Midnight.
"I'm so hungry," someone whispered.
"Me too." Another person replied softly.
In the shadowy wilderness of the Southwest, the 381,241 members of the Parents' Meeting split into over a thousand columns, dispersing into the mountains as they slowly advanced.
To avoid being detected by satellites, they chose to march at night and sleep under the trees during the day.
Each of them had at least E-Class proficiency, but the difficulty of the Southwest Shu Path was unimaginable.
The route for this long march was not a straightforward two thousand kilometers on flat ground.
Traveling from the Central Plains to the southwest required crossing countless rivers, mountain passes, and peaks.
Encountering impassable terrains, they had to detour long distances to find suitable passage.
Though it was a direct 2,300 kilometers, the unfolded rugged terrain exceeded 7,000 kilometers.
After just over three hundred kilometers, many people's shoes were worn out.
