Chapter 118: The Structure of the Upper City

The group was divided into three rows, standing at the exit of the chemical protection warehouse, they had already left the torrent, and the big car was to be sent to the maintenance area for maintenance, and in fact, such a vehicle as the torrent was not allowed to enter the upper city at all.

Leon glanced back at the torrent in the distance with concern, it was his thing, worth 1,000 energy tubes.

"Don't worry, with two crystals in your hand, no one can drive your car" Little Pudding comforted Leon, who was lying on Medusa's shoulder, facing Leon's face.

Medusa's face was gloomy, and she stood at the front without saying a word, and she had to fulfill her bet and hold the little devil Pudding. However, the way she held the pudding was very special, more like carrying a bag of mochi, most of the little fat man's body was behind her, and the two devil's claws could not make a mistake on her chest. Medusa lowered her eyes, trying to hide her red pupils.

After a few pleasant beeps, the door of the chemical protection chamber opened.

Shangcheng finally slowly unfolded in front of them.

The Uptown Reservation, which covers an area of more than 1,200 square kilometers and has a population of 9 million, is home to all the famous business giants of the American continent, regardless of the country. The reserve contains a large mountain range, the highest peak of which is said to have been the most famous active volcano, and it is also the largest gathering site of thick alkane energy in the Americas. Fifty kilometers north of Uptown is the famous Seattle Ruins Forest.

Unlike the Gaelic reservation, the Upper Town is an aristocratic district full of ancient charm, and many of the buildings here are said to have been relocated directly from their original positions, so the architectural styles vary greatly, some with towering minarets and slender columns, while others are covered with intricate patterns and sculptures, and impressively, there are also some patchwork buildings that seem to be a combination of two symmetrical buildings, with huge round vaults on one side and cornices on the other......

Lyon's party was soon sent into the city by the track connected by the chemical protection warehouse. The moving pedestrian track under their feet keeps moving forward, all the way up, because the reservation area was built in a former forest park, so all kinds of tall trees stand between the buildings, exuding the vicissitudes of a century. Strangely shaped lights fill the corners of the streets, illuminating the black night sky, and strange advertisements and images are played in mid-air accompanied by dynamic music, surrounded by strange language and loud laughter.

Leon looked around calmly, trying not to make exaggerated sounds, the four guys wearing bee armor had a unique advantage, and simply opened their mouths in the helmet to let out all kinds of exclamations, Locke Dorge took the opportunity to start chatting with Hualien, and the content they discussed seemed to be about the clothing of the surrounding crowd.

At this moment, the bustling crowd was almost all moving in one direction, and hundreds of people were standing on fifteen parallel automatic tracks, and the momentum was huge. Everyone was wearing a grand and gorgeous style, all kinds of floor-length skirts and low-cut dresses, which seriously impacted the senses of this group of mercenaries, Medusa finally gradually relaxed, she found that her low-cut red dress was nothing at all, and some girls' tops almost threw most of Mimi outside.

All of them have some strange electronic gadgets on their bodies, and from time to time light and patterns burst out of the crowd, and some three-dimensional patterns will suddenly jump into the air, which is really out of touch with the classical and gorgeous costumes on their bodies, like a twisted assembly under the chaos of time and space, as strange and confusing as the surrounding buildings.

But it was really a world that had truly followed human civilization, and it was an eye-opener for a few outcasts who had been abandoned in the wilderness since birth.

The sidewalk they were standing on had a designated route, and to Leon's surprise, their line seemed to be independent, and no one else stood in front of him, and he looked at the little pudding with a puzzled look, only to see that the little guy had been attracted by the big white flesh bullets around him, and his mouth was overflowing.

"Pudding, hey, here, here, look here" Leon forcibly connected Pudding's gaze to himself, "Tell me, why are we independent on this path?"

"Oh...... Well...... "Pudding finally squirmed to look at the surrounding situation, and then said with a little nose wrinkle:

"That's it, this is the Tolan family's lane!"

Ten minutes later, Leon finally roughly figured out the real structure of the Upper City, which has nothing to do with architecture, nothing to do with topography, only to people, so to speak, and is also part of human civilization, that is, the hierarchy of power.

Although the upper city is full of nobles, but the number of commoners is even greater, all kinds of miscellaneous work, are done by these people, the source of the commoners is very complicated, there are ordinary people left behind, but more are the "waste" thrown out of various families for a hundred years, their treatment will be slightly better than ordinary commoners, it is these people who constitute the base of the pyramid of the upper city.

Further up, there are all kinds of corporate consortia, large and small thousands, the trade supply and demand of the upper city, all kinds of transportation, and even travel this kind of thing, there are professional consortium management, in order to compete for trade control, these consortia will often break out in various forms of fire, of course, they also have their own upper leaders, if those real nobles reach an agreement between each other, their war will immediately cease to fight.

The so-called real aristocracy, in fact, there are not many, above the 20 small nobles, there are four giants standing as solid as a rock. They are the Tolan family, which controls the army and all military facilities, the Darius family, the lord of the city, who controls the distribution of energy, and the Edison family, who has the most high-tech technology and 160 technology factories.

The last of the wealthy families is a very different existence, their headquarters are not in the upper city reservation, only a group of magnificent buildings are located halfway up the mountain as a sign of existence, but their power is the greatest, in a sense, the rights of the city lord Darius are also given by this wealthy family.

Of course, it is somewhat inappropriate to call them magnates, as they are the sacred "Eye of God" – the largest religious organization in the world.

"Eye of God?" Leon whispered, the black cross on the giant diamond flying machine and the dead silence of Chapel Hill in his mind. He looked in the direction of the little pudding's finger, but the bright lights in the distance made the night even darker in the distance. Leon's eyes became strange and fierce, and the body of the black spiral tower had already filled the body, and it began to surge with a burst of sadism, but it was only for a moment that he regained his composure, and a voice echoed in his head: to be patient, to complete the task is the purpose of this trip.

At this moment they had reached the end of the automatic track, and the glide under their feet slowly stopped, and in front of them was a wide staircase, spread diagonally upward, covered with a carpet covered with golden patterns, a row of golden railings blocked the crowd under the steps, no one tried to approach the steps, there stood a row of heavily armed soldiers, wearing the dark gray military armor of the uniform standard, silent and full of intimidation.

Pudding carefully pulled Ramedusa's hair, "Let me down," he whispered, and the little face that had laughed innocently a moment ago became extremely serious. He slipped out of Medusa's arms and walked slowly towards the row of guards standing upright, his trimmed leather coat still scruffy, but his steps were unusually steady.

Pudding walked to the side of the steps without hindrance, and said something to one of the brightly dressed men, who hesitated for a moment, then turned and ran upward, and a moment later a man in a crisp military uniform hurried down the steps.

"Uncle Mullen!" the little pudding's voice was full of tears, and he opened his little hand and pounced, and then was caught by the Uncle Mullen, pouring tears and snot on the man's uniform.

This peculiar spectacle caused a commotion in the crowd, and a rapidly flickering dazzling light suddenly surrounded everyone in Leon, and a bunch of small things like eyeballs swirled, frequently approaching them and making a soft clicking sound, which made several mercenaries even more nervous, and the black metal blade of the oolong's fist had faintly emerged,

"Calm down, they're just taking pictures, smile, keep smiling!" Locke Dorjee stopped the impulsiveness of several people in time, and nodded to the surroundings in an aristocratic manner. At the same time, as if to ease the commotion, the man whom the little pudding called Maren walked briskly, and without asking too much, led the group up the steps.

Behind them, all sorts of gossip questions rang out, asking loudly about the identities and origins of these people, and more flashes of light lit up, reflecting the carpet in a dazzling gold. Leon couldn't help but squint his eyes, this world made him feel confused.

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