Frightening Joke: Above the Mist
Chapter 194 Model

Chapter 194: Chapter 194 Model

Fifth floor, cinema.

The three of them hid in a projection room because the projection room had both a front door and a back door. Even if they were discovered by a ghost, they could effectively maneuver around unless two ghosts appeared simultaneously, blocking all the doors from the front and back.

Actually, hiding together wasn’t a wise choice, but Bai Yanliang couldn’t possibly drive away Yang Mowan.

Moreover, Bai Yanliang was pondering another issue at the moment.

Why Song Que?

Even if they skipped over Qi Nian, the next one to be the ghost should have been him, who drew a four.

"Do you remember the order in which we entered this building?"

At this moment, Bai Yanliang suddenly thought of something.

Just as he was about to enter, Yu Sheng stopped him, causing him to be the last one to enter through the door because of the brief delay.

When Qi Nian heard this, she frowned and thought back. After recalling the order, she suddenly had an incredulous expression.

Seeing her expression, Bai Yanliang knew he had guessed right.

And Yang Mowan also remembered the order of entry at that time.

"I remember... the first one to enter was Zhou Li, then me. Next... it was Song Que, followed by Qi Nian, Yuan Jie, and finally, you..."

The issue lies here.

"So... the order we decided ourselves by drawing lots doesn’t count at all... The real order of being the ghost is actually arranged according to the sequence of entering the door..." Qi Nian’s face was full of disbelief.

What Qi Nian mentioned was actually a question Bai Yanliang had early on.

The question was... did the game time end after an hour because Fog Gathering acknowledged their promise, or did their agreement happen to coincide with the actual rules?

Although it only seemed like a matter of logical order, the results were drastically different.

If it were the former, it would mean that some rules of this hide-and-seek game could be set by humans. This way, he could set rules within the scope to torment the ghost helplessly, for instance... setting each round of game time to one minute, or even ten seconds, five seconds!

This way, the ghost couldn’t possibly catch them. The game would quickly start and conclude, continuously consuming time, and they could definitely drag it out until six in the morning.

But if it were the latter, it meant that no matter the game’s duration or the order of being the ghost, there was already a preset, hidden rule that wasn’t influenced by human or fierce ghost’s will; it was a fixed rule.

Everything is now clear; the rules they set themselves aren’t recognized by Fog Gathering, except for coincidentally matching one of them.

The order of being the ghost is the same as the order they entered the building!

So, Song Que isn’t the last one, but the third one.

Bai Yanliang isn’t the fourth one, but the sixth one!

Excluding Zhou Li, who is already dead, and Yuan Jie, and Yang Mowan, who has already been a ghost, the next round will be Qi Nian, and in the final round, it will be his turn.

No... if he fails too, then it might not be the last round.

Yuan Jie died before he could be "the ghost," so what will happen in that vacant hour?

No one knows now.

Moreover, there’s another issue.

Both Yang Mowan and the deceased Zhou Li experienced memory loss after each round of the game, completely losing memory from the previous hour.

Why does the ghost do this?

Or rather, why does the rule do this?

According to Bai Yanliang’s current speculation, whether the rule caused the two to lose memory or the fierce ghost did, it at least indicates two points.

One, if their memory from the previous hour remains, it would affect the fairness of the game.

Two, they discovered the real escape route, but for some reason, once they knew it, they couldn’t achieve it anymore, but they could end this task by informing others.

So, even though it’s unclear what happens to those who become "ghosts," based on the videotapes captured by phones and the subsequent amnesiac state of the person involved, Bai Yanliang drew some conclusions. That is, failing in that space doesn’t result in punishment if memory deletion isn’t considered.

On the contrary, achieving victory in the game, or rather... a mistakenly presumed victory, might lead to actual misfortune.

And given Song Que’s personality, Bai Yanliang believed he definitely wouldn’t pass up the chance to end this terrifying game.

...

"Where is it..."

Song Que advanced fearfully, the sound of the bell on his ankle could travel a great distance in the building.

It was like telling the ghost: I’m here! Come kill me!

But somewhat reassuring Song Que was the fact that, in this game, he seemed to be the seeker, while the ghost was the one hiding. So although he was very scared, he held an advantage in the game rules.

And if this ghost could really kill him now, he would’ve been dead already.

After all, the bell was too loud to even hide from people, let alone a ghost.

Where on earth is it hiding?

Song Que cautiously continued searching.

Actively searching for the ghost is something exceedingly hard to accept from the heart.

Especially since up to now, he could feel a faint yet persistent gaze watching him.

If, in the end, he can’t find it... I might just die!

Song Que’s heart pounded rapidly, and at this moment, he had no idea how Zhou Li and Yang Mowan managed to survive.

Could it be that they found the hiding place of the ghost?

No... it doesn’t make sense, Zhou Li might have a slight chance, but how could a timid woman like Yang Mowan actively seek the ghost?

Yet, she truly survived.

At this moment, Song Que suddenly felt a chill run down his spine.

He saw a strange clothing mannequin!

He was now on the third floor, near shops selling sports clothing. He hadn’t been here before and didn’t realize a clothing mannequin was here...

Could it be... it’s that?

Song Que swallowed hard and cautiously approached the mannequin.

Three meters...

Two meters...

One meter...

Suddenly!

The mannequin suddenly toppled over toward him!

"Ah!!!"

Song Que was immediately knocked to the ground, his face turning pale as he let out a scream of extreme fear.

He struggled with all his might, trying to flip over and get up from the ground. But the strange mannequin unexpectedly seemed alive, holding down Song Que’s limbs inexplicably!

The cold touch from the plastic mannequin lingered, and only after a while did Song Que start to calm down a little.

After all, even though the plastic mannequin fell on him, it hadn’t done anything else.

However... just as he moved away its plastic hands and feet and stood up, he suddenly saw...

Dense rows of plastic mannequins stood in the darkness before him!

What was more terrifying was that all these plastic mannequins’ faces were turned towards him...