Published: December 11, 2025
The bustling street, the chaotic crowd.
This is Beijing, the hope of humanity, the paradise in the apocalypse!
Wang Jie quietly tightened his hood, his entire body hidden beneath it, then slowly made his way toward the distant square.
The Teleportation Square—its original name lost to history, and no one really cared about a square’s name anyway. However, it was memorable because this was one of only three teleportation points in the outer districts of the Beijing gathering area.
In the center of the square stood five Exchange Stone Pillars—east, south, west, north, and center—all authorized by the Eternal Sky City for teleportation. From here, transferring through Eternal Sky City allowed unhindered travel to all corners of the world.
The apocalypse brought destruction and devastation, but it also brought black technology...
Wang Jie couldn't help but marvel at how convenient travel had become. He then joined the long queue before the northern Exchange Stone Pillar.
...
The line was orderly and well-organized. Beijing, the land guarded by celestial gods, the germination place of hope, humanity’s last fortress—so many titles wrapped Beijing in a veil of mystery. According to ancient words, this place was called "under the emperor’s feet," and under the emperor’s feet, petty criminals scattered. Not only the residents of the Beijing gathering area and Eternal Sky City, but even outsiders understood this was no place for lawlessness.
Harsh laws and supreme armed forces were enough to make anyone daring to cause trouble here experience a nightmare!
Yes, in terms of strictness, the Beijing gathering area probably ranked only behind one place... a place Wang Jie was about to head to.
The queue moved slowly. Wang Jie was fine with this; prolonged battles and a lone-walking life had long taught him restraint and patience. However, this was Beijing after all, and the residents of the Beijing gathering area, by Wang Jie’s assessment, were "spoiled brats"...
One after another living off imperial rations, residing in the safest spots, far removed from danger, with entertainment options rivaling those before the apocalypse—even this teleportation queue had damn WIFI coverage!
So unsurprisingly, a neatly dressed man wearing gold-rimmed glasses, sharp-faced and quick-tongued, turned back and started a conversation with Wang Jie.
"Brother, where you headed?"
His smiling face and warm demeanor made Wang Jie furrow his brow slightly—compared to the outside world filled with guarded hostility, where people seemed ready to draw blades upon first meeting, this place truly felt unfamiliar to him...
After a moment of thought, just as the man in front was feeling bored, Wang Jie finally spoke.
"Africa."
"Oh, oh, oh~~ Africa! That’s a good place. You’re going to the Star of Africa, right?"
The man said, "Little brother, if you don’t mind, call me big brother. I’m also headed to Africa. How about we travel together?"
Wang Jie gently shook his head. "I’m used to being alone."
Could he be used to being with others? As a lone wolf of the wilderness, the strongest known Lone Walker in Northeast Huaxia, a sequence-level expert without the title but with the power, Wang Jie didn't need companions—sorry, he didn’t want them...
The man showed no sign of regret. He knew these outsiders well; with their coldness and defensiveness, they wrapped themselves up like turtles. They were a bunch who simply didn’t need interpersonal relationships.
He sneered silently, muttering "bumpkins," but his tone wasn’t distant at all.
With nothing to do in the queue, only idle chatter remained. Since it was just chatting, why not talk about anything? And being the foreign trade chief of the Three Skull Society, the sharp-faced man was best at chatting.
"Little brother, you haven’t been in Beijing long, right?"
"Arrived just yesterday."
Wang Jie was concise.
"Didn’t you take a look around? There are several decent scenic spots in the outer district. By the way, the Great Wall was recently restored and opened for visits. You’re no hero if you don’t visit the Great Wall."