The start of the expedition went extremely well. At the outer area of the Desolate Plains of Gahana no other monsters were able to see through his special hiding ability so Ben remained safe for the whole time. The only regret that Ben had was the fact that he had to abandon his beloved Danger Rover car at the very beginning of the expedition.
Ben was forced to do that because as soon as entered the danger zone, a huge amount of monsters immediately surrounded his car. Without getting rid of them, it was impossible for his car to advance. But unfortunately, Ben did not have any combat abilities at all so clearing out these monsters was impossible for him. So he had no other way but to abandon his car to continue this journey on foot.