For the first time in the entire apocalypse, the City of Hope was unveiled, and all its true wantonness was displayed to the eyes of the upper echelons of several mobile cities. This most mysterious place in the apocalypse finally truly descended into everyone's sight.
The upper echelons of the major Hope Cities who came to Hope City to participate in this invitation are all allowed to directly pass all information to the mayors of the major cities. Hope City will use the most hospitable attitude to let everyone feel like a VIP.
All the guests would subconsciously check their surroundings. As an allied city of the City of Hope, the distance between the City of Angels and the City of Hope was not very close, but there was a very wide road that served as a channel for communication between the two cities, and many guests also went to the City of Hope via this road.
Gradually, all the rumors about Hope City that had been circulating in the apocalypse were proven to be true, such as that it would not be eroded by the Nightmare Seeds, that there would always be new humans in the city that were so powerful that people dared not look directly at them, and that the city was indeed completely rooted in the soil and could no longer be moved.
The urban designs of Hope City and Angel City are not actually that new to the real rulers, but they are the future that the rulers of all cities hope to achieve, especially the territory.
Once upon a time, in a world without Nightmare Seeds, every country had its own territory, and this territory was the source of real wealth. Humans would plant crops on the territory, live on the territory, and mine on the territory. All of humanity's resources and wealth, even now, come from the land.
No human being hates the land. The land is the mother that gave birth to them and the capital for their survival. Returning to the land is the dream of many people and the expectation of many ambitious people. However, they can only occupy the one and a half acres of the mobile city on the remaining vast land.
Just by seeing it with their own eyes, many people have begun to be tempted that they may be able to return to the land.
And because of Gaia City and Pangu City, many people discovered a blind spot.
Gaia City and Pangu City are places chosen by themselves, which means that Hope City has the right to freely define the scope on the ground. If they get a sufficient scope, they can even establish a country in the true sense.
Now everyone has several questions in their mind and wants to get answers as soon as possible.
After Shi Canghai first learned about Hope City and Angel City, he tried to go out as little as possible. His terminal had opened up all permissions, so he could learn a lot of things even at home.
Last time, the other party said that other mobile cities might take advantage of this invitation to stir up trouble. The people of Mirage took the initiative to warn him not to get involved in anything, so the best way was for him to stay at home and quietly leave all matters to the powerful people of Mirage.
The people of Mirage are not only powerful, but also very united. The brief conversation he had with City Lord He Fang was able to be transmitted quickly and accurately to the ears of all the people in Mirage. It is conceivable that there must be an unimaginable and dense network of connections in Mirage, which is separated from the people in Hope City and Angel City.
He saw the invisible cohesion among the people in Mirage, and the center of this cohesion was He Fang, the lord of Mirage.
After confirming the opponent's strength and the standard of peace, the library's position is already very clear. Now it has to be the young lady ready to marry, quietly waiting for the powerful city alliance to marry it.
The real purpose of Hope City's invitation this time is the military parade, and it is obvious that this military parade is to demonstrate the strength of Hope City.
If seeing the city was not enough to make them fearful, they already had a vague sense of weirdness when they saw the huge number of mirage people mixed in with ordinary people.
Obviously, all the weapons they had seen so far seemed outdated, but the people in the mirage seemed to be more terrifying than the weapons.
And the day of the military parade finally arrived.
On this morning, they were awakened by a long, distant sound. No... or rather, they were slowly woken up by this sound. The sound was obviously very loud, enough to make people's eardrums feel painful, but on the contrary, this sound brought peace of mind to everyone. They opened their eyes to the sound, as if they had just woken up from a beautiful dream, and their whole body was filled with a sense of comfort.
It's so weird.
Shi Canghai sent someone out to inquire, but he came back soon.
His guard said, "The residents of the city told us not to worry. This is the voice of Xiaoqing from the Rainbow Troopers of Hope City. It is a huge turtle-shaped mecha. The best strength of this mecha is its absolutely safe defense. It is in preparation for today's military parade."
"Are defensive mechas designed to prevent the danger of military parades from affecting everyone's life safety?" Shi Canghai pondered.
With the help of his guards, he was dressed perfectly from head to toe. As a scholar, the library lord's clothes were long robes with complex and sophisticated patterns depicting the history of the entire earth. This outfit was very heavy and was absolutely formal attire.
This was enough to show his stance - absolute respect for Hope City. Under normal circumstances, he probably wouldn't have taken it so seriously, but this time he specially brought a ceremonial robe that represented the highest respect.
When he walked out the door, he saw a man and a woman waiting for him at the door. Both of them were extremely good-looking, with great temperament and tall stature. They were perfect from head to toe, even down to their fingers. The corners of their mouths raised in each other's way were completely stereotyped as if they had been trained. They looked like the most perfect vases in the world.
However, Shi Canghai knew that as long as he got close to these two people, his body would start to tremble instinctively. It was fear, fear of these two extremely powerful receptionists.
They got into a car under the guidance of the receptionist, and gradually they saw a huge building approaching, and none of them had seen where it was going before.
"What is that?" Shi Canghai finally couldn't hold back his shock. He stared at the huge thing in front of him. He even heard the dry throat and the sound of his saliva being swallowed. That huge blue metal, the beautiful and respectful metallic color, could it be...
"This is the venue for this military parade. I am happy to introduce one of the main city's props to you - Rainbow Troopers - Xiaoqing. Xiaoqing is a turtle-shaped mecha with a unique defense capability. Because this military parade may bring danger, your meeting place is at the back of the turtle mecha."
Shi Canghai heard the sound of his own heart beating. A mecha, that was a mecha! ? Wasn’t that a mountain?
He had seen the Rainbow Team light pole. Although it was very heavy and big, it was definitely not as big as a mountain. This thing came out of the light pole.
"Impossible. This is impossible from any knowledge point of view. How could such a large mecha shrink into such a small lamppost?" Shi Canghai felt that his knowledge had suffered a huge impact. Wasn't this a world that he could understand at all?
"Librarian City Lord, I'm glad you admire our Lord's technology so much, but even if you have rich knowledge, you can't understand our perfect Creator. Everything he has is beyond your imagination. You will definitely have a clearer experience after this military parade." The woman who received them showed a very proud smile, "Of course I believe that once the library joins, our main city will open up another more powerful world under the leadership of the Creator."
Shi Canghai didn't know what to say anymore. He covered his lips, trying to stop himself from asking any more embarrassing questions. He looked at the guard beside him, and he saw the same shock.
Shi Canghai wanted to calm himself down.
After all, gods exist in the mirage, so it is normal for there to be many things that he cannot understand or explain.
He should stay calm.
Not far away, their aircraft was rising. This was not a ground-flying aircraft, but one that could actually fly. The reason why it did not fly was probably because the city lord was intentionally abiding by the peace treaty.
They are queuing.
"What team is this?" Shi Canghai asked.
"It's the team that's meeting the Creator. Oh no, I hope you guys call me Lord City Lord." When the female receptionist mentioned who it was, a faint pink appeared on her pretty face, a strange smile that was hard to tell. "It's a pity that you guys haven't met the real Lord City Lord for so long. Today, you all have the honor of meeting the Lord City Lord."
Shi Canghai and He Fang met three times, twice through video and once when He Fang was fully armed. There was no truly open meeting.
Finally, Shi Canghai saw the person at the highest point of the turtle not far away.
However, the person who really entered Shi Canghai's sight was not the person in the middle, but the people surrounding He Fang at this time.
Before he got close, the guard beside him let out a cry of resistance that was unable to suppress his fear.
"Please put aside all your hostility, and you won't feel scared anymore. Of course, please rest assured that we won't do anything dangerous to the lord of the library. This is the first military parade in Hope City, and we hope it can end peacefully." The receptionist's voice soothed the guards who were frightened.
Shi Canghai knew why his guards were so terrified that they made uncontrollable noises. They were the men standing on both sides of City Lord He Fang. They looked like relatives. Both of them were wearing black military uniforms. The young man's complexion was younger than the older man. However, the danger that seemed to be tangible from the two men almost made anyone who approached them have a physiological reaction of nausea out of fear.
And its eyes were as black as ink, and it looked... just like a nightmare beast.
These two men were guards, but their guards directly crushed all of them. They were people who could scare them just by their aura without moving a single move.
Suddenly Shi Canghai felt that he might be a frog in a well. For the first time, he felt that it was extremely stupid for him to bring guards here.
Beside City Lord He Fang stood another man in black military uniform. Judging from his clothes, his rank should be higher than those of the two guards. He was so handsome, so handsome that it was impossible to take your eyes off his face. If it weren't for the brim of his hat pressing down his too beautiful face, such sharp beauty would drive almost anyone crazy.
This time, he once again saw the man in the white robe who had stood in front of the City Lord Hefang and talked with them. From his temperament, he seemed rather weak, but those eyes made him subconsciously turn away and dared not look at him again.
Everyone standing next to He Fang would make them feel scared, including the hot red-haired woman in a red suit, the tall middle-aged man with terrifying muscles and a righteous face, and the two deputy city lords Wei Qixuan and Yuan Sanjin...
Although the formation does not look huge, any one person standing out alone will make them feel afraid in their hearts. There may be a lot of such people in Mirage, and these should be the best among Mirage.
Lord Hefang, it's so simple, he sat there quietly with a calm expression, but the more so, the more profound Shi Canghai felt it was.
It is such a person who is so ordinary that everyone ignores him, but he can command such a powerful and terrifying group of people at will.
What a powerful thing this is.
'Pretending to be a pig to eat a tiger'? No, this is pretending to be a pig to eat the gods!
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Shi Canghai, the Lord of the Library. We are very honored that you have come here from thousands of miles away to participate in our military parade." Finally, he heard the smiling voice of Lord He Fang.
But Shi Canghai no longer knew what he was doing. On the huge mecha, they saw a monster that was even more shocking than the mecha. In the end, when they returned to their seats, Shi Canghai didn't even remember whether his performance was appropriate.
He is like a child who has never seen the world.
On the back of the turtle, I felt like I had traveled to another world.
"Who's next?" He Fang looked up and asked Yuan Zhiran beside him secretly. A large part of the guest management this time was handed over to Yuan Zhiran to prevent these people from causing trouble in his city.
The person who was looking at the next car got the message immediately and passed it to He Fang's terminal. He Fang's terminal was voyeur-proof and could only be viewed by himself, so he could read out the message directly. When the other party greeted him, if he didn't know something, he could be reminded immediately. It was simply a perfect cheating device.
He Fang spoke very naturally every time and looked like a perfect city lord. God knows how much effort his N-PCs have put in for this military parade, and he only needs to simply sit here.
The clothes he was wearing were tailor-made for him and were very comfortable to wear. He also felt slightly cool, as if it was due to the material of the clothes. He was sitting the whole time. He wanted to stand up, but the N-PCs said that we should have the pride of a great country, so we should sit down the whole time to talk to everyone. He Fang felt the same way.
Although it was a military parade, He Fang also learned from the city's upper echelons that their weapons actually didn't attract much attention just by looking at their appearance, so this military parade was also to show off the power of their weapons with real guns and live ammunition, so that other mobile cities could understand the power of their weapons and shock the other side.
If this goes well, we can even conduct military exercises with other mobile cities in the future.
In order to ensure that everyone can see it, the rainbow light pole - Xiaoqing was activated as an observation platform, and Xiaoqing's characteristics can protect everyone from accidental injuries from weapons.
"There are so many people." He Fang suddenly said during the break.
"Indeed, there are many people." Yuan Zhiran rarely showed a bit of arrogance that was not suitable for him. "But these people seem to have no intimidation at all. They are obviously very powerful senior executives, but I didn't expect that I couldn't find a truly strong person."
He Fang raised his eyes and glanced at his N-PC.
He couldn't say that it was actually because his N-PC was too weird.
He Fang also found that his physical fitness should be not much different from that of wild N-PCs, and "Restart of the Ruins" has a fantasy color, with mechas and mobile cities, but it is actually an understandable development scope, and I heard that there are also "supermen" such as nightmare beasts.
But the more I understand the world of "Xu Wu Restart", the more confused I am about its N-PC. These N-PC are too strange, and they don't look like what should be in a normal game at all. It's like...
It's just like in many games, the dungeon boss and the player are reversed.
Normally, the dungeon boss's health bar is so strong that it is unmatched, and it requires many very strong players to fight for a long time and need to dodge skills and so on, but now it is completely the opposite, and his N-PC has no skill settings yet.
As a game, although "Restart of the Ruins" meets the characteristic that the player is the bug, it has achieved such a strange balance that I can't understand it.
After this experience, he saw the 'upper level' of these mobile cities and felt this way even more.
How should I put it? It's just like what I felt originally. No one can fight me when I look around.
When everyone was gathered, the tortoise-shaped mecha began to move forward little by little. Although it was very bulky and heavy, every time it stepped on the ground, it would bring a very obvious vibration sound, but everyone sitting on the tortoise's back felt very stable.
He Fang sat in the main seat, looking at the crowd of people surrounding him, and suddenly felt guilty.
But in order to maintain the reputation of his "powerful city", he always sat there expressionless and said nothing, trying hard to appear mysterious.
At this time, Yuan Zhiran directly stood up and said some opening remarks, which were all very simple official language.
Everyone was very quiet, or rather, the only thing they wanted to know was Hope City. He Fang could feel countless people's sharp eyes staring at him just by sitting on the back of the mecha.
In addition to the military parade, the biggest theme this time is actually to tell you in person that Hope City is willing to make the land used to defend the seeds unconditionally available for rent.
"Nightmare seeds have long been a huge threat to all mobile cities in the end times. All movable land is being exploited bit by bit. According to our understanding and inference, all major cities are required to continuously enter the land that may be invaded by Nightmare seeds to re-clear all regenerated plants. The whole world is in turmoil, and we also deeply feel our unshirkable responsibility in this world."
Although the sound was not very loud, everyone could hear it. Some people vaguely discovered that although they seemed to be under the scorching sun, they did not feel hot. This seemed to be due to the special structure of the tortoise shell of the tortoise-shaped mecha. There was an inconspicuous transparent shield above them that they could not see. They were protected from the outside environment in the shield. It was also a rare experience for those who had not been so comfortable in the sun for a long time.
Yuan Zhiran's voice is as good as he is, attracting everyone's attention.
"So Hope City has decided to obey the Lord's orders and save this piece of land. The land you are on will become the Lord's first test land. The Lord will turn all the land you currently own into holy land that cannot be invaded by the seeds of nightmare beasts."
"What did you say?" As soon as Yuan Zhiran finished speaking, a very shocked voice came from the side. Not only the person who spoke, but also everyone who heard it showed a very surprised look.
"We will transform all the empty space under your mobile cities into holy land that will not be invaded by the Nightmare Beast seeds." Yuan Zhiran repeated it again. His voice was calm and light, as if he was just discussing what to eat today.
“Why are you doing this?” Isn’t this just giving them what they want?
However, Yuan Zhiran suddenly laughed at this moment: "Of course we can do this, and maybe you think it's a little simple. What we have to do is not only to turn this land into holy land, but also to drive away all the mobile cities living on this land!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the room was shocked, and at that moment everyone's heart was filled with anger.
"What the hell do you think you are talking about? Let us leave?" Someone finally spoke up to refute him. He felt that these people were simply having wild imaginations!
"Of course we can. We have the ability to make any city disappear from this world without any resistance. It will be even easier than the former Ao City." At this time Yuan Zhiran smiled. He had a righteous face but said very evil words.
He Fang adjusted himself to a semi-idle state with an expressionless face. In fact, he didn't mean that at all when he said this, but Zhu Yan said that he must say it in a serious manner so that they will know the importance of the matter, and not use too many conspiracies and tricks to influence them.
"You are using force, you are buying up land with bad intentions... The end of the world was created bit by bit by everyone, and we have been maintaining it until now. Where did you come from? How dare you take over the land we have worked so hard to maintain!"
The other party was simply furious, and He Fang felt a little guilty. To be honest, it was the major mobile cities that worked hard to maintain the habitable land. Otherwise, with the high transmission ability of the Nightmare Beast seeds, how could there be such a large area available for everyone to use.
"I understand how you feel, so our proposal of 'driving them out' does not mean we really have to do that, but..." Yuan Zhiran narrowed his eyes, and his gorgeous smile actually revealed a bit of a serpentine beauty, "You can't always protect the Nightmare Beast seeds from spreading, not to mention the traps set by the former emperor of Ao City, and what we hope is to restore this world to a peaceful era, for everyone to prosper together. We will transform the land into holy land, and as long as you pay enough money every year, you can directly gain a foothold on the holy land, and..."
What needs to be paid is actually rent. After learning about Gaia City and Pangu City, everyone already had such a guess in their minds. Hearing it now only confirms their own thoughts.
Yuan Zhiran was sure that everyone had heard what he said, so he continued, "The amount of money we need is the 'tax' in peacetime. It does not mean that you must pay enough money, but the share of the funds you operate in the Holy Land. In the vast and boundless Holy Land, you can freely determine the location of the city you want. The rich treasures on the land, such as minerals, water sources, oil and other resources all belong to you. Hope City will not participate!"
He Fang nodded. His original purpose was to make money and then expand the scope of his city. Although the holy land was now transformed for use by mobile cities, there were large areas on this apocalyptic map, and they were all within the scope of the Nightmare Forest!
He directly opened up the Nightmare Forest, and then his city N-PC could develop within the original scope of the Nightmare Forest without interfering with the mobile cities of the wild N-PC, and he could get money from these people!
And since all these resources belong to these mobile cities, they will definitely work hard, work, and work again for the development of the cities. As the ones who collect taxes, they have actually directly established their status as the 'commanding country' and can just sit back and collect money!
"What I will be handing out to you now is the tax calculation table for the use of the Holy Land. You can check it carefully." Yuan Zhiran smiled and looked at the data displayed on the terminals in the hands of the searchers. He continued, "The goal of Hope City is to achieve world peace. Our city lord, Lord He Fang, has always been a peace lover. For the sake of peace, we must have enough military force to maintain peace."
"You keep talking about peace, but now you want to use force to drive us away?!" someone said sarcastically.
"Yes, for the sake of peace we must exclude radical elements. In other words, if the mobile cities accept our holy land and pay taxes, they will have the qualifications to build cities on the holy land at will, and will be protected by the City of Hope." Yuan Zhiran smiled slowly, "The City of Hope will not allow anyone to cause trouble on the holy land. We will use our military force to assist all the 'friendly cities'."
These words were like a bomb dropped into deep water, blasting everyone's ears with an unimaginable roar.
After careful analysis, agreeing to the conditions of Hope City is equivalent to settling down on the land, no longer having to worry about the invasion of Nightmare Beast seeds, being able to plant and develop at will, and being able to mine resources on a good land with many resources. Moreover, according to Gaia City and Pangu City, once a city becomes a holy land, it can open up to trade, and the era when people had to work hard to get a little bit of resources will be completely over.
They can even be protected by powerful military force!
How powerful is Hope City? Everyone was mentally prepared when they saw Ao City, but when they saw the turtle-shaped mecha, they understood the real gap even more. What followed was - a military parade.
This military parade is definitely not just a military parade. Hope City wants to show them its most powerful weapons.
Here, they will fully assess the capabilities of City of Hope and make their own thoughts and decisions.
"How can we be sure that Hope City will help us? If we are really attacked and suffer heavy losses, how can Hope City support us as quickly as possible?" Someone finally found his voice and raised questions.
"Perhaps you will understand this problem after this military review." Yuan Zhiran bowed deeply to the leaders of the city. "I believe that after this military review, you will understand that Hope City will definitely abide by the contract with you. After all, it is easy for Hope City to subvert your city."
As soon as these words came out, everyone around became angry.
No one wants to hear that their city is vulnerable in the eyes of others. Among them, there are many overlords in the mobile city, as well as high-level officials in the mobile city alliance, and even many cities have powerful mechas.
But no one dared to say anything, because they were now seeing with their own eyes the mechas under their seats that had completely surpassed their imaginations. This was already a huge blow that transcended dimensions.
He Fang looked at the distorted expressions on everyone's faces. He knew that Yuan Zhiran's way of speaking was very irritating, and Yuan Zhiran also knew that he was very irritating.
But these words were all taught by Zhu Yan. It seems that Zhu Yan's personality is specialized in showing what it means to be "very irritating".
It had to show a willingness to give benefits while also showing the arrogance of a big city. Although Yuan Zhira was very unhappy, he basically followed the script written by Zhu Yan.
Who knows, these wild high-quality N-PCs must have been thinking hard.
At first, He Fang was thinking about burying Nightmare Seed Defense Devices in the places that each city liked, but Zhu Yan said that they should simply turn the entire map that can be viewed into holy land.
Then these mobile cities will have internal conflicts in their fight for more land.
In an environment with a large area of sacred land, the land can be completely privately owned, so developments that were once unthinkable will become possible.
To occupy the best quality land, to choose the most fertile soil, to have mountains and forests, to have water sources, to have a good location, to have resources, to have minerals, to have gold, many resources that were once unimaginable are now within easy reach, who wouldn't be tempted?
This directly transformed these people's united mood to fight against Hope City into an internal conflict among them!
Maybe now they still want to rebel against Hope City, but after witnessing Hope City's military parade, they will clearly know the huge gap in strength between themselves and Hope City.
No one dared to confront Hope City.
But they can deal with their own people.
Hope City is always 'neutral' and 'peaceful', and only provides holy land.
This is absolutely the best way to achieve the desired effect without any bloodshed!
After He Fang witnessed several large-scale battles in which Hope City participated, he deeply realized that the N-PCs in his city were instinctively cruel to wild N-PCs. It was as if they did not regard the other party as human beings and slaughtered them all.
This is not what anyone wants to see.
However, if it is a war between mobile cities, although there will be losses, it is definitely nothing compared to the war in Hope City.
So He Fang thought about it and felt that the best way was to let them fight on their own.
They only need to stand aside and watch for the time being under the pretext of "maintaining friendly cities", and then protect the "friendly cities" according to the requirements of the "friendly cities", so that their position can be simple and clear.
——We are the city of hope that yearns for peace.
——We protect our friendly cities.
That's all.
Then, no matter how evil the things are, there will be "friendly cities" to take the blame for them, and their reputation as a peaceful city will never be denied by anyone.
He Fang raised his eyes to look at the senior executives who were moving the city with different expressions at this moment, and slightly raised the corners of his mouth.
Although it is still early, he has already seen the day when he will be able to complete "The Rebirth of the Ruins".
As long as the conditions for world peace are met, the current mobile cities begin to develop rapidly and trade is fully open, and his money will continue to flow in.
Then you can open up more Nightmare Forests to welcome his high-quality N-PCs!
He can almost create the whole world!
He Fang thought about how he had come to this point from his initial confusion, after many setbacks, and finally saw the light at this moment.
He Fang half leaned on his hands. His position was set relatively high, so it felt like he was watching students taking an exam in the classroom. He could see all the little movements of these students.
Behind the upper echelons of each mobile city, there are two N-PCs from the main city, one male and one female. I never paid much attention to them before, but now that I see them this way, I inexplicably notice something odd.
Why do his main cities N-PC look so stiff one by one?
It is obviously the same algorithm of "Restart of Ruins", and each wild N-PC looks extremely real, but his main city N-PC looks like a robot. Is it because its attributes are too high?
He Fang didn't quite understand.
He Fang turned his eyes slightly and looked at Yuan Zhiran who was standing beside him. Yuan Zhiran was looking at everyone. His eyes seemed to be observing something all the time, at least there was expression in them.
I secretly looked at the other N-PCs around him. Although they also had little expressions, they didn't look as vivid as the wild N-PCs.
Is it because of the occasion or something else?
He Fang thought about it carefully and realized that he had been feeling more and more that his N-PCs looked strange recently.
The location chosen for the military parade was in a relatively desolate area. The place they came to was far away from water sources, and it seemed that there were only weeds and bushes all around, with very few trees. It was said that this was once a place where a large mobile city had rested. Generally, mobile cities would rest in place for a period of time to plant, replenish, and collect, so now this place looked very desolate.
There are small hills around, which don't look very special or anything worth noting.
This was the place that He Fang finally decided on. Before choosing it, he opened the entire system map to make sure that no mobile cities would come nearby.
After confirming the system map, He Fang finally spoke. This was the first time he spoke since the meeting began. As soon as he opened his mouth, everyone's attention was on He Fang. He Fang lowered his eyes slightly, deliberately making himself look mysterious, and even lowered his voice.
"The military parade begins."
The NPCs in the main city who were watching nearby all turned their gazes away, thinking that if they continued watching, they would lose control of their serious expressions.
——Their Creator is so lovely!