The fourth layer, far away.
This was a piece of land that had not been engulfed by the blood-colored fog. Far away from this piece of land, there were always people guarding the edges of the blood-colored fog, ready to respond at any time.
Although it was a response, there was only one way, and that was to run. However, after running for so long, the area they could run to was getting smaller and smaller. In a situation where the blood-colored fog was everywhere, it was very difficult to find a gap in the fog coming from different directions.
In this piece of land that was comparable to a middle-sized country, there were several clouds of blood-colored fog spreading. There were indeed gaps in the different clouds of blood-colored fog, but as they were surrounded, they might be able to see the gaps now, but once they entered, the two clouds of blood-colored fog would already be connected, and it would be a dead end.
At this moment, in this piece of land that seemed to be the last pure land, there were many people gathered. These people were dressed differently, and there was no uniform at all. This meant that these people came from different families, and this was the result of many families gathering together.
Yes, this was the truth.
Three years ago, when the blood-colored fog started to spread rapidly, the entire fourth layer began to fall into danger. Soon, people realized that they could not fight against the blood-colored fog at all, and that only death awaited them if they entered. The blood-colored fog had no life, but was a type of pure energy. There was no way to resist or stop it, and the only thing they could do was to run!
Therefore, after seeing how powerful the blood-colored fog was, the people of the fourth layer all fell into the path of escape.
Escape meant chaos.
When there was no fixed place to stay, and they were fighting for their lives, morals were not very useful. Some families had high morals, and could remain calm in the face of danger, and not give up on morals in the face of death. However, to most families, they could do anything in order to survive.
First, they had to ensure that they had enough resources.
In the underground world, the amount of Heaven and Earth Energy that could be absorbed was very little. The people in the underground world all used 'Qi', which was battle techniques. Although Rank 6 experts could absorb energy from the outside world, because of the thin Heaven and Earth Energy, they still needed other sources of energy. It was the same for Rank 7 and Rank 8 experts. It was not like the surface world, where they did not need to eat at all.
More importantly, escaping required a large amount of energy. In order to get away from danger as quickly as possible, powerful experts would not wait for weaker people. Otherwise, their speed would be greatly reduced. The best way was to let the powerful experts release their 'Qi' and forcibly carry the weaker ones on their journey. In this way, the consumption of energy would be even greater.
Escaping required strength, and there was no space ring in this world. The supplies they could carry were limited, and once they ran out, they would need to replenish their supplies.
The resources in the underground world were scarce, and the escapees did not dare to wander around. Therefore, the best way to replenish resources was to rob!
That's right, snatching other people's resources!
When they saw that the clans hadn't fled yet, they rushed into their territories to kill and plunder. When they encountered other fleeing clans and discovered that they were carrying large amounts of resources, they would immediately attack and rob them.
The strong preyed on the weak. This was the most primitive state and rule of the world.
As time passed, the blood-colored fog rapidly expanded. When basically all the clans received the news, the number of fleeing groups increased, and the number of conflicts increased. More often than not, before being swallowed by the blood-colored fog, they would have already killed each other. But even so, everyone's killing did not stop. Because if they fought each other, there was still a chance of survival. But once they were swallowed by the blood-colored fog, only death awaited them.
In the intense conflict, in the repeated battles, every clan would suffer a large number of casualties. In the battle, the stronger clansmen would not be able to protect the weaker clansmen. In other words, in the repeated battles, the weaker clansmen did not even have the qualifications to survive.
Due to the scarcity of resources, in order to obtain more supplies, even cannibalism became a common occurrence. After the battle, the survivors would eat the corpses of the dead. At the beginning, everyone would vomit in disgust because human flesh did not taste good. But after getting used to it, they became numb to it.
Not only would humans flee, other life forms would also flee. What humans hoped for the most was to encounter other life forms in the process of fleeing. Because other life forms were generally huge, once they were killed, they could be eaten for a long time.
Just like that, in the repeated battles and fleeing, the clansmen of every clan became fewer and fewer. But in order to survive, in order to be able to defeat the other fleeing clansmen and obtain the advantage of survival, the different clansmen started to regroup, maintaining a certain number of clansmen.
At this moment, the people gathered here were a huge group of people from different clansmen. Moreover, it was a group that had already reached the end of their rope.
At this moment, in a corner, there were a few people gathered together. Like the others, these people's faces were thin, weak, and covered in dust. Among these people, there was only one woman.
Even though she was much thinner than before due to her weakness, and even though her hair was very messy and covered in dust, one could still see that she had a pretty face. At this moment, her eyes were half closed. It was obvious that she was too tired, but she was still forcibly holding on.
This woman was Yu Yan.
That's right, she was still alive!
The surrounding people were all members of the Yu Clan, but the Yu Clan Master was not among them. This did not mean that the Yu Clan Master had died in the battle. In fact, even Yu Yan did not know how the other members of the Yu Clan were doing.
This was because … Yu Yan had separated from the rest of the clan halfway.
Their escape route was due north. Although the clan had suffered many casualties in the battles, they could still be considered to be able to barely maintain their main force. But after fleeing for four months, the clan suddenly discussed changing their direction and fleeing towards the northwest. When Yu Yan heard this news, she was the first to object.
Yu Yan was the daughter of the Yu Clan Master, so she naturally had the right to speak, but it was useless. This decision was made by the Yu Clan Master himself. The reason was that the possibility of encountering other clansmen was too high, and the chances of survival were too low. They had to avoid them. Hence, under these circumstances, Yu Yan chose to leave the clan and flee by herself, fleeing towards the north.
That's right, Yu Yan's goal was to let Lu An find her. For this reason, she would not change her direction.
She was very clear that the blood-red fog was very likely to engulf the entire fourth layer. In the end, everyone would die. In this way, dying early or dying late would be the same. Why would she care about these few months or years? More importantly, after knowing the truth of this world, she no longer had much attachment to living in the underground world.
If she couldn't leave this world, there was no point in living.
As for the Yu Clan members beside her, they were actually not brought by Yu Yan. After the Yu Clan discovered that Yu Yan wasn't in the formation, they sent a few people to chase after her. These people were the same as Yu Yan, all of them were rank seven experts. After they caught up and found Yu Yan, they couldn't persuade her to go back. They could only travel with her and try their best to protect her.
Later, they encountered other clansmen, but fortunately, they didn't kill them. A few rank seven experts were considered a considerable force. More importantly, they didn't have any supplies on them. They had no value other than being eaten. It was better to include them in the group and fight against the enemies together.
Just like this, Yu Yan's group traveled with another clan and continued to experience battles. However, if the clan wanted to deviate from the direction of the north, they would secretly escape and continue to head north.
This repeated over and over again, until now, who knew how many groups they had changed. They were very curious as to why Yu Yan insisted on heading north. They asked her several times during the journey, but Yu Yan didn't say a single word.
They had never deviated from the north. They were really lucky. Although they had been seriously injured, none of them had died. This could be described as extremely lucky during their escape.
But … the current situation made them feel that death was coming, and they couldn't avoid it anymore.
They had used up all their luck. Their expressions were very gloomy, and they couldn't see any hope.
Despair couldn't be concealed.
Their faces were covered in dirt. At this moment, one of them finally couldn't bear it anymore. He raised his head and looked at Yu Yan again.
"Young Miss," he said, "Since things have come to this, we can't live on. I don't want to die without knowing why. Why does Young Miss insist on fleeing north? "
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