Chapter 1893: Chapter 1886: We’re Just Here for Fun
"Gu Xiao, brother, you guys really came from the world outside the Endless Land?" Upon hearing this news, Doji instantly became unusually excited.
"Is that strange?" Zhang Menglong smiled.
"Of course it’s strange!" Doji said, "Once you enter this place, you can definitely never leave. As far as I know, from the time I have memories, almost no one has entered the Endless Land."
"Since you have memories?" Zhang Menglong mumbled, "So, were you born in this Endless Land?"
"Yes," Doji said, "My father entered the Endless Land first, and later he met my mother here. I grew up in this place and have never left the Endless Land."
"I see," Zhang Menglong suddenly felt some pity for Doji.
Although the Endless Land is vast, according to Gou Dan’s estimation, it might not even be smaller than the human world, but it always gives a feeling of being a frog at the bottom of a well, like being imprisoned.
"Have you never tried to leave here?"
"Of course, we’ve thought about it, dream of it," as he spoke, Doji’s eyes filled with longing and expectation, "I heard from my parents that although the outside world doesn’t have as abundant energy as the Endless Land, it has many things unseen here, various birds and beasts, delicious foods, magnificent houses..."
"These things, the Endless Land doesn’t have?" Zhang Menglong frowned, but it seemed that this world wasn’t much different from the world outside.
He could understand the absence of birds and beasts in the Endless Land, after all, its rulers are those Phantom Profound Beasts, but over the years, the number of people in the Endless Land should have increased, and once the population reaches a certain size, they should be able to establish a civilization.
If there was a civilization, how could there not be delicious food and magnificent houses?
"Does the Endless Land have no cities?"
"No," Doji shook his head, "Since I was born, I’ve been constantly migrating with my parents and others, never staying in any fixed place for more than three years, so of course, there are no cities."
"Why?" Zhang Menglong was puzzled, "Even if this world is dangerous, after hunting many Phantom Profound Beasts, there should be many powerful people in the Endless Land. With those people, can’t they build a city strong enough to withstand the Phantom Profound Beasts?"
"Under normal circumstances, yes," Doji explained, "But Brother Gu Xiao, this world’s space and time are very chaotic, with frequent occurrences of space dislocation. For example, we might be talking here, and suddenly an extremely powerful Phantom Profound Beast might appear beside us."
"Such a thing?" Zhang Menglong immediately understood Doji’s words.
If this is truly the case, then building a city is simply impossible.
The primary condition for establishing a city as a survival base is that the interior of the city is safe, only needing to keep the Phantom Profound Beasts outside, solving all problems naturally.
But under such chaotic Space Laws, the internal safety of a city cannot be guaranteed at all.
Doji told Zhang Menglong that actually, the earliest people who entered the Endless Land had built cities and civilizations. It seemed that due to good luck, that city lasted for 50 years and kept expanding.
Since there was no way out, establishing a human civilization here doesn’t seem too desperate, it’s just living in a different place far from home.
But their fantasy was quickly shattered. One night, a corner of the city overlapped with another region, and endless Phantom Profound Beasts came out from the distorted space, even many people were attacked in their sleep.
"Of course, we tried many times like this. At first, we thought this was a special situation, perhaps only once, but later we found out it was the norm. The first city lasted over 50 years, that was a miracle."
"I see," Zhang Menglong then understood why there was no way to establish a city here, "Is there no way to warn? If there is a way to warn, perhaps you could establish a mobile city, just run away when there’s a sign."
"No warning at all!" Doji shook his head, "Before the space dislocation appears, there’s no reference for any warning. We have no reaction time, those Phantom Profound Beasts would appear beside us. There were several times when Phantom Profound Beasts appeared right in front of me, if not for my parents risking their lives to protect me, I would be dead by now."
"You all have it too hard," Zhang Menglong patted Doji on the shoulder.
The prerequisite for the development of civilization is to have a place to live in peace. Under the premise of such long-term migration, they can’t cultivate or farm, naturally unable to eat delicious food, everyone only survives by absorbing energy.
"By the way, as far as I know, after killing Phantom Profound Beasts, although it can greatly enhance strength, their Soul Shards greatly affect your mind. The guy who attacked you looked completely like he’s been intruded on by madness, but you don’t seem affected."
"I guess I’m just lucky," Doji said, "We humans have quite a strong adaptability, as the environment changes, we also begin to adapt. The first generation of humans couldn’t resist such intrusion, but our generation, the resistance has improved a lot, at least we don’t completely become beasts."
"And I am among the luckiest. Maybe among a million newborns, one won’t be affected by the Memory Fragments of the Phantom Profound Beasts, I’m that one in a million."
"I see, so the guy who just attacked you is the kind of person who has completely become a beast?"
"Yes," Doji continued, "After studying people like me, we also developed a drug that can suppress such violent emotions, but it’s very expensive and requires frequent long-term use, not everyone can afford to buy it."
"Gu Xiao, brother, is the outside world really that beautiful?" Doji asked eagerly, more interested in the outside world than in this Endless Land.
"It’s indeed very nice, if you have the chance, you must go out and see."
Doji’s eyes suddenly dimmed, "It’s impossible to get out, once you enter this place, you can never leave. Gu Xiao, brother, why did you come in from the outside? Don’t you know this?"
According to his parents, their small group has been surviving here for millions of years, not to mention other large groups, who, after so many ages, haven’t found a way out.
At first, everyone actively explored, but now they have begun to give up.
In his view, outsiders coming in is not a wise move, to put it bluntly, maybe only a fool would come in.
Of course, some people come to escape the pursuit of enemies or similar situations, but Zhang Menglong and the others clearly don’t belong to this category.
"Yes, we know, we’re just here for fun, and to train a bit."
