Frightening Joke: Above the Mist
Chapter 157 Desperate Situation

Chapter 157: Chapter 157 Desperate Situation

"Creak——"

The front door closed by itself.

The house was quite ordinary, but it seemed like no one had lived there for a long time. The stairs were covered in dust, and there wasn’t much furniture inside, just a ragged wardrobe in the corner.

The wardrobe door was half-open, exerting a lot of psychological pressure, as if... something was hiding inside, watching quietly.

The situation on the first floor was roughly like this, clear at a glance.

Bai Yanliang decided to go upstairs along the staircase to take a look.

"Are you coming up with me, or are you waiting on the first floor..." Bai Yanliang turned his head and said.

But behind him, it was empty...

Feng Xiuxue was gone.

A sense of foreboding surged in Bai Yanliang’s heart, what had just happened?

Feng Xiuxue shouldn’t have done anything, even the one who opened the door was himself.

But now, she had indeed disappeared...

Where did she go?

A faint coldness seeped in from the surroundings, and Bai Yanliang knew he couldn’t stay there any longer...

He stopped thinking about Feng Xiuxue and went straight to the second floor. To his surprise, the arrangement on the second floor was almost identical to the first floor — dilapidated, dusty, no furniture, and except for the absence of a wardrobe, Bai Yanliang couldn’t tell the difference between the second and first floors.

Of course, Feng Xiuxue was not on the second floor either.

Could it be... she had already been...

Bai Yanliang had to entertain such a thought.

The current time was... Bai Yanliang took out his phone and glanced at it.

However, besides the time, he unexpectedly found that there was a signal on his phone!

It’s important to know that in Fog Gathering, there would absolutely be no signal at all, and yet in this world, there was signal.

Bai Yanliang immediately dialed Feng Xiuxue’s number.

Soon, the call connected, and Feng Xiuxue’s voice came through from the other end.

"Hello."

...

At the same time, Feng Xiuxue was standing right at the front door on the first floor.

Everything had been normal when she followed Bai Yanliang inside.

However, as soon as she absent-mindedly turned her head to observe the room, an unexpected event occurred.

When she turned back, Bai Yanliang was already nowhere to be found.

Just in that instant.

This was evidently the work of a fierce ghost.

But... even with the rules set by others, such a thing as being killed the moment the door was opened couldn’t happen. In a way, a world like "Fog Gathering" was quite fair.

What Feng Xiuxue could ascertain was that even if Bai Yanliang wasn’t dead, he wouldn’t be able to help her for the time being.

She calmed down, carefully observing the internal structure of the house. No matter how she looked at it, the most peculiar thing was that shabby wardrobe.

Of course, she hadn’t gone upstairs to check yet.

But that wardrobe gave Feng Xiuxue a very bad feeling. She could vaguely sense that... it seemed something was hiding inside, secretly watching her.

Feng Xiuxue took a deep breath, the focus now was... to find a way out.

Just then...

Feng Xiuxue’s phone suddenly rang.

The caller ID displayed Bai Yanliang’s name.

Feng Xiuxue’s face suddenly changed...

...

"Hello."

Bai Yanliang listened to Feng Xiuxue’s voice, not speaking for the moment.

Although the call was connected, he couldn’t be certain that the person answering was indeed Feng Xiuxue.

Moreover, Bai Yanliang suddenly thought of something terrifying.

That was... the one who disappeared might not be Feng Xiuxue, but... himself.

In other words, it was he who triggered some kind of taboo.

After all, compared to Feng Xiuxue, Bai Yanliang was the one who opened the door.

Bai Yanliang suddenly hung up the call. If he was the one who disappeared, then... no matter what he did in this space, he would easily attract the fierce ghost.

Sometimes, less action means fewer errors, which is also a choice.

Bai Yanliang looked at the darkened screen, pondering one thing.

Which was, why was there a signal on his phone?

Was it due to the ghost’s power, or... perhaps he and Feng Xiuxue hadn’t been dragged into that mysterious person’s world at all, and they were still in Ye City, only their senses were deceived.

It’s not entirely impossible.

And a more frightening speculation would be that this world had no signal at all.

And the reason he had it, was because the ghost wanted him to have it.

If following this logic... the ghost restored the signal on his phone, what was it intending to do?

Could it be... its method of killing was through the phone?

Some possibilities... but too far-fetched.

Maybe it could ascertain his location through the dialed call and thus find him?

Bai Yanliang pondered, the oppressive atmosphere shrouding the abandoned house.

Just then, the sound of a door opening suddenly came from downstairs...

Someone opened the door?

Who?

Feng Xiuxue?

Bai Yanliang’s nerves instantly tensed, more likely than Feng Xiuxue... was the ghost.

He glanced around, the spacious second floor had nowhere to hide. If it was really the ghost, as long as it came up the stairs, he would be doomed!

Gradually... the footsteps sounded.

"Sss——Sss——"

The footsteps downstairs were not crisp; it was as if the person’s feet were growing on the wooden floor, dragging as they moved forward.

From that sound alone, it could be judged... it was definitely not Feng Xiuxue.

Bai Yanliang, rarely, had a bit of sweat on his forehead.

He listened carefully to the footsteps downstairs, it was wandering on the first floor, and then there was a "Creak——".

It had opened the wardrobe.

It was looking for him!

Bai Yanliang immediately drew this conclusion after hearing the wardrobe door being opened, and simultaneously, he made a daring decision!

Lowering his steps, moving swiftly yet silently, Bai Yanliang approached the staircase, looking through the gaps down to the corner near the wardrobe.

Instantly, Bai Yanliang’s pupils constricted!

It really was a ghost!

However... its appearance was somewhat beyond Bai Yanliang’s expectations. It was moving in an abnormal posture, advancing upside down, with its whole body bloody and with its hands dragging along the ground, leaving a long trail of blood.

As if sensing something, the terrifying fierce ghost suddenly turned its head. Being upside down, its head hovered above the floor, and when it looked toward the staircase, Bai Yanliang was already gone.

"Clack——"

The wardrobe door was closed by it.

Bai Yanliang wiped the sweat from his forehead. Although it was risky just now, he obtained very useful information!

Moreover, he could now be certain, this ghost did not have a sensory ability, it located people through vision! As long as it wasn’t seen, it wouldn’t catch him.

However, at this moment, noises began again downstairs...

"Sss——Sss——"

This time Bai Yanliang knew, it was not its feet that grew on the ground, but its hands. It moved with an abnormal upside-down posture, dragging its hands across the ground.

It thoroughly checked the first floor, and now, it was coming up to the second floor...

Bai Yanliang’s heart started to race, this crisis was unprecedentedly huge!

The windows were sealed with steel bars, impossible to open, let alone jump off.

As for possible hiding places... the second floor was utterly barren, not even the shabby wardrobe that was on the first floor.

And even if there was, the ghost would certainly go to check it out, so obviously hiding in the wardrobe was definitely not a good idea.

Then where to hide to avoid being discovered by it?

Bai Yanliang’s eyes flickered wildly, desperately searching for any last possible chance. At this moment, the ghost’s disturbances had already reached the stairs.

It... was coming up.