[Possessed Face]

The sky was a murky yellow, like a shattered mirror.

Although things were like this, it at least provided this world with light. It was just that the dull yellow hue made people feel slightly uncomfortable.

After emerging from that basin, what greeted everyone's eyes was a wilderness.

Perhaps because the sky itself was so broken, the ground was also split by crisscrossing ravines, with fissures resembling gruesome scars stretching across the earth.

It was only then that the Players realized that the place they had been in was not a basin at all, but a footprint left behind by some colossal creature.

The proof lay in the deep pits surrounding that basin, each arranged in a regular pattern and spaced evenly apart.

—That base had originally been a secret research institute buried underground, but it had been uncovered for some inexplicable reason.

Although the terrain was difficult to traverse, that was not a problem for the Players. Everyone had their own methods, and since they needed to reunite with their respective teams, they chose different directions.

Calamity Reimu, Fufang, Shan Hu, August Desolation, and Suhui Weaves Scenery planned to head due east. According to the information they had shared, there was an intact, undamaged base twenty kilometers to the east.

Suhui Weaves Scenery had chosen to travel with them because they were heading in the same direction. August Desolation herself was a member of the Relevant Department. In this Final Instance, all Relevant Department Players who entered the Core Area were to follow Calamity Reimu's command... except for Dead Zero.

As for Shan Hu and Fufang... Fufang, with only half a head left, had no say in the matter. For safety reasons, Shan Hu naturally chose to follow the larger group, which felt more secure.

Meanwhile, Seven-Colored Black Bird,