Chapter 2: The Rumble in the Car's Trunk

Ding!

The doors on both sides of the elevator slid into the walls.

A young man in a slightly wrinkled black suit, his hair a bit disheveled, stepped out of the elevator, pulled a Yu Xi cigarette from his pocket, held it between his lips, lit it, took a drag, and then slowly exhaled a wisp of smoke.

At that moment his face was full of bewilderment and confusion.

His name is Xu Mo, and he is 24 years old.

He learned his true age from the ID card he was carrying.

After all, he is not a person of this world.

He is a transmigrator, having just undergone Soul Transmigration into a Parallel World.

He only retains memories of his previous life.

He has no recollection whatsoever of this body.

"This car key should be real."

He pressed the unlock button.

A black Volkswagen nearby in the parking garage flashed its two headlights a few times.

Anyway, he decided to fill his stomach first.

Thinking that, Xu Mo walked toward his black Volkswagen.

At that moment, a camera in the corner pivoted with Xu Mo's steps, and the Water Friends in the Live Broadcast Room also saw Xu Mo.

"Is this the Challenger for this round?"

"Besides being handsome, he looks way too ordinary!"

"It's already 9 o'clock and he's just getting off work; he must be a corporate drone."

"Facing such a lavish Investigation Team, can this kind of person last an hour? I doubt it!"

"This episode will probably finish in less than an hour."

"Sigh, boring, boring."

The Danmaku ended.

Xu Mo had no idea that he was already being broadcast, with several million people watching and commenting on him.

He stopped beside his black Volkswagen, opened the door, and sat inside.

He sat quietly for a while; after finishing the Yu Xi in his hand, Xu Mo finally prepared to start the car and go back.

It was at that moment that...

Dong!

In the silent underground parking garage, a collision sound rang out.

"What was that?"

Xu Mo's hand, about to start the car, paused.

The Water Friends in the Live Broadcast Room also paused.

They saw Xu Mo look left and right, finding nothing, assuming the sound came from the side, and he prepared to start the car again.

However, a few seconds later—

Bang!

Another collision sound!

This time the sound was clearer and more violent, as if it came directly from his Volkswagen.

The Water Friends heard it clearly as well.

At that moment the hidden camera inside the car captured Xu Mo's facial expression; he furrowed his brows in confusion, then turned his head toward the back seat.

The camera also panned to the back seat.

It was empty; there was nothing there.

"What's going on?"

"Where did the sound come from?"

Xu Mo's question was also the Water Friends' puzzlement, but unlike Xu Mo, the Water Friends had the earlier female host's hint, and some quickly seemed to have an idea, sending Danmaku in the Live Broadcast Room.

"No way, is the Program Crew pulling a stunt this big?"

"Don't tell me the back trunk of this black Volkswagen actually has a female star tied up!"

"Whoa, this is insanely thrilling, damn it."

"The First Phase was just laundering money, the Second Phase involved hiding firearms, and this Third Phase jumps straight to kidnapping a female star—good heavens, I'm literally shouting 'good heavens'!"

"Which female star could it be?"

Amid the Water Friends' curiosity in the Live Broadcast Room.

Dong!

A louder sound echoed from the Volkswagen's trunk.

At that moment, even if Xu Mo were thick‑skinned, he sensed something was wrong; moreover, he was a meticulous person by nature.

One or two odd sounds could be considered a sudden incident.

But there were three consecutive sounds.

And while Xu Mo opened the door, got out, and walked toward the trunk, the sound was still coming from inside.

All of this gave him a vague bad premonition.

Because, judging by the pattern of the sounds,

it didn't sound like a collision.

It was more like a creature was beating against the trunk.

What is happening?

Xu Mo frowned, placed his hand under the car trunk, and he was certain there was nothing inside his trunk—how could this happen?

Did a cat accidentally get in?

Or some other small animal?

Xu Mo speculated, and slowly opened the car trunk.

At the same moment, the Water Friends in the Live Broadcast Room leaned in, eager to see clearly what was inside the car trunk.