Chen Ming nodded, deeply agreeing. Then he swept out a hand and said briskly, "Let's go. We'll leave now and stop wasting time here. Head to that temporary camp from before to treat our injuries and recover our strength as soon as possible."
Afterward, the members of the Adventurer Group supported one another as they hurried away from the wreckage-strewn battlefield.
The sounds of footsteps and coughing gradually faded into the distance.
Before long, they vanished without a trace, leaving behind only the carcasses of exotic beasts scattered across the ground and charred craters.
As time passed, Lin Li strolled alone through an area overgrown with weeds.
The weeds here grew taller than his knees and packed together densely. Every step required him to push aside the weeds blocking his way, and every so often, he stepped on a dry branch beneath his feet, producing a sharp crack.
He walked for over an hour, seeing quite a few dilapidated buildings along the way, hidden beneath dense vegetation.
Some of their walls had already collapsed, broken bricks and rubble strewn everywhere. Some had long since lost their roofs, leaving only incomplete foundations behind. Others had crooked doors and windows hanging from the walls; whenever the wind blew, they creaked and groaned, sounding especially desolate.
Judging from the size and layout of these buildings, Lin Li roughly guessed that this area had once been a residential district.
The houses had been arranged in neat rows. There must have been many people living here back then, and the place had likely been full of life.
He just did not know what had happened for it to become like this.
Now, this residential district had long been abandoned, entirely swallowed by dense vegetation and rampant weeds.
Vines wound around the broken walls and crumbling