Frightening Joke: Above the Mist
Chapter 321: Split Up

Chapter 321: Chapter 321: Split Up

"Ah!!!!!!!"

Ouyang Kang’s scream even overshadowed the raging storm, piercing through layers of walls and drilling into everyone’s ears.

Xu Zhifei and Song Que felt a chill, and immediately, swift footsteps came from behind.

"Swish, swish, swish—"

Such quick movements...

Definitely not human behind them.

Can’t think about it... and can’t look back, that thing chasing them would only induce fear.

"Split up."

"Okay!" Song Que agreed without hesitation, then paused his steps, allowing Xu Zhifei to choose a path first.

This moment of hesitation made Xu Zhifei glance at him askance.

Then, Xu Zhifei chose to go straight, navigating between the corridors on the first floor.

Seeing Xu Zhifei running far away, and the footsteps behind getting closer, Song Que immediately turned and went up the stairs, heading directly to the second floor.

The previous favor, I’ve repaid it.

Song Que felt a sense of relief.

But the price was... because of his deliberate wait, the ghost was now chasing him up to the second floor.

Song Que dared not be distracted, pushing his speed to the limit, desperately escaping.

...

Xu Zhifei stopped slightly out of breath.

The footsteps from behind hadn’t followed.

The ghost was led away by Song Que.

She immediately took out her phone and called Bai Yanliang.

However, the response was: "Sorry, the number you dialed is not in service area..."

Not in the service area?

Is it the weather’s influence, or the ghost’s...

Xu Zhifei couldn’t distinguish.

But she knew, just now Bai Yanliang suddenly leaving, must have discovered something, he must... have a way.

...

"Calm down... I can’t panic."

Song Que hid in the snakehead room, taking deep breaths.

Even though he repaid Xu Zhifei’s favor, he attracted the ghost’s attention, although Song Que didn’t regret it, fear inevitably emerged in his heart.

He could no longer maintain the calmness he had at the beginning.

However, the current situation is not too bad, the ghost’s ability is to script-kill, now it has appeared from Wang Rui, implying that the script has been broken.

Also, Song Que didn’t sense any other terrifying abilities of this fierce ghost.

It couldn’t instant teleport, couldn’t sense, its speed wasn’t outrageously high, and its senses weren’t disturbingly acute.

Although its strength wasn’t known, as of now, apart from the undead trait, it didn’t seem particularly powerful.

Song Que wiped the sweat rolling off his forehead, deciding to stay here for a while, then immediately return to the restaurant, using the old method to combat the fierce ghost.

This villa is quite large, as long as one stays alert to the surroundings, it’s not too difficult to avoid being found by a ghost without teleportation and sensing abilities.

As long as one escapes its line of sight, even aimlessly wandering, the probability of being caught by the ghost isn’t high.

The problem now is... where is the escape route?

The fierce ghost being forced to reveal itself wasn’t precisely a good thing, although it lost the ability to script-kill, it could then leisurely hunt within the villa.

They are human, human stamina is ultimately limited.

If according to the mission’s requirements, the task duration is seven days, they absolutely can’t last that long.

However, Song Que believed the mission’s duration wouldn’t be seven days.

He always felt... Fog Gathering’s "authority" seemed lowered.

The mission requirements being manipulated, this was utterly unimaginable before, they set off a day early, unexpectedly triggering the mission.

It’s hard to imagine what Du Shangjing encountered now, technically he did strictly follow the mission requirements, without violation.

But who knows the mission requirements turned out to be fake?

The real information needs to be discovered by them, it’s simply unbelievable.

In Song Que’s view, it was as if Fog Gathering was influenced by some kind of irresistible force.

But thinking this way, it became stranger.

Fog Gathering, in Song Que’s impression, has never had a positive image, but this task made him have some doubts.

Fog Gathering... seemed to be trying their best to "leak" mission information to them.

However, this time Fog Gathering was suppressed by a stronger force, so strong that it could modify the mission information released by Fog Gathering.

While Song Que was lost in thought, he suddenly heard footsteps... coming from outside the door.

Who is it?

A ghost?

Or is it Bai Yanliang and the others?

Song Que really wanted to open the door to take a look, but the current situation clearly didn’t support doing so.

If it was the ghost, wouldn’t he be doomed instantly?

At this moment, the footsteps outside the door stopped.

Song Que’s scalp tightened, he held his breath.

Is it a ghost?

Ninety-nine percent probability it’s a ghost...

No one would walk so leisurely at this moment, except for a ghost.

Song Que was almost certain that the one standing at his door was the ghost.

Now... what exactly should he do?

...

The call couldn’t get through, Xu Zhifei decided to first go to the hall to find Bai Yanliang and Qi Nian.

They still didn’t know what happened, if they head back to the dining room and bump into the ghost, it would be a huge problem.

Just as she thought this, a hand patted her shoulder from behind.

Xu Zhifei didn’t panic, because she guessed who it was.

"I was about to come find you."

Xu Zhifei looked at Bai Yanliang, then glanced behind him.

"Where’s Qi Nian?"

Bai Yanliang pointed to the ground: "I let her hide in the basement."

Xu Zhifei frowned, "Do you want Qi Nian to release the ghost behind the iron door?"

"No, that’s too dangerous."

"You misunderstood." Bai Yanliang looked at her in surprise, "The escape route isn’t letting two ghosts kill each other, it’s with Song Que."

This statement, Xu Zhifei hadn’t considered at all.

"Why?"

Bai Yanliang temporarily didn’t explain, but asked: "Where is Song Que?"

Xu Zhifei pointed to the second floor, "He led the ghost to the second floor."

Bai Yanliang’s expression changed slightly, "He can’t die, go help him."

Xu Zhifei nodded, and the two immediately prepared to head to the second-floor stairs.

At this moment, Bai Yanliang suddenly stopped and said: "No, we can’t go up from the same direction, one on each side, you take the stairs from the corridor side, I’ll take the stairs from the dining room side."

"Mm."

Xu Zhifei nodded, without refusal.

"Be careful."

"Mm." Xu Zhifei responded.

Bai Yanliang just took a step forward, when he heard a faint voice say: "Be careful."

He turned back for a look, Xu Zhifei had already gone up the stairs.

Was it an illusion?

It probably was...

Bai Yanliang turned towards the dining room.

Soon, he arrived at the dining room.

There was a mutilated corpse on the ground, vaguely identifiable as Ouyang Kang.

But Zhan Yunhong and Liu Ruonan were nowhere to be seen.

Just as he suspected.

If the ghost chose to manifest and attack directly without a script, its first target would be Song Que.

The moment he saw the footage, he understood the significance of Song Que.

Search the lightnovelworld.cc website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.