I have an Apocalypse City Chapter 1086

Chapter 1086: Chapter 1088: Primordial Sea_1 Chapter 1086: Chapter 1088: Primordial Sea_1 “Doomsday City has been entirely conquered?” Song Jian was taken aback, a smile appearing at the corner of his mouth. This result was within his expectation. Ever since he had single-handedly cleared the largest Abyssal Instance in the city, there had been nothing to stop the alliance from unifying Doomsday City; it was just a matter of time.

However, the conquest had now been accomplished at least half a month earlier than Song Jian had predicted. It seemed that in his absence from the City of Hope, Wang Qi and the others had not slacked off and had worked hard to develop it.

He took out his City Lord seal, which now radiated a rich purple-golden glow. The Legendary Level City Lord seal granted Song Jian the ability to control the City of Hope anytime and anywhere, a privilege exclusive to the mayors of Level 5 cities.

Previously, to handle city affairs with the City Lord seal, he had to be within the bounds of the City of Hope. So whenever Song Jian left the city for adventuring, a backlog of city matters that required the mayor's approval would pile up, causing delays. Now, even if Song Jian was in the Scorching Gorge, he could manage the affairs of the City of Hope from miles away, which was much more convenient.

Through the City Lord seal, a semi-transparent screen appeared before Song Jian, filled with matters that needed addressing during this time–mostly applications for shop permits and the construction of infrastructure. After carefully reviewing them, Song Jian approved each one. These applications had all been vetted by the municipal government. Anything inappropriate would be rejected by the officials and would never appear before him.

Seeing Song Jian suddenly produce a purple-gold Quality City Lord seal, the robot Nafiboja's eyes began to flicker rapidly, fixating on the seal in Song Jian's hand and scanning it continuously.

To Song Jian, robot Nafiboja was just an NPC from an escort mission. Observing its curiosity about the City Lord seal, he paid it no mind, as the seal was a bound item and couldn't be taken or used by others.

After handling the backlog of city affairs, Song Jian put away the City Lord seal.

“A Level 5 city, that's moderately high, with some effort, perhaps it can be promoted to a Level 7 or Level 8 high-level city…” Song Jian pondered, stroking his chin, “But to promote it, first we must secure our foothold against the Abyssal invasion!”

The Abyss invasion could happen at any time, which was also why Wang Qi had hastened the unification of Doomsday City's territory. Only a completely unified city could withstand the invasion of the Abyssal army.

“Who would have thought that you are actually a City Lord!” robot Nafiboja's voice suddenly turned into a gentle female voice, addressing Song Jian.

Song Jian merely smiled and did not reply, continuing along the route provided by robot Nafiboja.

“By the way, do you know what Nefiya Continent is?” Song Jian suddenly asked.

Now that Doomsday City had been completely unified and had become a Level 5 city, it became a stronghold in the Nefiya Continent, which puzzled Song Jian.

“Our world is divided into three continents: Nefiya, Anqira, and Soya,” Nafiboja said after a moment of silence. “The three continents were once united, but the Divine Wars that erupted ten thousand years ago shattered the land into three pieces. The wars continued for thousands of years, many gods fell, and the continents gradually drifted apart. Now each continent is separated by thousands of miles of distance… The land we are on is one of them, the Nefiya Continent!”

“In fact, the ley lines of each continent have already broken. The entire continents are floating on the Primordial Sea, always at risk of collapsing. Strongholds are the pillars that support the continents. The more strongholds there are, the more stable the continent becomes. Furthermore, a city that becomes a stronghold can harness the power of the ley lines, vastly improving both its defense and production capabilities. It also gets integrated into the ley lines network, enhancing the teleportation ability between cities…”

After the robot Nafiboja gave a detailed explanation, Song Jian nodded his head, but he hadn't yet noticed anything different. He estimated that he would probably only see the effects of the city's transformation after returning to the City of Hope.

As the two conversed, they moved through the underground magma channels, and before long, they arrived at a vast expanse of Magma Lake.

Gazing at the seemingly endless Magma Lake, Song Jian was dumbstruck; he had never imagined that beneath this layer of hell, there could be such a vast expanse of Magma Lake. No, this could no longer be called a lake; calling it a Magma Sea would be more fitting.

Most importantly, they had reached a point where the path ended. Even if Song Jian had the ability to fly, he couldn't possibly cross such a vast Magma Sea.

“Did you take a wrong turn?” Song Jian couldn't help but ask as he looked at the churning Magma Sea before him.

“This is the only passage out of the underground area…” Nafiboja said in a low voice. She walked to the edge of the Magma Sea, bent down, picked up a gear-like metal part from the ground, and revealed a sorrowful expression in her eyes: “Once you leave here, you can enter the edge of the Scorching Gorge…”

“What exactly is this place?” Song Jian couldn't help asking.

“This is the source of many volcanic eruptions, and it is also the most dangerous place in the entire volcanic region…” Nafiboja turned her head to look at Song Jian and said, “This is also the lair of the Flame King, the Primordial Sea!”

“What, the lair of the Flame King?” Song Jian shuddered. Everyone knew that the Flame King was a King Level boss that had existed for thousands of years, at the pinnacle of Level 120, far surpassing the might of ordinary King Level bosses. Song Jian might be able to exhaust a newly promoted King Level boss using various trump cards, but against a boss like the Flame King who was halfway to Legendary Level, he would not be able to deal with him alone.

To hunt the Flame King, at least a large team of a hundred people was needed, and each member of the team had to be at the pinnacle of Level 120 and at least third-grade combat power to stand a chance.

“You mean, we have to cross this Primordial Sea and kill the Flame King in order to leave?” Song Jian widened his eyes and said, “Then why didn't we just go overland from the start? At least going overland would be faster!”

All along the way, Song Jian had already realized that not only was the underground passage narrow and difficult to navigate, but it also had several times more monsters than on the surface. Since they were bound to encounter the Flame King sooner or later, it would be better to go directly through the cluster of volcanoes on the surface, which would also be faster.

“On the surface, every step you take would be under attack from the Flame King; I fear you wouldn't make it a kilometer before being killed by the Flame King. Its true body is hidden in this Primordial Sea, and on the surface, we simply have no way to deal with it, but here…” Nafiboja glanced around and said, “It's not as terrifying as you imagine!”

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