Iona's warship was of course much faster than the White Tower's warship. In less than half an hour, the girls felt the warship begin to descend, then slowly stop. Then the hatch opened and Iona came over again.
"Come with me."
Iona still had that indifferent expression, looking like she didn't care about anything, but this time no one complained to Iona. In the main world, strength is respected. Before, they didn't know Iona's strength, so it didn't matter if they complained a little. But now, after witnessing Iona's fighting power with their own eyes, these girls also shut their mouths obediently and stopped talking.
Compared to ordinary people and nobles, mages have an unusually high tolerance for quirks. The fact that a chief of the Transmutation Department has never been beaten to death even though he touches girls' butts and peeks at them bathing is a good example. In other words, mages with outstanding strength are more or less different from others.
At present, these girls are all elites of the White Tower. They have been educated in the White Tower since childhood and have seen all kinds of strange things. If we talk about not liking to communicate with others, more than half of the mages do. So if it were ordinary people, they might think that Iona is unkind or something, but for the girls, it is not unacceptable.
However, after leaving the warship, the girls were still stunned when they saw the Tiandao Palace in front of them.
The floating city itself is not something worth being surprised about. Several legendary wizards in the Kingdom of Magic have their own floating cities. Of course, in terms of area, those floating cities and wizard towers are definitely not as big as the Tiandao Palace, but at least the girls have all seen them, and some have even visited them in person.
However, for them, the Tiandao Palace before them is more than just "big".
The exotic streets, the bustling crowds, the huge warships looming in the clouds, the psychic crystals and Protoss buildings floating in the air in the distance, and the various information and images playing on the huge screens all made them dazzled.
Of course, strictly speaking, what was displayed by the Tiandao Palace did not exceed the comprehension of the mages. For example, regarding the screen images, they did not understand what this large electronic LCD screen was, but at least they could understand the concept of projecting images here for projection in some way. They had no problem understanding the concept itself.
The key point is the extent to which these things are applied in real life.
The Magic Kingdom is the birthplace of magic civilization and the initiator of the magic industrial era. However, even within the Magic Kingdom, the daily use of industry has only just begun. Things like cars and televisions have already appeared in the Magic Kingdom, but they are not yet popular.
This is a bit like the Industrial Revolution, when people were able to watch 8-inch black-and-white televisions, send telegrams via radio, and drive four-wheeled cars around the streets.
But what will happen in the future? No one knows.
Verne is a great figure in science fiction. Many of the things he envisioned have become reality today, such as submarines, manned moon landings, and spacecraft. But those were only ideas and concepts based on the products that existed at the time when Verne lived. However, even this great figure had things he could not imagine.
For example, he once described the news industry in the year 2889 in a novel. The most "science fiction" scenario that Verne could think of at the time was to turn the news industry into a huge telephone service system. Each user only needed to spend a few cents to talk to editors, reporters, and scholars in a telephone booth to obtain the knowledge they were interested in.
Even in Verne's imagination at that time, writers no longer used pens, but directly told their readers the stories they had conceived through the phone.
However, Mr. Jules Verne obviously would not have predicted the rise of the information age and the emergence of the Internet, as those were unimaginable in his time.
Now, many people’s lives are even more “sci-fi” than the science fiction novels of the past.
Now, these young mages from the White Tower came to the Heavenly Dao Palace just like scholars from the 19th century traveling to the 21st century. Seeing the scenes before their eyes made them excited and shocked. Whether it was the flickering images on the wall, the strange tools being used by the children on the street, or the metal warships in the distance and the girls running around on the street, they were all dazzled and excited.
After all, they were still young, and they had imagined what the Magic Kingdom would be like in the future, but now, they finally saw the dreams they expected.
Here is the future!
At this time, the girls no longer had the initial anxiety and uneasiness. You know, when they first learned that they were going to Tiandao Palace, they still had some doubts. After all, because of Fang Zheng's blockade, Tiandao Palace was closed to the outside world, and no outsiders could enter the Tiandao Palace. So, as for Tiandao Palace, they only knew Fang Zheng and his metal fleet, and a group of very powerful little girls.
As for what the Tiandao Palace itself looks like, no one knows.
And now, they finally witnessed it all with their own eyes!
After that, Iona led everyone out of the port area through teleportation, and then took an unmanned bus to the target location.
The population of Tiandao Palace is increasing now. So far, there are nearly one million cursed children living in the entire Tiandao Palace. Frankly speaking, this is about half of the entire population capacity of Tiandao Palace. Fortunately, the dark world is gradually getting better, and the number of cursed children migrating to Tiandao Palace is also decreasing.
Otherwise, Fang Zheng would have to consider finding a place to throw the small HALO he got from the Halo world to use as a new colony.
Traffic is a big problem in a city with a population of one million, so Fang Zheng has made great efforts to improve it. He has placed psychic crystals in every major block to transmit energy and perform jumps, replacing long-distance transportation such as trams. As for other places, he uses unmanned buses as transportation, which can be regarded as solving the traffic problem in Tiandao Palace.
When the group arrived at their destination, Fang Zheng was already waiting there.
"Welcome to Tiandao Palace."
Looking at the girls in front of him, Fang Zheng stretched out his hand and made a welcoming gesture.
"I apologize for not welcoming you in person. I have a lot of things to do here... By the way, Iona, you were not injured in the previous attack, were you?"
"No, Captain."
Iona shook her head.
"But the enemy..."
"I know. We'll talk about this later."
Fang Zheng interrupted Iona's report. He had already contacted Iona on the way back to the city, and Fang Zheng also investigated the matter through the "Whispering Volume" afterwards, but now was obviously not the time to talk about this.
"You're welcome. We are just here to do what we are supposed to do, Mr. Fang Zheng."
Colette walked forward, narrowed her eyes, and looked at Fang Zheng carefully with a smile on her face, then she spoke.
"But...Mr. Fang Zheng, before that, there is one more thing I need to trouble you with."
"oh?"
Fang Zheng was stunned when he heard Colette's question. He looked at the vampire girl in front of him carefully, thought for a moment, and then asked.
Looking at Fang Zheng in front of her, Colette's smile became brighter.
"As long as you can meet my requirements, I will agree to transfer these children to Tiandao Palace to teach them magic. But on the other hand, if you cannot meet my requirements, then we will have no choice but to go back."
"Why?"
Hearing Colette's words, the girls behind her screamed. Mary wanted to say something, but had to close her mouth helplessly. The other party was the chief wizard of the necromancy department. Even if she had an opinion, she couldn't say anything.
"What do you want?"
Fang Zheng was a little surprised to hear Colette's words, but he was not very surprised. You know, when making a deal with the White Tower, Fang Zheng had used the "Whispering Volume" to investigate everyone on the list, and had a clear understanding of their life experiences, thoughts and goals.
It was precisely because of this that Fang Zheng was able to decisively cross out those unstable factors. He just wanted to find a few mages to help teach, not to let them cause trouble here. Those guys who tried to cause trouble here should stay away from Tiandao Palace.
As for Colette's situation, Fang Zheng naturally knew something about it. Although this vampire looked young, she was actually very old. However... what exactly she wanted to do was not explained in the proclamation.
Although on the surface it seemed that the chief of the necromancy was only leading the team, it was obvious that if he was just leading the team, there would be no need to trouble the chief wizard of the necromancy, one of the eight factions of the White Tower, to take action personally.
And it was obvious that she had her own purpose in coming to Tiandao Palace.
“It’s very simple.”
Colette's eyes rolled around, and then she looked at Fang Zheng.
"I have always been interested in the mysteries of life. I wonder if Mr. Fang Zheng can satisfy my needs?"
“…”
Hearing what Colette said, the girls behind her gasped. The mystery of life is a very rare research topic in the White Tower, and the necromancers are even more concerned about this. However, due to various reasons, it is difficult for a regular necromancer to conduct research on this.
It can even be said that the mystery of life is the realm of God, and cannot be touched or obtained by ordinary things.
"The secret of life..."
Hearing this, Fang Zheng frowned and thought for a moment, then he reached out his hand, rummaged through the inventory, and took out a book.
"Although I don't know if this meets your requirements, but... at least this should be what you want."
"……What's this?"
Taking the book from Fang Zheng, Colette glanced at the pattern and text on the cover and asked curiously.
"Um... third grade biology class..."
Looking at the short Colette in front of him and the elementary school biology book in her hand, Fang Zheng said that if she carried a schoolbag, it would not be out of place at all...