Frightening Joke: Above the Mist
Chapter 310: The Fake Ghost

Chapter 310: Chapter 310: The Fake Ghost

In the hall.

Bai Yanliang took the A4 paper, quickly skimmed it, and then handed it to Song Que.

Song Que and Qi Nian also quickly finished reading it.

Among them, Song Que’s reaction was the most obvious.

"My... emotions have always been strange?"

He looked at Bai Yanliang.

"Yes." Bai Yanliang nodded.

Song Que finally realized this.

Qi Nian finally understood why Xu Zhifei seemed to know everything.

At this moment, Bai Yanliang suddenly looked at Xu Zhifei and asked, "How did you escape from the slender evil spirit?"

Xu Zhifei was silent for a moment and began to recount... what happened last night.

Time goes back to the evening when Xu Zhifei had just hidden in the study room.

This study room wasn’t big, with just two bookshelves against the wall.

Xu Zhifei quickly scanned the books on the shelf, mostly strange novels, the names seemed familiar, yet she was certain she’d never heard of them before.

The evil spirit stood outside the door, its shadow already cast beneath the door gap.

Xu Zhifei was sure it knew she was hiding in the study room.

But just like earlier at the corner, it could clearly catch her and put her to death, yet it didn’t.

Why?

Because it’s not a real ghost, it’s a ghost written by someone, it’s the ghost in the script!

Its primary mission isn’t to take lives, but... to instill fear.

But Xu Zhifei didn’t dare to test its limits.

Xu Zhifei glanced around, searching for a way out.

The window... unfortunately, couldn’t be opened; it’s fixed.

However, Xu Zhifei didn’t need to open it.

She lifted a chair and smashed it against the window.

"Crash—"

The sound of breaking glass didn’t travel far in the storm, but the eerie shadow at the door suddenly disappeared.

It chased after her.

But... it might not have chased outside.

At this point, Xu Zhifei had to make a decision.

First, jump out the window and risk running into the pursuing fierce ghost.

Second, open the door, as the ghost may not have left.

Either choice had a fifty percent chance of encountering the fierce ghost.

But that was much better than the previous situation.

Because earlier, the chance of opening the door and seeing the ghost was undoubtedly one hundred percent.

Having a choice at least meant a hope of survival.

Xu Zhifei wasn’t a hesitant person; she immediately opened the door and ran out the way she came.

She bet right.

The slender evil spirit was drawn away by the sound of the window shattering.

Next, Xu Zhifei embarked on a long journey to find Qi Nian.

Everyone quietly listened to her story; Qi Nian’s eyes shone with exceptional admiration.

But Bai Yanliang and Song Que both frowned.

"Some parts don’t make sense..."

"Yeah."

The doubtful voices of the two left Qi Nian puzzled, what was wrong?

Wasn’t this the result of Xu Zhifei’s courage and meticulousness?

At this time, Song Que said, "Xu Zhifei, you used a chair to smash the window, since the sound could be heard by the ghost, why didn’t it just break the door and come in?"

"That’s because!" Qi Nian was about to help Xu Zhifei explain, only to find himself speechless.

Right...

That was a fierce ghost with an incredibly terrifying height, its strength was unquestionable.

If it hadn’t chosen to break in earlier because it couldn’t confirm Xu Zhifei was in the study, but why bother going out the window after such a loud noise was made inside the study? Why not break the door directly?

Did this ghost have any awareness of property protection? That’s absolutely impossible.

Xu Zhifei couldn’t answer this question, or rather, she didn’t consider it at all; at that time, Qi Nian’s crisis occupied most of her thoughts, so once she came up with a seemingly feasible method, Xu Zhifei immediately acted and then went to find Qi Nian, completely forgetting about the matter.

"How tall was that ghost?" Then, Bai Yanliang suddenly asked.

Xu Zhifei recalled and said decisively, "Five meters."

"What about the corridor?"

"Three meters."

"You said you saw its shadow at the corner, what posture was its shadow in?"

"Standing, slowly advancing."

After answering, Xu Zhifei immediately realized it.

"Was it fake?"

"Yes." Bai Yanliang nodded, "Did you notice that the timing you noticed the slender evil spirit was just when you discovered the plot about yourself in the script."

Xu Zhifei recalled, indeed!

At that time, she had just discovered the script and had just finished reading all the plots of the first scene when the first scene of the second act appeared.

In the remaining small space of this A4 paper, nine words appeared: Slender Evil Spirit, discovers Xu Zhifei.

Right after these nine words, Xu Zhifei immediately saw the fierce ghost peeking out from beyond the wall.

"Think back again, you ran for a long time, just preparing to stop and rest, when did you occasionally think about it?"

"And then, it appeared again, this time at the corner."

"Yes."

Xu Zhifei completely understood Bai Yanliang’s point, combined with the inconsistencies found by Song Que, the truth emerged.

"In the script, it might be a fierce ghost formed by condensed fearful emotions; the more frightened the person it targets is, the taller it grows, and the more it’s thought of, the more frequently it appears."

Bai Yanliang stated his conclusion.

"So, the moment you shattered the glass wasn’t because it was drawn away, but because that moment you overcame your fear, so it had already disappeared at the door."

"Exactly." Song Que added, "Combined with the script, these events appearing on paper need at least to be completed, and then the scene and time will shift to the next node. Although you’re the beginning of the second act, the scene appears on the first page of the paper. Now with the completion of the first act, it indicates that the slender fierce ghost wasn’t lured away by you, but has completely disappeared."

Upon saying this, Song Que looked at Bai Yanliang, "So, does that mean the ghost in the script isn’t a real ghost? The entity writing the script is the one that could take our lives?"

"Perhaps." Bai Yanliang didn’t deny this view.

He still had several questions temporarily without answers, and Song Que’s speculation wasn’t among them.

"When you found the paper with the script on it, was it already on the wooden table, or did you watch it appear?"

Bai Yanliang looked at Xu Zhifei and asked.

"When I saw it, it was already there." Xu Zhifei looked directly into Bai Yanliang’s eyes.

Is that so...

Why did it appear? What was the trigger?

What about the following script?

Will the second act, third act, and fourth act appear on that wooden table?

It’s unknown for now.

If there’s an anomaly to mention, it’s that... at that time, Xu Zhifei didn’t follow the script; she was the first anomaly in the first act, according to the script, she should have been burned to death, but she didn’t.

Was it because of this reason... that the script for the first act appeared before Xu Zhifei?

As the four contemplated individually, a person walked over with a cheerful smile.