Zhou Niannian, standing beside him, found it utterly unbelievable. She clearly remembered yesterday they had left the desert and headed to the next location.
Yet, here they were, back at the volcano again.
Even though they had already survived one volcanic crisis, the memories of what they had encountered were still vivid.
Fear was unavoidable.
"I don't know what's going on. I woke up and found myself here. I guess those dinosaurs set us up."
Jiang Fan's face was full of worry. Although he didn't know what had happened, he knew this place was extremely dangerous.
"Damn it, these dinosaurs are such a rip-off!"
After Jiang Fan spoke, he put the tent back, and the group could only reluctantly continue forward.
"Everyone be careful of those Death Flies. It won't be good if we get entangled with them again."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Niannian hid behind Jiang Fan, while Dai Xiaomei on the side repeatedly shielded her face with her hands, as if this would hide her tracks.
Gun Gun behind them, bothered by the scorching heat, seemed unusually irritable.
Furthermore, being tricked back here by those dinosaurs naturally made it furious.
Gun Gun continuously roared from behind.
"Gun Gun, be quiet. We've been forced back here, and getting angry is useless."
Hearing this, Gun Gun could only sigh helplessly.
It seemed it had to accept the reality of the situation.
However, Jiang Fan soon noticed something unusual, as there weren't as many Death Flies following them this time.
"That's strange. Where are the Death Flies? They were chasing us earlier like they wanted to devour us, but now they're gone."
After saying this, Zhou Niannian quickly stepped forward.
"I guess it's because they're afraid of our strength, worried that we've become much stronger after coming out of the pyramid, so they've hidden. Otherwise, why wouldn't they show up?"
Clearly, Zhou Niannian's words lacked any persuasiveness, and Jiang Fan didn't take them seriously at all.
He could only say that Zhou Niannian was far too optimistic.
As long as they were able to return to this place, there must have been an arrangement. They wouldn't be allowed to cross mountains and rivers so easily and reach the other shore.
"I'm afraid it's not that simple. This matter is likely to become more complicated."
After all, the moon in the sky had turned into four. If they were to challenge the previous stages again, it seemed impossible.
It was only possible that this place had been designated as a new challenge location.
For Jiang Fan, this was the best explanation.
However, up to this point, Jiang Fan hadn't seen any beast appear.
After walking a safe distance without encountering any anomalies, Jiang Fan slowly put his fire axe back into his backpack.
"I told you there was nothing unusual, but you didn't believe me. Now do you believe me?"
Hearing this, Jiang Fan on the side just smiled faintly. At the same time, his guard hadn't completely dropped; it had only eased slightly.
Just as Jiang Fan put down his axe, he suddenly noticed something strange on the volcanic wall.
"Don't you think that shadow looks a bit like a person?"
Upon hearing this, Zhou Niannian instantly hid behind Jiang Fan. She had been walking at the front with an arrogant and imposing demeanor, but as soon as Jiang Fan said this, she immediately hid.
"Where is there anyone? Don't scare me."
Zhou Niannian said to Jiang Fan with a trembling voice. Jiang Fan then pointed to a spot that truly resembled a human silhouette.
"You can see for yourselves. I'm not scaring you. Doesn't this place look very much like a human shadow?"
Hearing this, Zhou Niannian looked at the shadow and then said to Jiang Fan with a look of helplessness.
"I told you not to scare me. It's just a layer of ash imprinted on the outer surface of this volcano."
"I'm a materialist. I don't believe in any of that superstitious stuff. Fortunately, I wasn't scared at all."
Zhou Niannian once again regained her previous arrogant and overbearing demeanor. Seeing this, Jiang Fan couldn't help but chuckle, and even Yao shook his head in exasperation.
At the same time, just as everyone passed by, they didn't notice that the shadow had moved.
And it was clearly sentient.
"This is too safe, it's making me a little scared."
After walking a bit further, Jiang Fan couldn't help but sigh. At this moment, Zhou Niannian didn't sense anything wrong.
"I told you there wouldn't be any problems. We've already killed all those things. Now that there are no more Death Flies, aren't we invincible on this volcano?"
After saying this, Zhou Niannian even laughed heartily.
"Look, besides some loose stones over there, is there anything else out of the ordinary?"
Hearing Zhou Niannian's words, Jiang Fan immediately looked in the direction she was pointing. He saw that she was pointing to the ground beneath his feet. Seeing this, Jiang Fan was quite baffled.
"Wait a minute, what is this?"
Jiang Fan frowned and probed the small hole that appeared behind the loose stone beneath his feet, but he couldn't see anything.
"Alright, don't worry. Let's go. There won't be any danger."
As soon as she finished speaking, Zhou Niannian turned around, ready to leave.
In the brief moment Jiang Fan took a breath, the hole instantly exploded as if a flood had erupted.
Jiang Fan was also sent flying several meters by the thing from underground, landing on the ground.
A giant worm, tens of meters long, appeared before them.
This giant worm somewhat resembled the sandworms from legends.
However, its body was covered in lava, its bristles were sharper, and its mouth was like a black hole, revealing layers of teeth as it opened before Jiang Fan and the others.
"Not good, run! This thing is huge!"
Jiang Fan had no time to analyze what it was and immediately shouted to his companions behind him. Seeing this, they quickly started running.
"I told you there was definitely something!"