Uptown allowed her entry at the last minute.
Although I didn’t know the reason, since I had already come in, I just wanted to take a walk around. Xia Ye dismissed the Thundercats, got back on the broom, and asked casually:
"Where did I live before?"
Lilian shook her head, indicating that this was also something that couldn't be said.
"Okay..." Xia Ye had expected it, but it didn't matter. She pulled the broom and climbed almost vertically until she reached an altitude of nearly 1,000 meters before stopping.
"Then you can introduce Shangcheng District to me, right?" she asked again.
This time, Lilian nodded obediently: "Well, although I have never been to many places, I still know the general divisions of the areas."
The girl first pointed to the skyscraper in the distance. It stood like a giant pillar connecting the sky and the earth, standing in the center of the upper city. The top floor almost touched the dome, but the bottom was——
It's floating in the air? ! Xia Ye was a little surprised.
The base covering several square kilometers is suspended in mid-air about 100 meters high. Seven straight pipes extend from the bottom of the base and drill into the ground. However, looking at the slender size, it is obvious that they are not columns supporting the building.
"That's the headquarters building of 'Aether Exploration'."
Lilian introduced: "Those golden pillars below are the 'Ether Slurry' transportation pipelines. Each pipeline is connected to a magic drilling machine. The drilling machines are installed under the ground. They open up the bottom of the Debso Tower and extend into The Ether Sea extracts the ether slurry from the ether seabed, and then transports it to the headquarters building through these pipes. The slurry refining factory is set up in the building, which can extract magic power from the ether slurry, and then through the magic net, Delivering magic to every corner of Debso Towers.”
Actually building the factory directly in the headquarters building... Xia Ye was a little strange, but she didn't think much about it. Lilian continued:
"The floors above the factory are mostly occupied by the various subsidiary companies of 'Ether Exploration'. Above that are the office areas of various departments of 'Ether Exploration'. And even further up are the company executives and city lords..."
"You know quite clearly." Xia Ye said.
Lilian knew what she was thinking and waved her hand quickly: "Many people in the uptown area know these things. In fact, I have never entered that building at all."
"oh……"
"That's where the pets live." Lilian pointed to the west, where there is a dense cluster of apartment buildings. Although most of the buildings have more than 100 floors, compared with the headquarters building next to it, they seem to be towering. Bushes under big trees.
Then, Lilian pointed to the side close to the two of them: "The south side of the headquarters building is a commercial area, but it is a commercial area for pets. The big witches rarely come here, they usually stay there..."
The girl pointed to the areas to the east and north. There were no tall buildings there, only small islands floating at different heights. The short ones were only a few hundred meters long, while the tall ones reached around the waist of the headquarters building. The architectural styles on each island are different, but they are all beautifully built.
"Those are the residences of the great witches. The buildings on the island are all customized according to their personal preferences. Most level 4 witches live below. The higher the level of the witches, the higher the island they live on."
"Then... is the largest island the city lord's residence?" Xia Ye asked, pointing to a very tall island. Its area was several times the size of other islands.
"Uh... no, I heard that the city lord lives in the headquarters building." Lilian shook her head, "As for such a big island, Sister Xia Ye, look at it - there are actually a few over there, most of them are only for the big witch. Open shops and entertainment venues…”
Huh?
Xia Ye suddenly raised her head. Just now, she felt a line of sight coming from a very far distance and falling on her. This line of sight was very hidden. If her head hadn't been able to enhance her perception now, she wouldn't even have noticed it at all.
She followed her gaze towards the source, but only saw the roof of the headquarters building that almost touched the sky - that place, if it was according to what Lilian just introduced, could it be...
City lord? Or another great witch?
It was clear that Xia Ye had already looked back, but his gaze had no intention of moving away. Instead, it stuck to her body like a dog-skin plaster.
"..."
Xia Ye was a little surprised by the other party's shamelessness, but there was nothing she could do. She couldn't just fly over and beat the other party up, right? Besides, it can’t be beaten...
She simply ignored him.
"Shall we go there first?" She pointed to the "Pet Commercial Area" and said.
"Okay." Of course Lillian had no objection.
The two drove the brooms and flew towards the area, quickly arriving at their destination. Xia Ye slowed down and rode the brooms between tall buildings while looking around curiously.
This place is very similar to the business district in Midtown, but the pedestrians coming and going all wear various collars on their necks, which are signs of pets.
She observed for a while and discovered an unusual place - from time to time, pets suddenly disappeared. Some of them were on their way, some were shopping, some were having fun... But no matter what they were doing, it was possible Suddenly disappeared out of sight, and the pets around him were not surprised at all by this situation. They looked completely unsurprised.
Xia Ye expressed the questions in her heart.
"They were selected by the big witch." Lilian explained in a low voice.
"In the upper city area, except for a small number of exclusive pets, most other pets are sold publicly. There are some kind of contracts arranged throughout the city. The great witches can check the real-time status of any non-exclusive pet in the crystal ball. If you like something, just pick it out and put it in the 'shopping cart', then click to buy, and you can instantly summon the purchased pet to your side for use."
"I see..." Xia Ye nodded.
She looked around again. This time, she no longer felt that this business district was very similar to Midtown—this prosperous area with more than a dozen main roads was actually just an oversized shelf, with all the people coming and going in front of her. The beautiful pets are just the goods on the shelves, allowing the great witches to choose and buy them.
"However, these big witches have quite a strong desire to shop." She pointed around, "Pets disappear from sight almost every moment."
"Because for those big witches, most pets are very cheap. And..." Lilian hesitated for a moment before continuing: "Pets are often consumed very quickly, so they are purchased very frequently."
"Oh..." Xia Ye didn't ask specifically what "wasting up quickly" meant. Just as he was about to start the broom and go look elsewhere, a voice suddenly came from behind him:
"Master Xia Ye...is this Master Xia Ye?!"
Xia Ye turned around in shock and found that the person speaking was a beautiful girl with silver hair and blue eyes. She also had a collar around her neck, indicating that she was a pet. Although Xia Ye had always been proud of her ability to remember people, this time, she was stuck for a while before she finally managed to remember:
"You can't be... Wei, Venila, that seems to be the name, right?"
The other party suddenly showed an excited expression and nodded vigorously: "Yeah! Great, Sir Xia Ye still remembers me!"
"I almost didn't remember..." Xia Ye said with a weird expression, "Because I thought you were dead a long time ago."
(End of chapter)
