Lin Li shook his head and said, "We observed the surroundings around the swamp earlier. Actually, they're all more or less the same.
Even if we changed locations, once a powerful beast came out of the swamp, it would still be easy for it to discover us. There's no need to change where we spend the night."
The two chatted for a while, but in the end, they decided not to change their overnight location.
The advantage of having someone traveling with you was that you could take turns keeping watch. Lin Li rested first, pulling the blanket over himself and closing his eyes. Before long, he began breathing evenly.
Beside him, Li Kaiming rested his head on his arm and gazed at the beautiful night sky. His ears stood straight up as he carefully listened to the sounds around him.
The moment anything unusual happened, he would notice it immediately and then wake Lin Li.
A little after midnight, a cloud carried by the wind covered the moon in the sky. The area around the swamp instantly became pitch-black, as though it had been shrouded by a massive black curtain.
Without moonlight, the distance visible to the eye was limited, and everything around them became hazy and indistinct.
The campfire flickered softly, stretching the shadows of the two resting in the recliners long across the ground.
The tranquil swamp in the distance rippled under the wind, making a rustling, splashing sound.
Suddenly, waves churned deep within the swamp, as though a colossal monster were stirring the water below.
A massive creature slowly surfaced. Its body was enormous, like a small mountain, and its surface was covered in hard scales that glinted with a cold light beneath the faint moonlight.
The wind stopped. The massive creature in the swamp looked