Otherworldly Desert Dust-Chapter 402 357 Sky Eagle City

Thin clouds resembled a clear river, and the stars like purple glazed beads, casting the vast land in a beautifully unique purple night.

The Cloud River flowed, and a figure soaring with flapping wings abruptly flew in, tearing through the gentle veil of clouds, its eight sharp eyes overlooking the purple ground.

The terrain below was undulating with mountains and intersecting canyons, and something seemed to be moving on the soil, but a closer look revealed just an ordinary forest, swayed by a breeze.

At the edge of the forest stood a range of low mountains, like silent forest guards, blocking the dark winds blowing from the direction of the moon.

Suddenly, the flying figure in the clouds swept over these low mountains, its sharp eight pupils simultaneously focusing below, seemingly locking onto prey camouflaged on the ground!

The figure soared down like an eagle striking at the earth.

At the same time, the low mountain range suddenly rose from the ground, shaking off its thick layers of soil, grass, trees, and rocks, and astonishingly sprouted legs with treads, starting to race across the purple land!

When all the external camouflage fell away, one could barely make out that it was a living town, fleeing towards the canyon in an attempt to escape the hunter in the sky.

The clouds dispersed, and at this moment the night flying figure slowly emerged, the eagle-like figure was unmistakably a steel city, with rows and rows of buildings on the back of this massive beast. These buildings were not the regular cylindrical, neatly upright kinds; they were shaped like giant feathers, and as the entire city dove down like an eagle to hunt, all skyscrapers inclined to align perfectly, allowing the silvery city to present a flawless streamline, turning surrounding dark matter into a swirling wind shield...

"Prison Director, we must dive into the canyon to be safe, Zhou Ying City cannot possibly cut off its wings to battle us in the narrow Canyon!" exclaimed the female commander, Fan Ke, in Prison Town.

"But our speed has already reached its limit, accelerating further would mean that our town walls and buildings are not sturdy enough to withstand spatial drag; they might shatter all around," Auntie, the Life Official, remarked.

Mayor Levi frowned, holding his finger over the launch button for burst speed. Looking out from the command room's window, the buildings in the town were already "weathering," and the surface of the town was cracking extensively, some pivotal machinery and engine devices were roaring due to being overloaded, especially Huaguo Village nearby, which seemed to be on the verge of disintegration by some force.

"Prison Director, they are already above us!" the combat officer shouted in alarm.

"Good heavens, they're terrifying!"

Standing in the command room looking toward the night sky, the sky was completely obscured by a Steel City resembling an eagle, with its dramatically spread wings showing a much denser and more prosperous steel city quarter than the town, their architectural style uniform and luxurious like regal eagle feathers, technologically advanced, all their machinery shining, without a spot of rust or oil stain. In contrast, the entire Prison Town seemed like an industrial town that was a century behind...

The buildings had sharp dome roofs, densely packed like a phalanx of spears thrusting toward the earth.

In a concerted effort by everyone in Prison Town, they kept dodging and arduously edged closer to the canyon location.

"Activate burst speed, Prison Director!"

All the commanders pleaded, they could only get away from Eagle City's hunting by doing so.

But Prison Director Levi's hand hovered over the button, and at last violently pulled down the protective cover, making a decision that left everyone in disbelief.

"Give up resistance, we've lost," the Prison Director said.

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Huge steel claws suddenly slammed down, pinning Prison Town firmly against the soft earth.

The canyon was still a distance away, yet the entire Prison Town had become a filthy rabbit, no longer able to run over the Earth.

"Boom boom boom boom!!!!"

Suddenly, Eagle City took flight, all its buildings transforming into unfolded feathers. Amidst the roaring of huge engines, this steel-like city soared toward the sky once more, heading into the thin veil of the night's cloudy sea.

Tightly clutched in its claws was a Prison Town, its hunting prize for the night. Once it reached a safe place, it would begin to feast.

Eagle City skimmed over the purple terrain, flying into a range of dark blue mountains.

Its wings were sturdy and strong, enabling it to continually ascend high into the sky. Ordinary mountain peaks appeared like little saplings in front of its enormous form.

It leaped over those peaks and finally landed on the most majestic and expansive mountaintop, which seemed to have its nest.

Eagle City landed there, stretching its wings toward the wider mountain domain. Building by building was nested into the steep mountainside, the gigantic city mechanics integrated with the mountain's rock layers. The areas symbolizing the neck and head of the Eagle appeared more like a palace atop the peak, standing impressively at the spot nearest to the night sky's cloudy sea.

Under the night sky, Eagle City continuously deconstructed itself. As a strand of dawn light rose from the horizon, casting early rays on the tallest range of mountains, the Steel City stood there as if it were the epic capital of a grand empire that had spanned thousands of years, forever overlooking the subjects and life forms of this land like a sovereign.

In the city, on the streets, busy figures appeared in succession.

Advanced vehicles and hovering machines crisscrossed, creating a different style of busy traffic. Giant energy factories and engine companies awakened to the sunlight. As the people residing in the feathered buildings headed to their posts, these pillars of the city also began to operate.

Steel City had distinct layers; the most majestic and solemn naturally being the palaces representing the neck and head. Next were the chest, wings, and back areas, all mechanized, industrialized, engined, and weaponized. Finally, there were the districts in the belly, lower limbs, and tail areas...

In the belly area, a town that did not fit in with the entire Steel City was dragged into the digestion furnace.

This digestion furnace was a crusher that could activate dark vortexes. It could be seen how an old village was recently ground into countless dark metal particles and dark rock powders, becoming the raw materials for casting new buildings and factories in the city.

"Everyone, please orderly evacuate from the town, and wear your Identity Waist Ring."

"Whether you are native residents of Da Xuan or foreign members of the Human Clan, please do not engage in meaningless resistance. Any aggressive behavior is considered a provocation against our Eagle City, and we reserve the right to shoot you on the spot."

"No matter what position you held in your original place, please immediately and orderly enter the city gate passage, where we will reassign your social status. Dissatisfactions can be applied for with us afterward."

"Please consciously place your weapons into the crushing slot. Except for the clothes you are wearing, no other items are allowed to be brought into Eagle City."

A huge spherical dome enveloped Prison Town.

Scanning machines flew into the town and, like swarms of flies, closely followed each individual, demanding that they leave their homes and head toward the city gate passage to accept their new identity.

In the past, at each daybreak, the townspeople wore smiles on their faces, greeting familiar faces on the streets while heading to their jobs, but this time all smiles had vanished. The alarms repeatedly blaring from the sky were causing them immense anxiety, and the commands ringing continuously in their ears also filled them with dread.

"Let's go; there's no point resisting." The Prison Director Levi sighed deeply as he spoke to the town residents.

"We finally developed to this extent..."

"Don't talk about such meaningless things," Levi waved his hand dismissively.

Many were unwilling, but they were all driven out by those scanning machines.

To avoid being shot immediately, they had no choice but to line up in a long, dragon-like queue, walking toward the door of the city gate, which resembled a giant prison gate.

"I am Prison Director Levi. The central building is the prison, needing your Eagle City prison system to take over. Many inside are dangerous criminals; please do not mix them with ordinary citizens." Levi walked up to the city gate and truthfully reported the situation of the town to the commanding officer there.

The officer at the gate, impatient, gave Levi a dismissive glance, simply stating, "You needn't worry about that."

"If I may ask, where will we be assigned?" Levi inquired.

"You'll be in charge of cleaning the engine cooling wastewater," said the officer at the gate.

Levi frowned.

This type of work involved severe dark radiation; continuous work for three years would basically result in significant functional impairment.

Even though Levi was aware that they, having been captured, could only engage in the lowest level of work in Eagle City, he had not anticipated that Eagle City would completely deprive them of their rightful human rights, treating them like slave labor!

"You can't do this!"

"You can take all the materials, all the wealth, take away all the manpower from our town, but you cannot throw our town into the dark grind!"

"We are a Prison Town, not a strategic or residential town; even though we are captured, according to Da Xuan Law you cannot destroy it on your own!"

Fan Ke angrily accused the person in charge from Eagle City.

The person in charge from Eagle City, dressed in a silver-grey uniform and wearing an Eagle Hat, had a prominent feather on his head.

"We are at war with other cities, needing industrial and ironstone materials," stated the Purple Feather Commander.

"Yet you cannot violate..."

"Shut up!" The Purple Feather Commander raised his hand and slapped Fan Ke across the face, then disdainfully said, "A tiny town leader dares to dictate to me?"

Levi quickly stepped forward, standing between the Purple Feather Commander and Fan Ke.

"You can crush the town if you must, but please transfer the prisoners to your prison first," Levi said.

"We have no prison," said the Purple Feather Commander.

"How do you deal with criminals then?"

"We have a Biological Battery factory; we throw criminals in there. Listen, if anyone else from your group causes trouble for us, we don't mind treating you as batteries regardless of your former status!" the Purple Feather Commander stated.

Hearing about the Biological Battery factory, Fan Ke's eyes widened to their fullest.

This was clearly prohibited by law, yet Eagle City was brazenly using it, a devastating violation of human rights!

"Do you have any foreign Transcendents in your town?" a Lan Yu Commander inquired.

The townspeople lined up in a long queue immediately went silent, offering no response.

"These evolved Desert Dust Lives, enormously powerful inside, are most suitable for making biological batteries to supply Eagle City with Transcendent energy," said the Lan Yu Commander.

The townspeople lowered their heads, quickening their pace a bit.