There is no daylight in Yongye District.
A beam of white light pierced the dark night.
The pirate ship turned on its high beam and hovered above the ice.
It was really cold on the deck without sunlight, so Lu Li finally chose to hide in a room inside the ship's hull and asked Teacher Fatty to help him use a heating card.
The Shark Pirates are led by a fourth-level star card master, and their lives are quite prosperous. The rooms on the ship are also clean and bright.
The room was warm, and coupled with the influence of the dark attribute star power, a feeling of sleepiness came to his heart, and Lu Li fell asleep in a daze on the bed.
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"Dong-dong-dong-dong-dong!"
A series of intensive knocking on the door woke Lu Li up.
"Lu! Lu!" came the voice of the naive boy Jeff from outside the door, with a somewhat excited tone, "We are in the safe zone."
"Huh?" Lu Li opened his eyes and looked out the window in confusion.
The outside was still shrouded in darkness, but lights could be seen faintly flickering.
Maybe it was because this place was closer to the source of darkness and the concentration of star power was higher than when he first entered the Evernight Zone. He didn't feel any better after waking up and felt a little sleepy.
"Wait a moment, I'll be right back."
Slowly sitting up, Lu Li shook his head slightly, picked up the star power supplement pill from the medicine bottle on the bedside, and swallowed one pill.
Only when a faint star power appeared in his body did he feel more energetic.
However, this temporary star power began to dissipate the moment it appeared, twice as fast as usual, and could only last for less than an hour without actively using star power.
As soon as he opened the door, Jeff came up and started chattering: "Mr. Han is so awesome. He sat on the deck all the way. I feel like he is not afraid of the cold at all..."
He has an optimistic and outgoing personality. After holding back in the cockpit for a long time, he finally had someone to talk to.
The sudden improvement in English listening made Lu Limeng return to the CET-4 and CET-6 examination room.
The two walked to the deck together.
Ryuk was the only one missing from the four-person team.
Before Lu Li could ask anything, Jeff, who was full of energy, took the initiative to explain: "Lyuk went to pay the parking fee. He brought back the card that controls the star power lock. We can lock the ship and enter the city."
Those that can reach the Antarctic Circle from the Ocean Federation are basically amphibious ships equipped with star power suspension systems.
The seven major federations have also opened a site specifically for berthing ships on the edge of the safety zone to collect fees. This is one of the sources of funds for operating Oud City.
The cold wind was like a knife, blowing on Lu Li's face, causing him to unconsciously pull up his collar to expose less skin.
There was still a land of ice and snow all around, but it was no longer boundless darkness.
A steel fortress stood not far away, reflecting a dull metallic luster under the sparse lighting ball.
This semi-enclosed steel city was jointly established by the seven major federations in this wild land. It symbolizes the safe zone of order, Oud City.
The two girls, Judy and Ellie, seemed a little excited. This was their first time coming to the Antarctic Circle and to this city they had only seen in textbooks.
The two of them took their mobile phones and took several selfies of this fortress-like city.
"Are you on drugs?"
Just as Lu Li stood shivering in the cold wind, Han Youde's lazily voice came from behind. He was still sitting on the pony, with his back against the pirate ship's railing, giving people the impression that he had not woken up.
When he was at sea, he could clearly sense how many star card masters were on the pirate ship a few hundred meters away. Naturally, the star power that suddenly appeared in Lu Li's body could not escape his perception.
This sentence was in Chinese, and Jeff didn't understand it at his half-hearted level. He just closed his mouth very wisely and made room for conversation for these two guests from the East.
"Yes." Lu Li nodded, "I was a little sleepy when I first woke up, so I ate a little, but now I feel more energetic after the cold wind."
After a moment of silence, Han Youde sighed softly: "I thought you would be incapable, but I didn't expect you to be so incompetent. When we return to the Federation, you need to eat more leeks and wolfberries."
Lu Li felt a little headache after hearing this: "Teacher, you've been holding it in for a long time and you just want to say this?"
"And can you add chrysanthemums when drinking wolfberry tea?"
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"I'm back!"
The sound pierced the night sky, breaking the boring quarrel between the master and the apprentice. Suoke had already walked under the pirate ship, holding a card in his hand.
That's the key to the Ord City parking lot.
This kind of star power lock that locks large vehicles uses the reverse version of the star power suspension system technology, which turns the repulsion generated by star power into suction.
With just a swipe on the machine next to the berth, Star Force will suck into the chassis, locking the boat firmly in place.
"Let's go, we're entering the city!"
After locking the pirate ship, Ryuk waved and shouted to everyone on the ship.
The group of people stepped off the pirate ship from the hanging ladder and followed Suoke towards the gate of the steel fortress.
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Outside the closed iron gate of Oud City, there is a small house also made of metal, with a small circular opening on the front. This is a toll station.
To build such a steel fortress on this barren land, the daily energy consumption required is terrifying, so the only way to obtain funds for the operation of the city is through continuous open source.
There is a fee for parking lots outside the city, and every star card master also has to pay a fee for entering the city.
There were very few people queuing up at the toll station. There were only two people in front of Team Ryuk, both of whom were wrapped up so tightly that no one could see their faces.
After a short wait, Sik walked to the charge window first and handed two cards in.
"Do I need any documents to pay?"
Lu Li knew that one of the two cards was a savings card used for payment, but he didn't know about the other.
"That's our school's student ID card." Jeff handed the ID card in his hand to Lu Li and continued, "Students can get a discount."
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Lu Li was a little confused when he heard this.
Is Aude City so down-to-earth? There is also a discount for student ID cards.
"Yes, the operation of this city requires a lot of funds. As formal star card master organizations, the major federal schools naturally subsidize a lot of money in Oud City, so students who come here to practice can get a discount." Jeff was just stupid. , I’m not stupid, I’m pretty clear about this kind of thing.
"Um...does your school accept older students?" Han Youde suddenly interrupted.
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Teacher, are you so crazy about discounts?
On the contrary, it was Jeff who thought that Han Youde really didn't know the admissions requirements of Ocean Federation University.
The naive young man explained honestly: "Generally speaking, universities in the Ocean Federation only accept students under the age of 25. For example, Sidney University has stricter requirements and only accepts fresh graduates... I will pay first. Got it!"
In front, the other four members of Team Suk have already paid their dues.
After Jeff paid the fee, it was Lu Li's turn.
The toll booth is entirely clad in metal, and the only small window has a small door that is tightly covered.
"Student ID card and debit card." The toll station staff's voice came out from the metal case, and the voice was a little hoarse.
The staff saw that Lu Li was a bit young, and the four previous payers were all students, so he thought that the young man in front of him was also a classmate who came with him.
"I don't have a student ID card." Lu Li took out a black savings card and handed it to the window.
The small door on the window opened, and a warm current surged out from the metal shell and turned into white mist that filled the air.
It is very reasonable to turn on the heating and air conditioning in the toll station in winter.
A hand reached out from the window and took Lu Li's savings card.
This hand is too white. It should be someone who has stayed in this Yongye District all year round.
There was silence on the other side of the window for a while, and then a hoarse voice came out: "A total of 10,000 star coins have been paid. This star card is your proof of entry into the city. Please carry it with you, otherwise you will be kicked out of Aude City. If the proof of entry into the city If you lose it, you can go to the Star Card Association in the city to get a replacement."
The hoarse voice finished announcing the precautions like a robot and threw two star cards out of the dark window.
The entry certificate is gray in color with the word "Order" printed on the surface.
Just as he was checking the admission pass, Lu Li heard the fat teacher's negotiating voice behind him: "I forgot to bring my student ID card. Can you be accommodating?"
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Teacher, how young do you think you look?
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Oud City is a fully enclosed steel fortress, with giant metal spheres enveloping the entire area, protecting it from the cold wind and snow in the darkness outside.
Lu Li and his party of six and the two people who had paid before stood in the snow and wind waiting for the door to open.
"Kakaka..."
The sound of a series of rotating metal gears was carried in the cold wind to every waiting ear, like a metal city gate with a bloody mouth opening heavy shackles, slowly opening to both sides.
This majestic steel lion opened its huge mouth to welcome the star card masters who came to the safe zone.
Faint light came from the crack in the door, making Lu Li look upward unconsciously.
When the steel door was fully opened, he could see the true identity of the light source.
The dome of the metal fortress is closed, with light balls scattered here and there, as if Oud City has a starry sky.
"It's dark in the city of Oud now." Han Youde played with the gray city entry certificate in his hand and muttered to himself.
He also got the entry certificate in his hand. Lu Li really couldn't stand the teacher's pretentiousness, so he could only help him pay the entry fee of 10,000 star coins.
Lu Li even suspected that the teacher didn't even bring a debit card.
After hearing the teacher's words, Lu Li looked at the time on his phone. It was 23:50 in the evening.
"Aude City does not belong to any time zone, it has its own time." Han Youde seemed to glance at his apprentice and explained, "During the day, all the lighting cards on the dome will be lit, and at night, the lighting cards will be extinguished. Ninety-nine percent, leaving only the last bit as a little starlight to illuminate the dark night."
Stepping into the city gate, Lu Li could clearly feel that the temperature had increased. A large number of heating cards were probably put into Aude City to keep the city above zero in the ice and snow of the Antarctic Circle.
No matter how you look at it, this city of order exudes the aura of money.
"It's too expensive to build this safe zone. The seven federations are really willing to do it." Lu Li complained.
"It must be because it is worth it. The value of every star power source is immeasurable. Although the development level of the dark source is not high now, it can already bring a lot of wealth to the federation." Han Youde said, "And the seven major federations The expenses in Oud City are much more than what you see, they also spend money to win people's hearts."
"Buy people's hearts?" Lu Li asked.
"Establishing order is not a simple matter, let alone in the Yongye area that is affected by the source of darkness." Han Youde looked at the slowly opening city gate and said softly, "It is impossible to do it in just a few years. Absolute order.”
"For those star card masters who have been exiled here?" Lu Li recalled the contents of the notebook.
Most of the information recorded above is information from the source, but it also mentions a bit of the history of Oud City.
The city has a short history, only a few years.
The seven major federations only had sufficient conditions ten years ago to dispatch large forces to develop the source of darkness.
However, before the establishment of a safe zone, the Antarctic Circle was the most chaotic area in the world.
Many star card masters may be wanted by the federation, or may be hunted by their enemies... they are all forced to embark on the road of exile.
At that time, the source of darkness was the only source of star power beyond the jurisdiction of the federation, so all these exiled star card masters came here.
Therefore, when the seven federations wanted to develop the source of darkness, they encountered huge resistance caused by the star card masters gathered here.
There was even a sixth-level star card master who lived here and successfully broke through to become a seventh-level star card master under high pressure.
In the end, the federal side chose a less costly and more efficient way to establish order.
Use money.
They first reached an equal agreement with the seventh-level star card master, and then lobbied the star card masters at all levels from top to bottom.
The seven major federations brought infrastructure facilities and built this steel fortress in the frost and snow, naming it Oud City.
All the Star Card Masters originally gathered here can also enter Oud City and enjoy the facilities in the city, but they must abide by strict regulations and are not allowed to do anything within the jurisdiction of the safe zone.
Under the constraints of this agreement and the seventh-level Star Card Master, the Star Card Masters in Oud City reached a strange balance.
Inside, you can often see the star card master armies of the seven federations, wearing uniforms and looking solemn and solemn. At the same time, you can also see many extremely vicious and criminal star card masters.
There was obviously a tense atmosphere between the two when they met, but they could never get into a fight.
There is a saying that goes well, in Aude City there are often quarrels between friends, but they will never take action.
As long as you fight in the city, it is a capital crime.
"That's right."
Han Youde nodded lightly and looked at the gray city in front of him: "Star card masters of level five and above can spend as much as they want in this city, and the federation even gives them money every month to help manage the order of this safe zone. This cost is also very high.”
"Kakaka..."
After Lu Li and his party completely entered Oud City, the steel gate behind them started to move again and closed tightly.
