"Since nothing's working, let's calm down and think about what we can do now?"

She turned around abruptly and pulled Pei Lang, who was still clueless, to her side: "Come on, Senior Brother Pei, you have the highest cultivation and the most experience here, what do you say?"

Pei Lang was caught off guard by the sudden movement and stumbled, completely stunned: "Huh? I...I..."

What should he say?

Shen Zhaozhao, however, seemed not to expect him to answer at all. She simply pushed him aside and seamlessly took over, her voice even more impassioned: "Yes, Senior Brother Pei is absolutely right!"

"Family members, what Senior Brother Pei means is that what we can do now is to defend as the best offense, stick together for warmth, conserve our strength, and stop foolishly heading into that hellish forest to throw our lives away."

"If we all stay in this rocky formation, working together, thinking the same way, and helping each other, we can get through this ordeal and have a chance to wait for the elders outside to notice something is wrong and come to rescue us!"

These words were spoken with conviction and were full of inspiring power, especially the phrase "Senior Brother Pei is absolutely right," which made Pei Lang himself momentarily dazed—Ah, so that's what I meant just now?!

I'm so awesome!

The surrounding cultivators nodded repeatedly, their expressions of despair fading slightly, replaced by a sense of belonging and recognition that they had found a pillar of support.

"Senior Sister Shen is right!"

"Yes, yes, we can't get separated anymore, it's too dangerous!"

"We must unite! We must unite!"

Seeing that the emotions were right, the light in Shen Zhaozhao's eyes suddenly shone as brightly as if a sea of ​​stars had exploded. She abruptly changed the subject, her tone becoming incredibly sincere yet tinged with just the right amount of worry: "But then again, family..."

"In this way, we're all huddled inside this formation, which is safe, but—"