Why does the ICMP Echo Request packet not loop forever in the network?

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traceroute command sets TTL maximum value for ICMP Request. Each router decrements the TTL field in the IP header by one. A router will not deliver this packet if Time to Live has exceeded the limit. Therefore, it will be dropped whenever TTL values become 0. Our loop involved 3 routers (Router2, Router3, Router4), so the TTL field of the packet is reduced by 3 for each circulation around the loop, as a result the TTL field was reduced to 0 after >21 circulations, and the packet was then discarded.

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