high above the mists

Cold.

　　After stepping through the door before he had time to look and observe, his body had already fed back this feeling first.

　　This coldness seems not to come from the surrounding temperature, but ... the heart.

　　'Bang--'

　　The sound of the door closing sounded behind him.

　　It was also at this time that the control of the body finally returned to Bai Yanliang.

　　The first time he turned his head to look, there was only a grey mist behind him, where was there any door?

　　'ah!!!'

　　A mournful scream resounded through the mist, it was a woman.

　　There was someone else here.

　　Bai Yanliang's face was calm, but his brain was unusually active.

　　There was grey mist in all directions, except for a pair of huge, narrow, dark red objects hanging from the unknown sky above his head, which were releasing a disconcerting, dark light.

　　'The last newcomer has arrived as well.'

　　The man's voice resounded in the mist in front of him, and Bai Yanliang's body tensed as he looked forwards, 'Who?'

　　However, this glance was what caused Bai Yanliang's pupils to tighten.

　　The grey mist of this space seemed to be gradually dispersing, and densely packed figures began to gradually appear in the mist.

　　They stood silently, like corpses, quietly facing Bai Yanyang's direction.

　　'Huh? ' a slightly curious female voice also appeared in front.

　　Not only her, but the densely packed silhouettes around them seemed to start moving as well, and a line of sight that sent chills to the bottom of one's heart began to coalesce onto Bai Yanyang.

　　'Interesting newcomer, to be so calm.'

　　As these words fell, the surrounding mist finally dispersed as much as it could!

　　Underneath the dim light, Bai Yanliang finally saw everything in front of him.

　　People ... of all kinds!

　　Suits, rags, strong physiques, skinny and lewd, beautiful and beautiful, plain and simple ... all sorts of people appeared steeply in front of him.

　　Or rather, they had been standing in front of Bai Yanliang's eyes all along, just obscured by the grey mist.

　　'Welcome, newcomers.' The one who spoke was an elegant man around thirty years old, and from the sound of his voice, it sounded like the one who spoke before was also him.

　　Bai Yanliang looked at him, his face was elegant and handsome, his posture was straight, he was wearing a decent suit and silver-framed square glasses.

　　Before Bai Yanliang could respond to his words, another voice suddenly called out.

　　'Who are you ... you guys! Quickly release me! Where is this place? Quickly let me out! Otherwise I'm going to call the police!' The woman's high-pitched voice carried a slight tremor, and the one who screamed before was also her.

　　'Please calm down for a moment and carefully recall how you got in here.' The man in the suit's voice wasn't too loud, but it was rather reassuring. Bai Yanliang twisted his head to look beside him, a young woman in her twenties was dropping down beside herself with a panicked and fearful face, on top of that, there was also a middle-aged man who was the same as Bai Yanliang, who hadn't said a word up to that point, except that his expression wasn't as calm as Bai Yanliang's, and his uneasiness and fear could be seen from the way his brow was wrinkled up slightly, the direction his toes were pointing towards, and the pupils that kept shrinking, just ... he was forcibly suppressing it without showing it.

　　'I don't care! I don't care what means you have used, quickly let me out of here!' The woman's voice was still sharp and piercing.

　　'What do you think, what kind of person has the means to send dozens of people to such a place instantly?' The man in the suit's attitude was still as gentle as ever, not angered by the woman's hysterical irrationality.

　　These words finally made the woman shut up, what she had just done was nothing more than her escaping reality.

　　Only, her gaze was still a bit panicked and dull, perhaps, she wanted to treat this as a nightmare that she could wake up from?

　　'Are you ... Zhou Li?' At this moment, the middle-aged man who hadn't said a word suddenly spoke, his voice carrying a few moments of astonishment, yet a few moments of certainty, and his gaze was resting on the man in the suit.

　　Zhou Li looked at him in surprise, 'You know me?'

　　'The financial genius who rejected twenty companies, of course I know him.' After recognising someone who looked familiar, the middle-aged man seemed to let out a sigh of relief, 'I'm Shen Changrong, the president of the Yum United Group in Shencheng, and I've seen you at a party.'

　　'You're in Shencheng?' Bai Yanliang was the one who suddenly interjected and asked.

　　Shen Changrong also seemed to have realised something, looked at Bai Yanliang and nodded: 'That's right, just now I was opening the door to my office, who knew that after going in it would be here, you ...'

　　'I'm in Yecheng.' Bai Yanliang responded, after getting the answer he stopped speaking and looked at the man named Zhou Li.

　　It could be seen that he was a leader-like figure amongst the dozens of people behind him.

　　Who knew that when Bai Yanliang looked at Zhou Li, Zhou Li was also looking at Bai Yanliang.

　　His gaze held wonder, appreciation, and admiration as he said heartily, ''We have met quite a few newcomers, most of whom are like this young lady, and the few who are calm are also like Mr Shen, more or less uneasy and suspicious. Sir, you're the third person I've seen who didn't have any panic emotions when they first entered here.'

　　Bai Yanliang's heart stirred at these words and he extended his hand, 'Bai Yanliang.'

　　'Zhou Li.' Zhou Li reached out and shook Bai Yanliang's hand, and the two exchanged names.

　　With that, he did not talk to Bai Yanliang alone about anything else, but instead said to Bai Yanliang, Shen Changrong, and the still dazed woman, 'I know that several of you have many questions and uneasiness, but time does not allow me to explain more, so I will only say what I am going to say next once.'

　　Here it comes.

　　Bai Yan's conscience stirred, in fact after Zhou Li and the people behind him appeared, he sensed that something was wrong.

　　Although the other party was crowded, it seemed to be ... a scattered sand?

　　This kind of situation was rare, when humans were in a collective, even if they didn't have good personal relationships, they tended to form small groups due to factors such as temperament, interests and so on.

　　But, Baek Yen Liang failed to see this kind of relationship, in contrast, this group of people from the beginning until now, in addition to the silence, if anything, also exuded a subtle emotion.

　　This kind of emotion, Baek Yen Liang had once seen in the Yecheng Mental Hospital, it was called despair.

　　On top of that, even though this group of people were standing together, there was a distinct sense of distance between them.

　　Bai Yanliang could tell at a glance that they were wary of each other, and not only him, Shen Changrong had also seen all of this a long time ago, and the only one who didn't know anything about it, I'm afraid, was the only one who was still frothing at the mouth, this woman.

　　Then, after seeing this woman also turn her gaze to Zhou Li, he finally said:

　　'The truth is, no one knows where this is, everyone here is the same, arriving here after somehow opening a door, baseless and illogical.'

　　'And, we have to cycle through some damn, damn quests.' Zhou Li's face became a bit ugly as he looked at the three, his eyes behind the lenses flashing with resignation and helplessness, 'I'm not describing the abominable level of the tasks, what I'm saying, is really hell!'