We immediately realized something was wrong.
Because getting back the way we came was just as difficult.
We had no idea how many steps we had climbed. At the very least, we could tell that we had spent far more time than it had taken us to come down, yet we still had not reached the top.
We simply stopped.
Jiang Xiaohui asked, "What the hell is going on?"
A Tai said, "A loop! We're trapped in an endless loop. That means that on this staircase, whether we go up or down, no matter how long we walk, we'll never reach either end. In other words, the stairs upward and downward are both infinite. Even if we walk ourselves to death, it'll still be the same."
Jiang Xiaohui grew anxious as soon as he heard that. "No, I want to know why this is happening!"
A Tai gave a bitter smile. "Who am I supposed to ask if you ask me? We must have fallen into someone's trap, and whoever set it is very powerful. This isn't some simple illusion. I don't know what method they used, but they've made the space above and below extend infinitely!"
Ye Jinghong asked me, "Does this feel familiar to you?"
I shook my head, not understanding why she would ask that.
She said, "You imposed the law of time on this space—the twelve-second restriction. It's also possible that this infinite extension has something to do with you!"
I understood what she meant. If I had really caused it, perhaps feeling something familiar would help me figure out how to break it.
But this was also the first time I had encountered such a thoroughgoing infinite spatial extension.
Jiang Xiaohui sounded somewhat dejected. "It's over. Are the four of us really going to be