Frightening Joke: Above the Mist
Chapter 189 Yuan Jie

Chapter 189: Chapter 189 Yuan Jie

Song Que saw Yuan Jie.

No... that’s not Yuan Jie!

If it were the real Yuan Jie, he would never walk so slowly in the dark.

That was a ghost!

Song Que shuddered and quickly averted his gaze, holding his breath as he hid in the locker room.

The locker room was definitely not a good place.

Sealed on all sides, if discovered by the ghost, there would be no chance to escape!

He had been hiding well on the second floor, but just now, a fully rotten fierce ghost suddenly appeared on the second floor and began to carefully inspect every corner!

What on earth had happened?

Because he could see in the dark, Song Que used his advantage in vision to sneak onto the third floor while the fierce ghost wasn’t paying attention.

However, to his great shock, just as he reached the third floor, he saw a figure coming down from the fourth floor!

It was Yuan Jie!

No, it was another ghost!

There were two ghosts!

Upon discovering this situation, Song Que cursed inwardly, how could this be?

The Yuan Jie who had died in the first round had actually turned into a ghost in the second round?

If this continues, with only himself left alive, wouldn’t there be a ghost on each floor?!

At this thought, a flash of insight struck Song Que’s mind...

Six people, five floors plus a basement floor...

Exactly one person per floor!

Could there be some connection here?

Wait!

Song Que’s eyes widened suddenly!

He discovered it!

The true path to survival!

Damn it, wrong!

Now the path to survival had vanished!

This department store building had a total of six floors, and there were six people this time: himself, Qi Nian, Bai Yanliang, Yuan Jie, Yang Mowan, and Zhou Li, just enough for six people.

If Fog Gathering defaults to each person hiding on one of the floors, it would ensure someone is on every floor.

And because the game time was also six hours, each person needed to be the "ghost" for one hour.

This meant that a floor with a person would be empty!

And that empty floor... is the floor of the person becoming the ghost, the first floor.

No matter who becomes the ghost, the empty floor will always be the first floor!

Because the first floor is the starting point, the place where one becomes a "ghost".

Song Que was extremely frustrated.

This was hidden too subtly, too deeply! Why didn’t I discover it earlier?

Although there was no direct evidence to prove his assumption, Song Que was certain, the appearance of Yuan Jie now was one of the proofs!

When someone becomes the "ghost," their floor is vacated, so the first floor, the floor of the ghost, is absolutely safe!

If during the first round of the game, everyone hid on the first floor, the game would have ended directly, and nothing else would happen afterward!

But at the time, the blood letter of Fog Gathering appeared, scaring everyone away, who dared to stay on the first floor?

Damn Fog Gathering, it truly studied human psychology exceptionally well!

Song Que was sure, in the first round of the game, the person hiding on the first floor would never have had any issues, even if the fierce ghost came down to the first floor, it would merely pass by, never searching!

And after something happened to Yuan Jie, the first floor became an absolutely dangerous place because the region the fierce ghost couldn’t search now had another ghost!

Yuan Jie would search the first floor instead of the fierce ghost!

Reaching this conclusion made Song Que’s scalp tingle, lucky he hadn’t hidden on the first floor back then.

In fact, when the second round of the game began, Song Que had thought of hiding in plain sight to witness how Yang Mowan would become a "ghost".

But his crazily twitching eyelid made him abandon the idea.

He could only hope now that no one else had the same plan...

Though the completely rotten fierce ghost still wouldn’t search the first floor, Yuan Jie would!

Moreover, Yuan Jie would likely appear on the first floor right at the beginning of the second round, carefully searching for people hiding.

The only path to survival was sealed off by the appearance of the first dead person.

"Damn it..."

Song Que cursed under his breath, biting his teeth.

He had been wrong from the beginning, things would only get more difficult from here on out, until... there was a ghost on every floor!

But things had already come to this point, was there any other way to survive?

Song Que fumbled around himself, trying to take out his phone, but when he did, he realized that his phone had automatically shut down.

How long was left until the end of the second round...

Song Que’s nerves were taut, listening carefully to the movements outside the locker room.

"Tap―tap―tap―"

Light, faint footsteps came closer from afar, seeming as if they were nearly at his location.

It was Yuan Jie!

Song Que’s scalp tingled.

Though there was no sound of a bell, Yuan Jie’s footsteps were equally terrifying.

The dark locker room in front of him was like a gaping maw, ready to swallow him at any moment.

Even though Song Que had locked himself inside the locker room, unable to see the ghost outside, his imagination made him even more fearful.

What should he do... what could he do?

Could he have... already been discovered?

"Tap-tap―tap-tap―"

The footsteps suddenly quickened.

Song Que’s scalp tightened, desperately holding his breath, listening to the sounds outside.

"Tap―tap―"

He stopped!

Song Que’s eyes widened, nearly suffocating!

Yuan Jie’s footsteps stopped right at the locker room door!

"Bang!"

A violent impact sound echoed!

Song Que stiffened with fear, his mind blank, instinctively bracing the locker room door with his body.

However... each impact from outside grew stronger!

With every hit, Song Que felt his internal organs shaking painfully.

"Yuan Jie... spare me! Yuan Jie... you’re already dead... spare me... I’m begging you..."

Song Que’s face was drained of blood, the coin he never left his hand dropped to the ground with a light "ding" sound.

He didn’t want to die!

But... Yuan Jie’s pounding outside the door didn’t stop despite Song Que’s pleas.

In reality, Song Que also knew that the ghosts in Fog Gathering had no reason or emotion.

They weren’t even the souls of the deceased, but pure evil!

Their only goal was to drag the living before them into the same Hell as themselves!

Song Que was a smart person, also a proud one.

He never begged anyone, but now he shouted at the top of his lungs: "Help! Bai Yanliang! Qi Nian! Zhou Li! Help me!"

He was using all his strength to block the door that was being relentlessly pounded.

Strangely enough, despite the ghost’s power, the door hadn’t been shattered yet.

After making noise to call for help, Yuan Jie’s pounding did indeed stop!

Song Que’s heart pounded heavily; although the banging had stopped, he dared not open the door at all.

He planned to stay here until the second round ended!

Song Que slumped to the ground, drenched in sweat, nearly exhausted.

He raised his head slightly, greedily breathing in the air of the living.

However, just as he looked up, he saw...

From the top of the locker room, Yuan Jie’s ghastly pale face protruded, with a pair of eyes full of malice staring fixedly at him!

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