novelThe Underground
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With Brook as the guide, Fei and his guard, Torres, went to the back mountain of Chambord.
Before Fei left with the troops half a year ago, he used his assassin character to set up a ton of magic traps in here, increasing the security of this crucial underground base.
Half a year had passed, and most of those magic traps expired. However, the security level of the back mountain was still high. Many of Cain and Akara's terrifying magic creations were implemented in this restricted area.
The small square and the building that led to the entrance of the underground cave disappeared.
In their place were large rocks that weighed over a ton each. There were a lot of mosses and dents on them, perfectly fitting in with the other rocks on the mountain. They looked like they had been there for thousands of years, and even a person with the best observational skills wouldn't be able to tell that these rocks were newly added.
The way to enter the underground cave now was through a teleportation array.
It was a part of Fei's planning, and Cain and Akara made it happen. A unique soul frequency identification system was added to the magic array. Now, only the people who had their soul frequencies recorded and authorized were able to use the teleportation array and get into the underground cave.
Otherwise, even powerful mages wouldn't be able to hack into the magic array. If anyone tried to do that, the teleportation array would self-detonate.
Therefore, this new setup guaranteed the safety of Chambord's top secrets.
Brook, Fei, and Torres' soul frequencies had been recorded, and they activated the teleportation array and entered the underground cave.
After a yellow energy flame and the feeling of being inside a spatial portal flashed by, Fei saw the very familiar underground corridor.
This corridor was about 2, 000 meters long, and it was connected to the underground cave that was now known as the [City of Heroes].
Different from before where it was gloomy and was barely lit up by the flames in braziers that were hanging off the crude walls, the corridor was now completely renovated.
The green-greyish walls were fixed and painted with a magic mixture, and it was now bright and shiny. It reflected the lights from the soft silver magic lanterns on the wall, making this corridor look like the corridor in a godly palace.
Now, there was a black gate every 100 meters, blocking the way.
Fei took a closer look and realized that they were made from [Demons' Remains] and ores known as [Black Stone Essence]. With dense magic runes engraved on them, it was clear that they were made by Cain and Akara as well. They were thick and immune to the attacks of people who were below the level of Six-Star. Fei lightly knocked one gate and realized that they could at least block one strike from a Full Moon Elite before getting destroyed; that gave the king a pleasant surprise.
A ton of precious materials was used here! As if a billionaire was feeding truffles and Champagne to a pig, it felt a little wasteful. If loads of [Demons' Remains] and [Black Stone Essences] weren't found deep inside the underground cave, Chambord wouldn't be able to afford this. In fact, even level 5 and level 6 empires wouldn't spend their resources like this.
Every single gate was guarded, and guards would only open the gates using unique mechanisms after confirming the identities.
These mechanisms were advanced, and they were from the [Demon King's Wisdom]. Their name was [Gods' Sign], meaning that even the gods would have to sign and feel powerless when faced with such mechanisms. Although it was a little exaggerated, it went to show how secure the mechanisms were.
After going through 19 gates, Fei, Brook, and Torres finally arrived at the [City of Heroes].
The king and his guard's eyes lit up; they felt like they arrived at a paradise.
The huge underground cave was completely redone. The walls were painted with that silver magic mixture, lighting this space up and making it feel like it was daytime. A lot of colorful gems and crystals were inlaid on the walls and added a bit of playfulness to it.
When Fei and Torres first walked through the last gate, they saw all kinds of trees, grasses, and flowers. They felt like they were in a beautiful divine forest when they then saw squirrels and butterflies, heard the chirps of birds and sound made by water fountains, and breathed in air that was even more refreshing than the outside world.
If the [City of Heroes] was a dusty and dirty prison half a year ago, then it was comparable to the paradise in the level 36 region at the Mythical Palace.
Several beautiful magic water fountains were situated in the four corners of the cave. The chilly water from the underground river was treated by a magic array and pulled into here, and the ear-pleasing sounds made by the flowing water added to the charm of this place.
There were now a ton of people inside the [City of Heroes], and the arrival of Fei instantly caught people's attention. A lot of people were excited, but they held their emotions in check. After waving and greeting, they quickly went back to their work.
'Hail the king' was chanted all over the place and at different volumes.
The reconstruction and renovation of Chambord was a huge project, and what happened so far was only the beginning.
Except for the students in the Civil and Military University, every person in here right now passed many tests, and they were the most talented and most loyal members of Chambord. With great pay and loads of honor, these people put their minds to their work 100%, and no one slacked off.
As Fei walked around and greeted the people whom he was either familiar or unfamiliar with, he continued the tour.
The underground cave was several hundred meters tall and looked like the inner space of a skyscraper. The walls of the underground cave were divided into 66 floors with many stone rooms on each floor. Half a year ago, manual pulleys and iron baskets were used to create basic elevators. Now, the magic teleportation arrays were everywhere and replaced them. A person could go from the first floor to the 66th floor in the blink of an eye.
This was the charm of magic technology.
A lot of mechanisms and setups in here were inspired by the items from Fei's previous life, and they were made by Cain and Akara using the information in [Demon King's Wisdom], the encyclopedia of magic technologies and magic principles.
Fei was the head architect of this place, and his way of thinking changed the [City of Heroes].
As he walked around, he quickly understood the use of the magic devices and mechanisms without having to hear it from Brook.
There were magic air conditioners that could change the temperature and humidity, magic vending machines that could provide people with all kinds of drinks, magic elevators that could teleport people between the 66 floors, magic radios that played the stories recorded by traveling poets, magic projectors that used divy crystals to play videos, and magic arcade machines that offered fun games...... Fei felt like he was inside a modern mall on Earth!
A lot of the devices and ideas were new to this world, and they were very efficient at what they did. They went above the current use of magic and the popular belief of mages which was to deal as much damage as possible. These were all unique designs, and they would catch a lot of attention in the outside world.
When looking at the things in front of him, an overwhelming sense of achievement overtook Fei's mind.
He finally left his own mark on this continent which was totally different from Earth! Without Fei's unique mind, Cain and Akara couldn't make these items even if they had [Demon King's Wisdom].
As Fei was thinking to himself, loud and ear-piercing beeping noises sounded.
"Attention! Attention! An unidentified person sneaked into the [City of Heroes]! Attention! Attention! An unidentified person sneaked into the [City of Heroes]! He is located......"
The loud warning was broadcasted, and everyone's expression changed.
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