Naming Technique of the Night

Chapter 1480: Chapter 803: Battle Royale and the Ones Who Got Away

The biggest city feature of the West Continent is that each city’s top is adorned with a floating Aerial Fortress.

These Aerial Fortresses are larger than regular fortresses; for example, the Kingslander has been in service for 71 years and is technologically more outdated compared to these active fortresses.

In a sense, the West Continent hands over the soon-to-be-retired Aerial Fortresses to the Kingdom organization for repurposing.

They resemble a core Sky Island, like a black Iron Sky intimidating all citizens.

The Dukes mostly reside on the Sky Island; the Aerial Fortress is akin to the medieval Palace castle of Nobles in the Outer World, solemn and austere.

Floating airships in the city rise and fall, providing supplies for it.

Almost every hour, ten floating airships ascend and descend, and all officials wishing to visit a Duke must undergo thorough body searches and identity verification in order to board the airship and reach the fortress.

Other than that, additional Aerial Fortresses on the West Continent float on the edges of Taboo Land to prevent incursions from the Giant Dynasty.

Due to the Intelligence Crisis and civil war, the Federation is technologically and militarily behind the West Continent.

Originally, the West Continent was limited in resources due to the expansion of Taboo Land.

But 18 years ago, the Roosevelt Kingdom launched a war on Taboo Land, seized two core mines, and then created active Aerial Fortresses, which now provides the West Continent its confidence to probe the Federation.

Above Storm City, the Storm Fortress floats over the city’s sky; a middle-aged man in a black robe passes through dim and lengthy corridors.

His black robe is embroidered with strange runes in gold thread, trailing on the ground.

Approaching a gate, two Mechanical Guards spoke, “Welcome Duke of Storm City, your Highness Arbiter.”

As they speak, the two Mechanical Guards move aside, and the gate at the core of the fortress opens slowly.

The Duke of Storm City proceeds inside alone, finding an empty room surrounded by 12 independent screens that switch through surveillance footage of the city.

In the center of the room is a vast holographic projection, exceptionally realistic, showing a middle-aged Asian woman walking through a forest.

The woman’s hair is grey, and her face bears wrinkles from the passage of time; she appears so ordinary that even on the streets, she wouldn’t be noticed.

She casually pinches the air, and a cabbage appears between her fingers.

Outside the holographic projection, a giant elk approaches her, biting into the cabbage in her hand and slowly chewing it.

The woman smiles, gently caressing the elk’s face, “Why has the Duke of Storm City suddenly come to me?”

The Duke of Storm City inserts a blade-like hard drive into the isolated console beside him without speaking, “I need you to help analyze this combat video to determine if an artificial intelligence is behind the Kingslander’s battle.”

The middle-aged woman questions, “Artificial intelligence?”

The Duke of Storm City calmly replies, “Yes, artificial intelligence like yourself.”

“Now that’s something I’m interested in,” says the woman, “By the way, in surveillance area 798, someone stole something; facial recognition identifies the thief as free citizen 199201201, and the victim as citizen 291001100. Please send someone for capture.”

The Duke of Storm City frowns, “Such a trivial matter, you could notify the fortress’s sheriff.”

The woman indifferently says, “This is my deal with the Roosevelt Kingdom; while fulfilling my responsibilities, I also ask you to take it seriously.”

In the next moment, the holographic projection’s scene changes; the elk and field vanish, leaving only the Kingslander isolated in the sky, countless drones and ships engaged in battle.

Vast and magnificent.

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Inside manor number 18.

All questioned individuals, including Qing Chen, gather in the living room; not just them, but the slaves working on the farm are driven by drones to the villa’s entrance, forming a crooked phalanx.

The questioning continues, and four more floating airships gather above the manor; under such firepower coverage, even a Demigod would struggle to escape.

Qing Chen frowns.

Things have become a bit unusual… No, precisely speaking, the precision of the opposition remains beyond imagination; the Kingslander’s battle has elevated their vigilance to the highest level!

Up above, another hundred soldiers descend along ropes, and some people carry black boxes.

At this point, Black Spider emerges from the room, solemnly stating, “Fingerprint extraction and blood sampling for everyone.”

Qing Chen is shocked; the opposition indeed proves meticulous, leaving no chance for intruders.

On the West Continent, everyone must leave a gene sample at birth; upon reaching the age of one, a fingerprint sample is required when registering identity information.

In this way, the Kingdom can constantly pursue escaping slaves, attempted free citizens, and criminal citizens.

In this highly oppressive Kingdom, the downside is that people have no freedom, but the benefit is zero tolerance for crime, leaving no escape for criminals and criminal acts.

But the problem is, even with Zero assisting in analyzing identity information and secrets, Qing Chen can’t forge fingerprint or blood samples!

Once the information data is uploaded, everything would be exposed.

The infiltration is proving more difficult than imagined.