After winding around for a while, it wasn't until after 5 p.m. that we finally entered the territory of Liancheng.

Liancheng is a small city. After seeing the first road sign, continue along the road following the road signs. Soon you will see a road sign that says Liancheng Base.

Liancheng is named after lotus flowers because it was once famous for its lotus production. Even today, lotus products produced here are renowned far and wide, such as lotus tea and lotus root powder.

The Lotus City base is surrounded by ice walls about four or five meters high. There is only one entrance to the entire base, and there is a long queue at the entrance right now, all of whom want to enter the city.

One after another, many people carrying large bags and small bags and dragging their families walked towards the base. Before they even reached the gate, they were rudely driven away by the staff and told to go and line up.

Amidst the envious gazes of the crowd, the group parked their car to the side. Chu Guodong, holding his credentials, walked to the front of the line. At the front was a small room resembling a security booth, with a small window open. Inside sat a staff member, looking displeased.

"Hello, comrade"

"Line up, line up, how many times have I told you, line up!"

Chu Guodong had just handed over his documents, hoping to ask if he could get priority access, but the staff member didn't even glance at them, irritably shoving his hand away and impatiently urging him to join the queue.

Seeing the staff's attitude, Chu Guodong didn't say anything more. He put away his ID, waved to the group, signaling them to line up, and then stood at the end of the line himself.

At five o'clock, the sky gradually darkened, and the afterglow of the setting sun bathed the entire world in a warm, golden light. That afterglow shone on the ice walls of the buildings, reflecting a golden glow onto the ice surface, like a giant golden mirror, mysterious and beautiful.

The buildings were made even more magnificent by the golden afterglow, as if the setting sun was giving them a final celebration before nightfall. Every ice crystal on the ice wall seemed to flicker with a faint flame, every part brimming with the breath of life.

The road sign hanging directly above the gate had become somewhat blurry in the darkening night, and people were already lighting the torches around the base one by one.

These torches are the only light source in the vicinity. People who come from afar and want to enter the base do not need to deliberately look for a path; they can find it directly by following the light of the torches.

The road they came from wasn't the only way to the base, but eventually everyone gathered at the main gate, queuing up and waiting for a chance to enter.

Suddenly, a loud roar came from the back of the group. Before the group could turn around and see what was happening, several vehicles roared past, and everyone felt a gust of wind, with dust flying in the air.

Several cars were parked blatantly at the base's main gate. No one got out; only the person in the first car rolled down the window and peeked out. The man who had been so impatient with Chu Guodong and the other staff trying to enter the Liancheng base immediately jumped out of his chair, which seemed glued to him, and rushed out of the security booth. He bowed and scraped to the people in the car, saying something, then straightened up and immediately changed his tune, yelling, "Open the gate now! Don't you recognize Young Master Zhang? Remember these cars, and don't stop them from passing through again!"

"Otherwise, if you delay Young Master Zhang's plans, you'll all lose your lives."

Upon hearing his words, the guards at the base gate quickly pressed a switch, and the roadblock at the gate slowly rose. Several drivers stepped on the gas pedals, not even glancing at the staff member, and roared past him.

"Young master, please."

The staff member wanted to say goodbye to the people in the car, but just as he bent halfway down, the vehicle disappeared without a trace in front of him.

"Pah, who do you think you are?" The staff member straightened up and said disdainfully, resuming his arrogant expression, and returned to his seat in the security booth like a rooster with its head held high.