Frightening Joke: Above the Mist
Chapter 386: Revised - 386 Interlayer

Chapter 386: Revised: Chapter 386 Interlayer

On the other side, the violent shaking of the "ship’s hull" caused Song Que to roll somewhere unknown.

Although everything had returned to its original state, the lights were gone, and so were the others aside from him.

Song Que tried to discern his position, but the surroundings were completely pitch black, without even a trace of moonlight.

This should be the lower compartment, like an interlayer?

How did he roll here?

Luckily, it was only him who ended up here.

For others, this sealed lower compartment of the ship, without light, was almost a dead-end trap.

But for Song Que, this wasn’t much of an issue.

His eyes naturally had issues; what was pitch black for a normal person seemed more like a cloudy day’s brightness to him, which did not bother him at all.

Song Que was grateful as he looked around. It seemed like a storage room? A pile of random items was scattered everywhere, leaving barely any room to walk.

Speaking of which, his eyes had only let him down once until today, and that was when facing Bai Yanliang.

Not only could he see in the dark, but he could also see the "soul" within a human body.

In his eyes, living people had a layer of "warm light," while corpses and ghosts did not.

He had always used this to make judgments without mistakes, until he met Bai Yanliang.

In Song Que’s eyes, Bai Yanliang had only a shell, completely lacking the "warm light ring" that living people had.

Yet Bai Yanliang’s actions were not at all ghost-like, and Bai Yanliang had helped him more than once.

As a result, Song Que could only regard him as an exception.

However, despite Song Que now trusting Bai Yanliang, he still had suspicions about Yu Wenxuan.

He didn’t know what kind of charm potion Yu Wenxuan had given Bai Yanliang, but Bai Yanliang was willing to vouch for him in the name of "friend."

Song Que couldn’t articulate his feelings; he hadn’t been betrayed by Yu Wenxuan, but that person’s reputation was really not great, and Wuji was definitely not a place where rumors just sprang out of nowhere. Yu Wenxuan’s long-standing reputation likely wasn’t a misunderstanding.

That Yu Wenxuan should be a dangerous person.

If only my eyes could distinguish between good and evil...

Song Que muttered to himself.

In fact, he didn’t even need to distinguish between good and bad; in Wuji, it was difficult to clearly separate good from bad. He just needed to determine if someone was worth cooperating with.

With that thought, even Song Que felt he was being fanciful.

He shook off the thoughts and prepared to find a way out.

This "ship" felt particularly odd, the sensation during the earlier shaking was definitely from some kind of "creature," or perhaps a ghost with a body and flesh?

He thought of stories about living ghost ships.

A living ghost ship that carries passengers under the full moon, then drowns everyone?

Though interpreting "the ship moves under the moon, people die in the water" this way seemed a bit superficial, it made sense.

Song Que used to be someone who "thought far ahead," but after the incident at the New Moon Department Store, where the woman who tied a bow on him died in front of him, he became more focused on the present.

The same applied to decryption; as long as no flaws were found, he was willing to first believe in this interpretation and base his actions on it.

Song Que carefully searched for an exit through the clutter while also contemplating possible ways to survive.

If it was as he thought—if decryption referred to a living ghost ship that carries passengers under the full moon, and drowns everyone.

Then there should be three directions to break it.

First, turn the living ghost ship into a dead one.

Stopping the ship would prevent subsequent events.

Song Que frowned slightly, thinking from this angle, the ship’s "life" must have a reason. If he found the cause of its birth and cut it off at the source, perhaps he could make the ghost ship disappear.

Secondly, there’s beneath the moon.

If the ship’s supposed to go under the moon, then making the moon disappear should do, right?

Moreover, given the current situation, rather than the moon itself, it would be more about the moonlight.

The so-called moving under the moon should mean reaching the brightest moonlight, where the greatest danger arises.

If that’s the case, maybe covering the entire ship with an enormous sheet could work.

Unfortunately, if this were the real world, Song Que would have the financial ability to do such a thing, but currently, being in Wuji World and on this vast sea, it’s as if pleading to the heavens and earth was in vain.

Just like himself now, he ended up in this dead silent place, surrounded by clutter, without a single "warm" living creature in sight.

Speaking of which, where’s the way out?

Could this be a completely sealed space?

Song Que suddenly noticed that the place was about two meters high; he could touch the ceiling just by reaching up, and there weren’t any windows or doors.

Most of the scattered items seemed to be cleaning tools.

Weird...

Could these items, like him, have fallen into this interlayer when the ship shook?

Song Que suddenly realized something was wrong.

Because these items were indeed too messy, obviously not arranged deliberately.

They really seemed to have fallen in with him.

At this moment, Song Que suddenly heard a rustling sound, a faint movement!

"Who?!"

He was startled.

His eyes hadn’t seen any living creature in this interlayer space of the cabin.

If it wasn’t the ship’s shaking causing the items to make noise, then it could only be a ghost.

Song Que’s mouth felt dry; this space was too enclosed, and if it really were a ghost, he would have nowhere to escape.

After a long while, there was no response in the dark.

Just when Song Que breathed a sigh of relief, thinking it was just the items swaying with the waves, a woman’s voice suddenly echoed!

"It’s... me..."

In Song Que’s vision, a white humanoid figure slowly rose from the corner of the pile of items.

Song Que slowly widened his eyes, this... this is...

"Yu Sheng?"

"Are you Yu Sheng?"

Seeing Yu Sheng standing there, Song Que was stunned for quite a while.

Yu Sheng had a leg disability and had always appeared in a wheelchair since entering Wuji.

Recently, her leg suddenly healed, and Song Que still found her appearance slightly unsettling.

What made him even more uneasy was the "light" on Yu Sheng.

When Yu Sheng was in a wheelchair, Song Que could see the light on her, but now that her leg was healed, the light had dimmed significantly.

From Song Que’s perspective, if Yu Sheng hadn’t stood up voluntarily, he wouldn’t have noticed her presence at all.

This girl could completely avoid detection by Song Que, who maintained a high level of vigilance and possessed unique vision.

In Song Que’s eyes, the only difference between her and Bai Yanliang was that Bai Yanliang had no light at all, while Yu Sheng had an extremely faint "light ring" that almost blended with the environment.

"It’s me."

Yu Sheng responded.

Before Song Que could speak again, she continued, "The exit is where I was just hiding..."

As soon as she finished speaking, the ship suddenly lurched violently!

Song Que lost his balance and almost fell, while Yu Sheng remained steady and even glanced at the ceiling.

This glance made Song Que’s pupils contract.

Could Yu Sheng also see in the dark?

No...

Wait!

The ceiling is lowering...

After the ship trembled again, another anomaly occurred!