MTL - The Last Gentleman-Chapter 418 city of lights
Chapter 418 City of Lights
“The car will stop at an area fifteen kilometers away from Ignaci, the city of lights. It is recommended that you go on foot for the last journey.
Because Ignaci was the largest lighting city in the old world, the daily flow of people was very large, and the recent arrival of the Duke reached its peak.
In addition to the identity checks and city entry procedures that I told you before, the entire city has turned on the 'city wall lights' to the maximum, and strong lights will be illuminated within ten kilometers.
Those who do not have the ability to resist the light can purchase the "sun protection clothing" outside the city of lights in advance, which costs about 200 coins each.
The visitors who can finally reach the city gate regardless of the light are eligible for identity verification.
Doing this can effectively screen outsiders with purchasing power, and can also control the flow of the entire city well. "
Yi Chen just listened silently without making any comments.
The train arrives at the station.
When Yi Chen got off the carriage, a strong light immediately surrounded his whole body, but the gentleman's clothes had been protected in advance, and even a film was pasted on the eyeballs, so there was no serious problem.
Even though it is fifteen kilometers away from Lantern City, the surrounding area is sparsely populated with visitors who want to enter the city.
And some people look like 'gamblers', the guys who want to gamble with the Duke and turn over in waves. Most of them have stooped or prostrate bloated bodies, and they are even ready to take the seat for the Duke after failing to gamble.
Look forward,
You can also see patients facing the strong light and preparing to go to the city of lights. Most of them are running and using their diseases to protect against the bright light, especially the eyes.
For example, a cancer patient directly caused a large area of thick hyperplasia on the eyelids, and two abscesses like iron blocks hung in front of his eyes, covering the field of vision and reducing the exposure of light. The soles of the feet and the appendages derived from the lower legs are used to walk.
"Little Putao, I will leave it to you to resist the light later."
Yi Chen also joined the team of the Lanternists, but his speed was much faster than them. He didn't deliberately shrink his body, but ran in a normal human posture, slowly turning into a 45° forward gallop.
A member of Lantern City who was selling sun protection clothing on the way with a metal diving cap on his head was almost knocked out by the speeding Yi Chen.
But he didn't curse anything, and he didn't dare to curse. A person who can gallop against the light at such a speed must be something he can't afford.
Many people along the way were amazed at Yi Chen's galloping speed. At the same time, some people noticed that the clothes on his body came from leather factories, but they felt relatively inferior. It was strange why such an ordinary leather slave could not be afraid of the light .
As he gets closer to Ignaci, the light intensity rises sharply, and Yi Chen's gentleman's clothing and eyeballs are also covered with embers.
Not only does it not appear uncomfortable due to the light, but it absorbs strong light to increase the content of embers. Of course, the effect of the increase is negligible.
The real evil sun cannot be compared with this kind of light.
Yi Chen even raised his head relatively easily, looking directly at the largest lighting city in the old world,
"Hmm! What kind of structure is this?" When the structure of the city wall came into view, Yi Chen was so shocked that he almost stopped in his tracks.
The city wall with a height of more than 100 meters, its surface is covered with honeycomb-shaped recessed niches, densely packed, countless.
Each honeycomb alcove is closed by light-transmitting glass, and a special lighting candle is placed inside.
This kind of candle is completely different from what Yi Chen has seen in human society. The brightness of the fire released by burning can reach more than a thousand times that of ordinary candles.
The firelight is reflected by the polyhedral structure inside the honeycomb niche, and finally converges on the transparent glass on the surface of the niche, thus emitting strong light.
I don’t know if it’s Yi Chen’s illusion, but he can even see a hideous face looming on the surface of the candle in a trance.
The city is also specially equipped with "candle changers". For the candles that are about to burn out, they will be replaced in time from inside the city wall to ensure that at least 95% of the candles in all niches are burning synchronously.
The 95% here is a maximum limit value, which will be maintained whenever there is a major festival, such as the arrival of the Duke's Chamber of Commerce.
Under normal circumstances, the candle between the city walls only needs to be kept at 40%.
There is also a huge hemispherical closed membrane on the city wall, covering the entire city of lights, absolutely closed and not disturbed by the outside.
When we arrived at the city gate, there were already many people queuing here.
There are even four open-source-level sedan chair slaves in line. They are carrying a red sedan chair, and the sick person sitting inside must be of high status.
It seems that Yi Chen smells something that does not belong to the old world,
A head covered with a red hijab poked out from the side window of the bridal sedan chair,
The exposed chin is completely drawn like flesh and blood, there is no mouth skin, and the gums are completely exposed. The other party is observing this interesting young man through the hijab.
Yi Chen also noticed that there was a worm-like structure between the corners of the woman's torn mouth.
"Some kind of worm disease?"
At this time, a hand stretched out from between the sedan chair,
Even though the entire arm is wrapped in bandages, only relatively complete skin is exposed, but there are two forked palms at the end of the arm, which are slender and grayish.
Hooking her fingers, she spit out three tongues of different lengths from her mouth, hoping that this young man could get on her sedan chair and do some entertaining things.
Yi Chen made a more gentlemanly gesture and rejected the other party’s invitation,
The woman didn't mean to force it, hiss~ There was a hissing sound under the white veil, her hands and tongue were all retracted, and she didn't make any extra moves.
Yi Chen also heaved a sigh of relief. He didn't want to be troubled by people before entering the city. He was unfamiliar with the place, and it would be very dangerous if he was besieged.
The queuing speed is not slow, and once the identity is confirmed, they will be released.
When it was finally Yi Chen's turn, he quietly showed the "Seal of Transaction" on the back of his hand and was immediately allowed to enter the city.
When entering the cramped corridor under the city gate, the strong light no longer exists, replaced by ordinary candles embedded in the wall of the corridor, leading outsiders into the city.
When I walked out of the corridor, I finally got a panoramic view of this neutral city.
A diverse city that is mainly made of metal, incorporating all kinds of old world grotesques, flesh and blood, ancient and modern. The strong light outside the city walls no longer has any influence on this place.
The fully enclosed city of lights - Ignaci, roughly has three kinds of continuous light sources all over the city,
1. The most common ones are the kerosene wall lamps hanging at the door of every household, with different styles, and the design of the container represents the type of store.
For example, the wall lamp made of multiple fingers corresponds to a nail salon. After the nails of the customers are treated by the store, they can not only be endowed with beautiful patterns and hardened nail structures, but also can burn for a long time and even let the claws strike. With fire attribute damage.
2. Throughout the city, a mobile lighting device that not only provides public lighting, but also pays for private borrowing - "Cranial Lamp"
Skulls with wings growing from the ear holes are flying around the city, and the skulls are filled with lamp oil (the mouth and nose are closed, and the eye sockets are separated by a transparent diaphragm to directly observe the lamp oil reserves).
A wick runs through the skull and is connected to it, providing long-lasting light.
When the lamp oil content is lower than 20%, these skulls will fly back to the supply station for refueling,
Any pedestrian only needs to wave to the skull lamp, and they will fly quickly, insert an ancient coin into the coin slot on top of their head and borrow it privately for one hour,
You can hold it in your hand, or let it fly by your side.
If you invite them to come here without paying, it is just a simple tease, and some grumpy cranial lamps may carry out suicide attacks.
3. At the highest point in the center of Ignaci, the City of Lights, between the indescribable metal and flesh buildings, there is a huge ball resembling an "underground sun" on top.
The sphere’s brightness is very low, providing weak lighting that radiates across the city. It seems to be the prototype of the template that was first developed when the underground sun was created. It was used as a symbol of Ignaci and embedded in the central building.
but,
Little Putao's eyes can find out the "twilight light" released by the first generation sun from among the many rays of light. Behind this shimmering light are many eyes for prying eyes, which makes Little Putao saliva.
Yi Chen was not very comfortable, "Will any individual exposed to this kind of twilight be monitored... It's really uncomfortable."
(end of this chapter)
