Riding out of the fortress in a frantic hurry, Zhao Changhe caught a glimpse of the faint military tents on the distant horizon and, with a shiver, veered off into a secluded detour, silently cursing himself for being stupid and getting rattled for no good reason.
He Lei's death had been announced to the world, while Yue Hongling's place on the Human List was a clear status symbol—if her death had been unreported, at the very least, it meant she was still alive.
It appeared that one of the greatest advantages of the Chaotic World Book, besides causing trouble and showing off, was confirming safety…
Realizing this, he could deduct by analogy—someone as famous as Yue Hongling, if truly fallen somewhere, would have already been trumpeted by the nomadic Tribes. Since that wasn't the case, it was likely she hadn't been captured, and there was an even greater chance she hadn't encountered danger at all; it was purely his own paranoia.
