Capital City truly lived up to its status as the Galaxy Alliance's most important city. Its name differed from Shou'er City's by only one character, but the gulf between their development was unimaginable.
Mist flowing out from among the mountains followed the Sea-Blocking Dam to the outskirts of Capital City, then streamed inward along its streets and alleys. The sight was rather magical.
Countless tall buildings loomed in the mist, while the elevators leading into space dwindled into dozens of fine lines farther away, looking like strings on a musical instrument. The Capital Planet's strict air traffic controls also had something to do with these ubiquitous Space Elevators. Otherwise, people would very likely have enjoyed the sight of spacecraft falling into them like bugs into a spiderweb every day.
Jing Jiu and Ran Handong strolled casually along the streets, like ordinary tourists.
Every day, many tourists came to this city from other states, other cities, and other colonial planets to see the sights.
Ran Handong quietly introduced Capital City's scenery, culture, and famous buildings, thinking, As long as you don't lift your hat, anything is fine.
People were all the same; Jing Jiu was more interested in scenery that was different.
Unfortunately, the mist was too thick just then. The alien sights appearing and disappearing within it had a distinctive charm, but he could not see them clearly.
As though sensing his thoughts, the mist in Capital City vanished without a trace as noon approached.
Somewhat fierce light fell from the nearly transparent sky, illuminating everything.
There was a very large sun in the sky, along with many points of light. A planet also hung in the west, its rings visible to the naked eye.
-Stars were actually visible in broad daylight, and so was a planet.
This was a