When Adam approached the Detached Mountains, he realized that it was not a distant, abandoned region like the ruins at the Dead Lands.
No, the Detached Mountains had been used by the Gamma Vision and Phantoms for an unknown period of time and had been completely transformed.
To some extent, it was a small town where most of the permanent residents were the Gamma Division members who managed the place, and the Phantoms were guests who came and went.
In fact, almost no one ever used the iron gates to come to or leave the Detached Mountains. Usually, the gate was used as a test for those visiting the Detached Mountains for the first time.
Step. Step. Step.
Adam and Damien walked forward, passing under a deep passageway beneath the mountain, one end of which was the gate and the other was the beginning of the central square.
Soon, light fell on them as a gentle breeze, not as harsh as outside, swept past, leaving bits of snow on their shoulders.
