Legend of the Cyber Heroes
Chapter 777 - 23 Vertical Market Segments

Chapter 777: Chapter 23 Vertical Market Segments

Jeanne lowered her body and quickly walked through a corridor.

The gravity on the Prime Deity Star was very weak, but it was still enough to shape itself almost spherically, maintaining a bit of gravity—specifically, about one twenty-sixth of Earth’s. You could still float down gently.

The main structure of the City of Ur was made of warship wreckage. Jeanne was now passing through an internal passage. The magnetic systems in her shoulders, elbows, and feet made her movements more stable. She continuously adjusted the magnetic field to generate a forward force. With her upper body still, a light tip of her toes could slide her forward ten meters.

"This really does bring back memories," Tumor Xiang Shan floated behind Jeanne and said, "Based on these remains, this warship was probably linked to the Emperor Shitian class lineage."

"Oh, I know, Xiang Shan died there," Jeanne unapologetically snapped back.

Tumor Xiang Shan’s frustration transmitted directly to Jeanne’s heart through the neural network.

A hundred years ago, this same path would have served as a passage for soldiers within the warship. Back then, random clutter blocking the corridors was probably prohibited. But there weren’t so many taboos now. The path was cluttered with various types of trash, obstructing most of the way. There was no consistency to the trash; some of it was metallic, some was simply polymer plastic. Some things were unrecognizable in shape, which would fly away at the slightest touch, and due to the buoyancy, would not fall for a long time.

After all, with gravity being one twenty-sixth of Earth’s, but the city-state’s population had created an internal environment with 0.7 standard atmospheres through collection and electrolysis—this was crucial for breathing for those not fully cyberized, and for heat dissipation for those who were fully cyberized.

Many things that would normally stay put on the ground on Earth would float in this city due to the air buoyancy.

Five minutes later, Jeanne had crossed this small road.

According to Xiang Shan’s understanding, the end of this small road would lead either to the soldiers’ dormitories or to a broader "internal defense area."

For modern ships, "strong individual martial power breaking through" was a very realistic problem.

"Narrow corridors" were simply the best battlefield for high-end martial powers. The area was narrow enough so enemies could not deploy their formations well. The defending side also had to be careful with the ship itself, not to start with heavy firepower. If the defenders’ use of heavy firepower caused any malfunction in the ship, the attacker’s tactical objective would be directly achieved.

It was for this reason that modern ships contained small spaces specifically aimed at intruders. Relatively more spacious, these areas could accommodate more defending soldiers, and important lines were specifically routed around these areas.

Ship designs against Martial Artists employed such relatively spacious "defense areas" to divide the entire ship into several zones. To move from one area to another, one must at least break through a "defense area."

The design of modern space ships’ "defense areas" evolved from the Usurper of the State’s early warships’ "social function spaces"/ "portside dwellings"/ "internal auditoriums." The Usurper of the State mainly used old naval design concepts, and these "defense areas," in non-war times, also served as spaces for soldier interaction and training.

—By the way, most soldiers actually preferred the ship’s local network.

But Jeanne saw no so-called "open area."

Because the path was "broken."

Or rather, the part of the ship where the path was located had been directly blown apart.

At the end of the small road, Jeanne saw a wall— that was the external armor of another warship. The broken path faced this piece of external armor. Jeanne walked to the edge. Beyond the exit of the small road was an area of steel that resembled a cliff.

But after all, the gravity here was less than one twenty-sixth of Earth’s. Such a cliff couldn’t kill anyone by falling.

Jeanne floated down lightly.

Below was a "marketplace." Many people had directly welded steel cables between the cliffs made of two pieces of warship wreckage, creating a marketplace perpendicular to the ground. Numerous goods hung in mid-air. Some abandoned cables skewed across the marketplace. For Benchmark Men, this was considered a "path."

In a low-gravity environment, this could be a path.

People like Jeanne, who descended from above, were rare. According to the nearby vendors, there were indeed several paths above—original ventilation ducts, cable passageways, soldier passageways, and yes, there were a few. But few people traveled those paths. Jeanne did draw some attention, but it quickly dwindled.

Jeanne naturally blended into the crowd browsing the market.

"Good, this escape route is confirmed too," Jeanne leaned on a booth that was doing safety maintenance, and like a few others, watched the stall owner with Inner Strength perform various "magic tricks." She whispered in her mind, "Now, can we consider the escape route secured...?"

"Hmm, basically," Tumor Xiang Shan nodded, "Don’t rush, take it step by step. First confirm the situation of some paths on the map yourself, to see if there are obstacles. Then figure out a way to blend into the ’officers’ residential area’..."

In a higher area, there was a section that used to be the officers’ dormitories. This was where the wealthier residents of Ur gathered.

The city-state government, meanwhile, occupied the server room, reactor, and other core parts to demonstrate their status as administrators.

Jeanne sighed, "But if things get chaotic in the Solar System, the City of Ur could change at any time..."

"Earth’s fire isn’t reaching here so soon..." Tumor Xiang Shan muttered, then began to analyze the pros and cons.

But at that moment, his brow furrowed.

"Girl, stay sharp," Xiang Shan said, "Someone... I don’t know if they are here for you..."

"Stop joking, you don’t have... vision..."

Jeanne’s thought froze for a moment.

In her field of vision, several people standing in different positions were highlighted.

"Don’t forget, Inner Strength is actually about the ability to analyze and process information. Thus, Internal Martial Artists who have internalized the plugin can do such things too. Although I can only share your vision, I can analyze a lot of information from the image that you may not notice," Tumor Xiang Shan said, "What do you think now?"

Jeanne hesitated for a moment, "These guys... are they... Rangers?"

As a former top student in Ranger training camp, Jeanne was very familiar with the "style" of these former colleagues.

Unnoticed, she was surrounded by several Rangers.

"Are they here to capture me..."

"Not necessarily. But be careful."