The car turned through an intersection in a busy district, and Chen Shouyi saw a thick barrier wall up ahead. It stood fifteen or sixteen meters high and stretched so far he couldn't see where it ended—a magnificent sight.
"The military zone is inside the barrier wall," Bai Xiaoling explained as she drove. "Over the years, the entire military zone has expanded to three square kilometers. The nearby residents have all been relocated elsewhere."
After driving alongside the barrier wall for several more minutes, the car stopped in front of a huge iron gate.
Two rows of fully armed soldiers stood guard at the entrance, their faces solemn.
"My car doesn't have a pass. I probably can't go in!" Bai Xiaoling said, turning to look back at him.
"Here is fine," Chen Shouyi said.
He opened the car door and took his luggage from the trunk.
"Be careful!" Bai Xiaoling got out of the car. Seeing Chen Shouyi head straight for the gate, she couldn't help calling out.
Chen Shouyi turned back and smiled. "Mm. You should go back."
Compared with the military defense zones Chen Shouyi had entered before, this one was clearly a little more commercialized.
Inside, there was a supply supermarket set up specifically for explorers, as well as a purchasing station for precious herbs.
A logistics officer even brought over a finely made, full-color herbal guidebook, with the purchase prices of various herbs marked inside.
Chen Shouyi flipped through a few pages and saw that everything was priced by the gram. Even the cheapest Otherworld herb could fetch five thousand yuan per gram, while the most expensive could reach forty or fifty thousand. The prices were staggering.
"Don't you buy meat here?" Chen Shouyi asked, a thought occurring to him.
The logistics officer smiled. "We don't