Codex of the Old Gods: I Have a World

The volcano is surrounded by rows of warm lakes with steam rising from the water.

The hot springs are crisscrossed by streams.

There is a city built around a volcano.

The city is large and encompasses many hot springs, streams, and warm lakes.

The city streets are well-organized, and each road is paved with neatly-paved tiles with beautiful patterns.

How flat is this land?

No matter which section, the measurement with a spirit level must be qualified so that the blind will never stumble.

And the streets are incredibly clean.

Three- or four-story buildings can be seen everywhere on both sides of the street, with geometric patterned wall tiles and seamless joints. Every building must meet the standards in terms of appearance.

Various machines equipped with rune fragments are interspersed in the city. Some are used to draw water, some are used for alchemy, some are used for stone chiseling, some are used to make bricks, and some are used to mint coins... But no matter what, these are pollution-free workshops that do not emit pungent smoke or make too much noise.

Every corner of this city must withstand scrutiny, and every detail must be meticulously crafted and exquisitely gorgeous.

The towering towers are inlaid with gold and silver, shining brightly.

Arched bridges span every stream. Even if the stream can be crossed in one step, a bridge must be built, otherwise it would be unbecoming to run and jump across it.

On the wider streets, there is a small giant beetle pulling a cart with anti-force rune fragments floating in the air. The cart will never bump around, and will not stop because of steep slopes, friction or obstacles.

The pedestrians were well-dressed and walked slowly.

They have exquisite hairstyles and groom their beards every day. Everyone wants to live an elegant life, and anyone who affects the city appearance will be ostracized.

On Galaxy Avenue in the center of the city, there is a bank. The bank is huge and magnificent.

Every window in the bank will have the most exquisite patterns painted by the best painters.

Every chandelier here is inlaid with gems, and the floor tiles are made of gold, pure gold.

Gold is soft and will wear out if worn for a long time, so it needs to be repaired every year.

The bank is the heart of the Divided City.

Below the bank is the royal treasury.

The treasury was filled to the brim with all kinds of gems.

The national treasury will not store gold, as storing that stuff will reduce one's value.

Although the Divided City has fertile land and a pleasant climate with spring-like weather all year round, no food crops are ever grown here. Instead, all the land is planted with flowers and plants for appreciation.

Trees with strange but regular shapes and flowers competing for beauty are beneficial to people's spiritual world.

Food means nothing in a divided land.

They can tear open the virtual realm at any time and buy food from various places.

Every pedestrian on the street has considerable strength, but they will not go out to rob.

Because it is not necessary.

You have plenty of money, just buy it.

Citizens enjoy generous welfare benefits. They can choose to work in production or leave the workforce. It doesn’t matter. In any case, it is enough to satisfy their comfortable life.

That's why everyone is lazy.

Here, there is no such thing as women dressing up to please the man they love, men becoming poor to please the man they love, or men dying for the man who understands them.

Most of the men and women are single. They dress up not for the opposite sex but purely for narcissism.

They are in a lazy state every day.

The birth rate here is extremely low, but life expectancy is long enough, so the population is balanced.

No goals, no motivation, no crisis, no competition...

Want to learn runes?

Runes are open and free.

Want to learn axioms?

The axiom is there.

Curious about a particular sect's spells?

Just learn it casually.

Because everything is open to the outside world, no one takes it seriously.

Everyone masters at least two or three runes.

Only those who go out to collect taxes and trade care about their fighting ability.

Whether in Middle-earth or the Cursed Desert, these people basically walk sideways.

If you pick up an ordinary person from the street here, even the rulers of the virtual realm have to show some courtesy to him, and even the leaders of the remaining biological creatures have to keep their names secret.

People who go out on missions mostly go there to experience life.

Because they can breed arrogance in the outside world and feel the pleasure of being superior.

They are the descendants of the old gods.

They learn things faster than others.

Over time, they came to think of themselves as gods.

Well, God is here for now, because Zhao Chuanxin is here.

The void is torn, no one cares, everyone is used to it.

Three people appeared on Galaxy Avenue.

The appearance of these three people caused a slight commotion.

Because two people were injured, one person captured two people.

But it was just a slight commotion, that's all.

Everyone act as if nothing has happened and do what they should do.

Zhao Chuanxin's inner turmoil was much greater than theirs.

Zhao Chuanxin had never seen such a prosperous and luxurious city.

Even if the earth has entered the 21st century, the most developed countries will not be able to do so.

Too particular.

The moment he saw this city, Zhao Chuanxin felt a little pressured.

This is like Westerners coming to Tokyo Bianliang during the Song Dynasty, or like Li Hongzhang arriving in New York in the late Qing Dynasty.

After stress comes anger.

Zhao Chuanxin thought: My neighbor, I went through so much hardship just to find you. But you guys are living in paradise?

He grabbed a man by the collar and said, "Tell me, where are the order pointer and the order pendulum?"

The man smiled contemptuously: "The pendulum of order is in the treasury, and the pointer of order is in the city hall. Go ahead."

"Where is the town hall? Where is the treasury?"

"See that great tower? That's the Town Hall. See that bank? It's right above the Treasury."

Zhao Chuanxin chopped the two men's necks with his hand knife, and they rolled their eyes and fainted.

He chopped two people unconscious, but the pedestrians didn't care and just continued doing what they were doing.

This made it convenient for Zhao Chuanxin, and he went straight to the city hall.

When passers-by saw him running, they all looked mocking and shook their heads.

Who is this guy? He has a messy beard and his hair is like a mess. How can he look like this?

It's really unsightly.

And what was he running for?

Isn't this quite beneath your dignity?

Zhao Chuanxin and Xingyue both thought that there would be a bloody battle when they arrived in the Divided City.

I didn't expect this result.

It's really a big joke in the world!

Xingyue said: "The people here are crazy!"

It had followed Zhao Chuanxin all over the country and had seen everything except this.

This not only exceeded Zhao Chuanxin's cognition, but also exceeded Xingyue's cognition.

Until he arrived at the entrance of the City Hall, next to the pillars inlaid with gold patterns, the guard stopped him and asked, "What are you doing?"

Zhao Chuanxin said, "I'm here to do some work."

"No one who is not properly dressed will be allowed in."

"..."

At this moment, Zhao Chuanxin suddenly wanted to laugh.

Really.

He hasn't trimmed his beard for three years.

He hasn't had his hair cut in a year.

He was wearing a blanket made of the down of tundra woolly lizards. The woolly lizards were very small, and it was not easy to collect enough wool for a blanket.

It is woven using a warp knitting machine with rune fragments from the Cursed Desert, and is made through tedious processes such as splitting the pile, printing, finishing, and sewing the edges.

This blanket is worth millions of gold coins, but it is warm, breathable and extremely comfortable, so much so that Zhao Chuanxin put it on directly.

Under the blanket was a Balrog leather T-shirt, with patterns printed on it by the best leatherworker in Iron City.

Zhao Chuanxin smiled.

He was stopped not because he broke into the Divided City, but because his clothes were not in order.

"Please be flexible. I have urgent business."

The guard shook his head and said sarcastically, "In the City of Sundering, there is nothing more important than cleaning up your own image."

Zhao Chuanxin: "Okay, I'll sort it out for you now."

As he spoke, he took out a chair and sat down, then took out a puppet servant. Xingyue manipulated the puppet servant to trim his hair and beard.

"Hey, you've made the steps dirty." The guard was dissatisfied.

Zhao Chuanxin took out another vacuum cleaner.

These were all created by him and Xingyue when he was free.

They make brushless motors that are powered by energy gem conversion devices.

hum...

While the puppet servant was having his hair and beard trimmed, Zhao Chuanxin used a vacuum cleaner to suck away the hair.

Guard: "..."

The puppet servant moved very quickly. Zhao Chuanxin's hair was cut short and combed back with his homemade hair wax.

The beard is trimmed into a shape that is narrow at the top, wide in the middle and round at the bottom.

After using a beard wax, the beard becomes refined.

Zhao Chuanxin took off the blanket, put on a white shirt and vest over the Flame Demon T-shirt, and put on navy blue suit trousers and shiny leather shoes.

He stood up, with a cane in his hand: "How do you feel now?"

"Well... although the clothes are strange, they are quite tasteful." The guard bent down and carefully looked on the ground to see that there was no beard or hair left. "Okay, you can go in."

Zhao Chuanxin walked into the city hall leisurely, carrying his cane.

Still no one noticed him.

It's just weird!

After entering the city hall, Xingyue told him: "The order pointer is on the fourth floor."

Zhao Chuanxin imitated the lazy temperament of the pedestrians on the street and went upstairs in a decent manner.

Even though he knew that gold was nothing here, when he saw the gold on the stair railing, he still had the urge to cut it off and take it away.

Perhaps, this is why the residents here discriminate against humans from outside; perhaps, this is why they regard themselves as gods.

When we got to the second floor, no one stopped us.

On the third floor, no one stopped us.

But when he reached the fourth floor, he was finally stopped: "This is not a place you can come to. If you want to do business, go to the fourth floor or below."

Zhao Chuanxin tried to get away with it: "Please make an exception. I have something important to do on the fourth floor."

"What's your important business?"

"I want to visit and touch the pointer of order."

"That's the problem. You can't visit, let alone touch the Order Pointer. This is the order of the King of the City of Sundering. Although I don't like the King very much, I still have to obey his orders."

He was the king's guard, but he dared to openly say that he didn't like the king.

Zhao Chuanxin took out a bag of gems and asked, "Can you make some concessions?"

The guard looked at the gem and asked in confusion, "What do you mean? You collected half a month's benefits for me?"

The gems worth three million gold coins are only his welfare money for half a month?

Zhao Chuanxin's head was buzzing.

He persuaded her patiently: "This is mine. I'm giving it to you now. Can you please be flexible?"

"But what do I need your welfare money for?"

There is no wrong version in the 6 book forum!

“You can buy what you want.”

"I don't want anything."

"What the hell..."

Zhao Chuanxin was furious.

I even want your washbasin, but you don’t want the gems?

"You actually cursed? This is extremely disgraceful."