Frightening Joke: Above the Mist
Chapter 240: Night Talk

Chapter 240: Chapter 240: Night Talk

Recalling that thing that looked very much like Mrs. Wu, with its mouth full of blood, made Yu Wenxuan’s guess even more credible.

But if it’s a disease, what kind of disease could turn people into this ghostly state? What is the cause?

Clearly, Jiang Li was not the only one who noticed this; both Bai Yanliang and Yu Wenxuan had an even more shocking hypothesis.

That is, the real source of this epidemic might be the root of this mission.

"Mr. Bai, where is Miss Xu?"

At this moment, Jiang Li finally had the chance to ask this question.

Bai Yanliang had come in alone, and the rope he had tied on his wrist was gone.

Could it be that Xu Zhifei was also in trouble?

Bai Yanliang did not look at Jiang Li and said, "She might have encountered some trouble."

"What happened to Miss Xu? Does she need our help?"

Jiang Li hurriedly asked.

Bai Yanliang shook his head: "Miss Jiang, you must understand, not everyone is willing to accept others’ goodwill, and some troubles, not adding chaos is already the best help."

Jiang Li opened her mouth but ultimately remained silent.

Outside the house, heavy rain fell, the sound of rain echoing in the mountain valley, covering all other sounds.

"Let’s rest, take turns keeping watch, Mr. Yu and I will start." Bai Yanliang glanced at Jiang Li, who was lost in thought with her head down, and said softly.

Jiang Li suddenly came to her senses and nodded.

Seeing Jiang Li leaning against the wall and closing her eyes, Bai Yanliang and Yu Wenxuan exchanged a glance, then got up and went to the eaves.

Before them was a thick curtain of rain, with bean-sized raindrops pounding down, splashing into broken water, the dark sky seeming to whip countless white lashes onto the earth.

"Mr. Bai, do you know? Actually, I’m... very afraid." Yu Wenxuan leaned against the door, looking up at the dark sky, and whispered.

"Humans are small and ignorant, animals are fierce and cruel, nature is grand and astonishing, and then there’s talk of ghosts and gods, unseen, unclear, yet seemingly traceable, but these... don’t scare me. What truly frightens me are the unknown, the uncontrollable, those I cannot truly interact with, those I cannot contend against. I detest the feeling of not being in control, yet I find myself unconsciously immersed in it, Fog Gathering... gives me that feeling." Yu Wenxuan withdrew his gaze, turning slightly to look at Bai Yanliang, "And the same feeling of not being able to control, there’s another person like that, can you guess who it is? Mr. Bai."

Bai Yanliang did not answer him, though he knew Yu Wenxuan was referring to him.

There aren’t many who can see through Bai Yanliang; currently, there’s only three.

The one who surprised Bai Yanliang the most was Xu Zhifei, the one who made him most vigilant was Ren Wudao, but the one he felt most at ease with, was the seemingly madman-like Yu Wenxuan before him.

Because Bai Yanliang could understand his thoughts, just as he understood his own.

"If it weren’t for Fog Gathering, I think we would become friends." Yu Wenxuan looked at Bai Yanliang and suddenly squinted his eyes to smile.

Bai Yanliang turned his head to look at him, "Aren’t we friends?"

"Hahaha..." Yu Wenxuan seemed very happy, but while laughing, his gaze changed, "Mr. Bai, you know that among the remaining dozen people, only one will survive..."

"And that person, will undoubtedly be me."

At this point, Yu Wenxuan no longer concealed his desire.

He wanted to survive.

Of course, this is understandable.

Everyone wants to survive, Bai Yanliang does too.

He was not great, could not sacrifice himself for others.

Though many people’s impression of Bai Yanliang is just two words... a good man.

Perhaps, adding a rotten in front would be more accurate.

But... this time no one knows, this rotten good man is a role that Bai Yanliang seriously mimicked from another person.

His rotten good man brother, perhaps was buried ten years ago for a similar reason.

In Bai Yanliang’s view, everything done for survival is reasonable.

He mimicked, learned, meticulously dressed himself, living with Yanren’s personality, for a long, long time.

So long that... he almost forgot his true self.

He had no emotions, but he was not a fool.

He could sense their feelings for him, yet because of this, Bai Yanliang remained indifferent.

Because he knew, what they liked was the reflection of another person, not the true Bai Yanliang...

Actually, he was also "afraid."

He feared that if he took off the mask, he would become the second Yu Wenxuan, the second... monster everyone shunned.

Ten years... a period that sounds short, but has actually been very long.

In these ten years, Bai Yanliang had not had even a single friend...

Only he knows this loneliness.

And Yu Wenxuan in front of him, is the only person Bai Yanliang has encountered so far who can exhibit his true self without restraint.

Because he and him, are the same kind of people.

"That document, you sent it, right." Bai Yanliang looked at Yu Wenxuan, his face expressionless, but his eyes were very bright, "Pinpoint the key, stir up conflicts, let them kill each other."

Yu Wenxuan looked at Bai Yanliang in surprise, the smile on his face widened.

He could clearly feel Bai Yanliang’s aura changing.

This elusive, indecipherable, uncontrollable feeling, aside from a ghost, it’s only him!

Yu Wenxuan’s body was trembling, not from fear, but excitement.

"Mr. Bai... you’re really interesting." Yu Wenxuan, though speaking lightly, was very close, "I was just... helping Fog Gathering speed up the process anyway, they were going to die sooner or later, weren’t they?"

Bai Yanliang looked directly into Yu Wenxuan’s eyes, and Yu Wenxuan didn’t shy away.

After a moment, the expressionless Bai Yanliang opened his mouth: "So, you’re just a waste who only follows the rules."

The smile on Yu Wenxuan’s face paused, his narrowed eyes slowly opened, revealing a hint of coldness.

"Rules?" Yu Wenxuan stared at Bai Yanliang, "The rules I’ve trampled on are countless."

"Fog Gathering then?"

Though Bai Yanliang was asking, his tone already told Yu Wenxuan the answer.

You followed the last rule of Fog Gathering, you were afraid, afraid that the last one left wasn’t you...

Yu Wenxuan’s expression changed crazily, what Bai Yanliang suddenly pointed out hit precisely his deliberately ignored point.

In Yu Wenxuan’s mind, Fog Gathering and the ghost had a hierarchical relationship, manifested in the rules set by Fog Gathering, which not only they, but even the ghost had to obey.

So, subconsciously, Yu Wenxuan had never thought of resisting the rules set by Fog Gathering itself.

For example... only one person can survive in the end.

His face alternated between red and white, he thought Bai Yanliang must be filled with sarcasm now.

Because he was not truly a rule-breaker at all, at the core, he was just a more "law-abiding" practitioner.

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