This time, Qin Shujian was heading to the Heavenfall Mortal Domain.
The Heavenfall Mortal Domain lay near the Lingchuan Mortal Domain and bordered the Liangshan True Domain.
In terms of history,
the Heavenfall Mortal Domain had come into existence around the same time as the Liangshan True Domain.
The same held true when compared with the Lingchuan Mortal Domain.
Since both the Liangshan True Domain and the Lingchuan Mortal Domain had sealed Evil Fiends,
Qin Shujian reasoned
that the Heavenfall Mortal Domain must also have an Evil Fiend suppressed within it.
And so,
with the essence-eroding bone powder tucked against his chest, he resolutely set out for the Heavenfall Mortal Domain.
After entering the Heavenfall Mortal Domain,
Qin Shujian discovered that few players remained here.
As the game had been running for longer and longer,
players had gradually left their Novice Villages.
Once every player had departed, a Novice Village would disappear completely.
This was something
Qin Shujian had already observed in secret while monitoring the Novice Villages in the Liangshan True Domain.
These changes
made him realize even more clearly
that Novice Villages were fundamentally different from the other factions in this world.
Otherwise,
why would Novice Villages descend when the players appeared, only to vanish quietly afterward?
If this world was a game world,
then the Novice Villages were more like some kind of program.
The NPCs inside were more like intelligent NPCs in a game, existing solely to serve the players.
As for the other people in this world,
they had complete freedom in every respect.
They also had thoughts of their own.
They were fundamentally different from the NPCs in the Novice Villages.
Suddenly,
Qin Shujian felt a faint warmth against his chest, as though something were burning. He took out the silver box he had