At night, everyone gathered around a bonfire.

After eating something simple, Zhou Haoyu brought Mu Ningxue and disappeared from the group's sight.

Once behind a large tree, Mu Ningxue seemed to realise what was about to happen, a faint blush appearing on her cheeks. "Let's talk about it after we return from the training."

"Don't you want to try it now?" Zhou Haoyu lowered his head, looking at Mu Ningxue.

Feeling his breath upon her face, Mu Ningxue, though having a tiny bit of anticipation in her heart, still shook her head repeatedly.

"Ahem, I actually have something serious to talk about," Zhou Haoyu suddenly became solemn.

Mu Ningxue froze, her beautiful eyes staring at him in confusion.

"I've noticed Lu Zhenghe has been leaving marks along the way," Zhou Haoyu said solemnly.

"Marks? Why would he leave marks?" Mu Ningxue blinked in confusion her little expression was extremely cute.

"Who knows, but what's certain is this definitely isn't a good thing, just be mentally prepared in advance.

"Oh, and don't tell the others — I don't want to alert the snake."

Zhou Haoyu said seriously.

Mu Ningxue nodded. Just as she was about to leave, Zhou Haoyu pressed her against the tree trunk.

Mu Ningxue's eyes widened, wasn't he supposed to be talking about serious business?

Only after tasting those icy lips did Zhou Haoyu release her.

Mu Ningxue was already nearly breathless, giving him a resentful glare ― this guy always liked sneak attacks!

"Xue'er, this training is still long — you don't want me to hold it in all this time, do you?" Zhou Haoyu said.

Mu Ningxue's cheeks reddened, eyes hazy, and she whispered softly like a mosquito, "In a couple of days…"

Zhou Haoyu did not press her further. Anyway, there was still a long way ahead he could take it slow.

When the two returned to the group, everyone noticed Mu Ningxue's complexion was a little strange. It was as if many hearts were suddenly shattering.

At this moment, Song Xia looked at the other girls and said, "I checked that little stream earlier — the water is fine. Shall we go take a bath?"

"Sure, I'm covered in sweat. I won't be able to sleep otherwise."

"Me too."

Qingqing and Zhao Mingyue immediately agreed.

Mu Ningxue, Mu Nujiao, and Bai Tingting also had no opinion, bathing before bed was already a habit for them.

Soon, a few girls grouped up to go bathe, leaving a bunch of male students staring blankly.

Since Mu Ningxue was Zhou Haoyu's fiancée, they could only honestly stay near the bonfire.

As for Zhou Haoyu, he was already appreciating a series of landscape paintings.

His current Spiritual Sense could perceive everything within a five-hundred-meter range. Although it couldn't compare to seeing with his own eyes, checking sizes wasn't a problem.

Bai Tingting's was the largest — even bigger than Zhou Haoyu had imagined. Next was Mu Nujiao. Mu Ningxue was also not far behind.

Among these girls, Zhou Haoyu still liked Mu Ningxue and Mu Nujiao the most.

The next day, the group continued along the abandoned railway toward the deserted city. Aside from that tunnel, they did not encounter any other nests.

The dangers in the wild were graded — the highest were obviously forbidden zones like the Kunlun Mountains and the Sahara Desert.

Some forbidden zones were so dangerous that even Forbidden Curse mages wouldn't dare to step into them lightly.

Dongting Lake was actually a very dangerous place too, but the deserted city they were headed for was at the very edge of Dongting Lake, where demon activity wasn't too frequent.

After nearly ten days' journey, the group reached a mountain ridge where they could see the outline of the abandoned city.

Seeing this ruin of a city, everyone was filled with emotion.

Only this kind of scene could make them truly realise how difficult it was just to stay alive.

"Let's first investigate the survey points outside the city, then decide whether to enter based on that." Song Xia said.

"Alright." Zhou Haoyu agreed to Song Xia's plan.

After spending an hour or two, they finally finished checking one survey point.

"Let's just go inside. The sooner we finish, the sooner we can go back. Staying outside like this gives me the creeps," Luo Song said anxiously.

After all, they were in the wilderness — even when sleeping at night, they didn't dare to sleep too soundly.

The only food they had left was dry rations, and after the long trek, Luo Song had already lost a lot of weight.

"What do you think?" Song Xia looked at Zhou Haoyu.

In the team, only Zhou Haoyu could truly fight alone, the others often needed two or three people working together just to barely handle one Warrior-level demon.

Meanwhile, Zhou Haoyu alone could deal with two or three Warrior-level demons

"Let's enter the city. Hurry up and finish this so we can wrap up early," Zhou Haoyu said.

Aside from that Giant Lizard Pseudo Dragon, Zhou Haoyu didn't pay any attention to the other demons.

Zhou Haoyu directly summoned the Flame Scorpion Tiger, then walked in front to clear the way. The others quickly followed behind.

This desolate city gave off a feeling as if it was the end of the world. When one reached the streets and alleys where not a single living person could be seen, the emptiness of the city made one's heart tremble with chill.

A second-tier city had turned into ruins just like that. It was hard to imagine what kind of calamity had happened back then—it had definitely surpassed the Bo City Disaster.

After passing through one road after another, everyone arrived outside the residential district.

"We need to find a safe place to settle down first," Shen Mingxiao said.

There were so many survey points, it was impossible to finish investigating them all in a single day, so it would be best to find a safe foothold first.

"Where do you think would be safer in this city?" Song Xia asked Zhou Haoyu.

Before Zhou Haoyu could answer, Lu Zhenghe beat him to it and said, "In my opinion, we need to occupy a building as our base first. The rooftop should preferably connect to other buildings to make evacuation convenient."

"Indeed, rooftop positions offer a broad field of vision and make it easier to keep watch," Liao Mingxuan added.

"I think that building looks good." Mo Fan pointed at a distant building.

In the direction Mo Fan pointed, a grey building stood tall in that area.

Perhaps because the rain had washed it, this building didn't look so filthy and run-down.

More importantly, the preservation of this building was quite good, and its sturdiness was naturally exceptional.

"That building used to be the City Hall of this city," Song Xia said while holding the map.

Zhou Haoyu's brows furrowed. If he remembered correctly, there was a Plant-type Demon lurking in this building, with strength around the Great Warrior-level.

However, with the Flame Scorpion Tiger's strength, plus elemental restraint, even if he didn't take action personally, it could still take care of it.

But that Plant Demon was the prey targeted by the Giant Lizard Pseudo Dragon. If they killed this Plant Demon, they would definitely cross paths with the Giant Lizard Pseudo Dragon.

Zhou Haoyu currently didn't want to encounter that Giant Lizard Pseudo Dragon—not because he was afraid of it but because he didn't want to alert the enemy.

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