Everything changed. Leaving them feeling greatly shocked. The sight they were witnessing made no sense.
Where there had been cracked pavement the night before, now there was only endless forest. Trees where there should've been street signs. Roots punching through where tires had once left tracks.
"It's shifting," Doctor Bell whispered. "This place—it's not bound by normal laws."
"Then what are we standing in?" Wang Yuxin asked, slowly gripping his wrench again.
"An echo," Bell said. "Maybe even a trap. Designed for wanderers like us. Designed to keep people... *fed to it.*"
Suddenly, a scream tore through the air.
It came from a nearby house.
Lena was already moving before Kev could stop her. "That was a child," she shouted.
"It could be a mimic!" Kev warned.
But she didn't stop.
They reached the porch of the house, Lena kicking in the door.
Inside was a child.
Human.
Or... appeared to be.
