High Above

The cable car stopped in a semicircular cable car station built on rock that was probably built later.

The young man noticed that outside the entrance and exit of the cable car that was anchored at an altitude of 300 meters, there were rows of landing pads used to park flying facilities and griffins and other magical beasts. The giant warehouse in the distance should be a hangar with armor and ether weapons. Obviously, most of the guys who frequent the upper city of the imperial capital would not take the cable car up like Ian.

"This is it."

Ian followed Tres's guidance and walked off the cable car, then led Ian to a passage next to the station: "This is the rapid entrance and exit directly to the fifth floor. I'm actually not familiar with it. I can come with you next time." Take a walk around the imperial capital.”

"If there is a chance."

Ian agreed, and he was currently having a psychic conversation with Hua An in another cable car: (Miss Hua An, you have been to the Imperial Capital before, right?)

(How did you get in at that time?)

(Fly) Miss Fairy’s answer is very simple: (The capital of the Setar Empire is indeed big enough, but the internal structure is actually similar to that of Falling Star City and Fairy Township. They are both shelter designs with their own ecological cycle... After all, they are all former A member of the Era Civilization, who has withstood the disaster of falling from the sky, it is normal to be similar)

(Speaking of which, it turns out that this is what a cable car feels like...humans can also see perspectives that we fairies can’t see)

(Is this so...) Ian also didn’t expect that the fairies’ Falling Star City and the major fairy towns were similar to the imperial capital - no wonder Miss Fairy was quite interested along the way, but she didn’t look like herself. Such a surprise.

Also... for Terra residents who have been born in Terra, it is natural that the imperial capital is so big.

Rather, if the imperial capital of the Central Empire was not so big and unique, how could it be called the City of Divine Blessing?

And what is the difference between different layers and essentially different divisions of a city? In the end it's all the same thing.

After Ian and Tres left the cable car, they walked along the 'Channel 5' for a while and arrived at the fifth floor of the Imperial City.

It feels like entering the belly of a giant beast.

Each floor of the Imperial City is a hollow ring, with a lonely mountain in the center, which is the main body of the 'planetary shield generator' in Ian's mouth. The urban area is mounted on the outside. The area of ​​each floor is about one to two hundred square meters. kilometer.

It's not big, it's just a medium-to-large town, but considering it's located inside a lonely mountain, the area is quite astonishing.

After entering the fifth floor, Ian couldn't help but be slightly startled, because what he saw was a quite prosperous urban area - urban buildings that were not much different from the outside world and pedestrians walking on the smooth avenues, and shops. The lights, the noise of pedestrians, and the hawking of vendors are all the same, and even the feet are solid rocks and soil.

Except for the silver-white metal sky above the head and the light source being artificial sun lamps, everything is no different from the outside world. Most of them are single-story or two- or three-story small buildings lined up in rows, forming a criss-crossing block.

It even looks more rustic, because the height of Zhongcheng is restricted, and it is impossible to have many tall buildings over 100 meters like the outside world.

"It's no different from outside."

Taking a deep breath, Ian blinked at the familiar smell of fireworks. He even saw birds flying between the buildings.

Are there actually wild animals here?

He felt a little unbelievable: "I thought it would be filled with steel cabins and corridors... at least it would be relatively narrow."

"Tres, how many people can live in the Imperial City? Each level is a small town..."

"Why do you have such an idea?" At this time, Tres and others turned their heads curiously and looked at Ian. They looked around at the surrounding scenery and wondered: "Isn't this normal? The interior of the Imperial Capital is originally It was built to copy the ecology of the outside world, not to mention prairie pigeons, even squirrels."

"As for how many people... the imperial capital can protect the residents of the entire Great Plains area in times of crisis. It's hard to say how long it will take. In the short term, tens of millions should not be a problem."

——I can’t tell you, the native natives of Terra... tens of millions? This is too spacious!

Ian clicked his tongue in his heart. How should he say that the imperial capital in his understanding should be more high-tech? At least it has to feel like a refuge.

Who knew that after entering Zhongcheng, although it was indeed a closed refuge management, it was not so much a refuge as... a space city that simulated the surface ecology?

"indeed!"

Thinking of this, Ian suddenly realized. He looked around at the entire fifth floor design again, and he suddenly understood: "So that's it, that's it."

The overall layout of the entire midtown area is not a refuge, but an independent 'satellite colony'!

The pre-era civilization must have used the free space inside the planetary shield generator as a test area to simulate the space city environment, so it was specially built to be the same as the outside world.

Each floor here is a different, experimental space city structure!

If you think about it this way, you can understand it.

But for Terra natives like Tres and Hua An, all this is taken for granted. If you want to ask why, you can only ask the ancients of the pre-era civilization.

"The Knights stationed in the satellite colony...sounds like a space opera." Ian shook his head slightly.

The headquarters of the Patrol Knights has a very high status in the imperial capital. It occupies a vast area and is located in the east of the fifth floor close to the inside of the ring.

The atmosphere in the streets here is relatively quiet, and pedestrians walking around unconsciously lower their voices. There are also many knights wearing the same standard armor as Tres and others. Of course, there are also some people who only wear ordinary uniforms instead of armor. Those are Civilian officers of the Order.

"Miss Hua An, please take care of Shuangdie. I saw a juice shop over there. Here is the money. Just take Shuangdie to have some drinks!"

At the entrance of the headquarters, Ian took off some of the more sensitive things on his body, and Miss Goblin turned her head and looked at the juice shop nearby, and nodded happily: "No problem - but we will drink a lot, right?"

Ian didn't take it seriously: "It's okay to spend it all."

In fact, he gave Hua An the money just in the hope that Hua An would spend it all. Miss Goblin helped a lot along the way, and he would feel bad if he kept asking for help for free.

Especially... Miss Goblin had always thought that he was just an ordinary genius with the goblin blood sublimation, and she didn't know how many secrets and snoops there were behind him... The young man felt that he had to find an opportunity to confess to the other party.

At least explain your basic background.

After placing the two goblin ladies, he followed Tres into the headquarters.

The hierarchical structure of the Inspector Knights is quite simple. The first-level apprentice, the second-level captain and the third-level grand knight are a fairly stable pyramid structure. Above the grand knight, there are Big figures like the Marquis of Barton, the head of the Knights of the Patrol and the two deputy heads.

And even apprentices generally have their own team.

After all, there are actually many nephews and nephews of the great nobles who have thrown over their qualifications. Of course, they cannot go around to complete tasks like real patrol knights. Naturally, there will be relevant teams to do it for them.

Tres is clearly not. But he managed to get ahead and became a squad leader. He led Ian through the main entrance and came to a courtyard.

The brown-haired knight guided Ian towards a two-story building on the side of the courtyard, where many people were busy.

"The archives. I won't go in."

Tres said: "You also know, I will pick you up..." He didn't finish his words. But the meaning was clearly expressed.

——The big man who asked him to pick up Ian will probably be here soon... Tres is reminding Ian to pay attention.

Ian didn't speak, but looked back with understanding.