Xu Huo could no longer sense anyone around him.
A Level D Player being captured by mutant plants in the forest without any chance of resistance was less likely than her leaving on her own, so he didn't linger there. Instead, he left a note on a tree and continued toward the mountain's summit.
From time to time, he would leave the ground to check and make sure he was going in the right direction, but as he neared the summit, the whole mountain suddenly changed.
It wasn't just getting lost—the orientation of the entire mountain had shifted.
When Xu Huo had started his ascent, the mountain was due east, and he and Zhuang Mengtian had climbed it with their backs to the sun. Although the terrain had changed a few times, the overall direction, as judged by the sun, hadn't altered.
Now, the sun was completely out of view, his compass was accurate, but the mountain had moved from the east to the south.
