Frightening Joke: Above the Mist
Chapter 169 Dark Abyss

Chapter 169: Chapter 169 Dark Abyss

In the afternoon, He Yige received a call and hurriedly left.

Bai Yanliang called Mercury Night’s owner, Xun Weimo, hoping he’d be free tomorrow to take a trip to Xiaqiao Street together.

Xun Weimo readily agreed.

"What’s wrong?" Yu Sheng watched Bai Yanliang, who seemed thoughtful after hanging up the phone, and asked with curiosity.

"Nothing." Bai Yanliang slightly shook his head.

It was just a feeling. He always felt that there was something off about Xun Weimo.

When they first met, he casually glanced at that man.

He was very young, handsome, around twenty-five years old.

To be so young and own his own bar, one would say he’s a winner in life.

However, last night, although the staff at Mercury Night had a good attitude toward Bai Yanliang and the others, when facing Xun Weimo, they hurriedly walked by, without even raising their heads to greet him, as if they couldn’t see him.

This wasn’t just a one-off; all the staff were like this, which was quite suspicious.

Nonetheless, as the goal at the time was to find Ren Wudao, Bai Yanliang didn’t pay much attention to Xun Weimo.

Besides, even if there was something wrong with him, it might not be related to Ren Wudao. In this world, everyone has a few small secrets; it’s quite normal.

The reason Bai Yanliang contacted him was first to get another chance to engage and see if anything could be discovered, and secondly, they indeed needed him for the trip, as only he had seen that man in the hat.

At this moment, there was a sound at the courtyard door.

When Li Mu knocked on the door and entered, he found a familiar face in the courtyard.

"Yu Sheng? What are you doing here?"

Yu Sheng was grateful to Li Mu. During their visit to Sacrificial Blood Village, she owed him a big debt of gratitude.

Although nothing happened to Li Mu afterward, a favor was still a favor.

However, Yu Sheng didn’t know how to answer Li Mu’s question.

At this moment, Bai Yanliang spoke up to break the ice.

"Let’s talk about your matter first, Li Mu. When did you start dreaming about that eerie elder head?"

Li Mu had just sat down on the stone bench, and his face turned somewhat pale upon hearing Bai Yanliang mention this matter.

"February 21st, that night, I first dreamt of that elder head. Since then, every night, I dream about him. He appears more frequently, and my sleep time grows shorter. Recently, I’ve been sleeping less than four hours a night."

"Did you do anything special that day?" Bai Yanliang continued to ask.

"Special..." Li Mu furrowed his brows and thought carefully.

At that time, he had just returned from Sacrificial Blood Village, exhausted in body and mind, and hadn’t done anything special...

Thinking of this, Li Mu shook his head, confirming, "I’m sure, I didn’t do anything special that day. It was just a regular workday, then rest at home."

If that’s the case, it’s a big problem.

Clues usually come from abnormalities. Li Mu has been experiencing these nightmares continuously since that day, so there must be something different about February 21st compared to usual.

But after careful thought, Li Mu confidently told Bai Yanliang he really hadn’t done anything special, nor had he gone anywhere unusual.

"What if it wasn’t something you did actively but encountered passively, like seeing something strange on your way to and from work, or coming across someone else’s funeral," Bai Yanliang suggested differently.

Li Mu recalled the events of February 21st. If not for first dreaming about the elder head that day, it should’ve been a pretty ordinary day.

After a moment, Li Mu shook his head again, "No, it was just a normal day, nothing special at all, like any usual day."

This left Bai Yanliang puzzled as well.

These cases with no leads are the most troublesome to handle initially.

Then, Yu Sheng suddenly raised a question.

"Mr. Li, what if it’s not this year’s February 21st, but last year’s, or the year before, or something you said or did previously? As long as it’s related to February 21st, can you recall anything?"

Yu Sheng’s question made Bai Yanliang’s eyes light up. He gave Yu Sheng an appreciative look and then turned his gaze to Li Mu.

Yu Sheng felt a bit embarrassed, but seeing the admiration in Bai Yanliang’s eyes, she felt very happy inside.

Hearing Yu Sheng’s suggestion, Li Mu fell into deep thought.

If not this year’s February 21st, but something related in the past, or related events...

Suddenly, Li Mu’s pupils shrank, and he stood up with a start, "I remember now!"

He looked at Yu Sheng and Bai Yanliang, saying incredulously, "It was last year’s case, the Liang City Headless Case. Early last year, it was when Dark Abyss was at its most rampant. On February 19th, we found six bodies at the City Center’s musical fountain statue. They were all men, their heads severed, bodies stiff and straight, necks stitched together, placed above the statue like... a human flesh flower."

"We spent two days figuring out that it was Dark Abyss’s nine madmen, but found no other clues nor could we track them down. So... On the 21st, I said, at least we should retrieve the heads of the bodies..."

So that’s how it was.

Listening to Li Mu’s story, Bai Yanliang and Yu Sheng both understood that Li Mu being haunted was likely due to the headless bodies seeking vengeance.

Li Mu mentioned returning their heads, but as a year passed with no progress, they began to haunt him.

"Hmph, strange indeed. If they became ghosts, why wouldn’t they seek revenge on their killers instead of tormenting good people?" Yu Sheng said indignantly.

This was supposed to be a sympathetic remark for Li Mu’s plight, but when Bai Yanliang heard it, it unexpectedly sparked another idea.

"Yu Sheng, you might be a genius."

Bai Yanliang remarked.

"Huh?"

Yu Sheng was puzzled. Being suddenly praised by Bai Yanliang was pleasant, but something felt odd.

"Li Mu, it’s not a fierce ghost that’s haunting you, but a curse someone has placed on you," Bai Yanliang asserted confidently.

Li Mu was intelligent, and though it was hard for him to believe that someone could curse another in the real world, almost immediately, a suspect emerged in his mind.

"Dark Abyss! I’ve been closely watching that organization. A few times, I disrupted their criminal plans and almost caught the Secret Key and Bone Scrapper. If someone hates me deeply, it must be them."

This organization again.

Bai Yanliang raised an eyebrow, suddenly smiling, "Perfect. They’re all in Ye City now, and I’m quite curious about... their identities, motives, and methods."

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