The old man glanced around carefully. Only when he confirmed that there were no more bats did he finally let out a shaky breath.

"Lad, I didn't expect you would be so strong. I don't know how to thank you."

Very quickly, the other villagers headed over. When the young boy saw his parents, he ran over to them with tears in his eyes, who teared up themselves.

Zhang Lie asked, "Sir, do you know where there are humans around?"

Zhang Lie had to find a human settlement quickly. Only then would he have access to a teleportation array to return to the real world; otherwise, he would be trapped within the dimensional one.

The old man shook his head. "I've lived here for decades without hearing...