The Sounds of Slaughter Had Arrived

This map was extremely detailed—almost the most detailed map of the Jiangzhou region Lincon had seen since the Dark Age.

With Longwind City as its central point, the densely packed transportation routes resembled a spiderweb spread out by some colossal beast, radiating in every direction. Any dangerous areas along those routes were specially marked with patches of mist in varying shades.

For example, the southern Abyss Rift, just over a hundred kilometers from Longwind Territory.

That area had been painted over in layers of dense crimson-black, the color growing darker the closer it came to the rift.

Correspondingly, the number of routes passing through it dropped exponentially before ultimately reaching zero.

To this day, no wandering merchant or adventurer had dared approach the place.

On one hand, Lincon had long since issued a citywide ban through the Sacred Court, forbidding all Longwind Subjects from approaching the Abyss Rift.

On the other hand, there was the survivor incident that had caused such an uproar not long ago.

According to the rumors, an adventurer had headed toward the Abyss Rift to carry out a mission. He had wanted to bypass the usual route and take a shortcut, only to run into spreading aberrant fog and lose his bearings completely.

By the time he came to his senses, he had already entered the Abyss Rift region.

He later fled back to Longwind City in a crazed state, telling everyone he met that he had seen countless black shadows with compound eyes. Even the air itself carried a corrosive stench capable of melting discarded bones.

With the Cultural Affairs Bureau repeatedly issuing citywide warnings, the Abyss Rift naturally became the absolute forbidden zone south of Longwind City.

No responsibility would be assumed for anyone who got lost or died inside it. Even the Adventurers'