[Confirm departure from the ship in the Thousand Needle Stone Forest area?] —[Yes]
On the metal tabletop, the Thousand Needle Stone Forest stop lit up. A countdown appeared: 7 hours, 11 minutes.
"Thousand Needle Stone Forest... I hope you have a few surprises for me!"
Yu Yuan knew of Thousand Needle Stone Forest from the Source of Corruption's memories. It had lived there for a long time, so its memories of the area were especially complete.
Of course, Yu Yuan had another important reason for choosing it: it was far from the passage connecting the New World and the Civilization Ladder.
That passage lay deep in Deathwhisper Forest, where the Blood Grand Duke and Octopus were currently active.
The Ruins where the Blood Sovereign was sealed also lay deep in Deathwhisper Forest.
At such a critical time, Yu Yuan had no intention of going there. Thousand Needle Stone Forest was the best choice.
There, he could safely advance to the Transdimensional level.
In the Source of Corruption's memories, it had three lairs in Thousand Needle Stone Forest, all of them resource sites that could gather Aether. Yu Yuan could check them out. If he found more Aether, Dawnlight and the others would have no trouble advancing to the Transdimensional level either.
Yu Yuan had made up his mind.
"Master, someone placed a tracking mark on you earlier. Should I remove it?"
Zhizhi's voice sounded in his mind.
Yu Yuan thought of the fiery-haired woman and the octopus-faced man.
He checked the status section of his Virtual Light Screen, but it showed no negative status effects.
He frowned slightly.
"Can you tell who placed it?"
"They were very discreet. I had to check repeatedly for a long time before I could confirm the mark and pinpoint it."