Chapter 1648: Information Port
Because Arkham City was enormous.
It naturally had many different modes of transportation, along with numerous privately operated services.
However, while private transport was relatively cheap, it could also be filled with tricks and traps. Some travelers visiting Arkham for the first time might even be quietly taken to completely unknown, shady areas.
"Murder" was far too common in Arkham.
Unless someone important was killed, no one would bother with it.
"Let's go through the Underground Area."
At Dean Dale's suggestion.
The team boarded an express Demon Insect Train embedded within the planet's crust. After paying the fare, they received a single-use "transport membrane."
By putting this membrane over their bodies, they could merge directly into the burrowing demon insect's body cavity through "organic affinity."
The interior had also been "artificially" modified.
There were relatively comfortable insect-egg attachment devices. As long as they pressed their bodies against them, the eggs would extend strips of tissue to secure each passenger in place.
Additionally.
The train's insect hide had been polished into a translucent state, allowing passengers to clearly observe the outside.
For the first half of the journey, it kept burrowing underground at a terrifying speed of 1,000 km/h... Several dozen minutes later, the burrowing demon insect suddenly broke through the crust and arrived in a special oceanic region.
That was right. This was the area corresponding to Information Port.
Since Arkham covered one-fifth of the planet, it naturally included an oceanic region.
During the city's construction, this inland sea had undergone corresponding alterations and become the famed Information Port.
Most intelligence from across the universe could be found here.
Perhaps a specialized organization had secretly gathered the intelligence network here, or perhaps it had formed naturally over time.
As its reputation grew, and Arkham's overall scale