Upon hearing Ma Yuanbai's words, the people around him could no longer contain their curiosity and began to ask questions.

"Are you really not a scavenger?"

“No.” Ma Yuanbai directly admitted that he was not a scavenger.

"Are you from the safe zone?" Sun Hao asked in surprise.

"No, not exactly." Ma Yuanbai shook his head.

"and you..."

Ma Yuanbai stopped hiding it and simply took the initiative to explain in detail:

"Actually, I come from the Feiyan Mountain Area 6899 Shelter."

The people around them exchanged glances, and even though they were somewhat prepared, they were still very surprised.

"They really came from the shelter."

"Incredible."

"You can't tell at all."

"We didn't even notice it before."

Li Yu nodded to herself, thinking that only someone from a shelter could possibly know so much.

"Was that Black Sand just now like you?" Li Yu asked curiously, since Black Sand seemed very strong.

“No, although Heisha also came from Feiyan Mountain, he was just a scavenger,” Ma Yuanbai explained.

"How could a scavenger possess such formidable strength?" Li Yu couldn't help but marvel.

"Then how did you get here?" Sun Hao pressed.

At this point, Ma Yuanbai's face seemed to recall those painful memories, and his expression was no longer as relaxed as before.

“Because Vault 6899 has been destroyed…” Ma Yuanbai said in a deep voice.

"What? Even shelters can be destroyed?" Zhao Xiong was shocked upon hearing this.

According to Zhao Xiong's understanding, the shelter was the most solid fortress, so how could it possibly be destroyed?

"No!"

Ma Yuanbai suddenly changed his tune:

"It wasn't just the shelters; the entire Feiyan Mountain area was completely destroyed."

"The entire Feiyan Mountain!?"

"Could it be that the prophetic disaster has come to pass?" Sun Hao couldn't help but ask.

“It’s definitely not a disaster; a disaster could never destroy a shelter,” Ma Yuanbai said with absolute certainty.

"Although we don't know exactly what happened, it was definitely not a disaster."

"I escaped because I wasn't in the shelter at the time."

As Ma Yuanbai spoke, he felt both fortunate and unfortunate.

"So ever since then, I have been investigating the real cause of the destruction of the Feiyan Mountain area."

After explaining everything, Ma Yuanbai's emotions calmed down considerably.

"So that's how it is."

After hearing Ma Yuanbai's words, everyone fell silent, and they finally learned Ma Yuanbai's secret.

This was incredibly shocking for ordinary scavengers like them.

However, people did not distance themselves from Ma Yuanbai because he came from the shelter; on the contrary, they trusted him even more because of his words.

Li Yu silently processed everything Ma Yuanbai had said, while also feeling very curious.

'What kind of power could completely wipe out a shelter?'

No one noticed that Ma Yuanbai was lost in deep memories, and he hadn't actually told everyone everything.

After the Feiyanshan area was destroyed, the rainfall began to rise continuously, and rumors about the disaster intensified.

In order to survive, those who were lucky enough to survive in Feiyan Mountain had no choice but to begin migrating eastward.

Ma Yuanbai also migrated, eventually arriving in the Black Mountain region and becoming one of the Black Mountain refugees.

Black Sand's goal was actually the same as his: to find out the real reason for the destruction of Flying Swallow Mountain.

Ma Yuanbai came to the top of Xirong Mountain because of a document he had seen in the library of Refuge 6899.

The document contained drawings of various strange animals and plants, and even many advanced weapons that Ma Yuanbai had never seen before.

One of the pages vividly depicts the unique scenery atop Xirong Mountain.

This is also an important reason why Ma Yuanbai wanted to climb to the top of Xirong Mountain.

Looking at the vast expanse of green plants before him, Ma Yuanbai completely believed in the authenticity of the information.

Because the scene in the painting was exactly the same as what was happening in front of him.

That document was actually real!

Recalling the various powerful weapons depicted in the documents, Ma Yuanbai even suspected that the destruction of Feiyan District might have been the work of other shelters.

Because of this lingering suspicion, Ma Yuanbai later formed a new team to personally investigate the truth and no longer trusted other shelters.

He had already seen the view from the top of Xirong Mountain in that painting.

Ma Yuanbai felt a pang of sadness, turned around, and spoke softly:

"Let's go, let's go down the mountain now before the strange beast comes out."

The group quickly returned along the same route. Without safety concerns, their speed increased considerably.

Soon, the group spotted the lone tree in the distance.

"We're almost there. I hope your horse is still here." Sun Hao thought that Li Yu hadn't tied the horse up, so it must have run away by now.

“It’s definitely still there.” Li Yu and Fu Xiyao exchanged a smile. The others had no idea how clever Xiao Hei was.

As the crowd drew closer, the scene before them stunned them once again.

The level of shock was almost as great as when I first saw the 'grassland'.

Beneath the black tree, Little Black was happily munching on the bark.

As Xiao Hei moved, it continuously emitted creaking sounds of wood tearing.

Everyone turned to look at Li Yu.

Li Yu was immediately speechless.

He had clearly fed Xiao Hei before he left.

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