Deterioration

Xue Ningning forcibly dragged Ou Li away.

They took the enhanced detector sponsored by Yu Hong to determine whether the departure time was still during the "grey hour."

This exploration aimed to clarify why there had been such significant environmental changes around them, and to ascertain whether the Black Disaster Rift could still guarantee safety.

As dawn broke the next day, the two women took the detector Yu Hong had loaned them and went out.

They draped themselves with a luminous stone blanket enhanced with a Vortex Rune, their faces expressionless as they left the camp.

Xue Ningning was determined, while Ou Li looked clearly terrified and somewhat bewildered.

She had been dragged out by Xue Ningning.

Yu Hong, meanwhile, remained at the campsite, regenerating new black lizards since their sudden demise had greatly inconvenienced his exploration of the surroundings.