Scales of Eternal Order

Unfolding the map of Imprint City, one can see that the shape of this place is different from all other places. Of course, if you don’t use a map, if you have seen Asimov’s “Galactic Empire” or have some understanding of astrophysics, lifts the head will still be able to discover the unusualness of Sigil City.

This city is like a tire without wheels. The city is built on inner tubes. At the center of it is a towering mountain range called the Promise Peak. It does not know where it rises from and where its tip leads to. The Imprint City revolves around the Infinite Peak, using centrifugal force to simulate gravity, and using the angle between the block and the Infinite Peak to describe time.

Yes, there are areas where there is nothing common with each other in different districts of Imprint City. And just like the buildings that are disordered and in a mess, as long as they can take on the corresponding functions, no one will bother to set a unified standard for them. Residents here have become accustomed to using words such as “positive peak”, “anti-peak” and “peak” to time the clock.

Except for the three hours before and after the peak, the light of Sigil City is actually quite friendly to those photosensitive creatures. The day here does not have dazzling sunlight, but a kind of cold light similar to that of fluorescent lamps. During the anti-peak period, that is, during the dark night time that the material plane bullies are usually used to, Imprint City also has “the sky was full of stars”. It’s just that they are not real stars. If the eyes are sharp enough to detect, they are actually the lights shining in other neighborhoods.

From the perspective of Ques, although this city does not have the scale of Baator Nine Prisons that can easily cover the entire plane, it is indeed very large. Whether it is the capital city of the mortal kingdom on the material plane or the super cities on Earth in the previous life of the young blue dragon as a reference, the scale of the Sigil City is definitely not small.

In this way, unless you have wings or other means of flying to fly directly over the Promise Peak, it will definitely take some time to cross from one block to another non-adjacent block. If someone wants to question, for example, the teleport spell ability that the demons of the lower realm have basically, or the caster can open a Transmission Gate and so on. But here is the Sigil City, a city with unknown transmission gates, either light or dark. It is definitely not a wise choice to transmit at will.

Fortunately, the big market that Ques and Puwu are going to is not too far from the “silver tongue” they arrived. After all, it is a place where commodities are traded, and it is best to be close to those bully customers who are stupid and rich, so there are only three intersections between the big market and bully street. And Puwu also knows many shortcuts, he can always take Ques to “cut the road.”

“Hey, Jamie Bikz!” When we walked to the side of the big market and passed by a tailor shop, Puwu greeted the boss inside. It seemed that the two of them still had some friendship. , “How is the business recently? How is the Star Realm apostle’s evening dresses sold?”

The boss of the tailor shop is a humanoid creature with four arms. He walked out and bumped Puwu Touching his fists, the other three arms are still busy applying golden flower patterns on a waistcoat. “Hey, buddy. Where have you been recently? The idea you gave me to perfume the dress is really good, I want to ask you to buy some lavender. Although the Thousand Grass Cup also has that kind of medicinal herb, you know, I Don’t you dare to buy anything from him. That thing might have some strange effect.”

“A wise choice,” Puwu nodded, “lavender with purple spots, right? It’s the new variety he planted with the broodmother spider egg shell as a petri dish. After it’s lit, the aromatherapy can not only smoke clothes, but also induce vomiting. Fortunately, you didn’t buy it, otherwise you will be in big trouble. But. It doesn’t matter, you can come to my store to buy it later…”

Their chat is not over yet, and a terrifying noise suddenly came from a distance. Ques followed the fame, who would have expected to see a scene that can be called a hot eye. It turned out that there was a half-goat running naked over there. He hopped and ran, knocked over one temporary booth after another, squeezed the ladder at the feet of the lamp-lighting boy, and kept yelling: “Uli! Uli!”

At this moment, Puwu has put his hand on his forehead, “Damn, the shameful guy is here again.” He took Ques and turned to the alley on the street, almost faster than a 100-meter dash. . It turned out that the half-goat who was running naked was his Uncle Uli Thousand Grass Cup. Looking at him like that, Puwu knew that he must have tried another new variety of special medicine.

Pu Wu, who feels that he can’t hold on his face, doesn’t even have the idea of ​​saying hello to Wuli Qiancao Cup. He took Ques and avoided the main road of the big market that had been turned upside down. He followed the small road turns left and right and soon came near a building in the big market. Unlike other places in the big market, there is basically no noisy voices and it seems very quiet.

Only a few humanoid creatures with thin bodies and triangular beaks on their heads are cleaning the razor vines that cover the walls of this building. They are Dabas, they are both servants and masters of Sigil City. This kind of creature only lives in the gate city, and they can’t be found on any other plane. No Dabas will never leave Sigil City.

Based on this situation, some strong birds speculate that Dabas is just a manifestation of the metabolism of the organism in Sigil City. This sounds reasonable, because it is these organisms that maintain the normal operation of the urban infrastructure. . Most of the time, Dabas repaired and repaired the city of Sigil. They strengthened the drainage channels and tombs under the streets, eradicated overly lush razor vines, laid cobblestone roads, and repaired the dilapidated houses in the city on the verge of collapse. In the eyes of many people, Dabas are just mysterious and introverted workers.

But those people are dumb. Puwu, who grew up in Sigil City since he was a child, knows that Dabas represents Lady Suffering, and they are serving Lady Suffering. Although they are indifferent to common crimes such as murder or fraud, as long as someone dares to destroy Sigil City, or is plotting about Lady Pain, Dabas will appear. At that time, they would resort to military force, use violence to directly kill those who are disrespectful to Ms. Pain, or be exiled to the deep ether.

Apart from this, Puwu also knows that the Dabas are responsible for managing all the land in Sigil City. Most idiots will be deceived by those associations and lease land use rights from the associations. However, the half-goat people know that it is not insurable. Only after finding the management office of Dabas opened in various neighborhoods, reporting to it and purchasing, can they obtain the protected land ownership.

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