Since it was unclear what they had actually hit, Lin Yuan and the others had no choice but to get back in the car and continue driving forward.
"Bastard, if I ever meet you again, I'll run you over with the car wheels repeatedly!" Bai Ling'Er muttered with her small tiger teeth showing.
Driving a car, the last thing a driver wants is to have a collision or accident. Bai Ling'Er was no exception.
The novice female driver's first collision instantly ruined Bai Ling'Er's mood.
Now Bai Ling'Er was driving very cautiously, her eyes fixed sharply on the road ahead.
Bai Ling'Er vowed that if that thing showed up again, she would definitely not let it go.
"There are three kilometers left to the destination. Keep right at the fork ahead, exit the overpass."
A voice from the car's navigation system announced.
Then, at that moment, in the faint light ahead, a building could be vaguely seen.
A toll station?
"What's up ahead?" Bai Ling'Er asked Lin Yuan.
Although Bai Ling'Er had some understanding of the world, her knowledge clearly did not include toll stations.
"A toll station!" Lin Yuan responded.
"Toll station?"
"What's a toll station?" Bai Ling'Er looked confused, clearly not understanding what a toll station was.
Lin Yuan thought about it and explained in a straightforward manner: "It's like an ancient roadside robbery, except they're not breaking the law!"
"The saying, 'This mountain is mine, this road was opened by me,' is now replaced with 'toll station ahead!'"
"Something's not right!"
"This is an overpass, not a highway, so why is there a toll station?" Wen Yingying in the back seat also sensed something was off.
The toll station was clearly suspicious. Not to mention, there shouldn't be a toll station on an overpass.
They hadn't seen any toll station on their way there.
Now on their return, traveling the same route, a toll station had mysteriously appeared.
It was impossible to build a toll station within just a few hours.
Plus, with the world in such chaos now.
There's no way the authorities would bother building a toll station!
So there was only one explanation for this suddenly appearing toll station.
And that is...
Evil Spirits.
"Stop the car!"
"Here's some deceitful qi coming our way!" Lin Yuan said to Bai Ling'Er.
Bai Ling'Er was stunned but immediately responded, "Evil spirits?"
"I don't sense any deceitful qi?"
In fact, Lin Yuan himself hadn't sensed the deceitful qi either.
But this sudden toll station was definitely suspicious.
Not sensing the deceitful qi might mean the evil spirits are good at hiding themselves.
"There wasn't a toll station when we came this way!" Lin Yuan emphasized.
With his words, Bai Ling'Er also remembered.
The trip over was smooth, without any toll stations.
Bai Ling'Er stopped the car, and Lin Yuan and the others were about to get out.
"Thud."
"Thud, thud."
Before Lin Yuan and the others could exit, there was a tapping sound on the car window.
Lin Yuan rolled down the window to see an elderly hunchbacked granny, face full of wrinkles and hair gray-white.
"Pay the passage fee!"
"Ten years of life!" the granny said, holding up a small booklet, gesturing for Lin Yuan to sign.
Passing through would cost ten years of life—you'd think they were worse than Somalia!
Lin Yuan's face darkened, as black as coal.
He quickly rolled up the window and said to Bai Ling'Er, "Charge through!"
Without a second thought, Bai Ling'Er slammed down on the gas and the vehicle shot forward.
Speeding was something Bai Ling'Er enjoyed most.
After a wild ride for over ten minutes, Lin Yuan then told Bai Ling'Er to slow down.
"What's going on?"
"Isn't it just one evil spirit? Why not just deal with her?" Bai Ling'Er asked, puzzled.
That granny was undoubtedly an evil spirit. Usually, Lin Yuan would have gotten out and dealt with her directly.
But seeing the small booklet in her hand, Lin Yuan hesitated.
He was familiar with the aura emanating from that book.
Yes, it was the Power of Rules.
Knowing that this was only version 1.0 of the supernatural invasion, anything involving the Power of Rules was not to be trifled with.
That's why Lin Yuan had Bai Ling'Er charge through the toll station.
"The Power of Rules, that little book in her hand contains the Power of Rules," Lin Yuan said gravely.
"Screech!"
Bai Ling'Er hit the brakes hard, the sound of tires skidding on the road echoing.
"What's wrong?" Lin Yuan asked.
Bai Ling'Er pointed straight ahead and said, "Look?"
Lin Yuan looked intently and saw once again the familiar toll station.
"Damn it!" Lin Yuan cursed angrily, "Is this never going to end?"
"If a tiger doesn't show its power, do you think I'm just a Hello Kitty?"
"Just because I'm ignoring you doesn't mean I'm afraid of you."
Lin Yuan opened the car door and summoned the Ox Head and Horse Face Tattoo.
A few minutes later, Lin Yuan returned.
"Resolved?" Bai Ling'Er asked.
Lin Yuan nodded and replied, "Resolved, but there was no deceitful qi."
Bai Ling'Er sped past the toll station again.
Another ten minutes passed and Bai Ling'Er slammed on the brakes once more.
The toll station appeared in front of them again.
The granny, who Lin Yuan had just chopped to pieces, was back in front of their car, unharmed.
"The Power of Rules, cannot be broken by force?"
"I'm afraid signing is inevitable!" Lin Yuan said coldly.
Lin Yuan could foresee that even if he got out and killed the granny a hundred times, a thousand times.
The toll station would still be there. Without signing, they would be stuck circling here forever.
Lin Yuan reconsidered, thinking if they wanted him to sign, then he would sign.
Lin Yuan carried the whole Underworld, and last time, Bai Ling'Er's White Fox signature ritual's Power of Rules couldn't affect him.
In the end, it backfired on Bai Ling'Er.
So, the current Power of Rules likely wouldn't be able to do much to him either.
"Thud."
"Thud, thud."
The familiar tapping sound returned, and this time Lin Yuan didn't hesitate, proceeding to sign the little book.
As he lifted the pen, Lin Yuan noticed the Power of Rules swirling around Bai Ling'Er.
Were those from the White Fox signature ritual left from last time?
If two different Powers of Rules merged, what would happen?
With this thought, Lin Yuan wrote a name.
Sure enough, after signing, they smoothly passed the toll station and returned to their original route.
"You signed so easily?"
"That was the Power of Rules. Aren't you afraid?" Bai Ling'Er asked, tilting her head towards Lin Yuan.
Lin Yuan glanced at Bai Ling'Er and asked, "Do you know how many characters I just signed?"
Bai Ling'Er thought for a moment and replied, "Two! Your name is Lin Yuan, so it must be two characters."
"You don't think I can't count, do you?"
"No!" Lin Yuan shook his head, "Three, I just signed three characters."
"Three?" Bai Ling'Er was puzzled, "Your name has two characters, how did you sign three?"
"Could it be you signed a fake name? Lin Yuan, you're really smar...."
Suddenly, Bai Ling'Er seemed to realize something was amiss.