Yang Cheng had imagined what the tower looked like countless times before, but he had never seen it in person and felt truly awestruck.
The tower, the tower, Yang Cheng always thought it was a tower.
But what actually appeared before them was a colossal city that soared into the clouds!
It is entirely silver-white, and its special alloy shines with a brilliant brilliance, showing no signs of corrosion even under the influence of lava and acid rain.
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The enormous tower stretches as far as the eye can see, and the same is true when looking upwards.
The first level of the tower covers an area of 10,000 square kilometers, making it a giant city.
The second layer is slightly smaller than the first layer, each layer is about a kilometer high, and there are a total of six layers, with the top layer reaching the clouds.
Heaven knows how much power those powerful and wealthy people who built the tower must have pooled together to be able to construct such a massive structure.
Before coming, Yang Cheng had already subtly inquired about the main structure and information of the tower from Yin Lin.
The first floor of the tower has the largest area, but it was not originally inhabited. Instead, it was designed as an ecological zone for growing grains and vegetables and raising livestock.
Later, when the tower was opened, some civilians from outside who were not affected by radiation flooded in, while some impoverished or bankrupt middle-class civilians inside the tower were relegated to the first floor, which became a slum.
Apart from the original plantations, the rest of the area consisted of crowded, chaotic, and dilapidated slums with extremely poor public order.
The second floor of the tower is where ordinary residents and workers live. Some of them work on the upper floor and some on the lower floor. Supplies are not abundant but not scarce either. The security level is good. The Explorer Legion is stationed on the second floor.
The third layer is the area where the middle class lives. Most of the weapons factories and food factories are located here, making it the most resource-rich area. The Guardian Legion is stationed here.
The fourth floor is the affluent area, where the headquarters of major companies in the tower are located, and where the upper-level managers of these companies also reside. The Tower Research Institute, where Yin Lin works, is also located on the fourth floor.
The fifth level is the noble district, where the true rulers of the tower are the descendants of the nobles who originally built the tower, as well as the subsequent rulers. The Arbiter Legion is also stationed here.
The headquarters of the only legitimate religion in the tower, the Church of Light, is also located on the fifth floor.
The sixth floor is mostly deserted; it's where the Tower Council is located and is only open when the council convenes.
Meanwhile, the sixth floor also houses the tower's ultimate weapon: Hades' Child.
This is also the ultimate power that allows the tower to intimidate the entire wasteland.
If it weren't for the presence of the Child of Hades, the tower might have been overrun by countless mutants, gene awakeners, mobs, and even various mutated monsters on its very first day of operation.
Yin Lin asked Yang Cheng to park the car outside and walked to the entrance of the tower.
"The tower now has three entrances: one is where most of the poor and the wilderness wanderers who come and go from the tower, and the other two are where people on the second floor and above enter and exit the tower."
I was supposed to go back through another entrance, but I need to take you, Mr. Yang, to the first floor of the tower first.
People without a criminal record can obtain a temporary electronic residence permit at the Tower, which is valid for one month.
If you don't leave the tower after a month, the sheriff will expel you. You can only apply for an extension if you trade information or items with the tower and leave a transaction record.
This regulation was newly issued twenty years ago. Before that, any civilian without obvious mutations could obtain a permanent residence permit for the first floor of the tower.
Later, as the number of people on the first floor of the tower increased, temporary residence permits were introduced to limit the number of people in the tower.
It's very difficult to officially join the Tower and obtain a permanent residency permit now. Some wanderers have accumulated over a decade of experience before finally getting one.
As Yin Lin spoke, she led Yang Cheng to the entrance of the tower.
It was a checkpoint with sixteen rows of passages and a height of fifty meters.
Many people dressed as weary, wandering wilderness dwellers came and went, along with some workers, the poor, and even beggars.
Inside the tower, some sheriffs in blue uniforms were also driving people out of the tower.
In fact, the tower has four major corps, and the first floor also has a special security corps to maintain order.
However, because the Security Corps was too weak, lacked heavy firepower, and had very few genetically modified individuals and mechanically equipped individuals, it was directly excluded from the ranks of the three major corps.
Of course, the security forces didn't care, since they didn't have any combat missions and only needed to maintain order.
Yin Lin led Yang Cheng to a machine. After scanning Yang Cheng's face and genitals to confirm that he had no criminal record and registering some basic information, the machine automatically spit out an electronic card, which was actually about half the thickness of a mobile phone.
"You absolutely must not lose this temporary residence permit, or the sheriff will kick you out of the tower."
This place can also store Tower Coins, which can be used to stay in the Tower and purchase supplies. The card's number can also be used for remote communication.
Most of my Tower Coins are stored in the bank; I don't have much in my card. I'll transfer it all to you first.
As Yin Lin led Yang Cheng into the tower, she took out her permanent residence permit.
Her permanent residence permit was clearly much more advanced than Yang Cheng's; it was meticulously crafted and even had a virtual computer function.
After transferring the remaining Tower Coins to Yang Cheng, Yin Lin bowed deeply to him and said, "Thank you, Mr. Yang, for escorting me back to the Tower. Please feel free to ask for any reward you may need. I will pay you whatever I can afford."
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