Frightening Joke: Above the Mist
Chapter 44: Apartment

Chapter 44: Chapter 44: Apartment

The wind is strong in Ye City today, and the sun that was visible in the morning has completely disappeared now.

Inky black clouds are pressing down on the sky, so heavy it seems they might fall, casting a massive shadow over Ye City.

The cold winds weave through streets and alleys, a sense of unease seems to linger everywhere.

"Bai Yanliang, this shouldn’t be that student’s house, right?" Feng Xiuxue looked up at the building and asked with doubt.

This is clearly a single apartment.

Bai Yanliang didn’t even turn his head in response to her query, having already pushed open the glass door:

"If you want to go to Hao Bowen’s house, turn around, take a left, and catch the number six bus, get off at Hai Ming District."

Feng Xiuxue glared at his back and hurried to follow.

After a brief interaction, she felt Bai Yanliang was completely an unsociable guy.

"So whose house is this?" Feng Xiuxue asked as Bai Yanliang pressed the button for the thirteenth floor in the elevator.

"Li Degang."

"Li Degang?" Feng Xiuxue was a bit confused: "Who is Li Degang?"

"The deceased." Bai Yanliang turned to look at her, realizing this woman knew nothing about the case, and probably came to cause trouble.

"Ding——"

The elevator arrived.

The two stepped out of the elevator, Bai Yanliang quietly watching the closed door.

Li Degang’s personal information was something he got from the police, and of course, his residence had already been investigated by them.

As a nearly forty-year-old bachelor, Li Degang’s private life was actually quite dull.

"The door’s closed, what do we do?" Feng Xiuxue looked at Bai Yanliang, though she was questioning, it was more like she was enjoying watching his embarrassment.

Who asked him to be so good with words?

"Step aside."

Bai Yanliang didn’t seem to mind, he gently pushed Feng Xiuxue aside.

Feng Xiuxue slapped his hand away, snorting coldly: "What are you doing, you can pick locks too..."

"Bam!"

Before Feng Xiuxue finished her sentence, a loud bang echoed as Bai Yanliang had already kicked the door open with a flying kick.

"What did you say?" Bai Yanliang asked confusedly, looking at Feng Xiuxue, he seemed to have heard her say something just now.

Feng Xiuxue’s face was cold as she said lightly: "Nothing."

This bastard is simply a monster, looking so slender, yet with such great strength...

Bai Yanliang glanced at her and didn’t say anything further.

The two entered Li Degang’s room in succession.

The room was small, with very few things.

The police had already searched it thoroughly, so any clues were likely no longer here.

Feng Xiuxue followed behind Bai Yanliang, just as she was about to close the door, she suddenly heard footsteps outside.

Could the noise from earlier have attracted the other residents on the thirteenth floor?

While Feng Xiuxue was in doubt, the footsteps outside were approaching closer.

The person... seemed to be about to appear.

"Tap... tap."

Two light sounds, signaling the stopping of footsteps.

Someone stopped right at the door, beside the entrance!

Feng Xiuxue’s expression changed slightly, she looked at Bai Yanliang, finding him staring hard at the door, shaking his head gently towards her.

Bai Yanliang also noticed something was off.

Or rather... something was wrong from the very beginning.

Silence, even... deathly quiet!

Since stepping into this apartment, they hadn’t seen a single person, not even a concierge.

And more bizarrely, there wasn’t a sound inside this building?

This apartment is in the city center, even if everyone in the building is quiet, surely the sound of traffic outside should be audible?

But... absolutely nothing.

When Bai Yanliang finally realized something was amiss, the abnormality was already closing in.

Too careless.

Perhaps the bizarre experiences in Fog Gathering had given Bai Yanliang an illusion.

That is... maybe such strange events won’t happen in reality?

But everything happening now has denied all his assumptions.

Feng Xiuxue is not a newcomer to Wuji now, she ranks among the top names in Fog Gathering, but... this does not mean she is used to such grotesque and terrifying events.

For humans, any normal person without supernatural power, when facing unknown, indescribable, unnameable things, will experience fear from deep within their soul, there is no concept of getting used to it.

Perhaps only someone like Bai Yanliang, who is innately flawed in emotions, could remain calm in such a situation.

"Whoosh——"

Something next to the door seemed to breathe.

Fine beads of sweat appeared on Feng Xiuxue’s pale forehead.

She had encountered eerier situations than this, but... that was in Fog Gathering, and here... is the real world!

A powerful sense of fear welled up from her heart, this world, which should be familiar, suddenly became so strange at this moment.

Just then, something outside the door moved!

"Tap..."

It took a step!

Something was about to emerge! Bai Yanliang and Feng Xiuxue stared at the doorway...

However, at that very moment!

Bai Yanliang and Feng Xiuxue suddenly snapped their eyes open!

What is... going on?

They were both standing at the entrance to the apartment building, having never gone inside, never taken the elevator, never opened the door!

"Just now... you..." Feng Xiuxue spoke, only to be startled by her own voice.

This hoarse, dry voice had become entirely unlike hers.

Bai Yanliang nodded, though Feng Xiuxue hadn’t finished speaking.

"Did we just go in?" Feng Xiuxue subconsciously clenched her fist, only to find her palm was already full of sweat.

Bai Yanliang didn’t answer her question this time.

The dark glass door seemed like a wide-open mouth, ready to swallow anyone who entered.

"Hey, Bai Yanliang, I was asking you..."

Before Feng Xiuxue could finish speaking, her eyes suddenly widened.

Bai Yanliang turned to her, calmly asking, "What’s wrong?"

Feng Xiuxue staggered back several steps! Until she was several meters away from Bai Yanliang.

Because, the person next to her, speaking with Bai Yanliang’s voice, was not Bai Yanliang’s face at all!

It was the bizarre face of a strange man, looking at her with an odd smile, asking her, "What’s wrong?"

A strong sense of terror surged in again.

Ghost!

This time she must have encountered a ghost!

Feng Xiuxue stood there dumbfounded, her pupils continually shrinking and enlarging, too terrified to speak.

Though not in Fog Gathering, this was the first time she felt her life was severely threatened!

However, at this very moment, Bai Yanliang witnessed a different scenario.

Feng Xiuxue suddenly stumbled away from him, looking at him with eyes filled with terror.

Yet... behind Feng Xiuxue, just three to four meters away, stood a tall, thin creature covered in facial features!

"Don’t move!"

Bai Yanliang shouted.

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