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Chapter 325 North City

As an important frontline area, North City is indeed significantly different from any city where Chen Zhou lived in Asta before.

First of all, steam knights eliminated from the front line can be seen everywhere as city guards, and traces of alchemy are also filled in every corner of the city.

The street lamps that emit low light to penetrate the smog during the day are reminiscent of the streets of the earth. The steam structures on the streets used for passenger transportation, shopping, and other functions look even more like the future world at first glance. .

Those constructed machines that flew along specific routes in the air gave Chen Zhou a very novel look and feel.

According to locals, those winged apple-like structures are called "sections" and are basic service units in the city.

They do not have the ability to fly themselves, but can generate an invisible, massless, colorless, and tasteless (this is doubtful) thin force field through the alchemical reagents stored in their bodies.

With their extremely light weight and repulsive force fields, these alchemical nodes can float and flutter in the air as if flying.

As for the role of these nodes, it is to transfer alchemical reagents to any corner of the city along the force field, supply energy to the construction machinery, and provide alchemical effects to specific areas and groups of people.

This kind of "grid"-like node is the basis for all convenient functions in North City, and they can be seen in every corner of the city, including residential buildings.

Based on speculation about something similar to them on the earth, Chen Zhou was worried that this thing might also have monitoring functions.

This is not a reason to break the rules, but... relaxing your mind is more conducive to living a normal life in this kind of world.

"Privacy didn't exist from the beginning. Both freedom and privacy are relative."

Jin can ignore all energy immunity and cause pure damage like "magic missiles". Unless he encounters a power dragon that is immune to force fields, only spell resistance and "shield" and other similar effects can block its attack.

Theoretically, all the secrets in the world - including Chen Zhou's past that is not accessible to outsiders - are under his control.

"But wouldn't it be very annoying if every aspect was monitored? Moreover, these alchemy-based nodes also have subtle harm to the environment. 』

If she could enjoy the convenience provided by alchemy at the expense of freedom and privacy, Lily would rather return to Dahe to live a carefree life.

"It doesn't sound like much. 』

Anyway, it is difficult to see through Chen Zhou's disguise, whether it is magic or alchemy.

"It's incredible. I didn't expect to see such a modern structure on the main material plane."

In Jerry's impression, the main material plane was basically the same as the countryside. Now he was very surprised to see these special structures.

If you want to achieve top secrets in the true sense, you must first exalt the gods with secret priesthoods, or become existences that cannot even detect their power.

Not to mention the existence of various prophecies and protective effects, there is more than one god in charge of the secret priesthood.

Therefore, he was more interested in those alchemical nodes and special force fields.

Normally, spellcasters use force fields as a means of attack and defense.

For example, the lich who lost his eyes and arms is the existence of Vecna, the god of privacy.

Force field is a special substance, a field formed by supernatural forces.

Like a hydraulic crystal (Note ①), Hui can create a force field barrier through "Force Wall Technique" and "Elastic Sphere" to block out all effects.

Of course, effects such as dissociation effects that specifically deal with force fields can still destroy them directly regardless of anything else.

In addition, Chen Zhou's original spell that could directly penetrate material barriers was also able to ignore this theoretical absolute defense. "Then being locked in an elastic ball wouldn't it mean waiting to die?" 』

"Even though it has shortcomings like other energy attributes, force fields are still the noblest and most versatile means of attack and defense."

After all, everything in the world cannot be perfect.

By the way, although it is not as advanced or defensive as a force field, sound wave is also a noble damage type, and creatures that are immune to this damage are very rare.

"Hmm~"

The carnival dragon is immune to sonic energy damage.

"But the force fields spread throughout North City are not just for offense and defense. They seem to have improved this effect, which is both tough and strong and can decide whether to block things according to needs."

At this time, the advantages of traveling came to light. After roughly understanding their methods, Chen Zhou was able to barely replicate this special force field through "Wild Arcana".

But for a while, he couldn't think of any other uses for this force field besides delivering alchemical reagents and effects.

"What about the spell effects? Can I use a force field to expand a limited-range spell to a larger area? Or modify or power the already formed spell effects?"

Jerry was inexplicably reminded of a legendary spell effect called Mystery Barrier. Although the specific principles are different, North City's force field can probably achieve some similar weak effects.

"You mean that the entire North City is actually under a special barrier?" Chen Zhou was immediately amazed and shocked by the whimsical ideas of the alchemists of the Norton Kingdom.

At the same time, he also became more cautious about these alchemical nodes and force fields...

My interest in playing has not diminished at all.

Unknowingly, Chen Zhou wandered into a market selling various supplies and weapons.

Most of the goods here are needed by the army, warriors and alchemists, and adventurers who come and go can also purchase high-quality equipment and even alchemy items at low prices.

However, the most eye-catching and curious thing are the slave traders in several open areas.

The slaves sold by these slave traders were neither humans nor orcs, nor any humanoid race that Chen Zhou was familiar with.

It is a kind of "dwarf" with fair and soft skin, short and fragile stature, and almost blind eyes.

But the sign plates next to these dwarf slaves clearly read - Orcs (Ratmen).

"Why is there a slave market even here?" 』

"These slaves don't seem to be any special race..."

Lily immediately began to plan a night attack on them to liberate the slaves, while Jerry was vaguely aware of the true identity of these white-skinned slaves.

Seeing the attention-grabbing customers paying attention to their goods, the slave traders immediately came forward enthusiastically.

"Guest, my goods are all high-quality goods that are in short supply. Which type do you want to buy? Do you want me to introduce it to you?"

Temporarily suppressing his strange feeling, Chen Zhou said in a deep voice: "I am an adventurer from out of town. I don't know much about North City. What race are the slaves you sell here? They don't look like orcs." Ah, is this what the Rat Man looks like?”

(End of this chapter)