Gu Shun stood on the viewing platform of the City Lord's Mansion facing the sun, and the excited shouts of the people resounded like a tsunami in the sky above the lower city, which lasted for a long time.

Countless people have opened their arms to embrace the sun, and they have never been so bathed in the sun as they are today.

For everyone in the lower city, from small to large, the gray and gloomy sky is the main color of the lower city.

I heard someone shouting, "It was the lord of the city who brought us the sun, and he is the god of the sun, the god who came to save the lower city." ”

In an instant, countless echoes erupted, praising and worshiping, praising Gu Shun as the sun god in the world.

In the face of the people's worship, Gu Shun could only smile and say that science tells us that there is no god in the world, but behind science tells us that the end of science and technology is theology.

Immediately afterward, the much-anticipated review began.

Compared to a year ago, the review was larger, more attended and more advanced.

In the atmosphere of vigorously developing science and advocating science and technology, a large number of researchers, who were not valued and given preferential treatment in various city-states, came to Xiacheng one after another.

Of course, Gu Shun did not refuse to come, and gave them the most favorable conditions possible, so that they could conduct research with peace of mind.

With the help of these specialists, the equipment of the lower city has been greatly improved and upgraded, which has greatly increased its combat effectiveness.

At the same time, the birth of more and more new weapons has also enhanced the combat effectiveness of the Xiacheng army, which has shown great might in this review.

Among the troops under review were many parliamentary soldiers who had laid down their arms and defected.

Last year they were still mixed in with the crowd, envious of the soldiers who walked through the square.

Now they are part of it, and as the army of the new city-state, they are under the watchful eye and review of the whole population.

As part of this nascent city-state, they feel extremely proud and proud.

This is the best of times, this is the era of the rise of heroes, who vow to defend the glory of the lower city with their lives, and engrave their youth in the torrent of the lower city.

When passing by the viewing platform, all the soldiers looked at Gu Shun who was standing on it with great reverence. That's their lord of the city, a man who is greater than the gods in the lower city.

Countless people looked at the soldiers and equipment with honor, and walked through the square in front of the city lord's mansion.

The strength of Xiacheng is obvious to all, and Gu Shun has greatly enhanced the cohesion and pride of the people of Xiacheng through this move.

They will completely get out of the inferiority complex of being a lower city person, and move forward with a fearless and pure heart.

Seeing so many never-before-seen weapons and equipment passing in front of his eyes, some of the Gentile envoys who had been invited to the ceremony were dumbfounded.

They all sighed that they could still play like this.

As a result, this activity was immediately copied by other city-states, and quickly became popular in large and small city-states.

At the same time, these missions also felt unprecedented pressure, and there was no doubt about the speed of the rise of the lower city and the strength of its potential.

In this way, the lower city completely broke the previous prejudice of being closed and backward, poor and vulgar, polluted and sick.

The city-state of Meta, which was once so dazzling and famous in the world, is now back in the limelight.

After the ceremony, the number of applications for resident status in the lower city skyrocketed, and many merchants and displaced people from all over the country wanted to join the lower city.

Merchants preferred this new city of vitality and hope to the city-state they had lived in.

Because they saw an incomparable future from the city lord Gu Shun.

The city-state, which once attracted the attention of the world, is about to return.

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In the public library open to all the people in Xiacheng, Gu Shun spent a long time and finally finished reading a thick book about the history of Xiacheng.

After winning the title of the city lord of Xiacheng, Gu Shun did not relax or slack off in the slightest. Because if you want to create a more brilliant life, this victory is only one step in a thousand miles.

He set his next target on the east side of the Lower City, the Upper City, which was separated by the border checks.

And if he wants to know himself and his opponent, Gu Shun must know more about Shangcheng, and intelligence and news are the basis for all his strategies and plans.

So Gu Shun read a lot of books about the upper and lower cities in addition to dealing with the affairs of the lower city and spending time with his grandmother.

Through history, Gu Shun learned that the upper city and the lower city once belonged to the same city-state, Meta City.

The city of Meta is rich in minerals and the land is very fertile, so it has long been one of the most powerful city-states in the whole world.

The city of Meta takes its name from the vast wheat fields outside the city and the blast furnaces where the minerals are mined and smelted.

Due to its wealth since ancient times, the city of Meta has gradually become a prosperous city-state integrating agriculture, mineral smelting, and trade, and the city-state has also expanded in size.

With the development of the world's three industrial revolutions, the city of Meta became more developed, and the first steam engine, the first train, the first generator, and the first computer were born here.

The city-state has also attracted countless foreigners who want to get ahead and pursue a better life from all over the world.

They built house after house outside the city, and the city grew in size, encompassing the nearby mountains and the once fertile wilderness.

As the population grew, the long-standing conflict in Meta City finally broke out.

Some of the people of Meta City began to reject the Gentiles, believing that they were the true citizens of Meta City, and that the prosperity and honor of the city belonged to them, so these vile strangers should be expelled.

Others objected to this, believing that Gentiles were the best cheap laborers.

Regardless of the faction, there is one thing in common.

They are arrogant and conceited, and they think that they are the best city-state in the world, the best city in heaven.

However, they have led three industrial revolutions, and they have such arrogant capital.

Gradually, most of the Gentile exclusionary inhabitants, as well as businesses and researchers seeking a better environment for scientific research, moved to higher places and established new cities there.

And the residents who remain here continue to live on the land. The earliest rudiments of the Upper and Lower Towns were formed.

Later, the mountain part of Meta City researched the simulation chip that has influenced it to this day, through which you can enter the metaverse world and indulge in the world of fantasy and virtual weaving.

This kind of virtual world, built on the basis of VR, AR, XR, and other technologies, was initially very popular, and it quickly became popular throughout Meta City and the world.

But a nightmare ruined everything.

A Trojan virus called Spider Cut is rapidly spreading in the world of the Metaverse, and despite all the efforts of the Metaverse's service providers, they are still helpless against this Trojan.

As a result, there was a big collapse in the metaverse world, a large amount of data was completely lost, and countless people who made a living from it went bankrupt in an instant.

Coupled with the occupation of large amounts of arable land and the pollution caused by urban expansion, people are so addicted to the virtual world that they have no time to take care of the real world, and the food production is reduced and the harvest is almost wiped out.

The city of Meta was devastated by that disaster and suffered heavy losses.

Uptown and Downtown also have a huge divide over the metaverse. Downtown thinks that this thing made by Uptown is the culprit that caused everything, so it banned the use of the metaverse and its chips in Meta City.

Naturally, the upper city, which was controlled by the company, could not sit idly by and watch this kind of windfall profit be banned, so they refused to accept the ban on the lower city on the grounds that they were the orthodox of Meta City. The two cities parted ways completely, and Meta City was split in two.

Later, the relationship between the two cities deteriorated.

Because the altitude of the lower city is lower than that of the upper city, and it is close to the upper city, a large amount of pollution naturally flows into the lower city.

The lower city was gradually shrouded in fog, the land was polluted, food production was reduced, and a large number of people moved out. As a result, the lower city became increasingly dilapidated and withered.

On the other hand, because of the unlimited mining of minerals in the lower city, the foundation of the mountain where the upper city is located has almost hollowed out, resulting in continuous earthquakes in the upper city.

The upper city had to build a large number of tall towers and bury the foundations deep into the ground to prevent the entire city from being buried in the mountains due to the collapse of the mountain.

In this way, the original family has completely become enemies and rivals.

The two city-states also have very different philosophies about technology, with Uptown rebuilding the metaverse world after the disaster and continuing to develop technology to improve its own strength.

In order to prevent the migration of foreigners, the arrogant Shangcheng people invaded their scarce land and disrupted the order of the Shangcheng, so they set up border checks around the city.

Except for traders and diplomats, the Upper City forbade anyone to enter or leave.

Xiacheng believes that everything is the evil result of technology, and Meta City is enough to live well with minerals and planting, and does not need any metaverse and technological creations, so it refuses to use all new technological products in Xiacheng, and also closes itself.

The original city of Meta was officially divided into the Upper City and the Lower City, which continue to this day.

The gap between the upper city and the lower city is getting wider and wider because of the difference in development concepts.

The prosperity and prosperity of Shangcheng and the development of science and technology have made Shangcheng a neon city and a city that never sleeps in the mouth of merchants.

The lower city, on the other hand, has become a sin city and fog city that everyone despises and dislikes, in the midst of the depletion of minerals and heavy pollution.

The closure and isolation of the two cities have made the once famous city-state of Meta City completely synonymous with loss in the world, and its origin is unknown.

But now, the rise of Gu Shun has completely broken all this.

He gave the city a new look, and the long-lost name reappeared on the mainland.

Gu Shun had a general understanding of the past and present lives of the two city-states, and began his own plan to unify Meta City.

(End of Downtown)