Chapter 319 Infinite Loop

"Start by trying your Talent."

Chen Yu urged.

Wang Mengmeng nodded, took a deep breath, and closed her eyes.

Talent activated—

A silver-white halo of light exploded from beneath her feet, acting like a human searchlight within a one-meter radius around her.

"What is this!"

Yang Kexin exclaimed,

because within her field of vision,

as Wang Mengmeng walked, the cozy children's room actually changed its appearance wherever the halo swept.

The bed was no longer a bed; it was a broken wooden board propped up on a few bricks, and the bedsheet was like a rag.

The pillow was impossibly flat, the pillowcase was torn, and the cotton batting inside was black and shiny, as if it hadn't been changed in decades.

The wall was no longer a wall; the cement surface was pitted and bumpy, with cracks like spiderwebs, and in some places, it was even bulging.

"Is… is this the true face of this room?"

Wang Mengmeng looked down at the halo beneath her feet, her voice trembling.

She was too excited.

Chen Yu stood in place, carefully observing Wang Mengmeng's surroundings and the changes in the environment.

Sure enough,

as Wang Mengmeng took another step forward, on the table, next to the iron mug, a key was placed neatly.

"A key!"

Wang Mengmeng's eyes lit up, and she grabbed it. "It really was here! I searched three times earlier and found nothing, but as soon as I activated my Talent, it just popped out on its own!"

Yang Kexin leaned in to look: "Try it quickly!"

Wang Mengmeng clutched the key, turned, and rushed toward the iron door, inserting it into the keyhole.

She twisted it with force,

"Click!"

The lock cylinder popped open, and rust fell in showers from the door gap.

"It's open, it's open, it's open!"

Wang Mengmeng was so excited she almost jumped up, turning back to shout at Chen Yu, "The door is open!"

Yang Kexin was also overjoyed: "That's amazing!"

Chen Yu nodded.

Every clearance was a shortcut, but he couldn't be blamed for that.

If one really followed the game's design, perhaps they would have to find this first, then find that, then activate that, and only then could they pass the trial to change the room back to its original state.

By the time that happened, it would be way too late.

It wasn't just the two girls who were worried about aging; Chen Yu was the same. A man's prime is very short.

From entering the room to leaving, roughly ten minutes had passed.

Converting that, it was only a little over a hundred days, which didn't really affect anything.

The door opened.

The corridor,

was still the same familiar sight.

"Let's go find Zuo Shi."

Chen Yu said calmly, then strode off, returning to the doll showroom based on his memory.

At this moment,

there were quite a few people gathered in the room, and what was different was...

The dolls that had been neatly displayed on the shelves were scattered all over the floor.

Seven or eight people were bending over, searching. Some were opening cabinets, some were lying on the floor looking under the beds, and others were holding flashlights to shine into the corners of the ceiling.

"Can't find it... I clearly saw it run this way!"

"Could it have burrowed into a doll? These things look so creepy..."

"Damn, don't scare me. Isn't that possession?"

Everyone was talking at once.

Chen Yu spotted Zuo Shi at a glance.

She was curled up in a corner by the door against the wall, her knees hugged to her chest, her eyes red.

Chen Yu walked over and crouched down.

Only then did Zuo Shi come back to her senses and see who was in front of her.

She froze for a moment, then lunged into Chen Yu's arms, gripping his clothes tightly with both hands.

"You… you're back…"

She said with a tearful voice, "I was so scared… that thing… suddenly appeared behind me, but you weren't there…"

She looked up, tears streaming down her cheeks: "Don't leave me behind next time, okay?"

Chen Yu raised his hand to pat her back: "I will."

At this moment, others also noticed Chen Yu and the others.

"You! You're back?!"

"What did you just experience?"

Everyone crowded around.

Lin Yuan was also a bit helpless: "I don't know what happened just now. I hadn't even gone in yet, and the door closed."

Chen Yu shook his head: "It means your luck still played a role."

Lin Yuan was stunned: "That is to say, that room was very dangerous?"

Chen Yu nodded: "A narrow escape from death."

Zuo Shi also stood up and moved over to Wang Mengmeng and Yang Kexin, chatting in low voices.

Zhao Tieshan asked: "So, did you catch that Little Boy?"

Chen Yu shrugged: "Not yet. He disappeared as soon as he ran into the room. He probably just wanted to lure me into that room and then use someone else's hand to kill me."

Flyer nodded: "About what we thought. These ghosts in the Haunted House seem unable to actively harm people; they can only utilize the rules."

"Oh, right."

Chen Yu thought of something: "How long has it been since we entered the room?"

Flyer thought for a moment: "Didn't keep track. Ten minutes or so?"

Chen Yu nodded. It seemed to be about what he expected.

Zhao Tieshan sighed softly: "What do we do now?"

Everyone looked at Chen Yu simultaneously.

Chen Yu looked at the chaotic doll showroom: "Since you've already turned this place upside down, there's no need to waste time here. Let's go back to the corridor."

The group returned to the corridor, carefully examining every painting ahead.

Everyone wanted to find that human face disguised as a painting again, but at the same time, they were a bit scared and nervous.

"This isn't right. Why is it still this woman in the cheongsam?"

"This old man with the goat beard, he looks familiar too!"

"These two Republic of China children, I've seen them too!"

Everyone stopped, looking into the deep darkness ahead, and also looking into the deep darkness behind.

Before the apocalypse, Zhao Tieshan was a staunch materialist.

But at this moment, he had to admit, "We… really have encountered a ghost wall."

Flyer also shivered: "It's more than that. I remember this woman in the cheongsam… we previously… broke the Glass right here, but now even the Glass shards are gone. Isn't that ridiculous!"

Lin Yuan nodded: "Look, the ground is clean; it doesn't look like it's been trampled back and forth by us."

Zhao Tieshan took out a dagger and carved a clear mark on the wall, next to the woman in the cheongsam.

"Shall we… try walking it again?"

"That's all we can do."

But about half an hour later, the group returned to the side of the woman in the cheongsam, and the mark had disappeared.

"It's not a ghost wall?"

Zhao Tieshan frowned: "Are we passing through different roads? But this corridor is too long, right?"

Chen Yu suddenly spoke: "No, this isn't an ordinary ghost wall."

"Hmm?"

Everyone looked at Chen Yu.

Chen Yu then continued: "In the secular sense, a ghost wall is walking in circles. But what we are experiencing is more like time being reset, an infinite loop."

Wang Mengmeng was stunned: "Time being reset, then…"

Chen Yu nodded: "It's your turn to act again."