With the imperial capital 'Lonely Mountain' as the main body, there are a total of fifteen 'big urban districts' towards the periphery, each of which is a relatively independent satellite city, and you can vaguely see the central area of the nearest large urban area, with more than a dozen high-rise buildings and three towers more than 300 meters high in the central area.

Each district has its own landmark, so you don't need any signage to clearly identify the location.

The entire imperial capital is divided into three parts, the first of which is naturally these cities under the mountains, in a sense, it can be regarded as the 'lower city' in the general big city. A small town like Gard, in fact, is also part of the outer edge of the lower city, and it is under the management of different city lords.

Then, there is the interior of the imperial capital, the 'Midtown District' located on the inside of the giant city wall structure of the imperial capital. This is not the middle of the middle floor, but the middle, the central area. It is divided into multiple layers, and even has an internal landscape ecology, with lakes and rivers and a special ecological park layer, and even fishing.

It is said that there is a complete set of production chains and industrial sites in the middle of the city, which can completely cut off all contact with the outside world and become self-sufficient when needed.

Finally, there is the Upper City on the upper level of the Lonely Mountain, the giant defense of the Imperial Capital, where the special institutions and the royal palace of the Sertal royal family are located, divided into two sides.

Ian's target this time, the Imperial Capital Headquarters of the Patrol Knights, is on the fifth floor of Midtown, and he will enter from the Three-Storied Pagoda City.

Theoretically, with the current status of the teenager and the proof he holds, it is easy to enter Midtown, and all you need to do is swagger in.

But there are differences between ease and ease.

"We're here to pick you up, Knight Ian."

As Ian and Birch's horses came to a halt, a group of knights in silver-gray armor appeared in front of them.

These knights rode pure dragon horses, their bodies covered in a layer of gray carapace that clinged to their bodies, and silver metal armor pieces were inlaid in key parts, with different patterns shining on them, apparently supported by inscriptions.

These armors have the brilliant Eye of the Sun crest on their shoulders, as well as on their foreheads. It is the emblem of the Knights of the Patrol, overseeing the eyes of the world in place of the 'royal family' of the 'Sun'.

The front of their helmet is a layer of smooth black crystals, while the back of their helmets protrudes into a 'T'-shaped metal structure at the neck, which appears to be a signal transmission device for connecting the bones.

The knight's voice was very familiar, and it was quite recognizable even through the fully enclosed helmet.

It was the voice of the patrol knight Tress he met on the alchemy train.

But he pretended not to know himself, so the young man raised his eyebrows, as if he hadn't heard it: "I'm naturally fine, I'm here to report on my work...... But what about my companions? ”

"Naturally, the two fairy ladies can also go along."

Tress rode his horse and motioned for the team to turn and lead the way: "Everyone. ”

He raised his hand and pointed diagonally upward, as if pointing to a city not far away.

The man said in a smiling voice.

"Welcome to the Imperial Capital."

Ian, Birch, and Frostbutterfly looked at each other before smiling.

……

Between heaven and earth, there stood a city so large that it covered the sky, and at the edge of the city near it, it was impossible to judge its arc or its height, because all sight had been obscured, and only vaguely could be seen, and the center of the city towered into the depths of the sky and clouds, leading to the peak-like structure at the top of the heavenly dome.

And in the cable car passage on the outer edge of the city, Ian walks side by side with Tress taking off his helmet.

"It's only been three days, and you're going to be the captain, right?" The white-haired boy shook his hair, and his tone was surprised: "The promotion is fast." ”

"It's just the team leader, after all, I've been undercover for so many years, and I've advanced to the second level, and I've also made a great contribution to the establishment - Kate, that is, the captive I caught, unexpectedly knows a lot of things."

Tress smiled, he looked down at the badge on his chest, and stroked it gently: "I have paid for so many years, and the result is it." ”

Ian stared at the Sun Eye badge with wings on both sides and nodded slightly, "It's really hard. ”

"You won't understand, genius."

Tress snorted slightly.

There are many high-powered glowlights at the top of the imperial capital's city wall structure, and in the light, the patrol knight team and Ian and his party are riding the cable car into the interior of the imperial capital's midtown.

As Ian speculated, the official entrance to the imperial capital was on the inside of the wall structure three hundred meters above, as all the wall structures were located underground according to the design of the pre-era civilizations.

Now that the overall structure of the imperial capital is uplifted, it is natural that the original entrance and exit have been raised to a rather excessive level.

Bathed in a somewhat overly bright searchlight, the cable car slowly pulls up.

The huge size of the imperial capital always shocks those who are close, especially when sitting in the transparent cable car and slowly approaching, Ian can see most of the details of the imperial capital - the alloy layer of the city wall structure has been covered with a thick gray-brown structure after thousands of years of wind and rain, which is not the accumulation of dust, but the 'outer skin' caused by the proliferation of biomass fibers on the inside.

Lines like plant roots emerge on this layer of skin, forming a matrix of inscriptions that are so huge that they are beyond human imagination, they flicker with a faint light that is difficult for ordinary people to detect, and pulsate at an extremely slow speed, like human blood vessel pulsations.

If it weren't for the silver chip, Ian would have had a hard time spotting this.

But with the silver chip, Ian could be sure that every pulse of these inscription arrays would cause an extremely surging surge of energy inside—if the entire imperial capital was a super-giant machine or creature, then this surge of energy was the impact of its blood flow.

"What kind of creature is this?" Ian couldn't help but think about it, even though he knew it didn't work out.

The scan of the silver chip is nothing more than a 'planetary shield generator' - this only proves its guess...... This may be a planetary shield for some biotech civilization?

Ian doesn't look at the entire imperial capital, which limits his analysis.

At this moment, the cable car has reached an area more than 200 meters high, and Ian turned around and looked down on the 'lower city' from the other side. At his feet, dense buildings and high-rise buildings tens of hundreds of meters high combine to form a lively and prosperous neighborhood, with wide passages, alchemical vehicles and logistics convoys coming and going in a staggered cycle along the roads of the city's veins.

The streets criss-cross the streets, which are lit up with bright display boards and lights, even during the day, and the façade of the imperial capital is lined with hundreds of cable cars and transportation tracks, interacting with the supplies of the middle and lower towns.

In the lower city, there are only a few tower-like buildings that can be compared to the walls of the imperial capital, they are the centers of the fifteen lower towns, and Ian is gradually leveling with them.

People are already like ants.

Ian was still staring at the crowd in the lower city.

Just three hundred meters tall is enough to make one look like an ant...... What about the upper echelons of the empire who live in the upper city, which is at least a three-thousand-meter starting area?

Ian looked up, and he could already see the steel cone of the 'Lonely Mountain'...... There are layers of buildings that spiral upwards.

Because of the abnormal psionic field brought by the height, air pressure, and shield light pillar, ordinary people could not even survive in the upper city, they only needed to act slightly, and their internal organs would be crushed by the too terrifying pressure.

Only the sublimator can move freely there.

Uptown does not prohibit any ordinary people from entering. The Emperor's palace was open to all.

Anyone could ask questions of the Emperor himself, or any of the great men who could influence the Empire, if they wanted to.

Just ordinary human beings...... It just can't be done.