It turned out that Xu Yanyan had still been thinking too optimistically.
Even with the assistance of the Alchemy Tool that had wandered in from the neighboring Pirate King set, finding Gao Xu was still far from easy.
After all, the Life Paper could only indicate a direction. It had no other function.
And if knowing the direction were enough to find someone, there would be no need for vehicles or anything like that.
Even if you knew the direction, how would you know how far away the other person was?
Even if you knew the location, how would you get through all the obstacles in between?
In this dim, lightless underground area, piles of rocks and rubble were everywhere, along with gray walls and earthen barriers. Even if they brought in an excavator, getting through these obstacles and charging straight to the heart of the enemy's territory would still be extremely difficult.
Su Ming did possess pushing power more terrifying than an excavator, but this was underground. They had fallen in together with the collapsed terrain. If Su Ming caused a commotion here and triggered a secondary collapse, the chances of them being buried alive would be one hundred percent.
Unless—
"You can become a Groundhog that can only burrow underground, like that kindhearted man surnamed Li who doesn't want to reveal his name."
Su Ming tossed out that line, instantly silencing Xu Yanyan.
She certainly didn't want to become a Groundhog like that kindhearted man surnamed Li who didn't want to reveal his name.
She would rather die.
Thus, Su Ming and Xu Yanyan could only follow the direction indicated by the Life Paper as best they could. Whenever they encountered an obstacle along the way, they cleared it if possible and took a detour if not, proceeding