Su Shijie kept practicing empowering Psionic Metal, continuously delving deeper and carefully sensing the differences. His pace on the road was not fast.
Added to that, it was his first time traveling alone through the jungle over such a long distance. By nightfall, he still had not reached the wilderness camp where he had rested twice before.
"Did I miss it?"
Casually chopping down a wild wolf that had quietly pounced on him, Su Shijie looked at the compass on his Personal Terminal, a hint of embarrassment appearing on his face.
His father had clearly taught him all along the way, both through words and example, how to orient himself and how to find landmarks.
Yet now, as he looked around, every tree seemed familiar.
He even had a drone helping him search. This was really embarrassing.
"Forget it. It must be because it's dark, so everything looks different. I'll just find somewhere to rest first."
After sighing, Su Shijie climbed to the top of a tree.
Of course, he was not arrogant enough to sleep out in the open atop the leaves.
Who knew whether some bird of prey might attack him while he rested?
He simply chose a high spot beneath the uppermost leaves, found a suitable fork in the branches, set down the huge pack nearly as large as his own body, and lay directly on top of his treasures.
It poked him badly, but it gave him peace of mind.
Then, while continuing to comprehend the empowerment of the Psionic Metal in his hand, he entered a psionic guidance state.
He would strive to break through to the early stage of Level Five before reaching the city.
Ever since using the medicine, he had only been a little short. Although he had not had time for