Mu Yuan took a deep breath, trying to remain calm.
But how could he be calm!
The nearby region of Tianyuan Territory had been explored and cleaned up by his exploratory team, and it was no longer a secret. Where did this towering mountain, reaching into the clouds, come from?
He was certain that this was a real mountain, not some illusion or projection.
"Could it be that..."
Mu Yuan thought of something and looked around.
Outside the city walls were still the farmlands under cultivation, the arrow towers and watchtowers, and some chopped tree stumps.
There were no significant changes from before.
However, these areas were still within the boundaries of Tianyuan Territory, so it was reasonable that there were no changes.
He looked further into the distance, where trees were lush and mountain ranges stretched on, but without any particularly noticeable landmarks, he couldn't make out anything specific.
With this in mind, Mu Yuan flew down from the Intermediate Mage Tower and landed on the Teleportation Circle Map a few hundred meters from the City Lord's Mansion.
Shrouded in a hazy blue luminescence, he soon disappeared within it.
Inside the Staff of Divine Right building, it was still empty, save for a dozen or so old elites who had awakened their self-awareness and were busy moving items around and arranging them.
Mu Yuan walked straight to the Divine Right Mechanism and controlled the Eye of Heaven to look around.
Within a sixty-kilometer radius centered on Tianyuan Territory, everything was visible to the Eye of Divine Right.
"Activate 'Eye of Heaven', observe target, southwest area of the territory, 25 kilometers."
The fog on the observation mirror slowly cleared, revealing the verdant forest below.
"Activate 'Eye of Heaven', observe target, southwest area of the territory, 45 kilometers."
Mu Yuan moved the observation point deeper into the southwest area.
The mirror showed dense, lush forests, but the leaves of trees in this area were orange-red, like maple trees.
Whether they were red maples, blue maples, or something else, Lord Mu clearly remembered that to the southwest of his land was the highly distinctive Snake Man Swamp!
Although the swamp was now devoid of Snake Men, the difference in its environment from other areas was stark; it was certainly not an expanse of red trees.
He then turned the Eye of Heaven to the west, to the limit of sixty kilometers.
Indeed, the Dark Forest that had been there was gone, replaced by a forest with red foliage similar to the southwest region. However, here the red leaves were even more sinister, like flowing blood.
To the north was the most conspicuous black mountain, shrouded in mist; its details were unclear, and he couldn't judge the mountain's distance from his territory.
To the west, where there used to be a series of hills, there seemed to be a continuous range of hills as well, but...
A mighty river was coursing through the mountains, with its waters surging powerfully, battering against the steep cliffs. Mu Yuan could almost hear the thunderous roar of the river.
A huge creature, with two tentacles over twenty meters long, burst out of the river. It leapt hundreds of meters high, creating a spray of water that spread like a vast lotus flower above the river.
In the heart of the giant lotus, the enormous creature opened its gaping maw, revealing rows of fearsome, spikey teeth. The massive jaws unleashed a visible vortex of tidal forces, creating a strong suction that caught a black Dragon Hawk nearby, which desperately flapped its wings but couldn't escape the pull.
The massive jaws snapped shut and the giant aquatic creature plunged into the river.
Crimson spread across the surface of the water, but was quickly washed away by the rushing river, leaving no trace.
Finally, Mu Yuan checked the south.
The territory to the south had become utterly unfamiliar. Strange mountains and lands, strange monsters' settlements.
After a while, the Eye of Divine Right, no longer sustained by energy, slowly closed.
"The worst has happened. It's not that the black mountain is affected by spatial dislocation outside the borders of Tai Xuan Alliance, but instead..."
"It is that Tianyuan Territory has encountered an unexpected event and has been greatly shifted... lost!"
"How could this happen?"
According to the Officials' predictions for the integration, the vast majority of Lanxing City should have landed smoothly, and within the inner circle of the Tai Xuan Alliance.
It was possible that a few cities might have become 'fragmented' during the integration process, scattered in various places, and appearing outside the bounds of the Alliance's territory. That would be an unfortunate situation, where whether the survivors could be rescued depended on whether they could work together and whether the area's rescue teams could respond in time.
Compared to the sinking of Lanxing and to ordinary people or Ranger Players, the various Lords were among the least affected by the integration.
For them, the Lords already had a foundation in Eternal World. No matter how the worlds changed during the integration, Lords with territories of miracles could stand firm as a rock.
"According to predictions, the integration might cause some geographical and environmental changes, such as the expansion of plains; or the widening of mountain ranges; or the distance between two territories extending by a dozen kilometers."
"If you encounter these situations, don't worry, they are normal. However, the probability of their occurrence is still not high, and here at my place..."
Mu Yuan felt that the location of his Tianyuan Territory had not been pushed further away but had been directly picked up and flung deep into the wilderness.
Into the depths of the wild!
"Now, figuring out why this extreme accident occurred is meaningless. What we need to think about next is not why, but what to do."