“The car will stop in an area fifteen kilometers away from the Light City Yinganashi. It is recommended that you walk the rest of the way.
Since Ingnash is the largest lighting city in the Old World, the daily flow of people is very large, and the recent arrival of the Duke has reached a peak.
In addition to the identity check and entry procedures I told you about before, the entire city has turned on the "city wall lights" to the maximum, and the area within ten kilometers will be exposed to strong light.
Those who are not strong enough to withstand the light can buy "sun protection clothing" from the Light City in advance, which costs about two hundred coins each.
Only those visitors who can finally reach the city gate regardless of the light are eligible for identity verification.
This can effectively screen outsiders with purchasing power and also effectively control the traffic problems of the entire city."
Yi Chen just listened silently without making any comments.
The train arrived at the station.
When Yi Chen stepped out of the carriage, a strong light immediately surrounded his entire body, but his gentleman's attire had been used for protection in advance, and he even had a layer of film on his eyeballs, so he was not seriously injured.
Even though it was still fifteen kilometers away from the City of Lights, the area was still sparsely populated with visitors who wanted to enter the city.
Some of them are obviously "gamblers", guys who want to make a comeback by gambling with the Duke. Most of them are hunched or crawling with bloated bodies, and are even ready to carry the Duke's seat if they fail in the gambling.
Looking forward,
You can also see patients heading towards the bright light, most of them running forward, using their illnesses to resist the bright light, especially to treat their eyes.
For example, a cancer patient will directly develop a large area of thick hyperplasia on his eyelids, and two abscesses like iron blocks will hang in front of his eyes, blocking his vision and reducing the exposure to light. At the same time, he will curl up his body into a ball to reduce the area exposed to light, and walk by means of the limbs derived from the soles of his feet and calves.
"Little Grape, I'll leave it to you to protect against the light later."
Yi Chen also joined the group of people chasing the lanterns, but his speed was much faster than theirs. He did not deliberately shrink his body, but ran in a normal human posture, slowly turning into a 45-degree forward gallop.
A Dengcheng employee who was selling sun protection clothing on the way and wearing a metal diving hat on his head was almost knocked away by the speeding Yi Chen.
But he didn't curse, nor did he dare to curse. Anyone who could rush towards the light at such a speed must be someone he couldn't afford to offend.
Many people along the way were amazed at Yi Chen's speed. At the same time, some people noticed that the clothes he was wearing came from a leather factory, but they felt of poor quality. They wondered why such an ordinary leather slave was not afraid of the light.
As he got closer to Yingnashi, the light intensity increased sharply, and Yi Chen's gentleman's clothes and eyeballs were also covered with residual lines.
Not only does it not appear uncomfortable due to the light, but it absorbs strong light to increase the residual content. Of course, the effect of the increase is negligible.
The real evil sun cannot be compared with this kind of light.
Yi Chen even raised his head with ease, looking directly at the largest lighting city in the old world.
"Huh! What kind of structure is this?" When the city wall structure came into view, Yi Chen almost stopped because he was too shocked.
The city wall is over a hundred meters high, and its surface is covered with countless honeycomb-like grooves and niches.
Each honeycomb niche is enclosed by translucent glass and contains a special candle for lighting.
This kind of candle is completely different from the ones Yi Chen has seen in human society. The brightness of the flame released by burning can reach more than a thousand times that of ordinary candles.
The firelight is then reflected by the polyhedron structure inside the honeycomb niche and finally converges on the translucent glass on the surface of the niche, emitting strong light.
I don’t know if it was Yi Chen’s illusion, but he could even see an abominable face looming on the surface of the candle.
The city is also equipped with special "candle changers" who will promptly replace the candles that are about to burn out from inside the city wall to ensure that at least 95% of the candles in all niches are burning synchronously.
The 95% here is a maximum limit, and this candle burning rate will be maintained during major festivals, such as the arrival of the Duke's Chamber of Commerce.
Generally speaking, the candles between the city walls only need to be kept at 40%.
There is also a huge hemispherical closed membrane on top of the city wall, covering the entire city of lights, absolutely closed and not disturbed by the outside world.
When we arrived at the city gate, there were already many people queuing up.
There were even four open-source-level sedan-bearing slaves queuing up, carrying a red sedan on their shoulders. The patient sitting inside must have a very high status.
It seemed that he smelled a strange smell from Yi Chen that did not belong to the old world.
A head covered with a red veil poked out from the side window of the sedan chair.
The exposed chin was completely bloody and fleshy, with no lip skin and completely exposed gums. The other person was observing this interesting young man through the veil.
Yi Chen also noticed that there was a structure similar to insect jaws at the corners of the woman's torn mouth.
"Some kind of insect disease?"
At this moment, a hand reached out from the sedan chair.
Even though the entire arm was wrapped in bandages, with only relatively intact skin exposed, there were two forked palms at the end of the arm, which were slender and gray.
She hooked her fingers and stuck out three tongues of different lengths from her mouth, hoping that the young man would get on her bridal sedan and do something entertaining.
Yi Chen acted more gentlemanly and rejected the other party's invitation.
The woman had no intention of forcing him. Her white veil let out a hissing sound, and she withdrew her hands and tongue into it without any unnecessary movements.
Yi Chen also breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't want to get into trouble before he even entered the city. He was unfamiliar with the place and it would be very dangerous if he was surrounded.
The queue is not slow and you will be let through once your identity is confirmed.
When it was finally Yi Chen's turn, he quietly showed the "Seal of Transaction" on the back of his hand and immediately obtained permission to enter the city.
When walking into the narrow corridor under the city gate, the strong light no longer exists, and it is replaced by ordinary candles embedded in the walls of the corridor, guiding outsiders into the city.
When you walk out of the corridor, you can finally see the panoramic view of this neutral city.
A diverse city made mostly of metal, a mixture of old-world weirdness, flesh and blood, ancient and modern, where the bright light outside the city walls no longer has any effect.
The fully enclosed Light City - Ingnash, has roughly three types of continuous light sources throughout the city.
1. The most common ones are the kerosene wall lamps hanging at the door of every household. They have different styles and the design of the container represents the type of store.
For example, a wall lamp made of multiple fingers corresponds to a nail salon. After being processed by the shop, the customers' nails are not only given beautiful patterns and hardened nail structures, but can also burn for a long time and even allow claw attacks to cause fire damage.
2. Mobile lighting installations throughout the city that provide both public and paid private lighting - "skull lights"
Skulls with wings growing between their ear holes are flying around in every corner of the city. Their skulls are filled with lamp oil (their mouths and noses are sealed, and there is a transparent membrane between their eye sockets so that the amount of lamp oil can be directly observed).
A wick runs through the skull and is connected to it, providing long-term lighting.
When the oil level drops below 20%, the skulls fly back to the supply station for refueling.
Any pedestrian only needs to wave at the skull lamps, and they will fly over quickly. Put an ancient coin into the coin slot on their heads and they can be borrowed privately for one hour.
You can hold it in your hand or let it fly beside you.
If you invite them over without paying and simply tease them, some of the bad-tempered skull lamps may commit suicide attacks.
3. At the highest point in the center of the City of Lights, Ingnash, among the indescribable metal and flesh buildings, there is a huge sphere similar to the "underground sun".
The brightness of this sphere is very low, providing weak lighting that radiates throughout the city. It seems to be the original template prototype developed when the underground sun was created. It is used as the symbol of Ingnathi and is embedded in the central building.
but,
Little Grape's eyes can find the "glimmer" released by the first generation sun among many lights. Behind this glimmer are many eyes used for peeping, which makes Little Grape saliva.
Yi Chen felt uncomfortable. "Anyone exposed to this dim light will be monitored... It's really uncomfortable."