Wow! The item-dropping rate is really high!

Even without any reminder from Tiger, the biological clock within Bai E had become an instinct over this period of being a warrior.

The cavern remained pitch-dark, yet Bai E was already awake.

Elder Gilder also quietly roused his companions one by one in the darkness.

"Wake up..."

"We, are setting out."

They were setting off for a whole new life.

Every awakened migrant seemed very excited.

The warriors who had stayed in the vehicles had long been waiting at the entrances of those caves, watching the figures emerge in single file and they couldn't help but exclaim in awe.

"Such a crowd..."

The intelligence reported only around two hundred people, but the sight of more than four hundred was undoubtedly double their initial mental preparation.

"We need to allocate our individual tasks."

There might be some minor troubles along the way; they had to spread out as much as possible to ensure that if an incident occurred, warriors could arrive immediately to help the migrants.

Team Leader One called over Team Leader Two and Tiger... along with Bai E to discuss.

As for Tiger and the rest of the warriors from Team Two, they were all helping the migrants to form up.

A team of more than four hundred people is neither too large nor too small, but without a neat and unified formation, it would be messy and difficult to manage.

No one expected them to obey every command without question, but at least they shouldn't drag their feet too much when encountering potential dangers.

"There are also five scouts over there; they should be able to help a little," Tiger pointed out, referring to the five soldiers previously discovered missing in the cave.

Team Leader One's gaze swept quickly over them and frowned upon seeing the posture of those five men standing.

The five soldiers, walking amidst the migrants, had completely lost the sharpness that befits a warrior and looked utterly dejected, as though they had been assimilated by the migrants.

"They didn't die?" muttered a warrior standing not far away who had always had a slight critical view of Bai E.

To die as a warrior exploring for humanity is one thing, but to survive... and then go missing was a serious offense.

"They were also controlled by the demons, against their will," Tiger explained softly.

Team Leader One nodded noncommittally, "Harold, distribute guns to each of them."

The disgruntled warrior trusted his own team leader and responded loudly at once, "Yes! Captain!"

Team Leader One pondered by himself, "Apart from the two drivers, and including those five scouts, we have... sixteen people. Okay then, I'll lead the way. Tiger, you take care of the left flank, Ka Ruigan you're on the right flank, and have those scouts cover our rear. The two vehicles..."

"The two vehicles should be used to transport the migrants; many of them inside have severe injuries and would have difficulty moving on their own," Bai E interjected.

Team Leader One looked deeply at Bai E, this time without rebuttal, and simply nodded in agreement, "Alright, we'll do it your way this time."

After speaking, Team Leader One clapped his hands, "Any other issues?"

"No."

"No."

"Good," Team Leader One lifted his head and looked over the assembly of migrants.

Under the arrangement of the warriors, they had vaguely formed into four columns.

The formation wasn't perfect, but clearly, they didn't need to be too stringent.

"Alright... let's set out!"

...

"Harold, time to go," someone from Team One called out to the warrior who had been ordered to distribute weapons to the scouts.

"Coming," the warrior responded loudly, turned back, and coldly admonished the five scouts before him, "You've already brought shame to our military once; don't mess up on the way back. The fact that you're covering our rear is already the biggest concession we can make! Got that?"

"Yes... I understand," a few scout soldiers replied, hanging their heads in shame, not daring to meet his eyes.

As he passed by Bai E, the warrior patted Bai E on the shoulder, his deep voice fleeting, "Kid, that's enough of the act, got it?"

"..."

As he watched the figure walk away, Bai E felt a sense of bewilderment.

Who was that?

"Don't mind him." The tiger also looked at the other's fading figure and shook his head.

"Hmm."

...

The journey was filled with swirling winds and sands.

Sitting in the vehicle, one wouldn't feel it, as it sped through the landscape, swiftly reaching the destination.

It was truly monotonous, nearly a single shade of crimson, when relying on one's own feet to walk.

Monotonous to the point of deathly silence.

With no cover on the plains, the howling wind blew sand against the face... If it weren't for Bai E's resilient skin, these grains could easily have left bloody scratches on his face.

Not to mention those ordinary refugees.
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It was truly with all their strength that they had first made it this far.

It wasn't that they wanted to stay in that dark, underground cave, just that their physical strength couldn't support them in leaving this vast terrain anymore.

Dangling by the side of the refugee team and walking slowly, with teammates ahead and behind, Bai E carefully approached the mountain and whispered the question he was more concerned about, "Can you tell me what you all saw in the vehicle outside?"

The scouts within the cave saw almost nothing, but what about their teammates outside the cave? What could be the shared vision the demons had allowed them to see?

Bai E wanted to know what information they had gathered and their authentic feelings about the demon.

Considering that even the Fear Demon seemed to have taken a grudge against him, it was better to learn more about the effects of its powers to be well-prepared.

"Us?"

The mountain was slightly startled, "We just saw you getting beaten by that demon, then you shot it with an arrow, and after that, basically... Right, that demon had so many claws, how did you manage to fight it off, eh?"

"Claws?" Bai E was stunned, a little puzzled by the word.

"Yeah! It was like, um..." The mountain asked as a matter of course, then searched his mind for the right adjective for half a day, "a combination of a centipede and a praying mantis... how did you just block all those bladed limbs with your hands?"

"..." Bai E had a strange expression, "What you saw might be a bit different from what I saw."

But he understood. He had guessed at that time that what each person saw of the demon could be different, based on their own mind.

However, this difference seemed not merely in the eyes of the beholder...

The image of fighting a humanoid monster and fighting a centipede-like monster would surely be vastly different, but the scenes they witnessed were still convincing enough for them to believe it was real without much inconsistency. It was only to say... these visuals were half-truths.

The appearance changed a thousand times, but for every human who saw Its form, everything that happened in the interaction made sense.

An unimaginable power...

Was this the power of the demon?

Half-fictitious, like an illusion, yet somewhat real...

Moreover, this was just a demon summoned from the higher-dimensional space by the fears of hundreds of refugees, and its strength probably wasn't outstanding.

If it was already so difficult to confront it, and he had to resort to trickery, what would happen if one day he truly encountered one of the great demons or even a Demon God from the higher-dimensional space?

"..."

A wistful mood enveloped Bai E's heart.

Suddenly, from not too far away, came the reminder from Song Ying, "It seems like something is approaching."

Bai E's ears twitched, and his rapidly growing insight attribute also allowed him to hear noises not coming from their own group.

Scanning around, he saw no unexpected targets on the horizon.

Therefore, he simply closed his eyes, voluntarily entering a "dark" state.

"Blind combat" began to take effect...

Hearing stretched out like tentacles, reaching out in a certain direction.

A cacophony of sounds poured into his ears—

The roar of engines, the trembling of metal shells... and, boisterous yelling.

All of this eventually converged into an abstract picture in his mind, sketched out purely by lines—

Eight run-down vehicles, even considered junk in the human world, were carrying a group of physically robust creatures, speeding from the northwest direction.

Bai E instantly opened the radio channel, "Be alert, unknown targets are approaching from the northwest, get ready to encounter the enemy!"