Pei Jinye raised his head to glance at the deserted paths flashing by the roadside, then looked up at the driver, "You're going the wrong way, aren't you?"
"Not at all, this way can cut through as a shortcut." The middle-aged driver chuckled.
No street lights illuminated the pitch-black path.
The rental car's twin headlights pierced through the layers of dust tossed up by the night air.
Jinye narrowed his eyes.
The screen of the phone in his hand went "snap" as it shut off.
In the eerie darkness of the cab, he silently watched the back of the other person's head.
Suddenly! With a "snap," a bright white light turned on across from him, flooding the car with illumination, and in almost an instant, Pei Jinye's vision was stripped away.
Heavy, hurried sounds suggested that some giant steel beast was racing toward them, prepared to crush everything beneath it.
The moment was fleeting.
