The buggy drove along the steel bridge towards the Golden Gate at the entrance to Asgard.

At the edge of the city, a concrete embankment and metal batteries dotted on it form a fortification. Judging by the height of the fortifications of almost 100 meters, even a tracked combat vehicle for attacking fortifications could not directly cross it. The only way to attack the city was to storm it head-on through this steel bridge, but the metal batteries on the fortifications were not decorations. Once covered by their firepower, it is okay for the attackers to suffer heavy losses.

The Golden Gate opened before the off-road vehicles arrived, and unlike the one in the Julian Mountains, the Golden Gate was silent when it opened. Zero Safety couldn't see what its kinetic energy was provided by, but it was definitely not a crude hydraulic machine. This means that Asgard has more advanced technology than the average city base on the coastline, and although it is only a gate, it has already made Zero see the tip of the iceberg.

Behind the gates, in addition to large areas of factories, there are also modest residential areas. But the simplicity was only relative to the central city of Asgard, and the bungalows for the slaves were far more luxurious than the slums of any base along the coastline.

As he progressed deeper into the miraculous city of Asgard, Zero gradually learned about the city's hierarchy.

If you look at it from above, you can see that the city of Asgard resembles a standard circle. There are only two entrances and exits to the city, east and west, which are connected by steel bridges. The buildings of the city, with the exception of various factory buildings, are taller and larger the closer to the center, and conversely, the closer to the edges, the shorter and smaller they become.

The area for slaves and coolies, as seen by Zero, occupies nearly a third of Asgard, but all of them are one-story bungalows. Of course, the higher you build these houses, the more space you can save. But as if to reflect the city's hierarchy, Asgard houses the rooms that housed the lowest of the world, no more than 20 meters high.

And in the center of the city, the building that can take in the whole city, is 100 stories high, not to mention 100 stories high.

Only the more powerful the person, the farther he can see!

This seems to be the silent words that Asgard wants to tell the world.

As Mercedes travels on the road to the tallest building in the heart of Asgard, Valkyrie tells Zero that it is the city's center of power, home to the Twelve Principal Shrines.

The class in Asgard imitated the ancient feudal kingdom, the slaves were the lowest class of the city, they did not have any freedom, and their hard work was only exchanged for three meals a day, and one class higher than the slaves were the citizens, that is, the middle and high-level managers in the city's factories, they did not have to get up early and be greedy like slaves, and the reward was not only bread and clean water, which could provide food and clothing, but also data coins that could be exchanged for other goods.

Then there was the military system and the aristocracy, which constituted the city's upper middle class and had the power to participate in certain decisions in Asgard. They even allowed some of the delegates to form the council and participate in the day-to-day management of the city.

Above this group of people are the people at the top of the pyramid of the city of Asgard. They have the title of gods, and although they sound very arrogant, they have an average ability level above the ninth order, and they are indeed like gods to ordinary people. Valkyrie was one of them, but the city's supreme authority was called the Twelve Main Shrines, but there were only six of them.

They are Valkyrie, the goddess of war, Tyr, Thor, the god of thunder, Loki, the god of shadows, Badr, the god of light, and Odin, the father of the gods. As for the other vacancies, according to Valkyrie, they are vacancies, and if you prove that you have enough talent, you will be able to enter the Twelve Main Shrines. But in Zero's view, this is undoubtedly the best incentive, and regardless of whether the remaining six seats are deliberately vacated or not, anyone who lives in the city will want to sit in that supreme position. In exchange for this, the unreserved loyalty and dedication of the members of the city is gained.

And now, Valkyrie took the elevator with Zero to the top floor of the Twelve Main Shrines. For there Odin wanted to see him.

Zero had the idea that he would be at peace when he came, but he didn't ask Odin why he wanted to see him. In fact, Valkyrie had sent Valkyrie of the Twelve Main Shrines for a mere wilderness mercenary for him, and Zero had vaguely guessed that there must be something to do with it. He knew very well that he was neither powerful nor powerful, and that Valhalla would not hesitate to confront the Dark Council for him, presumably because of the secret behind his golden right eye.

In other words, Zero can also learn about certain things about his past in reverse, so he does not refuse to meet the supreme lord of the city. What's more, even if he wanted to, he couldn't do it.

In the elevator's electronic prompt, Zero knew that his destination had arrived. The elevator doors retracted and opened on either side, revealing a vast lobby in front of Zero's eyes. The hall is paved with marble tiles and supported by four stone pillars, and the roof is in the shape of a dome with various legends and myths, like hymns to the gods.

The room was simply furnished, with a stove and benches covered with animal skins in the center, and a long square table filled with fruit and food for the people in the hall to eat at any time. In addition, there are two weapon racks filled with cold weapons such as knives, guns, swords, and axes, which can be used at any time. The edge of the hall is semi-enclosed, and over a waist-high fence, the occupants of the hall can see the entire city of Asgard.

At this time, there was only one person in the hall. He was standing by the fence with his back to Zero Two.

Valkyrie said respectfully to the man, "Father, I brought Zero. ”

"Good. You go down first, Zero and I want to talk to each other alone. ”

The voice was old and slightly hoarse. What's more, Zero felt familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere. Valkyrie, who was next to him, stepped back obediently, and when the goddess of war left, the old man with his back to Zero slowly turned around.

Gray hair, wrinkled face, drunken eyes, and a rosacea that was flushed. These traits make up the man Zero knew, the old hunter Ben Douglas!

"Is that you? are you Odin?" said Zero, stunned.

Ben showed an embarrassed smile and said, "Odin is just an external name, you should know that sometimes a majestic title can play a shocking role." I'd rather hear your original name, Zero, my dear friend, and welcome you to Valhalla. I've waited too long for this moment. ”