"Of course not. Increasing mental energy intensity might alter the terrain she perceives."

Lin Ye unceremoniously took the Mind Crystal, examined its contents, and then stored it in his spatial item.

Su Yue watched Lin Ye's actions speechlessly, but she didn't protest. When she took out that Mind Crystal, she hadn't planned on taking it back.

"It seems we can only rely on her herself."

Victoria also possessed similar secret arts, but unlike the impatient Su Yue, she had considered the problems that changing mental energy intensity could cause.

Xiao Mei inched forward bit by bit, relying on the map and the summary of sky structures, struggling to find the correct route.

After inching along for about half an hour, she finally swapped positions with Lin Ye.

Lin Ye continued leading the way in front. After swapping a few times like this, Xiao Mei gradually improved her proficiency in observing the sky structures, and her movement speed began to increase.

Just as everything was developing in a positive direction, Xiao Mei stopped and prepared to swap positions with Lin Ye.

"Wait. There's no structure from the map on my side. You haven't finished your section yet."

Lin Ye swept a glance around. This place didn't match the structures on the map at all.

"...Then I might have made a mistake earlier."

Xiao Mei's face turned deathly pale because she didn't have the same structure on her side either.

"Hurry and turn back! We should still have time to retreat now!"

Su Yue urged.

"Don't rush."

"Don't be hasty just yet."

Lin Ye and Victoria spoke almost simultaneously.

"Don't rush to retreat. It's okay to feel tense at critical moments, but you can't abandon thinking. Think carefully. Did you walk any uncertain routes before? Roughly in which section?"

Lin Ye's tone remained calm, as if this wasn't a big deal.

Influenced by Lin Ye, Xiao Mei, who was in a state of panic, gradually regained her composure.

"I didn't pass through any uncertain routes. For every step, I made repeated confirmations before moving forward."

Xiao Mei said with a very certain tone.

"Then set aside the possibility of taking a wrong turn for now. Think about other possibilities. Is there really no corresponding route from the map in your field of vision? Could something be affecting your field of vision?"

Lin Ye guided Xiao Mei to find the source of the problem.

"...There seems to be something there. Eek!"

Xiao Mei suddenly took a step back. She covered her mouth and pointed a finger forward.

"Is there some living creature covering the terrain ahead? Did you startle it?"

Lin Ye asked.

Xiao Mei nodded lightly. She absolutely didn't dare speak now, fearing she might completely startle the creature living in this environment in front of her.

"Ignoring that living creature, can you find the correct path?"

Regarding the creature over there, Lin Ye also had no solutions.

Xiao Mei nodded again.

Lin Ye used the concealment secret art Bessie taught him on Xiao Mei. Additionally, he used his mental energy to erase all the various information Xiao Mei was emitting to the outside world.

Victoria and Su Yue also used their own proficient concealment methods on Xiao Mei. At their level, they had a certain degree of knowledge in all aspects.

Moreover, gathering and concealing information was one of the most important parts of combat. No powerful individual would be unskilled in this area.

Xiao Mei cautiously approached that monster. In Xiao Mei's field of vision, ahead was a bizarre creature woven from a large number of transparent threads. This creature was constantly changing its body structure, transforming into various incomprehensible shapes.

Before Xiao Mei discovered it, it had merged into the structure of the sky. Without careful observation, it was impossible to detect it.

Xiao Mei, who was moving slowly, suddenly stopped. She looked at Lin Ye with a very anxious gaze. Just as she opened her mouth to speak, Lin Ye stopped her.

"Has that creature discovered us and is now approaching us?"

Xiao Mei nodded vigorously.

"My spiritual energy shield has lost one layer."

After suffering that unknown attack earlier, Victoria had been maintaining the surrounding spiritual energy shield and checking the number of shield layers every second.

"Keep replenishing the shield. We need to leave this place as soon as possible."

This sky was not within the Parasitism network's range. Lin Ye couldn't sense that creature's location at all, so naturally, he couldn't attack it either.

Xiao Mei moved forward quickly. The three followed behind her, and they soon left this area.

"That creature didn't chase us."

After swapping positions with Lin Ye, Xiao Mei finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Good. Rest for a while. We'll need you to lead the way again later."

As the weakest creatures within this space at this moment, if they wanted to move forward, they could only rely on Lin Ye and Xiao Mei taking turns leading the way in front.

"Okay."

Xiao Mei returned to the side of the Dinosaur Body and was carried forward by it.

Afterwards, they passed through various different areas and even encountered some anomalous creatures along the way. However, with the cooperation of the four, they passed through the areas where those anomalous creatures were located, though not without some fright.

"Ahead is the map's Finish Line."

The Finish Line on the map was a dark red wasteland.

"This is the Finish Line? How do we get out?"

Su Yue looked at that wasteland, feeling a strange sensation.

"It's actually this place!"

Xiao Mei looked at Lin Ye with great surprise, but she quickly averted her gaze.

"This is the territory of a tenth-order spiritual energy user. It excels at controlling Flesh and Blood Giant Monsters and is very difficult to deal with. But other than that, there's nothing special about this place... This isn't the exit, is it?"

From Xiao Mei's expression, Su Yue guessed some things.

"I never said this was the exit. I just brought you to a safe place."

Lin Ye said with a smile.

"So what exactly is this place?"

Seeing that Lin Ye didn't immediately take action, Su Yue felt slightly more at ease.

"This is a place I've been to before, and it's also the only place in this space that's still somewhat normal at this moment... What made you think the person who designed all this would leave a way out for you?"

Lin Ye completely couldn't understand why these people had such naive thoughts. He had been trying to create a way out from the very beginning.

Fortunately, he had already made preparations to clean up the entire battlefield and brought that collection piece. Otherwise, he really might have been trapped here this time.

"Returning here is truly difficult. Even I needed to draw that extremely complex map and rely on others to get here... You did very well. I will help you resolve the Empire's threat against you. That is my promise."

Lin Ye turned his head and spoke to Xiao Mei.

"Thank you so much!"

Tears moistened Xiao Mei's eyes. As the second princess of the ancient country, this was the first time she had faced such a dangerous situation. But as long as she could do something for her country and its people, she wouldn't mind sacrificing her life.

She no longer wanted to hear news of her people dying in war.

If there really was such a war, she was willing to throw herself into it, not stay in a safe place forever.