The off-road vehicle drove along the steel bridge to the golden gate at the entrance of Asgard.
On the edge of the city, there are concrete embankments and metal forts scattered on top of them to form a fortification. Judging from the height of the fortifications of nearly 100 meters, even the tracked combat vehicles used for attacking fortifications cannot directly cross. If you want to attack the city, you have to attack directly through this steel bridge, but the metal forts on the fortifications are not for decoration. Once covered by their firepower, it is foreseeable that the attacker will suffer heavy losses.
The giant golden gate opened ahead of time before the off-road vehicles arrived. Unlike the gate in the Julian Mountains, this giant golden gate opened silently. Zero Safety couldn't understand what provided its kinetic energy, but it was definitely not a crude hydraulic machine. This means that Asgard has more advanced technology than ordinary city bases on the coastline. Although it is only a gate, Zero has already seen the tip of the iceberg.
Behind the gate, apart from the vast factory area, there is also a simple residential area. But the simplicity is only compared to the central city of Asgard. These bungalows for slaves are much more luxurious than any slums on the coastline.
As he continued to go deeper into Asgard, the city of miracles, Zero also gradually understood the strict level of the city.
If you look down from a high altitude, you will find that the city outline of Asgard is like a standard circle. There are only two entrances and exits in the city, east and west, which are connected by steel bridges. The buildings in the city, except for various factory buildings, are taller and larger as they go to the center, and on the contrary, they are shorter and smaller as they get closer to the edge.
As Zero saw, the area for slaves and coolies occupied nearly one-third of Asgard's area, but they were all bungalows with only one floor. True, the higher you build these houses, the more space you can save. But Asgard seems to reflect the strict hierarchy of the city. The rooms for the lowest level of personnel do not exceed 20 meters in height.
And at the very center of the city, the building that can have a panoramic view of the whole city is at least a hundred stories high.
Only those with greater power can see further away!
This seems to be the silent words that Asgard wants to tell the world.
Mercedes-Benz on the road to the tallest building in the center of Asgard, Valkyrie told Zero that it was the center of power in the city, where the Twelve Lord Halls were located.
The class of Asgard is modeled after the ancient feudal kingdom. Slaves are the lowest-level people in the city. They have no freedom, and what they get for hard work is only three meals a day. Citizens are a class higher than slaves. Citizens are middle and high-level managers in various factories in the city. They don't have to work like slaves, and their rewards are not only bread and clean water, but also data coins that can be exchanged for other materials.
Then there are the military system and the nobles, who constitute the upper middle class of the city and have the right to participate in certain decisions in Asgard. They even allowed some of the representatives to be selected to form the council and participate in the daily management of the city.
Above this group of people are the people at the top of the pyramid in the city of Asgard. They have the title of God, although it sounds very arrogant, but their average ability level is above the ninth level, and they are indeed like gods to ordinary people. Valkyrie is one of them, but the city's highest authority is called the Twelve Lord Hall, but there are only six of them.
They are Valkyrie, the goddess of war, Tyr, the god of war, Thor, the god of thunder, Loki, the god of shadows, Baldr, the god of light, and Odin, the father of the gods. As for other vacant positions, according to Valkyrie, there are vacant positions, as long as you prove that you have enough talent, you can enter the Twelve Lord Hall. But in Zero's view, this is undoubtedly the best incentive method, regardless of whether the remaining six seats are intentionally vacated, as long as people living in this city will want to sit on the supreme position. In return, it is the unreserved loyalty and dedication of the members of this city.
And now, Valkyrie took Zero and took the elevator to the top floor of the Twelve Main God Hall. Because there, Odin wants to see him.
Zero held the idea of being safe when he came, but he didn't ask why Odin wanted to see him. In fact, the Hall of Valor sent Valkyrie from the Twelve Lord Halls for a mere wilderness mercenary, and Zero had already vaguely guessed that this must be related to some interests. He knew very well that he was neither powerful nor capable, and that he was able to make the Hall of Valor not hesitate to confront the Dark Council head-on for him, probably because of the secret behind his golden right eye.
In other words, Zero can also know something about his past in reverse, so he does not refuse to meet the supreme ruler of the city. What's more, even if he wanted to refuse, he couldn't do it.
In the sound of the elevator's electronic prompt, Zero knew that the destination had arrived. The elevator doors retracted and opened on both sides, and what appeared in front of Zero was a vast hall. The hall is covered with marble floor tiles, supported by four stone pillars, and the roof of the hall is in the shape of a dome, with pictures of various legends and myths painted on it, like hymns dedicated to the gods.
The decoration in the hall is simple, with a stove and a bench covered with animal skins in the center, and a long square table next to it. The table is full of fruits and food, which can be eaten by the people in the hall at any time. In addition, there are two weapon racks full of cold weapons such as knives, guns, swords and axes, which can be used for people to learn from each other at any time. The edge of the hall adopts a semi-enclosed design, beyond the waist-high fence, people in the hall can have a panoramic view of the entire city of Asgard.
At this time, there was only one person in the hall. He stood by the fence with his back to the two of them.
Valkyrie said respectfully to the man, "Father, I brought Zero."
"Very good. You go down first, and Zero and I want to talk alone."
The voice was old and slightly hoarse. More importantly, Zero felt familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere before. Valkyrie next to him retreated obediently, and when the Goddess of War left, the old man with his back to Zero slowly turned around.
The graying hair, the wrinkled face, the drunken eyes and the red rosacea. These traits make up the one person Zero knew, old hunter Ben Douglas!
"It's you? Are you Odin?" Zero said in astonishment.
Ben showed an awkward smile and said: "Odin is just a name for the outside world. You should know that sometimes a prestigious title can shock people's hearts. I would rather hear your original title, Zero, I Dear friend, welcome to the Hall of Valor. I have waited too long for this moment."