What? You say His Majesty is a war criminal!!

The slightly scarlet sunshine spreads over the metropolitan area like a veil.

The metropolitan area that had been silent for a night slowly glowed with infinite vitality.

Suspended cars, like schools of fish in the deep sea, shuttle between skyscrapers.

The rays of the rising sun were divided into wisps of light by the traffic and buildings.

The neon lights at night have also been turned off.

The prosperity of the metropolitan area is far beyond what people can imagine.

Surrounding the giant airport left over from the past, countless buildings measuring over a thousand meters are located here.

The Metropolitan Area is the most prosperous and populous area in Liberty City.

In many upper-class districts where fertility rates are low, and in middle-class and lower-class districts where the population seems to have dropped by half, the population in metropolitan areas has been growing.

The designed population load of the metropolitan area has long been exceeded.

Abandoned buildings do not exist in the metropolitan area.

People from many areas are trying their best to get into the metropolitan area.

There is even a saying in Liberty City.

I would rather pick up trash in the metropolitan area than be a rich man in the middle-class area.

According to the previous year's census, the population of the metropolitan area reached 200 million.

It is the most populous area in Liberty City.

If a population exceeds five million, it is considered a top-notch middle-class area.

The tens of millions level will basically only appear in upper-level areas.

Two hundred million people already account for a considerable proportion of Liberty City's population.

The metropolitan area was the location of the planet's airport before humankind declined.

The entire Liberty City is a city built around the airport.

The majesty of the airport is a miraculous project that humans today cannot imagine.

It is a miracle left behind by mankind's glorious past.

One building is comparable to a small town.

The airport covers an area of ​​25 kilometers in diameter and has several outer walls with rings surrounding the central area.

The most central area is called the core area.

It is divided into three areas from top to bottom.

Each region roughly corresponds to the layers of the atmosphere.

In an era before humankind declined, airports would not be opened as residential areas.

After the decline of mankind, the major families trapped on this planet chose the abandoned airport as their residential area.

The airport was already the core lifeblood of a planet in its glory days.

It was also an important military base during the war.

When designing, designers will consider the stability and safety of the airport to the greatest extent.

The materials used have the characteristics of anti-psychic energy, anti-penetration, and shock absorption.

The defense system is very complete.

The activated energy shield can withstand the bombardment of a fleet.

The safety and security of living here is much stronger than other places.

Of course, these families only live up to three thousand meters above the ground.

The higher areas are the territory of special organizations such as the extraordinary department.

It is difficult for ordinary people to deal with those weird and special things.

Only psykers can banish.

The airport area in the higher areas is synonymous with danger and terror.

Occupied by those indescribable things.

Those extraordinary teams formed a series of guarantees so that those families could live peacefully.

As for why those families didn't evacuate the airport, it was because the airport was really important to them.

It is the key to accessing space in this era.

Losing the airport means that all major families have lost hope of returning to the stars.

Of course, it's just this era.

In the glorious age of mankind, the greater use of airports is actually to save costs.

Civilian ships capable of traveling across stars generally do not enter the range of a planet's gravity well.

Because civilian ships consider cost-effectiveness.

Building a ship that can withstand the planet's gravity is hundreds, if not thousands, times more expensive than a ship that simply sails through space.

Because the planet's gravity exerts a force on every part of the ship's hull.

If there is a slight imbalance, the spacecraft may be torn apart, resulting in a tragedy of shipwreck and loss of life.

Building a spacecraft that can land on a planet's surface requires a lot of resources.

It is very likely that a Star Trader will not be able to earn back their costs.

In turn, the cost of interstellar trade remains high.

The existence of the airport is extremely important.

Its main function is to transport materials purchased from other planets or to send products from this planet to space and send them to other planets through spacecraft.

The existence of the airport allows low-cost civilian ships to quickly unload cargo without entering the planet's gravity range.

It can be said that the existence of the airport has promoted the prosperity of human interstellar trade.

It is a pity that the advent of the Eternal Night Era has made the past glory gone forever.

The airport is still there, but the interstellar merchants who used to drive around in spaceships to sell goods are missing.

The knowledge system is broken and the industrial system collapses.

It is impossible to build a spacecraft on this planet that can take off directly from the surface and cross the stars.

Protecting the airport is holding on to the dream of finally entering the starry sky.

Standing in the balcony garden more than 3,000 meters above the ground, Qinghuan felt a little emotional.

The existence of the protective cover keeps Qinghuan's mansion at a suitable temperature.

Raging winds cannot cause any damage to the transparent shield.

Even the sounds from outside cannot pass through the protective shield and reach inside.

Qinghuan sat in the garden.

There was a chessboard and a pot of brewed tea in front of him, and a book in his hand.

Two bodyguards stood behind him like stone sculptures.

The years are quiet and peaceful, as if the ups and downs outside have nothing to do with him.

Footsteps sounded.

A strong, fat black man like a giant bear walked in from outside.

He moved carefully and spoke respectfully.

"The people from Haiqing District report that they are back alive and ask you to fulfill the rewards of the mission and the promised resources and materials."

Qinghuan was surprised when he heard this.

"After so many days, you can still come back alive? How many come back??"

"Not a single one is missing, and there is even more of the robot that the Ross family sent to kill me and Qin Zheng. It seems that they rewrote the program and controlled the robot."

"This guy is really making me more and more confused." Qinghuan put down the book, "Originally I just wanted to play a casual chess game. Who would have thought that this guy is so powerful. Not only did he allow me to return to the metropolitan area, but he also obtained The trust of those old guys. Now that this guy has brought those people back from Xinku District alive, he probably has a lot of secrets hidden in him."

"Do you want to take action? The secret that will allow him to come back alive from Xinku District should be of great use." Fatty Hei asked: "They have no intention of taking precautions against us. As long as we take action, there is a high probability of success."

"What if it's useless??" Qinghuan said, "That way we will lose a good chess piece. And if we let him escape alive, do you think he would dare to hang us too??"

"What he can't do is that the metropolitan area is tightly defended and the security measures are far more stringent than those in St. Ann's area."

After Fatty Hei followed Qinghuan to Dadu District, everything he saw opened his eyes.

It is indeed the core area of ​​Liberty City.

Its level of prosperity was far beyond what a country boy like him could imagine.

Entering it is like entering heaven.

It is a completely different world from those areas outside.

"It's true that he can't do it, but he has the courage to do it. If our enemy is willing to provide a little help, he will definitely find a way to come in for revenge. Qin Zheng can't be killed yet, but he is a good knife. Wait until he can hold this Only after all the people who wielded the knife have been killed can the knife be destroyed with confidence. Because even if it cannot be destroyed for a while, the knife cannot cause a big storm."

Qinghuan spoke slowly and took a sip of tea mid-sentence.

"Mr. Qinghuan is far-sighted," the fat black man said flatteringly.

"Stop flattering me. I owe you a share of the credit for being able to return to the metropolitan area this time. Don't worry, work hard and I won't treat you badly in the future." Qinghuan rubbed the edge of the tea cup and said calmly: "I will let you withdraw the money later. , you transfer it to them. I will give you the benefit fee in addition. Remember not to charge any middle fees to avoid him having objections to us."

"Master Qinghuan, don't worry while I handle the matter."

Qinghuan didn't reply to Fatty Hei's words, but just waved to him to go out.

After Fatty Hei walked out, Qinghuan was still sitting there, drinking tea calmly.

He said in a sympathetic tone while pouring tea.

"Humble people are like chess pieces, but they don't know it. They always feel that they can be favored by fate, and imagine that one day they can change their destiny. What a ridiculous idea."