Yet these people, who believed themselves perfectly concealed, had no idea that the prey inside the Eighth Domain had long since discovered their presence.
Inside the Safe Zone, defensive preparations against these invaders from the Other Districts were proceeding at a feverish pace.
No one had the leisure to explore the world beyond the natural barrier, much less the stupidity to cross the formidable terrain of River Ridge and explore the unknown world outside at such a critical juncture, knowing full well that the entire Safe Zone was being watched.
Curiosity killed the cat.
But beyond these ambushers with their hidden agendas, farther in the distance, a vast world stretched out beyond the natural barrier.
Like the [evolutionary sequence domain] before the domain merge, the [evolutionary origin domain] remained a world without a sun or moon.
Countless stars looked down upon the earth from the dark sky, spilling silver radiance into every corner.
The ground had not become barren for lack of sunlight. Instead, countless strange, mutated flowers and plants covered it, glowing with fluorescent light.
Towering mountain ranges wound across the land, while great rivers and lakes lay scattered like bright mirrors.
At first glance, the world beneath the starry sky seemed dreamlike and peaceful in its beauty. But a closer look revealed something inexplicably wrong.
There was no telling which rising hill was actually a sleeping large god, or beneath which tranquil lake an enormous eye lurked.
Occasionally, the sounds of humans battling gods also rang out.
Battle and tranquility played out at every moment beneath this beautiful starry sky.
Across this boundless land, over a thousand kilometers in one direction, a peculiar region seemed to come into view.
There, thick fog shrouded everything on the ground, blocking both sight and perception.
Only a single broad road led