Alex noticed Wu Tanglan following at a distance and ignored him. He knew what the monkey planned. It was obvious. He just had to make sure what the monkey planned didn't come to pass.
He continued going around the forest in a circle, or more accurately, a spiral, taking his time as he gathered everything the forest had to offer. Since he had plenty of hours to spare, he planned on gathering everything right until the very end.
Scarlet and Pearl took great care to watch where they stepped, as they did not want to get poisoned if it was possible to avoid it.
"Can't we go back to the edge and wait there?" Scarlet asked with a hint of annoyance. "We can follow you in after you've taken everything. Wouldn't that be better?"
Pearl felt the same.
"You want to wait until I've opened up everything for Wu Tanglan to sneak through?" Alex asked, which caused the two to shrink a little.
