If that was the case, any danger they encountered later might have to be faced with reason alone.
As for Frey's claim that there seemed to be no trace of anyone else here, Lu Yuan would never believe it. The reason was simple: from what he had worked out earlier, the Pathway Mutation Potion was essentially an upgraded Aura Concealment Potion. All those Heretics had been using Aura Concealment Potions. Who knew whether using so many might drag them into this world? What if there was some side effect?
So there had to be Heretics in this world. Other people might have been dragged in as well.
That made their situation dire. It was also hard to tell friend from foe. Anyone they met could be an enemy, so they needed to prepare for every possibility over the next few days.
Lu Yuan raised his guard as high as it would go. He sighed, looked down at Frey, and said, "We're waiting for someone outside to wake us up, but who knows how long that'll take? Instead of sitting here waiting for trouble, we should go farther away—or deeper in. We absolutely can't stay here."
"I have a feeling," Lu Yuan continued, "that if we stay here, something terrible will happen."
The thick fog still swirled around them, hiding everything nearby. Going deeper might bring them face-to-face with something worse, but staying put meant waiting for disaster. Those were their choices, and there was hardly a choice at all.
Frey agreed with Lu Yuan. No one knew what would happen if they stayed, so they might as well get moving. She nodded firmly.
But with fog everywhere, they could barely make out the terrain in the distance. After a moment's hesitation, Frey and Lu Yuan decided to head toward the