DipNovel Chapter 575 Entering the City
Chapter 575 Entering the City
"What's the use?"
"Hmm... not very useful, kind of a useless fellow, but also very rare to encounter. You can only occasionally find them on planets with extremely abundant life energy! However, many nobles like to keep them in their own gardens!"
"He can fly?" Xu Si was surprised that the guy actually had a pair of fleshy wings, flying from one bush to another.
"It can swim and burrow underground! In short, it's very difficult to catch and quite valuable!" Looking at the little creature, Wan Liuchun seemed very interested.
"Is he really that useless?" Xu Si didn't believe this guy was completely useless.
His gaze remained fixed on the round, plump creature.
By now, it had absorbed enough dew from the leaves at the top of the bushes, its plump body swelling up to resemble a water-soaked emerald green glass bead. It swayed gently, flapping its small fleshy wings, and drifted away along the stream.
"It's not exactly useless; at least it looks quite festive," Xu Si said.
Wanliuchun chuckled softly, her laughter like the wind chimes tinkling through the air.
"If you like, you can catch one and take it home to raise. Anyway, it just lives on dew, so you don't need to take care of it much. But be careful it doesn't sneak away."
Xu Si was actually somewhat tempted, but his little world had not yet given birth to any plants.
If there were any plants, he could get one.
In this way, the nightmares are not too lonely.
However, Xu Si withdrew his gaze from the plant spirit and looked back into the distance.
In my perception, beyond those rolling hills lies a massive city.
"You just said this guy is worth some money?"
Xu Si beckoned, and the plant spirits, who had already eaten and drunk their fill and flown towards the stream, were now held in Xu Si's palm.
"It's very valuable!" Wan Liuchun raised an eyebrow. Xu Si wasn't interested just now, but in the blink of an eye, this little guy had caught him.
Xu Si, however, wasn't particularly interested in the little guy.
However, discovering the city was a different story. He wanted to go inside and take a look, but how could he do that without some money on him?
"I'm afraid I'll have to trouble you!"
The little thing in Xu Si's palm was terrified, but it was still directly placed into his spatial cloak.
"You really do whatever comes to mind." Wan Chun's tone was tinged with sarcasm, clearly showing her disdain for Xu Si's impromptu plan to "earn travel expenses."
"We can't just rob it." Xu Si could rob it, but if it caused too much trouble and attracted the attention of this world's consciousness, it would be a loss.
He wanted to come quietly and leave quietly.
He patted off non-existent dust from his sleeves and looked down at the city he perceived.
His perception was not deep enough, because he did not know whether there was a level nine life form in charge of this city.
However, it is certain that this is a city of a different race, not a human city.
Xu Si concealed his aura and landed on the back of a low hill not far from the city gate.
The outline of the entire city was clearer from his angle.
The city wall was built of some kind of huge stones with a faint blue luster. The surface was seamless, like a whole sculpted mountain, and it shone with a warm, cold light under the skylight that seemed to come from nowhere.
The city gates were wide open, and there were no guards.
The alien races entering and leaving the city gate were of various shapes and sizes. Some were over ten feet tall, covered with fine scales, and walked with heavy steps, each step leaving a clanging sound on the bluestone ground.
Some were no more than three feet tall, round all over, with their features squeezed in the center of their faces like kneaded dough. When they walked, they hopped and skipped, making strange tinkling sounds.
Xu Si also saw several thorn giants unloading goods at the city gate.
It was a truckload of dark red ore, with a fine sheen on the surface, each piece about the size of an adult's head.
Several plump little people stood around, arguing loudly in some kind of high-pitched language, their syllables short and abrupt, as if they were in charge.
"Wanliuchun, can you recognize the origins of these alien races?"
Wanliuchun peeked half her face out from the dark building, her gaze passing over Xu Si's shoulder towards the city gate. After a moment, she shook her head slightly: "Not any of the myriad races I'm familiar with. Perhaps a unique indigenous race found only in this world."
"That makes it even more interesting," Xu Si murmured, his figure swaying slightly as he appeared within a hundred paces of the city gate.
His target was a race whose size was similar to that of humans.
Although they are similar in size, their appearances are very different.
Standing at about 1.7 meters tall, with a shiny body and crystal-like limbs, Xu Si thought it was some kind of crystal that had come to life.
Moreover, Xu Si's choice was also purposeful.
Because the race he chose to emulate clearly held a higher status among the races entering and leaving the city gates.
But it's not too high, and it's not too eye-catching.
"How well am I disguised? Can you find any flaws?" Xu Si asked.
Since he gained the ability to energize, he discovered that he could disguise himself as anything, even stones and plants.
However, this was the first time he had ever disguised himself as a member of a different race.
Xu Si spun around halfway in place, allowing Wan Liuchun to see through his disguise.
The crystallized limbs gleamed with a pale blue, cold light under the refraction of light, while the facial contours were compressed into a flat, faceted surface with no discernible features, except for two dark indentations that served as the positions of the eyes.
After carefully examining him for a while, Wanliu Chunzi finally nodded slightly: "From a distance, there are no flaws. This race's aura is inherently restrained, which is quite suitable for your disguise. Moreover, you are not afraid of detection; from a distance, it's impossible to tell the difference."
"What about up close?" Xu Si asked.
"Looking closer..." Wan Liuchun smiled slightly.
"As long as you don't get too close to their face, it should be fine."
Xu Si felt relieved and strode towards the city gate.
The number of foreign tribes entering and leaving the city gate was more concentrated than he had expected.
Those scaly giants, each about ten feet tall, carried the ore and walked slowly out, the bluestone beneath their feet making a cracking sound.
The short, round-looking race chattered and crowded on the other side, pushing carts full of unknown goods into the city.
Xu Si hadn't expected that the way of life in this world was more primitive than he had imagined.
He mingled with a few scattered members of the Crystal Clan and entered the city, walking at a moderate pace, trying his best to imitate the walking posture of the Crystal Clan members he had just observed.
The shoulders don't sway, the forearms swing forward at a fixed angle, and the rhythm of each step is as even as a clock.
The tall, armored giants and the short, round races all avoided Xu Si.
They seem to be afraid of some kind of power.
There were no guards at the gate, but as Xu Si passed through the city gate, he felt a sense of being spied on, as if it were a routine check.
However, his disguise was clearly superior.
The absence of a city gate tax was the best news, and Xu Si's infiltration went very smoothly.
He also discovered that the city's currency appeared to be a crimson crystal.
It was about the size of a date pit, and seemed to contain the unique energy of this little world.