After bidding farewell to Stuttering William, the robot trapped in a snow-shoveling loop, and declining its friendly offer of a sleigh ride, Su Ming still trusted his own speed more.
A few minutes later, the two arrived at another obvious boundary—or rather, the edge of a moat.
Far across the river stood a black skyscraper studded everywhere with enormous spikes. Though damaged, it still appeared magnificent and distinctive.
That was right. Chaos Fort was not the classical castle many people imagined, with stone structures, drawbridges, pointed towers, and crenelated walls.
It was a modern-looking building. If those inexplicable spikes were removed, it would essentially be a replica of the United Nations headquarters in the real world, consisting of a relatively low circular assembly hall alongside a towering skyscraper.
Of course, there had been no such thing as the United Nations in the End World. This place had once been the office building of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.
Long ago, before Arthur had met Merlin, he had been a knight clad in heavy armor, wielding an unwieldy greatsword alongside like-minded knights as they prepared to create a new era.
Originally, everything had been proceeding realistically, like an ordinary knightly political novel.
But one should not forget that Merlin was a man who loved having fun. After becoming the royal advisor, besides spreading magical education on a large scale, he had also taught the backward humans of that era all sorts of science and technology.
Thus, the medieval style had not lasted more than a few years. King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table had all started wearing suits and ties, their weapons had been replaced with AK47s, the castle had been rebuilt into a skyscraper, and the Sword in the Stone had long since