Men North, Women South

Zhang Tie ran, never stopping. Apart from roughly six hours of necessary rest each day, he spent the other eighteen running, day and night. Whenever he felt hungry or thirsty, he would gulp down a mouthful of Panacea Potion or water. At this pace, he could cover around five hundred kilometers alone each day.

What guided Zhang Tie was a map of the Blakerson Human Corridor and a compass.

East of Black Flame City lay, on the map, a wilderness stretching more than seventeen hundred kilometers. In the southern part of that wilderness stood only one city that had once flown the seventeen-star flag of the Andaman Alliance—Indehak. Like Black Flame City, it had first been annexed by the Norman Empire, then destroyed in the demon disaster. Its fate had been full of twists and turns. Apart from that city, there was not another human city throughout that wilderness spanning over seventeen hundred kilometers. It was therefore especially desolate; aside from the areas around the city, there were practically no signs of human habitation.

Zhang Tie's first destination was not Indehak, but a human nation on the eastern side of this wilderness—the Saipan Republic.

The Saipan Republic covered an area of more than two million square kilometers and shared a small stretch of border with the Norman Empire. It had more than thirty cities. Its national strength was somewhat weaker than that of the Norman Empire, yet considerably stronger than that of the former Andaman Alliance.

After crossing the Saipan Republic, he would continue east through the territory of the Cross Star Commercial Alliance, then cross two small countries. After that, he would basically reach the sea. That was Zhang Tie's planned route.

The Sun God Dynasty had already fallen in the demon disaster, and the road home south from