Published: January 20, 2025
When Qin Chen first saw the Dead Sea, at the core of the Abandoned Land, an ancient city was towering here.
This city was incredibly majestic, covering at least a million miles. Looking out, it resembled a gigantic ancient beast lying across the pitch-black plains, giving an extremely terrifying sensation of heart-pounding oppression.
This place was the only core city of the Abandoned Land—Abandoned City.
The Abandoned City was established after countless powerful beings spent billions of years building it.
No one knew exactly how long ago Abandoned City was built; all anyone knew was that it existed by the time they were imprisoned there.
According to the oldest legends, the founder of Abandoned City was the first powerful being imprisoned here. For billions of years, those who were subsequently imprisoned in the Dead Sea Prison Cage continued to fortify and expand it.
After countless years of expansion, Abandoned City finally reached its current scale. In the Abandoned Land, although each master of the forbidden zone had their own core areas like the Hall of the Demon King, the Graveyard of the God of Death, and so on, each master would also establish a residence in Abandoned City and send subordinates to guard it.
This was because Abandoned City was a place for all the powerful beings in the Abandoned Land to communicate and exchange goods. The Abandoned Land was vast, and many masters of the forbidden zones often took a lot of time to travel back and forth for exchanges, making Abandoned City the best choice for such activities.
It was also the hub for all news in the Abandoned Land, gathering the largest number of masters of the forbidden zones.
Such a place, however, was the safest in the Abandoned Land, and unlike the outside world, it did not have an absolute ruler.
Due to the sheer number of powerful beings in the Abandoned Land, no single being had the audacity to claim they could handle all the other masters of the forbidden zones. For example, the Graveyard of the God of Death, with its ultimate divine weapon, the scythe of the lord of death, could easily surpass the other masters in terms of power.
However, when it came to an actual confrontation, as long as several masters of the forbidden zones teamed up, the Graveyard of the God of Death would find itself besieged and unable to gain the upper hand.
Thus, there was no absolute leader in the Abandoned Land. However, where there are people, there is a community. While there was no absolute leader, the City Lord's Mansion still existed.
The one residing in this City Lord's Mansion was a powerful being recognized by many masters of the forbidden zones in the Abandoned Land. To maintain the safety and peace of the Abandoned City, all masters signed a treaty stating that fighting was absolutely forbidden within Abandoned City.
After all, battles between eternal order realm experts were terrifying; even if the Abandoned City was sturdy, it was difficult to completely withstand the attacks of such powerful beings. Once a battle broke out and Abandoned City suffered damage, it would require everyone to spend countless times more effort to repair it.
Therefore, after countless skirmishes over billions of years, a rule was established in Abandoned City: no one was allowed to fight recklessly, and anyone who did would face the collective wrath of all masters of the forbidden zones.
This became an ironclad rule of Abandoned City, and residing in the City Lord's Mansion was a powerful being elected by everyone to uphold the order of Abandoned City.
This powerful being needed to stay in Abandoned City year-round to maintain its order, and their strength needed to be formidable enough to command respect. Thus, only the top-tier individuals among the masters of the forbidden zones could possibly qualify for this position.
Although this position was an honor, it was more of a responsibility, offering little benefit while imposing numerous restrictions. Therefore, many powerful beings did not wish to hold such a position.