I'm only three years old, how could it be a world-ending catastrophe?

These words, spoken in a childish yet incredibly serious tone, left Zhao Haidong and his three companions at the door completely stunned.

A hunting dog?

This code name is highly classified within the Extraordinary Bureau.

Let alone an ordinary three-year-old child, even many low-level superhumans who have been struggling on the brink of death for many years may not be qualified to know this.

How did he know this about the child in front of him?

Zhao Haidong frowned, puzzled, and asked, "Little Jiang Luo, can you tell me where you learned about this code name?"

Jiang Luo hesitated for a moment, but ultimately chose to tell the truth.

"This is what you told me in the previous cycle."

cycle?

Zhao Haidong was slightly taken aback.

The three teammates behind him exchanged glances unconsciously, their expressions varying.

"you mean……"

"Are we... now trapped in the territory of the [Circling Hounds]?"

Zhao Haidong's tone was somewhat solemn.

"I don't know what field you're referring to."

Jiang Luo shook his head. "In the last cycle, you only had time to say the name 'Circling Hound,' and then... everything started all over again..."

"So, Uncle Zhao, I need you to tell me everything you know about the [Circling Hound] right now, immediately, to prevent this from happening again!"

However, to Jiang Luo's surprise, Zhao Haidong was not as anxious as she had imagined after receiving the answer; instead, he fell into a brief silence.

His brain was working at lightning speed.

According to the records, those trapped in the [Loop Hound] realm cannot possibly retain memories of the previous loop.

This is a rule-based, mandatory erasure, and no one is exempt.

but……

Just thinking about the mysterious and powerful force within Jiang Luo...

Zhao Haidong also felt...

Anything that seems illogical or illogical... seems to make sense at the same time?

"No... Old Deng, say something!"

Seeing that he hadn't reacted for a while, Jiang Luo became a little anxious. "If you keep dawdling like this, we'll be in the next loop again, and then I'll have to explain to you for ages, and nobody will be able to leave!"

Zhao Haidong's eyelids twitched at the way he was called "Old Deng," but he didn't react.

He shook his head.

Forget it.

In any case, the information about the [Circling Hound] isn't exactly a huge secret in the current situation.

"You don't need to rush."

Zhao Haidong finally spoke, his voice regaining its composure, "The [Circling Hound]'s cycle reset can only occur when it senses a 'decisive' event that it cannot prevent, or ten minutes later."

"The decisive event?"

Jiang Luo was completely puzzled. "What is that?"

"Let me tell you about the hunting dog first."

Zhao Haidong recounted, "That was a rare S-class ferocious beast. Its abilities were very special. Unlike other calamities or ferocious beasts that launch direct physical attacks, its hunting method was closer to 'bizarre,' a kind of rule-based annihilation."

"It will first pull the selected prey into its territory, but the person inside the territory will not notice anything unusual. They will continue their original behavior as if nothing has happened. Until the ten-minute mark is reached, the time will reset, everything will return to the starting point, and then the cycle will continue indefinitely."

"Every moment of the cycle reset is when life within the domain is at its most vulnerable, and the [Circling Hound] will take this opportunity to extract a trace of imperceptible life essence."

"It weakens its prey time and time again in this way, until everyone is extremely weak, then it reveals its true form and enjoys its final feast."

"The conditions for resetting, besides the ten-minute timeframe, are the 'decisive events' I just mentioned."

"Once someone in the territory makes a decision that has consequences that the [Circling Hound] cannot undo or conceal, it will immediately reset the hunting mechanism in order to prevent prey in the territory from noticing anything amiss and thus failing to hunt."

After hearing these words, Jiang Luo instantly understood.

So, in that case...

In the first loop, it decided to take action against Zhao Haidong. The Looping Hound believed that someone might be injured or killed, and it could not perfectly restore the consequences, so it reset.

The second and third cycles were when I decided to crush the bottle containing the gray powder. Since that thing could detect my father's identity, it must be extremely valuable. The [Circling Hound] couldn't restore a destroyed special item either, so it reset as well.

The fourth cycle was triggered when Lu Yao decided to use her own power, thus setting off a reset.

In the fifth cycle, Zhao Haidong discovered something was wrong and decided to order a search, which would directly threaten its own existence, so it was reset.

The logic... makes perfect sense.

but……

Upon closer examination, Jiang Luo discovered...

There seems to be a discrepancy in one detail between the first and fourth loops.

However, now is not the time to delve into this.

"Since this [Circling Hound] is so intelligent, why doesn't it just reset itself since we're discussing it here?" Jiang Luo asked again.

"Because a ferocious beast is, after all, a beast; it cannot understand human language."

Zhao Haidong replied, "It judges whether a 'decisive event' has occurred in the field by a perception ability called 'spying,' which can only perceive the target's behavioral intentions and energy fluctuations, but cannot interpret complex thoughts and dialogues."

It turned out to be the case.

No wonder old Deng isn't in a hurry at all!

"Then how can we get out of this hellhole?" Jiang Luo asked again.

"Two options."

Zhao Haidong held up two fingers. "First, find it and kill it. Second, use absolute power to destroy this area."

"I think that with your power, you might be able to destroy this area in one strike before it detects your 'spying,' just like you destroyed the Mirror Abyss of the 'Mirror Nightmare.'"

"But if you do that, it will immediately notice and run away."

Jiang Luo hesitated for a moment, but still asked the question that concerned him most: "Afterwards, will the people in the domain... have memories of this loop?"

Zhao Haidong gave Jiang Luo a deep look, his gaze complex and unfathomable, as if he were thinking something.

In the end, he still gave an answer.

"No, the Ringhound is an extremely cautious creature."

"If you choose to escape by violently destroying the domain, it will erase all memories of those trapped within the domain before it escapes, in order to prevent itself from being tracked and retaliated against."

This answer brought Jiang Luo a long sigh of relief.

He didn't care whether that thing escaped or not.

As long as we can get out of this vicious cycle and make Zhao Haidong forget what happened in the first cycle, that's all that matters!

only……

Just as he was about to unleash his power and shatter this illusory world with a single punch, he hesitated for a moment.

Once you leave this area, the storyline outside will continue to unfold according to the content of the first cycle.

He wanted to stop it all, and the most direct way was to crush the bottle containing the gray powder.

but……