Chapter 36: There's actually this here

On the bridge hole, Li Sheng stands alone, the sky covered in dark clouds, without a trace of a gap, the surrounding cold wind chilling, completely devoid of the earlier scorching heat, eerie and terrifying.
"What's going on? Where am I? Did the source material pick on the soft persimmons? I didn't even go on that train, how did they catch me here."
Li Sheng looked at the surrounding environment and realized that he was just like the person from last night, being targeted by the source material."
Therefore, the appearance of the source material is not related to time, but rather to whether the person on the train waves or not. As for why that person was targeted instead of Han Feng, Li Sheng is not sure. Could it be that they didn't dare to capture him because he was a source material?
李笙摇了摇头，现在不是想这些的时候，想通了对自己现在的处境，也没有太大的帮助。
当务之急，应该是想着怎么从这里出去，他看着脚下的桥洞，虽然还是那个桥洞，铁轨还是那个铁轨。
The place is still the same place, but the time node is no longer just the recent time node, and it may even be more than just the evening. On the steps next to the bridge, there is a dense covering of ivy, looking fierce as if it wants to climb up and pull down the people above.
The sky has also turned dark as night, with a round moon hanging alone, without any stars to accompany it, giving a somewhat eerie feeling reminiscent of a horror movie.
The vegetation nearby is also different from what was seen just now. On the right side of the bridge tunnel, there is a densely planted cornfield whose interior cannot be clearly seen.
Well, even if I stand on the bridge and try to lift my head, I can't see what's inside. It's like a paradise...
"Pa!"
Li Sheng slapped himself hard.
'Damn it, it's already this late and my mind is still filled with this kind of trash. I need to figure out how to get out, that's the priority.'
But there are no hints at all, how can one solve the problem, it's a dead end. Oh, right, I was captured by the elemental creature, it wanted to kill me in the first place, why would it give me hints, it's not crazy.
At that moment, a bizarre red light suddenly appeared in the cornfield, resembling flames, and attached itself to the surrounding cornstalks, spreading continuously.
However, although the light resembled flames, it was not in the form of flames. Even when it spread to another area, it transformed into a spherical red light without any aggressiveness.
'Has it really come to the point of giving me a hint? Can this hint make it even clearer that it's a trap?'
'There's a mess in Li Sheng's mouth, not sure how to spit it out.'
'But... why doesn't it just kill me? Is it the evil interest of a cat playing with a mouse? Or is it limited and unable to kill me?'
Regardless of which one it is, not going into that corn kernel to find that red light is the right thing to do.
Li Sheng feels that the source material is insulting his intelligence. With this level of provocation, there is no way he would have the motivation to go there, even if he were to play a song like "Thank you, because of you..." he would still kick it without caring for his own safety.
No matter to brain, airing out frustrations.
But there was nothing, just a red light. Besides the protagonists who act recklessly in horror movies, who would go inside?
All of a sudden, in Li Sheng's eyes, those red lights in the cornfield became very tempting, as if... as if it were the shimmering red light on top of the red light district.
It's like it will evoke a primal wildness in you, a fervent impulse to make you abandon your mind and think in a different way in this moment.
'Let go of the past...'
In Li Sheng's mind, there were only this voice, uncontrollably, wanting to drill into the cornfield.
"Boom rumble rumble..."
At this moment, the sound of a train roaring came from far away, deafening. Li Sheng immediately woke up, feeling a chill on his back. He had almost become the sacrificial protagonist in a horror movie. But he knew that this was just temporary. If he continued to stay here, he would still fall under the influence of that thing's spell.
'It's so embarrassing. What in the world is this thing? If it weren't for the train coming, I would have crawled inside.'
For a moment, Li Sheng wondered if the protagonists in horror movies were also drawn in by some magical force, just like him.
Boom boom boom...
The sound of the train rolling on the tracks grew closer and louder, and Li Sheng could feel the ground shaking even from the bridge tunnel.
'Could this train be the key to getting out? But this is the realm of the source material, why would it give me hope? It doesn't make sense...'
Li Sheng saw the outline of the train becoming clearer and closer. Thick smoke rose and a strong airflow swept over, leaving him little time. He needed to make a decision quickly.
'Forget it, let's just jump on the train. Staying here and being tempted by that red light is definitely a dead end, but if I jump on the train, there is still a glimmer of hope.'
As the train brushed past Li Sheng, he felt an inexplicable sense of loss and fear of leaving. For some reason, the closer he got to the train, the more he felt that this train was the embodiment of hope.
Because the train is old-fashioned, coupled with the fact that it slows down at the corner, Li Sheng is looking for an opportunity to jump off when the last carriage passes through the bridge tunnel and he jumps down fiercely from the small platform at the back of the carriage.
A heavy sense of peace comes uninvited.
'Did I bet right?'
Li Sheng sat on the platform and looked at the red glow in the cornfield. Indeed, it no longer had the immense temptation it had before. He let out a long sigh.
LI Sheng turned around and tried to open the door at the back of the carriage, only to find that it was locked and couldn't be opened.
The only other way to get into the train was through the skylight, but as an ordinary person with only three auxiliary skills, it was unrealistic for him to climb up to the top of the train and come down from the skylight. It was too dangerous, and there was no point in doing so because even if he did manage to climb up, he wouldn't be able to open it with just his limited strength.
'Could it be that looking for a way out is what it's all about? Perhaps, before too long, that train station up ahead will be the true key to getting out.'
Li Sheng looked around, keeping a close eye out to see if they had arrived. But it had been at least five or six minutes, and there was nothing but endless cornfields, no sight of a train station or any other scenery.
'It shouldn't be like this... Even if it's an old-fashioned train, after driving for five or six minutes, there should be a long distance, why is it still surrounded by cornfields? Are these cornfields really this big? Huh? Why is there red light in the cornfields here.'
李笙注意到，现在四周的玉米地里，又有了先前的红光。没等他细想，突然间，李笙觉得头顶一黑，什么都看不到了，很快再又恢复正常，他看到刚刚遮挡住他光线的，正是一座桥洞。
Moreover, there is a scary thought that comes to his mind, just like the one with Li Sheng standing on the bridge, he might have entered a loop.
'No, take another look, don't draw conclusions so early, it's only passed by once, maybe the bridge tunnel just looks similar, not necessarily the same.'
However, after another five or six minutes, he once again passed through that tunnel, with only a slight difference in time, and the train station, not far from here, was still nowhere to be seen.
Li Sheng had to admit that he was indeed caught in a cycle. To break free, perhaps he needed to disrupt a certain balance.
Activating "sky vision," Li Sheng cautiously pushed his field of view deeper into the cornfield, but apart from those eerie red orbs, there were no other discoveries.
'If it's not someone going there in person, there won't be any anomalies. It seems like it's necessary to go there.'
'Of course, it definitely won't be him going in person.'
'Li Sheng is not an ordinary person. He divides himself into ten bodies using "one into ten" technique and transfers his consciousness to one of them, probing deep into the cornfield.'
Indeed, the effect of physically entering the body is different. Li Sheng felt that those red light spheres had turned into eyes monitoring his every move, which was very uncomfortable.
"Hehehe..."
At this moment, from the depths of the cornfield, came a very pleasant laughter, as melodious as silver bells. Moving forward, Li Sheng pushed aside the leaves and saw a beautiful young woman, dressed in a white gown, running out.