Obviously, the "Big Nephew" engulfed in thick fog before them encountered an entity during his desperate escape. As the only fortunate event in his string of unfortunate ones today, he ran into the harmless neutral entity "Tree Granny," instead of "Ink Stain" or the "Carnival Revelers."

As for why Tree Granny, who should be wandering in the autumn forest, appeared in this dense fog, no one paid attention... After all, all sorts of entities seemed to be able to pop out of this strange fog.

"The detector didn't find any trace of 'Tree Granny.' It may have wandered somewhere else or dissipated on its own," reported a deep diver, recounting the situation when the trapped person was found. This soldier's power armor was decorated with many additional support devices, indicating a support team member. "No other entity activity was detected at the scene, but some dried and broken branches were found around the trapped person. 'Tree Granny' might have tried to plant a tree to hang the trapped person, and when that failed, it stuck him to the wall instead..."

"What do we do now?" A giant fox head poked over from beside Yu Sheng, the demon fox curiously eyeing the resplendent resin crystal on the ground. "Should we break this thing open to get the person out... Slurp, this looks like candy..."

Yu Sheng broke out in a cold sweat upon hearing this and hurriedly turned to hold the fox's snout: "That's not for chewing!"

"We can't break it open directly; the person would shatter along with it," Xu Jiali also shook her head. "It's best not to move him either, because from my observation, the resin has already reached its fragile period—so we just wait. Tree Granny's resin seals a person for only one to two hours, and when the time is up, the resin will 'melt.' Judging by the crystalline state, he should have been sealed for over an hour now, so it should be almost time to melt."

"Alright then, let's just wait here," Yu Sheng said and simply sat down on the ground beside him, leaning against Hu Li's fluffy front paw. "I could use a rest... those last two rounds really wore me out."

Hu Li lowered his head to look at Yu Sheng, who was leaning on his paw, and gently nudged him with the other paw. Then, he tilted his head to the side and started to close his eyes and rest together with Yu Sheng.

Watching this scene, Xu Jiali couldn't help but speak: "Seriously... this is the Exotic Realm, how can you two relax so easily?"

"It's normal. The silly fox just relaxes as long as he's with Yu Sheng, and Yu Sheng can relax anywhere," Erin climbed onto Hu Li's paw, finding a comfortable position to lie down while waving at Xu Jiali. "Let me tell you, Yu Sheng is actually not happy right now. When he encountered the 'Ink Stain,' he only got ink marks he couldn't eat, and when the revelers died, they left a pile of paper scraps he couldn't eat either. He's definitely upset... Ouch!"

Without opening his eyes, Yu Sheng delivered a karate chop to the little puppet's head, cutting off Beeper's incessant chatter.

Xu Jiali twitched the corner of his mouth but, having worked with Yu Sheng's team a few times, he was quite accustomed to these three individuals' unique style. He turned and continued his watch.

After all, while human-like entities could relax, he couldn't afford any laxity with his team of deep divers in this eerie fog—something about it felt utterly wrong to him.

He always felt that there could be something else hidden in this place—not just more entities that might appear, but the fog itself seemed far more sinister than it appeared.

Xu Jiali lifted his head and noticed that, aside from his own soldiers, only Little Red Riding Hood remained highly vigilant. The Phantom Wolf Pack around her flickered in and out of sight, with shadows of wolves occasionally departing or returning from the dense fog, seemingly constantly scouting the depths of the fog.

Honestly, high schoolers are still the most reliable.

"You guys ran all the way here from that mall, right?" he suddenly asked. "Has your wolf pack confirmed the extent of this dense fog?"

"We've confirmed six blocks so far," Little Red Riding Hood said with a serious face. "Centered around Wanxiang Mall, this fog covers at least six surrounding blocks. It can reach as far as Taiyuan Road. And that's not the limit—there are solid ground and buildings beyond that, but the fog gets even thicker, to the point where even the wolves' perception seems to be obscured by something, making it impossible to see or hear anything beyond three meters. I dared not venture further."

She paused, stroking a Shadow Wolf that emerged from the air, her expression solemn.

"I suspect there are other things in those places hidden by the fog. My wolves... conveyed fear to me, but those things seem to have no intention of coming over."

"Entities?"

"Hard to say, the fog is too thick; we can't see through it," Little Red Riding Hood shook her head. "I'm afraid only your director's 'eye' could see far in this place."

Xu Jiali nodded grimly and then turned to ask: "What's the depth here now?"

A deep diver immediately raised his arm at the question, quickly operating the controller on his arm armor: "Report, current depth L-2, with a 20% fluctuation margin, overall stable!"

"Depth 2," Xu Jiali exhaled lightly. "Technically, it's not considered an extreme environment. Most of the physical rules of the real world still apply... but the worry is that the depth distribution here might be very uneven. We may just be in the 'shallow water zone' of this Exotic Realm..."

At that moment, a slight cracking sound nearby interrupted the big man's muttering.

Yu Sheng, who was resting against Hu Li's giant paw with his eyes closed, snapped his eyes open in an instant. Several other nearby gazes also fixated in the direction of the sound almost simultaneously.

The pale yellow, translucent "amber" was rapidly cracking, and just seconds later, the areas around the cracks began to melt. The entire crystalline structure started to dissolve quickly like ice under the scorching sun.

The crystal turned into sticky resin, which further softened rapidly. The young man trapped inside fell to the ground along with the slight impact of landing, he finally gasped for air—then, coughing violently, he rudely awakened.

"Cough, cough, cough..." The young man struggled to get up from a pool of thin resin, seemed to want to stand up instinctively, but slipped in the resin due to lack of strength and fell again. It was this fall that made him regain a bit more clarity. Then, he sat there with wide eyes, looking around.

Fully armed power armor warriors.

The silhouettes of a wolf pack in the mist.

Puppets with glaring crimson eyes.

Two foxes as big as minivans—just one of their heads was larger than his entire body.

When sealed by "amber," his thoughts could still function, but the thick resin greatly interfered with his perception of the outside world—he could only see some vague shadows wandering around, and now he finally saw what those shadows really were.

The unlucky nephew thought for a moment, then suddenly flopped backward.

But just halfway down, Erin yanked him back with spider silk.

The cold, piercing spider silk could give ordinary people nightmares for an entire night, but it was also refreshing. The nephew, who was about to pass out, instantly woke up as if he had taken a stimulant, exclaiming crisply, "Ah, shit!"

"You're awake." Yu Sheng finally spoke.

Little Red Riding Hood nodded, "We've been waiting for you all day."

The young man blinked and seemed to just notice Yu Sheng and Little Red Riding Hood's faces—mainly because the surrounding figures were too shocking, making him not notice them at all. As the familiar faces appeared, he snapped back from the terror, and rationality slowly returned to his mind.

But residual noise still echoed in his heart; various terrifying hallucinations intertwined at the edges of his vision, like woken memories.

He shook his head, vaguely hearing a tall figure in black Power Armor speaking nearby.

"Mild mental pollution, reduced sanity—0.5 units of Mind Protection Agent, 1 unit of Buffering Compound... don't block sanity, he can't take it."

Someone came over to grab his arm, a slight sting spreading from his skin.

"The agent has been injected."

The young man's previously muddled eyes regained clarity once more.

"I..." He blinked, scanning around until his gaze fell on Yu Sheng and Little Red Riding Hood again, "Am I saved?"

Then he saw the massive fox head peek out from behind Yu Sheng, speaking in a girl's voice, "Yeah, your savior brought people to rescue you!"

The young man instantly took two or three steps back, his legs a bit weak, "Brother Yu, this... this thing doesn't eat people, right?!"

"It doesn't," Yu Sheng hadn't spoken yet, but Hu Li shook her head seriously, "I like eating chicken legs, roasted mushrooms, and the dishes Savior cooks! And noodles..."

As she spoke, she almost drooled, looking down at Yu Sheng, "Savior, I'm hungry."

The young man across from them: "... (vibration mode)"

"The first time experiencing this side of the world is always like this, easily scared by anything," Little Red Riding Hood said with a smile, her face showing the experience of a seasoned traveler, though she was younger than him, "Anyway, welcome to the other side of daily life. Today marks your first official step into crossing worlds—any reaction is understandable, but let's save questions for when we return to the real world."

"Indeed, we shouldn't stay here long, let's head back," Yu Sheng said while opening the gate back to Boundary City, then turned to see Hu Li trying to shove her snout through the gate, sweating instantly, "Change back first! Do you think you can fit like that?"

In a flash of light, Hu Li restored her human form, making the young man across from them dumbfounded once again...

He had been in a state of constant shock from start to finish and was still bewildered.

Yu Sheng then turned his gaze to the robust man in Power Armor beside him.

"Wanna tag along? I think my gate's way more convenient than your method."

"No, no, no, we'll stick to our own way," Xu Jiali quickly waved his hand, "If headquarters sees our 'umbilical cord' cut, they'll emit sharp alarms from top to bottom—if that happens, the boss might bury me on the spot."

As he spoke, the deep divers behind him began to fade, one by one disappearing into the thick fog.

Seeing this, Yu Sheng also let out a sigh, waving to the remaining people beside him, "Let's get out of here too!"

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