Frightening Joke: Above the Mist-Chapter 337 Streets

Yu Wenxuan snatched the phone, quickly opened the sources of the various events about Qingyi Street he had found, yet upon entering, it was a blank avatar, a blank name.

Immediately, he checked the New Moon Department Store, Bai Yanliang and their last villa, even the Ruyi Hotel. Although he found related information, the person who posted this information still had a blank avatar, a blank name.

A strong sense of abnormality surrounded them. Who exactly is this person posting paranormal event information?

At this moment, Feng Xiuxue swiftly grabbed the phone from Yu Wenxuan, decisively turned off the screen, glanced at the four people, and said:

"Don’t get distracted by other matters, even if there are doubts, wait until we survive this to discuss it."

Her reminder came just in time. Yu Wenxuan, rarely, said nothing, quietly taking his phone back.

"The date."

Bai Yanliang suddenly spoke.

Although he didn’t speak much, tonight he was particularly silent. However, this sentence hit the nail on the head.

A ghost has been continuously killing from April 2017 to January 2019. So what is the date tonight? Who is it going to kill?

"Is there any commonality among the deceased?"

Feng Xiuxue also asked.

Yu Wenxuan shook his head, "I looked through them all, the deceased were male, female, old, and young—a typical indiscriminate killing."

"So, the killer is either a ghost or some lunatic who kills anyone he sees..." Gu Pingsheng whispered.

"At a time like this, do you still think the killer could be human?" Yu Wenxuan looked at Gu Pingsheng and said.

Gu Pingsheng looked at him unflinchingly, "Until the end, no one knows exactly what it is. It’s possible the killer is human but has an object possessed by a fierce ghost, or maybe there’s some curse on this street, and at a certain time and place, anyone might suddenly become possessed by a fierce ghost, becoming an uncontrollable killer."

He glanced at the long and dark Qingyi Street: "Don’t forget, we are here to find the killer. The word to ’find’ counters ’hide.’ The killer we see with our eyes may not be the killer. It might be ’hiding’ somewhere, and if we identify the wrong target..."

Gu Pingsheng said no more, but everyone understood his point.

"I was wondering what would happen if we didn’t see the murder scene?" Feng Xiuxue spoke.

"You want to tinker with the rules?" Yu Wenxuan looked at her.

"Yes," Feng Xiuxue glanced around, "since the task’s timing can be altered, its content might also be unreliable. Could the so-called ’witnessing’ be a trap? For example, if we see the murder scene with our eyes, we might be pursued by a fierce ghost? Maybe if we don’t look, quietly hiding until dawn, we could be fine."

"Interesting idea," Yu Wenxuan nodded, "but it’s not yet time for such a life-or-death decision."

"Indeed." Gu Pingsheng nodded as well.

At this moment, Yu Sheng said softly, "Are we... just going to wait here?"

Yu Wenxuan glanced around, asked, "Isn’t here hidden enough?"

Yu Sheng shook her head, glanced at Bai Yanliang, "I didn’t mean that. The task requires us to witness a murder scene on Qingyi Street... but Qingyi Street isn’t just this street..."

Everyone’s gaze immediately landed on her, and Yu Wenxuan’s expression changed: "What did you say?"

Yu Sheng instinctively took a step back, bumping into Bai Yanliang.

However, Bai Yanliang didn’t make any effort to support her, standing firm like a stone.

Yu Sheng steadied herself, explained, "Qingyi Street... isn’t just this one street. It encompasses... the entire surrounding district, which comprises five streets, all counted as Qingyi Street..."

Five streets...

All counted as Qingyi Street...

Upon Yu Sheng’s words, everyone’s heart immediately tightened—damn it.

It was as if it had been arranged, if that’s the case, the five people have to separate, one person per street, and immediately notify others once noticing anything strange on their street for a collective ’witness.’ Otherwise, the chance of missing it is extremely high!

And if they miss the murder scene, the better outcome, as per Feng Xiuxue’s previous guess, would be narrowly avoiding the curse, but the far greater chance is directly breaking the rule and failing on the spot.

And the consequence of failure... everyone knew very well.

"Phone, map!"

The five of them immediately opened their phones, pulling up the map of Qingyi Street.

With a quick glance, it was indeed as Yu Sheng said... although this street is called Qingyi Street, the whole district where Qingyi Street is located is also called Qingyi Street!

And the crime scene might be within the whole Qingyi District, not just on Qingyi Street; it’s completely unknown.

The Qingyi District comprises five streets, including Qingyi Street, and it surrounds the area with South Gate Street, East Government Street, West Fan Street, and Beitu Street. Qingyi Street happens to cross horizontally from the end of South Gate Street to the head of Beitu Street.

"If murders are currently happening on the north, south, east, and west streets, that would be a disaster." Gu Pingsheng said with a poor complexion.

Feng Xiuxue put away her phone and said, "One person per street. I’ll go to Beitu Street. As soon as anything unusual happens, I’ll immediately contact the others using the phone. Any issues?"

"Okay, I’ll go to West Fan Street." Gu Pingsheng was the first to respond.

"Then I’ll take East Government Street," Yu Wenxuan said, also making ready to leave swiftly.

"South Gate Street," Bai Yanliang said.

"Alright, let’s distribute this way," Feng Xiuxue looked at Yu Sheng, "Miss Yu, you’ll stay on Qingyi Street. The probability of a murder happening on Qingyi Street is still the highest; you need to stay extremely vigilant."

"Okay..." Yu Sheng responded, then lowered her head.

The four quickly departed in their respective directions, leaving the long, dark Qingyi Street with only Yu Sheng alone.

She took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the fear and frustration in her heart, and hid behind the roadside bushes. freeweɓnøvel~com

Yu Sheng didn’t know what happened, why the attitudes of everyone became strange after her leg was healed?

Especially... Bai Yanliang.

She could no longer see the warmth in his eyes. When she accidentally bumped into him earlier, the chilling coldness made her inexplicably feel fear.

"Did I... do something wrong..." Yu Sheng looked at the night sky in confusion.

Even though this is the past world, just like reality, she couldn’t see a single star.

Lately, a sense of emptiness lingered in her heart. She had thought she would be happy once her leg was healed, but the reality was quite the opposite.

Her leg was better, but she felt like she lost something very important...

Especially when people mentioned her brother, and mentioned... the name Ren Wudao, that sudden sadness always came too quickly to prevent.

"Sigh..."

With a light sigh, Yu Sheng gathered her complex emotions and looked towards the depths of the street.

This street had street lamps, but they didn’t light up the entire street; each lamp was about ten meters apart, leaving sections of the road still shrouded in darkness.

Yu Sheng didn’t dare to blink, watching the street, half lit and half dark, with fear and anxiety.

There, perhaps, a person doomed to die would appear, as well as... an extremely fierce killer.

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