Supreme Electromagnetic Tyrant-Chapter 44 - 25 Olympia City

The Star Gate was in the middle of the fortress hall, and rooms had been carved out of the walls all around the hall. In total there were more than fifty floors, much like several interconnected buildings.

Ji Xinghuo ascended to one of the floors and entered a bank.

"Hello."

The clerk behind the counter greeted politely, "Sir, how may I assist you?"

"I need to withdraw cash."

After Ji Xinghuo finished speaking, he entered his bank account information into the machine at the counter and successfully logged in to his account with facial recognition and fingerprint verification.

Electronic devices could not be used in the Star Realm, and naturally, there was no internet payment.

But there was a strong demand for transactions.

Therefore, paper currency, which had been phased out on Earth for many years, became useful again. People about to enter the Star Realm would withdraw a sum of cash to carry with them.

"Mr. Ji, how much would you like to withdraw?" The clerk glanced at Ji Xinghuo’s account information.

Ji Xinghuo replied, "One million."

"Please wait a moment."

The bank clerk was not too surprised. Most Mutants traveling between Earth and the Star Realm were very wealthy, with transactions amounting to hundreds of thousands or millions, and even tens of millions on occasion. A mere million in cash was nothing odd, as it happened almost every day.

Ji Xinghuo waited patiently.

By now, his phone had received a notification from the bank for the withdrawal of one million.

He checked his balance and felt indescribable.

That day, he had received the ten million Ya Yuan gifted by Xia Qingyu, the champion’s prize of over 180,000 from the Archery Cup, a reward for killing Ji Zongbang, plus his own existing savings, bringing his total savings to over 10.5 million.

A bona fide millionaire!

For an ordinary person, that would be enough for a happy lifetime.

But after buying the Life Spirit Seed and transferring seven hundred thousand to Lu Yunhai, and now withdrawing a million, his savings had dropped back down to six figures.

"My time as a millionaire lasted only three days..." Ji Xinghuo sighed inwardly.

Soon, the bank clerk pushed a large stack of cash from behind the counter, "Mr. Ji, your cash is ready. Please count it."

Ji Xinghuo quickly counted the money.

According to his request, out of the one million in cash, 800,000 was in the denomination of 10,000 Ya Yuan, 100,000 in 1,000 Ya Yuan, 80,000 in denominations of 100 Ya Yuan, and the remaining 20,000 in denominations of 50 and 10 Ya Yuan. The red banknotes were bundled up and piled together, weighing several kilograms.

The bank thoughtfully provided a backpack, just large enough to carry all the money.

Ji Xinghuo, carrying the backpack, returned to the Star Gate hall.

He stepped onto an "entry passage," took a number, and queued, moving with the line.

Now, at past two in the morning, it wasn’t peak time for traffic at the Star Gate, and the line moved quickly. In less than five minutes, he was close to the Star Gate, with fewer than ten people ahead of him.

When it was almost his turn, he took out his phone, entered his email, and set up a pre-written email and video to be sent on a timer.

In a few hours, when his siblings woke up, they would receive the email and learn that he had entered the Star Realm.

"It’s your turn."

One by one, the people in front disappeared until finally, it was Ji Xinghuo’s turn.

The Star Realm Army soldier guarding the passage sized up Ji Xinghuo. Seeing him in casual attire with nothing but a bow case on his back and the hand-carried backpack, he didn’t seem like he was off to fight, clearly a rookie entering the Star Realm for the first time, and all by himself.

The soldier frowned slightly and shook his head silently.

However, he did not verbally stop him and again checked Ji Xinghuo’s identity before waving him through.

Ji Xinghuo stepped onto the circular platform, with the Star Gate now just a stone’s throw away. Each step he took towards it, the world around him twisted just a bit more.

When he was one step away from the Star Gate, looking ahead, the space he was in had twisted to its limit.

There was no sound, no sight of others.

The whole world went quiet, as if he was the only person left, with nothing but darkness before his eyes.

Ji Xinghuo could only continue forward, feeling out for something in front of him. The moment his feet lost stability and the world spun around, his limbs instinctively reached out to grasp at anything, but before he could act, he felt solid ground again.

His vision brightened.

Visual, auditory, olfactory, all perceptions came back.

Ji Xinghuo found himself standing in an open square with the ground paved with smooth stones, and behind him stood the pitch-black Star Gate.

However, the Star Gate here was larger, with a diameter significantly greater than the Chaka Star Gate—estimated at over fifty meters.

It was daytime in the Star Realm.

Ji Xinghuo looked up to see a cloudless sky.

A golden sun hung in the western sky, two or three times larger than the sun on Earth, but its rays were not intense. Sunspots on the sun’s surface were visible to the naked eye, exuding a pressing presence and casting warm sunlight on the Star Realm every moment.

Surrounding the square was a vast city, but unlike the modern cities on Earth, the buildings were not tall, with few exceeding ten stories.

The most significant structure in the city was the wall, standing over a hundred meters tall, with no end in sight.

"Olympia City!"

"I’ve finally arrived in Olympia."

Since the Star Gate opened in 2033, it took humanity on Earth eighteen years of bitter warfare and heavy casualties to repel the Alien Race’s invasion, push back into the Star Realm, and finally regain control of the Star Gate.

In 2051, the countries of Earth cooperated to build this city around the perimeter of the Star Gate.

After a vote, the city was named "Olympia"!

This was the first place in human history where the Olympic Games were held, when the Star Realm Defense Council, which still had the leading power at the time, used the slogan "Faster, Higher, Stronger—More United!"

The part "More United" especially echoed the common vision of all humanity back then.

Therefore, Olympia was also called "The City of Unity."

Although a century later the name seemed rather ironic, nations still referred to this city as Olympia.

In the sky, more than a dozen huge mountains floated hundreds of meters above the ground.

"Floating Mountains!"

Ji Xinghuo saw the Floating Mountains for the first time with his own eyes.

Each mountain peak was anchored to the ground by three or four thick chains, massive in size yet swaying in the wind as if weightless.

"Huff, huff, huff..."

Ji Xinghuo’s breathing suddenly became rapid, a strange sensation surged to his brain with each breath, but he adjusted after a few seconds.

"Is this what they call ’Universal air’?" he wondered curiously.

The "air" in Star Realm was different from that of Earth’s, and up to now, scientists had not been able to decipher its composition.

What was even more incredible was that this type of air could be breathed not only by humans but by all races reliant on respiration, whether native inhabitants of the Star Realm or aliens from the Galaxy.

That’s why they called it "Universal air."

"Move along, don’t block the way," urged a soldier of the Star Realm Army standing nearby.

Ji Xinghuo hurriedly moved forward, following the crowd out of the square.

Although there were thirteen Star Gates on Earth, each led to the same destination: the Star Gate Square in this city. Entering the Star Realm from different Star Gates, you would arrive in a relatively fixed area.

These thirteen areas formed a fan shape around the Star Gate, each segment corresponding to one of Earth’s Star Gates.

The Asia-Pacific Community, which owned three Star Gates, had their transport areas connected together.

Combined, they occupied nearly a quarter of the square’s area, and the ground was marked with conspicuous red lines, with the citizens of the Asia-Pacific Community walking in this region.

In the urban districts stretching in the direction of this area, most were under the influence of the Asia-Pacific Community.

Ji Xinghuo walked to the edge of Star Gate Square and abruptly stopped.

He covered his right eye.

A stabbing pain arose in his brain, the light ring in his right eye pupil flashing at a high frequency. Thankfully, it was daytime and he covered his eye quickly enough that no one noticed the anomaly.

The interface of Wanxiang Star Pupil popped up automatically, and the pain quickly subsided.

Three arrows appeared around the interface.

"What’s this?"

Ji Xinghuo was puzzled, observing carefully, he saw that the three arrows pointed in different directions and varied in size.

One arrow was the largest, a dozen times bigger than the others, very conspicuous.

He turned his body to face the largest arrow, bringing it directly in front of him.

Suddenly, Ji Xinghuo heard a call from the distance.

He faintly sensed an unknown connection to something, believing that if he followed this direction, he would surely find it.

"Another part of Wanxiang Star Pupil?"

"No way!"

Ji Xinghuo was both shocked and elated.

He hadn’t forgotten that the Wanxiang Star Pupil was incomplete and thought it impossible to encounter another piece, but as soon as he entered the Star Realm, he stumbled upon a clue.

The three arrows, did they represent three broken parts?

He turned in different directions and found that the locations indicated by the other two arrows seemed extremely distant, and even facing the correct direction, he could not sense anything.

"Should I go search for it?"

Ji Xinghuo looked at the largest arrow, hesitating inside.

Passersby who saw him standing motionless at the edge of the square cast inquisitive glances at him, among them were some extremely powerful Mutants.

"First find a place to stay," he decided.

Ji Xinghuo instinctively took out his phone to check the time, only to find that it had turned off.

The Power Shoes on his feet had also lost their power and were no different from regular shoes.

In the Star Realm, all electronic devices would become nonfunctional.

He shook his head involuntarily.

If judged only by the scenery before him, it seemed no different from Earth with its air, land, trees, and cities—everything so normal, it was hard to believe this was another world.

The Star Realm superficially resembled the planets in the Galaxy; being in a localized part of it, it was hard to notice any differences.

But its fundamental rules differed completely from the known universe!

Ji Xinghuo quickly left Star Gate Square; he felt it was very dangerous here.

Through his magnetic perception, all the continuous buildings outside the square were military barracks, where the Star Realm Army of the Asia-Pacific Community was stationed.

Deep in the barracks, there were several extremely powerful Mutants.

"Those human-shaped magnetic fields must be Legendary Mutants!" Ji Xinghuo did not dare to linger and walked several blocks in Olympia City before choosing an inn to stay in.

After he closed the door, Ji Xinghuo looked at the plainly furnished room devoid of any electrical appliances and finally breathed a sigh of relief.