After half a month, Qin Hao returned home after spending time traveling with his family, with only half a month left until the New Year. Qin Hao was preparing to go into the Wilderness Area again. Having grown accustomed to hunting outside the Elite Training Camp, the half-month of free time made Qin Hao feel restless.
He had originally planned to meet Luo Feng to check on his cultivation progress. However, the two perfectly missed each other. While Qin Hao was out with his family, Luo Feng also returned home for a visit, and then headed back to the Wilderness Area.
After briefly tidying his backpack, Qin Hao informed his family and set off for the Wilderness Area. It was the same special train, the same military camp, but upon entering again, Qin Hao's feelings were different.
This time entering the Wilderness Area, Qin Hao's goal was not just to kill, but more to get closer to nature and deepen his understanding of martial arts. Among Hong's cultivation experiences, many were recorded in various places, wildernesses, mountains, and lakes during the Great Nirvana.
For Qin Hao, both his movement technique and blade technique were heading towards the Intent Realm. However, the Intent Realm could not be achieved through simple cultivation. Foundation, Specialization (Micro-control), Perfection, Intent Realm, and Domain are processes from controlling one's body and internal self to resonating with the external world.
To comprehend the Intent Realm, understanding the world is inseparable; one must witness various natural phenomena in this world. From these phenomena, one can gain insight into different Intent Realms.
Upon entering the Wilderness Area, Qin Hao had no fixed destination. He continuously advanced in one direction, witnessing the scenery and nature in various locations. Sometimes he would stop to watch quietly, other times it was just a fleeting glimpse.
Just like that, Qin Hao continuously moved forward in the Wilderness Area, gradually entering the location where Mount Huangshan was before the Great Nirvana. As a famous mountain in China, Huangshan's scenery attracted countless tourists.
However, during the Great Nirvana, Huangshan was gradually occupied by various monsters. Even now, very few martial artists come to the Huangshan area. Most martial artists choose cities as their core for hunting and rarely venture into the mountains.
Upon entering Huangshan, Qin Hao's pace involuntarily slowed. In his previous life, he had wanted to visit but never acted on it. Since he was here in this life, he would take a good look at this 'No. 1 Strange Mountain under Heaven.' Moreover, it was a strange mountain that had undergone decades of natural recovery.
Strange pines, peculiar rocks, a sea of clouds, and some surviving cultural relics: ancient plank roads, ancient couplets, ancient bridges, ancient pavilions, ancient temples, ancient pagodas, and various cliff carvings. Although most were re-damaged, many still remained.
"Someone has entered the Vigilance area."
"Switch screen."
Inside a mountain belly, the screen quickly switched, and the image showed Qin Hao. The language these people spoke was not Chinese, but Little Japan.
"A China martial artist? Release Experiment Subject 56 for expulsion."
At this time, Qin Hao had already ascended to the summit, looking at the Huangshan sea of clouds, and an endless sigh arose in his heart.
"The scenery is beautiful and enchanting. No wonder it attracted so many tourists and inspired countless poems. However, in this world, it's much harder to climb up."
The scenery was beautiful, but it was no longer something ordinary people could see. Along the way up the mountain, Qin Hao encountered many monsters. Among them were not a few Beast General-level monsters, and many were in groups. Even a human Warrior Squad would find it difficult to handle.
Monsters in the mountains are very different from monsters in cities. Most city monsters are mutated from former livestock and zoo animals. Mountain monsters are primarily wild beasts, inherently possessing a certain attack power, and after mutation, their attack power and aggression are even stronger.
As night fell, Qin Hao directly set up a boundary on the mountaintop, while he lay on the summit, gazing at the night sky above. Infinite stars, a bright moon, a serene night sky, the occasional roars from the mountain forest, the trees and mountains in the darkness... it all seemed to form a strange painting.
Feeling everything around him, Qin Hao felt himself becoming a part of Huangshan, a part of the night. Every subtle change around him became incredibly clear in his perception.
"Rustle, rustle." The sound was faint, but it was very clear in Qin Hao's ears.
"A monster is coming, what a spoiler." Qin Hao did not act immediately, but let the monster approach. The monster was incredibly fast and quickly came to Qin Hao's side, pouncing directly at him.
The moment he was attacked, Qin Hao's Black God Suit instantly covered his entire body, and at the same time, he vanished from his original spot.
"Hmm, something's wrong." Upon seeing the monster attacking him, Qin Hao noticed something amiss. The monster's strength was good, a power of a Mid-Level Beast General, but its appearance was very strange.
It had a raven-like beak and pitch-black wings, a dog's body and head, and hands and feet very similar to a human's, covered in fur, probably from an ape or monkey. When Qin Hao saw the monster, he couldn't help but be startled.
He had dealt with monsters more than once or twice, and Qin Hao had some understanding of most monsters. Monsters were mutated animals from before the Great Nirvana. Although their size and appearance had changed, they were generally still recognizable.
This current monster was not something that existed in reality; instead, it was a stitched-together creature.
"Tengu?" A name appeared in Qin Hao's mind. It was a character often seen in Little Japan's anime and games in his previous life, a famous yokai from Little Japan. However, in the world of Swallowed Star, Little Japan disappeared during the Great Nirvana, and such Little Japan-specific yokai were rarely known anymore.
"How could it appear here?" Qin Hao dodged while constantly thinking, "Is Little Japan up to something again?"
Qin Hao couldn't help but recall the Little Japan he had encountered before; there must be some connection between the two. In his previous life, Little Japan had been continuously migrating to various places, even establishing closed Little Japan schools, and China was one of them. The closed Little Japan schools, strictly guarded, aroused many suspicions.
"Let me see what these people are up to." After making his decision, Qin Hao drew his long saber, leaving scars on the monster's body. Although there were many scars, they were not fatal, but they gradually put the monster into a severely injured state.
As the battle continued, the monster gradually became timid and began to prepare to escape. After more than a dozen more exchanges, the monster let out a mournful cry, flapped its wings, ascended into the air, and flew towards the inside of the mountain.