The Nawa Plateau was also known as the Nawa Uninhabited Zone.
At its narrowest, it stretched 530 kilometers east to west, and at its widest, 820. From north to south, it measured 740 kilometers at its narrowest and over 1,100 at its widest. It was larger than most provinces in Yi Nation. Its average elevation exceeded 5,500 meters, and its climate was brutally harsh: cold, dry, and windy. Average annual temperatures were mostly below freezing, temperatures swung sharply between day and night, and fierce winds could rise anywhere at any time, often whipping snow along with them.
For that reason, most of Nawa had been uninhabited since ancient times.
A few herders had once lived along the southern fringes of the Nawa Plateau, while quite a few ascetics had dwelled farther in. There had even been Buddhist Order temples deep inside. But after the government designated the plateau the world's largest nature reserve over a decade ago, the herders and ascetics had left, and the temples had fallen into disuse.
Yet at the very center of the uninhabited zone, atop the roof of the world at an altitude of six thousand meters, stood an observation base.
It was a cosmic-plane observation base with an extraordinary range of capabilities.
Of all comparable bases worldwide, it had the most advanced technology, the largest grounds, the most functions, the highest elevation, and the least interference.
It could observe Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation and conduct conventional astronomical observations. It could observe cosmic Spirit Power waves and primordial Spirit Power, and it could capture, observe, and analyze Spirit Power arriving from the stars before it underwent even the slightest reaction with the Spirit Power of this star region. It was also one of only two bases in the world capable of observing the Plane Barrier