Chapter 510: Arrival at the Royal Capital (Major Chapter)
Aino Continent, Royal Capital.
Located in the central region of the Boundless Continent, it occupied the world's most abundant, and best resources.
In this world, everywhere there were oppressive leaden grey clouds, so one never saw the sun all year round. Source Qi was thin, resources were scarce.
For instance, Town West City, before the outbreak of the Black Tide, was also a land rich in resources. Decades of conflict had exhausted many ore veins, and resources were continually depleting. Because of the thin Source Qi and some special reasons, new resources were being born less and less. Even the original veins were unknowingly "withering."
The central Royal Capital was different.
Although it was confined to one corner, the resources in the Royal Capital, compared to other places in the world, were still much more abundant.
If someone stood on the outermost wall of the Royal Capital and observed carefully, they would find that, although the same grey clouds shrouded the city, they were... much thinner than those outside.
Could one vaguely see a hint of Green Shadow?
This was Zabol's original words; he also did not know why he had such an illusion.
Standing on the roof of the most magnificent building in Town West City's Green Shadow commercial plaza, Tang Yu gazed in the direction of the Royal Capital... Of course, he couldn't see anything.
He was holding some information about the Royal Capital, most of which had been provided by the Town West City Lord Mansion.
The central Royal Capital was the core of the world. Before the outbreak of the Black Tide, it was rumored the Royal Capital had a population exceeding one hundred million. The scale of the city was also very large, much bigger than provincial cities, it was also divided into the Inner City and the Outer City.
As the center of the world, the Royal Capital had the most nobility of any city. In the Inner City, it was said if you threw a brick onto the street, out of ten people, it would hit a noble. The remaining nine would be the retainers of nobles.
Some nobles who were less successful even lacked the qualifications to enter the Royal Capital's Inner City.
More Garcia's family, as the Hereditary Dukes of the Aino Kingdom, even though their family foundation was all in Town West City, once had large properties in the Inner City of the Royal Capital. However, after several decades, Town West City had been in continuous disconnect with the Royal Capital. Especially as the war persisted and high-tier forces fell, the Iron Blood Duke Mansion had given up on re-establishing contact with the Royal Capital and could only defend Town West City with their Array.
Now with Green Shadow's support, they had once again ignited the idea of heading to the Royal Capital.
"Two possibilities, one is that the wilderness of the Aino Continent is extremely dangerous, especially in the central region of the continent."
Tang Yu pondered.
On Earth, aside from certain special regions, as long as one did not encounter an Alien Race, the outside world did not threaten Transcendents significantly. The Aino Continent obviously was more dangerous. Zabol and his group encountered numerous perils on their way from Gel City to Town West City, which could have seriously injured them or even resulted in the fall of a Transcendent.
The Black Tide alone was much more fierce than Earth's Demon Tide. The Dark Creatures that had awakened to high tiers were numerous beyond count, and even Transcendents could fall if they were surrounded and overwhelmed.
Moreover, they had already encountered Dark Creatures with Transcendent Combat Power on their way.
"Different from the Catastrophe Level demonized beasts, these are true Transcendents with force fields and are not lacking in intelligence..."
Tang Yu couldn't clearly say whether it was due to the differences between the Black Tide and the Demon Tide.
There were also more Forbidden Lands than on Earth.
Especially some Dead Silence Lands, which seemed like tumors rooted on the planet, carrying a strong scent of decay. Shay once recklessly approached one and as a result, her vitality began to rapidly ebb away. According to Shay's estimate, once caught within the core of a "Dead Silence Land," even a Second Tier Transcendent wouldn't survive a few seconds before withering away to death.
And Town West City lay in the West Territory of the Aino Kingdom, even closer to the Kingdom's border, with the Royal Capital being distant and remote, there was indeed the possibility of encountering countless dangers on the way.
"However, after all, Zabol, Xing Ling, Xing Yue, and the others, managed to make it safely from Gel City to Town West City without even using a Return City Scroll... The Duke Mansion should also have some trump cards, it shouldn't be that they couldn't even reach the Royal Capital."
Tang Yu had to consider a second possibility, after all, the waters ran deep in the Royal Capital.
Of course, the infighting among the nobility was none of his concern. He wasn't there to assist Town West City.
He intended to uncover the truth of the Black Tide's outbreak because the Black Tide and the Demon Tide shared too many similarities. Moreover, after trading with Town West City, the foundation of his Territory had increased substantially. Once all the knowledge and resources were digested, the overall Combat Power could climb another tier.
In particular, some blueprints from the Holy City, once the materials were gathered, could be immediately manufactured in the workshop.
That "Mysterious Tree Branch" from the Gel City Lord Mansion also caught his attention.
The Duke Mansion's answer was evasive, but through covert collection of the conversations of Town West City's nobility in the "Spirit Space," Tang Yu learned that not only did the Duke Mansion possess these kinds of trump cards, but several large noble families in the Inner City also had them, even with some Arrays arranged around the city walls.
Various clues pointed to one priceless treasure in the Royal Capital.
Without More and others realizing or willing to divulge, Tang Yu had grasped the key intelligence, which was the advantage of owning the platform.
Indeed, the "Spirit Space" had no dangers, but as long as other powers' people were accustomed to this extremely realistic space, many messages would have nowhere to hide.
Was he, Lord Tang, just added the "personal space" only to earn Source Crystals? Was he such a shallow person?
No... He was not!
In the personal space, Awakeners could relax completely, rest, enjoy, invite friends to visit their private space, and during conversation, they might reveal secrets without realizing.