I once thought no one would willingly live in a ghost place like the Twilight Forest for long.
The four-hour day-night cycle meant most people had to abandon their past habits and forcibly integrate into the environment.
This was bound to disrupt biological clocks and daily routines, leaving people in a state of long-term lethargy.
Not to mention the hallucinatory mists, which could make you lose your sense of direction at any moment.
Yet I quickly realized that for the species born in this forest, perhaps a four-hour day and night was a law branded into their very lives.
The long daylight was as incomprehensible to them as the sky being azure instead of gray...
So I always believed that a gathering place for life ought to exist in the Twilight Forest.
It was simply so vast that a brief stay in the forest made it hard to catch a glimpse of their true appearance.
That did not mean they did not exist.
And the moment you truly interacted with them, you might recall the times you had brushed past them in the past. Until then, you would probably exclaim, "So that's how it was."
Because looking back, a village populated only by beastkin sounded absurd, yet it was not altogether unreasonable.
"After all, these guys have dog-like noses that help them identify directions in the mist."
Tang Qi wrote rapidly in The Guide while glancing into the mist at those pairs of fierce eyes gleaming with crimson light.
"But beastkin rarely live in groups. In my impression, they mostly hide in uninhabited places, scattered in family units..."
All sorts of past challenges surfaced in her mind, and Dawn also felt hesitant.
"Because everyone's curse is different, just as ratmen and bearfolk have different lifestyles. Different behavioral habits and