Because he had left the city of Qi in the middle of the night, Zhang Lie's initial progress was very limited. Only at dawn did he make it past the outer boundary of the nearby forest and into its inner region.

He was sauntering in a relaxed fashion; there was no urgent goal that he had in mind for this excursion, unlike in the past. 

However, he would have to start paying more attention. The outer boundary of the forest consisted only of regular and mutated-grade lifeforms, and Zhang Lie skirted by them with ease. In the inner perimeter...