Gales swept up grit like countless tiny knives scraping across the barren hills, sending up mournful howls.
Dusky yellow dust shrouded the sky, with only a few rays of daylight struggling through.
Yang Xiu stood on a wind-eroded rock. Behind him, the members of the Life Soul Squad had fallen silent after learning the truth.
His gaze passed through the swirling sand before him and turned toward the distance.
"Where do we go next?"
Gang Qi's question weighed on his heart like a heavy stone.
They were indeed free.
There would be no more compulsory missions, no need to fight and kill for "Elysium Points" like puppets on strings.
But this freedom felt more like leaping out of a cage into a brutal wilderness surrounded by predators.
In fact, the dangers of Monster World were far beyond those carefully selected mission scenarios in Death Space.
Powerful races abounded, forbidden horrors roamed, and gods and demons ran rampant-any situation could instantly wipe out their squad, which had only just gained a chance to breathe.
Everything had happened so suddenly. The question of where they could find safety plunged Yang Xiu into thought.
As his thoughts churned, his first idea was to send his teammates back to their home Minor Worlds.
Those places might be impoverished and backward, but at least they offered familiar land and safe ways for his teammates to survive.
An implementation plan quickly took shape in his mind.
First, he would contact the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce, then ask Guide Bro for positioning coordinates and construct a stable Spatial Passage-as long as he paid enough sacrificial power, this would not be difficult.
But a moment later, he snuffed out the thought that had just arisen.
He suddenly realized that sending his teammates back to their Minor Worlds