Walking on the spacious and bright streets, Shen Qian could sense at a glance that there were various formations scattered throughout the city.
In addition to the lighting systems and supply systems that can be seen everywhere, there are also dust removal formations that exist every tens of meters underfoot, as well as water replenishment formations to maintain the vitality of green plants on the streets, etc.
Hearing Shen Qian's question, Zheng Lei smiled and said: "Theoretically, the existence of the geocentric city is to serve the mountains and seas."
"This city is a perfect combination of modern technology and high-level martial arts, but there are always many things that ordinary people need to do."
"There are three origins of ordinary people. Some are the children of mountain and sea warriors who have lived underground for a long time. After paying high fertility costs and residence fees that are several times that of mountain and sea warriors, the descendants of mountains and seas can also live here."
"Many descendants of Shanhai received pre-school education here and did not leave the center of the earth until they were sixteen years old and were about to take the martial arts college entrance examination."
"The extremely rich spiritual energy and high-level martial arts resources in the center of the earth need not be said much about the role of martial arts enlightenment. According to the records of the city in the center of the earth, some people even condensed their vitality when they were four years old..."
When Zheng Lei said this, he paused, as if he suddenly remembered something, and glanced at Shen Qian strangely.
"Ning Zhaoyi?"
Shen Qian also narrowed his eyes.
Condensing vitality at the age of four is absolutely shocking. In Shen Qian's memory, only Ning Zhaoyi is like this.
Although the details of what happened in the Nine Heavens War were not announced to the outside world, it was known to everyone within a certain level.
It was no secret that Duke Tianning and his daughter died in Shen Qian's hands.
Shen Qian was still lamenting before that the resources the prince had at his disposal were indeed extraordinary, because becoming a novice martial artist at the age of four was definitely against the laws of martial arts. Only now did he understand the inside story.
With the extremely rich spiritual energy in the center of the earth, coupled with the support of resources and the bonus of talents, it is indeed possible to break the rules.
Shen Qian suddenly realized that not only Ning Zhaoyi, but also many children from martial arts families and large groups were born here.
He felt somewhat complicated.
Isn’t that unfair?
It seems that this cannot be said.
The benefits they enjoy are obtained through the hard work and dedication of their parents.
Besides, Zheng Lei also said just now that if the descendants of Shanhai want to stay here, the cost of staying here for a day is probably hundreds of thousands, which is not something that ordinary families can afford.
"However, there are some mountain and sea warriors who, although capable, still choose to give birth to their offspring on the surface. These people feel that a more difficult environment can grow stronger warriors. This rule was also debated in the princes' council back then. time."
Zheng Lei said with a smile, "The second group of ordinary people are those who have made outstanding contributions in modern society. Some are alchemists, scientists, biologists, etc. After they reach a certain age, they will be granted land privileges." Permanent residence in the heart of the city.”
"Even if they can't break through due to their talent, living here can at least prolong their lives."
Shen Qian nodded, there was nothing controversial about this.
Although the mainstream of this society is that warriors are respected, it is undeniable that warriors are not omnipotent.
The strength of an ethnic group must be the result of the joint efforts of many schools of thought.
"The last group of ordinary people are mainly the service people in the inner city. These people are all professional and technical talents who have been selected through layers. Even if they are just ordinary waiters in a restaurant, they are at least star chefs on the surface..."
While listening to Zheng Lei's explanation, Shen Qian looked at the shops on both sides of the street, which were full of varieties.
Weapons, armor, spiritual stones, monsters, high-end martial arts halls, and information centers that appear every few hundred meters. Except for a few commercial centers that meet daily needs, most of the other shops are closely related to martial arts. .
Shen Qian had no doubt that all the resources related to martial arts could be purchased here by just walking down one street.
The most important thing is the atmosphere here. Whether it is in the public areas on the street, in the martial arts halls, or even on the top of the mountain or in the middle of the lake, you can see warriors from all over the world enlightening and discussing the Tao.
Every few steps you take, you can feel the strong or weak Taoist rhyme coming from a certain direction.
This place is definitely the closest thing Shen Qian has ever seen to the so-called holy land of martial arts.
"Congratulations to Mountain and Sea Warrior No. 4891939 for physically breaking through the Four Forbidden Realms on the 67th floor of the Vientiane Tower, and being rewarded with the right to reside in the center of the earth for one year!"
At this moment, a cold and sweet female voice sounded in Shen Qian's ears, and many electronic screens on the street also displayed messages one after another.
Many mountain and sea warriors around them stopped, and then there was a burst of excitement.
"Has someone entered the Four Forbidden Areas again?"
"It seems that an overseas warrior can actually reach the sixty-seventh floor of the Vientiane Tower..."
“One-year residency is definitely worth it!”
"In the Four Forbidden Realms, once you break through the realm of princes, you will definitely be granted the title of marquis. Compared with this, a one-year right to reside in the center of the earth is nothing, right?"
Listening to the heated discussion in his ears, Shen Qian couldn't help but be stunned.
Four bans!
Vientiane Tower!
No matter which keyword it was, it was enough to stir his thoughts.
Looking at the mountain and sea warriors coming and going around, Shen Qian suddenly felt a little lost.
A mountain and sea warrior with four forbidden powers, assuming that the opponent is also in the first level of mountains and seas, then his combat power is at least 50,000.
Even if it is compared to Shen before, it won't be too far behind.
And if the opponent is the fourth level of mountains and seas or even higher, then even Shen Qian cannot say that he will win the battle.
Before today, Shen Qian had come into contact with too few mountain and sea warriors, and most of the mountain and sea warriors he had fought against were only of the same age.
He is the undisputed number one genius of the younger generation in China today.
But... only under the age of twenty-four.
In fact, for the age span of Shanhai warriors, more than 20 years old is just the beginning.
When he enters this world that truly belongs to mountains and seas, age will become his biggest weakness.
Those mountain and sea warriors who have been working in this realm for decades or even hundreds of years, their background is absolutely unimaginable by Shen Qian.
"Major Shen, you may be interested in this place."
While Shen Qian was lost in thought, Zheng Lei on the side suddenly stopped and smiled meaningfully.
"Um?"
Shen Qian followed Zheng Lei's gaze and realized that the three of them had arrived at the center of the city without knowing it.
Just in front of the three people, an extremely wide square appeared.
Shen Qian glanced at it and couldn't help but stare.
Just in the square, there are statues made of jade.
Shen Qian's expression changed.
Just because although these figures seemed to be dead objects, for some reason, the surging energy hidden in each figure actually made Shen Qian feel a little frightened.
In his current state, this is almost unbelievable.
At this moment, under some of the portraits in the square, there is a mountain and sea warrior sitting cross-legged. Their expressions are struggling, and the aura around them is constantly fluctuating, but they don't know what they are doing.
"What place is this?" Shen Qian asked subconsciously.
"Forest of mountains and seas!"
Zheng Lei said in a sonorous tone, "It is also one of the most important places in this earth-centered city."
"Forest of mountains and seas?"
Shen Qian chewed on these four words, and then he and Zheng Lei stepped into the square, and casually came to the statue closest to the three of them.
There is a half-person-high stone tablet at the bottom of the figure, with the writing on it clearly visible.
"I entered Taoism with the sword, and it took me 180 years to achieve great mastery in swordsmanship. The whole world was shocked. I have erected this statue now, and I am willing to compete with those who come after me."
In addition to the big characters with flying dragons and phoenixes, there is also a name underneath.
"Sky Swordsman."
Shen Qian's body trembled and he suddenly looked up.
Just now, he vaguely felt that this figure looked familiar. Now when he took a closer look, wasn't it the same Sky Swordsman he had seen once outside the Nine Heavens Battlefield?
It's just that the Sky Swordsman depicted in this portrait is obviously younger, and his lifelike face has a compelling energy. It is very different from the Sky Swordsman Shen Qian saw that day, so he didn't recognize it immediately.
"The portrait of Sky Swordsman?"
"To be precise, it is the portrait of the Sky Swordsman at the peak of the mountains and seas."
Zheng Lei said slowly, "Every powerful person who reaches the end of the mountains and seas will leave a statue in this square."
"This statue represents them at the peak of the mountains and seas, so... this place is called the Forest of Mountains and Seas!"
"There are now a total of 1,784 human statues in the forest of mountains and seas, and the true form of a small half of the human statues has already broken through the princes."
Shen Qian looked closely. With his eyesight, as long as he used his mental power, he could see clearly even figures hundreds of meters away.
Sure enough, at this glance, he really found some familiar people.
Tian Swordsman, Ping Yang Bo, Luo Shen Bo, including Da Lao Gao, etc.
At the end of the forest of mountains and seas, there were dozens more statues standing alone. Shen Qian saw the figures of the first nine kings among them. The rest should be the first generation princes from other places around the world.
In addition to princes, there are many portraits that are still in the realm of mountains and seas, such as the most conspicuous... Shen Qian saw the portrait belonging to senior brother Jiang Huan.
The figure stood somewhere in the center of the square, looking somewhat new.
There were also the largest number of mountain and sea warriors gathering there to pay their respects.
"Jiang Huan was invited to erect a portrait yesterday. It is said that the Martial Arts Department had long wanted to erect a statue of Jiang Huan, but for some reason the other party has been unwilling. It was not until yesterday that the portrait was finally left."
Zheng Lei couldn't help but smile when he saw where Shen Qian was looking.
Shen Qian nodded slightly.
He could probably guess why the eldest brother was unwilling to leave a portrait.
This forest of mountains and seas leaves behind portraits of all the strong men who have reached the end of the mountains and seas. But for Jiang Huan, even if the opponent's strength has already stood at the peak of the mountains and seas, that is only for other people.
But for him, only by breaking through the nine prohibitions and reaching the top can he complete the journey of mountains and seas.
Shen Qian glanced around, his heart swaying.
So many peaks of mountains and seas...
And he knew that these people were by no means simply powerful men from the Nine Heavens of Mountains and Seas.
According to the statistics of the Martial Arts Association, after hundreds of years of spiritual energy recovery, more than tens of thousands of powerful people from the Nine Heavens of Mountains and Seas have been born, but there are only a few thousand who are qualified to leave portraits here.
This undoubtedly means that each of them is truly at the top of the mountains and seas.
"So far, no one has ever been able to defeat all the statues in this forest of mountains and seas. Even Jiang Huan, who has always been known as the number one person in the mountains and seas, has failed in the group of statues of the first princes."
Zheng Lei sighed, "There are rumors that King Jiangling left behind this forest of mountains and seas. In fact, there is a big secret hidden behind it. As long as a warrior can defeat all the statues, the secret behind it can be unlocked."
"However, as the years passed, more and more figures stood in the forest of mountains and seas, and this goal became more and more impossible to achieve, and gradually no one mentioned it anymore."
"This is just like clearing the Vientiane Tower, it's just a luxury hope."
Extravagant hope?
Shen Qian listened to Zheng Lei's sigh and was just silent.
Countless strong men standing at the peak of mountains and seas represent monuments in countless fields.
To single-handedly overthrow all these monuments, what level of martial arts must one have to achieve?
Not to mention that among these people, there are lonely peaks like the first generation of Nine Kings.
If the senior brothers who have broken through the Nine Bans have not done it, can I do it myself?
Shen Qian was not sure either.
Boom!
Just when Shen Qian was about to say something, suddenly, with the roaring sound that penetrated the heaven and earth like thunder, the entire city in the center of the earth shook violently.
The sudden change left Shen Qian a little confused, and there were commotions all around.
"It's that 'door'..."
"Go and have a look!"
On the forest of mountains and seas, all the warriors who were sitting cross-legged in front of the statues opened their eyes, and then they seemed to have thought of something. Their expressions changed drastically, and their figures suddenly rose up from the ground and flew towards the depths of the city.
"President Zheng..."
"Let's go too!"
Just as Shen Qian was about to ask, he saw Zheng Lei, whose face also turned ugly, had already taken off and flew towards the distance.
"Walk."
Realizing that something big might have happened, he called out to Dao Jiu and quickly followed him.
Climbing high in the sky, Shen Qian could clearly see that mountain and sea warriors were constantly rising from all directions in the earth-centered city, converging in a certain direction.
Shen Qian and Dao Jiu mixed in the crowd, and followed Zheng Lei through countless high-rise buildings and ancient buildings. After traveling for dozens of kilometers, in the deepest part of the earth-centered city, it seemed that some kind of barrier had suddenly been penetrated. A dark area suddenly appeared in the field of vision.
The pitch-black void area is like the silent starry sky in the universe, with little light particles flying below.
And just above the void, stood a huge bronze door.
The bronze door is thousands of feet high and is engraved with complicated mysterious characters, but they do not match any of the characters Shen Qian knows.
In addition, there are huge chains wrapped around the bronze door.
The number of chains exceeds a hundred, each chain is tens of meters thick, and is emitting various dazzling lights.
These chains tightly tied the door, as if they were imprisoning something.
Boom! Boom!
The muffled thunder continued to resound, clearly the sound caused by the collision of the trembling bronze door and the chain.
"What is this!"
Such a sight immediately made Shen Qiantong shrink back.
How could such a "door" exist in the inner earth world?
