Chapter 184: The City of Dawn
Sitting on his self-made magic flying saucer, Chen Ran leisurely crossed his legs and rested.
For the convenience of the journey, Chen Ran had specially designed the seats on the flying saucer to be suitable for lying down. While it was moving forward automatically, he could also leisurely drink afternoon tea. When he was tired, he could also look at the scenery below.
The swamp in the Amazon area was really large. In the nearby visible rivers, he could sometimes see the shadows of some large aquatic creatures swimming in the water. Their size was really not much smaller than the sea kings in the ocean. Chen Ran could even see the existence of some giant swamp sub-dragons.
Looking down from above was very intuitive. A large number of piranhas, a huge number of Amazon giant crocodiles, and those black and round swamp “water monsters” that were like mud all over, made one’s heart tremble. No wonder one could not cross the swamp without the strength of the tenth tier. This place was really not a place that ordinary people could pass.
Chen Ran couldn’t help but sigh. Fortunately, his mind was flexible, and he didn’t think of forcing his way through. While collecting a large amount of materials, he had also experienced a romantic encounter that he had never enjoyed before. The most pleasant thing in life was nothing more than this. He hoped that his future life would be even more wonderful and interesting.
When he was tired of the scenery, he would take a look. Chen Ran took out a stack of the otherworldly version of “Playboy” that he had brought from Diya City and flipped through the contents. It was not as interesting as before. He had basically tried all the moves he could on the open Azshara and Eris. There were no more regrets in his life.
After a sigh, he casually threw the magazine in his hand into the air. The magazine fell from the sky and happened to hit the head of a swamp giant crocodile.
Faced with the hateful attacker, the giant crocodile could not attack the unscrupulous guy in the sky. After a roar, it could only make do with biting the magazine to pieces.
He estimated the speed of the flying saucer. With such a speed, the journey of five or six thousand li should be completed in a few days.
A lonely journey!
Chen Ran stretched. He took a short nap.
The City of Dawn, the capital of the Turin Empire.
Dawn meant hope, the place where dreams began.
In this city, countless famous and talented people were born, adding endless glory to the empire.
This was the empire with the longest history since the founding of the Turin Empire. It had inherited the cultural heritage of the empire for a thousand years. It was even difficult to find a city with such a long history on the entire continent as the City of Dawn.
If Diya City was a paradise for merchants, then the City of Dawn was the most longed-for place for all famous people and heroes. Here, all the capable people in all fields were respected. As long as you could gain enough fame and glory, you could easily get everything you pursued.
There were many famous tourist attractions here: the Hero’s Square, the Victory Avenue, the Arc de Triomphe, the Central Garden, the Queen’s Avenue, and the Dawn Academy, which specialized in cultivating professional talents. All of this added a lot of color to this city.
Chen Ran stopped and went. It took him nearly a week to travel directly through dozens of large and small towns in his magic flying saucer, and he finally arrived at a place dozens of li away from the City of Dawn. To prevent his invention from causing a commotion and unnecessary trouble, he got off early, put away the magic flying saucer, and stored it in his storage ring.
He spent a little money and got a ride on a certain merchant caravan. It only took two hours. Chen Ran finally arrived outside the City of Dawn.
What met his eyes was a magnificent city wall.
It was no exaggeration to say that this was definitely the tallest city wall Chen Ran had ever seen. Every brick on that wall was larger than Chen Ran’s body, and he estimated that each one weighed nearly a ton. The neat, green bricks were stacked together, showing a deep and heavy presence. The Turin war banners on the city wall danced in the wind, rustling, giving one a solemn and dignified feeling.
Guarding the city gate was a team of soldiers in silver-white armor. Their appearance was proper, and they were majestic and strong. They were meticulously doing their duty, and there was not a trace of the playful feeling of ordinary towns.
After all, it was the Imperial Capital. The atmosphere it gave was different.
Walking into the deep city gate passage, Chen Ran finally entered this great city.
The street Chen Ran was on was the famous Victory Avenue of the City of Dawn, the most famous long street in the City of Dawn.
It was a hundred meters wide, and dozens of warhorses could walk side by side without feeling crowded. The floor was all paved with green marble bricks, and both sides of the road were planted with all kinds of flowers. The laurel trees, which symbolized victory, were planted on both sides of the road.
And as long as you walked straight along this avenue, its end was the direction of the imperial capital, straight toward the Arc de Triomphe.
As for the origin of this street, when the country was founded through conquest, every victorious return to the country was through this street. Until the war situation stabilized, the emperor at that time was overjoyed and named this street Victory Avenue, and it was constantly expanded to its current scale. Now, this street was more of a symbol. Every National Day or military inspection ceremony would begin on this street.
Chen Ran had learned all this from textbooks.
Chen Ran was naturally not interested in the imperial palace at the end of the street, because he couldn’t get in at all. He was now very curious to know where the acquaintances he had here were.
Speaking of acquaintances in the empire, Colin was one. That kid from Xilan City was probably doing well in the Dawn Academy now. With his awakened innate lightning runes and some necessary diligence, he should be able to get the status of a top student. But in the Dawn Academy, which was full of talents, he didn’t know how he was doing specifically.
Ella was probably also in this city. She had said that she would take that little girl Dongfang to stay here. At that time, Chen Ran had set out earlier, so he naturally didn’t know where Ella was staying. This city was so big, with a population of one and a half million. He didn’t know where to start looking.
However, if he went to the Dawn Academy to look, it should be easier to get a clue. As long as he found that kid Colin first, it wouldn’t be difficult to find his sister Ella’s tracks. In more than a year, he didn’t know how everyone was doing.
When he thought of Ella, Chen Ran’s heart couldn’t help but warm up.
Speaking of the women he knew, Lia made one feel pity, Elena made him infatuated, and Azshara and Eris made him unforgettable for their madness. Only Ella, as long as he was by her side, Chen Ran would feel relaxed and could sleep peacefully. This special girl would always try to share the burden on your shoulders. In Chen Ran’s eyes, she had an irreplaceable beauty. She used her own unique way to make a deep impression.
The Imperial Capital was very large. Chen Ran naturally couldn’t visit it all. He used the simplest method and called a carriage to take him to the Dawn Academy.
The aura of the Imperial Capital Academy was extraordinary. At the very least, a lot of effort had been put into the facade, and it had the air of a thousand-year-old famous school.
Students of the Imperial Capital in beautiful school uniforms came and went in twos and threes, showing their vitality and youth. Everyone was full of spirit and energy.
At a glance, it was almost all handsome guys and beautiful girls. The boys were tall, rich, and handsome, and the girls were rich and beautiful, all above the average line.
It was worthy of being the Imperial Capital Academy, the ideal land of that tsundere wolf Colin.
Not long after he had arrived in the City of Dawn, Chen Ran felt the innate superiority of the people here. Even a small coachman had a very high opinion of himself and did not look highly on an outsider like Chen Ran. But what was better here than in Diya City was that the coachmen here would not overcharge you, but it was still not cheap.
But now, the serious problem before Chen Ran was that he was ruthlessly stopped by a few knight-student cadets on duty. Because he was not a student or a teacher here, he could not enter the Dawn Academy.
It turned out that to ensure the peace of the students in the academy, all idle people from outside the school were not allowed in. Otherwise, they would be severely punished. This was much stricter than the rules of the academy Chen Ran had been to before, which gave him a headache. To get in, the students’ school uniforms were the simplest proof of passage.
But the problem was, if he couldn’t get into the academy, how could he find that guy Colin?
Could it be that he had to imitate and make a set himself?
Although it would at most just take a little more time.
Just as he was about to take a roundabout way to save the country, he heard a couple from the Dawn Academy talking.
Girl: “My dear, what are we going to eat out today?”
Boy: “How about steak?”
Girl: “No, we always eat that. No wonder you’re as stupid as a cow. Let’s have something else.”
Boy: “How about we go and eat authentic Ikadan seafood? It’s been a long time since we’ve had that. It tastes good.”
“No,” the girl shook her head and then said secretly, “How about we go and eat KFC?”
“That…” the boy hesitated for a moment, a little embarrassed. “That seems a little expensive. You know the amount of pocket money my family gives me a month…”
“You don’t love me!” Hearing this, the girl was about to turn around in a huff when the boy quickly went up and took her hand, repenting, “Alright, alright, we’ll go and eat KFC today!”
The boy had a look of going all out, but his words finally had an effect. The girl smiled, took the boy’s hand, and the two of them walked in a certain direction together.
Hearing the previous conversation, Chen Ran suddenly had the urge to vomit blood.
KFC? Did he hear correctly? Could it be the shop he had opened in Xilan City out of boredom?
The main reason he had opened this kind of shop at that time was to arrange employment for his underlings who were not so talented. How could there be one in the Imperial Capital now?
Chen Ran was in a daze…
If it were just the name KFC, it would be fine. But looking at the expressions of those students when they mentioned the name of the shop, he always felt an indescribable absurdity. He had heard of things like steak and seafood before. They were all high-end dishes. KFC was at most just fast food. How could it be compared to the food in those high-end hotels…
But hearing this term, he had to go and take a look. In his heart, he felt that this should have some connection with Ella’s side.
So, Chen Ran followed the couple.
The place they arrived at was not far from the Dawn Academy. It didn’t take long to get there, and the storefront was very conspicuous.
