Yu Xuan and the others stepped out of the tunnel or the boulder which had swallowed them and found themselves standing on a farm.
Stretching fields of spirit rice swayed gently in the warm breeze.
Yu Xuan inhaled deeply.
"The air is great here," he said.
The earth here was rich, far richer than normal.
The soil practically hummed with abundant earth energy.
Number One nodded seriously.
"Boss, this is the outer ring. For now, we need to move stealthily to avoid the man-eating crickets."
Yu Xuan blinked.
"There's no need to be that cautious. They're just crickets."
"No, Boss," Number Four corrected firmly.
"It's man-eating crickets, not normal crickets. And their numbers are absolute."
Yu Xuan shrugged.
"Today, let me show you what it means to be strong."
He confidently strode forward—
"Boss, that way is opposite," Number Two said politely, pointing in the exact opposite direction.
He was good with geography, astronomy, directional sense and much more.
