Frightening Joke: Above the Mist
Chapter 120: Clue

Chapter 120: Chapter 120: Clue

"Brain transplant?!" Su Jieyi widened her eyes, looking incredulously at the surgical record sheet in her hand.

"How is this possible? Isn’t it 2013? Can medical technology in 2013 reach such a level?"

Bai Yanliang shook his head. In 2013... he was still locked up in Ye City Mental Hospital.

However, during his routine interactions with his attending doctor, Doctor Cheng, would occasionally mention the development of medical technology in the modern world. In fact, what the public can hear about, see, and apply in terms of medical technology has long been secretly tested clinically many times.

For example, the head transplant scandal that caused a stir in 2015.

The real medical world, no... perhaps individuals with ulterior motives, have long conducted many unimaginable experiments in secret. And those who pay for these experiments are none other than officials and magnates. Once they’ve reached a certain stage of wealth and power, extending their lifespan becomes their only demand.

But what about Hu Chen?

He neither looks like an official nor a magnate; he’s just an extremely ordinary passerby. He can’t possibly afford such a huge expense for a brain transplant surgery. The only explanation Bai Yanliang could think of is that his identity is just a test subject.

A test subject for brain transplant surgery.

"Bai... Hu Chen, there’s something on the back of this paper!" Su Jieyi instinctively wanted to call out to Bai Yanliang, but just as she opened her mouth, she remembered what Bai Yanliang had just said.

Never carelessly reveal your real name.

Upon hearing Su Jieyi’s voice, Bai Yanliang took the surgical record sheet she handed over.

Sure enough, as she said, there was something on the back.

"I discovered the devil..."

Six messy words were scrawled on the back, the handwriting alone revealing the writer’s terror and despair at the time.

"Who wrote this... and what does he mean?" Su Jieyi shivered.

This hospital is simply too horrific and bizarre, the terrifying and chaotic events that are happening are turning her mind into a mess.

And now, to find six such disturbing words at this moment.

Devil...

Generally speaking, it’s rare to use this word in everyday life. Only when the writer couldn’t find a better adjective would they lean in this direction.

So, what exactly did he discover that made him leave these terrifying, despairing words?

"This is Doctor Zhao’s handwriting," Bai Yanliang said.

Zhao Lanshan had signed his name on the front of the surgical record sheet, so recognizing his handwriting wasn’t difficult for Bai Yanliang.

It seems that Zhao Lanshan’s sudden madness is closely related to the devil he discovered.

Is it Hu Chen?

Perhaps... the brain transplant was successful, but something unusual happened to Hu Chen, turning him into a killer?

No... Bai Yanliang dismissed this hypothesis.

If that were the case, Doctor Zhao wouldn’t use the words in this way.

He should have written: I created the devil.

Or: I released the devil.

But not: I discovered the devil.

Discovery implies it already existed, just hidden, unknown to everyone.

Did Zhao Lanshan discover something in this hospital that was always there but unknown to anyone?

This could very well be the key to uncovering the true identity of this mission’s fierce ghost!

And as long as we can understand the origin of the fierce ghost, the probability of finding a way out will greatly increase.

"We need to find the other six surgical records," Bai Yanliang said softly, but firmly.

But Su Jieyi didn’t quite agree with him.

"There may not be Doctor Zhao’s words behind each one, and... we don’t even know where the other six surgical records are left. If we search aimlessly and accidentally run into a ghost..." Su Jieyi’s eyes darted, she didn’t continue, but Bai Yanliang understood her meaning.

Bai Yanliang found something interesting, that in Fog Gathering, the shorter people live, the less they like to take risks.

They like to do things they are certain of.

Of course, this is a good thing, but also a silly thing.

Most people are merely passively scared of the ghosts in Fog Gathering and won’t actively seek anything, let alone trace these fierce ghosts’ origins.

As for people like those in the chat room, daring to investigate in reality is indeed rare.

Facing unsettling clues, many people instinctively want to retreat, lacking self-confidence, or perhaps overimaging the abilities of fierce ghosts.

It’s normal to feel powerless against imminent death, but often, Fog Gathering isn’t as terrifying as imagined.

There is always a cause for every action.

If there is cause and effect, it’s nothing to fear.

The real horror is when things happen without reason, ending for no rhyme or reason.

Of course, this is just Bai Yanliang’s own opinion.

Fear is the biggest curse Fog Gathering places on everyone; maintaining rational thinking and judgment in fear is extremely difficult.

In this regard, Bai Yanliang, whose emotions are so faint as to be nearly nonexistent, naturally holds an advantage.

However, he also cannot experience the joy of emotions.

What one gains and what one loses is cause and effect.

If something is taken from you, something else will be given; it’s a fair thing.

Bai Yanliang can’t demand others be like him, after all, he has no fear, but Su Jieyi does.

Ironically, though Su Jieyi seems so foolish and timid, always afraid and trembling, compared to Bai Yanliang, she is truly human.

Human emotions create wonderful lives and grant them numerous flaws.

But this is what a human is.

Not someone like Bai Yanliang, smiling on the outside but with no emotional fluctuations inside.

So... in reality, fear seems more like something humans impose on themselves.

Without God and Ghosts, ghosts cannot be eliminated, it’s unsolvable.

This view was prevalent before Bai Yanliang entered Fog Gathering.

Until... Qi Nian first used a mirror to remove a fierce ghost.

Everyone suddenly realized, after all... fierce ghosts aren’t unsolvable, the rules imposed on everyone apply to them as well!

Those who can calm down and analyze carefully have noticed this peculiar point.

Fierce ghosts and they are fundamentally no different!

To some extent, people in Fog Gathering and fierce ghosts are equal.

They are also unable to resist those mysterious rules, although they appear bizarre, omnipotent.

Unfortunately, very few people have seen through this.

Bai Yanliang withdrew his thoughts and looked at Su Jieyi: "If you don’t want to, stay in this room and wait for me. Of course, I can’t guarantee it’s absolutely safe here."

After speaking, Bai Yanliang was prepared to turn and leave.

Su Jieyi opened her mouth, suddenly remembering that the surroundings of this room were filled with doctors and nurses taking a nap. She had no idea whether they were human or ghost.

Rather than staying here, it seems safer to search for clues with Bai Yanliang?

At least... Su Jieyi took a covert glance at Bai Yanliang’s back. The sense of security he gave was quite strong.

"Where are you planning to go?" Su Jieyi asked.

Bai Yanliang had just gripped the doorknob and turned back upon hearing this: "The Operating Room."

"This building is just the inpatient department. Structurally, there’s no place to perform surgery here. I need to leave and look outside."

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