Frightening Joke: Above the Mist
Chapter 192: Video Recording

Chapter 192: Chapter 192: Video Recording

The space twisted suddenly, and after a momentary blur, they found themselves back at the entrance.

Song Que was still sitting limply on the ground, his face pale, and... a huge wound was carved across his forehead, bleeding profusely.

Bai Yanliang glanced at Song Que; he had actually managed to buy some time and survived.

Qi Nian stepped forward to rouse the stunned Yang Mowan from her daze.

The four of them seemed to be intact, but not everyone was so lucky.

"Zhou Li is dead."

Bai Yanliang looked at Song Que. "Was the ghost that trapped you just now Yuan Jie?"

Song Que licked his dry lips and struggled to get up from the ground.

"Yes, he was. Yuan Jie has become a ghost, a real ghost!"

Yang Mowan listened dazedly to their conversation, and when she heard the news of Zhou Li’s death, tears immediately welled up and streamed down her face.

Because her first mission upon entering Fog Gathering was done together with Zhou Li.

Zhou Li was an excellent young man.

He had an extraordinary sensitivity to numbers, and at a young age, his name was already known in the financial circle. Many investors and big bosses were eager to have his assistance.

Young, outstanding, he always maintained respect and gentleness when talking to women, especially... he had saved her once.

In fact, Fog Gathering is a place where misunderstandings can easily arise.

Because people often encountered life-and-death situations, or even vengeful ghosts, and if you happened to be with someone of the opposite gender during such moments, the fear, terror, and anxiety-induced quickening of the heartbeat could easily be mistaken for romantic feelings, giving rise to hazy affection.

Actually, it’s just a simple suspension bridge effect.

When people find themselves in dangerous situations, their heartbeat accelerates, and breathing becomes rapid, creating a corresponding feeling of fear, which is involuntary and independent of their will. The genesis of love happens to be like that as well.

Qi Nian looked at Yang Mowan with a complicated expression, and gently comforted her.

She had never experienced such emotions resembling love. In fact, it would be more accurate to say that her temperament was once too eccentric, and despite not being unattractive, no one dared pursue her. This was quite similar to Xu Zhifei.

However, unlike Xu Zhifei, after experiencing the incidents in Fog Gathering time and time again, Qi Nian’s temperament and personality had changed significantly. Even her unsuspecting parents had recently often marveled that their troublesome daughter had finally matured.

Yang Mowan’s quiet sobbing made Bai Yanliang and Song Que glance back at her; Bai Yanliang’s gaze was calm, without any fluctuation.

Song Que was still enveloped in the emotions of his brush with death, his mind filled with thoughts of ghosts.

What’s more, Song Que had always had no interest in matters of romance. Since childhood, he had never fancied anyone else of the opposite sex because, in his view, they were not outstanding enough and utterly unworthy of him.

"Enough, are you done? If you want to cry, wait until you get out alive and cry all you want. I’ll have a life-sized model of Zhou Li made for you, and you can hold it and cry every day."

Song Que, at any time, had a knack for saying unpleasant things, but this impatient attitude was effective on Yang Mowan.

From a young age, she was taught that even if she was not outstanding, she mustn’t trouble others.

"I’m sorry..." Yang Mowan raised her tear-stained eyes to look at Song Que, choking on her words.

Being looked at like this, Song Que immediately got goosebumps, as if seeing a ghost.

Bai Yanliang simply did not get involved in this matter. He walked straight towards the counter and squatted down.

His strange action quickly caught Song Que’s attention. When he saw Bai Yanliang retrieving a phone from underneath the counter, he was delighted and hurried to follow.

"Awesome! Did you record it?"

Bai Yanliang glanced at him; say what you will, his mind worked quite fast.

Qi Nian and Yang Mowan hurried over to look at Bai Yanliang’s phone as well.

"Prepare yourselves."

Before playing the video, Bai Yanliang gave a word of warning.

The two girls nodded, while Song Que wiped the blood from his forehead and urged Bai Yanliang not to waste time.

Bai Yanliang had hidden the phone as soon as they were transported back to the entrance, so it had captured footage of their conversation.

Still alive, Zhou Li staring blankly...

Song Que clumsily clapping Zhou Li on the back...

Then... Song Que’s conjecture, Zhou Li and Song Que’s argument...

And then...

Zhou Li’s question; he was inquiring about Yuan Jie’s whereabouts at the time.

Here it comes!

Everyone remembered that the second round of the game started right after Zhou Li’s question.

However, the scenes that followed made the four of them shiver with fear, like falling into an ice cellar!

In the video, Yang Mowan suddenly became stiff, and a blood-red countdown appeared in front of her.

And as the blood letter counted down, a horrific decaying ghostly figure was inching closer to Yang Mowan from behind!

Until... it completely overlapped with her own body!

The sight alone was enough to make one’s scalp tingle with fear; let alone experiencing it firsthand?

Yang Mowan’s legs nearly gave way, almost causing her to fall, but fortunately Qi Nian reacted quickly to support her.

"This... is it invisibility? During the game’s preparation phase, was it actually standing beside us all along, and when the blood letter appeared, it attached to the person being as a ghost?"

Suddenly, Song Que felt a chill in the air around him and couldn’t help moving closer to Bai Yanliang.

"If that’s the case... does that mean... it’s standing beside us even now, watching us..." At this point, Qi Nian couldn’t continue, not daring to speak further...

"Wait! That’s... Zhou Li!" The phone captured the scene of the fierce ghost possession, and everyone thought the video had ended.

But then, Zhou Li’s figure suddenly appeared on the screen!

After running a few steps with everyone, he actually came back!

"That fool, after staying in Fog Gathering for so long, still doesn’t know that safety and danger can switch at any moment? He actually dared to hide where it was darkest!" Song Que couldn’t help but comment when he saw Zhou Li hiding behind the counter.

Though it’s said the most dangerous place is the safest, many forget that while it might sometimes be safe, it inherently remains the most dangerous place.

Next, they saw a chilling figure... Yuan Jie!

The ghostly-pale Yuan Jie crawled up from the basement, looking eerily as he walked towards Zhou Li’s hiding spot.

His speed was quick, yet while walking, his shoulders showed no movement at all! As if... he was floating...

What happened thereafter, the phone didn’t capture.

But everyone knew the outcome.

Zhou Li died.

Bai Yanliang turned off the video but didn’t put away the phone; instead, he opened the camera again.

Just as Song Que was about to remark on using the same method twice, he saw Bai Yanliang point the camera at... Qi Nian.

To be precise, behind Qi Nian.

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