Gabidu, the capital of the Stellan Republic, was a grand city renowned across the Western Continent. It was even known throughout the Western Continent as the City of Gold. The glory of the entire Stellan Republic seemed to have gathered within this one city.
The black luxury sedan sped down the broad road. The two Holy Light Empire flags mounted on its hood gave the vehicle a far more untamed presence on the street.
Zhang Tie drank the wine in his glass, his gaze passing through the dark one-way window as he watched the scenery outside. As the liquid's distinctive taste stimulated his taste buds, many memories buried for years abruptly came alive. The Black Flame City of old, the Karur of old, the Brapet of old—all of them seemed, at this moment, to be ground to pieces in Zhang Tie's memories and turned into the building materials of the structures lining the streets outside. They felt both familiar and strangely distant, vivid yet weighty...
There were many vehicles on the roads outside—steam cars, as well as Torch Oil cars. Torch Oil cars accounted for nearly a third of them. Small flags of various Western Continent nations fluttered from the fronts of many passing vehicles.
There were also quite a few military vehicles and soldiers. Several military camps stood outside the city, while at certain intersections, military police from the Human Allied Forces wearing white armbands watched the ordinary military vehicles and soldiers of different nations passing through the streets with hawk-like eyes. Armored vehicles were even parked directly at many roadside intersections.
Perhaps because so many important figures had gathered in the city at this time, order on the streets was excellent. Soldiers dressed in uniforms of every color mingled with the many ordinary residents living here, yet no