An endless forest appeared in He Ao's field of vision, stretching out like a vast carpet.
On the map, the Forest Corridor was merely a narrow little gap wedged between the Central Mountains and the Molten Gorge.
But when He Ao actually looked down on the region from the sky, all he saw was boundless green.
It was hard to imagine that he had only just emerged from the Nisk Desert.
That very afternoon, he had still been flying over endless dunes.
Now, a green carpet covered the earth. Moonlight and starlight shone over the lush forest, tracing its dark green contours.
He Ao raised his head and looked at the sky. The stars glittered overhead, utterly unlike that dark region in the desert.
Then he lowered his head again and looked at the forest below.
Trees crowded densely together. Giant trees dozens or even hundreds of meters tall thrust up from the forest one after another, like flowers rising from a lawn, competing for the sunlight above.
In the dim night, the thick foliage seemed to stir in the wind, or perhaps sway under the disturbance of living creatures.
An intense, surging vitality permeated the land.
The Forest Corridor was not as famous as the Nisk Desert. Before this, even with all his memories, He Ao had only known of its existence and had never truly seen it.
Of course, the reason was simple. No cities had been built within the Forest Corridor, and there was only one city at each of its eastern and western ends. Because of the Nisk Desert, its western side was almost uninhabited and naturally could not support trade routes.
Within the Federation, the entire Forest Corridor was less famous than the Northern Gate near Mint City.
He Ao lowered his gaze, studying the