Upper Zone, Basic Layer.
Walking along the streets of the Upper Zone and taking in the streets and scenery of the Basic Layer, Shi Feng found none of the splendor rumored outside. Aside from the residential areas, which had many high-rise buildings, there were not many skyscrapers elsewhere. Instead, the atmosphere was far more leisurely, with countless restaurants, training centers, gyms, and similar exercise facilities.
Moreover, compared to the carefree ease of the outside world, everyone here seemed perpetually busy. Each person was tense and focused, without the slightest hint of relaxation.
That was because competition in the Upper Zone was simply beyond anything people outside could imagine. It was no paradise at all.
According to what Shi Feng had learned, the total population of Origin Sky City's Upper Zone was under three hundred thousand.
Nearly a quarter of them were various employees of the Green God Company. Most of the rest were relatives and friends whom the major consortiums had brought in through various means during the Upper Zone's early establishment. Then there were those born in the Upper Zone from the beginning. Only a small number had entered through special selection or reserved slots.
Yet even after entering the Upper Zone, life was not as free and carefree as people imagined. On the contrary, the pressure was immense—far greater than in the outside world.
That was because consumption in the Upper Zone was truly exorbitant. Even something as simple as eating gave Shi Feng a headache.
An ordinary set meal cost thirty points. That was simply unimaginable outside, yet here it was the most basic and lowest-grade option...
And that was merely a minor issue in the Upper Zone. The real trouble was the various training resources. Living longer did not merely require residing in the Upper Zone;