When it came to scenery, even the most beautiful places in the Real World could not possibly compare to the Grotto-Heaven and Blessed Land.
However, correspondingly, because there were absolutely no animals or birds within [Gonggong], the environment here inevitably felt somewhat desolate, even rather eerie at times.
When [Gonggong] had first been reclaimed, the Relevant Department had considered introducing some new animals into it, but the matter had ultimately been dropped.
The Grotto-Heaven and Blessed Land was unlike the outside world. The Spiritual Energy within it was absurdly abundant. If those animal populations from the outside were allowed in, they would turn into demons in a very short time.
One had to know that the first batch of people entering the Grotto-Heaven and Blessed Land were basically all ordinary people. If they really did that, ordinary people would suffer heavy casualties when faced with animals transformed into Mountain Spirit Monsters, and [Gonggong] would lose all value as a Safe Zone.
Therefore, before they figured out how to handle this issue, no outside lifeforms other than humans were permitted to enter. Forget bringing pets—even a cockroach hidden in someone's luggage would be detected at the strict checkpoints ahead and crushed to death.
—This was no joke.
After all, if those things were truly allowed in, given the breeding capabilities of cockroaches, those indestructible little pests, combined with Gonggong's uniquely favorable growth environment, who knew if after just a few days the place would be filled with head-sized cockroaches flying around everywhere...
The same applied to mosquitoes.
Perhaps by then, terrifying cold-resistant mosquitoes that could bite people even in winter would emerge...
Cockroaches and mosquitoes were already like that, let alone pets such as cats and dogs.
Since this was a whole-family relocation, quite a few people had brought along their