Where Time Stands Still

It felt weird to see an enthusiastic village head in such a secluded place. But having someone communicable was better than a group of quiet villagers. Switching on his translation plugin, Hao Ren greeted the village head with the same enthusiasm, introducing himself as a traveler. He then began to learn about the village.

The old man, as expected, was the village head, who told Hao Ren that the place was called Narim, a small village with only hundreds of population that rarely had contact with the outside world. During the conversation, Hao Ren found that the extent of the village's isolation was beyond belief: the old village head did not even know what era it was now on the outside. Whenever Hao Ren mentioned things about the outside world, the village head would respond perfunctorily with a standard reply. "Ahh, do we still need to worry about the outside world when we are living in such a serene and peaceful place?"