Liu Youwan's heart lurched, but the smile on his face remained unchanged.
Sure enough, none of them were fools.
His expression unchanged, he smiled and said:
"You're very observant, Kael."
"Yes, the surface environment on our Blue Star is rather harsh, so we built our cities underground."
At that, Thorin slapped his thigh with a fan-sized hand, making his beard quiver.
"Ha! Then you're just like us dwarves!"
"We like living underground too. It's comfortable, there's ore everywhere, and it's convenient for smithing!"
Liu Youwan smiled without taking up the subject.
The dwarves did it because they liked it; Great Xia had no choice.
He turned and gestured.
"This way, everyone."
"Next, let's take a look at the commercial district."
As they rounded a street corner, a wave of noise greeted them.
The street was packed with people, shoulder to shoulder.
Since this was an underground city, space was precious, and the population density was quite high.
Young mothers pushing strollers, couples holding hands as they chatted and laughed, children with schoolbags roughhousing, older men and women carrying shopping baskets...
They all froze briefly when they saw this group of strikingly different representatives of other races.
Then their eyes widened as they cast curious looks their way.
No one screamed in panic, and no one came up to crowd around them.
Everyone simply whipped out their phones and snapped photo after photo.
Muffled exclamations occasionally rose from the crowd.
Something stirred in Kael's mind, and he extended his magic power outward.
The magic elements in the air were pitifully sparse, almost imperceptible.
His brows furrowed involuntarily.
In an environment like this, his magic would recover extremely slowly.
Fortunately, the magic power stored in his body was enough to last a while.
This world really was completely different from Terra.
Elder