521st Break: Reality

In another part of the south region.

"Tch! How the hell did this happen?" Qiu Shiba muttered with a dark face as he looked at Qiu Si whose face was extremely pale to the point of bloodless as he (QS) lay on the bed.

The more that he looked at Qiu Si who is obviously having a nightmare with how tight his brows are knitted and is sweating heavily, Qiu Shiba felt his head hurt more when he recalled what happened two days ago.

…

"What did you say?!" Bai Haiyan exclaimed in shock when he heard what the messenger said after the other rushed in to report.

"A large number of enemies is coming in our direction in one li*." The messenger answered and lowered his head. "If we don't leave now, I am afraid…" he didn't continue since everyone present could understand what this implies.

*a standardized length of a half kilometer (or 1,640 feet or 0.311 miles)