This time I chose Paladin.

Chapter 74 What kind of network are you connected to? ! !
T6-C3510 is a comprehensive living city and the closest pre-civilized city to Langcheng.

The city was eerily quiet.

The streets are paved with neat stone bricks, and the buildings on both sides are neither too high nor too low. The beige walls and brown floor tiles complement each other, creating a peaceful and warm atmosphere. The doors and windows on both sides of the road are closed, and the clean glass reflects the blue sky.

The black railway lights stood straight, the traffic lights changed as usual, but there was no traffic at the intersection, no footsteps on the sidewalk. The awnings of the cafes hung quietly, the tables clean as new; the park benches were empty, and the swings were motionless, yet it felt as if someone had just pushed them.

In the distant city center, a tall tower stands, its glass curtain wall reflecting the flowing clouds.

The elevators might still be running, the observation deck might still be rotating, but no tourists were pressing buttons, and no staff were on duty in the control room. The signal lights at the top of the tower flickered, like some kind of regular breathing, but no one responded.

The whole city seemed to be paused, leaving only buildings, streets and silent sunshine.

Nie Weiyang stepped onto the stone bricks.

Nie Weiyang had been here once in his previous life, but only once - so he didn't really know the map of the city very well. He only knew that it contained most of the common facilities.

Including shelters.

Yes, there's a shelter here. It's numbered '3539' and its type is 'Speed'. Passing the test rewards Agility and Endurance. Nie Weiyang had come here to farm this shelter for the initial rewards.

Now, there is no one else in the city.

Among this generation of humans, Nie Weiyang was the first to enter this place. As he stepped inside, the wind blew up a few leaves and gently dropped them at the other end of the street. The long pause ended, and everything restarted.

He quickly climbed up a small residential building, scanning the surroundings and comparing them with his mental image. Soon, he had a rough map in his mind and looked toward the distant towers in the city center.

This tall tower is like a silver sword, piercing straight into the sky. At the center of the tower is a column surrounded by a glass curtain wall. As it rises in height, it gradually narrows and finally turns into a sharp apex. The outer periphery is reinforced by eight staggered steel frames, which emit a cold metallic luster in the sun.

The middle section of the tower is surrounded by several protruding platforms, which are densely covered with disc-shaped satellite antennas and spider-web-like signal transmitters. Higher up, a row of red warning lights flash regularly, and the red light is hard to ignore regardless of day or night.

As early as last night, Nie Weiyang had already seen it from a distance on the mountain, but he hadn't entered it at night. After nightfall, the entire tower would be illuminated by spotlights at its base, its steel frame outlining sharp geometric lines in the darkness, becoming the most striking landmark in the entire city. And in this city that could accommodate millions of people, no fewer than twenty [CSSS-Cordons] would be deployed around the tower. They would crisscross the streets between districts, patrolling endlessly until dawn.

The most important thing is that as long as the combat state of a cordon is triggered, the tower will continuously refresh new cordons and may even release other attacks.

Nie Weiyang was confident that he wouldn't trigger the cordon if he entered the city at night, but why bother? He wasn't interested in infrastructure that only opened at night. Wouldn't it be better to just rest outside the city and come in openly during the day?
Nie Weiyang rode his bicycle through the long street towards the tower.

Under the gaze of the azure sky and white clouds, the empty city was filled with only the sound of spinning bicycle chains. The feeling of being watched lingered, but as Nie Weiyang approached the tower, it began to fade, then become intermittent. Finally, as Nie Weiyang reached the foot of the tower and ascended the first step, the Skywalker's sense of being watched vanished.

This is natural. The prying eyes of foreign demons will of course be blocked by local signal towers.

Yes, this tall tower is a signal tower, and its civilian name is 'City Voice Radio Station'.
The creature of the deceased wisdom. --
Listen to the voices and spread the truth.

The introduction was brief, but it said it all: the function of the City Voice was to gather the voices of the city's citizens, extract information, transform it into "truth," and then "broadcast" it. It was a massive reality-rewriting facility. However, control once rested with the city's residents, but now... at least not with humans like Nie Weiyang, who had arrived from another Earth.

In the new world, night is synonymous with danger. So, isn’t it normal that the sounds of the city at night also become dangerous?
Nie Weiyang came here to open the panoramic map of the C3510 city, a function that can only be activated through the City Voice host. Without this function, finding a car factory would be a hassle.

As he pushed open the door and entered the tower, the city's sounds faintly emanated, like the subtle hum of electricity flowing through metal, as if welcoming the arrival of another human. Nie Weiyang quickly walked towards the stairs, but after a few steps, he suddenly fell silent and looked towards the elevator.

In the previous life, these elevators were almost impossible to use unless you had a [CSSS Staff Serial Identification Card].

Without the certificate, outsiders will be expelled from the elevator and can only take the stairs... But there is another situation. If you already have a certificate or are eligible to have a certificate, you may be able to apply for a new identity certificate.

It wouldn't hurt to try it anyway, and there was no one watching around, so Nie Weiyang pressed the elevator button and got in.

The interior of this elevator is very spacious, and it has double doors at the front and back. He directly pressed the button for the top floor, which is the sightseeing floor. It is far away from the main unit located underground, but two floors down there is a staff operating terminal that is directly connected to the main unit.

A gentle female voice rang out in the elevator: "Hello, this elevator is reserved for urban residents in C3510. Your identity is not registered. Please show your CSSS employment certificate."

This voice is not AI, it is just a built-in voice.

"It's lost." Nie Weiyang said confidently, "You can get a replacement here, right?"

'Lost ID', 'Apply for a replacement'... After extracting these keywords, the gentle female voice was silent for a moment, then said, "Please wait, we are checking your registration information..."

Nie Weiyang actually didn't want it to find out anything, he just planned to try to temporarily obtain permission through other means.

This city had only just appeared. Unless it was connected to the outside world, his query wouldn't yield any real results. And as far as he knew, the world's internet servers hadn't been restarted yet, so it was impossible for these cities to be connected.

What he didn't expect was that after more than ten seconds, the female voice sounded again:
"…Query completed. Welcome to the T6-C3510 Comprehensive City, respected [Administrator No. ].

"Your access level is orange. You can access all non-core confidential areas within the city. Your ID is being reissued and will be delivered in ten minutes. You can operate the city's facilities without a ID. Enjoy your visit."

"..."

Nie Weiyang slowly raised his head and glanced at the camera in the elevator.

——You are really online.

This is not right! The server is not open. What network are you connected to? ! !
(End of this chapter)