Frightening Joke: Above the Mist-Chapter 389: Escape

Bai Yanliang, Song Que and others are in the midst of escaping.

At the shrinking stern of the ship, someone stands quietly.

The sea breeze, both fishy and cold, makes Gu Pingsheng’s hair dance incessantly.

He extends his hand and opens his right palm.

A red key lies quietly in his palm.

At this moment... the red key in his palm is emitting a faint glow.

This time in Fog Gathering, the names of all selected individuals are no longer blood red, but ink black.

Others think this might be a signal that Fog Gathering is about to end.

Only Gu Pingsheng and Feng Yiru know that a purely black name... means that in addition to fierce ghosts, there is also a... key in this Fog Gathering.

And it’s the Prison Master’s Key of one of the Nine Prisons.

At this moment, the Prison Master’s Key in his hand, glowing with a faint red light, seems to be resonating with another key hidden somewhere.

Gu Pingsheng takes a deep breath.

This time in Fog Gathering, he shouldn’t have been selected.

Forcefully adding his name, they have already paid a huge price.

The reason for all this effort to send him into this Fog Gathering is because this time fragment called "Deep Sea" has the greatest chance of success with Gu Pingsheng.

The Prison Master’s Key he possesses is the Fourth Prison, Cold Spring Poisoning Prison.

This prison governs abnormalities in rivers, lakes, and seas; any anomalies born in water bodies will be commanded by the Cold Spring Poisoning Prison, and ghosts related to water basically cannot harm the Prison Master of the Fourth Prison.

So... it had to be him.

The hidden Prison Master’s Key in this world might even be the key to the First Prison, Fengquan Command Prison, as no one has ever truly seen how the key to the First Prison appears.

The key to Fengquan Command Prison relates to the advent of the Fog Realm...

The key to the First Prison possesses the most potent power, as Fengquan Command Prison governs Heavenly Demons. Demons arise from the heart, and all wrongdoers and evil spirits are controlled by the First Prison.

And ghosts, as these existences, are almost all "evil doers," so obtaining the Command Prison’s key is almost like getting a talisman against ghosts. However... quite a number of fierce ghosts, though not wicked, exist under certain rules. When encountering such ghosts, the key to the First Prison won’t work, whereas the Fifth Prison, Yin Spring Cold Night Prison, can counter those ghosts.

After all... the Fifth Prison governs evil gods.

Except for the First Prison which hasn’t formed, and the whereabouts of the keys to the Fifth and Ninth Prisons remain unknown, Gu Pingsheng knows who currently holds the keys that have emerged.

It can basically be determined that the key appearing in this "Deep Sea" world can only possibly belong to the First, Fifth, or Ninth Prisons.

And the Ninth Prison is called Frost Spring Burning Hell, which on the surface appears to be related to fire.

But in truth, its function is unknown, and it has been the most mysterious prison since Fog Gathering appeared.

Gu Pingsheng puts away his thoughts, for the upcoming moment he has already sacrificed enough.

Now... whether it’s the keys to the First, Fifth, or Ninth Prisons, come forth...

Gu Pingsheng, holding the key to the Cold Spring Poisoning Prison, leaps into the dark sea.

At this moment, the moon is directly overhead.

As soon as he enters the sea, Gu Pingsheng feels an extremely strong pull.

By moonlight, he looks down, and a vortex has already appeared on the sea surface, with sporadic eerie light spots flickering beneath.

Holding the key to the Fourth Prison firmly in hand, Gu Pingsheng dives down without hesitation.

He has sensed that the source of all abnormalities seems to be directly below the moon, at the center of this sea vortex.

Is the center of that vortex the Prison Master’s Key...

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Meanwhile, Song Que and Yu Sheng in the layer are already at their most perilous moment.

Yu Sheng’s gaze is bizarre as she stares at Song Que, who has already propped up his arms.

Song Que, who was fully prepared, also senses that Yu Sheng seems somewhat off at this moment.

She doesn’t realize Song Que’s eyes can see so clearly in the dark, so she doesn’t hide her expression.

Song Que almost face-to-face sees the surprise, confusion, and sarcasm on "Yu Sheng’s" face.

He feels a stir in his heart; Yu Sheng seems suspicious...

Could she be possessed by a ghost?

No...

If she were possessed by a ghost, she would have attacked me long ago.

Song Que pretends not to notice, glances over and looks away.

And at this moment, the ceiling is already coming down.

Song Que has no idle time to think about Yu Sheng’s oddity and immediately says, "Get ready!"

"Ka——"

His hand already supports the ceiling, and his elbow is braced against the ground.

The eerie-eyed "Yu Sheng" leans halfway beside him, ready to escape from the door propped open by him at any moment.

Song Que’s calculation isn’t off; human bones are indeed hard enough that using the natural descent of the ceiling to prop open the door above is achievable.

But he forgot... he is human.

Humans feel pain.

Even, humans can faint from pain.

As his forearm presses vertically against the descending ceiling, Song Que’s face turns red instantly.

What terrifying pressure!

No... no, the bones are creaking, blood vessels in the arm are bursting, muscles and veins are cracking, and just upon contact, Song Que nearly faints from the pain.

His teeth are biting until they bleed, neck veins bulge, and his face is contorted.

Has it opened...?

Has the door not been propped open yet?

Song Que’s consciousness grows more and more blurred.

His arm, this "heaven-supporting" right arm, is about to shatter!

"Yu Sheng" watches on beside him, her eyes filled with confusion. Could there be some unknown intimate relationship between this man and Yu Sheng?

If not, why would he go to such lengths?

Yet investigations show that Yu Sheng and this Song Que have nothing to do with each other...

It’s really... baffling.

Song Que grits his teeth, nearly fainting, his arm being forcibly pressed vertically downward, like a torment.

The only reason he hasn’t fainted is that he’s holding onto a determination, with the thought he must hear the sound of the "door" being propped open.

Even if he faints, it must be after hearing that sound.

The pressure becomes greater and greater, Song Que’s hand is completely crushed, revealing bloody, white bone fragments.

It hasn’t opened yet... that door has not been propped open.

When pain endures too long, the body’s self-protection mechanism kicks in, and at this moment, Song Que also feels less pain.

But he also loses consciousness, his eyes losing their light, becoming gray and vacant.

And at this very moment, there’s a "ka" sound.

The door loosens!

The next moment, as the ceiling presses down again, the distance between the layer and the two is less than half a meter!

It’s now... run!

"Yu Sheng" immediately pushes open the now completely loose door and quickly crawls up.

Song Que loses consciousness completely in that instant, with a thud, he falls into the dark space below the layer.

Between "Yu Sheng" and him, only a door, she looks down at him from above.

His right arm is completely useless, and in his current state, even if rescued, he probably wouldn’t play any significant role in upcoming events.

"Yu Sheng’s" gaze gets colder and colder...