The scarlet sunlight shines like a veil over the metropolis.

The metropolitan area, which had been silent for a night, slowly regained infinite vitality.

Hovercars like schools of deep-sea fish shuttle between skyscrapers.

The rays of the morning sun are divided into pillars of light by traffic and buildings.

The neon lights at night have also been turned off.

The prosperity of the metropolitan area is far from what people can imagine.

Surrounded by the huge airport left over from the past, countless buildings of thousands of meters are located here.

The metropolitan area is the most prosperous and populous area of Liberty City.

In many upper-lying districts with low fertility rates, and in the middle and lower strata where the population has halved, the population of the metropolitan area has been growing.

The population load designed for the metropolitan area was exceeded very early.

Abandoned buildings do not exist in the metropolitan area.

People in many areas are trying their best to enter the metropolitan area.

There is even such a saying in Liberty City.

It is better to pick up garbage in the metropolitan area than to be a rich man in the middle district.

According to the previous year's population statistics, the population size of the metropolitan area alone reached 200 million.

It is one of the most populous areas in Liberty City.

A population size of more than 5 million can be regarded as a top-notch mid-level district.

The 10 million level will basically appear in the upper area.

200 million already accounts for a significant proportion of the population of Liberty City.

When humanity was not yet in decline, the metropolitan area was home to the planet's airport.

The whole of Villefranche is a city built around an airport.

The majesty of the airport is a miraculous project that human beings cannot imagine today.

It is a miracle left by the glorious era of mankind in the past.

A building is the equivalent of a small town.

The airport covers an area of 25 kilometers in diameter and has several facades around the most central area.

The most central area is called the core area.

It is divided into three areas from top to bottom.

Each region roughly corresponds to the stratification of the atmosphere.

In the days when humanity was not declining, the airport would not be open as a residential area.

After the decline of humanity, the families trapped on this planet chose the abandoned airport as their living quarter.

In its glory days, the airport was already the core lifeblood of a planet.

It was also an important place for soldiers during the war.

When designing, designers will consider the stability and safety of the airport to the greatest extent.

The materials used are anti-psionic, anti-penetrating, and vibration-absorbing.

The defense system is very well-developed.

An activated energy shield is capable of withstanding a fleet of bombardments.

The security of living here is far stronger than in other places.

Of course, these families only live at a maximum distance of three kilometers above the ground.

The higher areas are the territory of special organizations such as the Transcendental Division.

It's hard for ordinary people to deal with those weird, special things.

Only psionic beings can expel them.

The higher area of the airport area is synonymous with danger and terror.

Entrenched by the indescribable.

Those extraordinary squads formed a series of guarantees so that those families could live in peace.

As for why those families didn't evacuate the airport, it was because the airport was really important to them.

is the key to access to space in this era.

The loss of the airport is the loss of hope for the major families to return to the starry sky.

Of course, it's just this era.

In the glorious era of mankind, the greater use of airports is actually to save costs.

Civilian ships capable of crossing the stars generally do not enter the range of the planet's gravity wells.

Because civilian ships are considered cost-effective.

Building a ship that can defy the planet's gravity is hundreds, if not thousands, times more expensive than a ship that only needs to navigate space.

Because the planet's gravity exerts gravity on every part of the hull.

If it is slightly unbalanced, the spaceship may be torn apart, resulting in the tragedy of shipwreckage and death.

Building a ship that can land on a planet's surface requires a lot of resources.

Most likely, an interstellar trader will not be able to recoup their costs.

And then the cost of interstellar trade is high.

The presence of airports is extremely important.

Its main function is to transport supplies purchased from other planets or to send products from this planet to space, and to other planets through spaceships.

The existence of the airport allows low-cost civilian ships to quickly unload cargo without entering the planet's gravity.

It can be said that the existence of the airport has promoted the prosperity of human interstellar trade.

It's a pity that the advent of the Eternal Night Age has made the former glory gone forever.

The airport is still there, but the interstellar merchants who drove around selling goods in spaceships are gone.

The knowledge system is faulty, and the industrial system collapses.

It is impossible to build a spaceship on this planet that can take off directly from the surface and cross the stars.

Protecting the airport is to hold on to the dream of entering the starry sky at the end.

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Standing in the balcony garden more than 3,000 meters above the ground, Qinghuan felt a little emotional.

The existence of the protective cover allows Qinghuan's mansion to always maintain a suitable temperature.

The raging winds do no damage to the transparent shield.

Even the sound from the outside could not be transmitted through the protective shield to the inside.

Qinghuan sat in the garden.

In front of him was a chessboard and a pot of brewed tea, and a book in his hand.

Two bodyguards stood behind him like stone sculptures.

The years are quiet, as if the ups and downs outside have nothing to do with him.

Footsteps rang out.

A strong, bear-like black fat man walked in from the outside.

The movements were cautious, and he said in a respectful tone.

"The people over there in Haiqing District have reported that they have come back alive and ask you to fulfill the rewards of the mission and the promised resources and materials."

Qinghuan, who heard this, was surprised.

"After so many days, you can still come back alive?? How many come back?? ”

"There is no one missing, and there are more robots that the Ross family sent to kill me and Qin Zheng at the beginning, as if they rewrote the program and controlled that robot."

"This guy is really getting more and more incomprehensible to me." Qinghuan put down the book, "Originally, I just wanted to make the next move, who would have thought that this guy would be so powerful, not only let me return to the metropolitan area, but also won the trust of those old guys." Now this guy is still bringing those people back alive from the Xinku District, and he is afraid that he is hiding a lot of secrets. ”

"Do it or not, the secret that can bring him back alive from the Xinku District should be of great use." The black fat man asked, "They don't have the heart to guard against us yet, as long as they do it, there is a high probability of success." ”

"What if it's useless??" Qinghuan said: "Then you will lose a good chess." And if he escapes alive, do you think he will dare to hang us to death?? ”

"What he can't do, the metropolitan area is heavily defended, and the security measures are far from being comparable to those of the San Ann district."

After the black fat man followed Qinghuan to Dadu District, everything he saw opened his eyes.

It is the heart of Liberty City.

Its prosperity is far beyond what he, a turtle, can imagine.

Entering it is like entering heaven.

It's a completely different world from those areas outside.

"He really can't do it, but he has the guts to do it. If our enemy is willing to help a little, he will find a way to come in and get revenge. Qin Zheng can't kill yet, he's a good knife. Only when all those who can hold the knife have been killed can the knife be destroyed with confidence. Because even if it can't be destroyed for a while, this knife can't turn up the storm. ”

Qinghuan took a sip of tea halfway through speaking.

"Mr. Qinghuan is far-sighted." The fat black man said flatteringly.

"Don't be a sycophant, I can go back to Dadu this time, and you have a share of the credit. Don't worry, do a good job, I won't be able to treat you badly in the future. Qinghuan rubbed the edge of the teacup and said lightly: "I will let you withdraw the money later, and you will transfer it to them." I'll give you another benefit fee. Remember not to take any intermediary fees to avoid him having an opinion about us. ”

"Lord Qinghuan, I can rest assured."

Qinghuan didn't reply to the black fat man's words, but just beckoned him and motioned him to go out.

After the black fat man walked out, Qinghuan was still sitting there, drinking tea calmly.

While pouring tea, he said in a pitiful tone.

"The lowly are like pawns, but they do not know it. I always feel that I can be pitied by fate, and I fantasize that one day I can change my life against the sky, what a ridiculous idea. ”