Chapter 259: Illuminating Peak
Ji Xinghuo looked at the humanoid Jingying who stopped him.
The other party was about two meters tall, and his whole body was wrapped in a solid layer of dark blue metal armor. The armor was connected to his body, but it did not affect his movements. He also wore a helmet on his head, and pulled up the movable visor, revealing a face with blurred features, and his skin reflected the brilliance like crystal.
It was not until then that Ji Xinghuo noticed that the Jingying did not open his mouth when speaking, but made sounds through the vibration of a crystal on his forehead.
The nose was flat, and the nostrils were almost invisible.
The eyes were like a pair of gems inlaid on the face, and the eyes were stagnant, as if they had no vitality.
If you don't look at his face, his appearance is similar to that of a highlander.
This Jingying guard did not carry any weapons and was unarmed, but Ji Xinghuo did not dare to underestimate him at all, because the other party was a legendary strongman.
The other party spoke the Highland dialect of Xinyalaq.
Ji Xinghuo frowned, and his eyes showed the ferocity of a Red Emperor believer, and asked in a deep voice: "What's the matter?"
"You need to register when you enter the City of Eternal Day for the first time." The Jingying guard replied.
"Why don't others use it?"
Ji Xinghuo glanced at the other people around him and didn't find any difference between them and himself. Many people were obviously here for the first time and they were all unimpeded.
The Jingying guard's face twisted, as if he made an expression, but Ji Xinghuo couldn't tell whether the other party was smiling or expressing any emotion. He stared at Ji Xinghuo with his crystal gem-like eyes, "Because your strength is too strong."
Ji Xinghuo's expression froze.
Hearing the guard's words, the people who entered and exited the city gate next to him cast their eyes, and some of them obviously knew what was going on, with awe on their faces.
Ji Xinghuo didn't understand, his strength was indeed good, but how did the Jingying guard see it?
"Please follow me."
After saying this, the Jingying guard turned around and walked in front to lead the way.
Ji Xinghuo had to follow.
Passing through the huge city gate more than 20 meters high, the view suddenly opened up, and a magnificent city unfolded in front of him, with wide and clean streets, bright and transparent sky, and countless houses, platforms, spires and palaces built with crystals along the long street to the end of the vision.
Separated by a wall, it seemed like two worlds.
Outside was a cold and dark plateau, but inside the city, it was warm and bright, as if entering civilization from the wilderness, and the whole person felt different.
"Please wait here." Standing on the street, the Jingying guard said.
Ji Xinghuo noticed that the crystal piece on the other's forehead vibrated slightly, emitting low-frequency sound waves, but he couldn't hear it.
Ten seconds later, a hover car drove quickly and stopped in front of him.
The appearance of this car was very simple, like a rectangular crystal plate, surrounded by a circle of railings, suspended about half a meter above the ground.
There was no front or engine, no driver's seat, and even no place to sit.
Rather than calling it a car, it was more like a hoverboard.
The Jingying guard stood on it.
Ji Xinghuo followed him up and stood on the crystal plate. It shook slightly a few times, but it was still very stable overall.
The hover car started immediately, and the speed gradually increased, reaching about 80 kilometers per hour. Ji Xinghuo noticed that the Jingying guard was standing in front, with his hand on the railing. There was a blue crystal there, touching the guard's hand, as if transmitting information.
"So it's manually controlled, driving system?" Ji Xinghuo felt very novel.
This is a completely different technology from the technology on Earth. Although he doesn't know the specific principle, he can guess that this should be ether technology!
Electromagnetic induction swept across the crystal plate under his feet and found that there was a very complex and delicate structure inside.
The reason why it can move is not entirely due to the hovercraft itself.
Part of the power source comes from the ground.
Ji Xinghuo observed the ground. Like the buildings in the city, it was all paved with a kind of crystal. When the hovercraft passed by, there was a corresponding area on the ground with a faint light. Even with the naked eye, you can see that there is energy flowing on the ground.
"It's very similar to the superconducting highway system, but in essence, it may be completely different." Ji Xinghuo said secretly.
His face was full of surprise, like a countryman who came to the city for the first time.
This is the reaction that the highlanders should have.
The hovercraft slid quickly on the street, and from time to time you could see hovercrafts coming from the opposite side. There were Jingying people driving on them. Some were alone, and some were with other races. They nodded to the Jingying guards around them, and then whizzed past.
The guards of the Jingying tribe were concentrating on controlling the crystal hovercraft, while Ji Xinghuo was watching the street scene of the Everday City.
The whole city was carefully planned.
Every street, every building, and even the patterns on every piece of crystal building material were designed in a unified style, clean, grand, magnificent, and at the same time very reasonable. There was no place that was slightly discordant or had dark corners.
This was a bright city without dirt, like heaven.
Perhaps, the only thing that was inconsistent with the city style was the pedestrians on the street and the residents in the city.
All kinds of star races and aliens, humanoid, non-humanoid, tall, short, fat, thin, black, white, blue, red, and some indescribable and unknown origins, could be seen here.
So many races mixed together, but no one dared to act rashly. The streets were bustling, and the shops were crowded with people, extremely prosperous.
Although most people carried weapons and equipment, no conflict was seen.
Even the followers of the Red Emperor became peace lovers.
The seemingly peaceful and tranquil city is actually full of murderous intent. Those crystal spires that are at least 100 meters high and the highest are over 1,000 meters high are all part of the defense system; the obelisk-like buildings suspended in the sky should be an energy weapon.
Underground, there are many deep spaces, like underground cities.
Every 300 meters or so, there is a crystal statue more than 4 meters high on the street, which looks like a giant wearing metal armor, motionless.
But this is not a statue.
Their ether energy fluctuations are very obscure, and if they erupt, they must be very strong.
From time to time, there are more powerful crystal statues moving around, they are like huge mechanical sentinels, patrolling the streets.
Ji Xinghuo had a time and space illusion.
This is not the star realm, but a trading planet in the Milky Way!
The direction of the hovercraft is the mountain in the middle of the City of Eternal Day. At the current speed, it will take several minutes to get there.
Ji Xinghuo asked, "How do you know I'm stronger than others?"
The Jingying guard looked back at him, raised his hand and pointed at his eyes, "I have a tool implanted in my head that can directly see the strength of other people's star power and roughly judge your strength."
He didn't say it very clearly, probably because he considered that the highlanders from the primitive tribe couldn't understand and didn't know what ether technology was.
Ji Xinghuo understood it as soon as he heard it, and was very curious.
"Can you tell me more specifically?"
"No." The Jingying guard said indifferently, "I can only tell you that your strength has triggered the warning standard of the Everday City, and you must enter the registration process."
Ji Xinghuo was helpless.
But he couldn't do anything. Since entering the Everday City, he found that there were too many strong people in this city!
Every Jingying scanned by electromagnetic induction is actually a legend!
The proportion of evolvers of other races is one-tenth of the third and fourth levels, and there are many fifth-level legends. Even the sixth-level kings have been found to be more than ten.
This is just what electromagnetic induction can scan.
There must be more strong people in those magnetic field blind spots.
"Where are we going?" Ji Xinghuo asked again.
"The Special Resident Registration Office of the City of Eternal Day." The guard of the Jingying clan was like a robot. He answered immediately what he should answer, and never said what he shouldn't say. He didn't mix any personal emotions, and added: "It is located at the foot of Guangzhao Peak, and we will arrive soon."
Guangzhao Peak?
Ji Xinghuo looked up at the high peak in the city. As the distance got closer, the majestic peak became higher and higher in his eyes, and the many spires built on the mountain were also more magnificent.
Soon, the electromagnetic induction scanned Guangzhao Peak one step ahead.
As expected, as he guessed, Guangzhao Peak was a forbidden area for the Jingying clan, and most of it was a magnetic field blind area.
However, electromagnetic induction could still detect some clues. The mountain of Guangzhao Peak was hollowed out, with a huge and complex internal space, like a maze.
Ji Xinghuo looked at this slightly abrupt mountain, which was very inconsistent with the terrain of the City of Eternal Day. Moreover, the internal structure and surface features of the mountain were full of traces of excavation and construction, which made him come up with a bold guess.
This 3,000-meter-high Guangzhao Peak is completely man-made!
With the etheric technology and the number of strong people of the Jingying Clan, it has been more than 70,000 years since they entered the star realm. It is not surprising that they have achieved this for such a long time.
As for the reason, it is also very simple.
The star gate of the Jingying Clan should be in Guangzhao Peak, and the entire mountain is used to protect the star gate.
When the hovercraft approached the foot of Guangzhao Peak, a unique blind spot appeared in Ji Xinghuo's electromagnetic induction, which was located at the bottom center of Guangzhao Peak. To be precise, it is not a magnetic field blind spot, but a spherical hole with a diameter of about 50 meters.
Within this hole, there is no magnetic field form and no information.
It's like a black hole.
Ji Xinghuo is very familiar with this situation. Every time he enters and exits the Earth Star Gate, he has the same experience. As expected, there is the star gate of the Jingying Clan.
Such a tight and unique location confirms his guess.
Guangzhao Peak is indeed man-made.
"We are here, please get off." The hovercraft stopped in front of a tall crystal building. The guard of the Jingying tribe took Ji Xinghuo out of the car and walked into the hall inside the building.
This hall is spacious and bright, with a dome more than ten meters high. Crystal windows are installed on the walls around it. A row of colorful crystal lamps hang above the head. The ground is also clean as a mirror. Walking in it, the footsteps echo in the hall, giving people a very solemn feeling.
There is a Jingying tribe in the hall.
His shape is like a big snake standing upright, with a total length of twelve meters. The lower part of the waist is covered with metal armor, and the snake tail is coiled on the ground in several circles. The upper body is like a human, but with six arms, wearing a well-cut white coat, and a human-like head with clear facial features.
"Welcome to the City of Eternal Day!"
This snake-shaped Jingying tribe is polite, and the crystal piece on the forehead vibrates, making an ethereal and vicissitudes of life voice. Looking down from a high place, his gem-like eyes observe Ji Xinghuo.
Just one glance, Ji Xinghuo feels creepy.
Because the serpentine crystal tribe in front of us is a powerful sixth-level evolver, that is, the king of the earth!
I can't stand it anymore, I will kowtow and apologize at the third update tomorrow!