"This really was rather unexpected-"
Lin Hao looked at the images coming back to him, considerable surprise in his eyes.
Unlike the original sinister, terrifying, deathly still scene, the images currently transmitted by the [God-Eater Insect] showed the entire ancient city brimming with life.
Although everything looked gray and hazy from outside, bright sunshine filled the interior, and the streets bustled with traffic, like an ancient age of prosperity!
The people on the streets were lifelike, haggling and occasionally arguing. Nothing about them seemed abnormal at all.
Yet the gray, hazy city before the two of them was itself clearly abnormal-
"Some kind of illusion, perhaps?"
Qingyang Zhenren spoke thoughtfully.
"It probably isn't that simple. The swarm has extremely high resistance to mental abilities, especially these little things. Ordinary illusions shouldn't fool them without them noticing anything. This is what it looks like inside, though there should be something wrong with it-"
Lin Hao directed the swarm to spread out while sending some of them back outside.
Sure enough, when the swarm flew toward the city gate, they plunged straight into gray mist before emerging from the gate.
"It's only this simple because they're insects. Anyone else probably wouldn't get out so easily."
Lin Hao calmly made his judgment.
Of the two supremely dangerous supernatural sites, the Dragon-Tiger Holy Land at least had the precedent of its Divine Lord offering benefits, and he had entered it himself around the year's end.
But so far, everyone who entered the Ancient Capital of the Former Dynasty had met certain death, without exception-not even Martial Saints or Ghost Tamers of that level!
"According to the rumors, though, the ancient capital's existence keeps supernatural entities from appearing within a hundred li. Any that enter the surrounding area seem to disappear. They might be sealed