Frightening Joke: Above the Mist-Chapter 335: Trap

The rain was still falling, neither heavy nor light.

After getting off the car, the driver immediately turned the vehicle around and sped off.

Bai Yanliang and the little black cat stood in the rain, quickly getting drenched.

The curtain of rain and the dark, abandoned buildings in the night were chilling just to look at.

Bai Yanliang didn’t quite feel it yet, but the little black cat arched its back, letting out a threatening growl, its fur standing on end.

He took off his coat, held it overhead to shield himself and the little black cat, and walked along the weed-infested path towards the abandoned Eighteenth Middle School.

The closer he got to the school, the denser the raindrops became.

Bai Yanliang quickened his pace.

The sound of rain hitting vegetation hovered densely and freely in the desolate wilderness.

Just as he reached the dark iron gate, a bolt of lightning suddenly streaked across the night sky.

A pale light quickly illuminated the dark night.

A dilapidated, desolate building was fully exposed in front of Bai Yanliang in that instant.

It was...the school building.

The howling wind and rain carried with them the mourning of the grass and trees, whimpering as midnight approached.

Only then did the thunder from that flash of lightning arrive—an earth-shattering boom erupted in the desolate suburbs, making Bai Yanliang’s ears and heart buzz.

With the help of the lightning, Bai Yanliang quickly scanned the legendary Eighteenth Middle School.

The six-story-high school building had some doors half-open and others left ajar due to disrepair; rusted fences were everywhere, and the windows had long been shattered.

As Bai Yanliang was about to focus and look through the windows, the little black cat suddenly let out a warning.

"Grr—"

Its ears pressed back, whiskers raised, teeth bared, and its tail swung constantly from side to side.

Bai Yanliang immediately looked in the direction it was staring at.

Countless faces suddenly appeared beside the broken windows on the second floor!

Those faces were all youthful, but pale to the extreme.

They...eerily stared at Bai Yanliang at the school gate.

"Boom—"

The lightning disappeared, and when it illuminated the windows on the second floor again, the frightening faces from before had completely vanished without a trace.

Bai Yanliang’s heart sank; he had been trapped.

He glanced at the increasingly heavy rain behind him, then at the rusting school gate that showed no signs of being tampered with, knowing he had fallen into a trap.

...

"Ring ring ring—"

The phone rang again.

Yang Wanlong, who was driving, pressed the answer button.

"Speak."

"Have you arrived at Eighteenth Middle School yet?"

The man’s voice was low and casual.

"Almost." Yang Wanlong forced down the anger in his heart as he replied.

"Oh, then no need to go, come to Beixi Middle School," the person on the other side of the phone chuckled, "don’t be late, remember, twelve o’clock."

"Beep beep beep—"

The other party hung up again.

Yang Wanlong’s eyes were bloodshot, and he slammed on the brakes, turning the car around while dialing Bai Yanliang’s number.

"Sorry, the user you are calling is temporarily unreachable..."

"Damn it!" Yang Wanlong slammed a fist against the steering wheel.

He slammed on the brake, parked the car by the roadside, and immediately got out to take a look in the direction of Eighteenth Middle School.

The rain over there was astonishingly heavy.

Yang Wanlong checked the time; it was nearly eleven in the evening.

If he went to Eighteenth Middle School now to look for Bai Yanliang, there was absolutely no way he’d reach Beixi Middle School by twelve.

That bastard had calculated the distance from Ye City Police Station to Eighteenth Middle School, and obviously knew Bai Yanliang’s location, timed the call to force him into making a choice!

Yang Wanlong’s emotions were in agony; he clutched his hair and leaned against the car in distress.

The raindrops came down, soaking him completely yet failing to clear his mind.

He couldn’t even bear thinking about what might happen if Yang Yiyi fell into the hands of those merciless beasts, not even for a second.

Yang Wanlong’s expression twisted, he abruptly stood up, yanked open the car door, and drove off in a flash.

Sorry...Yanliang.

They weren’t just coming after me, you...were their target too.

...

Qingyi Street.

Yu Wenxuan, Feng Xiuxue, Yu Sheng, and Gu Pingsheng had already been there for a while.

"It’s raining; did Bai Yanliang get stuck on the road?"

Yu Wenxuan remarked offhandedly.

Yu Sheng glanced at the other three, her face betraying a look of concern.

Despite Bai Yanliang’s recent odd attitude towards her, she couldn’t help but worry and took out her phone to call him.

"Sorry, the user you are calling is temporarily unavailable..."

"Can’t get through?" Feng Xiuxue asked.

"Yeah," Yu Sheng frowned, "if the mission really starts tonight, he’s done for..."

"It can’t be that coincidental," Gu Pingsheng chimed in, "we’re just here in case, the mission doesn’t necessarily have to start tonight."

The other three stayed silent, and Yu Wenxuan unusually quiet for a moment.

Then, he picked up his phone and dialed a number.

"Song Que, is Bai Yanliang with you?"

"No, but you can ask Xu Zhifei."

"Beep beep beep..."

Just as he finished speaking, Feng Xiuxue had already dialed Xu Zhifei’s number.

"Miss Xu, is Bai Yanliang there?"

"No." ƒrēenovelkiss.com

Xu Zhifei’s voice was as cold as ever, but this time, it seemed even colder.

"I see..." Feng Xiuxue was about to hang up when Xu Zhifei asked, "Didn’t he go to Qingyi Street?"

"No," Feng Xiuxue answered, "there’s less than an hour until midnight, if the mission really starts tonight, Bai Yanliang is finished."

Xu Zhifei was silent for a moment, then Feng Xiuxue heard the sound of a door opening.

"I’m going to find him."

"Beep beep beep..."

Xu Zhifei hung up too.

Feng Xiuxue looked at the others and shook her head.

Time was ticking away, and at this moment, Bai Yanliang was missing.

...

Eleven twenty.

Bai Yanliang used his phone as a flashlight and took a walk around the Eighteenth Middle School.

He had tried earlier to charge through the curtain of rain and escape, but...no matter which direction he headed, Eighteenth Middle School would bizarrely appear before him.

Ghost wall.

Apart from the dilapidated school building in front of him, he had nowhere else to go.

This realization was only deepened after Bai Yanliang circled the Eighteenth Middle School.

If that’s the case...

Then let’s go in.

Bai Yanliang didn’t enter through the main iron gate; instead, he found a damaged section of the wall and slipped in.

"Boom—"

Lightning first, thunder followed, and Bai Yanliang, who had crawled through the gap in the wall, glanced around.

He was standing on the playground.

Perhaps due to years of neglect, numerous oddly shaped trees surrounded the area.

When lightning cast their shadows onto the school building, they looked like...fierce ghosts.

The little black cat was trembling all over, and Bai Yanliang gently patted its back, soothing its emotions.

Those student faces in the broken windows on the second floor, illuminated by the lightning earlier, what exactly were they?

Were they...ghosts existing in the real world?

Bai Yanliang walked across the weed-filled playground to the front of the school building.

An overwhelming chill blew out from inside, mingled with an eerie fresh scent of blood.

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