When Lu Ban came to his senses, he found himself in a world of decay.

Here there are dim sunsets, boundless skies, huge ruins full of wonderful aesthetics, and barren land.

Lu Ban saw that one of the ruins was in the shape of a huge arc. This arc was taller than any mountain he had ever seen on Earth. It stretched across the sky, like a manifestation of some absolute order and rules.

It’s a pity that the arc has been broken in half, and even the broken part is missing and its whereabouts cannot be seen.

What kind of civilization could create such a majestic creation, and what kind of power could destroy it?

Lu Ban didn't know.

This barren land is quite different from the yellow sand all over the wasteland.

If the wasteland is the desert, the Gobi, the scorching sun, and the dry wind, then this place is the embodiment of the concept of doomsday.

There may be blooming flowers and oases in the desert, but no new life will be born here.

Unlike Twilight City, this world has no new civilization or new race to replace it. There is only silence and no hope.

Those grand buildings are like tombstones of civilization, long and ancient.

Passing the building, Lu Ban saw a broken moon. This should be one of the original satellites of the planet, but it has been broken. Further away, there are two similar satellites. The huge celestial body suddenly stopped in the sky, giving people a terrifying sense of oppression from a giant.

Lu Ban withdrew his gaze and checked the situation around him.

He sat on a stone that looked like it had once been part of some building, but years of weathering had turned it back to nature, from stone to stone.

Rubbing his hand across the rough surface, Lu Ban could infer that there was wind here, and that the wind was caused by temperature differences or rotation. At least this planet was not completely frozen.

Thinking of this, Lu Ban immediately recalled how he got here.

That beautiful woman in cheongsam...

Lu Ban did not find any trace of Stone and Xia, so he could only assume that the two people had escaped by luck.

Thinking of this, Lu Ban saw the woman.

She sat beside the stone and built a bonfire with a few withered wood. In the twilight, the bonfire glowed brightly, attracting people's reason.

Lu Ban found it a little funny. This woman should be at the level of an Old One, so why would she be making a fire here?

Is there some kind of wilderness survival program crew here?

Lu Ban thought about it and did not shout out. Instead, he climbed down from the rock calmly, hid in the shadows, and quietly approached the woman.

If there was a live camera here, Lu Ban might have said, "Let's sneak up on her while she's not on guard. Once we catch her, we can eat her even without the head. It tastes like chicken and is crunchy."

Just as Lu Ban was tiptoeing closer, the woman suddenly made a sound.

"What are you doing?"

Her voice echoed in the lonely earth, like a sweet rain after a long drought.

Lu Ban stopped moving.

He walked slowly to the woman and stretched out his hand to warm himself by the fire.

The evenings here are still very cold. Although there is no wind for the time being, due to the lack of vegetation and organisms, the surface temperature will drop rapidly with sunset, just like in the desert.

"Is there anything to eat?"

Lu Ban couldn't help but ask.

The woman glanced at Lu Ban, as if wondering if there was really something wrong with this man's brain.

"No, look, I haven't eaten for a long time, and I haven't had dinner either. You brought me here and I don't even know what time it is. If I'm hungry, I won't be able to walk, and I'll be a burden to you, right?"

Lu Ban explained seriously.

“…”

The woman was silent for a moment, she looked at Lu Ban, and then a roasted lamb appeared on the campfire, spinning.

The skin of the lamb had been roasted until it was slightly charred, and the fat underneath the skin had undergone the Maillard reaction, emitting a strong aroma. The lean meat was soaked in fat, appearing tender and delicious. Just by looking at the roasted lamb, Lu Ban felt like drooling.

After waiting for a while, Lu Ban thought it was about time, so he didn't care about the heat and reached out to tear off a piece of mutton with skin.

The hot mutton exuded an extremely tempting aroma, and the tender meat was so juicy that it would overflow with just a slight press. Lu Ban took a bite and found the skin was crispy, fat but not greasy, and the lean meat was soft and rotten. In no time, he had eaten up the large piece of meat cleanly.

He pulled off another leg of lamb. The meat with bones had a different flavor. The part close to the bones had a special aroma and was very chewy, especially the cartilage joints on the lamb leg, which maintained a delicate balance between crispy and soft.

While chewing on the leg of lamb, Lu Ban suddenly remembered that there was someone next to him.

Well, let’s just count him as a human being.

He turned around and found that the woman was staring at him with interest. She was holding a fan in her hand, which did not cover her face. Her slender and graceful figure under the cheongsam outlined a moving curve under the last rays of the setting sun.

"Do you want to eat?"

Lu Ban felt embarrassed to eat alone, so he passed the lamb leg in his hand to the other person.

The woman looked at the leg of lamb and suddenly laughed out loud.

"Do you know who you're talking to?"

The woman asked.

"To be honest, I don't really know."

Lu Ban spoke frankly.

He could only roughly guess that this was the Old One of the Ruined City, the one with countless eyes spying on the entire city, but who exactly was he or what was his name? Lu Ban really didn't know him.

The names of the Old Ones are something like that. Just those that are sealed are enough to make people feel dizzy, not to mention those who are still walking on the earth.

If possible, Lu Ban didn't want to know the other person's name.

"Do you know why I want to take you away?"

The woman did not say her name, but asked Lu Ban again.

"To be honest, I don't know."

Lu Ban's biggest shortcoming in life is honesty, and he feels this deeply at this moment.

"You have a familiar smell on you. I think it might be someone I left behind. So I'm a little curious and want to see if I can find anything by bringing you here."

The woman replied, and the biggest message contained in her words was that there was no message.

"Some you?"

Lu Ban asked curiously.

"Aren't you curious about where this place is?"

The woman did not answer Lu Ban's question, but asked in return.

"So what is this place?"

Lu Ban felt that these two questions were similar. Instead of asking these, it would be more realistic to ask how the roast lamb came about.

He wanted to eat some more.

"It's hard to tell what this place is called now, but it once had a name."

The woman murmured.

"Glorious Realm."