The group traveled through the Webway for a long time, exploring as they went and trying to find a route out of this enormous section of the Webway.
Qin Mo intended to head straight for Dragon Forest Star. He kept watch himself while having Bik and Sal sense for any possible paths, such as Webway branches.
After advancing for a while, the group came to a halt, unable to take another step forward.
It was not because they had encountered enemies lurking somewhere in the Webway, nor had they run into another madman. They had encountered the Wanderers.
The Wanderers mentioned by the Mad Inquisitor strolled along the group's path. Just as they had seen on the map, they followed some specific rule as they endlessly wandered about. From above, one would find that they seemed to be tracing some strange symbol.
The Mad Inquisitor had said there was more than one group of Wanderers in the Webway, so encountering one was not surprising. The problem was that this group of Wanderers numbered eighty-one.
"Are these the Wanderers we saw on the map?" Guilliman instinctively drew the Emperor's Sword. "We deliberately went around them..."
Qin Mo was equally puzzled—deeply puzzled, with layers upon layers of confusion.
Who exactly had helped Vashtorr obtain the Three Divine Artifacts?
Why were there no garrisons within this section of the Webway?
Had everything that happened so far been deliberately arranged by Vashtorr, and what was its purpose?
Before entering the Webway carved out by the Discordant Engine, Qin Mo had anticipated what might happen next. But he had expected a fierce battle, carving a bloody path through Vashtorr's lackeys to destroy the Discordant Engine—not strolling through this vast Webway that seemed to have been forgotten by Vashtorr, only to encounter one baffling oddity after