"You could come a little closer, and we'll go in to take a look."

Lin Ye had noticed earlier that the young man had been standing right at the factory entrance and hadn't taken a single step outside.

"...I'm afraid you'll kill me if I go out."

The young man forced a somewhat strained smile.

"What are you afraid of? Are you afraid the thing implanted inside you will get angry?"

Lin Ye moved away from the Plant Factory with Xivia. They were prepared for an attack, but the entity inside the factory didn't assault them. The young man remained standing at the factory entrance, watching them gradually retreat into the distance.

"...If there really is a rule inside, would obtaining that rule allow us to leave this place?"

Xivia stroked the constantly shifting texture of the epidermis on Lin Ye's back, asking with some uncertainty.

"That's one of the classic scams. Propose bait that the target is highly interested in and that likely exists. The target will think that since the bait is there, any problems along the way can be solved. But in reality, the likelihood of the bait actually existing in such situations is very low. Even if it does exist, it might come with significant issues."

Lin Ye had encountered such scammers before. Some study institutions related to certain exams would deceive candidates by claiming they could obtain the exam questions before the test. But in truth, they were just selling courses, and those so-called 'real questions' were just topics they randomly predicted.

Moreover, this didn't count as fraud. Reporting it to the police was useless because they were merely selling courses and educational materials.

Every year, there were deceived candidates. Several of Lin Ye's classmates had been tricked too. This was the first lesson society taught them after they left school.

Never think about getting something for nothing.

"So that's how it is. You really know a lot."

Xivia had previously felt Lin Ye wasn't much older than her, but now she wasn't so sure.

"It's alright. I just enjoy reading quite a bit."

Lin Ye increased his movement speed. He sensed the already high Spiritual Energy Concentration in the air was rising. This ritual site seemed to still be undergoing changes, and such changes were likely not good news. He'd better acquire self-preservation power before the changes concluded.

Xivia took out that collection of short horror stories and began reading. When Lin Ye moved, his back was extremely steady, not affecting her reading at all.

After running for a while longer, Lin Ye suddenly stopped. A bottomless fissure appeared before him. On the other side of the fissure was an area drifting with grayish-white mist.

"The Abyss and the Gray World? This is my first time coming into contact with such dangerous Planes."

Xivia put away the story collection. She knew interacting with these Planes was extremely dangerous, but things had reached this point. She could only find a suitable rule for herself through these hazardous Planes.

"Hmm, it seems my Red Frog was affected and gave me incorrect information."

Without the Abyssal Eye, Lin Ye would have already jumped into the Abyss with Xivia.

"Don't we need to get away from here quickly?"

Xivia had already developed a slight impulse to fall into the Abyss. This impulse wasn't severe at first, but as contact time with the Abyss increased, the urge gradually strengthened.

"We do, but I don't know where to go."

Lin Ye himself didn't have much of a problem. He was implementing the Risk Hedging Plan, and this host wasn't some precious item. If it got broken, he could just have the young girl send another one. But Xivia couldn't be as casual as him.

"Can't we go back to the jungle?"

Xivia asked, puzzled.

"When I Alienate my body in the jungle, I'm affected by the environment. Some unnecessary plant structures grow inside me. You're stronger than me, and your equipment isn't bad either, but this kind of influence originating from the area is hard to resist. Staying there, your body will gradually become plant-like, eventually turning very bad."

Lin Ye clearly understood what would happen in such situations. Essentially, God's Blood was transforming his original body in this way, just that God's Blood was more advanced and its transformation method was gentler.

"Then what should we do?"

Xivia also realized her predicament.

"...Have you heard of risk hedging?"

Lin Ye wasn't too keen on recommending such an extreme method, but this was already the solution with the lowest cost.

"So I need to stay in the center of these areas, enduring the influence of all of them?"

Xivia easily grasped Lin Ye's meaning.

"Yes, but not just staying in the middle. We also need to establish a base there, relying on the base to resist the influence from the surrounding areas."

This was the best plan Lin Ye could think of.

"But there's a problem here. Can the central location between these areas really mitigate this influence? You must understand that different forces don't simply cancel each other out. Sometimes they even reinforce each other. How do we find the position with the lightest influence?"

Xivia quickly thought of the key issue to consider when executing this plan.

"I can try to find the position with the lightest influence through continuous perception, but that method is too slow. Perhaps there's a simpler way."

Lin Ye solemnly picked up the Suitcase and slowly opened the lid.

Inside was only a slip of paper. A simple map of the vicinity was drawn on the paper, with a coordinate point located between these areas.

"I knew you were reliable."

Lin Ye memorized the map and began rapidly moving toward the coordinate point.

They quickly approached the coordinate point. The location of the coordinate point was practically the kind of place armies would fight over. The Abyss fissure was less than a hundred meters away from it. On one side of the fissure was gray land shrouded in grayish-white mist. On the other side of the fissure was the emerald green jungle on one side and a red sea on the other. Directly above it floated a colorful, illusory world.

"...Is your suitcase really reliable? It doesn't want to change Masters, does it?"

Xivia said with some unease.

"Of course it's reliable... probably."

Lin Ye ran with Xivia to the vicinity of the coordinate point. The two soon noticed this was indeed the position with the lightest influence. A clear difference could be felt between the area near the coordinate point and other places.

"It really is reliable. Now, how do we establish a base? Although I'm carrying some materials, they're only enough for my normal use. Building a base is far from enough."

Xivia took out some materials from her spatial item. She looked at Lin Ye's Suitcase, hoping to get some assistance from the reliable suitcase.

Lin Ye opened the Suitcase again. There was nothing inside.

"Unfortunately, it might need some rest. But it's fine. I am a fishing master, and there happens to be a sea here. We can source materials locally, obtaining the spiritual energy materials needed to build the base from the surroundings."

For a creator like Lin Ye, this place was practically overflowing with excellent spiritual energy materials.