The Fatty: “……”

The night deepened, and looking out through the cracks in the window, the sky outside was as thick as a pool of ink. The surroundings were so quiet that you could hear a pin drop outside the door.

You Qi seemed to hesitate for a long time, but finally spoke, "How long is left? I feel like it's already the third watch."

No one paid attention to him.

In a mission, only people are late, never ghosts.

But You Qi's words finally brought a bit of life to the silent room. Slowly, someone else spoke. Zuo Qing stared at the door, seemingly able to see through it to the outside.

"Starting from the third watch, the first drumbeat signifies the start of the mission. You need to find the female ghost's body before the second drumbeat sounds. Then, you need to transport the female ghost's body back before the third drumbeat sounds. Finally, the fourth drumbeat signifies the end of the mission."

These were the rules of the play conveyed by the middle-aged woman. At this moment, Zuo Qing repeated them again, as if to deepen everyone's memory.

"I... I think the most dangerous time will be after bringing back the female ghost's body," You Qi continued, "After all, we'll all be together then. If the ghost wants to kill someone..."

He stopped halfway because he noticed several pairs of eyes were on him.

Hearing this, An Xuan nodded, as if to relieve him. "That's possible, but I don't think it's very likely."

He slowly exhaled, then raised his head and said, "I still think it's more likely that something will happen on the lake."

Hearing this, the Fatty's expression was very ugly, and Chen Qiang also frowned. Xia Meng was a little better, and for the time being, you couldn't see any emotional fluctuations, but that was just on the surface.

"I hope we'll all be safe and sound today." Looking at the three people who were about to go to the lake with him, An Xuan said very sincerely.

"Listen!"

Shi Liaozhi, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke.

The room immediately fell silent.

Then, a slow, but extremely powerful drumbeat came over.

The first drum.

It's here.

The show… begins.

Without hesitation, An Xuan, Xia Meng, and the other two immediately got up, opened the door, and walked towards the lake. Jiang Cheng watched the Fatty's figure disappear around the corner before turning around and closing the door.

Now only Zuo Qing, Shi Liaozhi, You Qi, and Jiang Cheng himself were left in the room.

Zuo Qing's current state seemed to be pretty good. She sat at the table, appearing casual. The opera costume she wore suited her temperament very well. Jiang Cheng would take the initiative to give her a discount if he met her at a nightclub.

Compared with Zuo Qing, You Qi and Shi Liaozhi seemed much more nervous.

You Qi was still okay, and could maintain a calm facade.

But Shi Liaozhi was much worse. Perhaps the incident during the day had left a shadow on him. He was now a bit paranoid, unable to sit or stand still. In the end, he even hid on the Fatty's bed.

He had a gloomy face, not saying a word, his eyes constantly looking around, especially at the windows and the door.

Another layer of mist rose on the lake. Under the interference of the mist, everything on the lake and on the opposite bank became hazy, as if countless demons and ghosts were hidden there.

Under the gaze of several people, a small boat broke through the mist and sailed out of the lake in silence.

The boat was empty.

Frowning, Xia Meng asked softly, "Why is there only one boat?"

According to the previous agreement, there should be two.

The Fatty and Chen Qiang would take one to find the "bride" underwater, and Xia Meng and An Xuan would stay on the other to receive the "bride" and transport her back.

Moreover… this small boat was about the same size as the boat they had ridden before.

Whether it could stably carry the four of them was still in doubt.

What's more, there was still the "bride" who had not been salvaged.

"What is this?"

An Xuan, who had jumped onto the boat first to check, picked up something from the stern of the boat.

It seemed to be a hemp rope.

As he gradually exerted force, the Fatty's expression suddenly changed. He saw a white waterline appear on the lake. At the same time, An Xuan also felt that the force coming from the rope in his hand had increased a lot.

It turned out that one end of the rope was tied to the stern of the boat, and the other end… was actually connected to underwater.

No, not underwater!

But… in the mist!

The rough rope gradually tightened in the air. An Xuan was surprised to find that a considerable force was coming from the other end of the rope.

There was actually something in the mist wrestling with him!

This discovery made An Xuan's face turn pale.

"Help me!" he immediately shouted back.

At this moment, the boat under his feet was already being pulled, and was being pulled into the mist little by little.

Xia Meng immediately jumped onto the boat to share some of the force for him. The Fatty and Chen Qiang did not go up, but stayed on the shore. But even with everyone's combined strength, the boat was still being dragged away little by little.

Just as it was about to be dragged into the water, Chen Qiang took a stride and jumped onto the boat.

Then he turned to the Fatty, who was still on the shore, and shouted, "Come up quickly!"

The premise of this mission was to take a boat. If he didn't get on the boat, something very bad might happen, especially if he was left alone on the shore.

Looking at the boat that was gradually being dragged into the thick fog, the Fatty hesitated for a moment, then, under the gaze of the three people on the boat, he took a few steps back, then suddenly ran forward and rushed over.

At this moment, the Fatty showed unparalleled physical talent and appalling flexibility.

No one could have imagined that a fatty would actually be so damn flexible.

After twisting in the air for a while, he smashed onto the bow of the boat with a "boom."

It wasn't until the boat was lifted up at one end by this force that the other three people reacted and immediately rushed to the other end to maintain the boat's balance.

The Fatty, who was splashed with water, didn't feel anything was wrong at all. Instead, he quickly lowered his body and blinked, looking around.

They had been pulled into the fog by that strange force. It was white all around, and the visibility was extremely low, probably only about 2 or 3 meters.

Strangely enough, after pulling them into the fog, the force on the rope disappeared. The originally taut rope fell loosely on the water, like a black snake.

Xia Meng steadied her mind. After a moment, she looked at An Xuan and said decisively, "Pull the rope back."

"Okay."

The courage shown by these two people was really shocking. Without the help of the Fatty and Chen Qiang, they straightened the rope again and kept pulling it towards them.

More and more rope piled up on the boat, and had been piled into several coils at the stern.

Xia Meng gritted her teeth, her face so gloomy that water could drip from it.

An undisguised look of fear appeared in Chen Qiang's eyes. The fact that the rope was taut in the air meant that there must be something in the mist, and something with considerable mass.

Otherwise, it wouldn't be like this.

Gradually, they could hear a sound gradually approaching, right in the fog in front of them.

It seemed... Chen Qiang couldn't help but swallow, it seemed to be the sound of paddling!