After being reborn, I was turned into a slave girl by a princess.

"Hmm, but it's not quite the same as the one we saw last time. This is the first time I've ever been to a gap city of this size."

"!"

"Judging from the dim lights, the city seems to be abandoned. But if it were truly abandoned, it wouldn't be so well preserved; it would be like the other buildings we've encountered along the way, broken and in ruins."

Lianlan looked into the distance, her eyes filled with doubt.

Bai Ye leaned against the glass and said in disbelief, "H-How could this be? It didn't look like this when I came here last time."

"what?"

"At that time, I had never seen such a huge city before; it was just a sticky mess—Senior Elusia told me to leave, but..."

"Baiye, we evacuated in the middle of the night, and it was a very tense time..."

Zhou Mixue also came over and said analytically, "Is it possible that the city was originally here, and we just didn't see it clearly?"

"Okay, that seems to be the case."

……

Neither Bai Ye nor Zhou Mixue could get a definite answer.

Lonnies was even more worried... She didn't know what awaited her, but since the city was here, they couldn't retreat.

As the time machine slowly approached the city...

A series of urgent sounds spread from the city.

Like a horn used for announcements, the sound was urgent and sharp, startling the girls who thought their whereabouts had been discovered.

But then...

……

A new day has begun; the fogging system is activated.

……

A ding-dong sound.

Not only did the streetlights illuminate the city, but the buildings also shone with dazzling brilliance.

The light not only illuminated the surface but also dispelled the thick, sun-obscuring fog that blanketed the vast sea. Doors in the apartment buildings opened, and all sorts of people emerged from within…

They were dressed in suits, looking like ordinary office workers.

Some of them were wearing police uniforms and looked like police officers on their way to maintain order.

Some of them were wearing school uniforms and carrying backpacks on their backs.

They included housewives wearing dresses who appeared to be going to the supermarket.

……

……

Although the scene looked lively, both Lonnie and the girls gasped in surprise.

Because of these people...

The speed and posture of their advance are exactly the same!

Moreover, although there are many types and professions of pedestrians, you can see a pedestrian with almost identical clothing and face from a distance of more than ten meters.

For example, there was a man in a suit carrying a black briefcase... 30 meters behind him, there was another man in a suit who looked exactly the same, except that his briefcase was brown.

Perhaps her companions had never seen such a scene before, but Lonnies was all too familiar with this situation!

That's what NPCs in open-world game cities look like!

Even from just a brief glimpse, the pedestrians were all remarkably different.

However, if you observe carefully, you will find that the crowd consists of people with similar faces, and you will see the same pedestrians again and again not far away.

But that was in the virtual world.

But we're in the real world now.

How could such a game-like scene appear?

Lonnies felt a deep fear, just like before; she was even afraid that the world she was in was a lie.

However, at this very moment...

"Everyone, look over there! There's someone over there who's even stranger."

"Uh?!"

Following Zhou Suling's direction, Lonnies looked over and discovered that there was a man walking on the street.

He looked to be around forty years old, and his skin was dark as if it had been exposed to the sun—in terms of skin color, he stood out from the people around him.

But what's even more bizarre is that he was wearing a woman's outfit.

A red plaid dress, chunky, somewhat out-of-place high heels... The man looked around helplessly, his eyes filled with confusion and fear.

But then, as if threatened, he quickly ran forward. After running into a building, he disappeared from sight.

"What exactly is going on with that person?"

Just as Lonnies was completely confused, Baiye suddenly discovered something.

"Sister Lonnies, he's not a doll!"

"Huh? It's not a doll..."

Lornish was taken aback. If Bai Ye said that, it meant...

……

"Hmm, Baiye can sense that those beings other than men seem to be puppets made of machines, just like me."

Chapter 71 Delving into the City

If these residents were all dolls, then Lonnie's mood calmed down considerably.

Oh, right...

Didn't I go to the Interstellar City before? Do I know how it works?

If architecture can mimic human appearance, then the creation of dolls might not be so strange—many people look alike in order to reduce costs.

But what about that man?

Why is he dressed in women's clothing and behaving so strangely?

Just as Lonnie was about to set sail to investigate...

……

"Alarm! Alarm! Ancient weapon detected. Must be eliminated."

"what!"

The alarm sounded from within the city.

Immediately afterwards, several searchlights shone from the city, all focusing on the Time Shuttle's hull.

(Have they been discovered?)

Lornes was trying to figure out what to do to evade detection, but then...

Roar!

From the darkness came the cry of a monster.

In an instant, Lianlan moved even closer and whispered, "Be careful, it's the Tide Dragon."

"Uh?!"

……

Accompanied by the sound waves of distance, a jet-black dragon emerged from the shadows.

Although its shape is very similar to the sea dragon in Eastern legends, with a snake-like body and four pairs of claws.

However, part of its body is made of metal.

Its sharp spine looked like a blade that could easily cut through rocks, and beneath the dragon scales covering its entire body, a deep blue light faintly emanated.

"Everyone be careful, prepare for battle!"

"Roger that!"

……

As expected of one of the Nian beasts, the oppressive power of the Tide Dragon is simply unmatched by ordinary creatures—its length has exceeded 100 meters. Keep in mind that even the blue whale, a giant of the ocean, is only about 30 meters long.

With just a twist of its body, it can stir up towering waves; with just a slight tilt to one side, it can overturn a piece of rubble.

Lonnies tried to swerve the ship to avoid the attack of the Tide Dragon.

But then...

A ball of black light condensed at the mouth of the Tide Dragon.

"Little Luo, be careful! It uses this method to suck us into its stomach!"

"Um"

The black light was like a black hole, making the surrounding scenery dim and lifeless.

but……

On the time-traveling ship, however, a luminous pearl was obtained!

Seemingly detecting the presence of the Tidal Dragon, the luminous pearl suddenly emitted a milky white light.

The light was not dazzling, and it was nothing compared to the size of the Tide Dragon... but after the Night Pearl took effect, the Tide Dragon seemed to be affected, and its body trembled.

Although it seemed that the luminous pearl could not cause any real damage to the tidal dragons, the dragons seemed to abandon the time machine and flew straight to one side.

They were very fast, and in the blink of an eye, they disappeared into the thick fog again.