All was peaceful inside the Safe Zone.
Clean, orderly streets stretched before them, their surfaces spotless.
The shops lining the streets stood open. Perhaps because of the power supply, the illuminated signs outside occasionally flickered and went dark.
At a glance, apart from the quiet streets with barely a pedestrian in sight, the entire Safe Zone looked like a perfectly ordinary city.
The staff in the shops and restaurants seemed to notice them. The instant the greeters at the entrances saw them, they all turned their heads and smiled.
The whole city seemed to welcome their arrival. Everyone here was ready to serve them.
But the more welcoming it was, the more uneasy they felt.
Standing on the road into the city, He Zheng's expression shifted again and again. He did not dare take a single step.
"Ye Lin..."
"There's something really creepy about this place..."
Ye Lin said nothing. He simply scanned every corner of the Safe Zone, searching for anything wrong.
He knew what He Zheng was nervous about.
This world had clearly suffered a disaster. Judging by the towering walls and the vigilant soldiers, there were plainly enemies outside.
Since arriving, they had seen hardly any plants, either in the wilderness or inside the Safe Zone. Combined with the low temperature and the apparent problem with the sun, this world's ecosystem must have suffered devastating damage.
Flickering signs and power shortages meant supplies and energy were bound to be scarce.
By normal logic, then, they should have found a military base under brutally strict supervision and military rule, or a chaotic settlement filled with scenes of doomsday.
Yet everything before them was the exact opposite.
It was as though one moment they had been in a world full of monsters, fleeing a Vengeful Ghost.
And the next,