The whole nation is trying to survive on the cable car; I'm choosing one of three options at ea

Lin Yuwei replied very quickly, almost the very next second after Su Mu sent the message:

"You're really that kind?"

Su Mu stared at the line of text for two seconds, his lips twitching slightly. He coughed lightly and typed back, "Coming or not? You can pay on credit."

The reply came almost instantly: "Wait for me for ten minutes."

Su Mu turned off the communicator, leaned against a tree, put on his glasses, and glanced in the direction of the predator enclosure.

The chaotic area in the distance was slowly calming down. The roars of lions and tigers gradually subsided, the sounds of trees breaking became sparse, and the occasional buzzing of wasps could still be heard, but it was fading away.

That brown bear must have succeeded again... It stole honey, attracted wasps, wreaked havoc on the residents of the predator enclosure, and then found a place to hide and enjoy its spoils.

ten minutes.

Su Mu waited while observing the area. The brown bear had done another attack in the past ten minutes.

Through his glasses, he saw the black behemoth rush out from the other side of the predator enclosure, followed by a swarm of wasps, half the size of the previous ones. It carried something dripping blood in its mouth and ran with a limp, but its speed was still considerable.

It swept past the artificial hill, not even glancing at the entrance to the secret realm, and rushed straight into the herbivore area. Then came chaos: chickens and dogs scattered, wildebeest galloped, zebras neighed, and antelopes fled in all directions.

Su Mu was completely speechless.

This bear is beyond being described as a "demon"; it's the entire zoo's nightmare.

Stealing honey, attracting wasps, harming hippos, harassing wild beasts, and harassing herbivores—the whole process flows smoothly, as if it has been rehearsed countless times. The wasps can't catch it, the hippos can't beat it, the lions and tigers are rendered helpless by it, and the herbivores are terrified of it. And each time, it manages to escape unscathed and then move on to another place to continue its mischief.

Ten minutes later, the predator enclosure was completely silent.

It wasn't a "temporary calm," but a deathly stillness, as if "everything that could move had run away." Through his glasses, Su Mu saw that the density of red dots in that area had dropped to its lowest point, with only a few bold lions still lying in their territory, but they were dozing off, not on guard.

Lin Yuwei arrived even more punctually than he had expected.

When she emerged from behind the bushes, her cloak still had a few withered leaves clinging to it, and her hat was stained with dirt.

Su Mu noticed that her gait was somewhat unnatural... her left leg was dragging slightly, as if she had suffered a minor injury. There was a tear in the cuff of her coat, revealing a section of bandage inside, with faint bloodstains seeping through it.

Su Mu glanced at her: "Are you alright?"

Lin Yuwei shook her head, brushed the withered leaves off her cloak, and said in a calm tone as if she were saying that the weather was nice today: "It's nothing. I just ran into a few blind guys on the way, which took a little effort."

She paused, glanced down at the blood-soaked bandage on her sleeve, and frowned slightly. "But the loss this time is indeed quite significant."

Su Mu didn't press the matter. He glanced at her backpack... it was considerably bulging since they parted, and he wondered what was inside.

"The harvest must have been quite substantial, right?" Su Mu asked.

Lin Yuwei didn't speak. She pulled down the hood of her cloak, covering half of her face.

Su Mu didn't continue the topic. He turned around and walked towards the entrance of the secret realm. After taking a few steps, Lin Yuwei's voice came from behind him: "Why did you suddenly decide to let me participate in the secret realm?"

Su Mu paused for a moment. He didn't turn around, his tone as calm as if stating something obvious: "We're friends, after all."

Lin Yuwei didn't speak. Su Mu could feel the gaze behind him lingering on his back for two seconds, carrying a "you're kidding me" scrutiny. He didn't explain and continued walking forward.

When Su Mu reached the area at the entrance to the secret realm, he activated the probe again.

The ripples in the air were still visible in the glasses, silvery-white waves spreading outwards in concentric circles from the central point. There were no red dots around... The animals were either scared away by the brown bear or hiding at a distance, too afraid to approach.

"Follow me," Su Mu said. Without waiting for Lin Yuwei's reply, he stepped directly into the area where the air was distorted.

The system notification popped up the moment I stepped inside.

[Discovery: Reincarnation Realm (Low Level)]

[Hazard Level: Moderate]

[Number of participants allowed: 2 or more]

[Current number of participants: 2, meeting the activation requirements.]

[Enter?]

Su Mu clicked "confirm." Before Lin Yuwei behind him could speak, the two of them were simultaneously engulfed by a silvery-white light.

.......

While Su Mu and Lin Yuwei entered the secret realm, another team was slowly making its way to the artificial mountain group, less than a kilometer away.

Zhang Peng's expression was rather unpleasant.

He had initially thought that with their team of twenty-five and Qian Sheng's reconnaissance abilities, entering the zoo would be a smooth journey. But reality was far more brutal than he had anticipated. In less than half an hour since entering the zoo, they had already encountered six waves of monsters: hyenas, deer, zebras… each wave was stronger, faster, and more ferocious than expected. It wasn't that they couldn't defeat them, but in every battle, someone was injured, someone died. The twenty-five-man team was now reduced to twenty-one. Each of the three squads had suffered losses.

He Lin's team was missing a control-type ability user when a leopard pounced from the side and bit off its throat, leaving it no time to even scream.

The twin brothers' team was missing a man... The young man whom Zhao Gang and Zhao Qiang had saved had been dragged into the bushes by a pack of hyenas, and when they found him, only half his body remained. Zhang Peng's own team suffered the greatest losses, with two dead and three wounded, one of whom was seriously injured, having lost an arm and bleeding uncontrollably.

A suffocating, silent atmosphere permeated the air. No one spoke; everyone was walking, observing their surroundings, and gripping their weapons tightly. But a weariness and frustration that seemed to emanate from their very bones hung over everyone like an invisible fog.

He Lin walked slightly ahead of the middle of the group, her gaze sweeping across the ground in front of her. There lay a corpse there... not one of theirs, but an animal's. A hyena, larger than normal in size, had a long, thin wound on its side, running from its ribs to the base of its hind leg. The cut was clean, as if it had been made by an extremely sharp weapon. The blood had congealed, turned black, and dried, but the edges of the wound still showed how it had been cut... clean and swift, a single, fatal blow.