Rational Wilderness.
The Ground Flyer wove between massive mountains.
"Ten minutes until we reach the coordinates," Alpha Wolf said. He was still replaying what he had seen not long ago.
A Gold Tier boar had fallen with ease to the Leader's attack.
"The Pioneer Corps is still too weak. When facing anything above Gold Tier, the Leader still has to step in personally."
He decided he needed to speak with Marsil and Jiu Feng about strengthening the Pioneer Corps once they returned.
"And we need to keep strengthening Everfrost Lake, too."
Before long, they reached the coordinates without incident.
Only then did they discover that the location was a lake—and the coordinates pointed to its center.
Everyone's expression darkened.
After what had happened earlier, they all knew how dangerous the Rational Wilderness was.
The lake was vast. Their detection equipment could not even determine its depth.
A lake like this was bound to be home to many Gold Tier creatures.
That would inevitably hamper their exploration.
Yu Yuan understood the situation too. He looked at Alpha Wolf.
"Deploy the unmanned reconnaissance devices!"
Dozens of unmanned reconnaissance devices were soon dropped into the lake.
The moment they entered the water, their propellers began turning, and they cautiously probed downward.
But Alpha Wolf quickly spotted a problem.
"The communication signal is weakening fast. This water blocks signals."
Soon, the devices' signals vanished completely.
Yu Yuan stared at the blank screen, thought for a moment, then looked at Alpha Wolf.
"In that case, we'll go down ourselves!"
As he spoke, black mist rose from the shadow beneath his feet. It spread in an instant, enveloping the entire Ground Flyer.
It was Zhizhi's concealing mist. The Ground Flyer slipped into the Shadow Dimension and descended into the lake.
Beneath the surface, all was eerily