We'd arrived just fine, but now we couldn't leave?
What a ridiculous mess.
"Wait, wasn't this place a secluded refuge you set up yourselves?"
"How come you can't get out?" Chen Changan asked, confused.
"Back then, we wanted to make sure we'd be safe, so this place was designed to let people in but not out."
"We figured that even if Yun Sen eventually found this place, as long as he dared to come in, he'd never be able to leave."
"That way, the Eternal Land outside would be safe too."
"But..."
At that, the crowd looked like they could barely bring themselves to say it. Their expressions were downright awkward.
"Don't tell me you only thought about safety and never considered how you'd get out later?"
"You overlooked something that important?"
"Well... things were pretty dire back then, and we... we just..."
"You only looked after your head and forgot your backside? And now you've gone too far and can't get out even if you want to?"
"Mm... that's about the size of it."
Seeing the awkward expressions on their faces, Chen Changan could only sigh helplessly. How could they have been so careless?
Huh?
No!
Damn it, if they couldn't get out, how was he supposed to leave?
And, more importantly, he still had no idea how he'd gotten in here in the first place.
Chen Changan had initially thought the people here had used some kind of trick. Maybe he'd stumbled into some familiar old scheme.
But it looked like they couldn't have done it. So who had the power to send him here without a sound?
"By the way, since you came here this time, I imagine you can't get back either."
"But don't worry, Empty City is pretty big. How about we find you a