Five Years, Eight Years, Ten Years!

"That was a wondrous place. With a unique Messenger Item, I could temporarily break through regional restrictions and gain the right to enter the ruins."

"As for what happened after entering, it was even more wondrous. I could make several choices."

The status of a lord.

In ordinary people's eyes, it seemed supreme. A lord enjoyed authority over hundreds or thousands of people and had permission to use all available resources.

But in reality.

Only the lord knew that this status also brought layer upon layer of shackles.

Speaking of how she had been able to set foot outside her territory, Feng Mengyue could not help thinking of how Su Mo had also successfully left his territory. In terms of freedom, he was even more astonishing than she had been when holding the Messenger Item.

But thinking was one thing.

Feng Mengyue also knew that obtaining such freedom must mean Su Mo possessed some other secret or powerful item—something beyond the reach of ordinary people.

Since Su Mo had not chosen to bring it up himself, asking rashly would only be improper.

"Several choices? Was it a Task-Type Ruin?"

Su Mo's face showed thought, but his heart was shaking violently. He could still maintain a calm expression for the moment.

"It should be. It was somewhat like the mission options given by a Task-Type Ruin, but not exactly the same."

"The ruin gave me three choices in total."

"First, it would send me to Mountain Moon Territory five years in the future. I would become its lord and lead my subjects through a disaster. Depending on my performance during the disaster, the ruin would award me an appropriate reward."

"Second, it would send me to Mountain Moon Territory eight years in the future. But this time, I couldn't become the