I created the Bureau of Anomaly Control

"What do you think of our city?" Zasna, sitting across from Mann, asked with a smile. "It shouldn't be much worse than your current city, right?"

They had already left the forest, and some distance from the city, they boarded a vehicle that looked like a miniature floating pod with Zasna. It was normal for them to decide to transport him this way, considering his special status here.

At that moment, Mann was standing by the window, observing the Titan city.

A city of the future—that was Mann's first impression of the Ninth City.

The ground was covered with bizarre-shaped buildings of various colors. Mann could see the irrationality of these structures—or rather, their irrationality from the perspective of modern technology. Some buildings were tall, some were short, and they varied in shape and material, lacking a unified style.

Or perhaps it was just that he didn't see a unified style. Maybe he saw these buildings the way primitive people saw modern cities. Primitive people might think the differences between modern buildings were too great, but in the eyes of modern people, their dwellings actually maintained a similar style.

Although these buildings looked different and extremely strange, Mann inexplicably found them particularly comfortable, as if they were large-scale works of art.

In the slightly higher positions, there were giant floating islands suspended in the air, with various dazzling buildings like those on the land. The height and complexity of the buildings on these islands far exceeded those on land and in modern cities, and could not be created with modern technology.

Throughout the entire city, only a dozen tall towers standing on the ground had nearly identical appearances. They didn't seem like ordinary buildings either, and Mann speculated that they might have some special functions.

However, what truly attracted his attention were the non-human Titans he had seen in the town. The streets here were filled with various flesh and mechanical Titans. These semi-mechanical creatures with animal characteristics were all over the streets. Some were positioned in the city like pets or wild animals, but more seemed like transportation or special machinery. Among those used for transportation, nearly 70% traveled in the sky, but their speed was also significantly faster and more flexible than transportation in modern human cities.

This made Mann feel more wary of the civilization in this Titan ruin. He had originally expected the prosperity of this civilization to be slightly lower than what he was seeing now. This was because the scenes in the tower and town had given him the wrong expectations, but now it seemed that this place was much more prosperous than modern cities.

Besides that, this place looked a lot like modern cities in many ways. For example, although the Titans were in a state of preparation for war, there were no city walls common in ancient magical cities. Moreover, the streets on the land and the miniature floating islands in the air looked a lot like the streets of modern cities, surrounded by various places for Titans to live and socialize.

Although he wasn't particularly close to the city, even at this distance, he could realize that the city before him was likely the most prosperous he had ever seen, and probably had the highest level of technology.

Therefore, facing her question, Mann told the truth:

"Not only is it not worse than ours, but your place looks far more prosperous than our cities. It seems you frequently use supernatural technology in society..."

Zasna raised her eyebrows slightly and said:

"Don't you use it?"

Mann replied:

"For reasons I don't understand, we are extremely restrained in our use of anomalous technology, and even conceal the existence of the supernatural world from most ordinary people. After all, we call it anomalous power."

Pure curiosity appeared on Zasna's face:

"Why?"

"I don't know..." Mann shook his head slightly, then said as if remembering something, "But I've heard a saying before, but I didn't particularly believe it at the time.

"It actually has something to do with the gods."

Hearing these two words, Zasna immediately became interested:

"The gods?"

Mann, of course, brought up this topic on purpose:

"That's right. Someone in the Federation once mentioned that we conceal anomalous power to weaken the gods, because if ordinary people see these things, it will intensify their imagination of the existence of gods."

But in fact, Mann felt that the Federation must have other reasons so early on. The gods were indeed dangerous to the Federation, but purely for this purpose, the Federation would be more likely to take other more cost-effective measures.

Zasna nodded thoughtfully and said:

"That makes a lot of sense. Before the rise of the Titans, the gods once tried to attribute all supernatural phenomena to their power through so-called religion and faith, in order to strengthen their own existence again.

"But we quickly saw through their lies, and later there was the great war that turned them into what they are today. It seems that the current rulers of humanity have also realized their danger."

Mann showed a curious expression:

"That war?"

Zasna said with a smile:

"We call ourselves Titans, and the meaning of this word is those who will defeat the gods. A long time ago, we, as the ancestors and descendants of humans, waged a bloody war with the gods. You will know all of this.

"In the place we arrange for you, there will be records of our past history to help you understand what kind of race we are. Since we want to understand modern human civilization through you, we should also sincerely tell you what we are and what our relationship with you is."

This was indeed what Mann wanted to know, so he accepted without hesitation:

"Thank you, I am indeed a little confused about my current situation."

Zasna looked at him and said:

"But you may have also noticed that we came immediately after they found you, and we didn't let you enter our city directly. In fact, what we are riding in now can be considered a mobile prison.

"For the safety of you and us, you will not be in contact with Titan civilians. If you accidentally meet them, please do not reveal your human identity.

"Your existence is currently top secret.

"And we have arranged a place for you to live. Please do not leave it at will. We have not yet conducted the most basic inspection on you. You are still suspected of being a spy of the gods to us."

Mann nodded:

"Of course, I will pay attention."