Light Fortress
Chapter 752 - 9 Welcome Ceremony_3

Chapter 752: Chapter 9 Welcome Ceremony_3

"He is Her Majesty the Empress’s distinguished guest!"

After understanding the cause and consequence, Aluer’s anger slightly subsided.

She transmitted her voice softly, warning, "Don’t use the approach you’d take with the sentries of Central City on him!"

Lin Lin appeared unconcerned.

He slowly stepped forward... and shook hands with Gu Shen.

In the night, this Quasi-General of no great height calmly looked at Gu Shen and said softly, "Welcome to the North Continent, where it’s survival of the fittest."

...

...

"Your computing ability... is stronger than I imagined."

After a period of silence, Chu Ling slowly began to speak following Gu Shen’s fall.

She sat in the carriage of Zero Zero One, with a series of calculation panels floating before her. They showed the trajectory of the Source Energy Bomb barrage and the optimal evasion route... Gu Shen had chosen the most complex one, circling around the ascending bombardment in just ten seconds of falling, admiring the ’beautiful sight’ of each bomb’s Source Energy exploding close-up.

It was the worst solution that only a ’madman’ would choose.

But judging by the unscathed outcome.

It was also the best solution.

"It wasn’t calculation... but instinct."

In that moment of the fall, Gu Shen did not choose to use the "Spiritual Link," and Chu Ling tacitly refrained from popping up the link window... She sat quietly in the carriage, enjoying the first-person "fireworks show" that Gu Shen presented for her.

Whether it was Aluer or Zou Hai, both showed signs of anxiety.

But Chu Ling did not...

Although she and Gu Shen did not establish a Spiritual Link at that moment, their understanding of each other was tightly intertwined.

She could sense Gu Shen’s emotions.

In that moment.

It was extreme stillness.

"In the data I’ve been able to collect... I haven’t seen any welcome ceremony in the North Continent involving Source Energy Cannon barrages." Chu Ling spoke seriously.

Gu Shen laughed, "Of course not..."

This girl, who had access to most of the information of the Five Continents, was sometimes exceedingly clever and sometimes like a little fool.

Chu Ling’s eyes held a hint of confusion.

"Gu Castle Fortress is the most critical stronghold of the North Continent’s right wing, those who can enter this fortress are true warriors of iron and steel, with strict discipline and formidable strength," Gu Shen stated calmly. "This is also the reason the North Continent does not welcome other visitors... Compared to the life-and-death trials between the fortresses’ giant walls, the so-called gladiator training in Changye City is simply a greenhouse. And the ’Transcendents’ coming north from the Outer Continent are naturally flowers from that greenhouse."

Chu Ling was beginning to understand.

"So... you deliberately chose the worst route just now..."

"Hmm."

Gu Shen smiled and said, "The North Continent has its unique survival rules. These guys won’t respect me just because of my status as a ’distinguished guest.’ On one hand, showing strength can reduce unnecessary troubles. On the other hand, the way those Source Energy Bombs fractured was truly beautiful, wasn’t it?"

"But they were really dangerous..." Chu Ling muttered.

"It’s because they were dangerous that they were beautiful," Gu Shen said softly. "Many things in this world are like that, inevitable... However, I hope that this ’fireworks display’ makes the journey in the North Continent a bit more relaxed afterward."

"Mr. Xiao Gu!"

A gentle voice suddenly sounded beside him.

Looking up, it was a tall figure.

Zou Hai, the man who held the position of a vice officer at Gu Castle Fortress, burly like a beast, had a voice that was surprisingly delicate.

Gu Shen was still somewhat unaccustomed.

His own stature was not short, but only reached Zou Hai’s chest.

This man was really burly... almost as tall as "A-009."

"We have arranged a room for you, please follow me," Vice Officer Zou said gently. "The environment inside the fortress is somewhat harsh, please excuse us."

Gu Shen smiled and shook his head.

He walked alongside Zou Hai, moving through Gu Castle Fortress.

In the distance stood the towering giant wall.

The reason the North Continent could withstand the "Order Collapse" was that humans who arrived here six hundred years ago found "Strong Logic Material" and used it to construct the giant walls. These walls could absorb the force of the Order Collapse very effectively. Due to the continuous spread of the Old World’s destructive power, "Collapse Tides" would arrive from time to time. Without these walls, that power would have likely invaded the North Continent.

Six hundred years... sufficient to destroy half a continent.

In fact, the scenario calculated by Deep Sea was far graver than just the destruction of half a continent.

In the face of the "Order Collapse," the Five Continents were a community sharing a common destiny. Once the North Continent could no longer hold, the power of the "Collapse Tides" would only grow stronger, and after the North Continent fractured, the other continents’ fall would be just a matter of time.

In other words.

Behind the giant wall was humanity’s last homeland!

"Gu Castle is known as ’the throat of humanity’s fate’."

Zou Hai noticed Gu Shen’s gaze and purposefully slowed his pace, walking alongside this guest from the East Continent under the giant wall. The moonlit night was tranquil, and even the Wind Snow had slowed its fall.

"On the right wing of the North Continent Fortress, Gu Castle is the most prominent ’arch point’ and the spot that faced the greatest pressure when the ’Collapse Tide’ arrives... The elite of the Investigation Corps often avoid Gu Castle when choosing their departure points because the environment outside the fortress’ walls is incredibly tough and harsh."