However, Yu Ziqing did not quite understand why the immature cubs weren't kept in the core area?

These creatures, the strong ones are in the core, while the weaklings are on the periphery.

Yu Ziqing looked around and, seeing no one, slowly walked over.

The Red Ape turned its head to glance, its eyes somewhat vacant, unable to discern the difference in aura, it only felt that this hairless kindred was quite peculiar.

Yu Ziqing took out a piece of crimson crystal and tossed it to the other, which contained a concentrated Fire Qi.

"Have him guide the way, once we reach the destination, I'll give him another piece."

The little Red Ape transferred the message, and the Red Ape, holding the crystal, shrunk its neck in fear as it recognized the object, it was from those terrifying creatures that passed by before.

It wanted to call others, but upon thinking that the previous leader had been killed, it seemed that no one else would dare to come.

The little Red Ape conveyed the message again, and the Red Ape, hesitating, swallowed the crystal, obediently leading the way ahead.

Yu Ziqing had once glimpsed a map, unfortunately, it only showed a vague direction.

After entering here, the deeper he went, the more he understood that this damned place only provided a general direction, there was an eighty percent chance of getting lost.

Chaotic, desolate, and even the space was somewhat jumbled, the territory of the Red Ape, where flames distorted vision, and beyond a certain range, there would inevitably be a discrepancy.

Using a mix of bribes and threats, Yu Ziqing had a Red Ape guiding him through the mountains, and indeed, the route was not what Yu Ziqing had imagined.

It seemed like they were zigzagging, but excluding the distorted parts, it was indeed the closest route.

Yu Ziqing followed silently, summarizing the patterns, wondering if he could find a way to rectify the distortions himself.

If he could figure it out, he could pass smoothly through this Red Ape's territory, and perhaps even initiate a study on it.

Once the data was gathered, he could have Yang develop a Secret Technique, or upgrade the Mountain Protection Array when he got back.

Several days later, the burning mountains became fewer, and the guiding Red Ape was unwilling to go any further.

Facing Yu Ziqing, it growled something unintelligible, trembling as it spoke.

The small Red Ape inside Yu Ziqing translated it.

The Red Ape said it was too cold, and if it went further, it would freeze to death, many in their clan had frozen to death outside.

Yu Ziqing looked around, still able to see the Magma Rivers, but the flames were indeed only sporadic.

But the temperature here was still high enough, at least enough to cook an egg just by throwing it on the ground for a while.

Yu Ziqing was a bit stunned, upon closer inspection, the flames on the Red Ape had indeed weakened significantly, as if it were shivering from the cold.

This Red Ape is really something, with such high demands on the environment, no wonder it's been stuck here all this time.

Yu Ziqing wanted to persuade it with more benefits, but the Red Ape was resolutely determined, preferring to be killed than frozen to death.

Yu Ziqing had no choice but to take out two crystals and toss them to the Red Ape.

"Don't go too far back, when I return, I'll need you to guide the way again, I'll give you more crystals then."

The Red Ape, taking the crystals, dashed back into the flames at full speed, even diving into the Magma River to recover.

Yu Ziqing scratched his head, it seemed unnecessary.

But upon closer observation, the Red Ape did indeed seem to be suffering greatly from the cold.

Alright, these Red Apes are thoroughly unadapted to other environments, and to this kind of creature, sending it to the human world would likely seem like a death sentence to it.

Invasion of the human world is simply impossible.

In hindsight, it makes sense. In Northern Dazhen, the temperature had only dropped by about twenty degrees, turning it into a lifeless desert, forcing everyone to migrate.

In comparison, coming out of the Red Ape's territory is equivalent to stepping into a place a thousand degrees colder than the optimal living temperature, not freezing to death was indeed remarkable.

Yu Ziqing recalled that on the first layer of the Abyss, the Devils encountered weren't as extreme.

This layer of the Abyss, who knows how deep it is, the differential could be so vast.

On the surface, it seemed like ordinary Devils, but in essence, they were clearly not.

Yu Ziqing asked the Five Little Ones inside, they didn't know either, only the little Red Ape like a little monk could communicate with these Red Apes.

Yu Ziqing quietly noted all this, and continued onward.

Completely leaving the range of the Flame Mountain, the flames vanished, as did the magma, the earth turned black, like obsidian formed from solidified magma.

The temperature began to rapidly drop to a humanly survivable level, an endless wasteland.

As far as the eye could see, only the hard, dried-up scorched earth remained, with Yu Ziqing's vision, nothing different could be seen at the horizon.

Yu Ziqing looked back, the flaming mountains behind had disappeared.

He hadn't walked far before this situation arose, clearly not normal.

As he walked, the wind gradually died down, and his footsteps began to become increasingly distinct.

The usually ignored sound of his heartbeat gradually became noticeable, sounding like the beating of a drum.

The sound of blood flowing, rushing like roaring rivers, was deafening.

Yu Ziqing stood motionless, simply turning his head to look around, everything around him had become indistinguishable, showing no difference.

Yu Ziqing stomped his foot, Freedom Heaven and Lou Huai did not appear, he couldn't even sense their presence.