Frightening Joke: Above the Mist
Chapter 221: Conflict

Chapter 221: Chapter 221: Conflict

"Huang Liang."

"Mountain moon hiding, coffin fishing at the water’s bottom."

"On April 27, 2019, everyone heads to Ping City Shangyuan Village, Zhongyuan Village, Lower Yuan Village, residing for five days, without leaving midway."

"Shangyuan Village. Feng Xiuxue, Du Shangjing, Qi Nian, Gu Pingsheng, Ling Tao."

"Zhongyuan Village. Yu Wenxuan, Bai Yanliang, Jiang Li, Xu Zhifei, Lu Guo."

"Lower Yuan Village. Ren Wudao, Li Mu, Jiang Zhijie, Song Que, Li Yuejun."

The words densely appeared in the void, and what made people’s skin crawl was that this time the blood writing was far redder than before!

Moreover, everyone could smell the scent of blood in the air; the words in the void were indeed written in fresh blood!

Bai Yanliang was the first to finish reading, as his reading speed was fast by nature. But after he had done reading the task, his gaze remained fixed on one person.

Yu Sheng.

She wasn’t included...

This time the task encompassed everyone, except her.

Soon, others noticed this too, and everyone’s gaze fell on Yu Sheng.

Some were puzzled, some uneasy, but more were envious.

No one could understand why even Ren Wudao, who had just entered Fog Gathering, was included, but not her?

Faced with everyone’s gaze, Yu Sheng didn’t show the same uneasiness as before. She just stood there with her head down, as if it all had nothing to do with her.

"Hey, I have a guess..."

Yu Wenxuan nudged Song Que’s shoulder.

Song Que glanced at him. After the last task, Song Que’s demeanor had matured significantly.

"The task mentioned that everyone is to go, ’everyone,’ but Yu Sheng is missing. Do you think... she might already be dead? Standing there now is a ghost; she has long been delisted by Fog Gathering, so she’s not counted as ’everyone’..."

Just as Yu Wenxuan said, a large fist flew toward him!

Yu Wenxuan’s eyes turned cold. He stepped forward, sidestepped, and after dodging the punch, he lunged his shoulder toward the attacker’s chest, sending the person staggering to the ground.

"Newcomer, what’s your deal?"

Yu Wenxuan looked down at Ren Wudao.

Ren Wudao got up expressionlessly, swiftly kicked towards Yu Wenxuan’s lower body.

The killing intent in Yu Wenxuan’s eyes flashed. He didn’t dodge; instead, a shiny dagger slid from his sleeve, aiming straight for Ren Wudao’s throat!

If Ren Wudao persisted in his kick, his neck would definitely be pierced with a bloody hole.

The sudden change startled everyone present, wondering why the fight broke out so abruptly?

Seeing as it was about to be a fatal fight, two people intervened simultaneously.

Bai Yanliang kicked Ren Wudao’s knee from the side, and Song Que held back Yu Wenxuan’s arm.

Ren Wudao and Yu Wenxuan’s actions were finally arrested.

Li Mu, Du Shangjing also hurriedly helped separate the two.

"Alright, alright, we can’t even tell if we’ll be alive to see next month’s sun; what’s there to fight about now," Du Shangjing advised.

"Take back what you just said." Ren Wudao ignored Du Shangjing and stared at Yu Wenxuan, his tone cold as ice.

"Oh?" Yu Wenxuan glanced at Yu Sheng, then at Ren Wudao, seemingly deducing something from their appearances.

"Ah! So that’s it, I apologize then..." Yu Wenxuan realized with a nod.

Seeing his hostility vanish, Song Que released his hand.

Yu Wenxuan approached Ren Wudao with a curious smile and said, "Is Miss Yu, Mr. Ren’s sister?"

"..."

Ren Wudao was about to answer when suddenly his pupils constricted!

A sharp blade flashed across in front of him!

Ren Wudao instinctively leaned his head back, and a few strands of hair dangling beside his face gently fell.

Meanwhile, a shallow blood mark appeared under his eye on the cheek.

If Ren Wudao had been any slower to raise his head, that blood mark... would have been on his eye.

"You reacted pretty quickly..." Yu Wenxuan retracted the dagger and didn’t get close to Ren Wudao again.

Instead, he bent down, leaned over, and said with a smile, "Your reaction makes me even more certain... she’s already dead."

Veins protruded on Ren Wudao’s neck as he prepared to kill Yu Wenxuan at all costs, but Yu Wenxuan chuckled and hid behind Song Que.

"Just kidding, can’t you take a joke, Professor Ren?"

The title for Ren Wudao stirred something in Bai Yanliang’s mind.

Yu Wenxuan had met Ren Wudao in reality, at least knew of him.

Though... it wasn’t too bizarre, as Yu Wenxuan was also from Ye City, and Ren Wudao being so outstanding made it unsurprising for people to know about him.

Ren Wudao stood up, dusted himself off, and gave Yu Wenxuan a deep look.

The response was Yu Wenxuan’s smile.

At this point, everyone finally understood why Ren Wudao knew this was Fog Gathering, and why he wasn’t surprised by the situation.

He was Yu Sheng’s brother, it seemed Yu Sheng had told him about Fog Gathering.

Thinking of this, the others looked at Yu Sheng.

Although it wasn’t Yu Sheng’s fault, the conflict between these two was really because of her, yet Yu Sheng turned a blind eye to it.

This made everyone, not just Bai Yanliang, feel something off about Yu Sheng.

The impression she left was a good one—intelligent, kind, strong even though she had a disability.

If it were her usual self, she would have stepped in to stop such a thing.

Could it be... just as Yu Wenxuan had said?

That Yu Sheng is actually... already dead?

This question left everyone puzzled, with no answers.

Except for Yu Sheng herself and Ren Wudao, perhaps only one other person knew the truth.

Song Que.

A slight glint appeared in his eyes, and a transparent outline emerged around Yu Sheng.

Alive, she is a living person.

Song Que could confirm.

To avoid mistakes, he glanced at Bai Yanliang again.

In Song Que’s eyes, the outer layer of Bai Yanliang’s body remained empty, with none of the transparent outlines like the others.

If there had to be a ghost found, Bai Yanliang would be the one most ghost-like.

This sudden conflict had somewhat diluted the atmosphere of fear.

When everyone calmed down, the repelling force had already emerged.

Li Mu quickly said, "Time’s running out! Tomorrow is April 27th, those going to the same village should team up on their own, absolutely no tardiness! I suggest... we head out today."

Li Mu’s words also reminded everyone.

This insoluble task, originally set to execute in half a year, began anew in four months.

An extremely oppressive atmosphere lingered around.

Nobody knew what might happen this time around.

Shangyuan Village, Zhongyuan Village, Lower Yuan Village...

Mountain moon hiding, coffin fishing at the water’s bottom...

Except for Yu Sheng, everyone was chosen, this time, who will make it back alive...

Before being expelled by Fog Gathering, Bai Yanliang glanced at those who would be in the same village with him this time.

Yu Wenxuan, Jiang Li, Xu Zhifei, Lu Guo.

Coincidentally, they were looking at him too.

Moments later, all their figures abruptly vanished.

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