Douluo: Lord of Arms

Chapter 60 Mingdu
The train slowly stopped, and the doors opened with a crisp sound. Lin Xingyu took a deep breath and walked out along the aisle. The wind from the platform, carrying the unique scent of the city, gently brushed his face.

We’ve arrived in Mingdu!

On the platform, Lin Xingyu politely handed his ID to the staff and patiently cooperated with the inspection. After the formalities were completed, he walked out of the station. Standing outside the station, he narrowed his eyes slightly and carefully surveyed the city before him.

Mingdu is the core of the western part of the Douluo Continent, the political center, economic center, and population center of the Sun-Moon Federation of the Douluo Continent. It is also the most technologically advanced region in the entire Douluo Continent.

Lin Xingyu had just walked out of the train station and looked up. What caught his eye were tall buildings one after another and flying cars one after another in the sky.

Looking at the high-altitude flying cars in the sky, Lin Xingyu instantly wanted one very much. Unfortunately, this type of vehicle only flies near Mingdu at present.

Flying is the greatest dream of mankind. Relying on the power of magnetic field control, one can barely stay in the air for a short period of time, but that is far from being called flying. If one wants to fly freely in the sky, one must at least become a second-level battle armor master. He is much more powerful than in ancient times. Ten thousand years ago, one had to be at least a Soul Saint to fly freely in the sky.

After Lin Xingyu took out the map and carefully confirmed his destination, he chose to get on a bus.

All that came into view along the way were steel jungles, like bird cages. Mingdu was the most populous city in Douluo Continent, without a doubt.

After two transfers and an hour's journey, Lin Xingyu arrived at his destination.

After enduring an hour of stopping and starting, Lin Xingyu suddenly wanted to experience the feeling of riding a high-altitude roller coaster. It is said that when any city is built, its scope is the most advanced means of transportation at the time, and the distance can be traveled in an hour.

Looking at the black and white building in front of him, he carefully looked at the sign on it to make sure that he had not found the wrong place. Compared with the surrounding steel jungle, this building was not tall, only a dozen meters high.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Looking at the closed door, Lin Xingyu walked forward and knocked.

"Who is it?"

As the sound came from the room, the door slowly opened and a young man walked out.

This man had black hair, which was extremely rare in Douluo Continent, just like Lin Xingyu, and his eyes were also red, but Lin Xingyu's eyes were golden red while his were fiery red.

He was a tall man, standing well over 1.9 meters tall. His skin was fair and delicate, radiating a healthy glow. He exuded a spirit of energy and vigor. From his neatly cropped hair to his steady gait, from his resolute gaze to his erect posture, he exuded an air of competence and shrewdness, as if every movement had been precisely measured and executed with pinpoint accuracy.

He looked at Lin Xingyu and said, "Little friend, what are you doing here? Who are you looking for?"

"You must have come to the right place to take the test." Lin Xingyu said as he took out the black invitation letter.

When the young man saw the invitation letter that Lin Xingyu took out, he understood something and took Lin Xingyu's invitation letter to take a look.

"So you are here to take the reserve assessment. You look quite like me. Come with me." The young man didn't waste any words and led Lin Xingyu in directly.

After entering the gate, the young man took Lin Xingyu to an elevator. The elevator moved very quickly and Lin Xingyu felt that the elevator had descended at least a hundred meters.

I suddenly felt a knot in my mouth that I couldn't get out. Are all of you organizations so fond of digging holes? Are you all groundhogs?

The Tang Sect and the Holy Spirit Cult have dug a network beneath Tiandou City. Shrek City is also covered in various structures. It seems Mingdu is also full of these things. Don't worry about someone digging up your underground vault and taking all your treasures. Lin Xingyu followed the young man through the underground passage, which was surrounded by silver metal. Lin Xingyu followed the young man for over half an hour, passing one turn after another and seeing many busy workers along the way. Lin Xingyu was shocked. It seemed like they had dug an underground world beneath the entire Mingdu!
Seeing this, Lin Xingyu became puzzled and asked, "This is our first meeting, and I haven't passed the assessment yet. Isn't it a bit inappropriate to bring me to such a secret base?"

Upon hearing this, the young man gave Lin Xingyu a strange look and said, "Different invitation letters have different meanings. Yours indicates that you were invited because of your outstanding talent in mecha design. For talents like you, the main test is to go through a process to see your potential in other areas. Even if you're a mess in combat, you'll still be invited to join. Of course, if you perform better in other areas, you'll be valued more by the organization and receive better benefits."

"Generally, geniuses in combat training will undergo a preliminary assessment up there. I will only bring them down after they pass the assessment."

"And my name is Duanmu Yan, and my martial soul is Flame Dragon Armor. I just looked at your information, and I have to say, we are really quite similar." Having said that, Duanmu Yan raised the soul guide in his hand, and the soul guide screen displayed Lin Xingyu's detailed information.

After hearing the young man's explanation, Lin Xingyu finally decided that it made sense. Sure enough, it was impossible to just drag anyone into such a secret base. There must be certain assessment requirements.

"Brother Yan, can you tell me a little bit about the assessment method?" Lin Xingyu said familiarly.

"Even in a survival battle, the better you perform, the higher the evaluation will be. I can't tell you the specific details, but you should still have some expectations. As soul masters, we respect strength after all." Duanmu Yan said generously.

"What's the difference between this and not saying anything?" Lin Xingyu rolled his eyes in his heart.

Finally, Duanmu Yan brought Lin Xingyu to a stop at a silver gate. Duanmu Yan took out a card and swiped it. With a "beep", the gate opened.

"Let's go, your entrance examination is here."

Duanmu Yan walked in first, and Lin Xingyu followed behind.

What came into view was one soul guide screen after another, with a metal platform next to it.

There was already a staff member standing in the room. Seeing Duanmu Yan leading Lin Xingyu in, he said, "Is this another person coming to take the test? Give me the invitation letter, and you go stand on the metal platform."

Duanmu Yan smiled and said to Lin Xingyu: "Go, that will be your last test."

Now that he had come here, Lin Xingyu no longer hesitated and walked towards the metal platform.

Just as he stood still on the metal platform, he suddenly felt a familiar force coming, and Lin Xingyu suddenly felt dizzy.

With a flash of light, Lin Xingyu disappeared from the spot.

Lin Xingyu carefully sensed this and realized it was the familiar space teleportation. That's right, the Federation's technology was years ahead of the rest of the world.

Although the Tang Sect claims to have advanced soul guidance technology, there is still a big gap compared to the Temple of War God, which has the support of the entire Sun-Moon Federation. After all, the Sun-Moon Federation was originally founded with this set of technology.

"Old Wei, how long do you think he can last in there?" Duanmu Yan said, looking at the man working.

"Considering his age, he will be out in no more than two hours. How come this newcomer can bring some surprises?" said Wei Jingming, who was operating the instrument.

(End of this chapter)