The central zone is made up of seven fairly large land blocks, due to which these land blocks float in lava.

Therefore, every two land blocks will be connected by at least one iron bridge to ensure that the seven land blocks are always clustered together.

Catherine was initially surprised by this description, but it wasn't until she came to the Heartland that she realized it. Originally, there were many iron bridges connecting the seven land blocks, only one was missing, and the most was four.

The land block with its four iron bridges is home to the famous Colosseum and the sleeping place of the Iron Tooth Boss.

Ferries from all over the world dock at the outermost landmass, also known as the wharf. The pier is lined with shops, and in the center is an iron tooth bar.

Robot golems of all stripes roam the docks, haggling in front of different shops to buy or order parts and weapons.

Catherine was in a trance when she saw this scene at first glance, this was like a market, similar to any market in the Eastern Continent.

"You're only on the docks for now. Before disembarking, Hammer told Catherine and the Ice Bear Abyss, "You must pay taxes if you want to go to other landmasses." ”

"How, how much?" asked Catherine.

"Huh. Steelhammer laughed and walked away with Stone, they were going to the Iron Tooth Bar.

Catherine glanced back at the Ice Bear Abyss, and the transformation and force that followed behind the two. After the hard gourd became Shi's pet, he followed Shi wherever he went.

"Do you go separately or together?" asked Catherine.

Ice Bear Abyss looks around. "Let's go together, this place is not big, let's go around. ”

The four of them wandered aimlessly through the bazaar. The main shops here are all-metal skeletal humanoid robot puppets that take the route of the transformation of the installation club.

Walking down in a circle, there are two shops that catch the attention of Catherine and the Ice Bear Abyss. One shop is owned by two robot monkeys, and the other is a masked helmet.

Truth be told, Catherine hadn't met the tech guys from the Iron Tooth Bar yet. The two robot monkeys piqued her interest. It's a pity that the shop of the robot monkey can only make crude metal animal limbs, and the craftsmanship is really not flattering.

However, the masked helmet man can actually engrave alchemy patterns, although the accuracy is average, but there has always been a queue in front of the shop, and the business is very good.

As for the other shops, there are everything from building parts, weapons to modifying bodies, and of course, the level is not very high. In particular, Catherine has seen the level of old wrenches and earth in the screw alley, and has met forgers and blacksmiths like stone and steel hammers, and has a relatively in-depth understanding of the alchemy of machine puppets, and her vision is quite vicious.

The four of them walked around and finally walked to the iron bridge. It is a bridge that can be passed by five people side by side, and the bridge deck is polished. There are a few robot puppets walking on the iron bridge.

The bridge is about 200 meters long, and there is another land block on the other side, and from a distance it looks like a building is standing on the other side of the bridge.

"Hammer said you have to pay taxes over there, do you know that?" Catherine asked Remodeling and Force.

The force had not been to the central zone, and immediately shook his head, but the transformation was known.

"The shops at the wharf are the worst in the central zone, and if you want to find a shop with better skills, you have to go to other landmasses," he said. The further you go to the center, the better the craftsmanship of the shop, and you have to pay the bridge tax from the land blocks with poor craftsmanship to the land blocks with good craftsmanship. ”

"How exactly?" asked Ice Bear Abyss.

"You can do anything, precious metals, body parts, all kinds of weapons, whatever you want. Makeover replied.

"How do you measure the value?" asked Catherine, "if I want to go over, how much should I pay?"

"I don't know, that's for the tax collector to decide. Transform shook his head.

"Tax collector?" Catherine and the Ice Bear Abyss looked at each other.

"What power does the tax collector have other than collecting taxes?" Catherine instinctively felt that this "tax collector" was worth paying attention to.

"What do you mean?" the transformation couldn't grasp Catherine's words for a moment.

"Who can be the tax collector?" said Ice Bear Abyss.

"Bar master, bar owner of Iron Tooth Bar. "It's a clear makeover.

"So the building on the other side of the bridge is the Iron Tooth Bar?" Catherine asked immediately, pointing to another piece of land.

"Yes. ”

"Interestingly, the owner of the Iron Tooth Bar is the tax collector. We'd better check out the bars here. Catherine said to the Ice Bear Abyss.

The four of them walked into the Iron Tooth Bar in the middle of the pier.

This bar is much better than the bars of hairless or wolf gods. Not only is the exterior built to look like a house, but the tables and chairs inside are also decent. If it weren't for the metallic patrons and the wolf-shaped robot puppet behind the bar, Catherine would have felt like she had walked into an Acropolis tavern.

The first thing Catherine and the Ice Bear Abyss do when they enter the door is to find Stone and Steel Hammer. I just looked around, but I didn't find those two guys.

The two of them stood at the door of the bar and waited, and something crashed in behind them. Transformation and force were knocked to the ground first before they could react, and the Ice Bear Abyss reacted quickly and turned sideways, and pulled Catherine with his hand, who narrowly avoided the collision.

What crashed into it was a huge robotic rhinoceros, blackened and two meters tall. Catherine was slightly angry when she knocked her down, but she saw a humanoid robot puppet embedded in the rhinoceros's back.

The skull of the humanoid machine golem spun around and swept across Catherine's and the Ice Bear Abyss's faces.

"It's fuel! Fresh fuel, it's too far, grab and go. He shouted.

I heard the sound of heavy footsteps outside the door, and four tall humanoid machine puppets rushed in, all of them powerful and static.

"These are the two. The robot golem on the rhinoceros pointed at Catherine and the Ice Bear Abyss.

A tall golem approached immediately reached out and grabbed it. The Ice Bear Abyss let out a low cry and punched out. "Bang" fists and palms struck, and the tall puppet's palm was flipped into a strange angle, and the back of the hand was attached to the arm.

Three other tall golems rushed up to surround Catherine and the Ice Bear Abyss.

Catherine's palm spread, and an icy snowball condensed and smashed at the golem's feet. She took two steps back and walked around a table, pulling away.

There was a loud "bang" and a large ice formed on the ground.

The three tall puppets couldn't stand at all and slipped and fell one after another.

The Ice Bear Abyss had already grabbed the arm of the tall puppet who was the first to strike, and slammed him hard into the three puppets that fell to the ground.

There was a "boom", and the whole bar seemed to shake.

The four robot golems on the ground were twisted together, and their hard metal bodies were all deformed.

"You guys!" the puppet on the rhinoceros opened its mouth in surprise, "why is the fuel so powerful?"

Catherine chanted aloud and pointed at the rhinoceros' feet. It suddenly turned into a cloud of lava, and the limbs of the robot rhinoceros immediately sank to the ground.

The robot rhinoceros roared and struggled, but simply lifted its feet.