Chapter 440: A Little Afraid of Light
Anno followed the fat man named Yad, stepping onto the hoverboard and stopping in front of a huge door.
It's more like a wall made of steel than a door. Like the central tower below, it has no gaps before the door is opened, and looks like a smooth, silver wall.
Anno determined that this was the door by observing the people coming and going around him.
Moreover, the doors are not fixed; their opening direction and position are not fixed, and their size is not fixed. They open only when people enter or exit and then immediately close, making it impossible for people to find any pattern.
Anno stood among the other selected people, calmly surveying his surroundings. This was merely a large hallway connecting the outer city to the inner city, yet it was astonishingly vast.
Above and below them, people were busy moving back and forth on suspended platforms; most of them were workers wearing various colored work clothes.
Anno looked down and saw workers bustling about in layers, with more and more people as she went down. She couldn't see the bottom at all, but she could vaguely make out some engineering facilities, which should be connected to the inner city and be used for drainage and maintaining the city's operation.
In recent years, Anno has studied and observed the technology of many civilizations. There are many similarities, but they are only similar. Upon closer inspection, there are still significant differences.
The technology of the City of Heaven likely continued the technology of the Laika Galaxy from the past. The war hundreds of years ago almost destroyed the Laika Galaxy, and its technology stagnated. However, even the technology from hundreds of years ago was not much behind other civilizations, which shows that the Laika Galaxy was also very powerful in the past.
Anno noticed several gazes falling on her. She glanced around and saw that they were all from the group of people that Yad had chosen for her. Apart from her, all the people Yad had chosen were tall and strong, and she was completely surrounded by them as she stood among them.
She ignored their probing and scrutinizing gazes, which she had seen countless times before. Anyone who dared to lay a hand on her would die by her blade.
For her, anyone who harbors any thoughts towards her, whether it's wanting to kill her or anything else, will face certain death; there is no stopping there.
In the years since she returned to the Zerg, she has always been protected by her family and friends. Now that she is temporarily separated from them, her almost ingrained instincts have brought back the crazy feeling she had before.
Those who were looking at her felt uncomfortable as her cold gaze swept over them and they looked away.
Putting everything else aside, the petite girl in front of them, who looked no more than twelve or thirteen years old, posed absolutely no threat to them.
She was too beautiful; her beauty exceeded the threshold of what normal people would consider stunning.
In the City of Heaven, those who live there are revered as Celestials. The Celestials control everything in the City of Heaven and have different hobbies, but the most common one is collecting beautiful women.
The City of Heaven is never short of beauties of all kinds; any one of them is stunningly beautiful. But the one in front of them is almost too beautiful. Under the bright light of the hall, her skin is delicate and fair, radiating a soft glow.
Such a beautiful person, even dressed in combat gear, made them forget that she was also a participant in the gladiatorial arena.
With her unique beauty, she could enter the Heavenly City and stand anywhere, and countless celestial beings would fall for her.
Anno put his hood back on, blocking everyone's view.
At this moment, a door slowly opened in the smooth wall in front of them, and even though she was now in a bright hall, there was still a blinding light coming from inside.
The hovering tablet moved towards the door. She wasn't used to the bright light and shielded her eyes with her hand. The Zerg's planets were far from their stars or had no stars at all, relying on energy minerals for power. Born of darkness, they were very sensitive to light, especially Anno, who was a member of the Glowing Race.
The place she lives in uses warm yellow lighting, and she avoids turning on the lights whenever possible.
She covered her eyes and didn't see that Yad had turned around to look at her. His personal computer was in video communication mode, and on the other end of the video was a man sitting in an expensive and exquisite chair, holding a glass of light blue wine.
When Yad saw that Anno had covered half of his face with his hand and put his hood back on, he became a little anxious.
Although he had chosen her first in the traffic hall, the other hunters were clearly unwilling. He knew without a doubt that they would report it to their superiors. If the master he served was not interested in her and he did not intervene, the masters served by the other hunters would come to snatch her away as soon as they entered the City of Heaven.
With his years of experience as a hunter, he knew this beauty was a rare find. If he were to present her to the lord, he would surely be richly rewarded.
Just as he was getting anxious, he heard the man speak, "Is this the 'treasure that no beauty can compare to' that you want to present to me? You seem quite shy."
Hearing the adult's emotionless tone, Yad broke out in a cold sweat. However, if he wasn't interested, he wouldn't have said anything more. He breathed a slight sigh of relief, "Sir, she seems a little afraid of light. When we get out..."
"Hmm, they seem somewhat afraid of strong light, Tianyun Star people..."
The man chuckled, "When did the people of Tianyun Star become afraid of light?"
Upon hearing this, Yad's face turned pale.
Having spent so many years in Tianzhi City, he understood from just one sentence that this girl had risen up from the bottom.
Every day, people try to sneak into the City of Heaven, but very few succeed. The best outcome is being thrown into the arena. Unlike those who fight their way up from the central tower, those who sneak in don't get ranked; they all die a miserable death in the arena.
In just a few seconds, Yad's mind raced. It would be such a waste to just deal with her like this. Normally, no hunter guard would hesitate for a second in such a situation, but at this moment, Yad didn't want to deal with her.
As hunters, they also possess some of the abilities of the deity "Silence," enabling them to see through disguises. What he saw in the girl was her grown-up appearance, which was subtly different from her current appearance. Her whole being seemed to be bathed in soft light, with very faint and beautiful patterns on her body.
Moreover, she exudes a faint energy.
A Tianyun alien whose body size could change by varying the strength of energy immediately reminded Yad of the Tianyun Holy Spirit.
He didn't expose the girl's true colors, nor did he think about her background. In any case, once he entered the City of Heaven, it would be impossible for him to leave again.
But a single sentence from the man he served enlightened him.
If she's not from Tianyun Star, then what race is she? He used his silent ability to examine her closely again. She was still the same as before, just her grown-up appearance; he couldn't discern anything else.
Could it be that there's something special about the markings on her body?
The patterns were too faint for Yad to determine the specific race.
"Take her with you first. I will personally watch her matches and arrange some interesting ones for her. Make sure she doesn't get hurt. Little girls are delicate. Let Lingqi and Shiyi come with her."
Hearing the man's instructions, Yad finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Once this person speaks up, the person is theirs, and even if other adults are interested, they cannot openly take them.
As soon as I stepped out of the passage, a breeze blew in my face, carrying a fresh and natural scent.
Anno lowered her hands from her eyes and it took her a while to adjust to the light.
At this moment, she was in front of a vast city, which she could hardly see the edge of.
When she saw the magical buildings suspended in mid-air, she finally understood why the lights inside were so bright.
These buildings floating in mid-air are arranged in a staggered and varied manner. Many are regular cubes and triangles, while others are built on huge floating rocks, courtyards or high-rise buildings, and some are in the form of palaces.
Waterfalls even cascade down the floating rocks, and beautiful flying creatures flit among them, emitting melodious calls.
In the distance, a huge building stands out, its presence impossible to ignore from any angle.
It was a pyramid, literally, a glittering, three-dimensional triangular structure that could dazzle the eyes.
Based on the distances compared to other buildings, this pyramid is about the size of a small town.
Previously, she had observed from the outside and couldn't see anything inside. Now she understood that with the technological capabilities of the Heavenly City, everything that people outside saw was what they wanted outsiders to see.
Anno looked up and saw a huge dome covering their heads, isolating them from the outside world. The gray sky was separated from the blue sky and daylight reflected by the dome.
This is a completely different world. She couldn't even imagine that outside of the City of Heaven, there were crowded and chaotic cities with harsh weather and environment.
At that moment, she also felt insignificant, realizing that getting their help was not as simple as it seemed.
It was filled with a strange energy, similar to what I felt in Mo, but not exactly the same, as if it was mixed with something else.
The hoverboard carried them slowly forward, with people dressed in various beautiful outfits flying back and forth around them. Anno saw many people standing on both sides of them, staring intently at them, looking like they wanted to come forward, but could only hold back.
Yad smiled and glanced back at Anno. Luckily, the adult had spoken first, otherwise he would have had to deal with those annoying hunters.
Seeing the look in Yad's eyes, Anno frowned.
The hoverboard stopped in a wide plaza below. Several people in white uniforms came up, exchanged a few words with Yad, and then took away all the warriors he had chosen.
Only Anno remained.
Two tall men, dressed in combat gear, stood before Anuo, exuding a familiar, chilling aura.
Anno saw the number 07 on the neck of the silver-gray short-haired man.
The number on the neck of the other dark-haired man was: 11
He is the same kind of person as Zero Nine, a sharp blade cultivated by the City of Heaven.
Yad was very polite to the two of them, with a smile on his face. He leaned in and the two of them talked to each other, occasionally turning his head to look at her.
The two men didn't react at all; they walked towards Anno without even listening to him finish speaking.
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