I have a set of monster experience cards

The first group of heavens basically have no cities built on planets; all cities are built on acquired structures.

For example, Uga, the most famous "Twilight City" in the First Heaven, stands on a saucer-shaped structure.

The city is like a hollow disc.

In the hollow center of the ring is a white dwarf star. Its faint light shines on both the upper and lower sides of the disc-shaped city, bringing eternal dusk.

The maximum radius of this disk is 10 to the 11th power, and even the side that looks very thin from a macroscopic perspective is several thousand kilometers thick.

At this time, a group of the most ordinary residents in Uga City had finished their mission and were flying their spaceship to the "upper level" of Uga City.

After stopping at the ferry, this group of residents, covered in black robes, walked into the city while chatting.

The "upper layer" refers to one side of the disc-shaped surface of the city of Uga, and the other side opposite to it is naturally the "lower layer".

Only the upper floor of Uga City has normal buildings, which is where all daily activities of the residents take place.

The lower level seems to be used for some mysterious purpose. It is said to be the residence of the god [End Night] who protects Uga and is not open to ordinary residents of Uga.

Facing the faint white starlight on the horizon ahead, the residents walked towards the first wall of the city.

There are a large number of high walls standing on the upper layer. These walls are divided into more than a dozen levels, some of which are parallel and some are staggered, dividing the city into maze-like pieces.

Residents of different status and areas with different functions belong to different areas.

"The group of shadow monsters seem to have weakened their attacks on our First Group of Sky recently. Are they going to give up?"

"Hmph, is that really the case? I suspect those monsters have some other conspiracy."

"...No matter what, what we have to do is to defend Uga City."

"If the Anti-Shadow invades Uga City, I'm afraid the entire First Group of Heaven will also fall, right?"

As we chatted here, the tall silhouette of the first city wall in front of us became clearly visible.

When they saw the city wall blocking out the sunlight like a dark shadow, the emotions of several residents became visibly tense.

"Have you completed all the targets this time?"

"Just barely finished... Damn it, the recent 'peripheral contribution index' is getting higher and higher. Either I have to kill five 'Black Nightmare Disasters' or kill a sneaking shadow beast. If I can't do that, I have to collect half a ton of standard resources..."

Hearing his companion's complaints, another black-robed companion became a little excited, his black robe trembled, and he whispered:

"If the requirements hadn't become increasingly high, and if Mitt hadn't taken the risk to find the Shadow Beast in order to meet the quota, she wouldn't have been killed by the Shadow Beast!"

The companion who was complaining next to him sighed:
"This is also because the situation is urgent. Our First Group of Heaven has too few combat forces, and all forces must be mobilized... Even if Lady Veronica is promoted to the Truth, we can only resist the enemy's upper-level forces...

We will need to deal with the densely packed shadow beasts below."

While chatting, they saw that the light of the stars, which had barely climbed over the high wall, was gradually extinguishing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Their expressions changed.

"Oh no, the dusk is sinking!"

Generally speaking, this white dwarf will be stable at the center of Uga City, providing uniform dusk illumination to the upper and lower layers.

But recently it seems that some kind of research is being carried out in the lower levels, and there is a period of time every day when more starlight is needed.

Therefore, after a certain point in time, the city of Uga will rise, allowing the white dwarf to sink from the upper layer and move to the lower layer.

The upper layer, which is completely shrouded in darkness, is likely to be hit by a "black nightmare disaster".

The Black Nightmare disaster is a unique phenomenon in the first group of heavens. In places where there is a lack of energy and light, a monster without mind and entity is likely to be born.

They will attach themselves to living organisms, gradually distorting their mental and even physiological characteristics, and will also contaminate buildings and facilities.

If these residents fail to enter the city walls and gain protection from them before the sun sets, they will most likely be targeted by the Black Nightmare disaster in the dark!

They immediately sped up and rushed towards the city wall eagerly.

Looking from a higher vantage point, one can see that there are many residents like them rushing towards the city wall.

They are like hardworking ant workers, vast and yet incredibly small, converging in one direction.

The black-robed residents watched as the light of the white dwarf star became dimmer and dimmer, but the city wall was still some distance away. One of the tallest residents gritted his teeth and said:

"We're running out of time. We have to take a shortcut!"

A chubby resident at the back was startled: "That path? There may be some undiscovered dangers there..."

But he also knew that the situation was urgent, so after a moment of silence, he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you!"

Several residents quickly reached a consensus, turned sharply to the right, and rushed into a small road.

Outside the first city wall of Uga, it is almost a wilderness, with messy ruins and natural terrain everywhere.

The inhabitants knew of a path that would allow them to reach the city walls in half the time, via a network of underground caves.

They had walked this path once or twice before in a hurry and nothing had happened.

But this time, the moment they rushed into the cave, they knew that this road was not a good place.

Two shadowy creatures stood quietly in the cave. When they noticed their approach, they turned around abruptly.

...revealing a ferocious head resembling that of a wolf.

Seeing the shadows of the two creatures, which were darker than darkness, several residents of Uga City were horrified.

“This is a reflection——!”

They were just a group of ordinary residents who hadn't even reached the level of [Tracing God], and they had a hard time even beating a shadow beast.

The reflected images of the two beasts were enough to take their lives in an instant!

Just when the beast-shaped reflection moved and pounced on them like a ghost, just when they had already closed their eyes and waited for death in despair...

There seemed to be the sound of some ice crystals shattering and bursting, passing by my ears.

Then, after a while, they no longer felt the pain of their bodies being annihilated, but instead heard the gibberish of their reflections. The sounds made them feel disgusted, and at the same time...

Were they hallucinating? Otherwise, why did they hear pain and despair in that cry?

They suddenly opened their eyes, and in their vision, which was shaking due to shock, a figure wearing an ordinary black robe appeared with his back to them.

At the feet of this figure, two beast-shaped reflections had already fallen stiffly to the ground.

The hem of the black robe fluttered, and a snow-white claw appeared from under the black cloth, almost stinging their eyes.

They stared at the claw in stunned silence, and it lightly pressed on the two animal-shaped reflections, and the reflections rustled and turned into ice chips and dissipated.

Then they were still stunned, watching the black-robed resident who easily dealt with the two reflections turn around, two red eyes faintly revealed under the black robe, looking at them, and then uttered a polite voice:

"Are you guys okay?"

You Huan looked at the residents of Uga City.

Because of the special environment of the first group of heavens, many lives born here have developed the characteristics of being afraid of light and avoiding light.

But at the same time, light is what they need to survive.

So most of them would wear robes to block the light while enjoying the stable environment it brought.

You Huan accepted Veronica's previous advice and transformed himself into an ordinary-looking resident of the First Heaven. He put on a black robe and prepared to enter the city wall.

But after all, he was not a resident of Uga.

So it would be best... He should find a few temporary companions, so that he can not only get detailed information about Uga City now, but also sneak into the city more easily.

If he revealed his Truth-level ability, he would be able to know all the information in an instant, but in that case, his disguise would be useless.

Veronica, who is familiar with the first group of days, can be reminded specifically that disguise must have its meaning.

In front of him, these few weak residents of Uga City seemed to have finally woken up from a dream and quickly said that they were fine.

The eyes they looked at You Huan were full of respect and gratitude.

You Huan just mentioned it briefly at this time, and they took the initiative to suggest that he could go with them.

So You Huan followed the group of Uga residents, passed through the underground caves, and entered the first city wall before the sun set.

There was no inspection at the first city wall, but after entering the city, soldiers wearing the same black robes appeared and checked whether all the residents who rushed back from outside the city had completed the targets.

On the way here, the residents rescued by You Huan also introduced to him the unique contribution mechanism of Uga City.

In order to continue living in the city, they must save enough contributions every ten days.

There are many ways to contribute.

You can join the research institute in Uga City and gain contributions through intellectual dedication.

You can join the Uga City's garrison, or even the city lord's personal guard, and receive large contributions on a regular basis.

If you are pious enough and have great talent, you can even become a priest of the gods and don't have to worry about making contributions at all.

...But for most ordinary residents, these three paths are not feasible.

They can only circulate their contributions by doing odd jobs or running small businesses in the city.

Or you can go outside the city and get a certain amount of contribution after completing certain peripheral contribution indicators.

But if you go out of the city once and fail to complete the target, then you won’t make any contribution at all.

Although it is dangerous to leave the city, you can get a lot of contributions and find some resources to enhance your strength.

If you do well, you can even get the attention of research institutions, city garrisons, guards, priests and other forces in the city, thus rising to the top overnight.

Therefore, even though there is a certain risk of death when leaving the city, residents still choose this route...

You Huan watched as several residents gave proof of having killed the monster, met the criteria and passed the inspection, and finally it was his turn.

The soldier had removed the hood of his robe, revealing his head which was covered in some kind of dark armor.

His skin was pale, as if he had albinism, his head was shaped like a human, and his eyes and mouth were black.

When the soldiers saw You Huan with empty claws, a look of suspicion appeared on their faces.

And You Huan said to him calmly: "I just came to Wujia."

"Oh..." The soldier nodded and said, "Welcome to Wujia! Please follow me. You must verify your identity and register. After registration, you will be an official resident of Wujia."

You Huan nodded to the residents he rescued, the two sides exchanged glances, and then he followed the soldiers to register.

There is nothing much to say about the registration process. As a dignified god of truth, it is impossible for him to fool even a few soldiers.

After obtaining the official resident certificate of Uga, he left the registration office and the residents were waiting for him outside the door.

"Sir, what do you want to know from us?" The leading resident, who was also the tallest one, had taken off his hood, revealing a pale face.

He looked like a pale, long-necked bird with a worm-like neck and several black holes on his face. He had a very strange appearance.

Residents of this appearance make up the majority in the first heaven. It is said that they are all descendants of [End of Night] and [Daughter Without Light].

You Huan asked, "I want to know, how can an outsider like me get the attention of the upper echelons of Wujia City as quickly as possible?"

Several residents suddenly realized something and automatically changed the question to "How can I make a name for myself and get a good job in Uga City?"

The leading resident hesitated for a moment, and then said, "The fastest way... there is only one way, which is to frequently leave the city and make amazing contributions in the periphery. In this way, all the forces above will pay attention to you, sir."

The short and fat resident next to him whispered, "But doing so is very risky. We may face great danger outside. Besides, it is not easy to make a big splash..."

However, You Huan nodded: "Let's do this. Excuse me, do you have a map of the outskirts of Wujia City?"

Several residents looked at each other and said helplessly, "Yes." (End of this chapter)