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

"puff!"

A mouthful of warm blood spurted out of Lu Yao's mouth without warning.

"Holy shit!"

Jiang Luo was startled.

Fortunately, he reacted quickly enough, and he also had a speed attribute of 214 points.

The moment Lu Yao coughed up blood, he twisted his body and jumped out of Lu Yao's arms, otherwise that mouthful of blood would have chilled him to the bone!

But before Jiang Luo could figure out what was going on...

At the dining table.

Zhang Hui, the mother who was clearing the dishes, suddenly trembled and spat out a mouthful of blood onto the clean table.

Immediately afterwards, a loud crash came from the kitchen—the sound of a porcelain bowl falling and shattering on the floor.

So it seems...

Was Dad not spared either?

The whole family is all together?

Not only Jiang Luo, but Zhang Hui and Lu Yao were also stunned, not understanding what had happened.

Ding Dong!

Just then, the doorbell rang again.

Zhang Hui wiped the bloodstains from the corner of her mouth and then went to open the door.

Outside the door, Zhao Haidong and the other three still wore gentle smiles on their faces.

only……

Jiang Luo saw it very clearly.

The four of them had an unnaturally pale complexion, and there was a trace of dark red blood that they hadn't had time to wipe away at the corners of their mouths.

and so……

They also vomited blood?

The system notification sound, coupled with everyone inexplicably vomiting blood.

Jiang Luo understood instantly.

This is no ordinary time loop; some kind of monster is at work!

Is it a calamity?

Or is it just eerie?

Regardless of which one it is, the ability to make time loop and harm people silently suggests that this thing is far more powerful than we can imagine!

But the problem is...

If it wanted to harm people, wouldn't it have just charged out?

Why make it so complicated?

Just as Jiang Luo was completely baffled, the plot inside the room continued to unfold at its own unhurried pace.

Under Zhao Haidong's persuasive words, Zhang Hui got up and went to the kitchen to call Jiang Hongming out.

After hesitating for a moment, Jiang Luo decided to ask Zhao Haidong.

This old man is from the Extraordinary Bureau, and in the first storyline, his parents even called him "Director Zhao".

This suggests that the old official is quite powerful and must know many secrets; perhaps we can get some useful information from him.

Of course, we can't believe everything we hear.

After all, who knows if a monster that can manipulate time might also alter other people's memories?

It's even possible to directly create a fake version of Old Deng!

In short, you should observe the other party's reaction before drawing any conclusions.

Having made up her mind, Jiang Luo immediately jumped off the sofa, ran to Zhao Haidong with her short legs, looked up at him, and spoke in a childish voice.

"Uncle Zhao, can I ask you a question?"

"OK."

Zhao Haidong, as always, wore his kind smile and appeared very patient. "Little Jiang Luo, what would you like to ask?"

Jiang Luo blinked her big eyes and asked innocently, "I want to know, are there any monsters in this world that have the ability to make time repeat itself?"

Zhao Haidong was slightly taken aback, and subconsciously asked, "Why are you asking this?"

"Just curious..."

As she spoke, to prevent the old man from bluffing, Jiang Luo could only suppress her nausea and reach out her small hands to grab Zhao Haidong's rough, large hands.

Then, imitating Xu Niannian, she began her performance.

"Uncle Zhao, please tell me, please, please, I beg you..."

As he spoke, he shook the other person's hand.

as predicted.

No old man can resist the whining of a human cub.

Even if the cub is male, there are no exceptions.

After all, for all old Deng, cubs are neither male nor female.

Zhao Haidong smiled helplessly, and finally relented: "Okay, okay, I'll talk, but you have to let me go first."

Jiang Luo immediately and impatiently let go of his hand.

He wouldn't want to do this if he wasn't forced to!

Then, Zhao Haidong gently patted Jiang Luo's head and softly replied, "In this world, there is no monster that possesses such heaven-defying power; otherwise, our Extraordinary Bureau would have disbanded long ago."

"After all, someone who can manipulate time is no different from a god. Our attempt to fight against them is like throwing an egg against a rock..."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Luo was stunned.

No?

Or did I misunderstand?

Or……

Just as Zhao Haidong mentioned in the first cycle, the legendary "world-ending calamity" has now appeared?

Just as his little head was racing with thoughts, Zhao Haidong suddenly changed the subject.

"but……"

"There is a monster with a power similar to the effect of a time loop."

"That's a ferocious beast, codenamed 'The Looping Hound,' and its ability is..."

But when we got to this point...

The smile on Zhao Haidong's face suddenly froze!

because……

He suddenly realized that the inexplicable vomiting of blood that they had just experienced was exactly the same as the characteristics recorded in the Extraordinary Bureau's files regarding the use of the [Circling Hound's] power!

If only the four of them were infected, it could be explained by something happening to them outside.

But now!

Zhao Haidong clearly saw the two pools of blood that had not yet dried on the restaurant floor and on the coffee table in front of him!

This proves that the people in this house, just like them, have become prey!

All of them...

We've really been targeted by a hunting hound!

When was it?

Just then, Jiang Hongming and Zhang Hui came out of the kitchen.

"Thank you all for your hard work, making this trip so late..."

Jiang Hongming still wore a perfectly gentle smile as he spoke.

But Zhao Haidong ignored him completely. He turned around and roared at the three team members next to him, "Xiao Zhou, Xiao Dong, Lao Liu, you guys immediately..."

However, his order has not yet been issued.

A strong feeling of dizziness suddenly struck!

"Damn it..."

The moment Zhao Haidong felt this dizziness, he understood completely.

His guess was right!

There really was a Ringhound nearby, using its power to cordon off the area and turn them all into its prey!

However, he had no time to react and was once again dragged into the endless vortex...

……

When Jiang Luo's vision returned, he remained seated in Lu Yao's lap.

This time, however, there was no system notification sound, and no one coughed up blood.

Does each attack have a cooldown period?

Jiang Luo didn't know.

He just wanted to escape this time loop!

Ding Dong!

The familiar doorbell rang again.

"I'll drive!"

Before Zhang Hui could react, Jiang Luo immediately broke free from Lu Yao's embrace and rushed towards the door barefoot.

Zhang Hui and Lu Yao were both quite surprised and couldn't understand why this little thing had become so diligent.

But Jiang Luo had no time to pay attention to their surprise.

Based on Zhao Haidong's reaction in the last loop, he was basically certain that this time loop was caused by the ferocious beast called the "Circling Hound"!

He didn't know when the next bout of dizziness would come, so he had to race against time to extract all the information about the [Circling Hound] from Zhao Haidong and find a way to fight it!

He scrambled up the shoe-changing stool by the door, using both his hands and feet, before he could reach the handle and open the door.

Outside the door, Zhao Haidong and three team members were about to raise their hands to ring the doorbell again.

When they saw that the person who opened the door was a tiny little thing that wasn't even as tall as the doorknob, all four of them were stunned.

Zhao Haidong was the first to react, and a kind smile immediately appeared on his face.

However, before he could speak...

Jiang Luo preemptively asked the question in a serious tone that was completely out of character for his age.

"Uncle Zhao, I need all the information about the [Circling Hound]!"