Butterfly across time and space seven, floating city? Skyscraper in mid-air?

  Seven, floating city? Skyscraper in mid-air?

  Greyfort is currently located in the Hot Spring Valley, about 20 miles south of Tamai, which is a famous winter resort on the New Continent. The four seasons are like spring, with lush greenery and clear streams flowing throughout. Various birds and beasts roam everywhere, creating an enchanting environment. The numerous hot springs scattered throughout the valley are also touted for their health benefits, nourishing the skin. As a result, there are many inns, hotels, and luxury villas here, making it a rare leisure resort in this era. Just like on Earth, politicians also enjoy holding conferences that are actually just excuses for entertainment, to relax their minds and bodies, so they can better serve themselves or the people in the future.

  However, the road to the Hot Springs Valley was not easy to walk, only a small section of the Dalmatian coast was relatively flat, and slightly further south, it was all mountainous roads in the mountains. Coincidentally, all the carriages were left behind in New Samaria because they could not be shipped, and the brainless, pot-bellied, and unexercised senators had to walk with soldiers and servants on two legs. Along the way, they complained endlessly, but when they saw the cliffs, deep valleys, and steep canyons, these cowards were all scared stiff, didn't dare move, and no matter how much the two governors scolded them, it was useless. Governor Norm was forced to arrange for soldiers to carry them forward. By the time the thousands of people crawled into the Hot Springs Valley exhausted, they had already been delayed by two days.

  Many things in New Tazlure have their local characteristics, such as the miniature underground city built like an underground supermarket and parking lot, the hilarious civilian corps that is more like a circus troupe than an army, and Gray Castle, the only floating city in New Tazlure, which inevitably carries the color of colonialism.

  At this moment, Ferry Tail was standing with the crowd under the floating city, looking up. The golden giant float shone brightly, dazzling his eyes with golden stars, as if he had been hit by a zero-level magic dizzy spell, or more simply, being knocked on the head by a man-eating demon.

  What a luxury, actually using gold foil to decorate the headquarters, how much military expenses have been embezzled by the past few commanders! It's called Grey Castle, it should be called Golden Castle!

  However... this floating city seems a bit too small, with a diameter of about 150 meters at most. There is no sign of defensive fortifications on the outside, but instead it is covered in exquisite carvings and murals. To make an analogy, this floating city called Grey Castle but actually made of gold is like a super luxurious high-end cruise ship with its bow and stern chopped off, wrapped in gold foil, and then suspended 20 meters above the ground, looking utterly bizarre.

  Felli poked Charlotte gently, "Hey, is that really Grayburg? It doesn't look like a fortress at all!"

  Charlotte didn't respond, instead gesturing to Fili to look at a luxurious gate decorated with amethysts on the ground, which had sparkling magical texts floating above it. Fili leaned in to study them for half a moment before finally slightly understanding the dragon and phoenix-like characters.

  "Welcome to Greystone Army Sanatorium, where we warmly welcome guests from all directions!"

  It's indeed a luxurious grand hotel!

  The floating city has always been a characteristic specialty of the Niselle Empire, specifically by using magic to cut off the entire mountain head, flipping it over in mid-air so that its top is facing down, and keeping it suspended. In the distant First Empire era, almost all Niselians once moved to live on the floating city and called themselves "noble sky people", of course, they also nearly went extinct with the collective fall of the floating cities.

  The Second Empire drew a painful lesson from this, believing that "one cannot abandon solid ground", and strictly controlled the residential population of the floating cities. Now, most of the floating cities in the Nacrelle Empire are not used as real cities, but as military strongholds, government residences, and private estates for the nobles. The individual scale of modern floating cities is also much smaller than that of the First Empire era, generally with a diameter of only about one mile, and cannot be compared to the massive objects of ancient times that were often tens of miles in circumference. However, the number of these small-scale floating cities is astonishingly large, with over 2,000 nationwide.

  The miniaturized floating city naturally cannot cross the vast ocean to reach the distant colonies, and the colonies themselves have a pitiful level of arcane technology that is powerless to produce such high-tech products on their own. The military and political officials of the New Continent had no choice but to squat on the ground in dismay, gazing enviously at their counterparts who worked in the sky.

  About 60 years ago, the then commander of the New Continent Legion finally moved the central government to successfully approve a large sum of money, and brought in many magicians from the mainland, and transported a large number of related materials by ship. The purpose is to build the first floating city on the new continent, named Gray Castle, as the new headquarters of the New Continent Legion.

  The legion commander was a kind and gentle old man, but he had a soft spot for his friends. In the face of such a major project, he appointed a large number of close friends and acquaintances to key positions in the floating city's construction, thinking that this would be more reliable. However, those people turned out to be no good, all betraying the legion commander's trust, colluding with local officials to engage in corruption, embezzlement, nepotism, shoddy work, and illegal land grabs, among other misdeeds, and naturally turning Greyfort into a subpar project.

  In the end, the Grayfort construction project became the largest corruption case in New Thayril's history, with the Construction Headquarters being called a den of thieves. After the incident, the corrupt officials fled with their ill-gotten gains and precious magical materials, leaving behind the hapless Commander-in-Chief to lament "All my friends have betrayed me" as he was thrown into a military prison, leaving behind a mess that would give his successor endless headaches in Floating City.

  At that time, the Gray Castle was severely underweight due to massive embezzlement of materials and could not float in the air. The new legion commander repeatedly requested additional engineering funds, but was rejected by the central government, which was still furious about the corruption case. The construction personnel had no choice but to reduce the weight of the Gray Castle, cutting it down to a diameter of only 150 meters before it barely managed to rise into the air.

  According to calculations, even if everyone lived more cramped than the earth, it would be impossible to move all the more than 2,000 people of the New Continent Legion Command into this volume. Further processing and excavation of rooms would require a large amount of funds. The financially deficit-ridden New Continent Legion had no choice but to announce its abandonment, leaving the unfinished skyscraper floating above their heads.

  Years later, a military commander with great business acumen saw an opportunity from the big stone on his head. He built some simple houses on top of Gray Castle and invited chefs and waiters to establish "Gray Castle Restaurant". Then he moved to various cities to do business and was surprisingly welcomed by those thrill-seeking rich men.

  After that, the business developed rapidly and eventually became an important source of wealth for the New Continental Legion. The Gray Castle was also renovated to be more luxurious, until it became today's "Golden Castle". Every winter, the Gray Castle would move to the Hot Spring Valley to receive wealthy people who came here to avoid the cold.

  "That's to say, this is a fully utilized rotten tail building." After listening to Charlotte's introduction, Ferry gave his own definition of the Gray Castle. Looking at this magnificent airborne hotel again, he felt more comfortable with it. As for the politicians using public funds to hold meetings here, he also had a deeper understanding - how could the meeting place be too cheap for such high-level meetings? It was also a comfort to the wounded soul that couldn't work in the sky... Besides, the condom business seemed to have the possibility of unfolding here as well...

  "We finally arrived at the hot spring valley, I haven't had a vacation here in several years."

  "Hey, what's this floating city like? I haven't been up there yet."

  "You'll know in a moment, won't you?"

  "I heard that 'that' service inside is very famous, is it true?"

  "No kidding, no kidding, every ethnic group is basically there, and the appearance and skills are all pretty good. I suggest you must try doing it in the air, that feeling is really not ordinary..."

  ……

  Excited lawmakers and bureaucrats, like primary school students on a spring outing, gathered in groups according to party and faction, chattering away about all sorts of unhealthy and unimportant topics unrelated to the election.

  But not far away, Governor Nohm had to force a smile and exchange pleasantries with his main rival, General Guderian, while enduring the disdainful gaze of the sailors behind him. He silently cursed the guys who were embarrassing him, while still putting on a brilliant smile to deal with the reporters' questions.

  "I'll have to discuss the discipline issue with Zena later, can't let these fools embarrass us again." Governor Norm muttered to himself.

  Anyway, the Continental Congress of 1790 was convened just like that, but its results were often beyond anyone's expectation.