Frightening Joke: Above the Mist
Chapter 129: Glass

Chapter 129: Chapter 129: Glass

"..."

In the moment the light provided by Su Jieyi vanished, Bai Yanliang felt his left arm being grabbed.

Xu Zhifei seemed to have become quite adept at this action.

Bai Yanliang didn’t stop Su Jieyi, after all, he couldn’t guarantee that his choice would be the right one either.

No one can help another make choices, especially when life is at stake.

Su Jieyi chose to run outside; it didn’t necessarily mean she would die.

On the contrary, if that unknown thing were to pass by the door and open it to come inside, Bai Yanliang and the others, with nowhere to escape, would truly be doomed.

But... if Bai Yanliang’s guess was correct, even if that monster opened the door, its probability of entering this space would only be fifty percent.

Fog Gathering is a place where the odds of survival are one in ten.

Fifty percent was already very much worth the gamble.

"Clack—"

Bai Yanliang turned on the light again.

The previously dismembered body of Zhao Meili had disappeared without a trace.

It seemed they had entered the space without a body this time.

As the light came on, Xu Zhifei naturally let go of her hand.

She looked up at the overhead light and asked, "Are we okay?"

Bai Yanliang understood what she meant and smiled, "It’s fine. Even if the light is off, the chance of it coming in is still fifty percent."

The two fell silent, and Bai Yanliang turned his head to survey the operating room.

There was one thing he always found quite strange, and that was why, despite being a hospital, there were no observation windows on the doors at all.

Now, he finally understood.

It wasn’t that there were no observation windows, but rather to minimize... glass!

Bai Yanliang squatted down and looked at the shadowless lamp above the operating table.

Thinking back carefully, up until now he had only seen glass in four places.

Windows.

Sign frames.

Semicircular security cameras.

And... the shadowless lamp above this operating table.

"I found it..."

Bai Yanliang said softly, finally unraveling all his doubts.

A hint of confusion appeared on Xu Zhifei’s cold and beautiful face, "What do you mean?"

Bai Yanliang climbed onto the operating table, reached out for the support of the shadowless lamp, and broke it off forcefully.

"Creak—"

He dismantled the shadowless lamp.

Holding it, Bai Yanliang turned to Xu Zhifei and said, "Opposite of reality, not only is there the dream, but also the mirror world."

That simple sentence cut like lightning through Xu Zhifei’s mind.

Mirror.

Yes... the strangest thing about this hospital is that there are no mirrors!

Even glass was scarce, as if... from the beginning of building this place, glass was being avoided!

"Apart from mirrors, there’s another thing that cannot be found," Bai Yanliang looked at the door he had closed, as strange footsteps sounded outside.

Time.

Xu Zhifei looked at him and spoke.

Bai Yanliang turned to Xu Zhifei and nodded.

"Yes, it seems to intentionally confuse our sense of time, to mislead, to steer our inference in the wrong direction."

Xu Zhifei did not respond to Bai Yanliang’s theory.

Is this the ghost’s method?

She was not a novice; if Bai Yanliang’s theory was correct, this ghost seemed quite different from before.

It... had gotten smarter.

They didn’t speak any further because... whatever was outside the door stopped moving, seemingly standing right at the door.

Time ticked by slowly.

Their breathing remained calm, and there was no more movement outside.

It should be... safe for now.

Both Bai Yanliang and Xu Zhifei thought this way.

Just as Xu Zhifei was about to ask Bai Yanliang all his thoughts, she coincidentally saw in the glass of the shadowless lamp Bai Yanliang was holding, a ghastly white, terrifying ghost face glaring intently at him!

Xu Zhifei’s mind went blank instantly, too late to warn Bai Yanliang to be careful.

She instinctively reached out, wanting to knock the shadowless lamp from Bai Yanliang’s hands, but at this moment... a hideous, frightening pale hand suddenly burst from the blurry glass mirror!

It was originally reaching for Bai Yanliang, but Xu Zhifei’s hand just happened to collide with that ghost hand!

In that instant, Xu Zhifei stumbled violently, and the hand from the glass mirror pulled her right inside!

Bai Yanliang shuddered, quickly abandoning the shadowless lamp to grab at Xu Zhifei.

However, this time he was too late; with a "rip" sound, a small flower from the sleeve of Xu Zhifei’s black dress was torn off by Bai Yanliang.

"Bang—"

The sound of the shadowless lamp hitting the ground snapped Bai Yanliang back to reality.

Did Xu Zhifei... die?

Looking at the small black flower in his palm, Bai Yanliang felt a heaviness in his chest, his throat dry, his mind blank as his entire blood flow surged for a moment and then quickly sank.

Bai Yanliang had never felt like this before.

Did Xu Zhifei die? Saved him... only to die herself?

What am I confident about?

Why was I holding this lamp all along!

Unfamiliar emotions surged from the depths of his heart to his mind quickly.

At this moment, nobody saw Bai Yanliang’s face twisted by these strange emotions.

If he were a fierce ghost, probably everyone would believe it...

Bai Yanliang picked up the shadowless lamp, his brain spinning rapidly.

No... There’s got to be a way.

She was just dragged into the glass, in Wuji, this doesn’t necessarily mean death!

She’s still alive, she can be saved... she must be saved!

Bai Yanliang grabbed the shadowless lamp, opened the door, and sprinted deep into the corridor.

...

Su Jieyi felt her heart about to leap out of her throat.

The breathing behind her ceased, as did the footsteps.

The door, slightly ajar, was not far ahead.

The brilliant sunlight slanted in through the doorway; this nightmare was finally coming to an end!

Would they... be okay?

This thought suddenly crossed Su Jieyi’s mind.

Isn’t it selfish of me to run away alone...

No!

This is not my problem!

Opening that door and hiding inside would be a dead end!

There’s no way I would follow them to their deaths!

Su Jieyi quickly shook her head.

People are inherently selfish, especially in places like this.

A smile appeared on Su Jieyi’s face, the day was about to end, and according to Bai Yanliang’s words, the task was about to be completed!

And she, too, was quite successful.

Su Jieyi never told anyone, but in truth, she wasn’t very sad about Su Jiexian’s death.

Although they were sisters, Su Jiexian, the younger one, received more love since childhood; not only that, but in terms of figure and appearance, Su Jiexian was better.

Resentment? Not quite.

Jealousy? Perhaps.

When she witnessed Su Jiexian being killed by the fierce ghost, Su Jieyi actually felt a surge of delight!

From then on, there was no one to compete with me...

This was the thought that appeared in her mind.

And the grief she showed, the hysteria, was more of a gesture.

As a companion, no one would resent a person with empathy and loyalty. In fact, it showed she was right.

The door grew closer, and Su Jieyi’s smile widened.

She was finally escaping this cursed place.

However, at that moment, Su Jieyi suddenly remembered something!

No way... By any calculation, it should be between six and nine in the evening; how could there be such strong sunlight outside?!

Su Jieyi shivered, suddenly feeling an intense chill coming from her back...

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