Seven days later, deep in the Wilderness.
Beneath the gray, murky sky, spiritual energy particles drifted slowly through the air like billions of fireflies, shrouding the vast abandoned land in a dreamlike glow.
It was beautiful.
Beautiful enough to cost someone their life at any moment.
Song Chen stood atop a broken highway bridge pier, his gaze passing over the ruins stretching for several kilometers beneath his feet.
This had once been a medium-sized city called "Linchuan," home to a million people fifty years ago.
Now, only crumbling walls swallowed by vines and moss remained, with the occasional silhouette of a low-rank mutated beast flashing between the ruins.
He raised his hand and glanced at the tactical terminal on his wrist. It was equipment he had purchased before setting out, packed with functions and essential for venturing deep into the Wilderness.
The coordinates on the tactical terminal showed that he was now five hundred and thirty kilometers from Anning City.
There were no human Base Cities within three hundred kilometers.
A true no-man's land.
"Phew..."
Song Chen slowly exhaled a breath of stale air, which condensed into a white line in the cold air.
He opened the system panel.
[Host: Song Chen] [Rank: Second Rank] [Vitality Value: 35.2] [Mental Power: 32.7] [Combat Skills: Blood War Blade Technique (Grandmaster Level, cannot be upgraded), Wings of Gale (Great Accomplishment Level, can be upgraded to Grandmaster Level for 50,000 Killing Value.)] [Abilities: Space-Splitting Lightning (B-rank, can be raised to A-rank for 30,000 Killing Value), Eye of Truth (B-rank, can be raised to A-rank for 30,000 Killing Value).] [System Level: 2 (System can be upgraded for 50,000 Killing Value)] [Killing Value: 847 points]
Seven days.
It had been exactly seven days since the day he left Anning City.
He had traveled eastward,