Zhang Lie finally emerged from the endless desert into what seemed to be a rainforest.

He sighed. "How did it end up like this, just how did it end up like this..."

He had spent one and a half months within the desert before finally giving up. He was certain he could sense the presence of a disaster-grade lifeform within, but he simply wasn't able to find it.

It was evident that the disaster-grade lifeform was hiding from him.

Zhang Lie was exasperated—as a human, he had always been underestimated by his foes. However, despite the fact that he had traveled through the desert while stealthed, the disaster-grade lifeform within still managed to detect and avoid him somehow!"

"I wonder if the monarch of stars' information is accurate?"

The disaster-grade lifeform within the desert, which the monarch of stars had named the shaji, had the ability to burrow deep into the sand and an almost precognitive ability to sense danger. It was likely this latter ability that had allowed it to avoid Zhang Lie for so long.

In the end, Zhang Lie gave up. According to the...