More than ten days later.
Two figures stood quietly on the hill.
Shen Heng glanced at Qin Yu, who was still sensing with her eyes closed, and then looked towards the continuous expanse of the neighboring houses.
Lonely, desolate...
Over a period of more than ten days, they explored seven or eight spaces, completing one space on average every 1.5 days.
This speed is significantly faster than Shen Heng's previous method of traversing through different spaces one by one.
After all, this time they weren't going to explore the specifics of the space in depth, nor were they going to clear out the high-level Calamity Beast within it, so their speed was to be expected.
However, this also caused a significant drop in the number of Calamity Beast they killed over the past ten days, barely managing to maintain around twenty per day.
This number is not as high as the previous two months, but it is still much better than when we were outside.
However, none of that matters. What's more important is...
"This is the ninth space. If Qin Yu's guess is correct, it should take a few more days, maybe ten days or so. If it's not correct..."
Shen Heng gazed at the desolate Gobi Desert before him, lost in thought.
Suddenly, he turned his gaze to the side.
There, Qin Yu opened her eyes.
"How Distortion is this space?" Shen Heng asked.
"Compared to the two spaces we explored before, this space is probably the second most Distortion, while the one we just explored is the most Distortion," Qin Yu said.
Shen Heng nodded slightly. "In that case, let's go back. Follow the border down. If we find any new portals to other spaces, we'll explore them. If not, we'll go back and head to the space we just explored!"
Qin Yu nodded, indicating that she understood.
The two flew towards the direction of the original space.
"By the way, is the degree of Distortion in this space very different from the one we explored initially?" Shen Heng flew forward, turning his gaze to Qin Yu.
"The degree of Distortion, roughly..." Qin Yu pondered for a moment, then said, "It will be about one-thirteenth more intense than when we first started exploring that space. And about one-third more intense than the space I was initially teleported to."
"Only such a small improvement?" Shen Heng asked, slightly surprised.
"Yes, if the improvement were significant, we could directly experience it when traversing different spaces. The reason we can't experience it now is because the degree of Distortion varies very little between different spaces, and the degree of Distortion also varies at different locations within a space," Qin Yu explained.
"Is it similar to boiling a frog in lukewarm water?" Shen Heng pondered for a moment before asking.
"Hmm... yes, but it probably wasn't intentionally set up like this." Qin Yu nodded.
Nodding slightly, Shen Heng withdrew his gaze and began to focus his attention on sensing his internal organs.
The Origin Power flowed as usual.
Even when you are consciously aware of it, you can feel a slight difference compared to when you went there ten days ago. If you compare it to nearly Three Moons ago, the difference is even greater.
Of course, this difference manifests itself in Shen Heng's body as...
The Origin Power flowing within the body is now more heavily restricted!
Or to put it another way, in order to cope with that increasingly Distortion power, the internal Configuration increased its control over the flowing Origin Power.
Thinking of this, Shen Heng's attention fell on the Configuration.
The golden ring rotated slowly, just like always.
Distortion, Configuration...
Suddenly, Shen Heng paused, and his entire body slowly came to a stop in mid-air.
"Captain?" Qin Yu asked, puzzled.
There was no immediate response; Shen Heng stood in the air, his gaze fixed on a certain direction.
Somewhere in the Gobi Desert.
An unknown number of Calamity Beast are gathering on the ground.
They spontaneously formed a circle around the open space in the middle, and then began to have a heated discussion.
The roars continued.
"... Damn it, if it weren't for this traitor, we would have captured those humans long ago!"
"Yes, helping humans while betraying us, the Calamity Beast, is something I've never seen before! Do such things even exist?"
"Yeah, that's so stupid. He could have stayed with us, free and comfortable, but this guy insisted on becoming a dog for those humans! He's so incredibly stupid!"
"That's right..."
One after another, the Calamity Beast expressed their opinions.
The voices contained anger, confusion, or resentment.
Without exception, their eyes were fixed on the center position.
There, a Calamity Beast, which was considered relatively large among them, lay quietly. Many wounds could be seen on its body, some still bleeding, while others had already dried.
There was no response. Stone lay on the ground, his body instinctively panting, his gaze fixed on the Calamity Beast still discussing beside him.
Shame, resentment...
Especially some low-level Calamity Beast, their eyes seemed to want to tear it apart.
It's not surprising. After all, in the current environment, if these low-level Calamity Beast don't hunt prey, they are very likely to be eaten by other Calamity Beast.
In this situation, it's understandable that they hate it.
Thinking of this, Stone's gaze shifted, turning to the other Calamity Beast.
They are still angry and discussing its behavior.
Suddenly, one of the larger of the Calamity Beast Calamity Beast the scene spoke up.
"Alright, the question now is, what should we do with this Calamity Beast?"
"Of course we should kill it! What's the point of keeping it alive?" one of the Calamity Beast shouted immediately.
"But this Stone-Armored Beast is Fourth Tier beast?!" another Calamity Beast hesitated.
"So what if it's Fourth Tier- Fourth Tier? It's already betrayed us, the Calamity Beast. If we don't kill it and let it live, will it use it to fight against us when it fights those humans later?" the Calamity Beast shouted immediately.
Having said that, it turned its head to look at the other Calamity Beast.
Don't you guys think so?
"That's right, this Stone-Armored Beast has betrayed us, it shouldn't be considered on our side anymore, we should kill it!" one of the Calamity Beast shouted immediately.
"Yes, that's right. Those who betray us, the Calamity Beast, shouldn't be considered Calamity Beast anymore!" another Calamity Beast immediately chimed in.
"What should that be considered?"
"Forget it... forget it..."
"It betrayed us and went to join those humans. If that's the case, then it is human!"
"That's right, humans, you count as humans!"
"Kill it! Kill this traitor who betrayed us!"
"Yes, kill it! Kill this human!"
Kill this human!
Kill this human!
"Kill this human! Kill this human..."
The shouts gradually became unified and grew louder.
Soon, the Calamity Beast that had initially made the suggestion turned to the largest Calamity Beast present and asked:
"Lord Ironback Beast, what do you think?"