Frightening Joke: Above the Mist
Chapter 280 Part 2

Chapter 280: Chapter 280 Part 2

There is no evidence to prove that Yang Xiaocan is alive.

Similarly, the "resurrected" Bai Yanliang as well.

Moreover, compared to Yang Xiaocan, Bai Yanliang is undeniably more uncanny, with scarlet blood visible in his pupils, and... he said he saw a giant holding a house.

Xu Zhifei initially thought it was Bai Yanliang’s gaze penetrating through the wall, but after contemplating that scene, she noticed the abnormality.

The scene Bai Yanliang described couldn’t possibly be seen through a wall.

It seemed more like... an overlooking from above!

As if viewing everything from a third-person perspective, what he saw was not a specific side, but the entirety of the space.

If what he said was true, then Bai Yanliang was indeed strange...

Humans can’t possibly have a celestial eye. How could he observe everything around him from such an angle?

Xu Zhifei knew Bai Yanliang had secrets, but she never imagined he had so many.

However, right now is obviously not the best time to explore Bai Yanliang’s secrets.

She was in big trouble.

The figures of Bai Yanliang and Yang Xiaocan suddenly disappeared, leaving her alone in the entire courtyard.

Was it an illusion? Or a spatial severance?

And... why did the corridor behind her suddenly turn into a wall?

Wait.

Xu Zhifei thought of something very strange, which was why Yang Xiaocan, Ou Zheng, and Ruan Jie, who clearly left first, didn’t encounter the retreat behind them turning into a wall?

Could it be... because she and Bai Yanliang were still in front?

If the appearance of the wall behind was seen as the end of a level, then so far, there have been a total of four checkpoints.

The first corner—a woman crawling on the ceiling.

The exhibition hall—countless ghost shadows.

The corridor—arms growing on the wall.

The vermillion door—open-door kill, a ghostly hand emerging out of nowhere.

Now, the retreat has become a wall, does this mean the next checkpoint has opened?

Thus said, the one before her is the fifth checkpoint—the coffin in the courtyard.

Xu Zhifei suddenly thought, no... If it’s because she and Bai Yanliang were still at the vermillion door, causing no wall to appear behind Yang Xiaocan when they passed, until she and Bai Yanliang came over and then the wall appeared, doesn’t that mean... as long as one person stays at the entry and then passes through the first checkpoint, the wall won’t appear behind them and they can immediately return the same way to break this deadlock?

Yes... it must be so!

Otherwise, the existence of this wall loses its meaning.

Because they could immediately return after passing the first checkpoint to break the situation, the layout designer immediately sealed the path behind them with a wall after everyone collectively appeared at the first checkpoint.

So, the path to life lies at the entrance of the ghost house!

If they realized this initially, they would win this life-and-death game immediately!

But... who could have imagined it under such circumstances back then?

Could it be that the path to life has already been missed...

Xu Zhifei quietly looked at the giant wall in front of her, just about to shift her gaze when her heart suddenly moved.

Here it comes again...

That inexplicable familiar feeling.

Why does this wall also feel familiar?

Xu Zhifei coldly touched the wall with her fingertips, very puzzled.

Could this familiarity come from the walls behind me just now?

No... Xu Zhifei was very sure she must have seen this wall somewhere else... this stark white yet unimaginably solid wall...

Familiar feeling... familiar...

Xu Zhifei frowned slightly, but her mind thought of Bai Yanliang.

If he is in another independent space like her now, then how could he survive with the mentality of a five-year-old?

No, I must quickly unravel the secret of this ghost house.

That being said, although she was now alone and faced with five coffins, nothing abnormal appeared.

Taking advantage of this brief period of safety, Xu Zhifei quickly sorted through the clues she currently knew in her mind.

Firstly, this was a ghost house transformed from a gallery.

The transformation time was at the end of last month, early this month, exactly a month, coincidentally, last month an ancient tomb was unearthed underground, but unlike ordinary tombs, although it is an underworld home, it was built in the style of a yang residence.

Now, this tomb appeared inside the ghost house.

By common sense, it should be that the tomb excavated during construction triggered some curse that ultimately affected the rouge gallery above it, causing undue disaster, and the ticket clerk, the boss, at the entrance is likely no longer human.

So... this is a fierce ghost that should have been peacefully laid to rest yet was accidentally unearthed, and everything it did was to revenge against humans for disturbing it?

If thinking this way, to soothe its emotion, it should be somehow... sent back to where it was supposed to sleep.

And that location is... right below the rouge gallery.

Is it necessary to dig a passage to the underground? That’s obviously unrealistic.

Moreover, there is one place that Xu Zhifei always cared about.

Who is that woman?

In the exhibition hall, her painting appeared four times, hanging on four walls, depicting her beautiful posture as she slowly turned around.

However, in one of the paintings, her figure was absent.

This made that painting look exceptionally abrupt, as if... she had run out of the painting.

Although it sounds a bit romantic, in reality, it is a terrifying thing.

The character in the painting crawled out of it...

Xu Zhifei had intentionally discussed this issue with Bai Yanliang before, but his thoughts were completely different from hers.

Bai Yanliang believed it was only a misdirection by the layout designer, but facts proved, he wasn’t always correct.

Hence, he "died."

After carefully sorting through these checkpoints, Xu Zhifei found that each one was related to that woman.

Perhaps because she was also female, when Xu Zhifei saw those hands growing out of the wall, and the ghost hand strangling Bai Yanliang’s neck, she instantly recognized its origin.

It was that woman in the painting.

If the fierce ghost is her... then the countermeasures to be taken would be drastically different.

This is not a curse from an underground ancient tomb, but a work of art... haunted by a ghost.

Which direction is correct?

Or maybe... both are right?

Xu Zhifei hesitated a bit; she dared not make a rash judgment because the biggest puzzle in her heart had not yet been solved.

Familiar feeling.

Whether it’s the corridor full of arms, the vermillion door, or this bizarre wall behind her, they all gave Xu Zhifei a strange sense of familiarity.

Where have I seen it before?

Xu Zhifei’s gaze instinctively looked forward, just as her breathing halted sharply because she saw... opposite the courtyard, beyond the five coffins, at the moon gate, a figure stood.

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