The city of Aix is not small, and even the inner city has commercial and residential areas.

Of course, the people who can live here must have absolutely clean backgrounds, and they must have a certain status, or have made a lot of contributions, to be eligible to live in the inner city. In addition, the headquarters of a number of important institutions are located in Aix.

The existence of the space elevator will attract many merchants and institutions, in order to obtain economic benefits, or to make it easier to enter space for experiments, or to earn money from those rich people who go to space to play, they will try their best to enter here, no matter how poor, they will also enter the outer city.

For example, Aix City, which was originally just a small city on the coast of Africa, has developed to its current point in a very short period of time because of the construction of the Eternal Radiance Space Elevator.

At this moment, many Glorious Army soldiers also came out of their temporary residences.

Except for a Celestial Bracelet, most of them don't have any luggage, this is because the Honorable Army will provide everything they need, and they don't need and don't encourage recruits to bring their own things.

Of course, if you do bring something memorable, the Glorious Army will not force you to leave it behind, but it will need to be carefully checked.

"Second brother, let's go buy something, otherwise when we get to Mars, there will be no chance to shop."

Although Ling An was not very interested, he thought that Hua Ji had a point, so he accompanied him.

Hua Ji and Xiang Qingsong are obviously very concerned about shopping, and although Luo Wen is also very interested, he is usually a silent person, and at this time he also stood with Ling An and Ye Zixu, silently listening to their exchange of things in cultivation.

"You broke through?" Ye Zixu asked.

"Well, but I almost died, and I met an alien race, if it weren't for the chief who happened to pass by, I would have died."

Ye Zixu's eyes flashed, how could the chief be so coincidental and just appear when Ling An was in danger? However, Ling An didn't say anything, and he didn't ask much.

"So what strength are you now?"

"It's just a normal D-class warrior, the limit can exert thirty degrees of energy, and the ordinary one has twenty-five degrees."

"Awesome, but I'll catch up soon." Ye Zixu smiled faintly.

Ling An sighed, although the Seventh Venerable almost killed him and read some of his thoughts and memories, Ling An was also blessed by misfortune and broke through the bottleneck.

No matter how much I cultivated before, I was stuck at that juncture, and when I encountered something that was completely a life-and-death crisis, I was able to find an opportunity to break through.

Could it be that this is why a greater number of strong men are created on the battlefield?

If this is the case, doesn't it mean that every time you encounter a bottleneck in the future, you will have to move between life and death?

It was too dangerous and not cost-effective, Ling An just wanted to spend eight years of service and then retire peacefully.

"Second brother, look at this cigarette case, it's a bit exquisite." Hua Ji picked up a cigarette case and was amazed.

"Say that you are a bun and have never seen the world, you still don't believe it, just such a cigarette box, even if you count the cigarettes in it, it is only a few hundred federal coins, and the cigarette boxes on those dignitaries and nobles are better than this abound." Xiang Qingsong disdainful, with his family background, he is afraid that the stationery used in school is more than this price.

Hua Ji, Ling An, and Luo Wen subconsciously glanced at this guy, rich people are really different.

"This little brother is wrong, this cigarette box must be sold with cigarettes, one thousand and fifty-one." When the boss saw that the business was coming, he hurriedly came out to entertain.

"Really." Hua Ji lifted the cigarette case and looked at the price tag at the bottom.

Xiang Qingsong was a little annoyed, how could he be wrong with his eyes? But after taking the cigarette case from Hua Ji's hand, it was really 1,005 federal coins.

"This Aix City is too dark to sell, this price is more than twice as expensive as the outside. It's not slaughtering us, right?" Xiang Qingsong frowned, he had money, but he wouldn't spend money casually, and he didn't want to be slaughtered.

Ling An and Ye Zixu also frowned, in addition to those rich tourists, the main service objects of this place are their Glorious Army, is it still slaughtered on their Glorious Army?

"This guest, you are a recruit of the Glorious Army." The boss has a mustache and a small round hat, and he looks very shrewd.

"So what, can you give us a discount?" Hua Ji's eyes lit up.

"Guest, do you know that the environment of Mars is different from that of Earth, and ordinary cigarette boxes cannot store tobacco for a long time, this cigarette case is specially made, and the same is true for the cigarettes inside, specially designed for you warriors."

"Can you smoke on the battlefield?" Hua Ji looked at the others suspiciously.

Ling An and Ye Zixu didn't know, but Luo Wen said in a low voice:

"Naturally, it is not allowed when fighting, but who doesn't have a hobby, as long as it is not in the middle of the battle, smoking in private does not matter, and many Glorious Army soldiers will bring some special cigarettes when they return from vacation."

"Even ......," Rowan said, with a rare look of embarrassment, "In the Glorious Army, special cigarettes can be used as currency. ”

The crowd was speechless.

"Rowan, how do you know?" Ling An asked curiously.

"My uncle, he is a Glorious Army soldier, sometimes when he comes home, he will tell me some inconsequential things on Mars, and he is also the one who attracted me to join the Glory Army, but unfortunately ......" Speaking of this, Rowan's eyes were a little gloomy.

Ye Zixu patted Luo Wen, this kid's quality is not bad, but he is just a little sad.

Ling An blinked, why didn't Ling Zhiyuan mention these things to himself?

Yes, he, like himself, doesn't smoke......

Hua Ji was a little moved, he took a cigarette case and looked at it, and handed one to Ling An.

"Second brother, do you want one?"

"No, I ......" Ling An smiled, and was about to refuse, when suddenly his whole body shook, and the cracked picture seemed to reorganize in front of his eyes, and quickly flashed.

……

"Boy, is there any smoke? Mine is out of pumping. ”

"Damn, you kid really have it, give me one."

"I want it too!"

"Get me one too!"

"And me!"

One figure after another flashed in front of Ling An, for some reason, Ling An had obviously not seen it, but he felt that they were very familiar.

There was a sorrow in my heart, and there was no reason for it.

This feeling made him want to cry a little.

…

"Second brother, second brother, what's wrong with you?"

Ling An was suddenly surprised, and looked at the waving hand in front of him with some blankness.

"No, nothing, I want one." Ling An hurriedly picked up the cigarette case.

Hua Ji and Luo Wen didn't care, they only thought of something as Ling An, only Ye Zixu noticed a little difference, he leaned over and said in a low voice:

"Are you crying?"

Ling An was taken aback, his kind of auditory and visual hallucinations seemed to be very similar to the dreams he had before, and Chief Zhou Yang told him not to talk about these things to anyone.

"No, there's sand in my eyes." Ling An wiped his eyes and made a relaxed look.

"What about you, do you want to buy one?"

Ye Zixu glanced at Ling An strangely again, and after confirming that there was nothing unusual, he picked up a cigarette case.

"Come on, come on, Master has a treat today, and I will pay for your consumption!" Xiang Qingsong said arrogantly over there.

In the end, hindering Xiang Qingsong's face, everyone had to accept his gift "reluctantly".

"The Xiang family is a big family, Qingsong is the son-in-law, and he should be the richest of us." Ye Zixu said with a smile.

Ling An was not surprised, with Xiang Qingsong's previous temper, it was definitely a pampered young master, to be honest, he didn't know now how Chief Zhou Yang fell in love with Xiang Qingsong and invited him to join the Glorious Army.

But after spending four years together, they have a deep friendship with each other, whether it is Ling An, Hua Ji, or Luo Wen, they naturally will not be polite to Xiang Qingsong.

After buying a cigarette case, the crowd shopped around again, but they didn't buy anything more.

The Glorious Army was allowed to bring things, but everything needed to pass the inspection, and Ling An and the others did not want to increase the burden on the inspectors.

At night, they had to board the space elevator, and everyone didn't want to be too tired, so they went back to the resting place after shopping.

Back in his room, taking the cigarette case, Ling An pondered for a long time, wanting to regain his previous feeling and see those pictures.

But no matter how he looked at it, even when he took out the cigarette, Ling An didn't see any picture.

Ling An was helpless, forget it, put it away first.

After putting away the cigarette case, Ling An began to cultivate Zhou Tianjue.

After the breakthrough, Zhou Tianjue's cultivation also changed.

Before, it was to guide a stream of energy and let it run according to Zhou Tianjue's route, but after the breakthrough, Ling An's control of energy was also stronger, and he could continue to replenish energy within his own tolerance, so that the energy of operation could always be kept at the maximum limit that Ling An could control.

It is also more effective for the tempering of the flesh.

The sky was changing outside, but Ling An was always immersed in cultivation.

The delivery of materials continued until the evening, and Ling An was awakened by the rapid sound of the bracelet.

"Is the time come?" Ling An opened his eyes.

Outside the window, many recruits walked out of the resting place with their own moods, and footsteps sounded in the corridor.

"Ling An, it's time to go." Ye Zixu's voice sounded outside the door.

Ling An took a deep breath, rolled out of bed, and opened the door.

Outside the door, Hua Ji and others were there.

"I'm just waiting for you, are you so devoted to cultivation?" Ye Zixu seemed to be smiling.

"Ahem, let's go." Ling An was a little embarrassed, he was indeed too involved.

The inner city is built around the Yonghui Shine Space Elevator, and in front of the entrance of the Space Elevator, there is a square large enough to accommodate tens of thousands of people, and at this moment, all the recruits are rushing to the square.

Every year, how many people do humans send to the Martian battlefield?

Looking at the crowded square in front of him, Ling An sighed, there were no less than 20,000 people here, and this was only one-third of the people who were going to enter the space from the Sky Light space elevator.

There are all teenagers in their twenties, and in addition to them, there are many soldiers who are selected from the defense line to join the Glorious Army every year, so how much should it be.

And how many of these teenagers who are known as warriors can return to Earth, and when they come back, will everything be wrong?

Ling An didn't know, and he couldn't help it.

Engine, about twenty years old is the last age to bear, and then there will be risks, the fighters drawn from the defense line can only carry the guardian engine and join the garrison troops, and human beings need strong people.

If there were not a large number of C-rank, B-class, A-class, especially not enough S-class warriors to fight against the Thirteen Venerables, then no matter how many people were willing to go to the battlefield, they would not be able to resist the attack of the alien race.