Chapter 204: Chapter 204

After examining, I registered myself without having to expose my face. Every special wristwatch has a unique identification number, and this number can’t be forged by just anyone.

Once my identification number was used to verify Du You’s information, they let me through.

At the same time, there were other people waiting to enter and exit. The entrance of the city was not a deserted place; on the contrary, it was very bustling.

"I’ve heard a lot of people like to hunt outside the city on Earth, it seems to be true."

Du You stepped onto an elevator that brought him to the top of the city wall. That’s right, the main gate wouldn’t open for them, they had to use the elevator for entrance and exit. This elevator, similar to a magnetic levitation transport, seemed similar to those autopilot cars.

On top of the city walls, patrolling teams could be seen moving back and forth. The regular patrol teams carried various technological weapons. But some were more traditional, carrying either gigantic bows and arrows or long swords as big as a door.

However, they all seemed to be using standard equipment. It’s surprising to see so many "professionals" willing to patrol and guard the city. These professionals are generally free spirits.

Even if you want them to join the army, you usually need their consent. Therefore, the annual benefits offered by the military are very attractive.

Without lingering for too long, Du You walked to the other side, descended using the lift and finally arrived outside the city.

The cities of today are not interconnected, at least his city isn’t. There are vast forests outside, and within the forests, one could occasionally glimpse some ruins.

These ruins consisted of dilapidated houses, piles of rusted metal, and many human-made sculptures could faintly be seen.

Many of these were left behind when human beings were forced to retreat by changes in nature. The most recent traces might only be decades old. It’s said that a war a few years ago caused the city to lose parts of its territory. Although it was reclaim later, its shape was somewhat different from before.

Here at the west gate was where the war was then most intense, a lot of the land here had been abandoned.

Otherwise, there wouldn’t be so many traces of modernity here.

After looking around, Du You didn’t stay, instead, he ran in the direction marked on his map. In the environment of Earth, Du You could fully enjoy the real power of his wristwatch.

Wherever the Magic Network cover, the wristwatch has a complete and clear map, capable of finding any location. He just had to follow the route and go straight, even better than a navigation system.

After all, the Magic Network covers all areas of Earth, no need for manual recording and exploration.

And for any questions, he could use the wristwatch for explanations.

Even some small animals, herbs, or ores on the ground could be scanned by the wristwatch at any time and feedback to Du You. If you want to find herbs or ores around, it would be very easy.

Having experienced the pains of searching things in Otherworld, Du You feels he has advanced several eras at once.

However, Du You didn’t come here for these things. In his heart, he was anxious because the surroundings outside the city were not as safe as inside the city.

Not long after Du You left, he was attacked. The attackers were a group of wolves, wolves much larger than a cow.

Du You didn’t bother to find out what they were, he directly killed them with his Disintegration Spell.

"I’ve heard the yields from hunting alien beasts on Earth are less than in the Derived World, didn’t expect it to be this little." Du You calculated and found out that each Crystal Coin produced by the orbs on Earth was more than half less than those in the Derived World.

Moreover, the production rate of the orbs was even lower. The overall yield is probably only about a fifth of what you’d get in an average Derived World. In some better Derived Worlds or Outer Worlds, the yields are much better than here.

The only advantage over the Derived World is that the materials found here can be directly taken back, not requiring conversion to Crystal Coins.

The various weapons and equipment made can be directly used on Earth, or converted into Crystal Coins for use in other worlds. The amounts of Crystal Coins needed to convert equipment made from materials produced on Earth were fewer.

This is a unique rule of Earth. Unfortunately, hunting those alien beasts on Earth will never drop equipment or skills, only Crystal Coins. This is not a question of probability any more.

Du You pressed onward. There weren’t many powerful alien beasts or monsters near the city. As soon as he saw any, he directly threw Disintegration Spells. These creatures without any special magic resistance stood no chance against his Disintegration Spell. Du You killed everything in his path in an instant.

None of his targets could withstand a hit from him. In the orbs that dropped, there were only Crystal Coins, nothing else.

As far as materials go, weren’t there bodies everywhere on the ground? If you wanted materials, you could collect them yourself.

This greatly facilitated Du You’s collection process; he didn’t have to sort through the things that were useful to him. He didn’t hesitate to leave these bodies behind, now wasn’t the time to collect materials.

As Du You traveled, he didn’t dare to let Xiaozi fly in the air, who knew what they would encounter. According to its grading, Earth was absolutely an extremely high-level world. The most crucial point was that the distribution of monsters sometimes had no pattern to it.

After spending most of the day, Du You finally reached his destination. Follow current novᴇls on 𝕟𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕝✦𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕖✦𝕟𝕖𝕥

The Qingbao Steel Factory, well, nobody knows from which era it came. The massive front gate was severely damaged; if it wasn’t for the huge sign still standing, Du You wouldn’t have known what this place was.

The surrounding walls, the equipment, everything was covered in a thick layer of dust; it looked like it hadn’t been cleaned in a long time. Entering the steel factory, Du You felt like he was stepping into another world, a world of utter desolation and ruin. Wasteland was the word that came to his mind.

The steel factory, which no one knew what it had gone through, had long turned into a half-ruined state. Plants grew wildly around, this was nature’s counterattack against man.

Upon reaching inside, Du You slowed down his pace.

"I wonder where Lao Er is." Du You finally remembered something. By now, he had come to a clearing in the middle of the steel factory. From here, one had the widest view.

"Is he not here? There’s no signal on the wristwatch either; it’s strange, wasn’t the Magic Network supposed to cover all areas? Maybe I’ll go up the water tower later, that’s the highest point here."