Level 9.1: Crimson Forest - Don’t Drink From It (Living Hunger)

### Level 9.1 is a dense crimson forest where the ground stays soft and unstable, constantly shifting underfoot. ### The trees appear to reposition over time, quietly altering paths and disorienting movement. ### Clear-looking water is unsafe to consume, and lingering too long in one place increases the risk of becoming trapped by the terrain. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILyHI9dQ8Gs It’s too quiet here… (too warm…) The ground feels soft beneath my feet (not right…) The soil pulls, it doesn’t let go (stuck…) Leaves cling like they know my skin (don’t like this…) Every path folds back again (turn around…) I swear that tree was further away (it moved…) Water drips from twisted bark (clear… almost…) It looks clean but something’s wrong (don’t drink…) Don’t look back… (don’t… don’t…) Don’t slow down… (keep moving…) Something’s keeping pace with me (right behind…) Run… run… run… run (run… run…) The trees follow… follow (follow… follow…) Don’t… don’t… don’t… don’t (don’t… don’t…) The red swallows… swallows (swallow… swallow…) You stop, you’re gone (it’s over…) You drink, it grows inside you (don’t drink…) The shapes inside the bark are watching (I see them…) Not reflections, something else (not me…) Branches bend without the wind (no wind…) Steps behind me match my own (same steps…) There’s a clearing up ahead (a way out…) But the water there is breathing slow (don’t drink…) Don’t slow down… (too close…) Don’t look in… (keep moving…) It knows where I am now (found me…) The trees are closer now (too close…) The ground feels soft again (sinking…) The trees are closer now (too close…) It’s too quiet here… (too warm…) The ground feels soft beneath my feet (not right…)