Seven kilometers from Thunder Spear Safe Zone, a temporary cave had been dug.
The moon was bright and the stars sparse. Beneath the dim night sky, a slender black shadow cautiously crawled along the ground, slowly approaching the Illusion Realm entrance created by the Mechanical Compass.
The shadow moved like a lizard, gently alternating its hands and feet as it advanced. From time to time, it even stuck out its tongue, probing carefully as if sensing information.
Although its movements were slow, it was as if something inside the cave was attracting the shadow, causing "it" to advance toward the pit little by little, steadily and firmly.
Inside a cave dug halfway up the mountain with a sword, a girl slept soundly in a military tent.
Outside the tent, the cans Lin An had left behind were piled together. A campfire generated by a low-level item crackled as it burned with psychic flames, adding a touch of warmth to the chilly cave.
It was like a scene from a movie. The black shadow crawling halfway up the mountain was like a gecko, constantly drawing closer.
For some reason, the environment, which was enough to affect every living creature, seemed to have no effect on the shadow at all.
As time passed, as if it had caught the scent of something tempting, the shadow crawled faster and faster. Finally, after nimbly avoiding a rock, it slipped into the cave like a loach.
"Smells so good."
The voice was hoarse and faint.
After crawling inside, the shadow actually stood up like a human. It twitched its nose and inhaled the cave's scent in a daze of fascination.
After rustling around for a while, as if confirming that there was no danger, the short figure could no longer resist the temptation and slowly