Aino Continent, King's City.
Located in the center of the Boundless Continent, it occupied the world's largest and best resources.
In this part of the world, dark, lead-gray clouds were everywhere. The source energy was thin, and resources were scarce.
Like Zhenxi City, before the Black Tide outbreak, it was also a resource-rich land. After decades of war, a large number of mineral veins were mined, and resources were constantly consumed. Because of the thin source energy and some special reasons, the new resources were getting less and less. Even the original mineral veins were unknowingly "withering."
But the Central King's City was different.
Although it was also trapped in a corner, the resources in the King's City were much richer than other places in the world.
If someone stood on the outermost wall of the King's City and carefully observed, they would find that even though the sky above the King's City was also shrouded in gray clouds, it was much thinner than the outside world.
Vaguely, there seemed to be a trace of green?
That was what Zapor said. He didn't know why he had such an illusion.
Standing on the rooftop of the most magnificent building in Zhenxi City's Tree Shade Commercial Square, Tang Yu gazed in the direction of the King's City. Of course, he couldn't see anything.
He had some information about the King's City in his hand, most of which was provided by the City Lord's Mansion.
The Central King's City was the core of the world. Before the Black Tide outbreak, it was rumored that the King's City had a population of more than 100 million. The city was also very large, much larger than the provincial capital. It was also divided into the inner city and the outer city.
As the center of the world, the King's City was the city with the most nobles. In the inner city, it was said that if you threw a brick on the street, one out of ten people could hit a noble. The remaining nine people were the nobles' entourage.
Some of the nobles who didn't do well weren't even qualified to enter the King's City Inner City.
Mol Garcia's family was a hereditary Duke of the Aino Kingdom. Even though the family's foundation was in West Garrison City, they had once owned a huge property in the inner city of the Royal Capital. However, after several decades, West Garrison City had not been able to contact the Royal Capital. This was especially so as the war continued and the high-end forces fell. The Iron and Blood Duke's Mansion lost all hope of contacting the Royal Capital. They could only rely on the formation to defend West Garrison City.
Now that they had the support of the Tree Shade, they rekindled the idea of going to the King's City.
"There are two possibilities. One is that the Aino Continent's wilderness is extremely dangerous, especially in the central region of the continent."
Tang Yu pondered.
On Earth, apart from some special regions, as long as they didn't run into any alien races, the threat to Transcendents from the outside world wasn't that great. The Aino Continent was obviously more dangerous. Zabor and the others had rushed from Ghor City to West Garrison City, and along the way, they had encountered dozens of dangers. There were even cases where Transcendents might die.
The Black Tide alone was more ferocious than the Demonic Tide on Earth. There were countless dark creatures that had awakened to higher levels. Once a transcendent was surrounded, he might die of exhaustion.
Moreover, they had already encountered dark creatures with extraordinary combat power along the way.
"It's different from the disaster-level demonic beast. It's a true transcendent. It has a force field, and its IQ is not bad."
Tang Yu couldn't tell if it was because of the difference between the black tide and the demonic tide.
There were also more dangerous places than on Earth.
Especially some of the Dead Lands. It was like a malignant tumor rooted on the planet, with a strong aura of death. Shay had courted death by approaching one of them. As a result, his vitality was rapidly fading away. According to Shay's deduction, once trapped in the core of the Dead Lands, even a second-order transcendent would die within a few seconds.
West Garrison City was located in the western region of the Aino Kingdom. It was closer to the kingdom's border and far away from the King's City. Indeed, they might encounter countless dangers along the way.
"But Zabor, Protoss, and Moon had smoothly arrived at West Garrison City from Ghor City. They didn't even use the Town Portal Scroll. The Duke's Mansion should have some trump cards. They shouldn't be unable to reach the King's City."
Tang Yu had to consider the second possibility. After all, the King's City was a dangerous place.
Of course, the strife between the nobles had nothing to do with him. He didn't come here to help West Garrison City.
He intended to figure out the truth of the black tide outbreak because there were too many similarities between the black tide and the demonic tide. In addition, after the trade with West Garrison City, the territory's foundation was a lot richer. As long as he digested the knowledge and resources, his overall combat power could rise to another level.
Especially some of the blueprints from the Holy City. As soon as he gathered the materials, he could immediately manufacture them through the workshop.
He was also concerned about the "mysterious branch" he obtained from the Ghor City Lord's Mansion.
In this regard, the Duke's Mansion's answer was evasive. But through the conversations of the West Garrison City's dignitaries, Tang Yu learned that the Duke's Mansion wasn't the only one with such a trump card. Even several great nobles in the inner city also had such a trump card. Some of them were even arranged around the city walls.
All kinds of clues pointed to a treasure in the King's City.
Tang Yu grasped the key information without Moore and the others noticing or even unwilling to disclose it. This was the advantage of having a platform.
Indeed, the "spiritual space" wasn't dangerous. But as long as the people from other forces were used to this extremely real space, a lot of information couldn't be hidden.
Lord Tang's newly added "personal space" wasn't just to earn spirit stones. Was he such a shallow person?
No … yes!
In the personal space, hunters could completely relax, rest, enjoy, invite friends to their own space as guests, and inadvertently reveal secrets during conversations.
This was his purpose.
… …
The West Garrison City's matter had come to an end.
While Tang Yu was thinking, Zapor and the others had already set off for the King's City.
The airship was too obvious. Zapor and the others were riding on the third-generation Floating Chariot. It was extremely fast, comparable to a speed-type senior transcendent. The important thing was that it had excellent concealment, even the transcendent's aura could be shielded.
The Duke's Mansion's people were very jealous of this vehicle.
So, for the friendship between the two sides, the Tree Shade sold a Floating Chariot to the West Garrison City Lord's Mansion at a price equivalent to 200 spirit stones.
At this moment.
One of the three Floating Chariots heading to the King's City belonged to the West Garrison City Lord's Mansion. There were two transcendent inside.
As for the other two, one carried Zapor and Gray Blade, and the other carried Lorraine and Wolf Girl Fanny. Originally, Bamboo Rat Chestnut was also on the list of the first batch to go to the King's City. After all, the illusion ability was very useful most of the time. But this bamboo rat didn't seem to be in a good mood.
Boom!
Black tentacles tore the ground like a large net, covering the Floating Chariots.
"Switch to manual control mode!"
"Charge the cannon!"
"The old driver is racing!"
Each of the black tentacles was extremely thick, and they emerged from the ground. Every strike they made was powerful enough to destroy a mountain.
Even the third-generation Floating Chariot's defensive array was likely to be seriously damaged if it was swept by the black tentacles.
At this time.
Among the countless black tentacles, the three Floating Chariots shuttled back and forth like fish.
The one belonging to the Duke's Mansion was slightly stiff and lacked a soul. But after all, it was a senior transcendent. Its reflexes were very good. It forcibly controlled the Floating Chariot to pass through the gap of the black tentacles.
"What kind of creature is this? It stands to reason that we shouldn't have any aura leaking out. "
Lorraine controlled the steering wheel. Although it was a question, her tone was very excited.
After flying in the dark wilderness for more than a day, she had long been suffocated. She couldn't wait to fight this unknown creature.
"It should be the Touch Ball."
Zapol said in a low voice, "The Tentacle Ball is a kind of huge dark creature with extraordinary fighting strength. It's very sensitive to all living things around it. We flew over it just now, and that's why it suddenly attacked us.
The Touch Ball's life force is very terrifying. Even if all of us attacked it with all our strength, we might not be able to kill it … The most important thing now is to quickly leave its hunting range. "
"Yes!"
General Duru from the Duke's Mansion also agreed. "The Touch Ball is usually rooted in its' territory 'and moves very slowly. As long as we fly away from this area, we will be safe."
While they were talking.
More and more black tentacles emerged from the ground.
The ground cracked, and rocks flew everywhere.
In the next moment.
Boom!
The earth sank down by a thousand meters, revealing a huge crater.
A monster that looked like a meatball with countless tentacles growing on it, each of which was hundreds of meters long, emerged from the ground.
It didn't slow down at all, and its huge body drifted forward gracefully, chasing after the fleeing prey.
Dozens of black tentacles formed a large black hand and reached forward, grabbing one of the Floating Chariots.
"Impossible! Don't the Touch Ball usually take root in the ground and rarely move? How can the Touch Ball be so fast?! "
General Duru's face turned pale with fright. He controlled the Floating Chariot to dodge the attack, and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.
If it weren't for this God-grade vehicle, he would have been dead long ago.
However …
He saw that the huge meatball was flying extremely fast, and its new attack method was extremely flexible. If he made a mistake …
Whoosh!
A dazzling light beam shot out from the side and pierced through the black hand formed by dozens of tentacles. The hand disintegrated and turned into countless tentacles, but soon, one black hand after another condensed.
Before General Duru could react, he saw a Floating Chariot moving in the opposite direction. The main cannon glowed brightly, and circles of rune arrays appeared on the body of the chariot.
General Duru's eyes widened, and he was dazed for a moment, almost getting hit by a tentacle.
General Duru admitted that he didn't have this kind of courage.
Lorraine didn't have that kind of courage. Her creed was simple. If she couldn't handle it, she'd do it. If she couldn't handle it, she'd run.
Back then, she owed a huge debt and couldn't beat her creditors. She had no choice but to leave her hometown.
The huge Touch Ball was the kind that could handle it.
Anyway, she had a Return Scroll in her hand, and she could leave at any time. She could also save two people and expand her network. That way, she wouldn't be unable to find them when she needed to borrow money in the future.
"Get out of my way!"
Lorraine showed off her driving skills and dashed back and forth.
In the back seat, Fanny's pointed ears twitched. She focused her eyes and controlled many weapons to shoot at the Touch Ball's face.
In another Floating Chariot, Zabor held a mid-level detection crystal in his hand with a serious expression.
He knew about the Touch Ball as much as General Duru did.
However, according to the information that the crystal detected, the Touch Ball had undoubtedly … evolved.
Humans could become stronger through cultivation, but dark creatures didn't seem to need cultivation.
They evolved over and over again.
Zabor didn't know how to evolve and what the conditions were.
His heart was heavy.
A few minutes later.
The three Floating Chariots got rid of the Touch Ball, repositioned the navigation system, and set off toward the Royal City.
After flying for more than two days and encountering countless dangers along the way, they finally approached the capital of the Aino Kingdom.
As they got closer to the Royal City, the barren land looked a little better.
He could see a few trees with sparse leaves and weeds. A small river flowed past.
There were also some abandoned houses everywhere. After decades, it was hard to tell what they used to look like.
"These are the villages around the Royal City. Before the Dark Tide broke out, the Royal City was relatively safe. There were very few bandits or monsters. But now …"
Zabor shook his head.
Although there was some greenery on the ground, there were more ferocious-looking dark creatures wandering everywhere.
The roars were endless.
General Duru was surprised. His voice came from the Floating Chariot's communication device. "Why are there so many dark creatures around the Royal City? It's too easy to trigger the Dark Tide! "
Although Western Garrison didn't explore the outside world much, they would organize legions to eliminate dark creatures every once in a while. Not to mention, some mines were located outside the city.
Some freelance mercenaries also relied on the spirit stones they got from hunting dark creatures to make a living.
There must be traces of human activity around the city.
But there didn't seem to be any in the Royal City.
This wasn't an awakening!
Zaporte sighed softly.
"Because of the Eternal Wall, the Royal City doesn't care about the Dark Tide. Only after the Dark Tide breaks out will the soldiers go out of the city wall to collect materials from the dark creatures.
Some freelance mercenaries might want to go out of the city, but the Eternal Wall's gate is in the hands of the city guards. They don't want to let mercenaries go in and out of the city freely. "
"The Eternal Wall …?" General Duru was even more confused.
Zabor said slowly, "The Royal City used to have an inner city and an outer city wall. The inner city wall was 60 meters high, and the outer city wall was 100 meters high. The Eternal Wall was built on the outermost city wall of the Royal City. It was 135 meters high.
The Eternal Wall didn't seem to be much bigger than the outer city wall. But in fact, its defensive ability was much better than the outer city wall.
There was once an experiment. Even a full blow from a transcendent could not leave a mark on the Eternal Wall. The Eternal Wall was a no-fly zone, and it had anti-stealth and anti-penetration abilities.
Most importantly, the area protected by the Eternal Wall is very vast. It has expanded the original King's City by more than ten times. It's like a small world inside. The nobles don't lack resources, so they don't have the thought of exploring outside. "
Zabor hadn't figured it out yet.
When the Dark Tide broke out, the situation in the Royal City wasn't good.
As far as he knew, many big shots had gone missing in the past ten years. He guessed that they had fallen.
But in the 28th year of the Dark Tide, the Eternal Wall was suddenly built. Since then, the Royal City was safe.
The royal family began to give up on the endless war and began to manage the vast territory of the Royal City.
While he was thinking.
The towering Eternal Wall appeared in front of them.
The Floating Chariot had turned to land and hid in the bushes.
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