No!
To be precise, it wasn't that there was no one there, but rather that all the people who had come down the mountain with me were now standing a few meters away, looking at me with terrified expressions.
Including the people I saw attacking me during the "battle" just now.
Ah Kai, Da Pao, and others who had been circling in place were also among the crowd.
Instead of circling around, they stared at me with terrified eyes, just like everyone else, as if I were a monster.
Wait, how did they get behind me?
I quickly turned my head to look behind me.
There was nothing behind me.
The person who was behind me before has now run in front of me.
The people who were in front of me disappeared, as if they had all been teleported away.
But where would they get the capability?
If that were true, would they still be trapped here?
There's only one possibility!
I was stunned for a moment, then it dawned on me.
Damn it, I was fucking fooled by a hallucination.
Nobody forced me to turn my head to look behind me.
No one tried to take my knife, and no one fought me to the death.
From beginning to end, it was all my illusion.
My head, eyes, and ears are all deceiving me.
Perhaps I was already under a spell from the moment I passed that eerie tree.
I was completely unaware of this, and secretly rejoiced that so many people had turned back, but I was the only one who hadn't.
And what was the result?
In the past, when watching movies or reading novels, I would see wise people repeatedly telling the protagonists not to look back, but the protagonists would always act like fools and insist on looking back.
Whenever I see these kinds of scenes, I can't help but want to curse.
But then I thought, if they hadn't turned back, would there have been any follow-up story?
But now that it's my turn, I've realized that's not the case at all.
The reason we used to see the male protagonists turn around was because we had a God's-eye view, and we knew what had happened and what was about to happen.
But when I was actually in it, I couldn't tell the difference between reality and illusion at all.
How do we divide this?
I've taken every precaution I can. Even if I hear a flash flood behind me, or a loved one calling out to me from behind, saying they're going to die and begging me to turn around and save them, I won't turn my head even once.
But what did I just see?
Someone fought with me and forcibly turned my head around.
Then, in a fit of desperation, I fought them for half the battle when I felt someone attacking me from behind, so I turned around and swung my knife.
As a result, this turn led her into a trap of illusion.
How am I supposed to defend against that?
I've never experienced a script like this before, nor have I ever seen a scene like this!
In movies and novels, there are usually people calling out behind your back, with ghosts or monsters impersonating relatives or friends. But in my case, it's completely different.
I sighed helplessly and slowly put the kitchen knife away.
Kai, who had spoken to me in the "illusion" before, cautiously took two steps forward and mustered his courage to ask.
"Big brother, are you... are you alright?"
Am I okay?
I'm very busy.
But who can I blame now?
I can only blame myself for being deceived.
I took a deep breath, calmed myself down, and asked him, "What just happened?"
A strange look appeared in Ah Kai's eyes. He hesitated for a moment before speaking.
"We were halfway there when you suddenly went crazy, yelling and slashing around with a knife. It scared us all!"
Others echoed his sentiments.
"Yes, yes, you looked terrifying. We had no idea what happened to you."
"Luckily you didn't hurt anyone, otherwise it would have been troublesome."
"Hey bro, what did you just see?"
Hearing these words, I blushed, coughed awkwardly twice, and said, "Let's hurry down the mountain."
"good!"
Akai gave me a wary look, then turned and called to the young men, "Let's go, down the mountain!"
When I saw Ah Kai turn around and walk behind me, I froze for a moment and blurted out, "Didn't you say we couldn't turn around? Why did you turn around?"
Dapao walked over, his eyes filled with reproach: "None of us turned around, but you went crazy, suddenly turning around and yelling, chasing us with a kitchen knife. How could we not turn around and run?"
ah?
I'm completely numb.
I thought they forced me to turn around, but actually I scared them by holding a knife and made them turn around.
If there were a mirror right now, I'd probably see that my face is red all the way to my ears.
But why am I the only one experiencing hallucinations?
Is it because my soul is unstable?
Seeing me lost in thought, the man called Xiao Sanzi walked back to my side and said softly, "Big brother, don't overthink it. It wasn't you who made us turn back. Actually, I turned back too. I saw my mother calling me from behind, and when I turned around, I remembered that my mother had died a few years ago."
As he spoke, he pointed to a few other people and continued, "Qiang saw his deceased grandfather sitting by the roadside waving, so he turned around."
“Awei heard someone call his name. The voice sounded like his childhood playmate. He turned around and realized something was wrong.”
After hearing all this, I felt a little better.
It seems everyone is experiencing hallucinations, but each person's hallucinations are different.
Some saw deceased relatives, some heard familiar voices, and others saw scenes that seemed familiar yet eerie.
However, when I saw that there wasn't a single soybean left in my pocket, my heart sank.
Even a fool could tell that I must have scattered all the soybeans just now.
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