Frightening Joke: Above the Mist-Chapter 327: Desperate Situation

Bai Yanliang heard it.

Heavy yet swift footsteps headed toward the second floor... went up.

They had already completed the fusion, becoming a ghost.

At this moment, even Bai Yanliang felt somewhat helpless.

Originally, he had a strategy: since the power to transform words into reality came from that ancient artifact, he needed to find it and then rewrite another script!

Moreover, Bai Yanliang was very confident in identifying what that artifact possessing the abnormal power was.

Not a pen, not paper, but... ink.

The ink for writing words!

But now, saying anything was too late; the fierce ghost had manifested beyond the script, no longer relying on the script to commit murder, which was already a huge headache. Now, it had even merged with another haunting ghost of extreme peculiarity, resulting in an unfathomably terrifying superpower mutation; what method could still be useful now?

"Bai..."

Qi Nian’s voice grew weaker.

Bai Yanliang looked down at her in his arms and quickly stopped her from trying to sit up.

"Stay calm, I’ll find a way."

Bai Yanliang smiled; although he was at a loss, he appeared calm on the surface.

Qi Nian’s mouth was still bleeding, but her eyes grew gentler. She looked at Bai Yanliang and softly said, "Don’t smile... I know, you don’t want to smile..."

Bai Yanliang fell silent, suddenly finding it hard to look into her eyes.

"Bai... do you have many secrets?" Qi Nian asked with a hint of curiosity, tilting her head in his arms.

A wave of unease appeared in Bai Yanliang’s heart for no reason. He looked at Qi Nian, and for the first time, did not avoid her gaze.

"Yes."

"Then... can you tell me?"

Qi Nian seemed a little shy.

After Qi Nian said this, that strand of unease grew stronger. He glanced down at Qi Nian and noticed her face was as pale as paper.

"Yes, I’ll tell you, after it’s over, I’ll tell you all my secrets." Bai Yanliang hadn’t noticed that his voice became somewhat hoarse.

"Then... it’s a promise..." Qi Nian lay in Bai Yanliang’s embrace, smiling with curved eyes.

"Yes."

"Bai... could you come a bit closer to the window... I want to see the rain." Qi Nian’s mouth suddenly spewed forth a large lump of blood, but strangely, her complexion seemed much better afterward.

Bai Yanliang glanced at the blood, his pupils narrowing, and subconsciously tightened his arm.

"Bai... you’re hurting me..."

"I’m sorry," Bai Yanliang stood up, holding Qi Nian as he walked toward the window, "when we leave here, I’ll show you the real rain..."

However, this time Qi Nian did not speak.

She tried to lean on Bai Yanliang’s chest, but her head didn’t quite touch.

In truth, all the way Bai Yanliang had carried her here, her head had never truly rested on Bai Yanliang’s chest.

She knew that spot wasn’t meant for her.

But... even just once, she wanted to try.

However, just as she was about to get closer to Bai Yanliang’s chest, Qi Nian once again stopped.

"Bai, if... I can never leave here, leave this villa, will you stay with me?"

Qi Nian’s tone suddenly became a bit strange; she didn’t look at Bai Yanliang but instead looked outside at the rain that had turned the sky and earth pitch black.

Bai Yanliang paused, looked down into Qi Nian’s eyes, and shook his head slightly.

"No."

Qi Nian’s gaze froze, she withdrew her eyes and looked up at him, staring for a long, long time...

Until the roar of the fierce ghost was near her ears, Qi Nian gave a soft laugh, "Thank you, you didn’t lie to me."

...

Song Que and Xu Zhifei rushed down the stairs and into the dining room.

At the entrance of the dining room, they could see Zhan Yunhong’s panicked figure in the corridor, seemingly trying to head to the hall—perhaps he was daring enough to exit through the main entrance despite the heavy rain.

Song Que hurriedly looked back and saw the giant yet unusually swift ghost pushing its way down the stairs.

The two didn’t stop, but ran in Zhan Yunhong’s direction.

If he could open the main door and find a way out, there might still be a chance for them as well.

But just then, Zhan Yunhong in the corridor suddenly let out a piercing scream.

"Ah!!!"

"Wait!"

Song Que immediately stopped in his tracks.

Something was wrong ahead!

Xu Zhifei also stopped, and they stood at the dining room entrance, with the mutated fierce ghost almost down the stairs to their left and Zhan Yunhong’s inexplicable screams coming from their right.

What should they do?

Could it be... that Zhan Yunhong’s scream was actually a trick?

He wanted them to think there was a problem ahead as well, to not follow him, so he screamed like that on purpose, perhaps so that the ghost emerging from the stairs could kill them!

Given Zhan Yunhong’s temperament, this guess was very plausible!

"No choice."

Xu Zhifei glanced at the stairs and immediately said to Song Que.

Song Que held his wrist; the excessive blood loss made him feel a bit dizzy, but his basic judgment and reasoning were still intact.

"Mm, let’s go!"

In the current situation, staying put would mean death at the hands of the fierce ghost at their back. Continuing to follow Zhan Yunhong might provide a slim chance.

However, the two had just burst from the dining room into the corridor and taken only a couple of steps when a horrifically injured person crawled out from around the corner.

It was Zhan Yunhong!

His body appeared to have been bitten off from the abdomen, with nothing left of his lower half.

Organs mixed with blood dragged on the ground, emitting a pungent stench of blood, as he desperately crawled forward.

"Help me! Help me!" Seeing Song Que and Xu Zhifei, Zhan Yunhong’s eyes suddenly lit up, "I’ll give you money, I’ll give you money! Thirty million, there’s thirty million hidden in this villa! I’ve found a clue, it’s in Liu Rui’s room, it’s hidden in Liu Rui’s bedroom!"

However... before Song Que and Xu Zhifei could respond, a terrifying ghostly figure emerged from around the corner...

Its face was obscured by dense long hair, but the mouth full of sharp teeth was exposed, dripping with blood.

Once entirely out of the corridor, it bent down in a stiff, eerie manner, opened its mouth, and to Song Que and Xu Zhifei’s shock, its mouth expanded to a horrifying size!

Then, it swallowed Zhan Yunhong’s head and upper body in one bite!

But Zhan Yunhong wasn’t dead!

Even though his head and upper body were swallowed, his arms continued to flail and struggle!

Until... its terrifyingly large mouth suddenly snapped shut.

"Crunch—"

A tooth-aching chewing sound echoed as Zhan Yunhong’s still flailing arms abruptly halted, ceasing all movement...

Then, sounds came from behind as well; the mutated and merged fierce ghost finally forced its way out of the slightly narrow stairwell.

Two ghosts, one in front, one behind... completely blocked their escape.

A breeze slipped through the window’s gap, gently blowing the long hair of the ghost that devoured Zhan Yunhong, revealing a beautiful yet twisted face.

Liu Ruonan.

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