Chapter 124: Southern Dream Realm

Central inner city, Zhuyang Square.

It is said that this is where the first cast sun was born, and it has a considerable symbolic significance. Not far away is the Sun City Conference Hall, which is a political stronghold of the Sun City.

An Ti and Nie Hong came here slowly. The outer area here was separated by a fence, and the inner city guards were on duty at intervals. When the crowd was too crowded or someone wanted to climb over the fence, they would speak out in time to stop them, or they would take action directly.

Inside the fence, many figures have already taken their seats, waiting for the presentation to begin.

This scene is quite formal.

An Ti and Nie Hong did not squeeze in. After all, the podium in the square was very high, and the area around Zhuyang Square was very spacious. No matter how crowded it was, it would not prevent people outside from seeing clearly, let alone believers.

"Mr. Anti? You are here too." At this time, a familiar voice sounded from the side.

An Ti and Nie Hong turned around and saw that it was Salomo.

For such a major event, it is indeed impossible for the envoy of the Sanctuary in Sun City not to be present.

"Mr. Salomo!" Nie Hong greeted.

"Oh, I almost didn't recognize Xiao Nie. You've improved a lot in such a short period of time." Salomo responded with his gentle smile.

Nie Hong smiled shyly.

"You are late." At this time, Anti suddenly spoke.

Salomo smiled and shrugged. "Although it's a little later than expected, the press conference hasn't started yet so there's no rush, right?"

"Is this really okay?" Nie Hong was embarrassed. She couldn't be so careless in such a formal occasion.

"It's just a press conference. If it weren't for the sponsorship and the desire to express the sanctuary's attitude, it wouldn't matter if I didn't come. I'll go in now. Do you want to come with me?" asked Salomo.

Nie Hong was a little eager to make a move, but An Ti refused directly: "No, there are too many people and too many eyes. We won't get involved. We just come to take a look."

Salomo was not surprised and nodded to show that he understood.

"Where's Nino?" An asked.

"After resigning, he doesn't have to be tense every day and seems to be much more relaxed. I don't know if he will come today. I don't know if it coincides with his fishing day. I don't know how he will choose." Salomo said with his hands spread out.

"It's true that fishing is my hobby, but it's not necessary to this extent." At this time, a familiar tall figure walked out from the side.

After taking off his heavy armor and wearing simple casual clothes, the majesty on his face seemed to have diminished a lot. Nino looked peaceful, which was in line with the impression of a retired person.

"Oh, it seems you're here after all." Salomo stretched out his hand and greeted him.

Nino nodded to the three as he approached.

At about the same time, some noises were heard in the square. Salomo took a look and said, "It's almost time for me, who is late, to leave. Otherwise, I will be embarrassed on behalf of the Sanctuary. You two can chat slowly."

After saying that, he quickly walked towards the entrance of the fence.

Looking at Salomo's back, Anti said to Nino: "It seems that you have recovered well."

"With Zhuyang resisting the curse, those minor flesh injuries will of course not be a problem." Nino said with a faint smile.

"You have the nerve to say that when you almost died."

"Hahaha, of course it's also thanks to you."

At this time, Nie Hong was not able to get a word in, so he chose to hide aside and quietly chew on his gourd skewers.

At the venue, the seats were already full, and many people could be seen gathering near the podium to prepare. An Ti noticed Jin Xiaoyang, the craftsman apprentice whom he had met at the Zhuyang node in the southwest city. Of course, she was still just a spectator, and the center of those craftsmen was her grandfather, Jin Zhenggang.

Apart from the craftsmen, there was a group of people who could be identified as dignitaries in Sun City from their attire. They all had tense expressions, and the various forces who were invited to gather below the stage cast their eyes on them from time to time.

"It turns out that we need to create another one." Anti said.

Nino was not surprised: "You have been in contact with those craftsmen at that time, so it's not surprising that you can guess it."

"Is there any explanation for what we said before?" An asked.

"I tried to investigate, but I have been completely excluded from the relevant circles, and I don't have much connection with the Sun Chamber of Commerce. It's a pity." Nino sighed and shook his head.

Although the nymph incident in the southwest urban area was apparently resolved, there are still doubts behind it that have not been clarified.

The mastermind who secretly helps the Night Chaser Church and An Busheng and others.

The hiding place of the Church of the Night Chasers is the property of a merchant. The Sun Chamber of Commerce manages a large number of commercial activities in Sun City. Even people like Salomo who are ambassadors and merchants have to cooperate with the work of the Chamber of Commerce.

If you want to investigate merchants, the best entry point is the Chamber of Commerce.

But unfortunately, Nino had nothing to do with the work there, and there were even some financial conflicts within Sun City. Now that he had resigned and been excluded from the political circle, he could no longer conduct an effective investigation.

"Then let's guess what the possible mastermind wants to do." Anti changed the subject.

Nino remained silent and did not speak immediately. Nie Hong had no idea what they were talking about, and even the sound of eating the gourd skewers was lowered a lot.

"At this juncture, the possible purpose may be that." Anti said, looking at the podium.

Nino nodded heavily, and then said, "That's why I have no idea at all."

Anti didn't say anything, and Nino continued, "We are all from Sun City. Rebuilding Zhuyang will help Sun City turn around and rise again. This should be a good thing for us anyway. Why would someone do something like this to destroy it?"

"People are strange. It's really hard to lock on to a target if their motives are not clear." That's all Anti could say.

Nino looked a little confused.

"I only give suggestions. I will leave after watching this press conference. After all, it is your internal matter. As for the previous proposal, please contact me at Salomo if you need anything." That was all Anti said.

He was not familiar with the Sun City, and to be honest, their impression of each other might be quite bad. Anti didn't think that the powerful people in the inner city would respect him just because he helped them once.

If Nino and Anti himself had not been interested in Zhuyang, they would have been too lazy to come to this press conference.

Seeing that Anti and Nino had come to an end, Nie Hong cautiously poked his head in and asked, "By the way, why do we need to create another Zhuyang? Isn't the Zhuyang on our heads still fine now?"

Anti didn't say anything, and Nino glanced at Nie Hong and sighed again: "You'll know soon. It's not good for me to say it here."

Without talking about this anymore, Nino adjusted his mood and introduced Anti to some people inside the square fence.

"Salomo... There's no need to introduce the envoys of the Sanctuary. The Sanctuary is very good at doing foreign business, which is why they can successfully enter many independent city-states and countries."

"The people over there who are wearing blue as the main color are from the Sera Kingdom. The Sera Kingdom and the Zhuyang Empire had several frictions and conflicts during the God Parade Era, but they subsequently united to fight against many God Parade disasters. The two countries established friendly diplomatic relations and became allies, and have frequent exchanges."

"The ones with dark gold clothing style and a two-headed dragon as their national emblem are the messengers of Lokidu. The legendary place where giant dragons fell, they have cultivated many hybrid sub-dragon species. If you are interested, you can go to their resting place to take a look. They came here riding on flying dragons."

"The Gulan Sacrifice Tower... they are those people who are covered tightly with gray and white cloth. To be honest, I don't like them. The sacrificial tower is located on the site of the last beast city, Gulanslova. They are called the gravekeepers of beasts, but most of them are proficient in beast miracles that are considered taboo in many areas of the Mixed Dream World."

"...The well-known forces in the southern continent of the Mixed Dream Realm where the Zhuyang Empire is located have all sent people to the Mixed Dream Realm. Some were directly invited, some came uninvited, and there are many more that I have not seen, but they must have sent people to observe in secret... In any case, the news that the third Zhuyang may be born is still very shocking to the Mixed Dream Realm."

(End of this chapter)