Riding in the carriage provided by Cairo, Liu Zhi and the others soon crossed the plain outside the city.
Liu Zhi noticed that the carriages moved faster than the speed of sound. They were nowhere near the speed of light, of course, traveling at around five times the speed of sound.
Naturally, they hadn't reached that speed while outside the city. Instead, they accelerated as soon as they passed through Cairo's gates.
Since the carriages traveled at speeds beyond what ordinary people could imagine, they naturally needed dedicated lanes.
Liu Zhi and the others soon entered Cairo's inner city.
Along the way, Liu Zhi watched the scenery around them. Though it flashed past in an instant, his strength had reached a certain level, allowing him to remember every passing image and even analyze some of them.
As they traveled, Liu Zhi noticed that Cairo was a city with a clear hierarchy.
In the outermost ring, just inside the city, everyone who lived there was an ordinary person without a bloodline.
Farther in, the power of bloodlines began to show. Though the scene only flashed past, Liu Zhi could already see that the commoners there were stronger.
The royal palace of Cairo wasn't in the inner city. It stood at the very center of the area outside it.
The carriage slowed as it passed the palace, a sign of respect for the pharaoh.
Beyond that lay Cairo's inner city, a place that only those with divine bloodlines could enter and where only those at the Mythic level could live.
Once they entered, the carriage sped up again. At the same time, Liu Zhi felt as though he had plunged into water made of sunlight and death. His whole body was surrounded by the power of sunlight and death.
What immense divine