In the world shrouded in gray mist, time seemed to have lost all meaning.
Lin Yi had been walking through this desolate land with Liuyun for two whole days.
The scenery around them never changed.
Churning gray mist, jagged black rocks, and ground blanketed in fine dust—monotonous and oppressive.
"Captain, we've already explored about three hundred kilometers in this direction."
Liuyun's voice came from behind him, sounding a little tired.
The light wings on his back had regained some of their luster, but the aftereffects of the Light Burning Method had yet to fully fade.
Lin Yi didn't turn around. His calm gaze swept over the area ahead, veiled in gray mist.
His clone was scouting ahead, its figure appearing and disappearing in the fog.
"Keep setting up Relay Nodes. Make sure the signal coverage overlaps."
"Understood."
Liuyun took out a Relay and expertly fitted it into a crevice in a relatively flat section of the rock wall.
The faint light flowing across the device's surface soon dimmed as it entered stealth mode.
This had been one of their main tasks over the past two days: building as extensive a communications network as possible in this Secret Realm, where the rules were heavily suppressed.
The Gray Mist Beasts seemed to appear a little more frequently in this area.
Over the two days, Lin Yi had killed more than forty of these monsters formed from mist.
Most were at the early Star Core Level, with the occasional Star Vortex Rank creature. But before the Time Law, they were no different in essence from their weaker kin.
Time Stop. Space Severing.
This had become Lin Yi's standard combat routine in the Secret Realm.
Efficient, economical, and leaving no trace.
Lin Yi stored the Gray Crystal Cores left behind when the Gray Mist