62: Call for help

For the rest of the day, Ya Ya kept taking Liu Jiangyi around the City.

Everything he saw completely refreshed Liu Jiangyi's worldview.

Hanshan City, apart from lacking technological products, was almost identical to human society.

All kinds of official institutions, vendors, schools, and so on, were readily available.

Moreover, the people here were not the bloodthirsty figures Liu Jiangyi had imagined.

In the past few decades,

in Liu Jiangyi's mind, Dimensional Beings were supposed to be terrifying.

They delighted in killing humans and sought to destroy Blue Star.

But now, it seemed quite peaceful here.

They ate ordinary animal meat; there was no mention of cannibalism.

Humans were not uncommon in Hanshan City, most of them were pets, and some were treated as household slaves.

Although human lives were cheap here, there was no phenomenon of wanton slaughter of humans.

In fact, the public order here and the smiles on people's faces were far better and more numerous than in City 39.

No wonder Ya Ya didn't dare to kill anyone.

After all, growing up in such a peaceful and comfortable environment, and being the City Lord's daughter, showered with affection,

she didn't even dare to kill a chicken.

By evening, Liu Jiangyi had already been outfitted with several sets of clothes, including cloth long robes and animal skin short skirts; his hair had even been braided into dreadlocks, making him look very similar to a Beastman.

"Mm-hmm, not bad, not bad, this looks good!"

Ya Ya circled Liu Jiangyi a few times, nodding in satisfaction, as if admiring a work of art she had personally created.

...

City 39.

At this moment, City 39 appeared calm, but its high-ranking officials were already in a state of chaos.

News of a Class B Dimensional Being appearing in the Dimensional Trial Grounds had already been reported through layers of command.

Beside the Teleportation Array.

Shen Wanqian and a gloomy-faced man stared blankly at the Teleportation Array before them.

"A Class B Dimensional Being, this is a huge matter! If it breaks through the Teleportation Array and comes to City 39, all of us will die!"

The gloomy-faced man said in a deep voice.

He was none other than the City Lord of City 39, Jian San!

"The matter has already been reported to the Upper City; they should send people to deal with it," Shen Wanqian's tone was equally heavy.

Boom!

Just then, the Teleportation Array suddenly lit up with a red glow.

"They're here!"

Shen Wanqian watched the red light excitedly.

After the red light dissipated, more than a dozen figures appeared on the Teleportation Array.

This group of people was arrogant, each one looking imperious.

They strode towards Jian San and Shen Wanqian, and each person exuded a Qi that was even stronger than Jian San's!

Martial Arts Grandmasters!

They were all Martial Arts Grandmasters!

"Jian San, City Lord of City 39, greets all the esteemed Grandmasters from the Upper City."

"Hmm," the leading man waved his hand and said indifferently, "You said a Class B Dimensional Being was found in City 39's Dimensional Trial Grounds, right?"

Jian San turned slightly to look at Shen Wanqian.

"That's right!" Shen Wanqian quickly stepped forward and bowed, "Your subordinate discovered the Qi of a Class B Dimensional Being in a strange place."

"Good, we've noted the situation; we will handle this matter."

With that, the man turned and walked towards the Teleportation Array.

"Well..." Jian San hesitated, wanting to speak.

"Anything else?" The man looked back at Jian San, his posture arrogant.

Jian San respectfully said, "The sudden appearance of a Class B Dimensional Being in City 39 might indicate an anomaly. With City 39's current strength, we might not be able to guard this Teleportation Array."

"So... I want to request that the Upper City send people to assist in guarding it, if possible?"

"Hmph!" The man snorted coldly, "If you can't even guard a mere low-level Dimensional Trial Grounds, then what use is your City 39 to our Great Xia?"

With that, the man ignored Jian San and, taking his people, stepped onto the Teleportation Array and departed.

Jian San's face was extremely grim.

Shen Wanqian sighed and comforted him, "The Upper City has its plans; they definitely won't let us fall into danger."

"I hope so," Jian San sighed, his voice bitter, "These past years, the Upper City Grandmasters have come to City 39 less and less often."

"Actually, I have a faint feeling."

"What feeling?" Shen Wanqian asked.

Jian San said in a deep voice, "City 39 might become... a discarded piece..."

Thump!

Shen Wanqian's heart trembled, and an ineffable sense of fear emerged in his mind.

It was said that Great Xia once had a total of 108 cities, guarding 108 Dimensional Trial Groundss of Great Xia.

However, five hundred years ago, a great catastrophe suddenly descended.

Dimensional Storms erupted simultaneously in the Dimensional Trial Groundss, and massive numbers of Dimensional Beings poured out, destroying more than thirty cities.

Humanity was on the brink of collapse.

At a critical moment, Great Xia decided to abandon a portion of the cities to preserve the rest of humanity.

It was after that, that City 39 became the lowest-ranking city.

And from then on, what was once a vibrant wilderness became a paradise for Dimensional Beings.

Humans could no longer step half a pace outside the tall city walls, only able to communicate through Teleportation Arrays between cities.

And as the lowest-ranking City 39,

unless the Upper City actively opened the Teleportation Array to reach City 39,

City 39 had no authority to unilaterally go to the Upper City.

It wasn't that City 39's Teleportation Array couldn't go to the Upper City, otherwise, those Upper City people wouldn't be able to return.

This was merely a prohibition imposed by the Upper City on City 39.

Aside from those they permitted to go, anyone who dared to go without authorization would be annihilated!

The words "discarded piece" seemed distant.

But when these two words appeared again, Shen Wanqian couldn't help but feel fear.

Once City 39 became a discarded piece,

most of them would die.

Because the Upper City would absolutely not allow so many people to go to the Upper City.

This was an iron rule!

...

Hanshan City.

War drums rumbled, and banners fluttered.

The clear blue sky was covered with a gloomy aura, and the entire City was filled with a murderous atmosphere.

"What happened?"

Liu Jiangyi asked, looking at Ya Ya, who had rushed back to the small courtyard.

This was Ya Ya's residence, a small courtyard located near the City Lord's Mansion.

Ya Ya frowned and said, "I don't know either. Father refused to see me and told Sister Qing Snake to tell me not to run around and to stay obediently in the courtyard."

"Is this your first time encountering such a situation?" Liu Jiangyi asked, puzzled.

"Yes," Ya Ya nodded, "In a hundred years, I have never encountered a situation like this."

A hundred years!?

Liu Jiangyi's eyes widened.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Ya Ya rolled her eyes, annoyed.

"Uh... nothing, I just didn't expect you to be so old."

"Old?" Ya Ya shrugged, "My father is over a thousand years old. The lowest-cultivated members of our Beast King Clan can live for a thousand years; it's nothing."

That fierce?

Liu Jiangyi gasped.

Compared to the Beast King Clan, humans were indeed too weak.

Even if they achieved the rank of Martial Arts Grandmaster, human lifespan would not exceed two hundred years.