Like the deer of Chang State, apart from being able to fly using farts, it's still just a deer.

But it's different here; at least Zhang Ze walked nearly a hundred miles without seeing any animal resembling a deer.

Or any large mammal for that matter.

The largest furry animal he saw along the way was a small Water Monkey hiding in a pond, about the size of a palm, lying in the water like a toad.

It seemed even less than a toad because, when Zhang Ze discovered it, it was half-swallowed by a basin-sized, scale-covered strange frog.

This is a Secret Realm ruled by various reptiles.

By now, Zhang Ze was quite accustomed to having his Dragon Claw stolen by thieves, and was currently pointing a red machine at the trees before him.

The tree stood over ten meters tall with bark like dragon scales, shooting straight up with only a few branches at the top.

The red machine was called the Magical Encyclopedia, produced by Thousand Mechanism Pavilion, containing information on most flora and fauna of the Four Continents.

On ordinary days, scanning with the machine could roughly tell the value of an object captured, potentially medicinal or vitality-boosting, and the like.

Yet, scanning all the way along, Zhang Ze had not encountered a single recognizable creature.

[Beep beep, unidentified organism. Upgrade to the premium version to unlock the VIP-level database.]

Staring eye-to-eye with a fist-sized green-headed fly for a while, Zhang Ze stashed his broken machine away.

He felt this place was unlike the Four Continents; it was somewhat like Blue Star during the Mesozoic era.

However, although there were similarities, it couldn't simply be categorized into the Jurassic or Cretaceous periods as he knew them.

Because here, creatures from various eras were mixed together.

If any comparison must be made, this place is more like an Immortal Cultivation version of Jurassic Park.

It was as if someone had resurrected those giant beasts from Blue Star's ancient times and their accompanying ecosystem within this enclosed Secret Realm under Earth Sea.

Opening up a new possibility for that era.

What if the asteroid that destroyed everything never struck, and the world was full of Spiritual Qi that accelerated evolution and altered material properties?

Perhaps this place is the answer.

However...

Zhang Ze retrieved a statue he had snuck from Horror Temple, gazing at the faceless muscular man seated on a brass throne, posing as if in deep thought while defecating.

If everything in this Secret Realm evolved naturally, then where did this modified version of the Hundred Schools of Thought emerge from?

In this place, not to mention the Spring and Autumn or Warring States periods, even terrifying upright apes hadn't evolved.

Where did those massive dinosaurs learn these things?

'Surely it's not from me?'

Zhang Ze shook his head, stopping himself from pondering these chaotic matters.

He continued to call out to Li and proceeded south.

Wasting little time, taking only a few moments, Zhang Ze arrived beneath the city of Mo Pass.

The appearance of Mo Pass City was somewhat different from Zhang Ze's imagination.

A gateway nestled between a mountain gorge, the city walls constructed entirely from some unknown metal, the large city gate clearly designed to accommodate the passage of giant beasts unhindered.

Overall, the design didn't mimic human architectural styles, as the Horror Temple did.

Some of Mo Pass's arrangements and designs were intended to facilitate those dinosaurs.

At present, many dinosaurs were queuing at the entrance to the city.

Herbivorous and carnivorous dinosaurs mixed together in orderly fashion.

Upon closer inspection, one could see them conversing with each other; tiny dromaeosaurs donned shoe covers and squatted atop triceratops, chatting about the sacred ceremony about to commence in Mo Pass.

Judging by their attitude and demeanor while speaking, they didn't seem oppressed by rules; rather, this was their usual behavior.

"Interesting."

Zhang Ze murmured to himself, preparing to blend in and find a way into the city.

Just as he poked his head out from the grass, he found himself face-to-face with someone.

From the grass opposite emerged a blue-skinned dinosaur.

The blue skin was about the same size as the thieves' Dragon, but its limbs were more slender.

A crown that could unfold surrounded its head, shimmering in the sunlight like a high beam.

Zhang Ze squinted, thinking this dragon seemed off.

Why did its little eyes so resemble Brother Feng's?

"No way, could we share the same views, too?"