A small frontier town nestled among the rolling mountains. In the past, poor transport links had left it impoverished. Later, tourism developed, turning it into a dream town everyone longed to visit, packed with tourists year-round.
Now, in the modern hotels surrounded by mountains, everyone wore an uneasy expression as they anxiously followed news from across the country.
"More deaths. This time it was a school in Lan City. So many children!"
"Sigh..."
"We've come somewhere so remote. Surely we won't be chosen?"
"What the hell is this thing? How can it be so sinister? Even those immortals who fly through the skies and burrow through the earth can't deal with it?"
"I heard they're called living person forbidden zones. All throughout humanity's long history, we've been fighting them. The truth was just buried."
"Forbidden zones? Were they built by aliens?"
"Three minutes left. It's about to start again. Amitabha Buddha, heaven help us. Don't pick another school, and don't pick us..."
"..."
Just then, several figures appeared high in the sky without warning. Everyone saw the powerful Unusual Person guarding this place hastily move to approach them, only to stop when one of them waved a hand.
"Everyone, I am the King of Equality, a Yama of the Netherworld. We'll be taking you away shortly. There will be no danger during the process, so please do not panic, especially elderly people and children with heart conditions."
The people were still bewildered, unable to understand why they were being taken away.
Then the King of Equality in the sky and the imposing, powerfully built man beside him waved their hands. An invisible force lifted everyone up, sending them rapidly into the air.
From a distance, the process looked unremarkable, but for those experiencing it, it was a hundred times more