"So, senior, what's this mission you mentioned?"
Zhou Fan quickly brought the conversation back on track.
Looking thoroughly mysterious, Xia Qingran raised one finger, blinked her lively eyes, and said,
"Have you two ever heard of 'humanity's forbidden zones'?"
"Humanity's forbidden zones?!" Zhou Fan's eyes lit up, excitement spreading across his face.
"What's that? Never heard of it."
Xia Qingran: "..."
"Wait, why are you so excited if you've never heard of them?"
How did this guy manage to look so excited while saying he had no idea what they were??
"I just thought I'd liven things up and play along with you, senior." Zhou Fan chuckled.
Messing around was fun.
"I know," Lin Qianqian said from beside him.
"Humanity's forbidden zones are places where unusually large numbers of exceptionally vicious Mutant Beasts gather. If humans enter recklessly, they're very likely to be torn apart by the Mutant Beasts inside. That's why they're called 'humanity's forbidden zones,' meaning areas humans are forbidden to enter."
"The Superpower General Bureau currently lists 250 forbidden zones scattered across the country."
"Every so often, the Superpower General Bureau organizes hunts in these forbidden zones to eliminate the Mutant Beasts inside."
"Once the Mutant Beasts in a forbidden zone are wiped out, the danger is removed."
"Over the past ten years, the Superpower General Bureau has organized over a hundred clearing operations. That's how the number of forbidden zones dropped from over a thousand ten years ago to just over two hundred now."
"Forbidden zones are also classified by level, mainly beginner, intermediate, advanced, and hell-level."
"A Beginner Forbidden Zone can contain Mutant Beasts up to third tier, five stars. An Intermediate Forbidden Zone can contain beasts up to fourth tier, five stars, and an Advanced Forbidden Zone up to fifth tier, five stars. A