A certain American comic book's secondary profession master

Chapter 102 Let's go to the city and take a look.

"We've reached our limit. The energy intensity of this artificial sun is beyond our imagination. We can't go any further!" Above the clouds, Tony looked through his armor at the distant light source and felt the intense heat emanating from his suit, which even the air conditioning system couldn't completely block.

“Then forget it. At least we know that this desolate land was not formed naturally, and we are most likely still on Earth. That’s enough.” Li Wei looked at the energy dome above his head and then began to descend.

They are now 20,000 meters above the "ground," which is exactly the highest point of the Earth's troposphere.

This is also the highest altitude simulated by this special ecosystem.

Their previous guess was correct; the sky was fake, actually an energy dome, and the sun was also fake. However, due to the immense energy, they couldn't get close enough to observe the details for the time being.

Therefore, this desolate land can be basically confirmed as an artificial world created by a powerful civilization.

Whether they are the transcendent gods from the comics is unknown.

However, unlike Earth, this artificial world has "boundaries".

Having the Iron Man suit makes things much easier. At a cruising speed exceeding Mach 2, the two separated and flew to their respective destinations in less than 20 minutes.

The entire Wildlands are circular, and according to Jarvis's calculations after Levi and Tony's flight, the total area is approximately two million square kilometers.

The mountain they were teleported into was the center of the entire continent.

The boundaries of the Wilderness were all endless rock walls, enveloping the entire Wilderness.

To put it another way, the entire wilderness is like a deep well with an area of ​​two million square kilometers and a depth of 20,000 meters.

That energy dome is the manhole cover.

“But I think we can come at night. According to Jarvis’s calculations, the sun’s energy goes through a process of enhancement and decay in the time after we arrive, so it is also simulating the changes of normal sunlight... It’s a truly amazing and perfect ecological simulation system. I simply cannot imagine what kind of civilization could have created such an area.” Tony said as he descended. “I’m becoming more and more interested in this place.”

Well, this guy's tech fanatic genes are starting to kick in.

“If it’s confirmed that there’s no danger, you’ll have plenty of time to do research later—but if this magical world were on Earth, where do you think it would be?” Levi asked, thinking about the energy layer that enveloped the entire world.

They didn't intend to delve deeper into that energy layer, otherwise, if they accidentally damaged it and destroyed the entire ecosystem, the consequences would be dire.

"What do you think?" Tony countered.

“Underground…right?” Li Wei said.

Such a vast place, such deep rock walls.

This reminded Li Wei of the Deep Rock Continent in the game.

So, apart from the underground world, Li Wei couldn't think of any other possibility.

As for whether the existence of the underworld conflicts with the existence of the goddess Tiamat, Levi said it does not.

Because the Earth's average radius (from the Earth's center to the average sea level) is 6371 kilometers.

A mere 20,000 meters, or 20 kilometers deep, is negligible in the grand scheme of things and is hardly enough to have a significant impact on Tiamat.

“Yes, I think this should be an underground world,” Tony agreed. “I just don’t know the exact location.”

"Perhaps it's just beneath the Antarctic ice sheet?" Li Wei joked, thinking of the location of the wilderness in the comics.

"Huh? You know what... that possibility is really high!" Tony's eyes lit up.

"Let's not talk about that for now. Now that we've confirmed that we're most likely still on Earth, it's time to get down to business. The nearest human city-state is only about forty kilometers from the teleportation point. Shall we head there first?" Li Wei said.

In fact, the nearest city-state to the teleportation array is only a dozen kilometers away, but it is not a human city-state.

Yes, in this magical, wild land, there are not only native humans, but also other intelligent life forms. When mapping the entire wild land, they discovered at least 30 city-states and settlements inhabited by intelligent life, of which only about one-third appear to be under human rule.

In addition, they also observed strange creatures such as lizard people, snake people, bird people, and fish people.

I also witnessed conflicts and wars between these races.

If it weren't for the fact that he was wearing Iron Man armor, and that he didn't see any greenskins, and that these races didn't look quite like what he remembered, Li Wei would have really thought he had traveled back to Azeroth.

However, what these civilizations have in common is that they are all still in a very primitive stage.

On the surface, these races did not pose much of a threat to Li Wei and his companions.

However, Li Wei and his team did not let their guard down.

Because they wouldn't overlook the possibility of portals—the Wildlands might harbor magic or other powers.

“Let’s ask others if they have any clues first. If that explorer lady really came to this place, I think she can’t avoid those non-human city-states—besides, many city-states are inhabited by multiple races, so perhaps those non-human races aren’t that difficult to communicate with,” Tony said after thinking for a moment.

"You're right!" Li Wei thought about it and agreed. "But we need to change our clothes!"

Soon the two returned to the foot of the mountain where the teleportation array was located, and reunited with the other four who had returned.

"How's your investigation going?" Tony, who had taken off his Iron Man suit and put on a rather ornate gold-plated suit similar to Bronsky's, asked Natasha.

It's not that Tony can't wear plate armor, but that he doesn't want to.

Because the royal plate armor sets that Li Wei created were all too unattractive; they looked like the attire of guards.

On the contrary, the gold-scale armor set has the style of a noble knight.

Meanwhile, Li Wei, standing to the side, had transformed into a standard Warcraft mage, carrying a staff and wearing a magnificent robe.

With the addition of glyph magic and Kamar-Taj magic, no one could question his identity as a sorcerer.

As for the others, they were already wearing the equipment Li Wei had given them, so they could perfectly blend into this world.

And so, an adventure party consisting of two noble knights (Tony and Bronsky), a female guard knight (Jessica), two rangers (Natasha in leather armor and Frank), and a mage was formed.

“There are no signs of human presence, probably because so much time has passed,” Natasha replied.

After all, according to previous statements, the most recent group of people was from half a year ago, and it is unknown whether the previous groups of people even entered the Wilderness.

They might die on the way to find the ruins—although the situation in Nigeria is generally stable, there are still quite a few anti-government armed groups.

In the wilderness, it's not surprising that many people die.

“In that case, let’s go to the city first and take a look, and also learn about the local culture!” Tony nodded and said.

“But it feels like something’s missing…” Li Wei said, stroking his chin as he looked at the six-person team in front of him.

"No need to feel it, it's just missing, missing a mount! As noble knights, how can we be without a mount?" Tony said with great distress.

Li Wei scratched his head. Oh right, where can I get a mount? There are plenty of wild beasts to ride in the wilderness, but they don't know how to tame them, and they won't be able to be tamed anytime soon.

"You guys really think we're here on vacation? Stop talking nonsense and get your planes out!" Natasha was too lazy to pay attention to these two idiots and said to Levi in ​​an annoyed tone.

Frank and Bronsky, both soldiers, rarely spoke up and wouldn't actively participate in Levi and Tony's conversation, but Natasha wouldn't tolerate it.

It's such a simple thing to just fly to the vicinity of a town, get off the plane, and walk there, why make it so complicated!
(End of this chapter)