Frightening Joke: Above the Mist
Chapter 245: Discovery

Chapter 245: Chapter 245: Discovery

"Bang——"

In order to prevent the terrifying chill from reaching him, Yu Wenxuan chose a very safe method—fly kick.

He had no intention of controlling his strength, and when his foot landed on Jiang Li’s butt, she instantly stiffened and flew backward two or three meters.

However... as a result, she was also removed from her standing position.

Strange things happened, as after being kicked by Yu Wenxuan, Jiang Li’s body started to recover rapidly.

Gradually, intense pain came from all over her body, especially her buttocks.

There was still a remnant of horror in Jiang Li’s pupils, and after her cyan lips turned white, she shivered as she said, "Just now... what exactly happened..."

Yu Wenxuan stared intently at the spot where Jiang Li had been standing and said, "Circle."

"Huh?"

Jiang Li thought she had misheard, looking at Yu Wenxuan with a questioning gaze.

Yu Wenxuan offered no explanation.

He had already understood the trigger mechanism of that eerie curse.

Xu Zhifei, Lu Guo, and just now Jiang Li, the similarities and differences of their encounters with strange events, no... even the true meaning of the four words Mountain Moon Hiding.

At the collar of the blood-colored funeral clothes, there was a circular pattern of the word for longevity.

The place Lu Guo was looking at was this well in front of them.

The place where Jiang Li stood just now, whether by coincidence or some reason, the extra section of hemp rope tied to the deadwood was coiled into a circle.

And... the moon.

Whether it’s the pattern on the funeral clothes, the ancient well, or the moon in the sky, the rope circle underground, they can all extend to another word—circle.

It’s not Mountain Moon Hiding, but Mountain Circle Hiding!

Yu Wenxuan completed the connection of these eerie events in his mind and made a very bold move.

He stepped into the rope circle where Jiang Li had just stood.

One second...

Two seconds...

Five seconds...

Ten seconds passed. He was unharmed.

As expected, after the curse is triggered once, the circle that triggers it becomes ineffective.

Therefore, when they looked at this well, they did not see the stranger’s face like Lu Guo did.

The same is true for the funeral clothes and this rope circle.

Then... what about the moon?

Yu Wenxuan raised a question.

If the moon loses its curse power after shining on one of their group, does that mean they can move under the moonlight at night now?

After all, Lu Guo has already had an incident.

No, no... If they can’t see the circle, how come they were unharmed when the sun shone on them?

Could it be that the sun is a special existence?

It’s not unreasonable... After all, in many ghost tales, the sun is the nemesis of sinister things.

But this is Fog Gathering, those fierce ghosts have never feared any mythical restraining object, the only thing that can restrain them is some hidden rule.

Yu Wenxuan frowned slightly, but his lips curved in interest, sinking into thought.

Jiang Li rubbed her aching body, giving Yu Wenxuan a blank stare.

She suddenly felt that perhaps this man in front of her is not as he always portrays himself, actually when she thinks about it carefully, he seems never to have done anything outrageous to everyone, although some of his methods seem cruel to modern people.

Just like Li Mu once warned, stay away from Yu Wenxuan, he is someone who stabbed a robber’s throat with a key edge during middle school, committing a "good deed."

But in that case, how should she interact with him...

...

At the well bottom.

In the darkness in front of Bai Yanliang, something seemed to move.

Though it was all black, the degree of blackness varied.

The mass of black Bai Yanliang saw was darker and eerier in the darkness, merely looking at it made one feel uncomfortable all over.

But at this moment, some sounds suddenly emanated from the darkness on the opposite side.

"Crack..."

"Creak..."

What is this sound?

Initially, these sounds were weak, Bai Yanliang once thought he heard wrong.

A few seconds later, these faint sounds suddenly became noticeable.

Following, was a very distinct cracking sound.

It seemed like the rock wall at the well’s bottom... shattered.

But listen carefully, it also sounded like something breaking out of a shell, with a bit of a slimy feel.

Bai Yanliang’s hand grabbed the hemp rope, the sound was getting louder and louder...

No, something’s wrong!

This was not the sound of an eggshell breaking, rather than saying it was an eggshell breaking; it was more like something kept crashing into some shell-like thing!

It seemed to be... trapped inside something.

And now, it was about to emerge from somewhere at the well’s bottom.

That deep blackness at the well’s bottom, looking at it...

Even Bai Yanliang felt a sinister chill.

Is this purest malice coming from that eerie baby who fell into the well?

Waves of bizarre and terrifying aura constantly assaulted Bai Yanliang’s heart, making his blood surge uncontrollably.

This was Bai Yanliang, if it were someone else, coupled with the emotional stimulation, they might have died of a brain hemorrhage.

The current situation is very strange and dangerous.

In the darkness in front of Bai Yanliang, something is about to be birthed.

Should he... go and see?

This is unquestionably a crazy and courting death idea.

After all, what is being nurtured in that darkness could very likely be the plague body of Zhongyuan Village, in other words, it is the source of all abnormalities.

However, Bai Yanliang had thirty percent confidence that he could escape safely.

That thirty percent confidence came from the sense of dissonance he felt at the village chief’s house.

If he could verify this point now...

He would be able to confirm a very crucial piece of information.

To go into the dark depths... or not to go...

Bai Yanliang hesitated for about three seconds.

Then, he pulled out his phone, and a beam of light shone on the deep and eerie darkness.

Hmm?

It actually absorbed the light.

Could there be a small black hole at the well’s bottom?

At this moment, Bai Yanliang was truly intrigued.

He took steps, trudging forward with difficulty in the muddy muck, after about five meters, he stopped.

The phone once again shone toward that dark corner.

This time, he saw it.

In the corner of the rock wall... was a blood-red swaddling cloth.

However, atop the swaddling cloth, lay a heap of things that made one’s scalp tingle...

It was pitch black, like a shell, but its overall silhouette was that of a baby.

Looking at it, Bai Yanliang thought of an insect—cicadas.

The black humanoid shell on the blood-colored swaddling cloth was like cicada exuviae, but such a thing happening to a human-like creature seemed extremely bizarre.

Bai Yanliang extended his hand, gently touching the black shell.

"Swoosh..."

It shattered.

Bai Yanliang rubbed his fingers, retracting his gaze.

The thing that fell into the well had long since left.

By the way, how old is Kangkang this year?

Bai Yanliang thought of a question, although Kangkang seemed to be only eight or nine years old, it seems... they never asked him how old he truly was?

Kangkang...

Bai Yanliang gave a final glance at the blood-red swaddling cloth.

Born as an infant, discarded as a monster, are you inherently an evil spirit, or a pitiful dead spirit...

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