Before long, the tram for Route Three heading to the Inner City arrived.
Once aboard, Zhou Ming casually glanced around—there weren’t many people heading to the Inner City.
The few passengers inside were all neatly dressed, likely Inner City workers. Seeing Zhou Ming’s street-market clothes, their chins instinctively tilted upward.
Zhou Ming only smiled faintly and chose a random seat.
This time, his destination was the Inner City of the Qinshan Base. The base was divided into four outer districts—East, South, West, and North. Zhou Ming lived in the South City’s Garden Community.
At the very center of the Qinshan Base was the Inner City—a zoning structure adopted by most bases.
Besides housing the upper- and middle-class citizens of Qinshan Base, the Inner City also contained its most important institutions.
That was where Zhou Ming was heading today.
As the tram started moving, the shops along the streets had already opened for business, and pedestrians began their daily hustle.
As the tram approached the Inner City, the scenery around him began to change. Greenery appeared everywhere, the streets were cleaner, and the buildings looked newer and more refined.
“So this is the Inner City?”
Watching the changing scenery, Zhou Ming finally understood how visible social class had become in this transcendent world.
But it seemed that everyone had already grown used to this reality.
The only difference lay in whether one chose to climb upward or remain content with their current life.
After all, in a world where population was a vital resource, even the Outer City still allowed for an ordinary, stable existence.
“Beasts?”
Once inside the Inner City, Zhou Ming saw for the first time other people’s contracted beasts with his own eyes.
A Violent Lion, a Gale Wolf, a Diamond Ape.
They weren’t everywhere, but compared to the Outer City, it felt like an entirely different world.
These massive Ferocious Beasts were carrying their masters along the streets; otherwise, Zhou Ming might never have seen them.
After condensing a Spiritual Seed and becoming a Beast Tamer, one could, through special substances and techniques, seal their beasts within their Spiritual Sea, letting them slumber there.
This was the only method Zhou Ming knew of for carrying beasts. As for spatial tools capable of storing them, he had never heard of any.
After all, space wasn’t a bus—not something anyone could just tamper with.
“Ding.”
The tram’s arrival chime rang.
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