The group, worried by Gu Jin, is currently enveloped in a dense fog.

They had just left Chaotic Stone Ridge not long ago when a mysterious fog surrounded them completely.

The fog came so mysteriously that Gu Dehao immediately ordered everyone to hold hands.

In the fog, they couldn’t see the faces of those around them, which inevitably made everyone uneasy inside.

Soon after, eerie and ominous cries echoed from afar, accompanied by rumbling thunder.

This inevitably reminded everyone of the confrontation with the beasts at Chaotic Stone Ridge earlier.

"Brother Hao, what should we do next?"

The group dared not move easily, fearing getting lost or stepping into dangerous spots, facing another group of wild beasts again.

Gu Dehao’s face was extremely pale due to excessive blood loss from his injuries, showing worry tinged with somberness.

Death Valley was too eerie.

Everywhere felt dangerous.

Both the beasts encountered before and the current fog were connected to everyone’s safety.

After a long pause, Gu Dehao asked, "Where’s Xiao Liu?"

"Brother Hao, I’m here!" A voice came from the front.

Gu Dehao: "Your sense of direction is strong, can you tell which way to go from here?"

Xiao Liu hesitated for a long time before replying, "I have only fifty percent confidence, Brother Hao."

Fifty percent is good enough, better than waiting here for unknown dangers to come.

"Alright, you lead the way!"

Gu Dehao knew Xiao Liu could return to a path with eyes closed as long as he had walked it once before.

"Okay!"

A man named Xiao Liu had his companions tear a piece of cloth from him.

He needed to cover his eyes; the surrounding fog was too misleading.

If he wanted to leave, he must follow the route without hesitation, any disruption halfway would lead to unforeseen changes.

With Xiao Liu leading, the group walked hand in hand forward.

The unknown path held potential dangers.

...

Gu Jin and An Mingji followed the footprints but did not encounter Gu Dehao and his group.

The footprints disappeared before a mountain.

At the foot of the mountain lay countless corpses, both human and large animals.

Seeing this at night was extremely eerie and terrifying.

"Why did they disappear here?"

Gu Jin walked to the foot of the mountain, examining the ground and the surrounding stones, trying to find traces of her father’s presence here.

An Mingji also dispatched his men to investigate the surroundings.

The results were disappointing.

Gu Dehao’s party’s footsteps completely disappeared here.

Gu Jin couldn’t even sense any of their traces.

Unwilling to lose her father’s traces just like that, she thoroughly examined around the mountain’s base without missing any detail.

Seeing her increasingly gloomy face, An Mingji didn’t stop her, continuing just behind her.

A few loyal followers of An Mingji searched for signs of Gu Dehao nearby.

Gu Jin’s face showed increasing frustration after circling half the mountain, realizing there was nothing to find here.

The area was devoid of any signs of human presence.

Yet she was unwilling to give up so easily.

Clearly, traces of her father’s group had been found here; if they couldn’t find evidence of their departure here, she wouldn’t know where else to start in the vast Death Valley.

The cold wind swept in, invading Gu Jin’s windbreaker.

She suddenly noticed something amiss.

The footsteps behind her had vanished without a sound.

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