Frightening Joke: Above the Mist
Chapter 76: Shocking News

Chapter 76: Chapter 76: Shocking News

Li Mu adjusted his breathing, ready to crash through the wooden door.

Waiting for death was not in his nature, besides, there were things he had to do.

In fact, even now, Li Mu didn’t quite understand, why hadn’t the ghost come in to kill him yet?

What exactly is it delaying for?

Li Mu’s eyes instinctively swept over the wooden door, suddenly, he froze slightly, then his eyes lit up!

No... it’s not that it didn’t want to kill, but... it couldn’t kill?

Or rather... it wasn’t able to!

Li Mu reached out his hand and touched the intact door frame.

He clearly remembered this door had been crashed open by him!

The door frame had been quite damaged, yet now... it’s as good as new?

At this moment, a voice appeared in Li Mu’s mind: "...The time and space of this village is chaotic, superimposed..."

Just as Bai Yanliang said!

This isn’t the time point he was just at, the one he should be at is where the wooden door was broken! But now... he stands at a time point where the door is still intact!

Different time points... chaotic, superimposed!

The ghost doesn’t kill him because it can’t get in!

This isn’t like a window with a "gap" it can slip through, it can only wait at the door for the temporal chaos to normalize, then it can kill him!

So that’s it...

So, now is the best chance to leave!

Li Mu was a decisive person, and after making the decision, he took a few steps back, then crashed towards the wooden door!

"Bang!"

A loud noise erupted, and the wooden door was slammed open!

Li Mu stared firmly outside the door, this moment was the life and death split.

No... it’s not there, it really is at another time point!

Li Mu dashed out of the house, however, just as he stepped out, the surrounding environment suddenly changed!

A ground full of bloody stains, cracked roads, a stench of blood, wooden ladders pale as if they were arms.

Blurred silhouettes on the ground and walls.

Everywhere was filled with the smell of decay.

Near the village chief’s house... it was like Purgatory!

Moreover, this bizarre and terrifying change continued to spread around.

Not good... I have to hurry!

Li Mu knew very well this was a sign of a survival task nearing its end, that ghost hidden in another time point was about to start a massacre...

Yet at this moment, standing outside the house, he suddenly remembered something.

No... even if it’s another time point, it should be the same as Yu Sheng’s encounter, able to see it, why... couldn’t he see it at all?

Li Mu’s expression changed.

Could it be... it followed Yu Sheng?

Not good...

Yu Sheng had difficulty walking, she couldn’t move fast, could she escape the ghost’s pursuit?

Li Mu was very worried about Yu Sheng, after all, this time running into the ghost was because of him.

But now, Li Mu himself was helpless.

He couldn’t actively search for the ghost, the only thing he could do now was continue to search for the key to breaking the situation...

Right!

Li Mu suddenly turned his head towards Lu Bingyan’s house.

He thought of something, Yu Sheng seemed to have said... she wants to look at Lu Bingyan’s drawer, something seemed to be hidden in that drawer.

With this thought, Li Mu didn’t delay, he ran swiftly to Lu Bingyan’s house next door and kicked open the door.

Lu Bingyan’s house wasn’t big; Li Mu entered her room, glanced around, and immediately found the drawer.

After all, there was only that one drawer in this room.

Lu Bingyan didn’t seem to intend on hiding it, so the drawer wasn’t locked.

Li Mu quickly went to the drawer and pulled it open.

The contents of the drawer surprised Li Mu.

There were... letters again?

No... there was also a diary underneath.

Li Mu thought for a moment, picked up the diary, and opened it...

"October Chuyi, Rain.

Mom left.

She was tied to the altar by them.

Mom struggled desperately, begged, but they were indifferent.

In Grandpa’s words, this is tradition, being chosen should be an honor, not fear.

I don’t know what the entity being sacrificed to is, from childhood to now... I’ve never witnessed any divine miracle from it. I only know... she’s Mom, she gave birth to me, taught me to write, taught me to sing.

But now such a mom was sacrificed by them.

I don’t dare to look at Mom’s eyes because she’s looking at me, she’s crying...

I’m crying too, but I don’t dare to save her, I know... I’m an accomplice.

This poor, backward, feudal, ignorant, damned village!

It doesn’t allow people to leave, which is its only miracle, no one can escape, no matter which direction they go, they’ll inevitably get lost and return to the village... just as if... they’ve hit a ghost.

Mom’s mouth was sealed.

Grandpa held a dagger with both hands, walking towards Mom.

They pinned Mom’s hands and feet, not letting her move, and Grandpa calmly drove the dagger into Mom’s left chest, into her heart, blood flowed quickly...

Grandpa pulled out the dagger, more blood flowed, but Grandpa didn’t seem satisfied, muttering that there wasn’t enough of Mom’s heart blood.

Mom’s face gradually turned pale, and she began to stop moving.

Everyone cheered, sang, and danced.

It seemed... this wasn’t a rite, but a celebration.

I looked up, suddenly a strong wind rose at the altar.

The mountain wind wailed like a ghost’s cry, chilling people to the bone, raindrops the size of soybeans fell like sharp arrows, pouring down, striking Mom’s body.

Mom’s hair swayed with the wind and rain, as if it had come to life.

Between heaven and earth, thousands of water curtains lifted, like countless waterfalls, blurring everyone’s vision.

Everyone sheltered under the trees from the rain, the branches and leaves of the mountain forest broke off with the wind, fluttering everywhere.

The rite ended hastily, Mom’s body was washed by the torrential rain, no one cared.

After the rain stopped, Sun Family’s father and son came forward and carried Mom away, Sun Wenbin seemed very sad, even more than I was.

What is he pretending about? He’s the murderer!

But... so am I.

Everyone in this village is a murderer..."

The diary ends here abruptly.

Li Mu gasped.

Sun Wenbin?

Xiao Bin?

So... Sun Liang is Xiao Bin’s father?

The relationships among these people are truly complicated...

Li Mu closed the diary, then opened the letters with only a few in number.

After reading this, he was genuinely shocked!

"Xiao Yan, let me tell you a secret... Mom’s heart is on the right, Mom didn’t die..."

"Xiao Yan, Mom will come to get you, wait for Mom."

"... This year’s sacrificial ceremony is the chance, only on the day of the ceremony can you leave..."

"...Xiao Yan, you can trust Sun Liang, he... is a good person."

Li Mu put down the letters, trembling, for the first time in shock, with a face drained of color.

Lu Rendong is still alive!

Her heart is on the right, she didn’t die at all!

Then who is the ghost that killed more than a dozen people over this year?