"Alright, get ready, we're about to depart."
The next day, Yao woke up early, went out to hunt some wild game, and packed it into his bag.
Based on previous experience, Jiang Fan's backpack alone wouldn't hold enough meat.
After collecting food early, Yao returned to wake everyone up.
Jiang Fan, upon waking and seeing Yao ready, didn't hesitate. He grabbed a piece of dried bamboo charcoal, brushed his teeth, washed his face, and prepared to move on.
Meanwhile, Zhou Niannian and Dai Xiaomei were just groggily waking up.
After a night's rest, Gun Gun had recovered a lot of its strength. It had also eaten raw meat, and its wounds were healing rapidly.
Zhou Niannian and Dai Xiaomei slowly opened their eyes. Seeing Jiang Fan and Yao already prepared, they finally got out of bed.
After a while more of packing, they were finally able to set off again, heading towards the volcano.
At this point, Zhou Niannian and Dai Xiaomei still had no idea where Jiang Fan was taking them.
However, Jiang Fan had already discussed with Yao about how to get out of this place.
This jungle was definitely not the next stage, as they had experienced it before.
Therefore, the biggest clue now lay within the volcano. Perhaps only inside the volcano could they find the path to the next stage, or the exit.
The group arrived at the volcano but found nothing unusual. The shadow hadn't followed them. However, Jiang Fan remained constantly vigilant, fearing the creature might suddenly appear and launch a heavy sneak attack.
"This shouldn't be right. Since we've completed the fourth stage, they should be showing us the next one now."
As Jiang Fan said this, Zhou Niannian burst into laughter.
"Could it be that we've cleared it, but there's no exit here?
'Now this world is under our control.'"
Zhou Niannian was still laughing as she said this, but later she realized it wasn't that funny.
Because this place wasn't as interesting as she had imagined.
Moreover, if they acted rashly here, they could be killed by monsters at any moment.
Suddenly, an extremely cold wind blew past.
"What's going on? Isn't this a volcano? Why is such a cold wind blowing all of a sudden? Could the volcano be changing seasons?"
Hearing Zhou Niannian's words, everyone looked at her speechlessly.
"What are you talking about? How could a volcano change seasons? It's probably something strange appearing again."
Even Dai Xiaomei had this common sense.
The volcano was clearly erupting, so how could it suddenly change seasons? Moreover, the lava on the volcano was still churning.
If there were to be a season change, it wouldn't be here; the jungle would be a more likely possibility.
Hearing this, Zhou Niannian gave an awkward laugh.
"Dai Xiaomei, what are you saying? I was just joking. How could I not know this?"
Clearly, Zhou Niannian did know that the volcano couldn't change seasons, but she wasn't joking at all. She was seriously asking everyone around her.
But at this moment, Jiang Fan suddenly thought of something.
This gust of wind absolutely could not have originated from within the volcano itself.
Given the extreme heat of the volcano, any convection current within it would be scorching hot. Therefore, this wind must have come from somewhere else.
As for where it came from, Jiang Fan didn't know yet. He could only head in the direction from which the wind was blowing.
"Although I don't know where the wind is coming from, it must be in front of us. If we keep walking forward, we might find the place where the wind is blowing from."
Hearing this, Yao and Dai Xiaomei expressed their agreement.
The group followed Jiang Fan's steps and continued to advance.
But at a glance, it didn't seem as Jiang Fan had imagined.
Because at a glance, everything was red. There was only the volcano, with no place from which a sinister aura could blow out.
"This is strange. Why would it be like this?"
Just as Jiang Fan was pondering, something suddenly appeared before him.
"Quick, look ahead! What is that?"
Everyone immediately scrambled forward, following Jiang Fan's gaze, and saw something resembling a door.
"It can't be, right? No one would build a door here."
At the same time, Jiang Fan was also quite incredulous. He hadn't expected to encounter something like this.
After all, who in a volcano would have the leisure to build a door here? The only possibility was that this stage itself had placed this door here.
Otherwise, no explanation would make sense.
"Let's not worry about that for now. What we need to do is quickly escape this volcano and enter the next stage, or complete this challenge."
With that, Jiang Fan walked forward. He didn't know what would happen after opening the door, but from the air blowing out of the gap, he felt extremely cold.
Without a doubt, that cold wind had come from here.
Otherwise, it wouldn't be so cold.
It was like standing outside an air-conditioned room on a forty-degree summer day. The outside was extremely hot, but the air coming from the door was chillingly cold.
When Jiang Fan entered the door, he realized his assumption was entirely correct, because inside was exactly like a refrigerator.
"What is going on? The change is so drastic with just a wall between them?"
Zhou Niannian looked at the wall before her in disbelief.
After opening the wall, she couldn't believe it was a snowy landscape.
Knowing that if they hadn't opened this door, behind the wall would still be the volcano.
But after opening the door and coming to the other side of the wall, they entered a snow-capped mountain. And those who walked in couldn't see beyond the wall.
It seemed that the door in the wall led to another place, not to continue remaining on the volcano.