Frightening Joke: Above the Mist
Chapter 175: The Beginning

Chapter 175: Chapter 175: The Beginning

"Bai Yanliang!"

Just before entering the door, Yu Sheng’s voice halted Bai Yanliang’s steps.

He turned his head to look at her.

Her tightly furrowed brows, was that worry?

Bai Yanliang’s face showed no expression, he just nodded slightly.

Although he didn’t smile warmly at her as usual, Yu Sheng actually felt that this expressionless him seemed more real...

On the other side, in a dark corner beyond the crowd, a deathly pale woman was watching from a distance.

Bai Yanliang seemed to sense something and glanced over there, the woman shrank back and hid in the darkness.

Did Xu Zhifei not come...

Bai Yanliang retracted his gaze; he should have been the fourth to enter the building, but because of this brief delay, he was the last one to enter.

...

Six people stood at the door, no one spoke.

Since entering, everyone felt a vague chill.

At this moment, the time on the phone suddenly jumped.

From 23:59, it changed to 00:00.

A strong sense of twisted eeriness surged forth, and all six more or less felt a... sinister chill of being watched.

"What is this?!"

Zhou Li lowered his voice, a somewhat fearful sound emerged.

Under the dim energy-saving ceiling light, everyone saw something on Zhou Li’s foot.

At this moment, a bell had appeared on his left ankle!

Song Que suddenly let out a soft laugh: "Hey, seems like it acknowledged our drawing lots, this thing should be the proof of a ’ghost’."

Just as Zhou Li was about to say something, he suddenly discovered he couldn’t move!

His body was extremely stiff, and the mutation happened again!

In the air in front of Zhou Li, a blood-red letter appeared — something only seen in Fog Gathering — Ten!

Then, this eerie, heart-stopping character jumped and became — Nine.

Song Que and Bai Yanliang suddenly took off running. Seeing these two spring into action, everyone else immediately understood what this meant.

This was the countdown to the start of the game!

In an instant, five people vanished swiftly under the dim lights.

Meanwhile, the letters in front of Zhou Li continued to leap.

"Seven."

"Six."

"Five."

"Four."

"Three."

"Two."

"One."

When the blood-red character for one shattered before Zhou Li, his whole body relaxed, able to move again...

The game had begun!

Although he had already experienced many bizarre events, this time was undoubtedly the most terrifying for Zhou Li—a solitary, isolated building, five hiding companions, and one... the rotten ghost Yuan Jie saw.

If... he accidentally found that ghost, what should he do?

Feeling a shiver down his spine, Zhou Li swallowed his saliva, not delaying any longer, regardless of everything, he must at least find one person!

He didn’t want to know what the punishment for the loser of the game was...

...

At this moment, Bai Yanliang and the others were running at their fastest speed and making the least noise possible in the dim environment.

No one dared to fall behind, nor did anyone dare to run too fast and make too much noise, because... there was still a rotten ghost in the building.

The consequences of being found by Zhou Li were unknown for now, but the consequences of being discovered by the fierce ghost were something everyone knew well.

Bai Yanliang and Song Que were the first to react.

At this moment, the fastest runner was Song Que.

Bai Yanliang had good physical fitness, but the dim environment was hindering him. He didn’t dare to run too fast, fearing he’d bump into something and make noise.

But Song Que seemed to have none of these concerns, quickly darting up the stairs, the dim environment not affecting him at all, almost as if... he could see in the dark.

Although strictly speaking, the department store building wasn’t completely dark; there were dim LED lights on each floor’s ceilings, but that level of brightness could only illuminate two or three meters around, and there were many dark corners in the vast floors that were completely unlit.

And Song Que’s chosen path was precisely those completely unlit areas.

Bai Yanliang couldn’t help but sigh, truly, people with extraordinary talents existed in this world.

What he didn’t know was that Song Que’s heartstrings were tight with tension at this time.

Song Que had always suspected that Bai Yanliang was the ghost, so when he realized the blood letter was the countdown to the start of the game, he bolted! But what he hadn’t anticipated was that Bai Yanliang was closely following him.

This made the usually calm Song Que somewhat breathless, and with a steely resolve, he stopped concealing the strangeness of his eyes, swiftly taking the shortest, fastest route out of the darkness, leaving Bai Yanliang behind.

Soon, Bai Yanliang couldn’t see Song Que’s figure anymore, similarly, the slower-reacting Qi Nian, Yuan Jie, and Yang Mowan couldn’t find Bai Yanliang’s traces at all.

Song Que ran all the way to the fifth floor, which was also the top floor of the department store, an entire floor dedicated to a cinema.

Even after climbing five floors continuously, Song Que’s steps were perfectly steady, and his breathing was minimal. He naturally had excellent physical fitness, and after entering Wuji, he further intensified his physical training to gain more life chances at critical moments.

But now, Song Que didn’t dare to relax in the slightest.

Where should he hide to avoid being found by Zhou Li?

No... there was also the entire body-rotting fierce ghost.

No... there was also Bai Yanliang.

Song Que repeatedly adjusted his thoughts, constantly scanning around.

There were many rooms on the fifth floor, each one a screening room, but in terms of hiding, this was not a good spot at all.

The more cluttered a place, the easier it was to hide, whereas the arrangement in the screening room was too neat, making it difficult to hide people.

Unless... he could find a small cubicle or standalone space.

Such places were quite hidden, but Song Que also knew that hiding in an enclosed space was the least ideal strategy.

After all, if his hiding place was discovered, he wouldn’t even be able to escape.

The building was so large, with many places to maneuver, locking himself into a dead end was an option he wouldn’t consider unless absolutely necessary.

Furthermore, Song Que was sure that the rotten fierce ghost Yuan Jie saw must have some strange abilities as well.

Perhaps it could sense their hiding places?

Perhaps it could move freely on walls and ceilings.

In short, choosing the best hiding spot required considering many, many factors.

While thinking this, Song Que stepped into a screening room.

The uneven stairs in the dark screening room were quite difficult to navigate, but this was no problem for Song Que.

Because he could see.

Zhou Li hadn’t arrived yet; there was a bell tied to his ankle, and that noise could alert those hiding.

Moreover, this was the fifth floor; searching from bottom to top, it would be the last to be reached.

This was also why Song Que chose the fifth floor.

However... at this moment.

A faint sound of footsteps suddenly echoed from the staircase on the fifth floor.

"Tap... tap..."

Song Que’s scalp tingled, no bell sound, it wasn’t Zhou Li!

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