The Black-Awning Boat seemed to have picked up considerable speed, and the whisper of the wind gradually grew louder.
Zhang Ming's eyes widened. On the distant horizon, beneath the round red moon...
He saw a black line rising perpendicular to the horizon. Its unparalleled height seemed to stretch a full ten thousand meters into the sky, reaching above the red moon.
High Tower!
It was an unimaginably enormous High Tower!
Silent tides submerged the land, while the sacred High Tower soared into the clouds, guarding ancient legends, unchanged through countless years.
The sharp lines of broken-winged stone statues depicted old dreams of the past; on dust-covered clay tablets, symbols spoke of former glory.
We built the High Tower!
We challenged the gods!
Zhang Ming could not help rising from his seat, awed by this inconceivable World Wonder and astonished by the power and wealth of its creators.
He could not help recalling a legend from Earth: the Tower of Babel. According to the story, humanity had united to build a tower they hoped would reach heaven. To stop their plan, God made humans speak different languages so they could no longer communicate, and humanity scattered across the world.
But the High Tower before him undoubtedly rivaled the legendary Tower of Babel, if not surpassed it.
Ten thousand meters... ten thousand meters tall!
The red moon seemed frozen in the sky above the tower's tip, utterly motionless.
A faint suspicion arose in Zhang Ming's mind. Perhaps... this World Wonder was holding the boundlessly powerful red moon demon god in check.
"This civilization was truly powerful... even a tiny glimpse is enough to reveal their tremendous spirit," Zhang Ming could not help praising them. "Using the supernatural to fight the supernatural. What incredible power."
"Tell me, why did Black Tortoise choose such