Jiang Mian maintained her altitude and flew downstream along the river, discreetly observing the area below.
Though mist shrouded everything around her, the land was strangely barren. She couldn't spot even a single "wild" Calamity.
It was almost as if... aside from those strange humans, nothing else lived on this land.
Under normal circumstances, there should at least have been some Low Sequence Calamities roaming around.
Had they been wiped out?
If that was the state of the wilderness, then the locals who lived here long-term should have been quite safe.
Yet the village had reacted to her with unusual speed just now,
and the villagers had moved with considerable practice. They didn't seem like people who'd always lived in a peaceful environment.
That was a contradiction.
As Jiang Mian observed her surroundings, she continued onward, following the arrow's direction.
She only slowed when she sensed something amiss.
Not far ahead, besides the vast stretches of "farmland," it seemed they were raising "fish," too?
In the shallow water along the riverbank, nets partitioned the water into countless sections that resembled fish farms.
The water inside was visibly teeming with activity. The river churned constantly, and tentacles occasionally slapped the surface.
The water was heavily "polluted," so Jiang Mian didn't extend her senses into it directly.
Whatever they were, they didn't look like food for normal people.
The vegetables in the fields were probably meant to feed the high-tier Aberrants in the settlement.
Just like before, people would harvest them and deliver them straight into their mouths.
Perhaps, because the wilderness lacked Calamities and the humans were pitifully weak, they weren't filling enough, so the locals had to make do with Mist Plants.
Then what were these "fish" for?
Jiang Mian extended her range of perception.
Not far away, the outline