After the banquet, Y'zaks led Hao Ren and the others to a balcony above the palace, from which they could overlook most of Helcrown. The huge city was so huge that even the highest place in the palace could not see the whole picture.
The city, which was roughly circular in shape, was arranged in picturesque disorder. Inside the magnificent obsidian outer wall were twelve symmetrically distributed high walls that separated twelve regions. In each region, one could see the iconic buildings of each race and the huge black towers built by the demons. The residents of the city were not separated from each other by these high walls. There were huge city gates and suspension bridges on the walls. These gates and suspension bridges were powered by magic and could be opened and closed at any time. They were probably used to further defend the city against foreign enemies when the city was under attack. And the demon king's palace was located in the center of the city, built on a tall rocky hill.
Looking down, one could see the giant elven trees next to the human houses, the dwarven smelting furnace next to the orc's arena, and the crystal tower of the elves was built on the halfling's cellar. Hundreds of years of living together had completely changed the traditions and habits of the 'demon king's people'. As a group of people who lived directly in Helcrown and were most deeply influenced by Y'zaks, they had long adapted to the atmosphere of living together. The elves would not feel anything wrong with the orcs' rough liquor and barbecue, and the orcs were also happy to study the complex but exquisite wood carvings with the elves. This was the true face of the gloomy and terrifying Helcrown in the eyes of outsiders.
Unfortunately, most people could only see the ferocious appearance of the hundreds of feet high walls of Helcrown.
Y'zaks crossed his arms and looked down at it all. "Do you think the whole city can be moved away?"
Hao Ren did not care. "The hundreds of millions of Aerymian elves were packed away, and a few of their floating islands. Those islands are bigger than your Helcrown."
"But there were transport fleets at that time, and more importantly, the universe of the Aerymian elves had the World Gate." Y'zaks glanced at Hao Ren. "This world doesn't have it. At first, we only planned to find Y'lisabet, but we didn't expect there to be a whole city of people... "
Hao Ren shrugged. "Anyway, it's not realistic for you to give up this city of people, right?"
Y 'zaks chuckled and said nothing.
"So that's it." Hao Ren grinned. "You don't have to worry about these things. I have arrangements. The problem with the World Gate can be solved. I'm going to write a report and apply to the higher-ups to open a temporary World Gate. As for the influx of people … don't worry, I have experience. "
As soon as Hao Ren said that he had experience, Vivian and Nangong Wuyue immediately rolled their eyes. They all knew what Hao Ren meant by that.
Vivian looked at the magnificent city and looked at Y 'zaks curiously. "Actually, I'm more curious about something else. Have you really given up just like that?"
"I've done what I can. A loss is a loss. If I drag the people in the city to die again because of my obsession, it'll be meaningless." Y 'zaks pointed to the city below. "This is not a comeback. It's just a waste of these people's lives."
"But I'm afraid some of your men don't think so." Hao Ren glanced at Y 'zaks. "For example, Lamordino."
Y 'zaks was silent for a moment. He put his hand on Y' lisabet's head and gently stroked it. "It won't be long before he leaves the city with some demons. Y 'lisabet, tell Zadamor not to stop him."
The little girl nodded sensibly. Hao Ren was surprised. "You know someone is going to run?"
"I've been dealing with him for thousands of years. We've been fighting together since before the Unification War. There are a few other old guys in the city. I know them very well." Y 'zaks smiled carelessly. "Compared to the ambitions of the sea of stars, they're more interested in the war itself. If I'm not mistaken, they've been hiding in the alternate dimension with Y 'lisabet for a year in order to prepare for a comeback. Now that the opportunity to make a comeback is gone, they naturally won't stay here any longer. "
Then Y 'zaks sighed. "You can't force things when they don't see eye to eye."
Hao Ren looked at Y 'zaks in a daze. "You're quite broad-minded. You knew this back then, and you still tolerated them?"
"It's not broad-minded. It's just that it's suitable." Y 'zaks grinned. "I don't need everyone to think the same as me. I just need their power to be useful to me. If they can fight, let them fight. If they can explore, let them explore. If they can research, let them research. Lamordino was a standard demon, so he could do what a standard demon did best. Now that he can't accept the future arrangement, he's free to come and go. "
Vivian seemed to have some questions to ask, but Y 'zaks did not want to continue on this topic. He looked down at Y' lisabet. "Alright, let's talk about the problem of the city. You've solved the city's power source? How did you do it? "
Y 'lisabet immediately puffed up her chest. "I found it! We found an energy source in the other dimension. It's now in the power source of the city. Do you want to see it, Dad? "
Y 'zaks smiled. "Of course I want to see it. You guys want to come too? "
Hao Ren and the rest of them could not miss out on such an opportunity. They were all excited. Even Lil Pea shouted happily, "Come on! Come too! "
They immediately set off for the power source of Helcrown, which was located under the palace. Y 'lisabet led the way. Hao Ren and the rest followed her around the palace, passing through a long corridor and a tight isolation door before they arrived at a circular hall. The style of this hall was different from the rest of the palace. There were no decorative sculptures or reliefs in the hall. Instead, there were many crystal and silver-white metal inlaid lines that looked like runes on the surrounding walls. These mysterious patterns glowed faintly under the drive of magic. Echoing with the light, there was a low buzzing sound that echoed in the hall.
Hao Ren felt like he was in a magical version of a nuclear power plant control room in another world.
Y 'lisabet motioned for everyone to stand on the black stone platform in the center of the round hall. She then raised her hand and made a strange gesture toward a piece of crystal above the hall. The black stone platform shook slightly and began to sink slowly.
So, this was an elevator …
As the elevator sank, they began to enter the most important core area of Helcrown. Hao Ren soon found himself passing through a long, vertical passage made of transparent crystal. Through the transparent walls around the passage, he could see the unknown internal structure of Helcrown. Huge, dwarf-style steam pipes were entrenched all around, and heavy bronze machinery was driven by the dwarf-steam power, providing a huge amount of energy for the city's superstructure. Below the dwarf-steam pipes was a grid layer made of dark red crystals and mithril metal. This layer was the buffer section of the base power zone. Further down, there were even more bizarre things. There was a whole layer of dark green crystal matrix, an obsidian floor carved with complex magic circles, and a jungle-like steel structure. Hao Ren wondered how much effort Y 'zaks had spent to transform the underground of the city to this extent. Looking at these weird structures that were a mixture of technology, magic, alchemy, demonic energy and even steam power, Hao Ren suddenly understood why the Allied Army of the Holy See could not conquer Helcrown after such a long time.
This was really the technology of the Zenith Star …
After a long descent, the black stone platform finally arrived at the deepest part of the underground of Helcrown.
Y 'lisabet led them down a sloping corridor and came to a large circular corridor. The inner wall of the corridor was lined with neatly arranged stone windows. Lily peeked through the stone windows and found that the circular corridor should be around the power furnace.
The power furnace was cast directly from obsidian metal. Inside it was a huge circular hall. The floor of the hall went down in circles, forming a structure like a gladiatorial arena. On every step, there were countless shining runes and mithril lines. These things were connected to the center of the hall: there, a metal device made of several concentric rings was rumbling, and in the center of the device was a mysterious mass of dark red light.
Many workers were busy working on the steps of the energy furnace. Apart from demons, there were also blue-skinned tall elves and stumpy dwarven technicians who were rolling around like wine barrels.
Y 'lisabet proudly introduced the place. "This is the Demonic Furnace of Helcrown!"
Hao Ren stared blankly for a long time before he turned his head and looked at Y 'zaks strangely. "… I suddenly know another reason why the whole world is hunting you."
"What?" Y 'zaks asked.
"Why are you so different from everyone else everywhere you go?"
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