About five kilometers from Dragon City, Chen Ping and Nan Qiuqiu found a small grove that could conceal them and landed there. They revealed themselves before continuing toward Dragon City on foot.
Five kilometers really did take a while to walk, but Chen Ping was in no hurry and strolled along.
Security at the city gate was not particularly tight either. After a simple inspection, they let him into Dragon City.
Once he entered Dragon City, the chill eased considerably. Sheltered by the city walls, the temperature inside was noticeably higher than outside.
Everything in the city seemed normal, though Nan Qiuqiu said it had become much more desolate. The splendor it had once enjoyed as the largest city in the north was gone.
Chen Ping observed his surroundings as he walked, taking in the changes.
Simple Soul Tool emplacements had been set up atop Dragon City's walls, but there were few Soul Engineers, who guarded the place alongside ordinary soldiers.
Dragon City had yet to bear the brunt of the war on the front lines, so only the most basic arrangements had been made atop its walls.
If a few more cities on the front lines fell, Dragon City, as the largest city in the north, would probably become a critical point in the struggle between the Heaven Dou Empire and the Sun Moon Empire.
Compared with the scattered soldiers atop the walls, what actually drew Chen Ping's attention more were the patrol teams at their foot. They wore no armor, but carried themselves impressively and were patrolling of their own accord.
Chen Ping recognized who the people in those patrol teams were almost instantly. After all, nearly half of them were missing an ear and part of a little finger.
Perhaps Chen Ping's gaze was too undisguised. Before