As Duan Chen and the others left, they looked back and saw this scene.
Their pupils contracted involuntarily.
Yuan Yuan patted her chest in trepidation.
"It's a good thing we ran fast. If we had lost our phones in the zoo and tried to leave, we probably wouldn't have gotten out so unscathed."
Yuan Qingqing had fully recovered. Although still a little weak, she nodded wearily upon hearing this.
It had been too terrifying.
"Those people won't be able to stay peacefully in the zoo for much longer."
Duan Chen was the most perceptive among them.
He judged the entire zoo behind them with a calm and indifferent gaze, unhindered by his departure. His thoughts became clearer, no longer disturbed by the zoo.
He realized what he had overlooked inside the zoo.
That persistent, fatal sense of crisis that had lingered by his side.
"I actually overlooked this crisis that felt like a thorn in my throat?"
Duan Chen muttered to himself.
He wasn't even asking a question but stating a fact.
Within the zoo, there had always been a malevolent feeling, like a viper slithering beside him, watching.
Yet, he had consistently ignored it, only noticing it after leaving the zoo. He had even explored various areas, completed all the zones, and considered the idea of paying his way out.
This feeling was even more chilling.
What kind of existence could make him, who was always so sharp, overlook such a malevolent sense of crisis?
It could only be someone like Wu Suowei.
Duan Chen had already made up his mind and didn't intend to tell his teammates.
He calmly glanced back at the zoo, then turned to his teammates. Although they were all injured to varying degrees, they were at least unharmed.
Qin Nanyuan couldn't help but move her slightly sore legs and turned to look at Duan Chen.
"Captain... what were you just saying?"
Duan Chen shook his head and changed the subject.
"Nothing important. How is your condition? Can you manage?"
Of course, she could manage.
Qin Nanyuan nodded cheerfully.
She let out a light sigh, her eyes filled with the satisfaction of revenge, and said without reservation,
"Although my senses aren't quite back to normal, the thought of Qin Wuji still being trapped in the park makes me feel relieved. I could eat three more bowls of rice."
Although they shared a blood relationship that others couldn't compare to, their enmity was the deepest among everyone present.
Qin Nanyuan was happy to see him suffer, even to the point of death.
Jun Ci, thinking of the family member lost in the zoo, felt a surge of pleasure and his brows softened.
But he maintained his usual aloof demeanor and said nothing.
Mon Salia stayed close to Hill. She could speak, as she had the vocal organs, but she remained silent because she wasn't an independent being.
If anything, she was a puppet animated by a human shell.
Hill paid no attention to Mon Salia beside her. She tilted her head, her large, seemingly innocent eyes fixed on Duan Chen, and asked,
"I can sense that what I want is inside the zoo. Are we unable to get it?"
Naturally.
Duan Chen shook his head.
At another time, he might have tried to make an effort, but now...
Hill couldn't even figure out what she truly wanted. The zoo was so bizarre, and it was likely in chaos now.
He privately thought it was best not to get involved, as it would be like poking a hornet's nest.
It would be like getting splashed with a foul-smelling stench that couldn't be washed off.
Hill didn't seem too disappointed by the negative answer. Instead, she merely moved her eyebrows slightly.
She even agreed with a surprising cheerfulness.
"Never mind, if I can't have it, then I can't have it. After all, what I want always carries a sense of danger."
Her words were light, leaving others speechless. But regardless, it was precisely because they had been to the zoo that they had managed to bring Qin Nanyuan back.
There was no need to dwell on gains and losses.
Yuan Yuan carefully supported his sister, whom he had found again.
Yuan Qingqing felt a mix of complexity and speechlessness.
Yuan Qingqing touched the wounds on her body. These bruises and contusions were clearly the marks of being dragged. However, in her heart, she only felt a touch of complexity and helplessness, with no other negative emotions.
She even spoke up proactively.
"How about I lead the way from now on?"
The others looked at her in confusion. Yuan Qingqing organized her thoughts slightly and said,
"Although Zuo An was already parasitized, I managed to get some information from him about this secret realm."
She spoke with conviction and clarity.
She explained the information she had in detail.
"Within the secret realm, there are small regions and large sectors. In each specific location, in the middle of a specific sector, there is a small region that serves as the center of that sector."
"Trials exist there."
"Some are like the zoo, while others are filled with both danger and opportunity."
As for those like the zoo...
It was clear that they primarily contained danger with little to no opportunity.
But it wasn't entirely without.
However, the price of obtaining opportunities far outweighed the effort required to deal with the dangers.
Why would they waste so much time and energy?
It was out of the question.
Jun Ci's eyes lit up upon hearing Yuan Qingqing's words.
He quickly explained to Duan Chen,
"Captain, before coming here, I also heard from elders that if there's any opportunity in this secret realm, it must be the 'Rubik's Cube Hut' that has been explored and summarized by outsiders."
The elders he mentioned were naturally not from the Jun family.
And here...
It was naturally impossible for anyone to leave their families. However, through some other means of connection to those within the secret realm, some information could be obtained.
Duan Chen's eyebrows twitched when he heard the words "Rubik's Cube Hut."
"Explain in detail what that is."