Frightening Joke: Above the Mist
Chapter 107: Who Is It?

Chapter 107: Chapter 107: Who Is It?

The fat nurse with only a mouth slowly closed her mouth.

She seemed to be staring at Bai Yanliang.

Facing a monster with only a mouth, the pressure was immense.

Fortunately, it was Bai Yanliang bearing this pressure at the moment.

He wasn’t awkwardly mimicking the middle-aged man’s answer earlier, but because... he saw the name "Hu Chen" at the bedside.

That’s right, he was no longer Bai Yanliang; he was Hu Chen now.

For a long while.

The fat nurse finally picked up the record book again, scribbled a few notes, and then said:

"Remember, if someone knocks, don’t open the door, people with business for you have keys."

"Also, if that person comes looking for you again, press the call bell."

Having said this, she closed the record book, shifted her bulky frame, and squeezed out of the doorway.

"Click—"

The door closed.

Bai Yanliang was locked inside.

The room suddenly became very quiet; Bai Yanliang turned over and got out of bed, carefully searching the room.

There was nothing unusual.

This was just a very ordinary hospital room, a mental hospital room.

Places like these Bai Yanliang had already lived in for ten years, very familiar.

However, in this hospital room, he failed to find a clock or even a calendar; the only place with writing was the name by the bed.

Hu Chen.

Bai Yanliang touched his ten fingers together, thinking deeply.

Unlike last time, this time... everyone was separated.

The other six people should be having experiences similar to his at this moment; the most urgent task was to gather quickly.

But... Bai Yanliang drew the curtains, outside was pitch black, no stars, no moon, no lights.

This building, known as Ink City Mental Hospital, seemed to be located in a remote mountainous area.

Opening this locked door wasn’t difficult for Bai Yanliang, but... wandering at night was a big taboo in Fog Gathering.

It’s not that fierce ghosts are more active at night, but the darkness and sound.

The eeriness of the deep night was harder to navigate than the day.

Moreover... three major problems have currently emerged.

Bai Yanliang closed the curtains, deep in thought.

Who was that bald middle-aged man appearing in "his own" hospital room earlier?

He rambled about Hu Chen’s bizarre dreams from childhood, his memory seemed jumbled, he thought he was Hu Chen, the twenty-six-year-old Hu Chen.

Could it be... he really was Hu Chen?

Secondly, "who" was "himself"?

Unlike the previous occasions, this time it seemed Bai Yanliang didn’t enter Fog Gathering as himself, the role he played was called Hu Chen.

At least, using this name in front of the fat nurse, he passed the test.

Then... what about the other people? This time, will each of the seven people have a new identity?

At this thought, Bai Yanliang suddenly had an idea.

He drew the curtains again, walking toward the window glass.

The night became the best backdrop.

In the glass, a stranger’s face appeared before Bai Yanliang.

Not tall, not short, not fat, not thin, ordinary, a face that would get lost in a crowd, never to be found again.

Indeed... it’s not his own face.

If, others are like him, not having their original faces?

At this moment, a word suddenly flashed across Bai Yanliang’s mind.

Who.

In the void of Fog Gathering, that solitary word of decryption that appeared.

Is this what it means?

Seven people, each bearing a face not their own, how to confirm each other’s identity?

If... one of them is a ghost, what then?

Moreover, earlier during the inquiry by the fat nurse, if he had answered with his real name, what would have happened?

Bai Yanliang suddenly felt a chill.

After the changes in Fog Gathering... it seemed the difficulty level had suddenly increased a lot.

And besides these two questions, the most significant doubt was that woman who made Bai Yanliang’s heart skip a beat—the fat nurse.

What’s going on here?

Her face clearly only had a mouth, but whether it was that bald middle-aged man earlier or the two caregivers who came later, they all seemed unfazed, showing no fear facing her.

Could it be... that she appeared normal in their eyes?

Then what kind of existence is she?

When Bai Yanliang spoke to her, aside from her appearance, he found no other abnormality.

Bai Yanliang had a hunch, perhaps... understanding why this fat nurse looked like this might reveal some bizarre truths...

Moreover, the two sentences the fat nurse said before leaving were also strange.

"Remember, if someone knocks, don’t open the door, people with business for you have keys."

"Also, if that person comes looking for you again, press the call bell."

These two sentences clearly contradicted each other.

The bald man was dragged out of this hospital room, implying he had the ability to enter.

In other words, he had the key to Bai Yanliang’s hospital room.

But the second sentence from the fat nurse clearly didn’t want him to come in again to find Bai Yanliang.

If that’s the case, why didn’t she just confiscate his key?

And... why did that bald middle-aged man come looking for "Hu Chen"?

With these questions in mind, Bai Yanliang quietly lay back in bed.

When the sun rises tomorrow, the first thing to do is to confirm everyone’s identity.

Who is who.

Bai Yanliang had to find everyone.

Everyone... perhaps already transformed into another face.

...

Su Jieyi and Su Jiexian are twins.

Some say twins have telepathy.

This isn’t entirely baseless; at least, right now Su Jiexian could vaguely sense that her sister seemed to be standing outside the hospital room door.

Two shadows under the crack of the door, someone was standing outside.

But... Su Jiexian didn’t dare to rashly open the door.

She wasn’t foolish, otherwise, she wouldn’t have survived until now.

So... although the person standing at the door could very well be her sister Su Jieyi, she still did not plan to open the door.

Moreover... a terrifying nurse was standing by her bed when she opened her eyes earlier.

The nurse asked her name.

Startled, Su Jiexian blurted out her real name: "Su... Jiexian."

The nurse with only a mouth drew something in a book and then left the room without saying a word.

Su Jiexian was almost scared breathless by her.

She never expected upon arrival to immediately encounter a ghost.

Fortunately... this ghost didn’t seem intent on acting immediately.

Maybe it’s because I haven’t touched its taboo? Su Jiexian thought wishfully.

However, when the shadow appeared at the door, she immediately dismissed her naive thought.

Su Jiexian didn’t speak; she didn’t even dare to make a sound, the shadow under the door crack lengthened, and the person outside... it seemed like they extended something like claws.

No... this couldn’t be human!

Absolutely no sound, absolutely don’t open the door!

Su Jiexian held her breath, curled up in the corner, she wasn’t aware that above the corner, was a window, and in the glass of the window, a twisted and terrifying face was staring down at her crouching in the corner...

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