Raging flames swept through the streets. A majestic obelisk towered into the sky, its mirror-smooth surface reflecting the brilliant blaze and tracing out scorching patterns.
Standing beneath the towering obelisk, He Ao looked through the flames at the lavish buildings within them.
At that moment, he finally realized why those buildings had felt familiar.
Their architectural style was steeped in the style of the ruins' First District. Or rather, they seemed to have been remodeled directly from buildings in the First District.
The architectural style of the ruins' First District itself shared similarities with Central Land, which was why he had initially thought these buildings combined elements of Central Land's style.
The information on the Radiance Society he had obtained earlier had misled him to some extent. It had made him think that Radiance City had been built by the Radiance Society itself through some kind of power, so his thoughts had kept leaning toward the Main World.
But those elements completely different from the Main World, as well as the floating vehicles and those powerful factory machines, had reminded him from another angle.
This city might not have had much to do with the Radiance Society in the first place. The Radiance Society also lacked the ability to construct a city in the universe beyond the Main World.
It had most likely once been part of the "ruins," before somehow being scattered into the universe.
Certain members of the Radiance Society had discovered it and mastered a way to use it. Then, by patching and repairing it, they had built the present-day "Radiance City" upon its foundations.
Amid the surging flames, He Ao turned back and looked at the towering obelisk behind him.
Floating Fighters flew in from the horizon and surrounded him from behind, yet not a single