Book 5 Chapter 10 – A Turn for the Stranger

　　Li Yiming stared at the sky for the entire night, completely absorbed by the silvery river that streamed through the sky and the occasional flash of purple light.

　　'That You Fang guy's got it right. This is the Dawn of Chaos…' Bai Ze's final verdict came. Bai Ze was even more shocked than You Fang, since she was much more well-versed in the implications of what she was seeing.

　　'You know, I don't really care about this Dawn of Chaos thing. I'm just worried…' Li Yiming continued staring at the sky.

　　'Worried about what?'

　　'I've seen this sky before…'

　　'What? Where? How?' Bai Ze was baffled.

　　'Eden…' After an entire night spent scrutinizing the stars, Li Yiming finally remembered what he thought he had forgotten. The sky was the exact same under which Li Huaibei struggled for his life for three consecutive days.

　　'You're saying that…' Before Bai Ze could finish, a ripple propagated across the sea of stars, blurring them out. An instant later, and the burning sun appeared once again, hanging high.

　　The sudden sunlight blinded Li Yiming. When he opened his eyes, he saw that aside from You Fang, who was still asleep, the rest of the team had woken up to the sudden change.

　　"Let's pack up. Liu Meng, Eyegla.s.ses, head south. Zhang Shanjun, Chen Quan, you're going east. Shen Jianming, Li Yiming, go north. You Fang and I are going to take care of the west. If you find anything, call the rest of the team before doing anything rash. Head back after one kilometer. I'll be seeing all of you here." After a quick breakfast, Lin Lu gave out instructions. Li Yiming's discovery last night was no small matter, and it needed to be investigated thoroughly.

　　"Be careful, okay?" Li Yiming nodded at Liu Meng, exchanged a glance with Eyegla.s.ses, and followed Shen Jianming.

　　Northward happened to be the direction in which Li Yiming chased the people he had seen the previous night, so he made sure to fully heighten his senses as soon as he entered the woods.

　　"This was where you saw them last night?" Shen Jiaming walked slowly with a handgun ready and an a.s.sault rifle on his back. He was taking as many precautions as he could.

　　"When I saw them, they were standing at the start of this trail, right next to that big rock." Li Yiming was much more composed, not because he was ignorant of the potential dangers, but rather because he could rely on senses which were sharper than his sight alone.

　　"You're saying that you saw two people? But there's only one set of footprints here, and it's probably yours." Shen Jianming looked at Li Yiming's shoes. 'But the distance between these footprints…'

　　"We've found something!" Li Yiming realized his mistake and was scrambling for an explanation when a cry suddenly came from the east side.

　　"Go!" Shen Jianming recognized his friend's voice and quickly turned around. Li Yiming followed close behind.