Herag's right hand still firmly grasped the dagger, lest the giant worm launch a sudden attack and throw him off.

The giant worm was now roughly three thousand meters underground, advancing at a very fast speed.

Herag constantly kept an eye on the surrounding environment, particularly the changes in soil color.

Wizard Towers were erected in various places in the Land of Dawn to prevent the spread of pollution.

In the vicinity of cities in the Land of Dawn, the land appeared in normal colors, but in polluted areas, the land was black.

As soon as the surrounding soil began to turn yellow, it indicated entering the territory of the Land of Dawn.

Herag was pondering which city he would reach if he continued eastward in the current direction.

The cities to the west of the Land of Dawn mostly belonged to the Eye of the Storm wizard organization, which was not advantageous for Herag.

Herag had clashed twice with the Pioneer Squad of Eye of the Storm in the polluted areas, and he had personally killed a few members of Eye of the Storm.

When encountering the Great Demon, he seized the opportunity to escape, while Bawei and several other Eye of the Storm pioneers were still engaged with the Great Demon.

Who knows if any of those people survived; if someone survived and he encountered them when entering the city, it would become troublesome.

Particularly that Level 2 Wizard whose chances of survival were higher, meeting him again would certainly spell trouble for Herag.

The more troublesome issue now was that Herag's talisman stone was gone, turned into powder by Bawei.

In the Land of Dawn, talisman stones were quite convenient, allowing most tasks to be completed with ease.

However, without a talisman stone, everything became inconvenient, especially identity verification issues.

If in a city of Serlandir, losing a talisman stone was simple to resolve, just go to the local city hall to reissue one.

People there were his own, proving identity was straightforward, as each person's magic aura was unique.

A magic aura was like a fingerprint; no two people had identical magic auras.

When Herag applied for residency in Silver Moon City, recording the magic aura was a necessary step, and Serlandir's facilities could recognize Herag's magic aura.

But here in the territory of Eye of the Storm, it was impossible for Eye of the Storm to have the data information of Serlandir's population; these were the confidential information of each wizard organization.

Though the major wizard organizations in the Land of Dawn were in a state of united cooperation, they still had their own biases in many matters.

The population information and magic aura data of each city were not to be shared with other wizard organizations.

So the issue now was Herag had no way to prove his identity in the cities of Eye of the Storm.

Going to the city hall of Eye of the Storm and contacting Pries through a talisman stone was, of course, a method.

But Herag did not trust the people of Eye of the Storm.

Once entering a city of Eye of the Storm, he had to be cautious, as it was their territory, and everything was dictated by Eye of the Storm.

People of Eye of the Storm were known for their assertiveness; if they learned about his doings in the polluted area, they would certainly capture him first, with no chance of help.

Without the talisman stone, handling it was even more convenient, allowing them to probe into Serlandir's internal secrets.

Herag could imagine all these things were entirely possible.

He dared not gamble, nor could he rely on Eye of the Storm people to assist him kindly.

As the giant worm moved forward rapidly, Herag began to slowly consider these follow-up matters, formulating some plans.

A day later.

The giant worm reached a spot and gradually came to a halt, seemingly reluctant to proceed further.

Upon employing the Spirit of All Things, Herag sensed the fear within the giant worm, immediately realizing there was likely something formidable ahead that intimidated the worm from advancing.

"Turn, bypass the area, and continue eastward."

Herag promptly issued the command, directing the giant worm to circumvent the region.

The worm veered northward for quite a distance before resuming its eastward course.

Since the entire journey was three thousand meters underground, Herag remained unaware of what lay in the bypassed area that could make the worm, deep underground, so frightened.

Such situations occurred more than once; he encountered similar incidents thrice in succession, with the worm fearful of proceeding.

Herag had no choice but to have the worm detour each time, slowly returning to the original route.

In his mind, there was a route map drawn by Shenlan, showing several obvious detours.

Herag guided the worm, bypassing dangerous areas and regaining the previous level position before continuing eastward.

He did this to prevent the worm from leading him into dangerous territories.

Although it took more time, it ensured safety.

Observing the route map, Herag estimated that if the journey had been linear, they would have arrived by now; the detours consumed too much time.

After a whole half month, Herag noticed a distinct change in the surrounding soil color and promptly halted the giant worm, preparing to approach the surface.

The land outside the Land of Dawn was also black; however, the degree of blackness beneath the surface varied.

The closer to the Land of Dawn, the thinner the layer of black soil became.

Herag had noticed this phenomenon several days earlier, realizing he was gradually nearing the region of the Land of Dawn.

Seeing today's black soil layer significantly thinning, he estimated that he was close, and instructed the giant worm to emerge above ground.

Upon surfacing, Herag lifted a mouse he found alive from within the giant worm earlier during their underground travel.

He had caught and kept it alive, anticipating its use later.

He quickly employed the All Things Have Spirit to control the mouse's body, maneuvering it out of the giant worm's mouth.

Herag's perspective quickly shifted to that of the mouse, maneuvering it to survey the surroundings before continuing eastward.

The mouse dashed eastward for a considerable distance, gradually approaching a silhouette of a high wall.

Seeing this high wall, Herag felt a sense of relief, finally having returned to the Land of Dawn.

He still didn't rush over; for caution's sake, he manipulated the mouse to get even closer, observing for a long time.

Upon confirming that this was indeed the city of the Land of Dawn, Herag released his control over the mouse.

Herag glanced at the giant worm cavity he had inhabited for half a month, patted the giant worm, and said, "Alright, I'm leaving, you head back."

He then used the Teleportation Technique to exit the giant worm, quickly distancing himself to avoid an attack.

The giant worm initially did not sense Herag's departure; only upon noticing the presence of someone nearby, did it realize that the being residing inside its body for so long had finally departed.

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