Time flew by. The rosy glow gradually climbed across the sky, until night finally blanketed the earth.
Just as Mu had initially explained to Ye Chen, as the light within the Sand-Grass Fragmented Realm grew ever dimmer, under the invisible pressure of the night, the grass carpeting the land gradually withered and bent low before burrowing underground in patch after patch.
The boundless prairie thus transformed into a barren, yellowed desert, while the once warm and gentle temperature abruptly turned bitterly cold.
The stark contrast between the scenery before and after left Ye Chen deeply astonished.
Once night fell, icy winds howled and sand filled the air. Thus, after guiding the great wave of vines for an entire day, Mu soon chose to stop beside the sheltered face of a sand dune.
The old man ordered the great wave of vines to curl up beside the cliff face like a pet awaiting orders. Then, he used dry firewood to build a warming campfire and fashioned two tents out of vines.
"Although the Sand-Grass Hidden Domain is itself a very safe world, with no aggressive creatures—and even if there are any, they pose no threat to us Nightmare Sensors—I'll still remain on guard at all times, in case other native Abyss creatures track us here through the space beyond the boundary."
Mu slowly explained to Ye Chen:
"So don't worry about anything tonight. Get a good night's sleep. Once dawn comes, we'll continue on our way. The next few days will probably be much the same."
After hearing this, Ye Chen nodded calmly. He then crawled into the vine tent, lay down on the woven vine bed, and slowly closed his eyes, allowing his mind to settle.
Everything Ye Chen had experienced today had left his mind piled high with stress