The time goes back to when Bai Yanliang and the two others just entered the forest.
One person losing their sense of direction might be an accident, but all three getting it wrong at the same time surely means something went wrong.
After realizing they were lost, Yu Hanzhou immediately took out a small knife to carve a mark on a tree.
But... the moment he touched the tree trunk, Yu Hanzhou felt a pair of entirely dark eyes staring at him from somewhere.
Yu Hanzhou remained alert but dared not seek the source of that gaze.
Later... Huang Yourong appeared. He initially thought Huang Yourong was targeting Su Qian... unaware that he had already touched a taboo.
...
Back to Li Mu.
Upon discovering Yu Hanzhou's corpse, Li Mu was chilled to the bone. Yu Hanzhou was already dead... then the Yu Hanzhou before him, as expected, was...
Taking a quick step forward, Li Mu didn't dare look back, only sprinting desperately forward!