Frightening Joke: Above the Mist
Chapter 291: Relics

Chapter 291: Chapter 291: Relics

"Me?"

Bai Yanliang pointed at his own nose.

Xu Zhifei nodded, a reminiscent expression appearing on her pale face: "When I went to the police station this morning, someone asked me where you were, and I told them."

"What did you say?" Bai Yanliang asked.

"That you were at my house." Xu Zhifei said earnestly.

Bai Yanliang was speechless for a moment.

In some ways, Xu Zhifei and he were quite similar, for example... when a lie could have easily covered things up, she truthfully told the facts.

"Alright, do you remember who asked you?" Bai Yanliang, though he already had an answer in his heart, still wanted to confirm from Xu Zhifei.

However, Xu Zhifei shook her head, "He mentioned his name, but I forgot."

You’re really heartless...

Bai Yanliang suddenly didn’t know what to say.

"Oh, he was a forensic pathologist."

Xu Zhifei’s addition made Bai Yanliang pause.

It wasn’t Uncle Yang?

"Young or old?"

"Young."

Bai Yanliang froze in place.

"Gao Fei..."

Why would it be you?

...

"Thank you for your hard work."

Gu Pingsheng handed each of the staff members a bottle of water. After much effort, the elevator doors were finally opened.

"Could you please tell me when this elevator broke down?" Gu Pingsheng seemingly asked casually.

"Ah, this one, it’s been broken for nearly two years. There was an accident before, an elderly man got up early to exercise and was waiting for the elevator with a young man. When the elevator was almost there, it seemed like the young man forgot something and went back to his apartment. When the elevator arrived, the old man didn’t wait, stepped in as soon as the door opened, but the elevator malfunctioned. The cab stopped on the thirteenth floor, and the old man stepped into empty space on the twelfth floor and fell in. It was awful, his body was smashed into mush, and his head rolled to the side. They had to use a broom and a shovel to clean him up. The young man was lucky to dodge that bullet, though he’s not like the old man. He didn’t have old eyes, he would’ve noticed something was wrong when the elevator doors opened. If he hadn’t gone back to get something, he might have saved the old man. It’s fate..."

Sipping Gu Pingsheng’s water, the worker began to recount in detail.

Gu Pingsheng glanced at Feng Xiuxue, nodded, and the two thanked them again.

"Be more careful next time, though you can’t be entirely blamed for this. The power to this elevator was cut, yet somehow it’s running, it’s really strange..."

Several staff members were discussing the elevator’s malfunction while reflecting on the accident from two years ago.

Gu Pingsheng and Feng Xiuxue took this opportunity to enter another elevator.

"Li Mu... lives on the twelfth floor, right?" Feng Xiuxue asked.

"Yes."

"He once said he was plagued by a nightmare where he couldn’t sleep, with a terrifying old man’s head. Could it be..."

Gu Pingsheng shook his head, "It shouldn’t be. I’ve never seen people in the real world become ghosts. All ghosts have strange origins; they don’t seem to be human souls. All ghosts appear to be born ’ghosts’."

Feng Xiuxue was even more aware of this, but that wasn’t the point she was trying to make.

However, since Gu Pingsheng didn’t grasp it, she didn’t bring it up further.

This time, nothing unusual happened with the elevator.

The two of them arrived on the twelfth floor, took out the spare key given by Du Shangjing, and opened the door.

Li Mu’s home wasn’t large, but it was very tidy, clearly showing he was an extremely disciplined person.

Feng Xiuxue, who walked in afterward, closed the door and said, "Let’s search separately."

"Alright."

The two quickly turned the relatively simple living room and bedroom inside out.

Feng Xiuxue found a notebook under Li Mu’s pillow.

This is it.

"Li Mu didn’t hide it very deeply. Perhaps in his view, the notebook wasn’t of high importance."

Gu Pingsheng came over and said.

This time, Feng Xiuxue disagreed with his perspective.

With a low voice, she said, "He just doesn’t believe he’ll actually die."

Saying that, Feng Xiuxue had already opened Li Mu’s notebook.

It was a diary.

But not an ordinary diary, Li Mu recorded each of his missions.

Starting from his first entry into Wuji...

The date was... December 3, 2014.

Almost five years now, Li Mu had been struggling in Wuji for so long.

Feng Xiuxue couldn’t help but feel pity for him.

At the same time, admiration.

This wasn’t her first time entering a space like Wuji. However... the number of missions she experienced wasn’t as many as Li Mu’s, nor was the duration.

Wuji is an exceptionally unique space.

Feng Xiuxue noticed this when she first arrived. In her previous space, there were very few people, and they were fixed in number, only decreasing and not increasing. Thus, she became the sole survivor in less than a year.

But Wuji... it replenished the number to forty-nine people every time.

This situation remained unchanged until the arrival of Bai Yanliang, Qi Nian, and the others.

Therefore, Feng Xiuxue was very much looking forward to... seeing what kind of key this extraordinary Wuji would ultimately forge...

The two continued to read Li Mu’s diary.

It recorded Li Mu’s continuous emotional journey.

From initial panic and fear, bewilderment.

To later self-hypnosis and self-encouragement.

His struggles, suffering, fear, confusion, despair—all were displayed in his words.

He had lived in Wuji for so long, witnessing so many people’s ugly deeds made for survival.

Li Mu didn’t simply follow the crowd, nor did he turn cruelly.

He somewhat foolishly adhered to his principles. Although it was a place where even his life couldn’t be assured, he always remembered that he was a police officer.

He encouraged himself, encouraged everyone, subtly influencing Wuji’s atmosphere, urging all not to lose the hope of leaving Wuji alive.

Perhaps due to his influence, the majority in Wuji remained restrained, seldom committing betrayal, cruel killing, and other vile acts, making mutual cooperation the dominant theme in Wuji.

Although reading Li Mu’s words wasn’t dull, if it was only these, it wouldn’t have been worth Feng Xiuxue and Gu Pingsheng traveling so far.

At this moment, Feng Xiuxue turned another page.

This page invigorated both of them.

Li Mu didn’t record Wuji’s tasks! Instead, he documented a case in the real world!

"August 14, 2016. Light rain."

"Today, joined a joint arrest operation with Ye City’s police, the suspect was at Ghost Head Mountain, a scientist. I don’t understand, why would a scientist commit such heinous crimes? Furthermore, he kept claiming it was for humanity. Sigh... the rain falling on me, Ye City indeed feels a bit cold. Today seems to be the Ghost Festival on the lunar calendar, arresting someone on this day, haha, indeed an interesting experience..."

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