The map of the world known to humanity—
was, in reality, nothing more than a place atop an enormous lake called Mobius Lake, located at the very center of the Dark Continent.
According to statistics from the International Permit Office, there had been exactly 149 Dark Continent expeditions with clear historical records.
Only five of those expeditions had survivors return, for a total of twenty-eight survivors.
But as time passed, only a handful of Dark Continent expedition survivors remained alive.
Among these records, the most valuable references were undoubtedly the several expeditions directly involving "Calamities and hope."
In the treacherous mountains along the northeastern shore of Mobius Lake on the Dark Continent, a mineral called Unmanned Stone could be mined. It generated electricity simply by being submerged in water.
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But that region was the territory of Pap, the Human-Nurturing Beast.
To chart the entire route, the Begerosse United Nations sent a survey team of one thousand people into those mountains. In the end, only seven returned, having gained nothing.
At the landing point directly north of Mobius Lake, one could reach an ancient maze city with a distinctly modern atmosphere by traveling four hundred kilometers inland.
A large special forces unit dispatched by the Saherta United States was attacked there by the plant weapon Brion. Only two ultimately survived.
Southeast of Mobius Lake, traveling in a straight line would lead to a Swamp where the longevity food Nitro Rice grew.
The Oukima Federation chose this route and dispatched a force of 1,100 people, but ninety-nine percent of them became food for the Hellbell.
After these expeditions became written records, the Minbo Republic chose another route and dispatched a force of as many as two thousand people.
Yet they still returned empty-handed, with only three survivors