The sky stretched high, the clouds wispy, as southbound geese vanished into the distance.
Up close, the towering curtain of light around the edge of River City did not actually look circular. Instead, it resembled a straight, translucent wall that cut across the sky. Even the sky differed in color on either side. Outside the curtain, it was dim and indistinct, heavy black clouds gathering there all year round.
Some said terrifying beings in the Wasteland Zone disliked daylight and used their immense powers to gather thick clouds to block it out. Only the formation protecting the city kept it unaffected. Others said the Five Great Immortal Sects had jointly laid down those clouds to reduce the number of plants and Demon Beasts in the Wasteland Zone.
Directly beneath this section of the light curtain stood a circular, fortress-like checkpoint. A passage beneath the white fortress connected the two sides of the curtain.
On the side facing Jiangcheng City, a plaza outside the fortress had developed into a commercial district. Hotels, restaurants, bathhouses, and large stores such as Immortal Goods Firms stood all around, alongside small stalls selling juice, fried skewers, coffins, and stinky tofu.
It was quite a lively scene.
There were four such exit fortresses along the edge of Jiangcheng City, and every trip out through one cost over ten thousand in exit fees.
Only after reading the group messages last night had Yue Wen learned that going out into the Wasteland Zone cost money. He had hurriedly borrowed some more from Wang Shoucai.
In fact, the outer City-Guarding Grand Formation allowed people out but not in. Even without paying, you could leave through any point along the light curtain, but you would have no way to return.
With luck, you might find a temporary fissure somewhere around