Taking the imperial capital 'Gushan' as the main body, there are a total of fifteen 'big urban areas' towards the periphery. Each urban area is a relatively independent satellite city. You can vaguely see the central area of the nearest large urban area, with more than a dozen high-rise buildings.
, as well as three towers over 300 meters high in the central area.
Each urban area has its own landmark buildings, so that you can clearly identify the location without any signboards.
The entire imperial capital is divided into three parts. The first one is naturally these cities under the mountains. In a sense, they can be regarded as the 'lower city' in ordinary big cities. Small towns like Gar Town can also be regarded as the lower city.
Part of the outer edge is managed by different city lords.
Then, there is the 'Middle City District' inside the imperial capital, located inside the huge city wall structure of the imperial capital. This is not the middle of the middle layer, but the middle, central area. It has multiple layers, and even has internal landscape ecology and lakes.
There are rivers and special ecological park layers where you can even fish.
All the important institutions and departments of the imperial capital are located here. It is said that there is a complete set of production chains and industrial sites in Zhongcheng. When needed, it can completely cut off all connections with the outside world and become self-sufficient.
Finally, there is the upper city located on the upper level of Lonely Mountain - the giant defense facility of the imperial capital, where special institutions and the palace of the Setar royal family are located, divided into two sides.
Ian's target this time, which is the imperial capital headquarters of the Inspector Knights, is located on the fifth floor of the central city, and he will enter from the triple tower city area.
Theoretically speaking, with the young man's current identity and the certificate he holds, it is easy to enter Zhongcheng District. All he needs to do is walk in with a swagger.
But there is a difference between ease and ease.
"We are here to pick you up, Ian Knight."
As the horses that Ian and Birch Frost Butterfly were on gradually stopped, a group of knights wearing silver-gray armor appeared in front of them.
These knights ride pure-blooded dragon horses, and their bodies are covered by a layer of gray carapace that is close to the body, while silver metal armor plates are inlaid in key parts, with different patterns shining on them, obviously supported by inscription technology.
There are bright Eyes of the Sun emblems on the shoulders of these armors, as well as on the forehead. That is the logo of the Patrol Knights, replacing the eyes of the "Setal Royal Family" that represents the "sun" and supervises the world.
The front end of their helmet is a layer of smooth black crystal, and a 'T'-shaped metal structure is raised on the back side of the neck, which seems to be a signal transmission device for connecting bones.
The voice of the leading knight was very familiar, and it was quite recognizable even through the fully enclosed helmet.
That was the voice of the Inspector Knight Tres whom he met on the Alchemy Train.
But he pretended not to recognize him, so the young man raised his brows as if he didn't hear it: "Of course I have no problem, I'm here to report on my duties... but where are my companions?"
"The two fairies can naturally go together."
Tres rode his horse and signaled the team to turn and lead the way: "Everyone."
He raised his hand and pointed upward diagonally, as if pointing to the city not far away.
The man said in a smiling voice.
"Welcome to the Imperial Capital."
Ian, Hua An, and Shuangdie looked at each other, and then stepped forward with a smile.
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Between the sky and the earth, there stands a city so huge that it covers the sky and the sun. On the edge of the city near it, it is impossible to judge its curvature, nor its height, because all sight lines have been blocked and can only be vaguely seen.
In the center of the city, a mountain-like structure rises deep into the clouds in the sky and reaches the top of the sky.
And in the cable car channel outside the city, Ian walked side by side with Tres who took off his helmet.
"It's only been three days, and you've already become the captain?" The white-haired boy shook his hair and said in a surprised tone, "You were promoted very quickly."
"I'm just the squad leader. After all, I've been undercover for so many years, and I've advanced to the second level, and I've also established my great achievements - Kate, the prisoner I captured, unexpectedly knows a lot of things."
Tres smiled and said, he looked down at the badge on his chest and touched it gently: "This is the result of all my years of hard work."
Ian stared at the Eye of the Sun badge with wings on both sides and nodded slightly: "It is indeed very hard."
"You don't understand, genius."
Tres sighed slightly.
There are many high-power glow lights on the top of the city wall structure of the Imperial Capital, and under the illumination of the lights, the patrol knight team and Ian's group are riding a cable car into the inner city of the Imperial Capital.
As Ian speculated, the official entrance to the imperial capital is on the inside of the city wall structure three hundred meters above, because according to the design of the pre-era civilization, all city wall structures are located underground.
Nowadays, the overall structure of the imperial capital is bulging, which naturally raises the original entrances and exits to a rather excessive level.
Bathed in the somewhat too bright searchlights, the cable car slowly rose.
The sheer size of the Imperial Capital always shocks those who approach it, especially when sitting in a transparent cable car and slowly approaching, Ian can see most of the details of the Imperial Capital - the alloy layers of the city wall structure have experienced thousands of years of degeneration.
Due to wind and rain, it has long been covered with a thick gray-brown structure. This is not an accumulation of dust, but a 'skin' caused by the proliferation of biomass fibers on the inside.
Patterns like plant roots emerge on this layer of skin, forming an inscription matrix pattern that is so huge that it is beyond human imagination. They flash with a faint light that is difficult for ordinary people to detect, and pulsate at an extremely slow speed.
It pulsates like human blood vessels.
Without the silver chip, it would have been difficult for Ian to detect this.
But with the silver chip, Ian can be sure that every pulse of these inscription arrays will trigger an extremely surging energy surge inside - if the entire imperial capital is a super giant machine or a living thing,
Then this energy surge is the impact caused by its blood flow.
"What kind of creature is this?" Ian couldn't help but think about it, even though he knew that such thinking would be fruitless.
The scan of the silver chip is just a 'planetary shield generator' - this only proves its guess...maybe this is the planetary shield of a certain biotech civilization?
Ian did not have a full view of the imperial capital, which limited his analysis.
At this moment, the cable car has reached an area of more than 200 meters high. Ian turned around and looked down at the 'Lower City' below him from the other side. Under his feet, there were dense buildings one after another and buildings tens to hundreds of meters high.
The high-rise buildings are organically combined into a lively and prosperous neighborhood, with spacious passages, alchemy vehicles and logistics fleets coming and going in a criss-crossed circulation along the roads, the blood vessels of the city.
In the criss-crossing streets and blocks, there are bright display signs everywhere, which are extremely conspicuous even in the daytime, and there are hundreds of cable cars and transport tracks on the outer walls of the imperial capital, which exchange materials in the middle and lower city areas.
In the lower city, there are only a few tower-like buildings that can be compared with the city walls of the imperial capital. They are the centers of the fifteen lower cities, and Ian's height is gradually becoming equal to them.
Humans have become like ants.
Ian was still staring at the crowd downtown.
The mere distance of three hundred meters is enough to make people look like ants... What about the senior officials of the empire who live in the upper city area, at least in the starting area of three thousand meters?
Ian raised his head, and he could already see the steel cone of the 'Solitary Mountain'... There were layers of spiraling building structures there.
Due to the abnormal psychic field brought about by the height, air pressure and shield beam, ordinary people cannot even survive in the upper city. They only need to move a little, and their internal organs will be crushed by the terrifying pressure.
Only the Ascended can move freely there.
No ordinary people were prohibited from entering the upper city. The emperor's palace was open to everyone.
Anyone who wishes can ask questions to the emperor himself, or to any important figure who can influence the empire.
It's just that ordinary humans... just can't do it.