Chapter 64

Between true top-tier factions, there are no eternal friendships, only eternal interests. Given any chance of survival, someone like the Pockmarked Youth would force a joint charge even if he sensed something was amiss. Deep inside the Forbidden Zone, he knew very well that the greatest taboo in a life-or-death moment was doubting your teammates! Divided hearts inside the Forbidden Zone marked the true beginning of total collapse and death. The cruelty and chill of the Forbidden Zone would, at the very instant of your fear and suspicion, amplify to a despair-inducing degree. The reason the Forbidden Zone was called a forbidden zone was precisely because it infinitely magnified your despair when you were already despairing!