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With a flash, Li Qinwu appeared in an area overgrown with shrubs, carrying Bruce Crocodile on his shoulder.
He tossed Bruce Crocodile to the ground and carefully examined the primeval forest before him.
The place where he stood looked exactly like a city ten thousand years after civilization had vanished.
What had once been a luxurious Eldar metropolis was now wildly overgrown, transformed into a tropical rainforest.
This Eldar Hive City consisted of thousands of super skyscrapers.
The surface was covered in highly advanced Psychic Power conduits that linked to Wraithbone skyscrapers, supplying them with energy and allowing them to repair themselves.
After Slaanesh was born, tens of millions of Eldar living in the Hive City died on the spot. Without anyone to maintain them, the flowers and trees the Eldar had cultivated began to proliferate wildly.
Exotic trees from tens of millions of planets grew unchecked without tending. Trunks thousands of meters tall shot into the sky, while thick vines coiled around the skyscrapers layer by layer.
Other lichens, weeds, and flowers completely blanketed the streets. Birds, avian creatures, and other primate pets long extinct elsewhere in the universe had bred generation after generation, forming a unique ecosystem.
The spot where Li Qinwu stood had once been one of the city's main avenues. When he looked up, Eldar skyscrapers hundreds, even nearly a thousand meters tall, rose on either side.
By now, those buildings had been parasitized by immense amounts of vegetation. The dense branches and leaves nearly blocked the sky from view.
Now and then, colorful birds and golden monkeys could be glimpsed darting through the foliage.
These animals were remarkably healthy and had not been corrupted by Warp energy or mutated into grotesque