After listening to An Lan's words, Lu Ning raised an eyebrow slightly: "Then what's going on with these bones?"

An Lan frowned in thought, then shook her head: "Logically speaking, it shouldn't be human skeletons from Base City 65. Perhaps an Awakened One came here to explore before, and eventually died here, leaving behind their skeletons."

Lu Ning asked, puzzled, "Base City No. 65 was located in the center of the Fog No. 101, so it must have been very dangerous, right? Are there any Awakened Ones allowed to enter?"

"Perhaps he's a Saint-level expert?" An Lan thought for a moment and guessed.

He then shook his head: "I'm not too sure either, after all, there's too little information based on just this one bone."

Lu Ning nodded, then said, "Keep these bones."

An Lan did not refuse and put the bones into her spatial bracelet: "Okay, I will study it later. When I get back, I will look for information to see if any powerful people died in the No. 101 Mist and compare them."

"Um."

Lu Ning and An Lan continued their search.

After a while, Su Qi let out a gasp.

Everyone looked over sharply.

Then they saw a group of phantoms slowly dissipating from where Su Qi was.

There were quite a few phantoms, more than ten figures, slowly dissipating.

The way it dissipated was the same as the girl Lu Ning had encountered before.

In less than a breath, the figure vanished completely.

Aisha Lin frowned, looking around warily.

Lu Ning silently arrived at the location where the figure had been.

It was an open space, with some loose stones, but it was different from the pile of rubble next to the wall.

Lu Ning kicked the stone away but found nothing unusual; there was nothing similar to the bones from before.

An Lan and Aisha Lin and the others also came over.

An Lan asked, "Isn't there that kind of skeleton again?"

Lu Ning nodded: "Mm."

The others also knew that Lu Ning had encountered a figure earlier.

Hearing Lu Ning and An Lan's conversation was not surprising.

An Lan said thoughtfully, "So it seems that the bone is not a necessary condition for the appearance of the human figure."

"Then how did this figure appear?" Steve asked, somewhat puzzled.

No one can answer that.

Just then, Lu Ning looked at Steve and frowned, saying, "Steve, you seem to have aged a bit."

Steve was completely stunned when he heard this.

He said excitedly, "What do you mean, Lu Ning? What do you mean by 'old'? I'm only a little over a hundred years old! For a ninth-tier awakened one, I'm very young! I'm a genius!"

Everyone looked at Steve with some confusion.

"Um?"

When they saw what Steve looked like, they all frowned.

Aisalind said thoughtfully, "...It seems a little different from before."

Steve had developed a few more crow's feet at the corners of his eyes, his eyes had become a bit duller, and even his skin condition was completely different from before.

Anlan took out the instrument and began to perform various tests on Steve.

Soon, An Lan's expression turned serious.

When Steve saw An Lan's expression, his heart skipped a beat: "...Hey, An Lan, don't tell me there's really a problem."

An Lan said gravely, "Your physical age is already around 180 years old."

"That's impossible!"

Steve's eyes widened in disbelief as he exclaimed, "I'm only 133 years old!"

"hiss……"

The others stared wide-eyed.

Su Qi exclaimed in shock, "Looks about 50 years older? How could this be?"

An Lan said with a solemn expression, "It should be due to the time laws of this area."

The others were startled, and a look of fear appeared in their eyes.

Especially Aishalin and Su Qi, these two women.

Even high-level awakened beings or saints, women still care about their age.

Upon hearing that this area would make people age faster, the two immediately became extremely wary.

"Elder An, how am I? How am I doing?" Su Qi asked hurriedly.

An Lan looked at Su Qi, somewhat puzzled, and said, "You seem to be no different from before."

However, An Lan still used the instrument to test Su Qi.

Soon, An Lan spoke up: "Your physical age is 193 years old, but what is your actual age?"

Su Qi's tense expression froze, and when she saw everyone looking at her, the corner of her mouth twitched.

She gave a stiff laugh: "Hahaha... I guess I'm getting a bit old?"

An Lan nodded thoughtfully: "It seems there's no change."

Su Qi's face turned red.

Steve, standing nearby, looked at Su Qi with some surprise: "Su Qi, I didn't expect you to be so old... Holy crap?! What are you going to do?"

Steve looked at the energy ball that Su Qi had condensed in his hand, felt the terrifying power within it, and showed a look of horror.

Su Qi sneered, "Say that again?"

Steve understood what was going on and chuckled dryly, "It was just a joke, why are you taking it so seriously? Really."

Su Qi snorted and dispersed the energy ball in his hand.

Aissaline, who was standing nearby, did not ask any questions. She checked her own condition and calmly said, "My physical condition has not changed."

Lu Ning goes without saying.

He has walked in the mist for so many years, and his physical condition is still the same as when he entered the mist.

His body will never age.

Everyone looked at An Lan.

An Lan assessed her own condition, and her expression gradually became somewhat strange.

He then used the instrument to check his own condition.

When the test results came out, An Lan's expression became even stranger.

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