Frightening Joke: Above the Mist-Chapter 388: The Solution

The shrinking of the ship’s hull had no effect on Yu Wenxuan and the other person on the deck.

But for Bai Yanliang, Xu Zhifei, Song Que, and Yu Sheng, this sudden change was extremely perilous!

Bai Yanliang and Xu Zhifei were in the corridor, and the hull was shrinking proportionally, but their bodies were not following suit. This meant that if they didn’t quickly escape the corridor to an open area, they would be crushed to death in the passage.

As for Song Que and Yu Sheng, it was even worse.

Their situation was even more dire than Bai Yanliang and Xu Zhifei’s.

At least Bai Yanliang and Xu Zhifei could figure out where to escape.

But Song Que and Yu Sheng could barely even attempt to escape.

"The door is here!" Yu Sheng told Song Que the direction to escape, but it seemed like they were running out of time.

In the darkness, Song Que’s eyes had a faint white glow. He quickly scanned the surroundings of this interlayer and realized that it wasn’t the ceiling lowering, but the entire space shrinking!

The walls, floor, ceiling, and even the clutter on the ground—anything belonging to this "ship"—were all shrinking proportionally!

The only things unaffected were him and Yu Sheng.

But at this moment, being unaffected was actually the deadliest problem!

If they didn’t quickly escape from here, they would truly be crushed into pulp by the interlayer.

This interlayer was only about two meters high, reachable by extending a hand, and it was shrinking rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

At this rate, it might shrink to about one meter in height in less than a minute, making movement impossible!

Song Que quickly ran to Yu Sheng and looked at the "door" she indicated.

Indeed, there was a door-shaped outline above the ceiling here, but when he tried to push it with his hands, Song Que was in despair.

No wonder Yu Sheng had discovered the door out of here but hadn’t chosen to leave.

Because this door couldn’t be opened at all!

The door was on the ceiling, which was inconvenient to exert force on. It seemed unreasonable at a glance—who places a door on the ceiling?

In fact, thinking about it another way, the door was simply on the floor of the upper level.

Plus, this was an unused interlayer, which made everything make sense.

But now, the structure of the door not only made it difficult to exert force, but it was also impossible to forcibly break or kick it open from below.

Song Que was quite strong; if the door were on the sidewall, he could probably crash into it a few times to open it.

But now it was completely impossible; jumping to hit it wouldn’t apply any force.

Song Que was sweating all over.

Yu Sheng was rather calm. She came to Song Que’s side, looked up at the door, and said, "If only something could prop it open."

Indeed... If there was something to prop it open, opening this door would be easier. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

Because the entire ship was shrinking, as long as there was an iron rod or something that could prop against the ceiling door, they wouldn’t have to apply force. If they just waited for the interlayer to shrink to a certain extent, the door would naturally be propped open.

Song Que had thought of this method too, but the problem was that now, on the entire ship, everything was shrinking proportionally.

Song Que was even worried that the cruise ship would become a model ship.

And this meant that even if there were wooden sticks or iron rods in this interlayer to support the door, they would also shorten as the hull shrinks.

In other words... The things originally present on this ship couldn’t serve as support and couldn’t be used to break open the overhead door.

What to do...

What else can be done now?

Song Que’s mind raced, his eyes kept searching for a glimmer of hope in the darkness.

Maybe there was another exit?

Wait...

The reason he and Yu Sheng ended up here was due to the ship’s first tremor.

At that time, the entire ship seemed to have turned into a living organism, and everything touched felt like flesh.

And now, it was the second time.

Song Que didn’t feel anything around him turning into flesh, but the entire ship started to shrink with the second layer’s tremor.

To what extent it would shrink was still unknown.

Song Que’s brain spun rapidly, why did the hull tremble the first time?

Something must have happened then!

If he could trigger another "first tremor," the hull turning into flesh might let them escape this interlayer!

Song Que tried hard to recall what had happened before.

He remembered he was asking Yu Wenxuan why he didn’t continue to follow the woman in the Gothic dress...

Yes!

It was at that moment when he mentioned the woman, the hull suddenly moved!

It was as if some will didn’t want them to continue discussing things about her.

"Do you remember the woman in the Gothic dress?"

Song Que immediately tried, pretending to chat with Yu Sheng.

Yu Sheng looked at him, waiting for him to continue.

"I suspect that the man in the suit’s death is related to her, and this ship’s abnormality is also related to her..."

Song Que shared several speculations about the woman.

However, the hull didn’t tremble again and continued to shrink.

A cold sweat dripped from his forehead.

Song Que realized this was already the hull’s second tremor, which meant it probably still had something to do with that woman.

Talking about her had already proven ineffective.

Could it be...that the second tremor was triggered by another interaction with her?

Who interacted with that woman?

Song Que was indeed smart, as the ceiling came closer, he analyzed some rules about the hull’s tremors.

But this did nothing to help the situation; with the ceiling dangerously lowering, Song Que’s heartbeat quickened.

Yu Sheng’s eyes seemed to transform entirely at this moment, something Song Que didn’t notice in this critical juncture.

The coldness in Yu Sheng’s eyes was not hers at all.

In her palm, the outline of a key faintly appeared, her nails were so red they looked like they might bleed.

Just as those seemingly bleeding fingers were about to touch Song Que’s head.

Song Que suddenly looked up, grabbing Yu Sheng’s wrist and pulling her down.

"Yu Sheng" was shocked, thinking he had discovered her true identity.

However, the next moment, she heard Song Que say, "Sorry, but please lean against me for now."

Song Que was drenched in sweat, but his eyes were firm and bright.

In this life-and-death moment, with walls closing in from all sides, he finally thought of a way.

Everything on this ship was shrinking proportionally.

But there was one thing that wouldn’t shrink.

Song Que removed his coat, half-laying on the ground, using his elbow to support himself, and his palm facing the door.

The "Yu Sheng" he pulled down seemed to perceive his intention.

"Yu Sheng’s" eyes revealed disbelief.

Song Que sensed her shock and could only smile:

"A foolish method, but this arm bone should be tougher than an average stick."

"Once the door opens, you must leave immediately..."

Whatever Song Que said afterward, "Yu Sheng" didn’t hear.

In the meantime, in Ye City, a woman with blood-red lips, with hollow eyes seemingly connecting to the distance, whispered:

"Foolish..."