Nighttime Park

Moon Lake Park

The public area, funded by the Taisha Group, allows each person to enjoy the park's attractions twice a week for free.

Opening hours: 06:00-22:00

Luo Di's rented apartment was quite far from the park, so instead of going for a night run, he took a late-night taxi, leaving him three hours to complete the requirements in the post.

They went around to the outer wall where there were no surveillance cameras and climbed over it.

Luo Di wrapped his body in a trench coat, covered most of his face with a hood, and moved in accordance with the standards of an ordinary person.

[camouflage]

He didn't do it intentionally; it just happened naturally.

It was during the park's closing time.

90% of the streetlights in the park were off, but the park was not dark.

The moonlight cast a weak white glow over the park, far from meeting the safety standards for a corner, but enough to allow the naked eye to roughly see the situation inside the park.

This environment reminded Luo Di of the island vacation and the dark forest illuminated by starlight.

But when he looked up at the night sky,

There are no stars in the sky, nor are there dazzling colors, but a bright Full Moon.

Luo Di adjusted the "button camera" at his collar and turned on the night recording mode.

He walked along the pebble path in the wooded area on the outskirts of the park, where a road sign was posted not far away, pointing in the direction of Moon Lake.

A sign is normal.

As you venture deeper into the park, more and more signs appear, some even haphazardly stuck in the woods, leaning precariously, or simply broken and thrown on the ground.

All the signs were the same, all pointing to [Moon Lake].

It was as if the park itself was actively guiding Luo Di, leading him, the visitor who had intruded at night.

Or perhaps it is some unseen and intangible being that has been waiting here for the person who replied.

When Luo Di saw so many signs, a hint of fear flashed across his face, and he slowed his pace slightly. He would look around from time to time, and sometimes he would take deep breaths to relax his tense nerves.

Following the signs out of the forest, a huge lake shimmering in the moonlight came into view.

Numerous sightseeing boats are moored along the lake's edge, and a ticket office is also set up. One can easily imagine that when the lake is open during the day, many tourists will come here to go boating.

Just as Luo Di was about to randomly choose a suitable sightseeing boat.

Click!

The lights in the Ticket Booth suddenly came on.

This strange occurrence forced Luo Di to turn his head sharply, where he vaguely glimpsed what appeared to be a dark figure standing inside the Ticket Booth.

When this anomaly was detected, the spine even began to heat up subconsciously, but it was quickly suppressed by Luo Di.

He approached cautiously.

There was no one in the pavilion; the so-called shadowy figure was nothing more than a long robe hanging on a chair.

Strangely, a boat ticket and a key to start the sightseeing boat were placed at the ticket window.

When Luo Di reached for it, he picked up the key easily, but the ticket was surprisingly heavy, as if it were weighed down by something.

Upon closer inspection.

One hand was gripping the other end of the ticket.

Just as Luo Di saw the pale, bloodless hand, a cool breeze blew past his ear, carrying with it the faint sounds of people.

"Two-person boat... number 3..."

The sound ended, and the hand disappeared.

The ticket in Luo Di's hand still retained a slight chill.

Huff~ Breathing becomes heavier.

Luo Di seemed to become extremely nervous, fear spreading through his body. But since replying to the post meant completing this offline event, he could only force his trembling legs to walk towards the shore.

Find the two-person boat with the number three on it.

Stepping onto the slightly damp deck, the weight of my foot caused the boat to rock, creating ripples that broke the silence of the night lake.

It is not electric.

Instead, it requires using foot pedals, similar to those on a bicycle, to move.

The so-called key is just used to unlock.

Crunch, crunch~

The friction sound from the rotating axle was unusually jarring on the still lake surface, as if it might awaken something lurking underwater.

Unbeknownst to him, Luo Di had already moved more than a hundred meters away from the shore, and he could no longer see the shore clearly. He felt as if he were in the middle of the sea.

This feeling made Luo Di very uncomfortable, especially in his back.

Fortunately, with the encouragement of the class monitor, I had adapted to the discomfort of the sea to some extent; otherwise, my current situation would be much worse.

Unable to see the shoreline clearly, Luo Di couldn't determine if he had reached the center of the lake, so he had to rely on the "map" on his bracelet to find his location.

However, when the bracelet is turned on, it displays the message "No signal in the current area".

Luo Di had to stop pedaling the boat temporarily and take his hands off the steering wheel, trying to find a reference point.

Strangely,

Even though Luo Di stopped stamping, the boat showed no sign of stopping.

The steering wheel, which wasn't controlled by hands, started turning on its own, as if someone else were steering the boat.

Realizing he was on a two-person boat, Luo Di suddenly looked at the seat next to him.

The cold plastic seats were empty.

Only the pedal was turning on its own, making a creaking sound.

soon.

The boat began to slow down and eventually came to a stop, presumably because we had reached the center of the lake.

Luo Di also started the Countdown on his watch, waiting for the ten minutes to end.

The temperature on the lake surface dropped sharply, reaching below zero in just three minutes, causing Luo Di to shiver and clutch his arms.

The cold brought fog, reducing visibility across the lake to less than five meters.

I had a feeling that something was approaching through the mist, that there would be an extra person on the boat, and that something was rising from beneath the lake.

Loneliness, coldness, and suspicion in one's mind intertwine to create an emotion called fear.

Until... beep beep beep!

The Countdown has ended.

Luo Di hurriedly boarded the sightseeing boat and tried to leave.

However, the fog on the lake did not dissipate, and Luo Di was somewhat confused about the exact direction. He could only stomp the pedals in a fixed direction, hoping to reach the shore.

A long time passed, and there was still no sign of them reaching the shore; it had already taken longer than it had taken to get to the center of the lake.

Luo Di also realized that the real danger was not the ten minutes in the middle of the lake, but [how to get back].

There was no need to continue wasting energy pointlessly.

The extreme cold of the lake was rapidly stripping away the heat from his body.

If you just curl up and stay still until the park opens in the morning, you might barely survive, but you'll most likely freeze to death.

Having no other choice, Luo Di stepped onto the bow of the boat, trying to gain a higher vantage point to survey the surrounding lake and see even the slightest bit of the buildings on the shore.

As far as the eye can see.

It seems I really did see something through the Thick Fog.

To make sure it was a landmark on the shore, Luo Di moved his body forward as far as he could, just one step away from falling off the bow of the boat.

However,

There were no real landmarks; it was just an illusion caused by the extreme cold.

Just as he was about to turn around and go back inside the boat, intending to curl up and spend the night there.

I only felt a pair of icy hands fall on my back.

A gentle push!

Luo Di, who was already standing on the edge, had no time to react and fell forward.

Splash! A wave splashed up.

The frigid Lake Water submerged Luo Di. The unexpected fall caused him to be completely submerged in the Lake Water, his vision dropping below the surface and his hearing being drowned Lake Water.

He was just about to surface when

But a sound came from the depths of the Lake Water.

It was a song, a woman's song, that drew Luo Di's thoughts, making him want to keep his body submerged.

At the same time.

Using the faint light of the moon,

Luo Di saw a long-haired woman slowly swimming towards him from the depths of the dark Lake Water, and the singing voice was coming from her mouth.

The other party seemed to have been dead for a long time, as if they had been waiting at the bottom of the lake for the arrival of the living.

Despair, suffocation, darkness, helplessness.

Any other person who replied would either start frantically splashing the water or try to get back to the boat.

but.

Luo Di's terrified expression suddenly froze, slowly turning into a blank look.

He touched the button camera on his collar with his right hand and turned it off, so that no further footage would be recorded.

Looking at the woman swimming towards him,

Luo Di's lips curled up slightly. He never expected that the Pseudo-Human, whom he thought he would have to track down through various clues and intelligence, could actually be contacted through the 4hs website.

Moreover, the other party is a Pseudo-Human who can express a complete and concrete image.

Glug glug~

The Lake Water on the spine was bubbling from the heat, and the so-called extreme cold was dispelled by the heat of a higher dimension.

As darkness covered his pupils

Luo Di, incarnated Hell Demon, used his immense strength to pull the Lake Water, carrying his body straight towards the astonished black-haired woman.

The other party seemed completely unaware of what was happening, still deceived by the disguise and believing that the target was just an ordinary person.

When she looked at the 'replier' in front of her again, she found that some kind of tentacles seemed to be surging in the other person's dark pupils, radiating a color-based fear that could be implanted into her brain.