Chapter 316
Chapter 316 Awakening

"boom--"

It was not until Lin Dayou's body fell to the ground with a loud crash that Ouyang Kang realized what was happening.

“Someone’s dead! Someone’s dead!!!”

Ouyang Kang was so frightened that his face turned pale. He fell to the ground and roared wildly in horror, and he didn't stop until his voice became hoarse.

At this moment, there was no respect for the dead. Ouyang Kang hurriedly threw away Lin Dayou in his arms.

"Bang bang bang-"

Lin Dayou rolled on the floor several times and then stopped.

However...his eyes were actually directed towards Ouyang Kang's position, and it looked like he was staring at Ouyang Kang.

The reactions of the others were not much different from Ouyang Kang's. They all turned pale with fear.

After all, judging from the background of the story, they just came to participate in a 3 million event organized by a wealthy man and never thought that anyone would die.

At this moment, Bai Yanliang's expression suddenly changed, and he immediately took out his cell phone!

He remembered... After this scene happened, Bai Yanliang was finally able to confirm where the familiar feeling that had been quietly there came from!

While still in the mental hospital, he had seen a report about this case in the newspaper!

After entering the key words: villa, three million, murder, and bonus, messages popped up one after another.

Bai Yanliang gently touched Song Que's shoulder, and Song Que turned around and looked at him in confusion.

"I discovered something very important. Let's split up. You and Xu Zhifei follow them on the second floor, and I'll take Qi Nian to the first floor."

"Okay, be careful." Song Que nodded.

Then, Bai Yanliang told Qi Nian and Xu Zhifei similar words.

Qi Nian was a little confused, but had no intention of refusing at all.

Bai Yanliang added one more sentence to Xu Zhifei: "You should pay attention to Song Que's emotions and remind him when he is not feeling well."

"Yeah." Xu Zhifei responded. She glanced at Qi Nian and Bai Yanliang, "Be careful."

Bai Yanliang nodded, and went downstairs quietly with Qi Nian without even looking at Lin Dayou's body.

After returning to the first floor, Bai Yanliang went straight to the lobby.

Qi Nian followed him closely, somewhat confused, "What's wrong?"

Bai Yanliang handed the phone to Qi Nian, "Look."

Qi Nian took the phone, read the message quickly, and his expression changed.

"This... can actually be found? Is this a real case? When we were on a mission in the past world, weren't we unable to find relevant information after returning to reality?"

Bai Yanliang remained silent. Qi Nian felt a sense of panic for no apparent reason.

She originally thought that the fog that crossed over to the real time was just a virtual mission to accelerate their death. She never thought that this was actually a case that had happened before! And now, it could be investigated!
After reading the message on the phone, Qi Nian couldn't help but feel cold all over.

If the case written on the phone is the one they are experiencing now, then... no one in this villa will survive.

"At 1:6 p.m. on the st and th time points, the police received a report that a strong smell of blood and stench was coming from a suburban villa on the road between Yecheng and Sanbai Town. When the police went to investigate, they found that the entire villa was empty except for five bodies that died in miserable conditions... After technical identification, the deceased were Lin, Liu, Zhan, Ouyang, and Liu..."

"Why are there two Lius?" Qi Nian asked in confusion, "Where is Wang Rui? If this is the case, she..."

As he spoke, Qi Nian's expression changed slightly, "Wang Rui is a pseudonym, her real name is Liu! She planned this incident from beginning to end, she is the ghost!"

"No wonder... Although Wang Rui is quiet and timid... her every move shows that she is well-educated. Her family conditions should not be bad..."

"Well," Bai Yanliang took the phone from Qi Nian, "We should have discovered it when she served a table of Western lunch."

"Ordinary people don't eat Western food many times a year, let alone cook it." Bai Yanliang's eyes narrowed slightly, "But I don't think Liu Rui is a ghost."

"Ah?" Qi Nian didn't quite understand what Bai Yanliang meant.

Bai Yanliang stared at the wooden table and said thoughtfully: "At the 1st and 6th time points, the police received a report and found five people dead in the villa, including Liu Rui. Who reported the case?"

"Maybe... a passerby who doesn't want to cause trouble?"

"No, the one who reported the case was a ghost." Bai Yanliang said firmly.

Qi Nian was stunned at first, then fell into deep thought. After a moment, her eyes lit up, "Distance!"

"This villa is so big, and the murder happened inside the villa. Passersby shouldn't be able to smell the blood from such a long distance!"

Bai Yanliang didn't nod or deny, but just said: "This murder case has not revealed any details of the investigation. It is very likely that the police encountered some incredible things after entering the villa."

After saying this, Bai Yanliang looked around and said, "There is a ghost in this villa. It was the ghost that gave Liu Rui the ability to make her words come true. But why Liu Rui would cooperate with the ghost is still a question."

"Wait!" Qi Nian suddenly raised his hand. "We are now... not at the 1st and 6th time nodes, right? I remember Wu Ji's bloody words clearly stated that it was the 15th time node, heading to Sanbai Town to participate in a week-long film shoot. How did we suddenly return to the past from reality? And... how should we understand the original mission..."

Bai Yanliang slowly approached the wooden table, tapping the tabletop with his fingers intermittently, and said, "Do you remember the early rules of Wu Ji?"

"Well, it sends us back to the past world to perform some pretty scary missions."

"That's right," Bai Yanliang looked up at the ceiling. He was thinking much more than Qi Nian, "Look into the Xinyue Department Store incident again."

Upon hearing this, Qi Nian immediately opened his phone, and sure enough... he found it!
"At the 1st and 6th time points, the Crescent Department Store incident, a serial killer fled to the western suburbs and hid in the Crescent Department Store at night. After being discovered by overtime staff and security guards, he immediately locked the door and started a life-and-death hide-and-kill game in the entire building..."

"Why...the information that was impossible to find before can be found now..." Qi Nian murmured. She felt that something very unnatural was quietly emerging, and this feeling made her extremely uneasy.

Bai Yanliang knocked on the wooden table, and two "knock knock" sounds came from the table. He said: "My understanding is that both the evil spirits and the strange events are blocked by the power of the fog. The fog used to be able to throw us completely into the past world, but now, it can only peel off a fragment of the past world, stuff it into the real time and space, and then let us in. It used to be able to erase the strange events from the root, but now... it can search for relevant information."

"Wu Ji is collapsing," Bai Yanliang said calmly, "or rather, something that has been bound by Wu Ji is awakening."

"Now, Wu Ji no longer has the strength to erase the strange influence."

(End of this chapter)