responsibility falls to me!”
Qing Li’s eyes suddenly sparkled with determination. She raised her right hand, forming a tiny fist as if to cheer herself on, and proclaimed, “Don’t worry! Although I’ve never driven a car and don’t have a license, this means my chances of getting into an accident are zero! Rest assured, one hundred percent!”
The other three players: “…”
Rest assured?
Rest assured, my ass!
What kind of nonsense was a zero percent chance of accidents?
Qing Li skipped over to the bus driver’s seat with a smug little bounce.
It was already a miracle the bus hadn’t flipped without a driver all this time!
She casually took out a wet wipe and gave the driver’s seat a thorough cleaning before plopping herself down. Then, mimicking a professional, she firmly gripped the steering wheel.
At that moment, the clock system’s mechanical voice sounded:
“Congratulations, Player 91, for taking on the role of bus driver. You are rewarded with a special item: a Female Driver’s License.”
Hearing this, Qing Li’s lips twitched.
“A driver’s license, fine, but why emphasize that it’s a female driver’s license?”
“System, I strongly suspect you’re being sexist against female drivers.”
She wanted a lawyer! She needed to file a complaint!
After a moment of silence, the system’s voice responded in an eerie tone:
“I’m not discriminating against female drivers. I’m discriminating against you.”
Qing Li: “…”
Damn it, today was yet another day she wanted to whip this system into submission!
After claiming the driver’s license, Qing Li stared blankly at the steering wheel, completely unsure of what to do next.
“System, why do I have a driver’s license but still don’t know how to drive?” she asked, utterly confused.
According to the typical tropes in overpowered web novels, wasn’t this the perfect opportunity to bestow her with godlike driving skills?
If the system had a face, it would have rolled its eyes dramatically.
“A driver’s license is just a document. What does whether you can drive or not have to do with having a license?”
Qing Li gritted her teeth in frustration. “Then what’s the point of giving me a driver’s license?”
“Of course it’s useful,” the system replied matter-of-factly.
“Useful how?”
“Driving with a license sounds more reliable than driving without one.”
Qing Li: “…”
She was speechless.
“You useless piece of junk! Open up the navigation. I’ll show you today what it means to be the Grim Reaper of the Road!”
Qing Li brushed her nose with her finger, her gaze sharpening instantly.
The cold wind howled through the bus’s shattered windshield, stinging her ears until they turned bright red.
This time, the system wasn’t stingy and obediently activated the navigation service for her.
“Ahead, 100 meters, there’s a corpse on the road. Please avoid it carefully, dear driver,” the navigation’s warm and considerate voice chimed from the bus speakers.
“Bang—”
The bus, already jostling from the rough road, suddenly hit something hard, causing a loud crash. Several of the ghostly passengers lost their balance, nearly toppling into pieces.
“The corpse has been flattened into a pancake. Please be more cautious next time, dear driver.”
“Damn female driver! Do you even know how to drive?!”
A headless male ghost, whose head had been sent flying from the impact, stood up in a rage. He lunged at Qing Li, intent on tearing her apart.
“Are you trying to tell me how to do my job?”
Qing Li blew a stray lock of hair off her nose. One hand casually held her driver’s license, the other held a yellow talisman—but neither was on the steering wheel.
The headless ghost didn’t recognize the talisman, but instinctively felt a wave of danger radiating from it. He tried to retreat, but before he could, the bus screeched to a sudden halt.
The ear-piercing sound of the brakes reverberated through the vehicle, and the ghost’s body, propelled by inertia, lurched forward uncontrollably.
Qing Li’s lips curled into a cruel smile as she slammed on the emergency brake. Seizing the moment, she pressed the talisman onto the ghost’s body.
The headless ghost’s severed head, lying on the floor, glared at Qing Li with fury and disbelief.
This human… despicable, shameless, vile!
“Dear passenger, do you realize that disrupting the driver while they’re driving endangers the lives of everyone on board?” Qing Li looked down at the ghost, her tone self-righteous, her expression full of righteous indignation.