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As the banter continued, I gazed at the city, encircled by massive, thick black walls crafted from hard stone, crystal, and metal alloy, reinforced with the same metal as the Hive Bugs, rendering it highly resistant to their acid.
The interior was a vibrant, futuristic robotic city filled with towering skyscrapers, all infused with ancient Chinese architecture and aesthetics, adorned with the twelve zodiac beasts at every turn.
At the center stood three pillars: the left bore a tiger, the right an ox, and the central one a coiling dragon, all sculpted from gold.