Therefore, high-level life forms cannot withstand the Scorching Sun Forbidden Area, unless they undergo surgery to remove parts of their brains.
Yet plant seeds and low-level arthropods can survive the scorching of the mysterious energy without harm.
This may be a curse on higher life forms.
Or perhaps we are merely a flock, driven forward by the Forbidden Area, like grazing livestock.
Old Liu said this planet is expanding, and now the Equator exceeds forty thousand kilometers. Where we currently stand is the old Equatorial length, and the violent movement of the crust has caused most of the underground shelters to disappear without a trace.
We've currently excavated less than 5% of the shelters. The rest, small and medium-sized ones, are not in the previously recorded locations. Perhaps one day in the future, they will resurface, bringing the survivors in hibernation back to the present world.
