Frightening Joke: Above the Mist
Chapter 244 The Bottom of the Well

Chapter 244: Chapter 244 The Bottom of the Well

Bai Yanliang had made up his mind, and he would not hesitate anymore.

After greeting Yu Wenxuan and Jiang Li, he stepped onto the edge of the well, tugging the hemp rope to ensure he was securely tied.

The other end of the hemp rope was entrusted to Yu Wenxuan and Jiang Li, so he didn’t have to worry about anything else.

Bai Yanliang looked down, a bone-piercing chill hitting him head-on.

If possible, no one would want to descend into such a terrifying place.

But Bai Yanliang had no choice but to go down because... he had seen, in the death scene just now, a strange baby with a... key on its wrist.

A blood-red key.

Although the color was different, its ancient design made Bai Yanliang immediately recognize it.

That was definitely the key to "Fog Gathering"!

Why?

Could it be that the baby was once a member of an abnormal space like "Fog Gathering"?

Or had it, being a fierce ghost, once killed a Fog Gathering member who possessed the key?

Wait a minute...

Bai Yanliang suddenly thought of something extremely important!

He was holding the rope, sitting on the well’s edge, with his legs dangling in the well.

But at this moment, Bai Yanliang’s brain was racing.

If he remembered correctly... when this task first appeared, Fog Gathering had not yet started showing abnormal changes.

That was also when he first entered Fog Gathering, executing his first task... at Ruyi Hotel in 2006, which was... thirteen years ago.

At the same time, there were two other groups carrying out other tasks.

The one with Wei Xiu as the resentful leader was executing this task.

These three tasks appeared simultaneously, so the first appearance of the "Mountain Moon Hiding, Water Beneath a Coffin" task should also have been between 2005 and 2007, combined with the notebook... Bai Yanliang drew an exceptionally bold conclusion.

Could it be that the plague outbreak in Zhongyuan Village twelve years ago was the time point when Wei Xiu and his group first performed this task?

If that were really the case... why didn’t their existence appear in the yellowed booklet?

Or is it that the past world of Fog Gathering is just a copy of events that have already happened?

No matter what actions they have taken, they can’t affect or change the future.

But if that’s the case... how should the blood-red key be explained?

It should only condense in a space like "Fog Gathering."

Bai Yanliang was more inclined to believe his second hypothesis, which was... that Wei Xiu and his group went to the time point of the plague outbreak twelve years ago, marking the first appearance of abnormal phenomena, which directly wiped out Wei Xiu’s entire group in horror.

Combining it with the replayed death scene he just saw... the old well was still in use, and there were onlookers, both young and old, clearly before the plague outbreak.

In other words... the strange disease started appearing only after that eerie baby fell into the well.

But in the death scene Bai Yanliang witnessed, the key was already on the baby’s wrist, which would indicate if the key indeed belonged to a member of Wei Xiu’s group... it suggests their collective demise occurred before the outbreak.

So... that eerie baby existed in some form even before its birth, and... it was terrifying enough to kill all of Wei Xiu’s group, possibly even someone hiding their identity as a key holder...

If that’s indeed the case...

Doesn’t that mean that the tasks published by Fog Gathering in the past world could tangibly affect the real world?

This is simply unfathomable...

However... no matter what, Bai Yanliang had to get that blood-red key.

He had already learned how to use the key from Xu Zhifei and was now missing a chance to practice.

Moreover, just taking hits without retaliation had Bai Yanliang slightly annoyed; he felt it necessary to send something back to the Dark Abyss.

Although he had thought about many things, only two or three seconds had passed in the real world.

In Jiang Li and Yu Wenxuan’s eyes, Bai Yanliang was just adjusting his state sitting on the well’s edge.

It seems what they thought was correct; when they looked again, Bai Yanliang had already alternated his hands, gripping the hemp rope tightly, and started descending into the well.

This well no longer held water, something Bai Yanliang had already confirmed.

However, at the moment his whole body vertically sank into the well, every hair on Bai Yanliang stood up instantly.

Ice-cold, chilly, decayed, bloody... Various intense negative auras surged from all directions, penetrating every gap, causing Bai Yanliang’s mind to go blank for almost a second.

When he regained his senses, Bai Yanliang realized he had already reached the bottom of the well.

Dreadful indeed...

Bai Yanliang silently sighed in his heart.

Underfoot was rotting, loose soil, and the surroundings were so dark it seemed as if sunlight couldn’t penetrate at all.

Bai Yanliang stuck close to one side of the well wall, looking around.

The bottom of this well was much larger than he imagined.

His heart involuntarily started racing.

Although Bai Yanliang didn’t feel fear.

Yet, the bottom of this well seemed to have some eerie magnetic field fiercely affecting him.

On the ground, Yu Wenxuan and Jiang Li had tied the other end of the hemp rope to a dead tree, watching the rope closely.

As soon as it shook thrice consecutively, they would immediately pull Bai Yanliang up.

Jiang Li suddenly shivered at this time.

"It’s getting cold..."

Jiang Li’s voice was very neutral, so when Yu Wenxuan heard her mention the cold, he didn’t develop any ideas about taking care of a girl.

However, gradually, Yu Wenxuan noticed something seemed wrong with Jiang Li.

Her hair, eyebrows, and even eyelashes started frosting, her face and lips turning blue with cold.

She couldn’t move!

"Hey."

Yu Wenxuan’s expression slightly changed, he patted Jiang Li’s arm; it was both cold and hard!

Was it the work of a ghost?

Yu Wenxuan immediately looked towards the well mouth, although he agreed with Bai Yanliang to pull him up.

But if any eerie movement emerged from the well, Yu Wenxuan wouldn’t hesitate to drop the rope into the well, ensuring that thing would never come up.

Yet, no eerie movement came from the well, not even the rope moved.

It wasn’t that something abnormal happened in the well, so what exactly happened to Jiang Li?

Yu Wenxuan’s gaze swept coldly in all directions, rapidly searching each unusual spot.

Unfortunately, he found nothing.

Everything around appeared normal, why then did Jiang Li suddenly end up frozen like this?

Yu Wenxuan stared at Jiang Li; she was so cold she couldn’t speak, even moving her eyes seemed extravagant.

But Yu Wenxuan could sense the despair in Jiang Li’s gaze when she looked at him.

What on earth... is going on?

Yu Wenxuan inadvertently glanced at Jiang Li’s feet; he suddenly froze and his face changed.

"So that’s it, damn it."

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