The radio, which normally played generic elevator music, crackled to life: "Route 12… last run… 1953… none survived…"

The destination board above the windshield changed: instead of "KREUZBERG," it read "GATE."

He selected it.

Rohan yanked the laptop's power cord. The screen went black. But the speakers kept whispering for three more seconds. Then silence.

Here’s an interesting, slightly eerie story inspired by Bus Simulator 2012 from Ocean of Games. The Ghost Route

Second stop: three passengers. All in grey coats. None had faces.

The world loaded differently. The usual sunny, generic European city was replaced by a wet, foggy, almost monochrome landscape. Streetlights flickered. No other cars moved. The bus engine sounded deeper, almost like a groan.

Rohan tried to pause the game. He couldn't. The escape key did nothing. Alt+F4? Nothing. The bus kept driving itself now—the steering wheel turned on its own, following the red navigation line.