Chapter 474 Shattered Star Rings Door—Noriosse! (2/2)
”You know me?” Han Xiao looked at him with a slight surprise.
”I'm just relaying a message. Have an enjoyable trip.”
When anyone entered the port, the monitoring devices would automatically detect their identities. This was how the high-level managers came to know Han Xiao's identity. The Black Star Mercenary Group was well known in the Shattered Star Ring, especially since their Floating Dragon background was not to be underestimated. Financial groups paid attention to those who were well known in every industry, so the managers gave the order to be more polite to the Black Star Mercenary Group.
The lift was very spacious—every trip carried hundreds of passengers. After waiting for a while, the lift started moving and very quickly slid out of the space station through the track. The wall of the lift was transparent, allowing the passengers to see the magnificent aerial view.
There were tens of lifts nearby like towels that extended into the sky, all operating. At that altitude, they were above the clouds, and the track below them connected the ground that they could not see any more. When looking into the distance, the sky was right before their eyes, turning from black to dark blue as it extended to the end of the horizon where the artificial Fixed Star was shining brightly.
”How beautiful! Phillip, take photos.” Sylvia's eyes were sparkling.
Phillip's mechanical eyes kept blinking to shoot photos. It was an assistant, so Han Xiao had given the other officers authority to order it when he was not giving it any order.
As they passed through the clouds, the view of the entire city entered Han Xiao's eyes as he looked down. Countless aircrafts flew around at an altitude of two thousand meters—that was the highest that they were allowed to go. Buildings that pierced hundreds of meters into the sky stood in the city like iron spears.
This was a city entirely made of metal; there were not any vegetation in sight. However, it did not look lifeless. On the contrary, it was very vigorous and filled with colorful and bright neon lights. Large ecological devices provided fresh air for the city. Many devices controlled by the city management system were hidden under the metal ground.Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.
The foundations of the city was made from a type of mass-produced machinery that the Noriosse financial group had purchased from the Crimson Empire. Once this machinery was thrown onto a planet's surface, it expanded into a city like this, easily modifying the planet.
There were ten or so cities on the surface of Noriosse, connected by an electromagnetic railroad for high speed trains. Han Xiao and the others were heading toward City 4.
Looking at the approaching planet surface, Han Xiao suddenly frowned as his heart skipped a beat.
I feel somewhat uneasy. It feels like something is going to happen…
…
As the lift reached the surface, they walked out of the station with the crowd. The streets were crowded with various species.
Clank!
Phillip was knocked into by a passerby and spun a few times. Seeing this, Sylvia bent down and hugged the robot in her arms, preventing it from being kicked away.
”There are way too many people here. How are we going to find the person?' Herlous asked loudly as he pushed away a rather forceful creature that he suspected was a female in the sex industry.
Han Xiao had planned for such an issue. ”As Noriosse is a very important traffic junction, many intel organizations have set up divisions here recording information of all travelers. I know what the target looks like, so as long as I ask at an intel organization, there will definitely be some clues.”
”You actually know so many things,” Herlous said. ”That's very reliable.”
They walked in the crowd for about twenty minutes before stopping at the door of a high building.
”This is it. The ninety-seventh floor is an agency of a regular intel organization.” Han Xiao looked up.
The gang took the lift up to the ninety-seventh floor. Its theme was very dark. The floor to ceiling windows were covered by black clothes, as if they were deliberately trying to create a mysterious atmosphere. After going in, the only receptionist stood at the door, and to the side was a narrow and long corridor. The space there was supposedly very huge, but everywhere else was filled up by black walls.
To guarantee the privacy of customers, this level was divided by walls into opaque rooms for discussing the details of their deal. The path between these rooms were like a maze. This corridor was the only entrance. There were many intersections inside so that the guests would not meet each other.
”I'm here to purchase intel.” Han Xiao expressed his intentions to the reception.
”One moment.”
The receptionist pressed the button on the table.
After a while, a human dealer in black formal clothes walked out of the corridor and said with a deep voice, ”Follow me.”
Han Xiao and the others followed the human dealer into the corridor, took a turn at an intersection, and headed to the room.
A few seconds after they walked into the intersections, a birdman dealer led a customer who had just purchased intel out of another intersection and headed to the door, barely missing Han Xiao and the others.
”Thank you for your business.”
At the door, the birdman dealer bade farewell to his customer.
This customer was wearing a hoodie, and his entire body was covered by a black cape, blocking his looks.
He did not speak as he walked out and pressed the button on the lift.
The instant that the lift door opened, he looked down, and the light illuminated his face under the hood for a brief second.
Ember!