Inside the park.
Lu Bai watched the white-haired old man in front of him, keeping up his guard.
He could vaguely sense that something was strange about the man, but he still had no idea what tricks he had up his sleeve.
To be safe—and because he had Flash Time as a backup—he didn't rush to attack.
The white-haired old man standing before him didn't open a bloody maw or transform into anything monstrous, as Lu Bai had imagined.
He simply waved the little flag in his hand from side to side, unhurriedly.
As he waved it, he smiled and said, "Since you're already here, why resist? Come along, come along."
He turned around and started walking.
"Follow your tour guide, and you'll have all the food and drink you need. Ask anything, and I'll know the answer. You won't even get tired walking..."
Lu Bai watched the old man's retreating figure. For a moment, he was stunned to see the road before him change dramatically.
It had been an ordinary little park in the middle of the city, but as the tour guide started walking, the paths branching off on either side vanished out of thin air. In their place stood dense, pitch-black woods, so thick that it would be hard to squeeze inside.
Lu Bai instinctively looked back. Sure enough, the path he had taken had also disappeared, replaced by a deep forest that looked unsettling even from a distance.
In other words, if an ordinary person were in this situation, they would either stay where they were and wait to die, or follow the path the old man was taking.
Realizing this, Lu Bai fell silent for two seconds, then decisively chased after the white-haired old man.
"Sir, you look so hale and hearty! Though your hair