Frightening Joke: Above the Mist
Chapter 200 Error

Chapter 200: Chapter 200 Error

Got it!

Just as Song Que lunged towards the rooftop entrance, he distinctly felt himself bump into something!

Without a second thought, Song Que tightly grabbed that transparent spot.

"Got you!"

Song Que shouted!

It’s it, this is the ghost!

It has been found!

Right after Song Que shouted "Got you," a black, terrifying figure silently appeared.

Song Que froze, slowly raising his head to look at the fierce ghost before him, which was looking down at Song Que with its scarlet eyes from above.

It slowly moved closer, and though Song Que’s hand still grasped it, it showed no reaction, merely drew near, almost touching Song Que’s face, staring at him intently...

The stench of decay fiercely invaded Song Que’s nostrils.

He released his hand in a daze... No...

No!

Wrong, this isn’t its real body!

Song Que abruptly released his hand, drenched in cold sweat!

A strong, icy aura surged from all directions, and Song Que gritted his teeth, turning to flee!

He was wrong, and so was Bai Yanliang; this decaying fierce ghost was not the ghost’s true form!

To Song Que’s surprise, the ghost did not chase him; it just quietly stood there, letting Song Que escape, continuously watching him with its scarlet eyes.

What to do, what should I do?

From his touch, the ghost became visible in this space.

From now on... it won’t... can kill me now, right?

Song Que shivered suddenly, instinctively glancing back, his pace unrelenting.

Simultaneously, he quickly dialed Bai Yanliang’s number, and the moment Bai Yanliang answered, he gasped out, "Wrong... wrong! I caught the ghost, but it was useless! That’s not its true body, its true form is hidden elsewhere!"

Bai Yanliang was equally surprised upon receiving Song Que’s call, damn it!

He didn’t even reply to Song Que, immediately toppling the nearby shelves, creating a loud noise!

Then, Bai Yanliang turned and rushed up to the third floor, trying to flee!

He ran while asking Song Que, "Is it chasing you?"

"No... no, but it’s watching me all the time, I’ve run from the rooftop to the third floor, but I can still feel its gaze, what should I do now?"

How could this be...

Logically, since Song Que caught the ghost invisible in another space, it should have lost, but why hasn’t the game ended?

Something must have gone wrong, but where exactly...

Bai Yanliang couldn’t figure it out for the moment.

Song Que could always feel its gaze, does that mean its true form has always been near Song Que?

Just as Bai Yanliang thought he might have figured something out, a fast-moving ghostly figure shot up from the second floor!

It’s "Zhou Li"!

...

Qi Nian and Xu Zhifei held their breath, staring at those few white fingers gripping the table edge, wishing they could pause their heartbeats too.

If it lifted this desk or peeked in, they’d be discovered instantly and then... face certain death!

Just as their despairing emotions were about to overwhelm them...

A commotion loudly sounded!

From the shopping mall outside!

Immediately, that pale ghost hand shrank back, hurried footsteps faded away, disappearing in a matter of breaths...

Qi Nian and Xu Zhifei exchanged glances.

Are we... saved?

But remembering something, Qi Nian’s face suddenly turned pale, she whispered, "It’s Bai Yanliang, it must be Bai Yanliang, he drew the ghost away..."

Xu Zhifei remained silent, his eyes flickering as if lost in thought.

"No way... I must save him!"

Qi Nian gritted her teeth, crawled out from under the desk, but just as she was about to leave, Xu Zhifei stopped her.

"What are you doing... Let me go," Qi Nian struggled a couple of times, only to find she couldn’t shake off Xu Zhifei’s grip.

"Don’t go," Xu Zhifei stared at her coldly.

"But... he’s in danger now!"

Qi Nian’s mind was in chaos, filled with worries that couldn’t be calmed down to think clearly.

"He won’t be harmed." Xu Zhifei didn’t elaborate, but the five words were said decisively.

Qi Nian naturally wouldn’t believe Xu Zhifei’s words, Bai Yanliang is human, not God, how could he be unscathed?

Facing the strange abilities of a fierce ghost, how could a human guarantee their safety?

Xu Zhifei didn’t tell her that in her glimpsed future, except for Bai Yanliang... everyone in Fog Gathering had died.

She rarely dreamt, but if she did, they were precognitions, and every dream became reality.

Thus, Xu Zhifei firmly believed Bai Yanliang would be safe.

Even if she were to die, Bai Yanliang wouldn’t.

Funnily enough, the person who had the most faith in Bai Yanliang wasn’t Bai Yanliang himself, but Xu Zhifei, such a peculiar woman.

"Let me go... if you don’t release..." Qi Nian kept struggling, but before she could finish, Xu Zhifei’s hand struck the side of her neck, making her faint immediately.

Qi Nian’s body went limp and was caught by Xu Zhifei, placed gently on the office sofa.

Then, Xu Zhifei closed the door and left without looking back.

Her chosen path wasn’t to assist Bai Yanliang, but to quietly slip out the back door.

...

Qi Nian was at least right about one thing.

Bai Yanliang was indeed in grave danger now!

The "Zhou Li" behind was too persistent, Bai Yanliang hardly had time to find a hiding spot, and he feared "Zhou Li" might coordinate with Yuan Jie and the decaying fierce ghost to corner him on a specific floor, so he didn’t dare stop, only zigzagged between the second, third, and fourth floors.

Now, his only way to save himself was to figure out what went wrong with Song Que.

Why... he clearly caught the fierce ghost, but the game hadn’t ended?

There are two answers, either they misunderstood the game rules, and the game doesn’t end when the "ghost" person catches the ghost.

Or the second reason, they caught the wrong one.

That decaying fierce ghost wasn’t the ghost’s true form!

But then, where is its true body?

Bai Yanliang was fleeing while racking his brains.

Under such extreme danger, it was immensely challenging to think calmly.

Bai Yanliang couldn’t fully focus, hence unable to figure out the key to it all.

Suddenly, as Bai Yanliang reached the fourth floor, he heard a commotion from the fifth floor.

"Jingle—"

Damn it...

It’s coming down!

If it blocks him with the "Zhou Li" behind, it would be over!

Bai Yanliang glanced back, catching a glimpse of Zhou Li’s ghastly face.

Hatred filled his eyes, determined to drag the fleeing Bai Yanliang into Hell!

Bai Yanliang’s heartbeat sped up a bit, and just then, that ominous jingle rang out again.

"Jingle—"

It reached the fourth floor.

Bai Yanliang caught sight in his peripheral vision, at the fourth-floor escalator, a terrifying ghost figure over two meters tall appeared!