Frightening Joke: Above the Mist
Chapter 370: Interception

Chapter 370: Chapter 370: Interception

Ye City.

Today’s Ye City is a hotbed of crime.

At the bridgehead, the door of the car in front of Wu Kuifeng and Liang Yan suddenly opened.

A slender woman with short hair swayed her hips as she walked out.

She wore a plain white T-shirt under a black vest suit, a black bow tie at her collar, and was chewing gum nonchalantly as she walked towards Wu Kuifeng and Liang Yan.

If only... she wasn’t holding a gun.

"Stop!"

Wu Kuifeng immediately drew his handgun, aiming it at the short-haired woman.

The short-haired woman’s lips curled into a frivolous smile, her red lips parted slightly, her tone unusually elegant, "Sorry! To introduce myself, you can call me~ red spider lily, I just finished a boring meeting, can you let me~ shoot first?"

With that, a gunshot rang out, and before Wu Kuifeng could react, his hand holding the gun was already shot through.

The intense pain surged immediately, making it impossible for Wu Kuifeng to hold onto the gun, which fell powerlessly to the ground.

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The woman calling herself red spider lily gazed at Liang Yan charmingly, throwing him a seductive wink.

Wu Kuifeng immediately turned his head, disregarding the sweat and blood pouring from his body, and growled, "Take my gun, hurry!"

"Oh... no, no," red spider lily said, as if she could hear the voice that Wu Kuifeng had deliberately lowered, "Officer, you’re quite mischievous."

"Bang!"

Another gunshot, this time hitting Wu Kuifeng’s shoulder!

Blood splattered onto Liang Yan’s face, and he, known for his cleanliness, stared blankly at the trembling Wu Kuifeng, opening the car door.

"Old Wu, thank you for looking after me all this time."

Red spider lily seemed to have heard Liang Yan’s voice again, she covered her mouth, releasing a laugh so loud even the passing wind seemed to tremble, "Hahaha... what did I hear? A joke! The man who controls the key to the Sixth Prison—Netherworld Slaughter Prison, saying something like this?"

"Did you forget how many people you killed with your own hands when the Netherworld Slaughter Prison ended?"

She laughed, but her eyes were fixed on Liang Yan the entire time.

"Liang Buyan, it seems... it’s time for you to pay your debt." Suddenly, red spider lily stopped laughing and glared at Liang Yan.

But the name she spoke was Liang Buyan.

"Shut up! Crazy woman!"

Wu Kuifeng, who had military experience, simply treated his own wound and became accustomed to the pain.

"Me? Crazy?" red spider lily pointed her gun at her own nose, with disbelief.

"Do you know who that person beside you is? Liang Buyan, the infamous mind-reading serial killer from ten years ago! A super criminal who committed serial murders across ten cities! He is a cold psychological expert who can read your memories, manipulate your past, and end your life in the way you fear most!"

Red spider lily looked at Wu Kuifeng mockingly, "Officer, do you understand him now?"

"Enough."

Liang Yan had already gotten out of the car, slowly taking out the key hanging on his chest.

As soon as it saw the sunlight, the key... emitted a strong blood-red glow!

Surroundings drastically changed, the ground was suddenly covered with a vast pool of blood, with bodies sprawled across it, piled into a small mountain, the strong stench of blood hit the air.

Every face on the corpses carried the most despairing and twisted expressions.

It was apparent that they had been greatly terrified before death...

Red spider lily extended a fair finger, pointing at the ground, "See, these are the ones who died at his hands."

Liang Yan never looked back at Wu Kuifeng even once, although he could sense Wu Kuifeng’s incredulous gaze.

"Today, my collection will have one more addition."

Liang Yan moved forward slowly, approaching red spider lily, his voice low and slightly hoarse.

Red spider lily’s red lips curved, her eyes casting a sultry glance at Liang Yan, "This is the Sixth Prison in my memory, Prison Master..."

"Today, I’m here to reclaim the key."

With those words, red spider lily opened her palm, revealing a red key as well, but her key was not a rich blood red, but a bright... scarlet.

...

2029.

"How to seize the key? Murder? Robbery?"

Bai Yanliang watched Dr. Zhou.

He didn’t believe even half of what Dr. Zhou said about clones.

This scientist wouldn’t be so noble as to worry about all of humanity.

But between his words, it seemed he indeed wanted to use Bai Yanliang as a tool to prevent the nine blood-red keys from falling into one person’s hands.

Could something happen that he doesn’t want to see if someone possessed all nine keys?

Bai Yanliang kept this doubt in his heart and asked another question instead.

Though, he could probably figure out some answers already.

When Feng Xiuxue and him were attacked, this was mentioned, under certain conditions, key holders can sense each other’s presence. Similarly, keys can be seized.

Bai Yanliang wanted to hear what this Dr. Zhou had to say, different from Feng Xiuxue.

Upon hearing this, Dr. Zhou looked up at Bai Yanliang, he didn’t seem puzzled by the question, but directly explained, "All keys need to be obtained in the ’Door World’ by killing a key holder, letting the person die in the ’world’ you possess, and you’ll gain the ownership of another key."

Indeed.

Dr. Zhou’s explanation wasn’t beyond Bai Yanliang’s expectations, but he had more questions.

"I’ve heard that the keys have a fixed number of uses, once reaching five, the key will decay along with the holder."

"That’s right," Dr. Zhou nodded, affirming this, "Only the blood-red key has no usage limit, so if you encounter an ordinary key holder, don’t use their key after killing them in your world, if that key is already used four times, you are done for."

Hearing this, Bai Yanliang’s heart stirred.

How many times has the black key left by Xu Zhifei’s father been used?

Meanwhile, he thought of the key he obtained in Zhongyuan Village... It was clearly blood-red, but after using it, it became silver-white.

At this thought, Bai Yanliang tried asking, "Does the blood-red key have the possibility of changing color?"

"Yes," Dr. Zhou looked at Bai Yanliang meaningfully, "It’s not changing color, it’s fading. When it exhausts all its invisible waves at once, it reverts to its original color, but situations where this can happen all at once are rare."

"What’s the usual situation?" Bai Yanliang asked without any visible emotion, not seeming to notice Dr. Zhou’s gaze.

"Resurrection," Dr. Zhou stared at Bai Yanliang’s face, without blinking, "Rebirth."