I created a safe zone in the nightmare world.

Shi An had heard many legends about Tiannan City.

Rumor has it that Tiannan City possesses several wonders, and while the three cities of Baijiang can only barely defend themselves, Tiannan City has already begun research on multiple projects. These include artificially interfering with supernatural rituals, the development of cursed firearms, and so on.

Some projects are just starting, while others have already achieved some results.

Shi An had heard all of this from Long Xingzhou.

However, these are all news items from more than half a year ago.

at this time,

Hearing that the Ark was about to arrive in the Tiannan City region, Shi An also switched his perspective to that direction.

The Ark of Salvation began to slow down and gradually descend.

Passing through the gray clouds that resembled the tides, the scene before us gradually became clear.

Shi An immediately noticed something was wrong...

"The fog here... is too thin!"

That's right, not strong, but weak!

Tian Hua and the others also noticed this strange phenomenon.

They were residents of the Ark, this "mobile camp," and had been to many places in the nightmare. The density of the gray fog did indeed vary from place to place.

But it's not that sparse.

At this moment, through the thin gray fog, one could see many traces of human activity.

A watchtower stands on the ground, its yellow searchlight sweeping left and right. Around it, some weapons that look like machine guns and cannons can also be seen.

Shi An thought to himself:

"Baijiang City also has machine guns that can be loaded with cursed bullets, but there are not many of them and they cannot be brought into the Nightmare World."

"The Ark Salvation Society has indeed developed a cursed firearm that can be brought into the nightmare world, but it is only a small firearm."

Tiannan City is different.

Machine guns and cannons have already been installed in the Nightmare Wilderness camp.

This indicates that the overall structure and operation of these "modern weapons" are consistent with the nightmare world itself.

"As expected of the provincial capital, Tiannan City truly boasts a wealth of talented individuals!"

Tian Hua and his companions, however, focused their attention on the fields that had been cultivated in the nightmare wilderness, some distance away.

These fields look somewhat eerie at first glance, with "flesh fields" growing there that wriggle like living creatures.

But Tian Hua was a scholar who specialized in this field, and he could tell that apart from their rather strange appearance, these fleshy fields probably had advantages: they grew quickly and contained high nutritional value.

"That's impressive. I definitely need to learn from the experts in Tiannan City when I have the chance."

After the Ark lowered its altitude, it made no attempt to hide and hovered directly a few kilometers away from the outpost.

On the ark, Tian Hua was in charge of management and research.

Defense and patrols are the responsibility of the security zone's patrol teams.

The patrol teams operate on a rotation system, with three patrol teams taking turns to be stationed on duty.

Today, the third patrol team is stationed here, led by Wu Feng, along with two extraordinary powerhouses and over twenty elite Dream Fallers. At this moment,

After discussing it with Tian Hua, Wu Feng selected several Dream Fallers and personally led them to the distant outpost camp.

Although it was still a few kilometers away from the outpost, the surrounding terrain was flat and open, and the Ark could not see much of the eeriness from above. It wouldn't take the group long to cross this distance.

"This camp doesn't look special, but looking around, there are quite a few outposts nearby. It's no wonder it's called Tiannan City."

He was amazed.

Compared to a behemoth like Tiannan City, their previous deer camp was like a speck of dust.

One is a super power that can continue to grow and set up numerous camps.

One was a small, weak camp where even survival was difficult.

But now he is a member of the safe zone.

In terms of size and scale, the safe zone can't compare to Tiannan City, but Wu Feng doesn't think his own safe zone is inferior.

Just like here, Tiannan City has established many outposts, which is a testament to its financial resources and strength.

Didn't they also establish numerous camps in their safe zone? These camps even spanned the Nightmare Region, spreading from Baijiang City all the way to Tiannan City.

After calming himself down, Wu Feng paid a visit and explained his purpose.

There were no Transcendent Realm experts stationed at this outpost, because there were too many camps around Tiannan City. This was just a simple sentry post. But soon, a rumbling sound came from afar.

An extraordinary being arrived at the outpost camp riding some kind of jet-powered flying monster.

"I am Chen Qiuyue, a commander of the Fourth Regiment of the Tiannan City Defense Legion."

"Wu Feng, from the safe zone."

Commander Chen Qiuyue thought about it carefully, but couldn't figure out which faction controlled this safe zone.

He didn't mind and remained enthusiastic.

After all, in this nightmare world, forces can be destroyed at any time, but new forces can also be born.

Even Tiannan City couldn't know all the forces that existed in this world; after all, the Nightmare World was too vast, and the transmission of information was far too difficult. On the other hand, Tiannan City was the strongest and most renowned force in this Nightmare World, and also represented the Great Xia government. If any forces formed by the people of Great Xia encountered difficulties, they would immediately turn to Tiannan City for help, and as long as the demands weren't too unreasonable, Tiannan City would provide assistance. If any powerful individuals wished to join Tiannan City, they were warmly welcomed unless they had committed heinous crimes.

Wu Feng said, "Our airship in the safe zone is still parked outside. We came here this time to discuss some cooperation and business with Tiannan City." Wu Feng wasn't making excuses.

There are many experts and scholars engaged in research on the Ark. They came here to find an opportunity to learn about the advanced technology of Tiannan City.

The store manager was very supportive of this.

In addition, the store manager also wants to purchase a large quantity of precious medicines from Tiannan City.

Wu Feng had just seen it from the Ark: many special fields had been cultivated in Tiannan City, which likely contained precious medicinal herbs. Shi An's purchase of these herbs was naturally for the purpose of extracting their pure essence.

In addition, he also needed to purchase some precious medicines for refining stimulant potions. He was most likely to find them in Tiannan City.

"Besides, we should also try to find out how much Tiannan City knows about the Nightmare World when we have the chance."

To outsiders, the safe zone is unfathomable, and there must be a large, long-established rear base there as well.

But Shi An's own family knows their own affairs best.

His safe zone was really only established a few months ago, and he started from scratch entirely.

The safe zone has reached its current scale entirely thanks to his meticulous and diligent management as the store manager, as well as a few strokes of genius. He needs to know more.

Unlike Baijiang, Tiannan City is confined to a remote corner and may be able to reap considerable rewards.

Shi An began to look forward to it.

On the other side, Chen Qiuyue, the commander of Tiannan City, led by Wu Feng, headed towards the Ark docking point a few kilometers away.

Commander Chen was initially puzzled as to why the caravan in the safe zone was stopped so far away, and he became secretly on guard.

until,

We walked to a point where we were less than a kilometer away from the ark.

"Look, Commander!"

A dreamer from Tiannan City stared wide-eyed.

In the distance, as if the clouds had just been blown away, an enormous ark, even larger than an aircraft carrier, hovered quietly just tens of meters above the ground.

It resembles a floating island.

This is the flying boat you were talking about? This is more like a mobile town!

Even though Commander Chen was from the south and had seen a lot, he still considered most outsiders to be from the countryside...

He had never seen such a massive ark before.

"A...spectacle?"

"That's right, this is one of the wonders that our safe zone possesses, the 'Ark of Salvation'."

Wu Feng said proudly.

Several Dreamers from Tiannan City exclaimed in amazement. Although they had been enthusiastic before, they had inevitably looked down on outsiders. But now, the contempt in their eyes and the arrogance in their hearts had vanished by ninety percent.

This massive ark can fly, and it seems capable of navigating freely and quickly through the Nightmare Wilderness... Just a simple thought made Commander Chen realize the ark's immeasurable value.

But he had never heard of such an ark before.

Is it a newborn wonder?

The "Ark Salvation Society" is indeed not well-known. Its name is only widely known in Baijiang City, and its activities are limited to the three cities of Baijiang, Lindong, and Chongshan.

Those who actually see the Ark of Tribulation are even fewer.

This resulted in a situation where, although rumors circulated in Baijiang that "the Ark Salvation Society possessed a wonder, a mobile camp," no one knew what that wonder was or what the camp looked like.

Today, the Ark can not only travel long distances quickly and steadily from Baijiang City to Tiannan City, but it has also carried out missions such as transporting survivors and transporting extraordinary soldiers.

Not to mention that, without the need for concealment, the progress of each research project on the Ark has been several times faster than before.

Tian Hua angrily cursed Ming Guang more than once, saying that he had wasted this precious spectacle.

Shi An did understand to some extent.

Because Mingguang was too weak, he was afraid that the Ark would be spied on, and that once it was exposed to the eyes of the top powers, the Ark would be taken away.

But waste is also a fact.

Otherwise, possessing such a rare wonder as the Ark would be an incredible advantage compared to other faction leaders. Yet, after all this time, the Ark Salvation Society remains limited in size.

quickly,

Commander Chen and several dreamers from Tiannan City boarded the Ark of Salvation.

They saw several experimental fields on the ark, as well as one strange tower after another, which made them even more awe-inspiring.

"This is definitely not a simple force!"

"Moreover, the Ark is not the safe zone itself, but merely one of the wonders controlled by the safe zone."

Thinking of this, Commander Chen said, "I cannot make a decision regarding your proposal. Please allow me to report to my superiors."

"Of course."

About an hour later, a very important figure in Tiannan City arrived.

"Let me introduce you," Commander Chen said. "This is Garrison Commander Jiang, the person in charge of our Yuanyang Base in Tiannan City."

"My name is Jiang Xun, and I welcome you all on behalf of Tiannan City."

Jiang Xun was a man in his thirties. He walked with a powerful stride, his eyes gleaming with golden light, and faint crackles of lightning could be seen flickering within them. He was clearly a Transcendent Great Perfection expert!

"You're too kind, Commander Jiang. I'm Tian Hua, and I'm currently in charge of the affairs on this ark under the trust of the shopkeeper."

At Jiang Xun's invitation, the ark slowly flew towards the heart of Tiannan City.

Upon truly entering the Tiannan City area, Tian Hua, Wu Feng, and the others were even more shocked.

Watchtowers stand tall on the land, camps are scattered one after another, and several railway tracks connect some of the camps.

"So, you people from Tiannan City have completely cleaned up the surrounding area?"

Tian Hua was amazed.

Town Chief Jiang laughed and said, "That's right. About half a year ago, our Tiannan City fought a major battle with the surrounding strange forces and was lucky enough to win and pacify the areas around Tiannan City. Thanks to this, the development of our Tiannan City in the past six months has been much faster. We can catch up with a year or even two years in just six months."

Tian Hua thought for a moment and then inquired about the extraordinary rituals and other projects being researched in Tiannan City.

Upon learning of the close relationship between the safe zone and Baijiang City, Jiang Xun's smile widened.

"Captain Long from Baijiang, I saw him when he came here last time, but that was more than half a year ago."

Jiang Xun said, "In the past six months, Tiannan City has made rapid progress, and many projects have indeed made breakthrough progress. Take the extraordinary ritual project for example. We have developed a method for anchoring extraordinary rituals. The danger of extraordinary rituals after anchoring is greatly reduced. The disadvantage is that it takes a little longer, but that is not a problem at all."

These were not things that needed to be hidden, and Jiang Xun spoke openly about them.

He explained that the research direction of the Extraordinary Ritual Project is "leaning towards the present world"—before the era of the city's fall, Extraordinary Ritual was not that difficult, and it was mostly rituals such as "swinging a sword ten thousand times" or "enduring six hours in a frozen environment".

This kind of ritual is what they want to anchor Tiannan City to.

Today, while the breakthrough is still not as easy as it was before the City Collapse era, it is much easier now.

"And this too."

Jiang Xun pointed into the distance.

On the earth, a huge figure is patrolling.

That's a mecha!

It is predominantly black, incorporating many nightmare materials, and is a mecha piloted by a Dream Faller in the Refinement stage!

"This is an extraordinary mech!"

"With just one Dreamer at the Refinement stage piloting it, the mech can unleash extraordinary power!"

"Although the production of extraordinary mechs in Tiannan City is still relatively small at present, the manufacturing cost of extraordinary mechs will definitely be reduced in the near future. At that time, it will not be impossible to directly mass-produce extraordinary combat forces."

Jiang Xun was also filled with pride when he said this.

They in Tiannan City had always harbored the idea of ​​launching a counterattack against Nightmare. Although it was difficult, learning some information from the Traveler Civilization strengthened their resolve in some of their plans.

Upon hearing about the extraordinary mecha, both Wu Feng and Tian Hua were surprised.

But after gaining a general understanding of the manufacturing costs of the extraordinary mechs, Tian Hua discovered...

"The mechs are nice, but they're too expensive!"

"Furthermore, Tiannan City uses superhuman mechs to mass-produce superhuman combat power, but it seems our safe zone can also mass-produce superhuman combat power." "Just recently, new superhumans are being born in the safe zone every day, sometimes two or three superhumans break through in a single day!"

Tian Hua didn't know much about the members of the Security Zone, but he was very familiar with the Security Zone's core patrol team.

At the beginning, many patrol team members were only at the second level of the Refinement Realm, and some were even at the first level of the Refinement Realm.

Now, almost everyone is at the third level of the Refinement Realm.

Several people have already advanced to the extraordinary level, and there are a few more, a dozen more, who say they are also confident of breaking through and that it won't take long.

What else could this be but a mass-produced superhuman?

The extraordinary combat power of Tiannan City is still a mecha without "potential".

The extraordinary individuals in their safe zone are truly extraordinary.

Tian Hua wasn't saying that the extraordinary mechs were bad; they were a revolutionary technology. It's just that their safe zone's training technology was even more advanced, a true beacon of civilization.

Therefore, Tian Hua was only shocked for a short while before calming down.

This surprised Jiang Xun somewhat.

Before long, the ark arrived near Tiannan City.

Looking up from here, you can vaguely see the reflection of a city, like a mirage.

That is "Tiannan Appears in the World".

Wu Feng, Tian Hua, and the others are all lost souls, but there are earthly treasures on the Ark.

Carrying the Worldly Jewel, they can briefly enter Tiannan City.

Shi An also sent Li Feng, as the true representative of the safe zone and his eyes and ears, into Tiannan City.

Shi An has certainly been to Tiannan City.

Today's Tiannan City is not much different from what he remembers; it is a modern and bustling metropolis.

Like Baijiang and Lindong City, Tiannan City also frequently faces the invasion of nightmares and the impact of gray fog tides.

Because Tiannan City is larger and has a denser population, it experiences nightmarish invasions far more frequently than Baijiang City. According to Jiang Xun, it's common for the city to experience more than a dozen invasions a day.

As their convoy drove from the suburbs into the city, they came across a disaster that was being dealt with.

But Shi An discovered...

The information blockade regarding disasters and nightmares in Tiannan City doesn't seem to be very tight.

On the road, there seemed to be quite a few Dreamers carrying a chilling aura!

Lifeng has a very keen sense of perception.

Li Feng acted as the mouth for asking the questions.

"Mr. Li has a keen eye. That's right, our Tiannan City has also made breakthroughs in the research on stabilizing the present world, but this is done with the help of high-level magical artifacts, which are difficult to replicate."

Jiang Zhenshou was also somewhat surprised.

In the last two months, Tiannan City has only begun large-scale screening and training of new Dream Fallers.

The number of Dreamers in the city is not very large yet, but Li Feng saw it at a glance.

Subsequently, through Jiang Zhenshou's introduction, Li Feng and Tian Hua visited Director Dai of the Tiannan Countermeasures Bureau and proposed purchasing a large quantity of precious medicines. Their safe zone was not lacking in Dream Crystals.

Tiannan City also attaches great importance to such a big deal.

"This force called the Safe Zone is quite wealthy!"

After securing this major deal, the higher-ups in Tiannan City became even more enthusiastic.

After hearing about the unique nature of the Ark Wonder, Director Dai also proposed to cooperate with the Safe Zone on some transportation matters.

After all, their Tiannan City also has some mobile camps or flying vehicles.

But none of them can compare to the Ark.

This is a spectacle!

It might not even be an ordinary spectacle!

No matter how well humans create things, they can never compare to wonders.

However, he was unsure whether the safe zone would agree to it.

Many forces place too much importance on wonders and wish they could hide them away completely.

Director Dai understood but felt helpless.

If the wonders of all the major powers could be made public and shared among them, human development would certainly be much faster.

Their Tiannan City's wonders are open to the public, but of course, there's a fee.

Tian Hua said, "Director Dai, I cannot give a direct answer regarding cooperation, but we have many other projects in our safe zone that I believe you would be interested in."