The rst thing that came into Lu An's sight was the massive tower. The tower's

  exterior design was similar to Pisa Tower, but the size was much bigger, and

  the tower in front of him was made of black materials. He subconsciously

  looked up; there was no end as it pierced through the sky. The ninety-nine

  people who followed him had the same reaction, but Lu An quickly regained his

  composure and checked his surroundings.

  Lu An turned around and found out he was in the middle of the plaza; there was

  a fountain of water near him with benches surrounding it. Then he realized

  they were not in the wilderness but in a city. Yeah, this was similar to the city,

  but an empty one. He could see the district with buildings, streetlights, the

  main road, the sidewall; everything was well built considering he had not found

  living beings here, not even with his senses.

  Lu An clapped his hand once, producing a loud clap. His subordinates looked at

  him, and he gave his command, "Listen up! We will split into eleven groups just

  like what we planned, and I want detailed information about this place. Avoid

  battle against the hostile beings unless necessary, and we will return to this

  spot in one hour."

  "Yes, Sir!" After replying to their Chief, they split into ten groups and went into

  ten dierent directions, leaving Lu An, Viona, and Yeon Hee.

  "I can't sense any living beings in the perimeter area, but this plaza most likely

  is safe," Viona scanned the surroundings and voiced her thoughts. "I will

  investigate the surroundings, Sir."

  "Mnn, you can go," Lu An nodded. After Viona left the plaza, he looked around

  in confusion. "What are you looking for, Sir?" Even though Lu An was younger

  than her, Yeon Hee still addressed him formally, albeit a little bit awkward.

  "The portal gate," Lu An replied with a frown as he could not nd the portal

  gate around them. Being reminded by Lu An, Yeon Hee realized there was no

  portal gate around them. The portal gate was the only way for them to return to

  the main base.

  "There it is," Lu An found the portal gate after a while. There was a similar

  portal gate near the tower's entrance, so he thought it was the portal gate to

  return. However, he did not get too close to the entrance as he kept checking

  the entrance over and over again. "Wait here, I will check it."

  Lu An told Yeon Hee to wait as he headed toward the tower's entrance. The

  portal gate was just around seven meters away from the entrance. He was a bit

  cautious, just in case something came out of the tower. He approached the

  portal gate cautiously and was relieved when nothing came at him when he

  arrived in front of the portal gate.

  [Do you want to return to your base? (Yes) (No)]

  The notication rang in his head when Lu An was just a meter away from the

  portal gate. He was relieved that this portal gate could send them back home.

  He was quite panicked deep inside when he noticed there was no portal gate

  around them just now. Lu An then motioned his hand to Yeon Hee, "It's safe.

  You can come over."

  After ensuring they could return to the base, Lu An changed his focus on the

  tower itself. There was a pitch-black monolith right next to the entrance of the

  tower. He approached the entrance of the tower carefully, but there was

  nothing dangerous around, "Hmm, the area around the dimensional tower is

  safe, I think." He said that after arriving in front of the black monolith.

  The monolith looked like it was made of black stone but similar to glass as he

  could see his reection on it. Curious about the monolith's materials, he placed

  his hand on it.

  [Welcome to the Sky Level Dimensional Tower!]

  [Warning! Tower Break will happen if the players from Earth fail to conquer the

  ten oors of the Sky Level Dimensional Tower within a year's time!]

  [Tower Break is a phenomenon where the tower's inhabitants get out of the

  tower and attack the players from Earth!]

  [There's no condition or rules to get inside and inside the tower, the players

  make the rule!]

  "Tower Break? The System never mentioned the tower break during the World

  Congress," Lu An muttered in a low voice. While he appeared to be nonchalant

  during the World Congress, he remembered all the contents of the World

  Congress, and The System never mentioned the possible tower break.

  Lu An retracted his hand from the monolith, and the transparent screen

  disappeared. He looked at the closed entrance. The entrance was made of black

  stone with engraving on it. The engraving was giving o an impression of

  ancient engraving. It appeared like a random engraving, but with how well

  made it was, it must be more than a random engraving. He hesitated for a while

  before approaching the stone door.

  Lu An raised his hands and was about to touch the door until he heard his

  subordinate call him up. He pulled his hand subconsciously and turned around.

  Two people rushed toward him. He left the entrance and rushed to his two

  subordinates as he thought something bad had happened to them because only

  two returned, "What's wrong? Did you encounter monsters? Where's your

  team?"

  "Oh, no. We did not meet anyone, but we have discovered, and we want to

  inform you of this immediately, Sir," Wu Shuan replied to clear the

  misunderstandings. The former Major General of the Suzhou Survivor

  Establishment had become one of Lu An's subordinates. He was satised with

  joining the intelligence division and had been working under Lu An for a while

  now, "Please follow me, Sir."

  Lu An was relieved that nothing had happened. He nodded and followed Wu

  Shuan to the main road. When they arrived in front of the main road that

  connected the plaza and the districts, Wu Shuan pointed his nger up. He

  followed up and saw the oating screen.

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  [Southern District]

  Description: Southern District comprises 300 districts in total, and each district

  comprises forty buildings

  Southern District Buyout Price: 500 million Game Coins.

  Main District Price: 20 million Game Coins.

  Secondary District Price: 10 million Game Coins

  Outer District Price: 3 million Game Coins

  Note: The bought district can't be taken forcefully by the other factions.

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  Lu An furrowed his brow at this as he found this was just absurd to him. Why

  did they need to buy this expensive district if they could travel freely with the

  portal gate? But he quickly remembered how essential the housing in this city

  was for the small factions who did not have the portal gate. They could not

  travel back and forth like the major factions, so having lodging around the

  Dimensional Tower was essential to them.

  At this moment, Viona returned to Lu An said and reported her discovery, "I

  can't nd any living beings around. The city must be empty, and all these

  buildings and districts are for the players."

  "Alright, stay here with the others. I will return to the main base and report our

  discovery to Supreme General Zhang. Remember to avoid the conict until the

  main force arrives," Lu An reminded his subordinates once before he added at

  the end. "Also, gather everyone and get ready to explore the dimensional

  tower's rst oor. I think we will enter the tower rst before the main force, so

  get them prepared."

  "Yes, Sir. I will get everyone ready once you return," Viona responded with a

  rm tone.

  Lu An rushed toward the portal gate and returned to the main base. After Lu An

  left them, Viona opened the System Communication and opened the Tang

  Empire Intelligence Division group. She sent everyone in the team a message,

  telling them to return to the plaza. At this point, there was nothing to

  investigate as they realized this empty city was prepared for the players.

  Not even a minute after Lu An left, and Viona just sent the message to her team

  members, then the second faction arrived. A group of hundreds or even

  thousands of people arrived in the plaza. The second faction lled the plaza

  with their arrival. Viona and the others did not expect their arrival, "Let's hide

  until the main force—" She did not manage to nish her words as the

  newcomers noticed them.

  The rst person to notice them was a man with dark skin. The man whistled

  and spoke loudly, "Look what we have here, two beauties are waiting for us!

  The System is really good to prepare us for two women."

  Along with the whistle and loud noise, the crowds looked toward their

  directions, "Get ready for battle any time," Even though her voice sounded

  calm, Viona was quite nervous inside. She just reached the Epic Rank, nishing

  the trial a few days ago, so she did not know if she could win against these

  many people by herself. On top of that, Liliana was not with her for the Spirit

  Integration. If a battle broke out, she was not as condent as before when she

  was in a war against the Lionax Kingdom.