Chapter 1199

After the founding of the Empire, this place was officially designated by the Empire as a border city, even though one still had to travel several days beyond the city walls before truly leaving the Empire's borders.

Standing atop the peak of Boulder Mountain, Lin Cheng and his two companions directed their gaze toward the distant Boulder Fortress City.

For a moment they stood rooted to the spot, struck speechless with awe.

The grandeur of Boulder Fortress City lay in the fact that it had stood here for nearly a thousand years, yet its appearance and bearing remained as majestic and upright as the day it was built. It lacked the gilded splendor of the Imperial Capital's palace city, but it conveyed a different sense of solemnity; looking down over the entire fortress city, it resembled a dormant, slumbering lion.

It was merely sleeping here; once it awoke, it would surely shake the entire continent.

Built against the sheer cliffs of two thousand-meter mountains on either side, the city walls on both flanks were a reddish-brown, towering a full hundred meters high, and the length of the walls easily exceeded a thousand meters in diameter, only stopping once they connected the sheer cliffs of the two mountains on either side.

Such a magnificent structure further displayed the Empire's lofty ambitions, and only by standing on the higher peak of Boulder Mountain could one gaze upon the grandeur of Boulder Fortress. If one stood at the Chengdecheng Sect of Boulder Fortress City, one could probably only sigh endlessly at one's own insignificance.

When that moment came, not only would one be unable to sigh at the fortress city's grandeur, but one would also miss the best vantage point from which to admire Boulder Fortress City — what a pity that would be!

For Lin Cheng, in his previous life he had also seen many scenic landscapes with stunning views online, but the visual impact of Boulder Fortress City made him freeze on the spot, his mind conjuring up the image of the mighty Yellow River surging and thundering for ten thousand li, an endless torrent.

If the Yellow River's visual impact was like the震撼 of a thousand armies and ten thousand horses, then the Boulder Fortress City before his eyes was like an impregnable wall of bronze and iron — a single glance was enough to give rise to a psychological suggestion of reliability and safety in one's heart.

The two were entirely different, and the feelings they evoked were completely different, yet they shared the same magnificence.

It was hard to believe that in this otherworld where all kinds of technology were backward, there could exist a miraculous, magnificent structure rivaling the pyramids!

One day, he, Lin Cheng, would build a vast city that would astonish the entire continent!

After standing there for an unknown length of time, Lin Cheng slowly came back to his senses. The firmness and ambition in his eyes, and the resolve settled in his heart — no one knew but him.

"Let's go, it's time to head into the city."

"Alright."

After the three descended from the peak of Boulder Mountain once more, they set foot again on the road leading to Boulder Fortress City.

A glorious history would also begin at this moment.

Boulder Fortress City.

When Lin Cheng and the others truly stood beneath the city gate, queuing to wait for entry, and looked up at the fortress city towering nearly a hundred meters above their heads, the sense of shock in their hearts was in no way inferior to that of standing atop Boulder Mountain, though what they felt even more was that sense of insignificance.

The feeling of helplessness and defeat in one's heart when facing this vast Boulder Fortress City!

One could imagine that even if a million troops massed at the city's gates, given Boulder Fortress's scale, they could easily be held off!

While queuing to enter the city, Lin Cheng could not help but complain that this was the one bad thing about the otherworld's continent — it could not intelligently arrange the simultaneous entry and exit of large numbers of people, greatly reducing the efficiency of getting in and out of the city, even though under normal circumstances the city gates would not be closed.

After waiting roughly half an hour, it was finally Lin Cheng's group's turn. After a brief interrogation and the payment of an entry fee, they received their temporary passes.

According to Boulder Fortress City's rules, outsiders holding a temporary pass could only stay in Boulder Fortress City for seven days; after seven days they had to leave, otherwise if caught by the guards, they would at minimum be expelled from the fortress city, and in serious cases be thrown directly into prison.

If one wished to reside in Boulder Fortress City, it was not impossible. First, an outsider who wished to settle in Boulder Fortress City had to go to the City Hall to apply for an identity certificate, which was valid nationwide, except in some third-tier small cities where identity certificates were not required.

However, in any slightly more developed city within the Empire's territory it could be used, so getting one would not be a loss; on the contrary, it was quite convenient wherever one went.

Thinking this over, Lin Cheng and his two companions decided to go apply for an identity certificate.

General Ji Xia was somewhat puzzled.

Why had she never heard of this identity certificate in Yongjicheng? Could it be that Yongjicheng didn't qualify, and was merely a third-tier small city?

As she walked, the more she thought about it the angrier she became. Fortunately, she only thought about it and had no intention of taking action.

Although this identity certificate had only become widespread in the Empire's first-tier cities in recent years, the reason it had not spread to Yongjicheng was purely because Lord Xuan Wuji had rejected it.

His militarily administered city simply had no need for those fancy certificates.

They arrived at the City Hall.