They continued walking underground, and the Dragon Girl went on, "Oh, right. By human reckoning, this is the western part of the Douluo Continent."
"After the Evil Demon Forest and the Jingyang Mountain Range were completely conquered by humans, there were few places left in the entire western Douluo Continent that could still offer us a place to shelter, like the Star Dou Forest or the Far North."
"And we can't reach those places, because we would have to cross so many human cities along the way. Even the roads humans have laid outside their cities have divided the remaining woods. Human footprints have spread everywhere, and with our strength, we simply can't make it all the way to the Star Dou Forest."
"As for digging through the entire Douluo Continent to reach the Star Dou Forest, that's impossible too."
"And humans have already set foot in those mountain ranges. Caves are no longer places where we can hide either. The mineral deposits inside draw humans there."
"For Soul Beasts like me, who weren't born in the desert, our only choice now is a barren place like this, where we can evade human Soul Masters' searches. Even if someone comes nearby, we can only rely on the Sand Demon Worms to lure them away."
"If we go outside, we might attract large numbers of Soul Masters who would capture us and turn us into Soul Spirits. Our current condition doesn't allow us to do such things either, so we can only cling to life beneath this yellow sand."
"The Soul Beasts who made it here are all those who managed to escape from the western regions. They count as the lucky ones, having escaped the Soul Masters' searches. Far too many Soul Beasts disappeared long ago."
"So the Soul Beasts