Emerald-green rosy light rose into the night sky over the Convergence Zone, shrouding the entire Nether Capital.
This was the magnificent radiance sustained by Great Shun's Lost Object.
Beyond that radiance, airships hovered in the sky, their gleams flashing continuously.
The hulls of these airships were coated in special paint that reflected the rosy light and drove away the Convergence Zone's night and its aberrations. They were currently patrolling back and forth, with searchlights occasionally casting down beams below.
After nightfall, Chen Chuan had not chosen to stay in the imperial palace. Instead, he stayed in a temporary fortress outside the city.
It was not due to any taboo. No one cared much about such things anymore. Zhongjing's Old Palace Museum had dedicated night palaces, and anyone willing to pay could reserve one for a night's stay.
He had not gone there because the Nether Capital still contained a great number of field domains and mental interference objects.
Yunmeng Garden in particular—the mutated plants there began releasing all manner of powerful interference fields around nightfall.
Even nearby soldiers could sense their Activity Index rising sharply. A moment's carelessness could turn them into something like the Youdu Army and Civilians, possibly even causing a large-scale outbreak. That made it truly inconvenient to receive information and deploy troops within the city.
That problem could only be resolved later by the National Technology Department.
The fortress was brightly lit everywhere now. From its heights, the lights glittered across the earth like countless stars.
There was no shortage of Youdu Algae Oil. No further transport from the rear was needed to sustain all the electricity requirements of the vanguard troops.
Chen Chuan watched for a while, fed Zhao Ming, rubbed its head, and returned to the fortress interior.
A large stack of books lay