At the border of South City, going any farther would bring one into the Five Great Lakes district, as well as its famed enormous geothermal power station.
The landfolk of the Five Great Lakes district seemed to live amid the various famous mountains, because the lakewater below—so vast it was practically an ocean—was scorching hot. Its surface temperature alone was nearly at boiling point. Beneath the [Original Lake] under the Five Great Lakes stood the largest geothermal generator among Eastern Witches, apparently the result of some short-term modification.
Thus, from afar, the entire Five Great Lakes district looked as though it were shrouded in smoke. Even the Sky Islands overhead were often obscured by clouds and mist. Only halfway up the mountains beneath the Sky Islands were there mist-screening barriers. That was where the landfolk lived.
Jiang Han sat in a small pavilion before the Drowned Corpse Singing food specialty shop on the border Sky Island. It happened to face the border, giving her a crystal-clear view.
Beside her, some Witches were noisily putting up so-called fun-fact posters.
Domestic Witches were really into this sort of thing. Back then, they had plastered <Fireball Spell General Model: Introduction and Potion Formula> all over the place, leaving foreigners utterly bewildered:
"What? You have to take a Fireball Spell exam to graduate from A1 here?"
Jiang Han did not pay it much attention, merely glancing at the title:
"Fun fact: landfolk in the Five Great Lakes district have no 'electricity bills,' only 'electricity subsidies.' Every household can collect a three-hundred-yuan electricity subsidy each week and use electricity for free."
It seemed Witches were exceedingly generous with these non-magical energy sources. Places of origin often received peculiar treatment.
Jiang Han stretched and saw a Witch emerge from the food specialty shop, pale-skinned and