Frightening Joke: Above the Mist-Chapter 400: Return

"Do you remember our agreement?"

Yu Wenxuan stood before Bai Yanliang, holding the keys. The cold night wind swirled around him, but it couldn’t match the chill in his expression.

Agreement...

Of course, Bai Yanliang remembered.

During that event at "Dark Abyss" disguised as Mountain Moon Hiding, the two had reached some agreement.

However, to this day, Bai Yanliang still didn’t understand what exactly Yu Wenxuan wanted to do...

"Alright, I am willing to help you deal with them. But I also need you to promise me one thing," Yu Wenxuan had said at the time.

"As long as I can do it," Bai Yanliang eyed him intently.

"Don’t worry, you will definitely be able to do it," he chuckled at this point, "In fact, only you can do it."

Although he spoke the latter part softly, Bai Yanliang heard it quite clearly.

Only I can do it?

"Speak," Bai Yanliang replied noncommittally.

"Take me into their world," Yu Wenxuan fixed his gaze on him.

"What?" Bai Yanliang was utterly puzzled by this seemingly unconnected remark.

"Stop pretending, you’ve noticed it too, right... Although there indeed are ghosts, none of them truly exist in the current world. They are more like being ’released’ during specific times or events, temporarily entering our world," Yu Wenxuan’s eyes sparkled with intelligence, "Yes... They also can only enter the Human World under specific circumstances, which makes me very uneasy. I’ve tried before, humans cannot enter that fierce ghost world in reverse."

"Perhaps... something is still missing, like the key to open the door between the two worlds."

Bai Yanliang had no idea where Yu Wenxuan got this information, some of which even he was unaware of.

"However, even if we found this key, humans still couldn’t enter," the look in Yu Wenxuan’s eyes was exceedingly dangerous, "Humans have seven emotions and six desires, but the ghost world seems to be the enemy of emotions. Every emotion would be magnified countless times, even positive emotions. Once they become unbalanced, those magnified emotions would transform into grotesque negative emotions, and when infiltrated by the pervasive force thriving on negative emotions, a brand new fierce ghost would emerge."

Bai Yanliang absorbed the information Yu Wenxuan was revealing. After a long silence, he asked, "Who on earth are you?"

This information was simply something a regular Fog Gathering participant wouldn’t know, not even someone as secretive as Feng Xiuxue could know more than him.

Yu Wenxuan... he seemed to be hiding the deepest secrets.

Indeed, no one would provoke someone known as a madman, yet Yu Wenxuan’s past actions had provided him the best camouflage. Everyone believed such a frenzied character wouldn’t live long, and even if he survived, he would ultimately perish under his increasingly deranged ideas.

However, Yu Wenxuan wasn’t mad. He was perhaps the most lucid and enigmatic person in the entire Fog Gathering.

"You will find out," Yu Wenxuan turned away, his voice trailing behind him.

"I can only tell you, I take after my mother."

"Remember our agreement, Bai Yanliang... take me with you into their homeland."

...

The journey under the moonlight was over.

Bai Yanliang and Yu Wenxuan stood by the riverbank, their garments fluttered by the blustery night wind.

"Do you remember our agreement?"

The Yu Wenxuan before him seemed both angry and not angry at all.

Memories surged like waves, that night’s agreement flashed by, and once again, doubts about Yu Wenxuan’s identity resurfaced in Bai Yanliang’s mind.

But this time, he already had a decent guess.

Because not long ago, he had fallen into that "Time-Space Gap."

And encountered Dr. Zhou, who was hiding away, no longer planning to come out in that gap.

Dr. Zhou once said the Fog Gathering was his grave mistake; he himself had developed many horrifying ideas and even put them into practice.

One such thing was—the real body of Dr. Zhou Tian still exists in the real world, maybe even among the people of Fog Gathering...

"Are you Dr. Zhou Tian?"

When Bai Yanliang spoke, the night wind just pushed the river waves to the shore, the sound of water blending with the wind, under the bright full moon, the river was crystal clear.

The two stood facing each other, motionless, as if carved in stone, their gazes firmly locked.

On the riverside walking path not far away, Xu Zhifei and Gu Pingsheng looked down at the two by the river.

While Song Que and "Yu Sheng" were nowhere to be seen, perhaps sent to the hospital?

If nothing unexpected occurred, Song Que’s arm should be irreparably damaged.

"Who are you waiting for?"

Xu Zhifei looked at Gu Pingsheng, asking.

Gu Pingsheng remained silent, by now he already knew Bai Yanren’s plan indeed succeeded.

This final Fog Gathering, except for the suspicious "Feng Xiuxue" who resembled the Feng Yiru of the past, truly no longer included anyone he knew back then.

That said, the chosen ones for this "Fog Gathering" were indeed entirely new.

However, this also indicated that Bai Yanren’s final attempt last time still ended in failure.

He couldn’t break the cycle, returning to the ninth and final round—Fengdu Command Prison.

Yet, everything wasn’t without change, at least, while Bai Yanren failed to escape the cycle of reincarnation, he created new variables. All the selected individuals have changed; they are no longer the people they once were.

For example, this mysterious Miss Xu Zhifei beside him, or Mr. Yu Wenxuan.

This was a good thing...

Gu Pingsheng smiled, "I have something to discuss with Mr. Bai."

Xu Zhifei displayed no expression and hadn’t spoken when she suddenly heard footsteps.

She and Gu Pingsheng turned their heads in unison, and to their surprise, Song Que, who was supposed to have a paralyzed arm, walked over with "Yu Sheng," completely unscathed!

Even Gu Pingsheng was taken aback.

An injury of that severity was beyond the capacity for healing, unless... one recovered after leaving Fog Gathering.

Yet Fog Gathering never had such abilities; all injuries were irremediable, otherwise more tactics could be devised for the human side.

Then what was the current situation? Could it be...

Gu Pingsheng looked at "Yu Sheng," was it her doing?

This woman indeed lacked any "human scent" now, just as Brother Bai had remarked in the past.

But if she, or they, possessed ghostly abilities yet could uphold human reason, wouldn’t it signify a magnificent evolution for humanity?

Gu Pingsheng didn’t think things were that simple, Brother Bai... what lies did you spin to them back then...

"Hey, I’ve meant to ask you for a long time,"

Song Que said, stopping in front of Gu Pingsheng, firmly standing in place.

Gu Pingsheng lifted his gaze towards him, eyes calm.

"Why are there two souls in your body?"

Song Que’s words caused Gu Pingsheng’s heart to skip a beat.

Not right...

Unlike before.

This time, the ones chosen by the Fog Gathering seemed to possess... "special" abilities.