After several days of travel, the Lighthouse convoy had entered the ruins of the city.
Although they had yet to see Devourers prowling like ghosts through this ecological core zone, they had seen the devastated ruins, towering steel buildings, and countless corpses and piles of flesh.
The stench of rotting flesh and the terrifying atmosphere were everywhere. The Mana Ecology's plants were also all over the place, their flowers and weeds glittering with strange light in the dim surroundings, as if hiding countless peering eyes!
This was supposedly the energy source of the Mana Ecology, dominated by the Flower of Mana and densely populated by Devourers. It was the most dangerous death zone in the region.
However, in order to carry out City Lord Charles's orders and find Mark, the new commander of the Hunters, Suiying, still led the convoy into this extremely dangerous area. He stopped the convoy in a defensible location that was difficult to attack, then sent a search party into the complicated terrain ahead to investigate.
"..."
Inside the commander's armored vehicle, 8925, a young Dustfolk laborer boy, had stared at the silent city ruins outside the window for a while before finally losing patience.
With a trace of nervousness and unease on his face, he moved closer to Suiying and spoke anxiously:
"Big Brother Suiying..."
"Something seems wrong!"
Hearing that, Suiying, who was sitting nearby, glanced sideways at him.
After a while, with a trace of impatience in his eyes, he coldly mocked:
"Tch!"
"I know something's wrong even without you telling me!"
Then, after pausing, he continued:
"In fact..."
"There could be danger everywhere here!"
"If I had a choice, do you think I'd want to come to a damned place like this?"
After saying that, he shook his head and quickly swept his