Jialan walked up to the storefront and gently pushed the metal rolling shutter. Completely corroded through, it was as fragile as paper. It collapsed inward, kicking up a cloud of dust.
Dim light shone into the shop. Beneath the thick layer of dust, they could barely make out the old appliances that had once been displayed inside. Without exception, all of them had long since broken down. Behind the decaying counter hung a door curtain, and the entire shop stood empty.
All three of them had experience walking through the mist, so this sight did not surprise them too much. After the erosion of countless years and the mist, these buildings had long lost their original structural support and had become dangerously unstable structures that could collapse at any moment.
"Are Qiye and the others really in a place like this?" Jialan stood at the entrance and asked worriedly.
"No. Lin Qiye and the others took relevant courses at the Training Camp. As long as they came here, they would definitely recognize that this was Japan, recall the map, and find a way to cross the sea back to Great Xia," Wu Xiangnan explained.
"But it has already been two years, and they still haven't returned. So I think they must have been drawn into the Human Circle."
"Isn't this the Human Circle?"
"No, this is merely Japan covered by the mist." The Knight continued, "A place like this is simply not fit for human survival. They should be inside some domain or divine artifact created by the Japanese gods, and the breach leading inside should be somewhere nearby."
"How do we find that breach?"
"It'll be difficult with just us." The Knight glanced around and pulled out a pixel-art device resembling a phone from his coat. A map of