There is One New Rule Every Month Globally-Chapter 438 - 330: "Is the design concept of this city meant to remind people of the power of natural disasters?"_2

Chapter 438: Chapter 330: “Is the design concept of this city meant to remind people of the power of natural disasters?”_2

“Is the design concept of this city meant to remind people of the power of natural disasters?”

15 degrees.

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In a math problem, that might be a very small incline.

One could even determine the degree with the naked eye without any calculation.

But in the context of an entire city, that’s a bit of an exaggeration. Even if the shaking is extremely slow, it can still be compared to an earthquake.

And it would bring a lot of hidden dangers to daily life.

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For instance, water glasses on tables must be secured, one must also be fixed in place while dining at a restaurant, and one might constantly slip while showering.

If you’re cycling, a steep slope might suddenly become even steeper in an instant.

And the originally manual piston action could completely turn into an automatic one, not needing to do anything and leaving it all to fate.

Sword Without End didn’t have any fondness for earthquakes.

Because many of his relatives died in a flash flood when he was still young, a disaster triggered by an earthquake and torrential rain.

But even so,

he couldn’t help but admire that this city was definitely a remarkable feat of engineering.

Even those architects and designers on Blue Star who didn’t care about the construction team’s feelings couldn’t design such a city. It simply defied physics, let alone considering how people could live within it.

Just the hardness of the materials needed for those two supports is at an extremely exaggerated level.

Such a grand city, suspended in mid-air, entirely supported by two braces—this demands an extremely high requirement for the hardness of the braces.

And this is without considering the cost.

“They must have used a prop.”

Tuberculosis Rabbit spoke with certainty: “It’s just that I don’t know which prop could create such an effect.”

Jiaye stood next to Chen Yi, also filled with shock as he admired the scene before him, something they would never see on Blue Star.

“Come on, let’s go take a look.”

Chen Yi didn’t hesitate; he immediately started the Christmas sleigh and flew towards the two supports of the swing city. He was quite curious as to how the city was suspended in mid-air, and about the hardness of the materials used for the supports.

…

Distance can be deceiving when it comes to mountains.

It’s not a child’s play.

The city seemed to be right in front of them, but when they actually reached one of the side supports of the swing city on the Christmas sleigh, 15 minutes had passed.

It’s worth mentioning that the air quality in Awesome Starfield was really not bad.

The visibility was quite high as well.

Only when they were close to the support could they truly feel the oppression it brought. From a distance, the thickness of the support seemed to be at most three meters.

But upon closer observation,

they discovered that the support was composed of countless tubes, the thinnest of which was 20 meters in thickness, while what they had thought to be tubes as thick as three meters were actually 570 meters thick.

With the support standing there, it appeared like a massive mountain.

And the shadow beside it, shaking ever so slightly and with no visible edge, was their destination: Sky City.

Around the support,

there was an entire army loaded with live ammunition on alert, clearly worried about someone with malicious intent damaging the support. However, when they saw Chen Yi and his group, there was no attempt to stop them. Instead, they approached and began to explain.

It was obvious they had been instructed by Li Yi.

“This Sky City is one of Chief Li’s proudest creations, including these two supports. It’s not just as simple as using props. A total of 16,239 props were used as auxiliary, among which there are S-level props and even E-level props.”

“Different props work together, combined with other exclusive materials that the Former Leaders acquired at great expense to create this.”

“It’s said that the construction cost of just these two supports for Sky City has already reached 70 billion Points.”

This was a guide dispatched by the army, providing an enthusiastic explanation. During the talk, one could see a sense of pride slowly emanating from the guide’s eyes, clearly very proud of the city.

“…”

Tuberculosis Rabbit touched his nose, and the corner of his mouth twitched slightly without saying anything. 70 billion Points—he found it hard to believe… Could there really be 70 billion Points?

But on the other hand,

it wasn’t impossible.

Soon after, he asked the question that concerned him most: “What I’m curious about is, with the city constantly shaking, how are the players supposed to survive inside?”

“You’ve asked the right question.”

The guide flashed a mysterious smile and led the way forward, saying, “Follow me, the puzzle will soon be solved.”

Suddenly, a gap opened up in the shadows at the bottom of the city nearby, and a flight of stairs extended out, reaching precisely to the feet of Chen Yi and his companions.

“Follow me.”

…

The staircase was electric.

They didn’t need to walk.

As soon as they stepped onto the first stair, the lift would automatically retract, quickly bringing them to the very core of the city’s bottom.

As the gap closed behind them.

They found themselves deep beneath Sky City.

They were on a steel corridor, both sides of which had been hollowed out, and a simple visual estimate suggested a depth of nearly a hundred meters.

And on both sides—

Countless gears of various sizes filled the space, with the largest gear having a diameter of several hundred meters and the smallest having a diameter no bigger than a pinky finger.

It gave off a simple, rough industrial vibe with a cyberpunk flair.

The air was heavy with the scent of high-concentration lubricating oil.

The lighting was dim.

Walking on the somewhat creaky aerial steel corridor, surrounded by gears filling the space and constantly turning, and listening to their deep sounds, they experienced a strong sense of atmosphere.

The sight of those enormous gears with diameters of several hundred meters also easily evoked a sense of insignificance in one’s heart.

“This is the ninth sub-level.”

Walking in front, the guide looked back and introduced the surrounding scenery with a smile, “Sky City has nine sub-levels underground. The first to the third levels are mainly facilities that service the city, such as sewers, cables, and so forth.”

“From the fourth to the ninth level, it’s all about the city’s power sources and such.”

“This is the ninth level, the source of the city’s electricity, with countless mechanical devices that convert the city’s constant swaying kinetic energy into electrical energy, from a certain perspective.”

“With just a bit of maintenance, this city could become a perpetual motion machine.”

“It will never stop, nor will it ever need external power.”

“…”

Tuberculosis Rabbit, with an inexpressive face, leaned in and whispered into Sword Without End’s ear, “You went to college. Can you quickly calculate for us, for a city about the size of a first-tier city on Blue Star, how much kinetic energy it generates each day by swaying at a 15-degree angle in the air, and whether that converted electrical energy is enough to supply the industrial and residential needs of the whole city?”

“…”

Sword Without End felt a tingling in his scalp but still cleared his throat and said, “There must be quite a loss in the process of converting kinetic energy to electrical energy, right?”

“That’s the case.”

The guide, with a smile on his face, walked on the steel corridor and gestured towards a massive machine, “The kinetic energy lost in this process won’t go to waste. It gets added back to Sky City, allowing Sky City to keep swaying indefinitely, never ceasing, and moreover…”

“Hmm.”

Sword Without End, resting his chin on one hand, followed the guide’s gaze and nodded in sudden understanding, taking on the air of a scholar inspecting the site.

Tuberculosis Rabbit paid no further attention to these questions which were clearly beyond his understanding and simply looked at the huge gears beside the corridor, deep in thought and without a word.

With so many gears, if one were to fall in by accident, there probably wouldn’t even be scraps of flesh left, right?

“If someone fell down here, would they jam these gears?”

“Not at all.”

The guide slapped his chest earnestly and said, “This issue was considered right from the design phase. We once dropped nearly a ton of bodies down, and they were all crushed into a bloody mess. Aside from possibly causing a bit more rust on these gears, it absolutely won’t cause a jam.”

“You can be completely assured of that.”

“Moreover, the fourth to the ninth sub-levels of Sky City are all highly confidential areas. Ordinary players are absolutely forbidden from entering. The defense level is also very high, making it hard to breach. Only revered guests personally instructed by Former Leader Li are allowed free access.”

“A ton of bodies?”

Tuberculosis Rabbit’s face was marked with question marks.

“We’ve collected quite a few monster bodies.”

“Oh.”

Tuberculosis Rabbit then nodded and turned to point at an enormous iron sphere nearby with raised eyebrows and asked, “What’s that sphere for?”

It was an enormous sphere.