His luck wasn't too bad, at least those White Armored Knights didn't slaughter his entire family.

Though saying such words at this moment feels a bit like hell, the fact remains that those White Armored Knights seemed to kill only a few people as a show of punishment, not even bothering to pick up the numerous jewels and ornaments scattered on the ground.

The newborn was too frail, but fortunately, he had established a foundation in Qi Energy early on. Moreover, perhaps due to the traits of this body, he could faintly sense that there were other living individuals around.

The killing intent around had faded considerably, and those remaining were probably the survivors of the massacre.

So he opened his mouth and let out a loud cry. The baby's voice was very sharp, and with the aid of Qi Energy, it quickly penetrated through the walls.

Wah ————

Soon, the sound caught the attention of the others. The sound of splashing water to extinguish fires and approaching footsteps grew closer, making it easy to hear people talking.

"Fuwa neto sino?"

"Sino? Nouy'p l'sa..."

The word 'sino' frequently appeared in their conversation... The man in the mystical robe also said this word when he took away the roommate earlier. It probably means something like 'child' or 'baby'.

More figures gathered, more people dressed like servants came here. He continued to cry, huddling his shoulders, looking like he was freezing.

This pitiful appearance clearly tugged at people's heartstrings, as a few maids quickly came up to wrap him up. They soon noticed the death of his mother, the horrified and decapitated body eliciting a wave of shock and sorrow, leaving them no time to dwell on reasonable details, they hastily took him away from the fire scene.

Subsequently, he was placed in a private clinic. The bearded physician here wore wooden-framed glasses and seemed to be especially familiar with the family, readily agreeing to protect him.

Thus, he safely and stably passed nearly two months in the clinic.

For someone with his Intelligence, learning the local language took little time. Each day, the nurses and doctors who came to chat with him would utter a few words, tease him, play with him, providing enough vocabulary to accumulate, then by comparing them one by one, it was easy to grasp the local situation.

The doctor caring for him was named Jin Jielie, who held a not low Status and seemed to be a very famous Elite here. At the same time, he was also an Ascender of the Redemption Pathway, and it was said that his ancestor master was a Sigma Order Feng Qing Worship God, quite powerful and influential.

Despite this, Doctor Jin Jielie showed a lot of respect towards him, adding 'sino' to his words each time. This word seemed to mean something different from his initial guess of 'child', signifying some sort of special title.

Nevertheless, he did not mind, beside routinely collecting information, he continued practicing Qi Energy, enhancing his body.

Although Doctor Jin Jielie looked quite fierce, he was very kind-hearted, generally not charging any medical fees from poor families, winning a lot of public favor.

The place where he found himself was a country called 'Oxiulia', which had a Monarch system. Not much else was known for the time being, only that Doctor Jin Jielie's clinic was located on the outskirts of the capital, Destiny Fort.

Oxiulia seemed to be a universal country, having no dominant ethnic group, with a highly open and integrated culture. Regardless of being 30% Oxiulia Tribe or merely 0.13% Nagrand Insectoids, all lived equally under the Monarch's Dominion.

It's unclear which Narrative the Border Abyss this place belonged to, but it was at least a civilized area. Judging by their rather slow pace of life, it should not be far from the Inherent Time Domain.

Although it seemed like they were in the early Industrial Era, with the Industrialists just beginning to emerge, and most people still using cold weapons, the technology here was actually quite punk.

The patients were cared for by wind-up intelligent robot servants, topped with tin skin and child-like doodle faces, yet their movements were more Dexterous than living people.

No public transportation was available here; each household must have its own flying mount. Flying carpets, teapots, and bipedal pterosaurs were common sights, symbolizing a household's Social Status and facade.

No electricity, no traces of industrialization, yet it was a highly developed agricultural country. The strong quality of people in Border Abyss instead hindered their pursuit of the industrial system, a single adult

Furthermore, the infrastructure here was quite terrible. Just a bit of rain would cause sewer backflow. Due to the energy-rich environment characteristic to Border Abyss, the dense water Element would even coalesce into Water Giants, these Elemental behemoths, taller than people, could cause more terrifying casualties than natural disasters during heavy rains.

During the rainy season, the situation here became even more complex, where the rich water Element in the air directly opened dimensional rifts, resulting in a Water Elemental Lord, along with saltwater and halogen, rushing onto the streets.

Similar disasters occurred five times in just one month.

Border Abyss was not a peaceful sanctuary.

Its vast lands were simply beyond the control of the Four Great Narrative Consortium, in fact, according to his past memory, the Four Great Narratives could never completely control the entire Border Abyss.

Because the lands of Border Abyss were, in reality, still continuing to grow.

The 'Border' of Border Abyss also has the meaning of 'frontier'; other Cosmis and multi-dimensional planes would be captured by Border Abyss's strong Gravity after their Destruction, and eventually collide, annex, and merge to become part of Border Abyss, including Layer Abyss and Zhou Yuan.

Unlike the youth and strife of the Layer Abyss, nor the evil ambitions of Zhou Yuan's aggressive invasions—the real headache for the Border Abyss has always been the challenge of controlling overly vast lands posed by the Four Great Narrative Consortium.

In fact, this also explains why the Void would rather go one level up and engage in a bloody fight with Layer Abyss, than to conduct border trade so close to the Border Abyss—such vast lands cannot be devoured by the power of civilization, and even with the terrifying nihilistic narrative of the Void, it lacks the courage to face the infinite lands of Border Abyss.

This is the ultimate manifestation of natural law.

Among the patients visiting the clinic were many affluent young people, with many Oxiulia People complaining about the harsh environment, expressing a desire to work above in Layer Abyss, yet fearing the cruel battles and competition of the Abyssal People.

——The duration of the silent disconnection has been a bit long.

The more developed civilization becomes, the more severe the interruptions in communication become.

In the Feudal Era, even if there was no contact for several years, relationships between two civilizations could remain good.

In the Information Era, even one day of severed contact can cause huge property losses.

And in the Interstellar Era, every minute sees the establishment, alteration, or even destruction of national power, thus demanding higher requirements for information exchange. Even a second of delay can lead to destruction.

The silent disconnection clearly had a huge impact on the Oxiulia People. Originally, many relied on border trade businesses and the resulting industrial chain for their livelihood, but now due to the severed contact, many have returned to their original jobs—cultivating wasteland, herding, gathering, and basic agriculture.

Under the tightly-knit and complex organizational structure of Layer Abyss, mobilizing people for colonization is still relatively difficult, while in this extremely loose social structure, aside from Narrative Civilization, everyone is essentially self-reliant. Unorganized reclamation and mountain gathering are essentially no different from adventures.

Thus, an unbelievable phenomenon has appeared:

The residents of Border Abyss, on average reaching Mu (13) Hierarchy level, actually have an illiteracy rate of seventy percent, shockingly high.

From Oxiulia alone, nearly eighty percent of the population are in a state of no government management, with many just living here.

Thirty percent of people even have no racial or national awareness, with extremely high population mobility. Most people actually live like mercenaries, exchanging their lives for money.

Naturally, there is no insurance here. In such an environment, daring to engage in insurance would surely result in bankruptcy.

The good news is: there is no landlord oppressing or exploiting farmers.

The bad news is: it would be better if there were landlords to manage the land.

However, positions like doctors, lawyers, civil servants are still in the elite group of society, a point that seems never to change.

After Doctor Jin Jielie took care of him for a whole year, his own family came.

"Thank you very much for your care, Doctor Jin."

One afternoon, a tall and elegantly dressed middle-aged lady arrived with two servants at the clinic, stopping at his room's door to start conversing with the doctor.

"Oh, it's nothing really, I owe your family's lord."

Doctor Jin Jielie's words carried a hint of submissiveness and amazement, as if despite being an elite of society, he was like a subject in front of the middle-aged lady, not daring to show any defiance:

"It's just that Sino's situation is not optimistic. If the silent disconnection hadn't happened, cheap medication from Layer Abyss could be transported here, but now relying on Border Abyss's manual synthesis is too costly…"

"You've already done your best, the remaining matters can be handed over to Border Abyss."

She nodded slightly, took out a small bag of heavy precious metals, and placed it on a small table nearby:

"Thank you for looking after Sino till now. The family's issues have caused many to panic. It's laughable that such a large family now needs the child Sino."

"Madam's matter is truly regrettable, I haven't found any traces of the murderer…"

"It's not your fault, Sir Moray has already gone to seek justice from Narrative Civilization, they will definitely uphold justice."

"Let's hope so… Small countries like ours can't do anything without the protection of big countries. Will they really care about our demands?"

"Hard to say, if the silent disconnection hadn't erupted, they surely would still care about us… But now, the port has closed, all our geographical advantages are gone."

"Really, it seems we can only place hopes on the Narrative Union."

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