Ark Undead

A group of people dressed in black formal attire stood solemnly in two rows beside the door where the Undead got off the train.

Upon seeing the immortal, everyone lowered their heads. At the very front, a tall, black-haired man with a serious expression looked into the carriage.

Onstan was the first thing that caught his eye, and then he looked down from Onstan’s body to see Chen standing next to him.

When the Undead emerged from behind Ornstein, he finally reacted.

He clasped his hands in a fist salute, bowed respectfully to the undead, and said...

"Your subject, Liang Xun, Prefect of Shangshu, respectfully welcomes the Divine General back to our Great Yan."

As soon as Liang Xun uttered this, the servants who lined the road to greet him all followed his example and clasped their hands in a gesture of respect.

For a moment, the scene left Chen speechless.

Wei Yanwu had prepared Chen mentally before setting off, realizing that the identity of an immortal was far more important than she had imagined.

But now, the prefect of Shangshu, the highest-ranking local official, is standing right in front of the carriage, bowing his proud back to the immortals.

Put yourself in their shoes; it's as shocking as Wei Yanwu bowing down to anyone.

But Liang Xun didn't seem embarrassed at all. He kept his head down and didn't move while the immortal didn't speak.

The Undead Man sized up the man who called himself Liang Xun, the Prefect of Shangshu. He stepped down from the carriage, came to Liang Xun, lifted Liang Xun's arms, and looked at the Prefect of Shangshu's face.

Liang Xun's face was expressionless, like a stagnant pool, and his gaze toward the undead was completely calm.

In comparison, his behavior seemed as if he was ordered to do so and had no choice but to do it.

"Do you have plans?"

The immortal asked directly.

Liang Xun showed no surprise and nodded in agreement.

"Have."

"What arrangements?"

The immortal pressed on with more questions.

"Accommodation, itinerary."

Liang Xun appeared to be in a businesslike manner, but his eyes remained fixed on the undead man, never looking away.

Even with this expression, you can still feel his seriousness.

"Ah."

The immortal nodded and said.

"Lead the way."

"Thank you for your understanding, General!"

Liang Xun clasped his hands in a fist and bowed to the immortal man again, then turned around and stretched out his right hand toward the vehicle he had prepared behind him.

"please."

After the immortal moved his leg, Liang Xun followed behind him, clearly demonstrating the order of importance to everyone.

Meanwhile, Ongstan and Chen, led by others, headed to the vehicles behind them.

The train, about the same size as the trucks that came to Shangshu, was just the right size for Ongstan to sit comfortably on.

It seems that Liang Xun had already grasped the whereabouts of the Undead, and had at least taken into account how to settle the people around him.

When the immortal arrived at the vehicle that Liang Xun had prepared, he looked up.

The person standing next to the driver's seat was the same driver who had driven them at the ferry terminal.

The immortal finally realized at this moment that he had seen him somewhere before.

"Prosecutor?"

The immortal was stunned for a moment.

Those iconic Lupo ears finally overlapped in the Undead's mind.

"hey-hey."

The driver chuckled awkwardly, glanced cautiously at Liang Xun, and said in a low voice.

"My Lord General, don't forget to leave an autograph for our Lord Liang as well!"

He had barely finished speaking when he remembered something and quickly added a sentence.

"No, there should be two portions!"

Liang Xun said in a low voice with a cold face.

"drive!"

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I've arrived in Shanghai! I still need to look at apartments these next few days, but I'll be settled in in a couple of days.

That's all for now, I'm going to sleep!

Goodnight, guys!

268. To move mountains and overturn seas

The nights in Shangshu are not unfamiliar to the undead.

The Undead even sensed a familiarity from the night in Shangshu. Its prosperity was almost the same as when Kazimierz held the Special Championship, with neon lights everywhere, all kinds of night markets, and it was as bright as day.

The Undead and Liang Xun sat in the car, neither of them speaking. The Undead looked out the window, and Liang Xun looked out the window as well. They were thinking different things, but they were both silent.

The driver in the driver's seat didn't know why the two of them didn't say a word.

He knew Lord Liang's temperament; he was cautious in his words and actions. Unless it involved something truly very important, Liang Xun would generally barely utter a few words.

This time, welcoming the return of the divine general was definitely one of the most important matters in Liang Xun's mind. After all, the Great Yan hadn't had a decent pillar to support the people's belief in the pinnacle of military power for a long time.

Moreover, during this period, various internal conflicts arose within the Great Yan, creating a turbulent situation. Liang Xun was also somewhat troubled by this situation. His eagerness to establish a connection with the Undead was also for his own purposes.

This Lupo driver was definitely one of Liang Xun's trusted confidants. Not only did he immediately send him to the ferry to check when the Undead would arrive in Shangshu, but he also gave him the green light all the way, arranging for him to transport the Undead to the main city.

Now, he was driving for Liang Xun and the Undead. Even so, the driver couldn't say he fully understood what Lord Liang Xun was thinking.

In his memory, Liang Xun was a pragmatist, neither ostentatious nor fond of seeking personal gain. Since he took charge of Tianfu, Shangshu's development had been rapid, changing almost daily.

But what could the Divine General possibly have that Lord Liang would be interested in? Could it be that Lord Liang wants to interfere in the military affairs?

The driver's mind raced as he pondered Liang Xun's intentions, glancing occasionally at the undead man through the rearview mirror.

His undead appearance makes it hard to associate him with the word "god." He looks more like a knight of the Kazimierz, and a very old-fashioned one at that.

A suit of armor, a cloak, and a weapon are all he needs to wear from morning till night without changing anything; all he needs to do is keep fighting.

Of course, he watched every single one of War Knights' battles, and even saved the official 4K high-definition versions online, with incredibly high frame rates. He watched each match meticulously, over and over again. Otherwise, he wouldn't be a fan of War Knights.

When the pilot received the news that the War Knight was the Great Flame God General, he was momentarily stunned. If he didn't know that Liang Xun never joked, he would have thought Liang Xun was telling him a huge joke.

But upon closer reflection, the warrior knight is so powerful, with highly refined combat techniques and skills, that's...

He was thinking about immortals when Liang Xun, sitting in the passenger seat, knocked on the window and interrupted his thoughts.

"My Lord, look this way."

"Ok?"

The Undead looked in the direction Liang Xun was looking and saw a wide river channel sparkling with stars under the black sky.

They are on the bridge now, about to cross the river.

"Shangshu was built along this river. In the beginning, it was just a port connecting the interior of Da Yan, ensuring that it could have sufficient contact with Longmen."

Liang Xun took it upon himself to act as the immortals' tour guide, introducing them to what they had seen along the way.

Looking over, the immortals saw more than a dozen boats anchored on the river, some filled with passengers, others carrying out nighttime operations.

But no one would feel unsafe traveling on the river at night like this. The lights on both banks of the river illuminate the entire waterway. Even the graffiti on the outside of the boats is clearly visible.

"Therefore, Shangshu still retains those customs and has one of the three largest ports in the entire Dayan, and a corresponding port culture has been built around the port. Whenever the river changes course, Shangshu is a very important water transportation hub."

"Changing the river, altering the course?"

The Undead didn't understand Liang Xun's words. What did it mean for the river to change course? And what kind of thing did the Great Yan develop itself?

"You don't know?"

Liang Xun was taken aback. In his subconscious, the Undying, as a general of the Great Yan, shouldn't be unaware of these things. But he quickly realized how long it had been since the Undying's time in the Great Yan.

"I apologize for not thinking this through."

Liang Xun shook his head, apologized to the Undead again, and then explained.

"Changing the course of a river means that when the terrain of the Great Yan region is shifted, the direction and approximate location of a city will be changed. Because the shape of the mountains and cities is not easily altered when the location is changed, it is easy to see from the direction of the river. Therefore, we are used to calling it changing the course of a river."

Liang Xun paused for a moment, then continued.

"In earlier years, some people used to call it 'moving mountains and overturning seas,' but of course it couldn't do something as terrifying as overturning seas."

Liang Xun himself didn't think anything of it, but to the undead, it sounded a bit outrageous.

Moving the terrain of the Great Yan region—does this mean repositioning the city like it's on a track?! How is this possible?

"Mobile, city?"

The Undead immediately became interested. Even in the Age of Fire, he had never heard of such a strange thing as being able to change the geographical distribution of a country.

"Yes, that's one way to understand it. It's about moving the city, rather than turning the city into a mobile city as commonly understood."

Liang Xun glanced back at the Undead, seemingly sensing the Undead's questioning gaze through the gap in the Undead's helmet.

"For ordinary people, this method is too shocking, and the outside world's technology is constantly being updated. In the era of mobile cities, we also have enough reason to tell them that the cities of Da Yan are mobile cities, just moving on fixed tracks. But in reality, that's not the case."

As he spoke, Liang Xun pointed to the great river outside and said.

“I remember that three or four years ago, this river flowed from east to west, but now it flows from north to south. The last time the terrain changed was not long after I took office as the prefect of Shangshu. I have a deep impression of that time.”

"After all, it is a city nestled against the mountains and beside the river. If it were separated from this river, Shangshu would not have achieved what it has today. This river is something that Shangshu cannot abandon under any circumstances. When we were communicating with the Celestial Masters, we had already determined the scope of the current river diversion."

"A mobile city wouldn't take such a natural river with it, would it? If you want to change the direction of the river but don't want the city to be far away from the river, this is the only way."