The Loop

　　When Luo opened his eyes again, he suddenly found himself... in a forest!

　　How could this be?

　　He was clearly lying in bed!

　　Then, a dangerous signal arose in his mind. 

　　Could it be… could it be that…

　　He immediately propped himself up and stood. 

　　The dense forest was filled with boundless darkness, as if a monster could appear from it at any time.

　　He felt extremely cold for a moment, but he didn't dare to move.

　　He had been living in the apartment for too short a time, and he didn't have much experience. 

　　At this moment, he didn't know how to react. 

　　But he couldn't understand why it happened to him.

　　There was no reason!

　　Just then, he suddenly heard a voice behind him: 

　　"You… aren't you one of the city people?"

　　He turned around and saw that it was Liang who had spoken.

　　Not only him, but behind him were Song, Ling, and Wu.

　　"You…" Luo immediately understood: "You guys wouldn't be… too?"

　　"We woke up and inexplicably ended up here," Wu looked around and said, "Could it be that you're playing tricks on us?"

　　"What are you talking about!" Luo didn't have the mood to argue with him now. 

　　Song and Ling, however, seemed particularly frightened. 

　　The calmest one was Liang.

　　He calmly said, "Let's go back, it's not far from the village."

　　Everyone calmed down and started walking. 

　　After all, it wasn't far from the village. 

　　Luo, however, was very nervous, constantly looking at his shadow, afraid that it would change. 

　　Fortunately, his shadow remained normal.

　　It seemed that they were still within the boundaries of the Youshui Village specified by the apartment.

　　"Liang!" Song suddenly shouted, "Axiu… has Axiu been acting strangely lately?"

　　"What do you mean?" Liang asked, puzzled: "What are you…?"

　　"I, I…" Recalling that terrifying experience, Song was still trembling, but he still mustered the courage to ask: "Is Axiu doing something?"

　　He had recently begun to suspect that Axiu might have cast a spell on them?

　　Or maybe she was a legendary sorcerer? 

　　Only this could explain the supernatural phenomena that happened to him.

　　"What are you talking about!" Liang angrily said: "What do you think Axiu has done?"

　　"She… could she be a witch or something? She just feels strange. I, I suspect that she might know how to summon ghosts, otherwise, how come, every time she curses us on Li Bing's death anniversary, it always comes true? Look, Uncle Yan and Aqin have disappeared…"

　　"Shut up!"

　　Liang erupted in anger and was about to attack, but Wu stopped him: 

　　"Liang! What are you doing!"

　　"I also think she's abnormal!" Ling quickly added: "She's always so gloomy! She's always thinking about how to get revenge on us, for Li Bing, she's probably capable of anything! Yes, haven't they heard of sorcery? Maybe she's one of those people! Or maybe she's using a Ouija board or something."

　　Luo listened to them arguing about these things, feeling a headache.

　　A sorcerer? Of course not!

　　Yuan had told them that the blood instructions given by the apartment were absolutely pure supernatural curses, there couldn't be any human factors involved. 

　　Axiu couldn't possibly have played such a role in this.

　　However, he couldn't tell them this.

　　Luo just wanted to get back to Axiu's house as soon as possible. 

　　After all, staying in this dark, damp forest, who knows what will happen next?

　　Damp…

　　He suddenly recalled that Li had warned him that "water" was a key element.

　　The grass on the ground was indeed quite damp, and Luo became alert.

　　As time passed, he felt a gust of cold wind, and then said: 

　　"Stop arguing… let's, let's just go quickly!"

　　Those people then stopped arguing.

　　Luo suddenly felt a bit strange… what was going on?

　　He felt like something was unnatural. 

　　But he couldn't tell what was unnatural for a while.

　　The five of them continued walking. 

　　Luo was also terrified, afraid of anything that might appear around him. 

　　And just then…

　　"Liang! Axiu… has Axiu been acting strangely lately?"

　　Luo was startled. How… why were they asking that again?

　　But the person asking the question wasn't Song, but Ling.

　　What was even more strange was that Liang didn't seem to remember being asked this question before. 

　　He was just as confused as before and asked: "What do you mean? What are you…?"

　　Then Ling replied: "Is Axiu doing something?"

　　Suddenly, Liang became furious again and said: 

　　"What are you talking about! What do you think Axiu has done?"

　　This dialogue was exactly the same as before! 

　　Only Song's words were replaced by Ling's.

　　Luo immediately interrupted her: 

　　"You, why are you saying exactly the same thing as before?"

　　However, Ling ignored him and continued: 

　　"She… could she be a witch or something? She just feels strange. I, I suspect that she might know how to summon ghosts, otherwise, how come, every time she curses us on Li Bing's death anniversary, it always comes true? Look, Uncle Yan and Aqin have disappeared…"

　　"Shut up!"

　　"I think she's abnormal!" This time, Ling said the same words she had said before: "She's always so gloomy! She's always thinking about how to get revenge on us, for Li Bing, she's probably capable of anything! Yes, haven't they heard of sorcery? Maybe she's one of those people! Or maybe she's using a Ouija board or something."

　　It was like a replay of a recording, with Liang charging forward again, and Wu stopping him…

　　"Enough, enough!"

　　Luo stopped them and said: 

　　"You… are you crazy? Why are you repeating exactly the same thing as before? What, what is wrong with you?"

　　Everyone looked at Luo as if he were an alien.

　　Wu glared at him and said: "What do you mean?"

　　"You guys have become so strange!" Luo said, "You, are you possessed? What's wrong?"

　　Just as Yuan had said.

　　The further down the line, the more bizarre and abnormal the blood instructions became. 

　　The more difficult they were to understand, beyond human common sense.

　　And he had also said that if they encountered this situation, they shouldn't panic, they should try to find the pattern in the bizarre phenomenon.

　　But Luo was completely flustered. 

　　His mental capacity wasn't as good as Li or Qin's, and he couldn't compare to Yuan. 

　　At this moment, he only felt that the people in front of him were possessed.

　　Then, he ignored them and turned to run.

　　Soon, he gradually realized… as if he was just running in circles, the scenery around him had hardly changed. It was just that the forest was full of trees and grass, so he hadn't noticed it at first.

　　But now it seemed very strange.