Chapter 018: Zuan
Wang Hai's mood is complicated. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Taking a bath and sleeping with a beautiful woman should be the most enjoyable thing for every man.
It's just that with a Lori's body, when she was soaking in the same bathtub as Caitlin, she couldn't help but feel a little strange in her heart while she was excited.
Especially when he fell asleep at night, he was held in Caitlin in his arms, pillowing a pair of soft and fragrant jade rabbits to sleep, and under the crazy spur of the sense of justice in his heart, he couldn't help but blurt out his true identity as a man several times.
But,Lori really can't do it.。
Sleep till dawn.
Ashamed to put on the girl's clothes he had bought from the dress shop the day before, after breakfast, Wang Hai said goodbye to Caitlin's parents and went to the Piltover Academy of Technology and Magic, accompanied by Caitlin.
The Academy of Technology and Magic, although these seven words may not sound very special and not very cool, but it is actually the capital college of Piltover City.
Located in the aristocratic northern district of Piltover, with the support of the Piltover Council, it stands out from the countless scientific and technological institutions in Piltover and has become the top research school of technology and alchemy in Piltover.
There are more than 100,000 Hex craftsmen in Piltover, but there are only five or six hundred Hex technology craftsmen with the level of good craftsman or above.
And among the only five or six hundred people, more than half of them have their own independent science and technology research laboratories in the Picheng Science and Demon Academy.
The most advanced knowledge and technology in Valoran attracted all the scientists and Hex craftsmen who were interested in making a big career in Piltover, and even some noble children, who wanted to enter it one by one.
To get from the south of Phi Cheng to the north of the city, you have to pass a giant canyon arch bridge about a kilometer long.
It is said to be an arch bridge, but its deck is flat.
It's just that the people of Picheng generally become a canyon arch bridge.
Because, in the huge canyon under the bridge, there is another side of Piltover: Zaun.
Unlike the progressive, orderly, and glamorous Piltover, Zaun is full of violence, darkness, and all kinds of danger and terror.
A hundred years ago, the opening of the inland canal led by Piltover and running through the east and west banks of the Valoran continent ushered in an era of great trade.
With Picheng as the center, the shipping trade that connected to the entire Valoran continent brought great wealth to Piltover, and also brought an unprecedented huge impetus to the growth of Picheng
However, the canal, which was painstakingly built by countless scientists, has also left a shadow that will never be erased in the area.
Zaun.
Huge underground city.
At that time, this area, which was not yet known as Zu'an, was sunk into the crust caused by the construction of canals and the diversion of the sea to the land, forming a wide canyon beneath the winding ravines and giant arch bridges around Picheng.
The canal opened, the Gate of the Sun was completed, and the day that Madame Pitworth called the Day of Evolution was a Good Friday forever gloomy in the hearts of the Zuans.
Families are separated and houses collapse.
Everyone fell into a deep canyon that looked like hell.
However, people stayed after the disaster.
Piltover's wealth drove Zaun's growth, making it a dark mirror of the city overhead.
Much of the goods destined for Piltover end up on the black market in Zaun.
Some Hextech inventors may feel that the restrictions imposed on them by the city on earth are too restrictive, and many of them will find that their dangerous research is more popular in Zaun.
The indulgent exploitation of unstable technologies and reckless industries has polluted large swathes of Zu'an, leaving toxic wastewater accumulating in the lower reaches of the city, making living conditions increasingly dangerous.
But even here, people managed to survive and prosper.
Standing on the bridge deck, Wang Hai lay on the edge of the railing and looked down the canyon.
The various colors of smoke and dust leaked from the staggered, corroded and aging smoke exhaust pipe network filter the light coming down from above into an eerie color.
He couldn't see anything except the dense roof of beams with all sorts of dark spikes.
"This is the ...... of Zuan"
He muttered to himself.
Even if he only looked at it like this, he could clearly feel the dark aura that shot out from the bottom of the canyon and went straight into his heart.
'This is Zuan......
A mirror-like Lori voice sounded in my head.。
'Yo, Duke Tiffany, are you awake?'
Wang Hai showed a smile and replied in his heart, "How many times are you going to scold me for being an inferior pariah?"
‘……’
Uncharacteristically, Tiffany didn't talk to him, but fell silent.
'Hey, untouchables. ’
After a few moments, her voice rang out again: 'If you were Piltover's top scientist and inventor, what would you do when the progress of humanity was in exchange for the sacrifice of a part of the human race?'
'Huh?'
Wang Hai suddenly felt a little confused: "I'm not a scientist, how can I understand this." Moreover, how can the progress of mankind be accompanied by sacrifice? It is not some kind of emperor vying for hegemony and stepping on someone else's position or something.
At least, in my original world, any invention that benefits mankind is convenient for everyone. I've never heard of a scientist inventing something that would cost someone anything. ’
'Oh, the IQ of an inferior pariah. ’
After a sneer, Tiffany was silent.
Raising his eyebrows, Wang Hai didn't care about her strange words, and followed Caitlin, who had already walked some distance, towards Piltover's North District.
The taste of nobility.
This is the primary sense that Picheng North District gives to Wang Hai.
Compared to the simple and simple streets and architectural style of the South District, the entire North District is full of gorgeous and noble atmosphere.
The people who came and went on the road were people dressed in all kinds of luxurious clothes, with all kinds of luxurious gemstone pendants and elegant and calm gestures, all revealing their aristocratic identity and status.
It was rare to walk past a few young men and women dressed in simple clothes, all of whom did not dare to take a breath, lowered their heads slightly, and walked quickly.
Wang Hai looked around like a countryman entering the city, and then joked in his mind, "Hey, Duke Tiffany, the northern part of this leather city should be what you want, right? ’
‘……’
In the face of Wang Hai's teasing, Tiffany, who had been in a bad mood since passing the canyon arch bridge just now, didn't seem to have any intention of paying attention to him.