Nearby, crew members were packing up their equipment.
Several children darted through the reeds along the riverbank, their cheerful laughter ringing out.
"So this is how children in the countryside have fun." Watching them, Chu Zhe could not help remarking on it.
The people here did not spend entire days staring at their phones. They were busy with their own lives every day, lives that were rich and colorful.
Li Cheng sighed as well. "Actually, the things I did for fun as a child weren't all that different from theirs. It's just that the times have changed too quickly, and the pace of life has become absurdly fast. Children in the city these days lost the pleasures we had back then long ago."
While the two chatted and reminisced, no one noticed that Su Jiu's gaze had shifted to the tall mountain nearby at some point.
She had originally thought there was nothing wrong with this mountain, but for a brief instant just now, she seemed to have detected the presence of the power of the laws.
Unfortunately, she was only a wisp of consciousness now, and her divine sense was nowhere near as strong as that of her true body, leaving its detection range extremely limited.
After that fleeting instant, she could no longer sense anything.
A faint chill crept into Su Jiu's eyes, making her look even more still and withdrawn than usual.
Whatever had occurred to Su Jiu, her expression suddenly changed again.
Before she could speak, the ground beneath her feet began to shake violently.
One of the children by the riverbank lost their footing and tumbled straight into the river.
Su Jiu pushed off lightly with her toes and darted from where she stood. The child had barely touched the water when a powerful force