Frightening Joke: Above the Mist
Chapter 311 Scene 2

Chapter 311: Chapter 311 Scene 2

"Guys, we didn’t see you all night last night, did you find any clues?"

Lin Dayou said with a chuckle.

Although he spoke in a joking tone, as soon as he finished, the others’ gazes involuntarily fell on Bai Yanliang and the others.

Bai Yanliang smiled: "No, because we don’t have the habit of staying up late, so we went to bed early."

"Hahaha! It’s rare to see young people who don’t stay up late these days." Lin Dayou wanted to pat Bai Yanliang on the shoulder, but Bai Yanliang subtly avoided it.

Lin Dayou didn’t feel awkward and continued smiling, "Good, it’s best not to stay up late, keep it up."

After saying this, he slowly walked over to Ouyang Kang and Wang Rui, whispering something to them.

Song Que glanced over coldly, then leaned into Bai Yanliang’s ear: "That Ouyang Kang is suspicious."

Bai Yanliang glanced at Song Que; it wasn’t surprising that Song Que could tell, as long as... he was in a normal state.

"Bai Yanliang, I need to ask you a favor." Song Que said quietly.

"What?" Bai Yanliang looked at him.

Song Que looked around the sunlight-filled hall thoughtfully and said, "If... you notice that my emotions aren’t right, knock me out immediately."

"..."

Bai Yanliang said nothing, only looked at Song Que with a questioning gaze.

For the first time, fear appeared on Song Que’s face in front of Bai Yanliang as he trembled:

"Did you know? Earlier, I didn’t even notice... there was something off about my emotions. The ghost involved in this task is too bizarre. I fear that under its control, I’ll do something terrible..."

Bai Yanliang nodded, agreeing with him.

Indeed... even if emotions are bizarre, as long as you’re aware, it’s somewhat acceptable. But when emotions become eerie and you’re unaware, it’s terrifying...

And because of Song Que’s action, Bai Yanliang thought of something.

Intense heat...

Haunting Ghost...

Tall evil spirit...

These three seemingly unsolvable events actually relate to one thing.

That is... the heart!

Whether it’s the continuously dropping ceiling or the rising temperature, they’re actually illusions. If you can persuade your heart, you won’t be harmed.

Next, there’s the haunting ghost, just from the script’s name, you can tell it’s a fierce ghost related to the heart, and... Bai Yanliang just obtained information from the memory of the five-year-old about their encounter with the haunting ghost.

Bai Yanliang never expected that the one he saw was Bai Yanren!

Furthermore... this Bai Yanren was entirely different from what Bai Yanliang had speculated about recently.

What on earth is happening? Should he believe the memory fragments seen through the key, or trust the bizarre words of the unidentified haunting ghost...

As for Xu Zhifei’s tall evil spirit, it’s even more evident; it’s the manifestation of Xu Zhifei’s fear.

"Everyone... be a little more cautious." Bai Yanliang suddenly said.

When the three focused their gaze on him, Bai Yanliang continued, "What we might be dealing with is a ghost extremely adept at manipulating emotions."

All three became more alert, understanding that Bai Yanliang wasn’t referring to the ghosts appearing in the first act of the script, but rather the one behind it all... the one creating them.

"The most suspicious is still that woman." Song Que stared at Liu Ruonan, who was looking absentmindedly out the window, and said, "She clearly wasn’t originally in this movie, yet was the first to arrive. If she isn’t from the outside world like us, here on a mission, then she’s the one who wrote the script, in other words, she’s the ghost."

"If... she really is a ghost, what should we do?" Qi Nian asked.

"Kill her." A cold gleam passed through Song Que’s eyes, "Although I call her a ghost, she might indeed be human, but... she’s an anomaly among humans, with the ability to write scripts, manipulate emotions, and create fierce ghosts."

Qi Nian was stunned by Song Que’s murderous words, unsure of what to say.

He just muttered, "An anomaly among humans... is that still human..."

They didn’t notice that after hearing the word "anomaly," a slight unnaturalness passed over both Bai Yanliang and Xu Zhifei’s faces.

Especially after hearing Qi Nian’s soft murmur, a hint of melancholy flickered in Bai Yanliang’s gaze.

But this moment of melancholy soon vanished without a trace, as if it had never appeared.

Bai Yanliang picked up where Song Que left off and said, "Let’s not jump to conclusions. Zhan Yunhong and Ouyang Kang’s actions are also strange. Let’s figure it out first."

"Mm."

Song Que agreed; in fact, he hadn’t mentioned that from the beginning, he had noticed Ouyang Kang’s abnormality.

In Song Que’s vision, living people have a transparent outline around their bodies. So far, only Bai Yanliang and the dead have nothing surrounding them.

That’s why Song Que initially thought Bai Yanliang was a ghost disguised in Wuji.

But after going through so much together, Song Que had long since abandoned his suspicion of Bai Yanliang. Everyone has their secrets, like his eyes.

Perhaps, this was Bai Yanliang’s secret.

He didn’t ask further, but concerning Ouyang Kang... it was different.

Ouyang Kang, unlike Bai Yanliang, actually had an outline, but it seemed... not quite like his own.

Yet, this might have been Song Que’s preconceived illusion, so he chose not to share this strange matter.

While considering their next move, Lin Dayou suddenly exclaimed: "Another piece of paper has appeared!"

Everyone was stirred and moved forward together.

Lin Dayou held an A4 sheet identical to the previous two and read aloud:

"Second act script. Performers: Zhan Yunhong, Liu Ruonan, Ouyang Kang, Wang Rui, Lin Dayou..."

Reading up to this point, Lin Dayou’s lips trembled, unable to continue.

"Give it to me!" Zhan Yunhong snatched the A4 sheet, spreading it out on the table.

Everyone glanced at its contents...

Bai Yanliang finished reading first.

No wonder Lin Dayou was so frightened...

The paper detailed Lin Dayou’s upcoming fate.

According to the second scene of the second act.

At twelve-thirty, after lunch, Lin Dayou would leave the hall alone to nap in the Horse Head Room on the second floor.

Zhan Yunhong, Liu Ruonan, Ouyang Kang, and Wang Rui had arranged with him to resume treasure hunting at two in the afternoon.

At two, Lin Dayou didn’t come down.

Seeing this, everyone went upstairs to find him.

Then, in the Horse Head Room, they found his gruesome corpse.

According to the script, Lin Dayou’s death was uncommonly grotesque and eerie; his head was twisted off, placed under him on his own lap...

"No... it’s impossible! What kind of cursed thing is this? Who wrote this to curse me!"

Lin Dayou shouted loudly.