After about half an hour of climbing, the carriage finally left the steep mountain road.

The wheels ran over an open road paved with stones, which would lead the crowd to the city of Zion.

It is worth noting that

There are black lampposts at equal intervals on both sides of the road, not kerosene lamps, but electric lights.

"There's an electric light here?"

Since coming to this world, Yi Chen has been curious about the era he is in.

The cabin in the cemetery has an old-fashioned telephone, and there is no other electrical appliance to be contacted only by the caretaker...... This led Yi Chen to speculate that the world was in the era not long after the Second Industrial Revolution.

But as he left the cemetery,

I didn't see any electrical equipment in the outside world.

People use kerosene lamps and candles to get light.

Even the vehicles sent by the organization were horse-drawn carriages, not cars powered by internal combustion engines.

This made Yi Chen even more confused,

At present, in the middle of the road leading to Zion City, there are facilities related to [electricity] again, and he is a little confused about what is going on.

"Could it be that due to the disease, some backward regions have not been able to keep up with the development and stay before the Industrial Revolution? No, if you stay, the phone shouldn't be in the cemetery.

Could it be that the manager brought the telephone from the organization?'

"Greyland."

Xiao Grape suddenly inserted into Yi Chen's thinking and gave a key word.

"How?"

"According to the memories that have been mixed in my head,

Humans here have entered the "Electric Age" for a period of time, replacing steam energy with extremely efficient and convenient electrical energy...... It's a pity that under the influence of disease, electric energy has not been fully developed and has been 'divided and limited'.

Because the gray realm is all over the world, it spreads and breeds all the time.

Anything that is in the gray realm will be affected, not even electricity.

As the wires pass through the gray area, the current flowing through them will be affected and become a pathogenic vector.

A light bulb lit by an electric current will affect the individual's skin through light radiation.

The affected telephone will also emit strange noises and whispers from the receiver, which will gradually affect people's thinking.

There will even be some blurry and strange pictures in the TV set, which will be transmitted through visual pathology.

therefore

The development of electrical energy was completely curbed, and human science and technology were forced to return to the steam age.

However, in some large, relatively safe cities, such as Zion City, where you are about to arrive, there must be power plants inside to maintain the power supply in the city and the development of related technology.

That's probably it.'"

"Even the current will be affected by the disease? What is the so-called disease, and what is its origin?'

"I don't have a complete memory to answer this question...... And, even among you humans, I'm afraid no one will be able to answer. In the future, you should be able to learn slowly through exploration and curiosity."

Just when Yi Chen's doubts became more and more, and he wanted to continue chatting with Xiao Grape,

The carriage stopped,

Edmund's voice came:

"Mr. William, don't nap~ We have arrived in Zion City.

The next is a very important assessment and award ceremony, which is related to whether we can officially join the organization and the subsequent corresponding treatment. ”

"Okay."

Stepping off the carriage, I didn't see the expected gate,

Instead, two towers of pitch black and high with Gothic spires stand in front of them, with vertical ribs outlined on the surface.

Between the towers there is a narrow and dark passageway,

This is also the only road leading to the city,

The towers are flanked by high black walls, dominated by spires and vertical structures.

Gargoyle-like statues are placed at equal intervals at the top of the walls, adding another layer of eerie to the already gloomy façade structure.

It is not so much the façade of the city as the Gothic wall with a military character.

"William, come on!

We still have to pass through this doorway for isolation, testing, and purification before we can officially reach the interior of Zion City. ”

"Hmm."

A total of 19 people were sent here.

Everyone was relatively orderly, lined up in the narrow doorways between the towers,

The doorway has a cylindrical dome and arched rib frame, and the vertical columns on both sides are decorated with antique wall lamps.

Didn't go far.

A man dressed as a gentleman, armed with an elbowed civilization stick, and wearing a white mask blocking the way.

A dark passage appeared on each side of the wall beside him.

A mature and heavy voice came from under the mask,

"I am very pleased that so many newcomers can pass this difficult assessment.

However, before you set foot in Zion, you must sanitize your flesh completely.

Men to the right,

Lady to the left,

When you arrive at the sanitizing room, please take off your clothes for a short time.

If the sanitizing is completed, it is still detected that there are still more pathogenic substances on your body than the target, or you have symptoms of infection, you will be directly cleaned up. ”

Yi Chen followed at the end of the men's team and arrived at a confined space.

Blonde Edmund was the first to strip naked.

When Yi Chen took off his clothes, he unexpectedly found that he was William. Behrens' health is pretty good,

Although slightly emaciated,

However, the quadruple abs are looming, and the body fat percentage is also controlled within the normal range.

About half a minute has passed,

On the front and back sides of the crowd, and even on the lower ends of their bodies and on the walls above their heads, there were jet-shaped pipes sticking out.

An extremely pungent yellowish liquid is ejected at high pressure.

It washed directly on the flesh of everyone, and some of the seriously injured assessors were even sprayed and rolled a few times.

Yi Chen steadied his body as much as he could.

"Chlorine water? Seems to be mixed with something else......"

End of washing,

A strange sense of peeping quickly swept over everyone's body, as if they were testing something.

Airplanes! I felt a slight tremor in the air, and a young man sitting against the wall disappeared directly.

"Just disappear? What kind of means is this?'

Yi Chen was quite surprised, but he maintained a state of mental concentration...... I didn't see anything just now.

Everyone put on their clothes one after another and returned to the previous doorway.

After the sanitizing process, the number of people was reduced to [17].

Everyone continued to follow the gentleman in the white mask to the exit of the doorway.

When stepping out of the doorway,

The glow of the morning sun instantly sprinkled on everyone,

At the same time, it presents a special city full of Gothic revival atmosphere and beyond the conventional construction style for everyone.

【Zion-Zion City】

Streets that cross up and down, are multi-storey, and are connected by arched bridges.

A variety of rugged and winding, undulating block paths,

and special architectural methods, such as columns, spiral staircases, or large staircases, churches, guild buildings, or aristocratic mansions erected in mid-air.

In some aspects of architecture, it has surpassed the world of Yi Chen's lifetime.

The gentleman who led the way fastened his high hat to his chest and bowed slightly to the crowd.

"Welcome to the headquarters of G&D, the refuge of the world - Zion.

I'm your temporary guide, Jeff. Peterson.

Please continue to follow me to the [Divine Skin Residence], and depending on your performance in the assessment, you will receive different levels of "Skin-of-the-Gentry".

Please do not leave the group and go to another place during the journey, otherwise it will be regarded as voluntarily giving up the 'gift of skin'. ”

When you hear this particular word,

The blonde Edmund, as well as most of the examiners, looked eager and became excited...... It seems that the dangers along the way are worth it.

Although Yi Chen's face was expressionless,

But his heart gradually stirred, and he wanted to know what kind of reward his 'big bet' could get in return.