Frightening Joke: Above the Mist
Chapter 384: Unusual

Chapter 384: Chapter 384: Unusual

"Yu Wenxuan is a bit strange?"

In the corridor, Xu Zhifei was walking and talking with Bai Yanliang, who mentioned the anomalies he had noticed, including Yu Wenxuan.

"Yes," Bai Yanliang nodded, "he’s paying excessive attention to that woman in the black gothic skirt."

"From the very first meeting." He added.

Xu Zhifei felt a twinge of suspicion upon hearing this.

Yu Wenxuan was a very strange person, and up until now, maybe only Bai Yanliang in Fog Gathering fully trusted him.

Others who somewhat understood Yu Wenxuan knew what kind of person he was.

"Perhaps he’s discovered something," Xu Zhifei said.

Bai Yanliang shook his head slightly, he didn’t continue, discerning the difference between Yu Wenxuan having his eye on someone and merely paying attention to someone.

Yu Wenxuan seemed to have an inexplicable attention towards the woman in the black gothic skirt, of which he himself wasn’t even aware.

Bai Yanliang had an ominous feeling, if this wasn’t a ship in the true sense, then perhaps they hadn’t entered this world for the first time.

With all previous memories completely erased, everyone believed themselves to be entering this world just now...

Maybe something special happened between Yu Wenxuan and the gothic skirt woman in those erased "times."

Although the memory has been tampered with, subconscious attention still remains.

Bai Yanliang’s imagination ran wild, if that’s the case, then given Yu Wenxuan’s personality, even if his memory was tampered with, his body’s instincts would feel disgust upon seeing the gothic skirt woman. It would be impossible for him to speak on her behalf and reprimand the man "suffocating" in the cake.

In that case, during those erased "times," something special might have happened, right?

However, as it stands, it is clear that all anomalies originate from the gothic skirt woman, perhaps... this time Yu Wenxuan...

Bai Yanliang didn’t continue to think further.

After all, these were just some of his conjectures, unlikely to be true.

Better... to join the others first.

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"Heart?"

Yu Wenxuan looked at the ground, the moment the ship capsized, everything around seemed indeed to transform into a flesh-like texture.

In other words, if this "ship" was a living creature, then the position of the banquet hall would be its heart?

"So, are you destroying its heart?"

Yu Wenxuan glanced at the "unfinished" door she painted on the floor.

"Not destroying, but sealing. I repeated thirty times and found some possibilities for escaping here. Every time a heart is sealed, this ship’s speed slows down a bit. I think... once all its hearts are sealed, this ship might stop and won’t head into the deep sea anymore..."

Lin Xiaohui explained her thoughts.

"From what you’re saying, it has more than one heart?"

"Yes," Lin Xiaohui nodded, "I drew this ship, and when painting it, I first found five points to determine its framework. Those five points are likely its [heart] areas."

Yu Wenxuan was skeptical, her open disclosure seemed to lay out the "Secret Guide to Clearing the Level."

This Fog Gathering, so simple?

"How many hearts did you manage to seal at most in your past thirty times?" Yu Wenxuan suddenly asked.

"One..." Lin Xiaohui pointed here, "I discovered this during my eleventh attempt, so I tried about twenty times; each time I could only seal this heart here, and then inexplicably die..."

Before she finished speaking, the ceiling suddenly trembled.

Yu Wenxuan’s gaze turned icy, he seized Lin Xiaohui’s arm and pulled firmly.

Lin Xiaohui was confused, but in her heart, she knew this man had just saved her; there should be no reason for him to harm her suddenly.

So, she allowed Yu Wenxuan to drag her away from the banquet hall.

Before leaving, Lin Xiaohui and Yu Wenxuan glanced back at the ceiling of the hall.

They saw black, sphere-like objects eerily "seeping" out from the ceiling.

Looking closely, each "sphere" hung a thin, long line beneath.

Balloons?

It wasn’t until they "floated" into the moonlight that they could see clearly.

They were not balloons! They were pale human heads!

Under the heads hung a bloody spine, twisting like a centipede.

The horrific scene nearly made Lin Xiaohui faint, her legs turned to jelly.

Normally, with Yu Wenxuan’s personality, he’d never bother with such a burden and would have let her fend for herself long ago.

Even if she had key clues, at a critical life or death moment, Yu Wenxuan would not hesitate; clues can always be found again, but life, you only have one, he always weighed the importance clearly.

But this woman...

"Thirty times, and you’re still not used to it?" Yu Wenxuan’s voice was icy.

They’re just some "human head balloons" tied to spines, right?

This woman said she looped thirty times yet was still like a limp noodle.

Unexpectedly, Lin Xiaohui said, "No... no, previously... they weren’t there!"

"I haven’t seen these terrifying things; just like you... in the first thirty times, I haven’t seen you, nor seen those things..."

Hmm?

Yu Wenxuan’s mind raced.

Could it be that he and the others were the variables in this woman’s "fixed loop"?

That helping her escape this eerie painted world meant success?

He didn’t have time to think further, according to Lin Xiaohui, these "spine-human head balloons" she’s encountered for the first time were rapidly chasing after them.

The spines under the heads twitched like the "facehugger" from movies, definitely not benign.

They must escape to the deck...

Yu Wenxuan immediately determined the direction to flee.

These heads, though exceptionally terrifying, were almost instantly found to be unusual by Yu Wenxuan.

Like ordinary balloons, if released indoors, they would hit the ceiling at the highest point.

In other words, without a ceiling, they would continue to float up.

This upward "floating" should be uncontrollable by these head balloons.

Therefore, they must head to an open area.

But...

Yu Wenxuan frowned, having some concerns.

Though moonlight hadn’t shown obvious harm thus far, Yu Wenxuan still didn’t want to expose himself to it quickly.

Going out, they would be bathed in moonlight, but indoors, they would eventually be caught by these head balloons.

Wait...

Yu Wenxuan’s mind sparked.

This almost felt... like they were being deliberately driven into the moonlight.

The ship sails under the moon, man perishes in the water.

Ship, moon, man, water.

Yu Wenxuan always remembered these four keywords.

Now, a problem with the ship was detected, next... it’s the moon’s turn.

The spine-head balloon’s pursuit was swift, once he made up his mind, Yu Wenxuan no longer hesitated, pulling Lin Xiaohui along, they charged to the deck.

Behind them was the dense sound of collisions and glass shattering, those ghastly things were catching up fast, but time was still on Yu Wenxuan’s side, who decided immediately.

"...thanks to you."

Lin Xiaohui panted and said subconsciously while standing on the deck.

At this moment, Yu Wenxuan was suddenly frozen.

"Thanks to you..."

"Thanks to you..."

What’s going on?

With a cold gaze, he stared at Lin Xiaohui.

Why did his brain react to her words?