Frightening Joke: Above the Mist
Chapter 35 Return

Chapter 35: Chapter 35 Return

"Welcome back."

Zhou Li looked at the four people in front of him, including Bai Yanliang, who still seemed somewhat dazed, and a hint of amazement flashed in his eyes.

The third group only lost one person, and they completed it in less than a day!

Everyone looked at the four with eager eyes, after all, in Fog Gathering, having clever and reliable companions was crucial.

Zhou Li’s voice brought several people back to reality. However, to the surprise of everyone in Fog Gathering, Li Yuejun, Xu Zhi’an, and Jiang Li all simultaneously focused their gaze on Bai Yanliang.

Li Yuejun, in particular, was pleasantly surprised and incredulous, happily saying, "Bai Yanliang, you succeeded!"

Bai Yanliang glanced around briefly, feeling that everyone was staring at him inexplicably.

He smiled, not saying much: "Just lucky."

It was him!

It was really this newcomer who solved it!

Bai Yanliang’s expression remained unchanged, but he clearly felt the noticeably increased focus on him. Among those, there were several gazes he was very tempted to turn his head and investigate, but he held back.

"Everyone’s back. We have one minute left, and once the time is up, Fog Gathering will push us out. Bai Yanliang, Qi Nian, congratulations on surviving. Please remember this group of numbers; we are spread across the country and usually keep in touch via phone." As he spoke, Zhou Li recited a sequence of numbers.

Bai Yanliang silently committed it to memory, though in reality, he didn’t even have a phone yet...

Unlike Bai Yanliang’s relatively calm demeanor, Qi Nian finally came to his senses, though his expression was still somewhat dazed.

"We will contact and share details regarding the tasks in reality. This is crucial for understanding the rules of Fog Gathering. To be honest, the rules we know now have all been summarized from narrow escapes." Zhou Li’s voice carried a hint of emotion.

Fog Gathering is not a system; it doesn’t tell you in your mind what taboos or rules exist. Everything... was learned after paying a heavy price.

But even so, Fog Gathering remains mysterious and unpredictable to everyone. No one knows... what it really is.

"By the way, speaking of which, is Mr. Bai from Ye City?"

Zhou Li suddenly looked at Bai Yanliang.

Bai Yanliang nodded, though he was unsure of the meaning.

Zhou Li smiled and turned his head towards a corner: "That great celebrity is coming to your city."

A celebrity?

Bai Yanliang followed his gaze and could only vaguely see a female silhouette in the mist.

"See you in a month, everyone."

Zhou Li, sensing something, quickly said this.

Actually, it wasn’t just him; Bai Yanliang also felt an extremely strong sense of repulsion, and he finally understood what Zhou Li’s strange metaphor meant earlier.

They were indeed like a swimming ring pushed forcibly underwater, and when the force applied disappeared, they were immediately repulsed.

Just like that, Bai Yanliang felt his vision blur, and the two scarlet lights in the gray sky of Fog Gathering seemed to move, as if... a pair of eyes were blinking.

When he came to his senses again, he was standing in what was clearly a girl’s room.

After a quick glance, he confirmed that this should be the room of Yang Wanlong’s high-school-aged daughter, and he then stepped out.

"Whew..."

Bai Yanliang lay weakly on the sofa and glanced at the clock on the wall.

Time hadn’t moved at all.

But he had spent twelve hours in the world of 2006.

Fog Gathering... truly a mysterious place, as if it paused the real world and threw them back in time.

No, perhaps what was paused wasn’t the real world, but just this group of people.

Bai Yanliang took out the key from his pocket and looked at it quietly.

He knew clearly that he was different.

His door was not pushed open by himself but opened with a key.

And this ancient key was a relic of Bai Yanren’s.

"Brother... just how many secrets are you hiding..."

Bai Yanliang held the key in his palm, feeling its cold temperature, and a rare hint of confusion flashed through his mind.

He leaned back on the sofa, looking up at the ceiling.

Though his emotional fluctuations were minimal, he was a normal person.

The bizarre past world, the fierce unsolvable ghosts that suddenly appeared in his life, though Bai Yanliang showed nothing on the surface, he felt deeply exhausted.

Especially after... experiencing all that in Fog Gathering, he was now certain that Yanren’s death was definitely not simple...

It wasn’t the kind of complexity he imagined during his time at Ye City Mental Hospital; Yanren’s death involved something deeper.

His chaotic thoughts swirled like snowflakes flying in the air, and Bai Yanliang closed his eyes, trying to enjoy the peace after leaving the bizarre world of 2006.

Creak—

At this moment, the door opened.

Hearing the sound, Bai Yanliang sat up straight and looked towards the door, just about to greet Yang Wanlong, but realized that it didn’t seem to be Yang Wanlong.

A high school girl, full of youthful vitality, stood there wide-eyed, looking at him with terror.

Bai Yanliang and she stared at each other, but clearly, she misunderstood something.

"Ah!!!"

She leaned against the door, screaming in fright.

"Wait..."

"Ah!!!"

"I’m..."

"Ah!!!"

"Please listen to me..."

"Ah!!!"

Bai Yanliang gave up, realizing that this girl couldn’t communicate; her throat seemed capable only of screaming at the moment.

"Yang Yiyi!"

Bai Yanliang shouted loudly.

"Uh..."

Her throat seemed to be suddenly pinched, her expression looking at Bai Yanliang curiously: "You... who are you? You know me?"

Bai Yanliang breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that dealing with women was more difficult than dealing with ghosts.

He gestured to his luggage, saying: "I’m a guest of your father, he went out to buy groceries. If you don’t believe me, you can just wait where you are until he returns."

Yang Yiyi looked at Bai Yanliang skeptically, still standing at the door without entering, asking: "You... you’re lying. I know all my dad’s friends, but I’ve never seen you! What’s your name?"

Bai Yanliang suddenly found that he said his introduction more than anything else.

"Bai Yanliang."

He looked at Yang Yiyi helplessly, repeating the three words he had said several times: "My name is Bai Yanliang."

"Ingrate?"

Yang Yiyi seemed to hear it wrong, subconsciously repeating it.

But she suddenly seemed to remember something, her eyes lighting up as she looked at him: "You’re Bai Yanliang? Dad’s mysterious informant?"

Informant?

Bai Yanliang was taken aback. Yang Wanlong actually mentioned him to Yang Yiyi? What kind of identity had he given him...

Seeing Bai Yanliang not denying it, Yang Yiyi finally confirmed it. She beamed with excitement as she rushed in, tossing her bag aside: "Dad said, you’ve helped him solve many cases!"

Bai Yanliang finally understood what kind of existence he was to Yang Wanlong.

Over the past few years, when Yang Wanlong came to visit him at the mental hospital, he would occasionally mention some tricky cases, and Bai Yanliang, out of boredom, would occasionally share some of his opinions.

So that’s how it was...

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