Frightening Joke: Above the Mist-Chapter 25 Resolving Doubts

"No matter what, we've already discovered two bodies. What we need to do now is much simpler: find the killer, force them to reveal the method and weapon of murder, and we'll be more than halfway to success."

Xu Zhi'an let out a sigh of relief; this was only the first day, and the deadline for this task was seven days. He never expected the progress to be this fast, but also didn't expect the level of danger to be so high!

In a week's time, encountering an evil spirit on the first day and almost losing one's life is extremely rare.

The task in Fog Gathering seems to have suddenly become more difficult and terrifying.

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This is only the third task, you know, and the third task is relatively the simplest.

Yu Hanzhou's task is a survival one...

When he thought of this, Xu Zhi'an's expression suddenly changed.

Something's wrong!

Yu Hanzhou's survival task is the second one!

Could it be... Fog Gathering "considers" Wei Xiu's timed task to be even more terrifying than a survival task?

"Brother Xu, what's wrong with you?" Jiang Li accidentally saw Xu Zhi'an's face, thinking he had discovered something unusual, and hurriedly asked.

Xu Zhi'an shook his head, his face pale, and didn't say anything.

Why did Fog Gathering suddenly produce so many incomprehensible changes?

The newcomer becomes resentful, the survival task only ranks as the second, and there's... the seemingly increasingly frenzied fierce ghost... who wanted to kill them on the first day...

What on earth is going on...

At this moment, Bai Yanliang suddenly spoke.

"Miss Jiang, Mr. Xu is injured, please take care of him for a moment, I just remembered something, so..." Bai Yanliang's reason was clumsy, he had used the excuse of suddenly recalling something many times, but his attitude was obvious.

I'm going to act alone next.

Jiang Li wasn't foolish and naturally understood his implied meaning, feeling somewhat disappointed inside.

She knew Bai Yanliang acting alone was indeed the right choice.

After this series of events, both Jiang Li and Xu Zhi'an understood that Bai Yanliang should never be treated as an ordinary newcomer.

He was sharp, intelligent, highly capable in action, physically fit, and most crucially... he seemed not to be afraid of ghosts at all.

The two couldn't even imagine an expression of terror on Bai Yanliang's delicate face.

"Yeah, I'll take good care of Brother Xu."

Jiang Li looked at Bai Yanliang and said seriously.

Bai Yanliang nodded, also letting out a sigh of relief inside.

Frankly speaking, Jiang Li and Xu Zhi'an were somewhat of a hindrance to him.

But... Bai Yanliang didn't resent this kind of burden.

Don't all humans live with some kind of burden?

Just before leaving, Bai Yanliang turned to look at the two and suddenly said, "Watch out for the water."

Jiang Li exchanged glances with Bai Yanliang and then looked at Bai Yanliang, seriously nodding her head.

Upon seeing this, Bai Yanliang did not say anything further, turned, and descended from the rooftop.

He had many questions that needed answers.

Now, having discovered two bodies, according to Jiang Li's description, the cause of death of the female corpse was not apparent, only her entire body was swollen from soaking.

As for the male corpse, he was smashed beyond recognition, making it impossible to tell who he even was.

The cause of death for the male corpse might still hold some mystery, but the purpose of smashing the face was quite obvious.

The reason is not complicated; perhaps it was out of emotion; the killer knew the deceased and couldn't face the deceased's face, or maybe, they hated the deceased's face so much that even in death, they wanted to smash it completely.

Alternatively, smashing the deceased's face might grant them some kind of benefit...

If it's the first reason, then things are simple. If it's the second, then... the person who hasn't appeared until now has a big problem.

Although Bai Yanliang always felt he had something wrong.

After all, currently only the people who are still alive and most deeply involved haven't appeared—Ding Lei.

With these thoughts, Bai Yanliang pressed the elevator button.

He wasn't concerned whether the ghost would appear; in fact, Bai Yanliang already had a general guess in his heart regarding the method of killing of this ghost.

Moreover... he had already warned Xu Zhi'an and Jiang Li.

And that is... water.

In every encounter, he noticed the presence of this thing.

Perhaps... the ghost uses water as a medium to kill.

Although the conjecture seemed quite reasonable, Bai Yanliang felt something was slightly off.

He wasn't a God, and although he was very mindful of this awkward feeling, he couldn't pinpoint it.

Currently, he also had no better method because, in Fog Gathering, humans were always at a disadvantage.

Exiting the elevator, Bai Yanliang returned to the first floor.

This hotel is not small at all.

After a series of turns, following the memory of when he encountered Xu Zhi'an before, he found the staff rest area.

This was also the reason why Bai Yanliang didn't want to act with Xu Zhi'an and Jiang Li.

If Xu Zhi'an knew Bai Yanliang returned to the place where Xu Zhi'an previously encountered a ghost, his expression would certainly be very intriguing.

If memory serves, Xu Zhi'an mentioned the end of the corridor by the restroom.

Walking while observing, Bai Yanliang lifted his gaze.

It's worth mentioning that Ding Lei, as the boss, treated his employees quite well, granting each of them a single room on the first floor.

Quickly, Bai Yanliang stood in front of the room by the restroom.

This should be it.

It was still daytime, but the lighting here was poor, with the dim yellow light hanging gloomily in the corridor, and from the first moment Bai Yanliang stepped in, a faint peculiar smell wafted around, not sure whether it was from the restroom or something else.

The walls painted pristine white bore several meaningless scratches made by someone's nails.

The floor outside the restroom was scattered with water from cleaning, silently lying there, appearing dark under the dim light, like... blood seeping from the floor.

"Thud thud thud——"

Bai Yanliang knocked on the door.

The atmosphere around was peculiar and dangerous.

But... even he had to risk his life; this was Fog Gathering... like a joke Death played, hiding the chance of survival; only God could know.

What Bai Yanliang was doing now was merely unravelling the doubt in his heart.

As for safety? He couldn't guarantee it, speaking of which, in this ghostly place, who could guarantee absolute safety?

The door opened quickly.

"Who are you..."

Zhang Wen's face was as usual, her gaze wandered as she sized up Bai Yanliang.

"Journalist."

Bai Yanliang said while pulling out a pencil and notebook from his pocket, leftover from his sketches.

"Wasn't there a journalist here before... Your press is really strange..."

Zhang Wen's gaze was a bit suspicious, but seeing Bai Yanliang's usual demeanor, she believed him somewhat.

But Bai Yanliang noticed what Zhang Wen said.

A journalist had been here...

In her view, it was "a journalist."

She indeed knew the existence of that ghost who could disguise itself as others, unknown and unrecognizable.

Then, Bai Yanliang sat unceremoniously at Zhang Wen's table, crossed his legs, held the pencil and paper in his hand, and asked:

"So, Miss Zhang, what do you want to tell us?"