Bound to National Fate: A City from the Start, and Everyone Becomes a City Lord

Since the Industrial Revolution, science and technology have advanced at breakneck speed. Humanity's excessive exploitation and destruction of natural resources has gradually depleted Blue Star's resources.

Three years ago, Shengshi Group, one of the world's ten biggest companies, discovered the remains of an ultra-ancient civilization in the desert's forbidden zone known as the "Devil's Domain." Major media outlets scrambled to report the news. According to insiders, the discovery might be something left behind by aliens.

Three years later, Shengshi Group announced a competition with a staggering 30 billion in prize money, to be broadcast live in real time from start to finish. The live broadcast from the forbidden zone would begin three months later.

During that time, people all over the world began receiving mysterious invitations from Shengshi Group. The invitations bore only the two gold-embossed characters of the company's name, with a plane ticket to the desert forbidden zone tucked inside. Ten people were selected from each of the world's 198 countries to compete.

The news sent the whole world into a frenzy. A 30-billion prize was enough to drive anyone wild.

But they didn't know this was about more than just prize money. The outcome would also determine their nations' futures, and the winning contestants would receive the complete legacy of the forbidden zone.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.