Frightening Joke: Above the Mist
Chapter 258: The Outsider

Chapter 258: Chapter 258: The Outsider

The "home" of the Ghost Baby is evidently that ancient well.

Bai Yanliang already took a step forward, while Yu Wenxuan’s expression shifted, and he didn’t immediately follow.

Actually, he could leave the village now. In the moonlight, the mutated villagers have already regarded him as "one of their own," and he wouldn’t encounter any obstacles if he left the village now.

However, Yu Wenxuan was unaware of this. In his understanding, this was a Fog Gathering mission, and he still needed to stay here for three more days.

After pondering for a moment, Yu Wenxuan decided not to follow Bai Yanliang to the well. If Bai Yanliang’s judgment was correct, the mission would be successfully resolved by him. If it failed, he wouldn’t be implicated on the spot.

So, Yu Wenxuan walked in another direction.

Bai Yanliang didn’t mind; Yu Wenxuan’s choice was perfectly reasonable. After all, putting the Ghost Baby back in the well wasn’t a difficult task. He could do it alone.

However... Xu Zhifei was following closely and wouldn’t leave.

Bai Yanliang always felt that Xu Zhifei wanted to tell him something, but unable to speak, she just kept following him?

The two of them, along with the ghost, soon arrived by the ancient well. The bizarre villagers of the full village ignored them.

However, there was someone sitting by the well’s edge, his back to Bai Yanliang, looking up at the starry and moonlit night sky.

Bai Yanliang stopped, an unusual look of surprise showing on his face.

"Who are you?"

Holding the Ghost Baby, Bai Yanliang stepped closer to him slowly.

The person sitting on the well’s edge was surprisingly Kangkang, who had been missing since earlier.

Upon hearing Bai Yanliang’s question, Kangkang turned his head, not immediately answering but glancing behind Bai Yanliang.

He seemed capable of seeing Xu Zhifei.

The night was dark, the moon bright, the wind swift.

Beside the dead old tree hung an ancient well, and sitting on its edge was a boy with a blank expression. Opposite the boy was a young man holding a baby.

Whatever angle you looked from, the scenario seemed eerie.

As Bai Yanliang continued approaching, when they were only two or three meters apart, Kangkang finally spoke.

"Before you ask, shouldn’t you introduce yourself first?"

Bai Yanliang froze; the Kangkang before him... exceeded his expectations.

"You seem quite surprised?"

Kangkang chuckled, his face still carried a child’s innocence, but his dark, bright eyes were filled with depth.

He pressed his hands against the well’s edge, applied a little force, jumped down, and walked up to Bai Yanliang.

"In your terms, I’m a ghost."

This declaration took Bai Yanliang, who was somewhat mentally prepared, by surprise.

"You..."

Kangkang glanced at the Ghost Baby in Bai Yanliang’s arms and said, "I am it, and it... is me."

The look he gave the Ghost Baby was so complex that Bai Yanliang struggled to find the right word to describe it.

"I’m strange; my birth... was a mistake. So... I developed a Self-awareness that shouldn’t have appeared; I know who you are, and through you, I’ve also realized ’who I am.’

"Now... what about you? Can you tell me, who are you?"

Kangkang tilted his head, looking at Bai Yanliang.

Self-introduction was something Bai Yanliang was quite adept at, but this time, he hesitated.

Everything before him already went beyond the fears that ghosts brought; Bai Yanliang felt... he might have touched upon something... something he shouldn’t at this stage.

"I am... human, Bai Yanliang."

A very peculiar scene: introductions between human and ghost.

Kangkang’s expression softened; he looked at Bai Yanliang and said, "Hello, Bai Yanliang."

Yet, at that moment, the Ghost Baby in Bai Yanliang’s arms suddenly went into a frenzy!

The moonlight started to twist bizarrely, a terrifying, piercing scream emanated from the village.

When Bai Yanliang turned to look, a group of frenzied villagers was swarming towards them!

The Ghost Baby in Bai Yanliang’s arms was letting out a sinister laugh.

So fast...

The mutated villagers grew increasingly frightening.

Their bodies and faces had mostly rotted, protruding eyeballs looked like they might burst at any moment.

Their limbs contorted grotesquely, with some even having bones protruding out, pus and mucus dripped incessantly; they seemed to have... evolved.

Bai Yanliang quickly glanced at Kangkang, just about to throw the Ghost Baby down the well, when suddenly... a ghostly figure darted into the midst of the villagers.

It was nothing short of a one-sided slaughter.

Kangkang’s movements were unimaginably bizarre; he could attack from any angle, not only was his strength immense, his speed was astonishingly fast.

The Ghost Baby in Bai Yanliang’s arms screamed shrilly, and from its voice, Bai Yanliang heard unwillingness and anger.

When he looked up again, the surroundings were completely silent.

A circle of shattered bodies surrounded Kangkang; he still wore that small farm-boy outfit, not a speck of blood stained him.

As he walked over from a sea of corpses, his face still held a calm smile.

"It’s over now."

When he spoke, he wasn’t looking at Bai Yanliang but at the Ghost Baby in Bai Yanliang’s arms.

Bai Yanliang could feel his goodwill.

Yet, it was precisely this goodwill that surprised Bai Yanliang immensely...

Earlier, Kangkang’s inhuman behavior already revealed his abnormality; perhaps everything he said was true, he... was indeed a ghost.

But why was he rational?

Bai Yanliang was very curious about what Kangkang was trying to do.

"You... and I are alike." Kangkang looked at Bai Yanliang, softly said.

Bai Yanliang shook his head repeatedly, "No... Besides gender, I don’t think we are alike at all."

Kangkang chuckled, undisturbed by Bai Yanliang’s words.

He looked earnestly at Bai Yanliang and asked:

"A ghost isn’t a natural life form... right?"

Bai Yanliang looked at Kangkang; at that moment, the Ghost Baby in his arms was unusually quiet.

"Yes."

Bai Yanliang nodded.

"Then... what exactly is a ghost?" Kangkang looked at him confused.

"A collection of filth, a confluence of malice, a creature that feeds on humans..." Bai Yanliang spoke slowly.

"I see..."

Kangkang withdrew his gaze, and silently refrained from speaking further.

"Earlier you said you and I are alike, why?" Bai Yanliang asked.

"You..." he gazed at Bai Yanliang intently, "I can feel... that you, too, are an anomaly among humans; moreover... I can sense the presence of a ghost on you."

Anomaly? Ghost?

A chill ran through Bai Yanliang’s mind as that previous scene suddenly surfaced in his thoughts.

He had... seemingly died once, and it was Yanren who resurrected him with three keys.

Could it be... because of this?

"So, in the Human World, you often feel out of place?" he asked.

"...Sort of." Bai Yanliang said calmly.

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