In a corner of the vast Spirit Realm, inside a Ruins Space that had only recently been discovered.
"Roar..."
Miserable beastly roars rose and fell one after another. When the last beast collapsed, the battle finally came to an end.
The investigators, their bodies splattered with blood, looked at the beasts lying dead or wounded all around them. The solemn expressions on their faces gradually relaxed.
While they had been sleeping, such a large group of beasts had launched an attack—not to fight, but merely to harass them. It had severely disrupted the investigators, who had been exhausted after a full day's work.
"We finally got it done. Now we can get some proper rest," Luo Xueyu said.
"This is the first time I've encountered beasts deliberately disturbing our rest," Wang Jing said.
"That's right! In the past, whenever I encountered a group of beasts, the moment we met, a fierce battle would erupt, and we'd fight until one side was dead.
"These beasts were completely different. They dragged things out with us for so long. If we hadn't taken the initiative to attack, they would have kept wearing us down for ages."
The two chatted idly before returning to camp with their colleagues.
Before long, all the investigators who had gone out to fight had returned to camp.
The battle had not been particularly arduous, but they had still worked up quite a sweat.
After returning to camp, the investigators took showers before going to bed.
Wang Jing lay on her bed, staring at the ceiling as she recalled what had happened earlier. "That group of beasts had a clear purpose: to disturb our rest. There must be someone behind them pulling the strings."
A few minutes later, Wang Jing closed her eyes and fell asleep again.
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