Amid the boundless Xinghe, a brilliant comet trailed a tail hundreds of thousands of miles long as it sped through the starry sky, as if heading toward some destination.
As the distance closed, it became clear that the comet was not made up of massive celestial bodies.
At its forefront was a gigantic planet.
Yet it was a metallic celestial body. Its metal and mechanical structures could be seen from the outside. It flew at the front, followed by several smaller metal celestial bodies, and behind them stretched countless starships in an endless formation, reaching beyond the eye's sight.
This was not a comet, but a vast fleet, carving a star-trail hundreds of thousands of miles long through the sea of stars. From afar, it looked like a comet dragging its long tail across the heavens.
Passing through the outer atmosphere, then the energy defense layer, then the metal defenses, one entered the interior of the enormous mechanical planet.
Inside lay a colossal city, with sunlight, soil, green trees, roads, buildings, subways flying through the sky, and flying cars weaving like schools of fish. Light-and-shadow billboards cast dazzling colors across the heavens. From the inside out, rings upon rings of cities seemed to form an eighteen-layered world.
At the planet's innermost layer was the place Mechanical Empire citizens most longed to enter.
Not only was this the Empire's core layer, it was also the district where its highest-ranking nobles lived. It had the finest environment, the purest air, the highest-quality food, and the most advanced medical care. Countless people yearned for this district.
At the center of this district stood a building a thousand meters tall.
The entire structure was a gigantic mechanical giant standing upon the earth, its eyes gazing down at the land as though watching over the