"Jiuyao City Station has arrived. Please take your belongings and leave in an orderly manner. Jiuyao City Station has arrived. Please take your belongings and leave in an orderly manner..."
A gentle female voice echoed through the spacious, comfortable carriage. The Rail Train gradually slowed, and the flow of spiritual energy steadily calmed, as though a living beast were slowly sinking into slumber, quietly awaiting its next awakening.
Looking out through the window, the inky-blue night had already spread in from the distance, dotted with a few cold stars.
The towering Jiuyao Mountain Range stood in the distance, forming an unbroken black silhouette like a slumbering primordial beast, reflecting the last lingering thread of the sunset's radiance.
Straight ahead lay the Imperial Capital of the Tianxing Empire—Jiuyao City.
Countless lights had long since kindled, like a dazzling night sky. Hazy light veiled the entire city like a curtain, roads crisscrossed in every direction, and streams of light flashed past, vanishing who knew where.
It truly was a scene of flourishing prosperity.
Bai blinked, and her pupils shifted into vertical slits. The scene before her changed accordingly; invisible energy became visible colors, and the whole world seemed like a resplendent watercolor painting.
Her pupils suddenly contracted slightly as she beheld a sight that shook her.
Endless brilliant colors surged in from all directions, like an enormous vortex drawing everything in, and like the legendary pillar of creation linking heaven and earth. Even from afar, Bai felt as though she somehow understood it.
"The central Teleportation Array..."
Bai murmured softly, the distant scene reflected in her eyes.
She had read about it in the handbook. It was mainly constructed under the direction of the Tianji Pavilion's master. Its functions were powerful and complex, the most notable being that it could serve as