Yuan Wuwei's firsthand experience was this: giving up conversation and simply traveling through the Wilderness really did not feel good.
By the time they left the camp, it was nearly evening. Before long, darkness fell over the Wilderness. After decades of abandonment, the once well-connected transportation network had mostly been destroyed, though traces still remained. The two men and their off-road vehicle jolted across fields, swamps, jungles, and reinforced-concrete ruins. Racing across open plains was nothing but a fantasy.
Not to mention the beasts and Aberrant Species in the Wilderness. Tormented back and forth by the vicious sun during the day, they had finally welcomed the cool of night and became especially active, roaming everywhere in search of food or even hunting for sport.
This direction led straight toward the Great Golden Triangle Core Area. If Tu Ge had not volunteered to accompany him, then no matter how badly Yuan Wuwei wanted to go conduct research at the cargo ship, he would have had to swallow his pride and call in Lieutenant General Joseph's connections to get an escort team—or simply be air-dropped by an aerospace vessel.
Now, Yuan Wuwei had only one Extraordinary Species beside him.
Eh?
The truth was, no matter how birds flew and beasts prowled around them, their swaying, jolting off-road vehicle basically encountered no direct threats. The closest anything came was when a strange bird flew across the front of the vehicle, plunged headfirst into the jungle to the side, and never took flight again.
Yet from beginning to end, Yuan Wuwei had not noticed any sign of Tu Ge making a move.
Wasn't this guy a Body Cultivator? Yet he could ward off all evils without even bothering to lift a finger?
Using the faint light inside the vehicle, Yuan Wuwei glanced toward the