Frightening Joke: Above the Mist
Chapter 197 Text Message

Chapter 197: Chapter 197 Text Message

Bai Yanliang shook his head, shaking off those dusty memories locked away for years.

Now is not the time to be distracted by those thoughts.

He had already found a way out, but this path required everyone’s cooperation, especially... Song Que.

Once you understand the key points, you’ll find that this game is not complicated.

It’s just that... the fierce ghost, or Fog Gathering, understands human psychology too well, deciphering all their actions with clarity.

So, often, some unexpected actions can have a surprisingly good effect.

Yu Wenxuan did just that, and thinking about it, Bai Yanliang couldn’t help but be curious. Had Yu Wenxuan noticed Fog Gathering’s "patterns" long ago?

It’s very possible...

If that’s really the case, Yu Wenxuan must be a very interesting person.

Withdrawing his thoughts, Bai Yanliang quickly composed a text and sent it to Song Que.

Song Que refused to call also out of safety concerns. Who knew if that call would be from a ghost?

But texts are different.

Both sides don’t need to communicate directly; the truth of the information depends entirely on their own judgment.

Bai Yanliang believed that Song Que wouldn’t be that foolish.

...

What’s this supposed to mean?

Song Que, having hung up the phone, was still studying these five books. He always felt there was something odd about them.

What exactly is strange?

Just where is it strange...

Song Que knew anxiety was useless, but he couldn’t overcome it.

Humans are like this; what can be overcome is a fault, and what can’t be overcome is a weakness.

The more he wanted to find the answer, the more anxious he became, and the more anxious, the harder it was to think calmly.

An endless vicious cycle thus began.

To calm himself down, Song Que immediately stopped thinking about the five books.

He checked the café once again.

Although he still found nothing, his mind cleared significantly.

Just as Song Que felt he had calmed down completely and was ready to take another look at those five books, that feeling came again...

Buzz...

A strong ringing in his ears emerged, making Song Que’s heart skip a beat, and his vision turned blood red!

And in that blood-red vision, he saw... himself!

He saw "himself" standing in the café, clutching his heart with the left hand, supporting the table with the right, showing a face full of pain.

No... wrong, this isn’t my vision, it’s the ghost’s vision!

The ghost had passed its vision on to him!

Now he was seeing himself through its eyes!

A strong fear surged, and Song Que felt his soul trembling, it was terrifying...

This unknown state was just too terrifying...

This dreadful fierce ghost vision lasted about five seconds before disappearing, and at the moment it vanished, Song Que wanted to turn back to look outside the cafe, but his body wouldn’t obey, he couldn’t move!

Suddenly! Song Que felt a sudden tightness around his waist!

He stared down in shock, his pupils dilating!

His waist was tightly gripped by a pair of decaying ghost hands, completely immobilized!

However, the moment he glanced down, those ghost hands disappeared immediately, nowhere to be seen.

His body could move again suddenly.

But Song Que’s face turned ashen!

He was panting heavily, sweat streaming down his forehead.

No time left, really no time left!

The ghost was getting closer, it was about to make a move!

Song Que had never been so panicked before, the eerie change in Fog Gathering had brought him unprecedentedly close to death!

No, he couldn’t waste time on these books, even if they were problematic, he had to ignore them!

Song Que was just about to turn and leave when he noticed his phone lit up again. This time, it wasn’t a call but a text.

And the sender was still Qi Nian.

Song Que stared at the phone, face alternating expressions, convinced he was now in the worst-case scenario, even if the text was sent by the ghost, it couldn’t get any worse.

So, he opened the text and quickly read through it.

The message contained only one line.

But that one line gave Song Que a miraculous joy of hope in despair!

"Your space can’t see the ghost, it’s in my space. I will find it for you and inform you of its position via text."

This is it!

All Song Que’s doubts were instantly cleared away, yes!

The wholly decayed fierce ghost has always been looking for them as the "ghost," it wasn’t in this space at all.

But since the two spaces could communicate, it meant the two spaces were folded, co-existing, or rather... they were two sides of one entity.

As long as the other side discovered the fierce ghost’s position and informed him, he could go over and find it, even if he couldn’t see it, he should be able to touch it!

And as long as he caught it, the game would be over!

How cruel of Fog Gathering, how could such a path exist?

The hider and seeker are clearly opposing forces, yet they have to cooperate to find the true path to survival, isn’t this forcing people into a dead end?

Who would have thought that every time the ghost would be the one to "find the ghost"?

And the clues to the ghost’s location need to be provided by the terrified and bewildered hiders.

Speaking of which, no one would think to call the ghost, right?

This Qi Nian, truly remarkable...

Song Que was slightly impressed, he couldn’t help but be curious about Qi Nian, the reason she didn’t have a boyfriend wasn’t that her qualities were lacking, but because her standards were too high and she wouldn’t settle.

But now it was different, he felt Qi Nian was good enough for him.

Thinking of this, Song Que quickly replied with a message.

...

Third Floor.

Bai Yanliang quickly received Song Que’s reply, but upon seeing it, his expression turned peculiar.

Qi Nian glanced over curiously, her complexion also changing to something strange.

"No problem, we’ll cooperate! You’re excellent, quite suitable for me. After this is over, how about we have a meal together?"

This was what Song Que had sent...

"...He... likes you?" Qi Nian asked Bai Yanliang with an odd expression.

"This is your phone." Bai Yanliang pointedly reminded her.

Qi Nian then remembered that Bai Yanliang had used her phone to message Song Que.

She quickly shook her head and said seriously, "I don’t like him!"

Why such a big reaction?

Bai Yanliang couldn’t understand her at all.

Just then, Song Que’s second message arrived.

"Can you see anything abnormal about these books?"

Beneath this line were five books laid out on a table in a photo.

He dared to use the flashlight to take a picture, it seemed fairly safe.

Bai Yanliang glanced at the five books on the table, thought for a moment, and replied to Song Que.

...

Café.

Song Que excitedly opened the message, after so many years, it was the first time he looked forward to a woman’s response like this.

"Reorder, the first word of each book, I, am, by, your, side."

Song Que suddenly realized, of course, that’s it!

He continued scrolling down, when suddenly his face darkened.

"Also, I’m Bai Yanliang."