More than a month later, in White City, at the highest level of the dock area, a cold sea breeze blew from afar.
If one looked down from the top, the entire White City was like a tall tower, extending straight up until the sharp top directly disappeared into the turbulent sea.
The sharp edges and corners like blades split the surging tide and pierced into the sea shallowly.
Here, up and down seemed to be a very vague concept.
As one of the few large open borders in the Present Realm, the entire bustling city was like a mountain. Layers of buildings were stacked all the way to the dock area at the top, and it even really disappeared into the Endless Sea overhead.
If one looked up here, it would feel as if one was hanging upside down. One could see the grayish-black sea being torn apart by the tip of the tower a few inches above one's head, making a roaring sound.
If one looked down, one could see the bustling city under one's feet. It was like a sandcastle in front of the tide, as if it would be washed away and crushed by the sea in the sky at any time.
The white tower was set against the sea, and the whole world was pure black and white.
This was one of the famous scenic spots in White City.
As a transit point for many routes, in order to minimize the transportation and loading and unloading of goods, the Creator was asked to repeatedly adjust and modify the framework here to form an extended gravity belt.
The miracle formed was the tip of the tower that sank a few meters below the sea.
The seemingly insignificant distance actually overlapped the entire border and the Endless Sea. While maintaining the maximum contact, it did not cause the framework to be unbalanced and cause an overall collapse.
This design could not be said to be not exquisite.
Huai Shi was having a lot of fun taking photos here. After taking a few pictures with a peace sign that was used by tourists, he put away his phone with satisfaction and dragged his luggage to the waiting area.
He had been here for more than half a month.
Unlike the last time when he was in a hurry, this time he finally got to experience the customs of the border.
As one of the top five bustling cities in the countless borders, the residents of White City had a wonderful sense of superiority over people from the Present Realm and other borders.
After learning that Huai Shi came from the Present Realm, there was always a restrained enthusiasm in their expressions. It was as if they were saying, "Ah, since you're here, let's have a good time. It's good to broaden our horizons."
After getting used to the existence of the Endless Sea, the people here found it hard to imagine the empty sky of the present realm.
There are only a few coral clouds floating around. Don't you feel empty?
Without a lid, it felt like it would fall.
Unlike the balance of Origin Substance in the Origin Realm, the amount of Origin Substance here would fluctuate, forming a periodic phenomenon similar to the tides. In addition, after leaving the central area of Zarathustra's secret meter, there would be no strong suppression from the Silver Sea most of the time. Due to a series of reasons, the success rate of those who ascended at the border was actually much higher than in the present realm.
Even those who hadn't ascended would still have plenty of Origin Substance.
Even if most of the biological structures were the same as the Present Realm, except for some of the border races, they could still be distinguished at a glance.
At the very least, the locals were able to tell the difference. Even when people from different borders came into contact with each other, they were able to immediately determine each other's origins based on their experience and feelings.
However, there were often times when judgment was wrong. After all, feelings were often not very unreliable, unless the characteristics and accent were very obvious.
The variety of border cultures was really eye-opening, including the food.
To his surprise, the locals didn't eat seafood. Instead, they were extremely vegetarian.
It was normal to think about it carefully. The Endless Sea looked liquid, but it was still very different from seawater. Basically, no normal fish creatures could live very comfortably in it.
Those that could be caught on a large scale were either very unpalatable or poisonous. If one accidentally caught something terrible, the whole ship would probably be pulled into the sea.
Moreover, it was also mixed with Abyss sediment. If one ate it for a long time, the whole person might suddenly solidify and turn into a corrosive species, grow gills, and jump into the sea … Of course, this was just an urban legend in White City.
The source of the legend was probably the mermaid tribes that wandered in the ocean above their heads.
This large group of mermaids recruited by White City from the Abyss was actually the security force hired by White City. They had served White City for more than two hundred years, longer than some of the local families. It could be said that they had become a part of White City.
Huai Shi also saw many burly Naga warriors and patrols with scales and gills behind their ears on the street.
As a rare intelligent race in the Abyss, some of their members were even smarter than most human beings.
It was just that the environment they grew up in made them not care about the complicated knowledge of human beings. Of course, many of them were assimilated by human beings.
For example, in the hotel Huai Shi booked, the lobby manager once mysteriously gave him a business card on the ninth floor, hinting that if he couldn't sleep at night, there was a place where he could talk about life with young ladies of various races.
Huai Shi actually wanted to go and have a look. Well, it was purely out of confusion about life and he wanted to listen to some experiences.
Besides, he just wanted to have a look. It didn't cost him anything!
But every time he turned around and saw the mysterious smile of the crow on his shoulder, he wisely extinguished this thought.
Integrity was a good thing. Once lost, it could not be picked up again.
With the low sound of the clock in the waiting area, Huai Shi's half-month trip to White City was about to come to an end.
This made him feel particularly incredible.
Although most of the past half a year had passed uneventfully, compared to the previous year, it was simply shocking. But this time, after staying at the border for so long, he was not involved in any messy things.
No one fell from the sky, no bombs suddenly exploded, and even the occasional two black-hearted businessmen who wanted to cheat him just wanted to cheat him of a few dollars.
It was too safe!
This made Huai Shi feel particularly uneasy. He was afraid that he would make big news before he left.
Huai Shi did not come back to his senses until the waiter walked into the lounge and told him that the special line from the Ivory Tower was about to arrive.
He looked up at the lounge in disbelief.
The gloomy old man sitting in the corner, the waiter who occasionally peeped at him from behind the counter, and a few men outside the luxurious lounge with fierce eyes, and the middle-aged traveler sitting across the table from him, playing cards with him with great interest.
There was a sense of loss that he had not triggered any mission.
Was there something wrong?
However, nothing happened until he picked up his luggage and left.
Just as he stepped out of the lounge, the gloomy old man in the corner immediately collapsed on the chair as if he had collapsed. He breathed a sigh of relief.
The waiter who was quietly peeping at Huai Shi watched the young man go away and began to peep at the next guest who walked in. He pursed his lips and swallowed his saliva.
In the distance, sounds of fighting could be heard. The few ferocious Ascendants who had just walked past had actually clashed with the Naga warriors. In the midst of the chaos, a skinny figure with a bag in his arms had boarded a cargo ship from afar and left silently.
Just like that, he brushed past a felon who had escaped from prison, a serial killer who was looking for a target, a fanatic who was preparing to launch a blood sacrifice, and a thief who had stolen the treasures of White City … and so on.
Huai Shi finally saw the special line that came to greet him.
A … truck.
At the end of the strange twisting corridor, with the clever change of gravity, the endless sea had fallen from the top of his head to the bottom of his feet.
Huai Shi stood at the edge of the dock, stunned as he watched the sea in front of him gurgling with layers of bubbles.
Then, a huge truck rose with its four wheels facing the sky.
It looked like an accident that had accidentally fallen into the sea.
While Huai Shi was hesitating to call the police for help, the large truck was like a drunkard who had flipped over on the curb. It stopped steadily on the surface of the sea.
Although the water was still dripping, the degree of fantasy had returned to the acceptable range of ordinary people.
A burly man with an unshaven beard poked his head out from behind the window of the driver's seat. He lowered his head to look down and saw the young man on the dock. He lowered his head to look at the name list in his hand and immediately understood. "Mr. Huai, right? I'm Raymond, the driver who came to pick you up to the Ivory Tower … "
"Ah, hello."
Huai Shi hurriedly raised his hand and shook hands with Raymond, who had half of his body out from behind the window.
In the greeting, both of them raised their eyebrows at the same time and felt the calluses on each other's fingers.
Heavy weapons, deep attainments. Based on the distribution of the calluses and the emphasis of the palm muscles, it should be a long weapon … a lance? Giant scythe? Long-handled flail? Hammer? Or Roman halberd?
Thoughts flashed through his mind, but the handshake was quickly separated. Both of them smiled tacitly.
Then, Raymond looked behind Huai Shi. "Doctor Ye? Are you also with us? "
Huai Shi frowned and turned around in shock. He found that there was someone behind him without him noticing. It was the passenger who played cards with him in the lounge.
The middle-aged man called Doctor Ye had a vicissitude aura, but his eyes were quiet and gentle. He spoke very gently and softly, leaving a good impression on Huai Shi.
The two of them sat quite close to each other in the lounge. During the long break, they played two rounds of cards to relieve their boredom. Unexpectedly, they were on the same trip.
"Hello, let me formally introduce myself. My surname is Ye, Ye Su, the school doctor of the Ivory Tower."
Doctor Ye took off his hat and smiled warmly. "You should be Mr. Huai Shi who just came this semester, right? I've heard a lot about you. It's an honor to meet you today. "
"You're too kind."
Although Huai Shi felt that something was wrong, he still politely shook hands with him. "I'm lucky to be able to meet my colleagues in advance."
After a few polite words, the two of them stepped on the gangway ladder in the huge container of the truck and got on the car.
The container turned out to be a long and narrow hall with elegant decoration. It was much bigger than it looked from the outside and was quite comfortable.
Perhaps the driver disliked the two of them for wasting too much time outside. Before Huai Shi sat down, he heard a cold snort from the sofa in the hall.
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