Frightening Joke: Above the Mist
Chapter 183 Inference

Chapter 183: Chapter 183 Inference

Song Que’s rash action made Bai Yanliang glance at him with amusement.

From his observation, Song Que’s displayed personality was completely different; the real him was a delicate, cautious, sensitive person. However, when Zhou Li, who was the "ghost" in the last round, appeared, he showed obvious abnormality.

At this moment, no one dared to approach him, but Song Que dared.

Is he truly reckless, or does he know something?

Bai Yanliang already had a sense of it.

At the same time, he couldn’t help but marvel: People with talent are truly remarkable...

However, thanks to him, after a slap from Song Que, Zhou Li unexpectedly came to his senses.

The focus in his pupils quickly restored, and his breathing became evident, just like a corpse suddenly injected with a soul.

Yet, after Zhou Li became clear-minded, he looked at them in surprise: "Why are you all still not hiding?"

As soon as he said this, the four of them immediately exchanged glances.

"Do you know what time it is now?" Song Que stared at him and asked.

Zhou Li seemed to sense something wrong, he immediately took out his phone, pressed it to light up, and looked at the time.

01:01

One minute past midnight!

Zhou Li’s eyes widened, disbelief written across his face, he murmured, "How could it be like this..."

Then, Zhou Li narrated his encounter.

"My only impression is the blood-red numbers counting back, then, I was just preparing to set off to find you, but as soon as I could move, you were already standing in front of me."

Zhou Li’s expression was still filled with incredulity, and his words also confirmed everyone’s suspicions.

"So, earlier, the one looking for us was the real fierce ghost, but when the fierce ghost appeared, Zhou Li disappeared. Where did he go during this one hour?"

Qi Nian looked up at Bai Yanliang and said seriously.

Bai Yanliang slightly shook his head, not answering her. At this moment, he felt like he vaguely grasped something...

"I have an idea."

At this moment, Song Que suddenly spoke up.

Bai Yanliang temporarily put away his thoughts and looked towards Song Que.

Song Que toyed with the coin he never parted with, frowning slightly: "I’m thinking, could it be that Zhou Li was hidden by the real ghost?"

"What?" It was Zhou Li who voiced his doubt, he couldn’t understand at all, "Why would it do that? Just hiding me, why not simply kill me? Do I have something special?"

Bai Yanliang understood Song Que’s intention, he had to admit, Song Que’s thinking was really bold!

Sure enough, after Zhou Li raised his question, Song Que looked at him, examining him up and down: "Mr. Zhou is right, you indeed have nothing special, you’re just an ordinary person who likes to lead others even though you lack leadership skills."

Zhou Li’s face warmed, he knew what Song Que meant.

He’s not the most experienced one, nor can he completely convince the crowd, but every time a newcomer arrives, he comes forward with the bearing of a leader. Li Mu never commented on this, and it seemed that everyone else tacitly agreed.

This occasionally gave Zhou Li an illusion, a... misconception that he had a lot of say.

In fact, Song Que, who is younger than him, entered Fog Gathering even earlier than him.

If it has to be argued, Song Que is truly the senior among the current group.

"You..." Zhou Li didn’t want to argue with Song Que at a time like this, he just needed a way to step down.

However, Song Que didn’t seem to plan to give him that way, he nonchalantly said: "Zhou Li indeed has nothing special, but his identity does. In the last round, he was the ’ghost’, I’m wondering, could we equate Zhou Li, this ’ghost’, with and the actual ghost?"

"You mean..." Qi Nian also understood Song Que’s idea, "Every round where we play the ’ghost’ actually corresponds to a kind of embodiment of the real ghost?"

Song Que nodded and then shook his head, "Not an embodiment, how to say it... in a sense, the essence?"

Yang Mowan got a bit confused by his explanation and asked, "But, why would the ghost hide Zhou Li?"

"Ding——"

Song Que flicked the coin into the air, caught it deftly, and looked at Yang Mowan, "Good question!"

He looked at everyone, especially at Bai Yanliang.

"This game is called hide and seek. Since the ghost is also participating in the game, it should also follow the rules of the game, which means... it can’t be found by the ’ghost’ either."

The more Song Que spoke, the clearer his thoughts became, he quickly said: "The hide and seek game has two opposing identities, the hider and the seeker, correspondingly, humans and fierce ghosts are also two opposing identities. In other words, under this game rule, we humans are ’ghosts’, the hiding place of the fierce ghost cannot be discovered by us, and each round’s ’ghost’ that we act as is equivalent to itself. Therefore, it has to hide Zhou Li away, hide him in a... place that none of us can think of."

Song Que’s gaze swept across everyone’s faces, finally pausing on Yang Mowan.

"And the next one it wants to hide is you."

Yang Mowan was first startled, then shivered.

Song Que’s theory was too frightening, although she understood that if Song Que’s conjecture was correct, the fierce ghost would not only not kill her but would hide her by all means. But thinking about losing all memory and consciousness within an hour, hidden somewhere by a ghost, made her scalp tingle.

"Bai Yanliang, do you have any other views?"

Song Que looked at Bai Yanliang. After the events of the previous round, his suspicion of Bai Yanliang had somewhat changed, but he still felt Bai Yanliang was an extremely peculiar person.

No ordinary person could manage to maintain the same curvature of expression every time he saw Bai Yanliang, Song Que always felt like he was seeing a life-like mask.

This time, Bai Yanliang made no comments on his guesses and deductions.

For some reason, Song Que really wanted to hear his opinion.

Actually, Bai Yanliang did listen carefully to Song Que’s deduction; he could confirm that Song Que’s deduction was absolutely reasonable.

The reason he didn’t express an opinion was that he still had one point he couldn’t figure out, but... for now, that point didn’t seem to matter much.

What Song Que said indeed made a lot of sense. The path to survival this time is as he said, humans not only have to hide but also seek.

And what needs to be found is what the fierce ghost has hidden, another ’ghost’.

So, Bai Yanliang shook his head and said: "I agree with your view. If we can find the hidden ’ghost’, then in this game, it’s lost."

"The game rules are the rules of this Fog Gathering, and the ghost cannot afford the punishment of losing the game!" Zhou Li’s eyes shone brightly, and both Qi Nian and Yang Mowan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

At least, they found a direction!

At this moment, Zhou Li seemed to suddenly notice something, puzzled, he asked: "Hey, where is Yuan Jie?"

Just as his question was asked, a bell suddenly rang.

"Ding ring——"

Five pairs of eyes collectively turned to see a bell mysteriously appearing around Yang Mowan’s ankle!

Yang Mowan’s face instantly turned ashen, and the other four didn’t have time to say anything more, and they turned to run!

Because in front of Yang Mowan, there was a blood letter!

"Find."

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