Under the pitch-black night sky.

More than a dozen military off-road transport vehicles formed a long trail of light and shadow on the ground, driving straight in a certain direction.

In the compartment of one of the transport vehicles, Wang Qiang sat on a makeshift modified chair, swinging her legs and muttering to Lin Ziming:

"Colonel Lin, don't you think our style is kind of off?

In a fantasy world, shouldn't there at least be some carriages if not flying on swords or something?"

Lin Ziming glanced at her and said:

"Well, the Wei Mansion does have carriages, but to haul so many people and goods, they wouldn't even cover fifteen kilometers in an hour. By the next stop, Conan would probably have five or six new episodes out already.

Back then, the Wei Mansion had no other choice but to use carriages for transport. Now that we have more efficient transport vehicles, of course, we're going for the optimal solution."

Upon hearing this, Wang Qiang shrugged, opened a can of soda, took a guzzling sip, and then pulled out a Xu Fuji chestnut corn stick (the batch left over from Master Wang) from her pocket, munching as she asked:

"Colonel Lin, we've been on the road for a while now. Surely the route isn't a secret anymore, right? Care to spill?"

Lin Ziming hesitated for a few seconds, thinking that it was indeed past the time the command had required confidentiality, then said:

"The distance from the camp to Ziqiong City is about eleven hundred kilometers, southwest of Chixian City.

According to the positioning division of the Damo Realm, Ziqiong City is closer to the center of the realm."

Wang Qiang, with the corn stick in her mouth, started calculating on her fingers, "It's still nighttime now, plus there's no highway along the way. Our convoy speed is about forty kilometers per hour, and factoring in rest and supply time, it'll take at least... forty-five hours to reach Ziqiong City?"

Needless to say, Wang Qiang's boisterous personality livened up the atmosphere quite a bit on such a long journey, making Lin Ziming more than happy to chat more with this spunky girl:

"Not that long. Our trip is divided into two parts; the transport team will deliver us to the next station... about four or five hours, then they will return."

By the side, Ma Ning, who was previously listless, perked up when he heard Lin Ziming's words: "Really? Colonel Lin, in four or five hours we won't have to sit in this transport vehicle anymore?"

Ma Ning is pushing sixty this year. From how he cannot live without wolfberry tea every day, it's obvious this old man's health isn't very good.

In fact, when candidates were initially being discussed, the command had considered the age factor.

So Ma Ning wasn't included on the shortlist.

However, upon hearing this, Ma Ning gave up even his wolfberry tea and urgently found Lin Li, launching into a spiel about how he'd "made contributions to the rabbit" or whatever...

After all, as a cultural humanist, given the chance to witness a giant city of another world firsthand, how could he miss it?

Under Ma Ning's persistent persuasion, the command considered that he was also one of the rare experts in both linguistics and cultural humanities, thus eventually approving his application.

Unfortunately, chasing is one thing, but upon getting into the transport vehicle, Ma Ning wilted quickly.

After all, off-road transport vehicles... or to put it bluntly, military vehicles.

Friends familiar with military vehicles know well that the core requirements are summed up in four words:

Sturdy and durable!

The lifelong dream of those vehicle engineers at the Military Institute is to create cars that can drive on a volcano or in Boruto and that's it.

Beyond that, military vehicles have hardly any advantages.

Comfort was never something military vehicles needed to consider.

Hot in the summer and drafty in the winter is the norm.

For instance, with the suspension system of the old 212 Jeep... in a certain southern area in '88, a local head bought a couple of 212 Jeeps as public service vehicles, but three days later, the main leader chose to ride a bike to work instead, claiming they would never sit in a 212 Jeep again—quite a scene for the time.

The lack of comfort, combined with the rough conditions of some sections of the Wei Mansion's route, made the transport vehicles bounce like pile drivers, naturally causing Ma Ning's health to wane.

So now, upon realizing that they would soon switch to another means of transport.

Ma Ning suddenly sat up in his deathly illness; if he hadn't managed to hold back, he might have recited a poem right then and there.

Seeing the slightly eager look on Ma Ning's face, Lin Ziming smiled, nodding and said:

"Professor Ma, our next stop is called Linyuan City, located about 180 kilometers directly west of Chixian City, where Captain Yao Rong and his team had previously discovered this city.

Linyuan City has an even larger population than Chixian City, roughly seventy to eighty thousand.

Even though there's no Core Formation cultivator stationed in this city, there are more than ten Foundation Establishment cultivators, with three above the Foundation Establishment Eighth Layer, making it much stronger than Chixian City.

According to the information Wei Qiangsheng provided us.

Linyuan City is a direct affiliate of Ziqiong City and is considered a branch of Ziqiong City, as well as one of the transit cities set by the largest chamber of commerce in Ziqiong City, the Purple Treasure Pavilion.

Above Linyuan City, every so often, passes a flying ship, and as long as the sufficient fee is paid, even ordinary people can board this ship to travel to Ziqiong City."

Hearing this, Wang Qiang's eyes widened instantly, making a wave-like gesture with her left hand:

"A flying ship? One of those gravity-defying sky ships? The kind that would make Newton roll in his grave?"

Lin Ziming lightly nodded.

Wang Qiang's response did not surprise him, because when he learned earlier about Purple Treasure Pavilion's giant flying ship capable of carrying thousands of people, he was just as astonished as Wang Qiang.

After all, as of now, no nation's production capacity on Earth, including the rabbits [...], could create a flying vessel capable of transporting thousands of people and operating long-term in the sky.

According to the Wei Mansion, several hundred years back, Ziqiong City had produced a Nascent Soul Great Cultivator, reaching as high as the mid-stage Nascent Soul Realm—Tier Four Nascent Soul.

At that time, within a radius of over two thousand miles, Ziqiong City was the acknowledged power.

Purple Treasure Pavilion was a chamber of commerce established by that Nascent Soul, which had three massive flying ships crafted by the Nascent Soul cultivator themselves. It reportedly takes over a thousand spirit stones just to initiate one.

While that Nascent Soul cultivator fell a century ago, the ships they crafted remain.

Though there is no longer a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator in Ziqiong City now, a Seventh-Layer Core Formation Realm ancestor still has not depleted their energy, and since no other city has suddenly risen around, this region remains firmly centered around Ziqiong City.

The three flying ships take off after each beast tide, departing from Ziqiong City, circling in different directions.

They pick up caravans intending to go to Ziqiong City and deliver them to their destination.

Although Lin Ziming has never seen the flying ships in person, a vessel capable of carrying thousands of people and cargo flying through the air surely can't be too small.

Comparing this to the Airbus A380 clarifies things; the Airbus measures 72.75 meters but its typical passenger load is only about 555, with a maximum of 850 under special conditions.

Undoubtedly, this is going to be a massive aircraft that the rabbits have never witnessed before.

Lin Ziming couldn't help but recall what Lin Li told him before:

"Maybe only in a society like Damo Realm, where resources are so highly concentrated despite such a poor societal base, could such colossal constructions come to be."

........

Four hours later.

The convoy successfully reached the outskirts of Linyuan City.

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