Although Fiali and his group are still very interested in taking a tour of the entire Shadow City now, it is obviously a bit unrealistic. We have to arrange their residence for the next period of time: look at the situation, this A group of Void vendors don't plan to leave Shadow City in a short time, and Phyllis has even started to ask me about the house price here...
Apparently the Hawker Queen's plans are much further ahead than I thought.
So Lin Xue and I first arranged hundreds of Felice's subordinates to the "visitor area" of Shadow City. This is a large urban area close to the Temple of the World Tree. It is specially used to temporarily accommodate large groups of visitors who come to Shadow City for the first time. The area has an environment suitable for the survival of various life forms and supports temporary custom ecology. Cabin, in the middle of this area is the "Alien Race Adaptation Transformation Center". This facility with a tongue-twisting name is aimed at visitors from other worlds whose life forms are too special. There are often situations where visitors from other worlds cannot adapt to the ecological environment of Shadow City: the ecological environment here is based on the earth, and obviously not every race can withstand an oxygen-containing atmosphere and an average temperature of 25°C. You can't let them Spend every day in Shadow City wearing hazmat suits and even sitting in landing pods, so we created this transformation center.
Through a simple and quick remodeling of organisms, alien races can gain the ability to survive normally in the general environment of Shadow City. This remodeling will not change their body frame, nor will it make them feel uncomfortable. It only endows the modified with some adaptive functions, usually improving the tolerance of the organism's cells or adding additional material circulation pathways to their bodies. When the transformed person decides to leave Shadow City and return to their hometown, they can also apply to change back to their original form. However, generally no one would apply in this way, because the transformation carried out by the transformation center is a broad-spectrum adaptive transformation. This process ensures that the transformed life body can adapt to a variety of environments, unless you have obsessive-compulsive disorder and insist on becoming the original appearance. Otherwise, most people prefer the new body after transformation.
This transformation facility is a civilian facility, and can be regarded as the most special "medical unit" in Shadow City. They are distributed in many places in the city, and this one in the visitor area is just one of them. People who often wander around in the macro world, such as inspectors and envoys from various worlds, are usually senior customers of the transformation center. Their bodies have been transformed to be almost as strong as slave soldiers to ensure that they can perform tasks in any world environment .
As soon as she saw this renovation facility, Phyllis immediately thought that she had seen an opportunity again. Pointing to the three-row conjoined building in front of her, the long black and straight queen said in high spirits, "Is this free to use?"
"Of course... what do you want to do?" I squinted at Phyllis.
"Of course, the chin should be sharpened first, and then the double eyelids be drawn," Phyllis replied without hesitation, and then Toto said, "Well, this D-cup figure is enough, and there are no other requirements for now."
I almost jumped up and pointed at Phyllis's nose: "This is a bioadaptation center! It's not a beauty salon, okay?"
"Oh, then no plastic surgery, you transform me into a superman, and then we don't need to wear protective clothing when we go to some planets to do business..."
Me: "..." So this is your original purpose, right
Lin Xue and I left most of Phyllis's subordinates in the visitor area, while Phyllis led her adjutant and a few cronies and followed us around. Thankfully, apart from Phyllis herself, the other Fiari are quite normal: at least they care about things other than doing business, such as exploring different worlds or something.
The original intention of the Fiali people to leave their universe is to make a living... Ahem, to explore the unknown world, at least the more normal group of them set out with this purpose, and nothing is better than the customs of the Empire Database and Shadow City. Renqing is a more suitable exploration target, and several scholars with us made a request in this regard as soon as they seized the opportunity: they hope to take a look at the database about the macro world, and ask if there are books open to the public museums and research facilities.
"Oh, this kind of place is everywhere," I agreed very happily: anyway, the civilian database is open, and you can check it everywhere in Shadow City, "I will have someone give each of you a temporary identification of the timing of the capital. Card, you can use the identification card to activate the public data terminal here. If you plan to read all of them, then you can read all the things on it for a lifetime. There are also places like libraries and public research facilities, but they are all from the various races in the macro world. Institutions established by the empire, similar institutions established by the empire do not allow ordinary citizens to enter, and are only open to students of the Imperial Military Academy and imperial employees such as examiners. If you are interested, I will introduce the admissions plan of the Imperial Military Academy to you in the future .”
Such an answer is enough to satisfy those curious guests. I believe they can find all the knowledge they are looking for here, and they will not be able to learn all of them in their entire lives. Shadow City is known as the capital of all worlds, and is also called the "ultimate sanctuary of wisdom" by scholars from various worlds. It gathers all the knowledge and wisdom of the multiverse here, and the most elite and wisest members of each race are happy to live here. Here they share their lore and are happy to learn the mysteries of other worlds. Data ports can be found everywhere in the streets and alleys of the city. They are connected to a civilian database that was only established in the New Empire and unprecedented in the Old Empire. This database stores knowledge from the macro world and is also oriented to the macro world. From the mysteries of the movement of the stars, to the amount of oil people in a certain country on a certain planet in a certain world cook, almost everything that can be understood and absorbed by intelligent creatures is available in this database. In Shadow City, those brilliant mortal scholars use this database to calculate the ultimate formula of the universe, while those busy housewives use the same database to learn the technique of baking small round cakes without water.
If you believe in astrology, then you can go to the first entry of the astrology section to check your horoscope love fortune. If you believe in science, then you can go to the second entry of the astrology section to find out when that constellation will die. If you are a parent of a student, Then you can go to the three entries of the constellation section to find out which student of the Imperial Military Academy designed these crappy space landscapes—the Imperial Civilian Database is such a magical thing, in order to manage these huge information, Bubble even specially arranged two volumes The production host acts as the server for the database.
In addition to this database, various museums, public laboratories, libraries and other facilities can be seen everywhere in Shadow City. These facilities are basically set up by elite scholars from various worlds. Of course, those are highly developed and fully equipped. Technological prowess and self-confidence, and older worlds among members of the Imperial Children. They hope to display the achievements of their own civilization, export culture, and increase their popularity in the macro world or the servant army system. Their positioning is roughly similar to the billboards placed by major travel agencies...
"I think our Fiali Empire can also set up a billboard near here...well, I mean, build a museum or something," Phyllis was led by us through the "ecological space" opened here by the New Eden Federation. Technology Pavilion", she was obviously also moved, "Chen, in your opinion, what level is the technology level of our Fiali Empire?"
When she said this, she seemed a little confused. I knew she was stimulated by the technological starting line of the empire. It was as difficult as a scumbag asking a top student, "Where do you think my score ranks in the top class?" But I thought about it, and gave her a relatively high answer: "As long as you can control the full set of technology in cross-world navigation, you can be classified as an advanced civilization. In fact, there are not many civilizations with this kind of technology in the entire macro world. In a hundred universes, there may be only one race that knows how to jump out of its mother's womb, so you are pretty good. If you simply look at the indicator of 'cross-world civilization', your technological level is even higher than theirs back then—”
I pointed to the pavilion established by the New Eden Federation, and then changed the topic: "However, evaluating a civilization cannot only be judged from a technical standard, and the technology of cross-world navigation is just a branch of mathematical rate technology. To evaluate a civilization in detail The level of civilization also depends on its culture, history, overall beliefs, and even its level of consciousness. If it is a smart race with potential, even if it cannot escape the world, it will be favored and even promoted by us. Even if they jump out of the world, we will delete their technology tree every now and then, so that they can re-evolve from the Stone Age."
Phyllis shrank her neck suddenly, and broke out in cold sweat: "... Actually, you have a good impression of me, don't you?"
I:"… "
It seems that this girl also knows that she has no morals? !
The adjutant next to Phyllis didn't speak the whole time, and followed her queen silently all the time. At this moment, she couldn't help but sigh: "Your Majesty, please be decent."
"By the way, where is our spaceship parked now?" It wasn't until we were about to walk out of the southern city that Phyllis suddenly remembered something and asked, "If we want to go to other places, do we still need to apply for an entry and exit permit? some type of?"
I looked at Phyllis in amazement. She only remembered to ask such an important question now. I wondered what this sister had been thinking in the past few hours: Could it be that besides doing business to make a lot of money, her mind There are only Wangzhi and fermented bean curd left!
"Don't look at me like that." Phyllis noticed my eyes and waved her hand indifferently. "There are some things that the queen doesn't need to worry about personally. Leave the military to the officers, the science to the scientists, and the cultural exchanges." For the cultural experts, I am just responsible for letting them perform their duties-I don’t know where my spaceship is parked. Speaking of which, you should be more professional than me, right, your empire is so big... "
I suddenly laughed dryly, okay, it turns out that this seemingly unreliable guy is still a queen who knows the way of kingship well. It seems that she is more expert than me in the industry of emperors, generals and ministers. It doesn't matter if you make a lot of money.
"Spaceships need a permit to enter and exit the capital world. Besides, you can directly apply for civil airlines, which can be approved in a few seconds. Civil aerospace here is as popular as bicycles. But to be honest, there is no place for you in this space." You can go, except for Shadow City, other places are basically military areas, star warships and space starports - if you dare to sell stones there, I guarantee that you will be hit by anti-aircraft artillery within three seconds come down."
Phyllis shrank her neck again: she definitely thought about it!
"By the way, speaking of stones, I plan to buy all the stones on your merchant ship." I changed the topic to the treasures that may be hidden in the Fiat merchant ship, "Remember what I told you before, I have packed all the cargo in your spaceship."
"Why do you want that thing?" Phyllis frowned. "According to my observation, you rich and powerful people are almost devoid of humanity. Why do you like my three ships of broken stones... gems?"
"Nonsense, do you think I really want stones? Do you suspect that you dug something that shouldn't be dug," I said angrily, there is no need to keep this matter secret anyway, "How do you think you were killed by the fallen apostle?" Chasing and killing people from the four quadrants?! There are sensitive materials in your warehouse! Do you know what sensitive materials are? It means that once the gang of fallen apostles smell something, they can be chased and killed throughout the void! You guys Ask for money or not for your life!"
At this moment, Phyllis finally showed a really frightened expression: This guy who wants money and life is indeed scared sometimes. She grabbed my sleeve and turned pale: "You will definitely give me the money, right?"
Me: "...you thought of this?!"
"Well, I'm most afraid of being repudiated by others, and it seems that what you said involves shady things. This kind of shady goods are the easiest to be repudiated. It's terrible to eat black people."
I can't remember how many times I was rendered speechless by this peddler: "You... can't you think normally?"
The lady adjutant next to her also had a stormy expression on her face: "My Lady Queen, please be decent!"
Only then did Phyllis exhale, showing a real expression: a smirk: "I just liven up the atmosphere. You can take all the things on the boat, and don't leave anything. It's true to hear you say that." I'm a little scared, I was almost killed by those unlucky things. Adjutant, you go and inform the warehouse guard that all the goods have been transferred to the Xiling Empire, and our people will no longer touch those unlucky things with a finger."
"For nothing?" I looked at Phyllis as if seeing an alien, and she said the word "for nothing", almost as curious as Lilina declaring that she believed in truth, goodness and beauty, "I thought you should at least ask me for... "
"Temporary letting go is for long-term benefit," Phyllis blinked slyly, "making money from you is the stupidest thing, the place where you can really make big money is—"
As she spoke, she raised her arm, and pointed her hand wrapped in black silk gloves in the direction of the Dimensional Hub Square.
"In that square, mobile wallets with two legs, four legs and no legs are everywhere. I want to have a good relationship with you, a wallet wholesaler..."
"My Lady Queen, please be decent!"
Then, the shipload of stones from the Fiari was transferred to the imperial warehouse.
At noon, we led Phyllis and her adjutant to have a light meal at the special food street in Shadow City. Before saying goodbye, Phyllis successfully asked me for a certificate of unlimited food supply that can eat as much as you want in Shadow City, and then Only then did I manage to get rid of this extremely immoral Queen. Phyllis is going to the visitor area to join her subordinates, and plan her great trade route business by the way, and I am going to go to the headquarters again: Although there are never-ending work there, I am almost I'm used to this kind of busy life.
"Why don't you go home and rest first?" When I set off for the headquarters, I glanced at Lin Xue who was walking beside me. Although the eldest lady was in good spirits, she was obviously a little depressed, and she yawned profusely on the way. Obviously this is due to lack of rest.
In the past few days, as the prophet guarding the empire, she has consumed a lot of energy mentally. I am afraid that even Sandora, who is commanding the battle on the front line, has not exhausted her energy. In addition, she did not have a good rest last night. Lin Xue Kind of lethargic now.
For her who is close to a god, physical fatigue and injuries can be recovered quickly, but the exhaustion of energy and mental energy is a trouble: not to mention that her ability is mainly based on mental strength. .
"I'm not so weak, okay?" The eldest lady glared at me stiffly, with a sudden sense of shyness in the depths of her eyes. Now she has a little conditioned reflex, as long as she is reminded of what happened last night, She can accidentally become shy. After softening the hard and prickly skin of this little hedgehog, what I faced was the real side of the eldest lady—very soft and cute, but the degree of poisonous tongue didn't seem to change much.
I shrugged, Lin Xue is sometimes very stubborn, especially in the state of being brave, no one can hold her back.
We just held hands and walked slowly towards the center of the city, immersed in a peaceful atmosphere that rarely appeared between the two of us. I pecked lightly on the face: it was a surprise.
I pinched the tip of the girl's nose, usually I took the initiative, but this time it was this shy guy who took the initiative once, which was quite surprising: "What's wrong?"
"It's okay," Lin Xue smiled stupidly, as if what she just did was unconscious, then she turned her head and muttered softly, as if talking to herself, "Wood, we will be like this forever together, okay?"
"Remember that nightmare again?"
"I can't control it, I always think of what I saw at that time, I hardly dare to let you out of my sight now, for fear that if I blink, you will really disappear as predicted..."
"That's why you agreed to me last night?" I smiled, pinching Lin Xue's face, "Just to confirm my existence? To make yourself feel safe?"
Lin Xue didn't say anything, but squeezed my fingers tightly, as if she was afraid that some force would loosen them suddenly.
It seems that the inexplicable trip to the void and the voice of unknown origin cannot be put aside...
I looked up at the sunny Gao Tian in Shadow City, and made a decision in my heart.
If you get a chance, try to... get in touch with that voice again. RS