Chapter 568: The Ring of Eternal Night
At this point, Gu Qingchen specifically reminded him, "By the way, our human race and the beast race have a pretty good relationship and have formed an alliance, but our relationship with the undead race is extremely bad. You must be careful about this when you travel in the future."
Lin Feng nodded solemnly, silently memorizing these key pieces of information.
The two walked out of the giant square while talking.
Gu Qingchen pointed to the intricate street ahead and continued, "The Stargate Corridor is the city's administrative, transportation, trade, and information center. It is not under the jurisdiction of any single race but is directly managed by the Nightmare Clan."
"The northeast direction is the 'Forge Alliance Zone' of our humans and orcs, which is jointly managed by our two races."
The 'Land of Ten Thousand Nests' in the southwest is a mixed area inhabited by other ethnic groups, and it is also the most chaotic and mixed place in the entire city.
As for the northwest region, known as the'Silent Corridor,' it's territory exclusively for the undead; never go there unless absolutely necessary.
Gu Qingchen withdrew his gaze and looked at Lin Feng: "Your primary task this time is to go to the inner city's 'Eye of Nightmare' and enter your dimensional information into the system. Only in this way can your dimensional be officially connected with the Gate of Eternal Night."
"Let's go, I'll go with you."
"Thank you, Lord Gu." Lin Feng clasped his hands in thanks.
Gu Qingchen waved his hand to indicate that there was no need to thank him, and then continued, "It's about 160 kilometers from here to the inner city. Let's fly and save time."
After saying that, he lightly touched the ground with his toes and his body rose directly into the air, thousands of meters high.
Lin Feng followed closely behind, his figure transforming into a streak of light as he caught up.
While flying, Gu Qingchen explained, "In this Eternal Night City, there are rules about flight altitude. We don't have any restrictions, but Eternal Night City has extremely strict restrictions on beings below level 50."
For example, ordinary flying races can only fly a maximum height of 100 meters. Once they exceed this height, they will be instantly killed by the hidden 'Nightmare Hunters'.
"Nightmare Hunter?" Lin Feng glanced sideways.
"Yes, they are level 25 elite units of the Nightmare Clan. They have virtually no intelligence and only execute strict commands."
After receiving special blessings from the City of Eternal Night, they can fly and become invisible; anyone who violates the rules will be killed on sight.
Gu Qingchen explained, "However, only the Star Gate Corridor has a Nightmare Clan security team. The other three districts are all formed by the various races themselves, which is why the 'Land of Ten Thousand Nests' is the most chaotic, and the security teams there are practically non-existent."
Lin Feng nodded and didn't ask any further questions.
The two stopped communicating and continued flying forward at a speed of one hundred meters per second.
From a height of 1,000 meters, the two areas to the east of Eternal Night City are clearly visible, and the entire city presents a clear structure of "concentric circles plus a cross axis".
The circular area at the very center, with a radius of about sixty kilometers, is the inner city of Eternal Night City.
Radiating outwards from the inner city, it is divided into four fan-shaped boundaries by the 500-meter-wide "Dragon Bone Avenue" crossroads.
Each quadrant extends 160 kilometers in depth and has its own independent ecological dome and climate regulation system.
The stargate corridor where they were located had a constant temperature and humidity, no wind, and constant moonlight, making it feel like a clear night forever.
Meanwhile, the Forge Alliance region to the northeast maintains a simulated day-night cycle, similar to that of terrestrial planets, and even allows one to observe the changing seasons.
Twenty minutes later, the two saw the inner city walls.
From a distance, the city wall appears not to be built on the ground, but rather to grow out of the ground.
The entire surface is seamless, with occasional dark purple energy flows flowing within the walls, disappearing in a flash.
On the city wall, every hundred meters there stands an obelisk-shaped tower about one hundred and twenty meters high, with a fist-sized, dark purple eyeball-shaped crystal suspended at the top.
On the city wall, countless wolf-like creatures—Shadow Wolves (Lv19·Normal)—were also lying in dense swarms.
"That wall is called the 'Ring of Eternal Night.' It is eighty meters high, forty meters thick at the top, and more than one hundred meters wide at its widest point. It is made of a mixture of obsidian and deep-sea meteorite iron."
Gu Qingchen pointed to the obelisks and said, "Those are called 'Gaze Eyes.' Any foreigners who approach the city wall without permission will be locked on and killed."
However, since we carry the aura of the Nightmare's origin, we can fly directly there; only those below level 50 need to go through the city gate.
The two easily crossed the city wall and entered the inner city.
The streets of the inner city are wide and quiet, with dark stone slabs stretching straight for hundreds of meters, flanked by buildings constructed of obsidian crystal.
The most common sight on the streets is people wearing uniform silver-gray robes, with their heads down, hands folded in front of their chests, and walking almost silently.
Lin Feng noticed that among them were strong orcs, thin humans, pale elves, and many other races.
Whenever a figure in a black robe passed by, those in silver-gray robes would immediately stop, kneel down, and almost touch the ground with their foreheads, only getting up and continuing on their way after the black-robed figure had gone far away.
Lin Feng saw one of the figures in the silver-gray robes hesitate a moment when getting up. The black-robed figure passing by casually raised his hand, and a dark purple light fell on him. The figure fell silently to the ground.
Lin Feng frowned slightly.
Gu Qingchen noticed his gaze and said calmly, "Those in black robes are intelligent Nightmare Clan members, very rare. They can reach level 30 from birth to the age of eighteen."
Those in silver-gray robes were slaves of the Nightmare Clan, tasked with carrying goods, sweeping streets, delivering messages, and serving their daily needs.
"If Lord Lin is interested, he can also buy some. Slaves from some races are quite in line with our human aesthetic standards."
Lin Feng didn't respond, but instead asked, "What would happen if these Nightmare Clan members killed people who weren't slaves?"
"As long as it doesn't exceed fifty per year, no one will care."
Gu Qingchen replied, "Not only them, but we also have a quota in Eternal Night City for killing one third-tier, ten second-tier, and one hundred first-tier enemies each year. If we exceed this quota, we will be fined."
He probably noticed Lin Feng's expression and added, "Actually, it's not too bad. The Nightmare Clan rarely leaves the inner city, and we apostles don't come here often either, so not many people have died."
Lin Feng sighed inwardly, finally understanding why those alien races would go weak in the knees when they saw him.
To others, the identity of the Nightmare Baron is no different from a death warrant; whether he kills you or not depends entirely on his mood that day.
He snapped out of his thoughts and said calmly, "I'm just a little worried that the caravans from my territory might be attacked when they come to trade later."
Gu Qingchen smiled and said, "Then Lord Lin can rest assured. You just need to go to the core of the plane and condense some identity tokens for them. As long as you don't provoke them, there will be no problem."
"That's good." Lin Feng nodded.