Chapter 97 The Charm of the Cage(1/2)
Door means an intermediary that connects different areas.
A city means a cage where different people gather.
When a city can directly connect all different areas, it can be called the center of the world.
When a city can accommodate people of all different races in the world to live together, then it can be called a distribution center for all races.
The City of Gates, Sigil City, is such a legendary place.
It cannot speak of absolute freedom, nor of eternal peace, nor of the glorious title of an ideal city.
However, it is still the most beloved place among plane travelers.
Countless explorers, explorers, businessmen, careerists, agents of gods, etc. who have conceptually learned of its existence all hope to reach this legendary city one day.
Even though there is a supreme cold-blooded ruler here, many strange characters, many strange races, and countless strange events surrounding it, it does not prevent them from pursuing this place as their destination.
This is the center of the multiverse and the center of multiverse information.
An unsolvable problem that confuses someone and is regarded as a lifelong problem.
Here, you may only need to help pay for a meal, and you can understand it clearly within thirty minutes at the wine table.
Angels and demons eat together here, and the bloody battle between demons and demons does not dare to start here.
This city has a unique order, but it is not on the lawful side.
Its first original rule is that the Lady of Pain cannot be offended or disobeyed.
As for what exactly is violation? What is disobedience? So far, no one can summarize the rules.
The Lady of Pain will grant death to those who deserve death.
The person who deserves to live, Lady Pain allows him to appear here.
It is an absolute dictator whose true identity is unclear.
However, it always remains mysterious, never speaks, has no ideas, and has no rules to follow.
It itself is chaotic and disorderly, but this constitutes the basic order of the city.
Therefore, various races are accustomed to calling this place "the cage".
This is a caged city called the Lady of Pain.
Under the Lady of Pain, there are a dozen different factions.
Different factions have established different rules and cleverly maintained the operation of the city.
The difference between factions lies in belief.
Beliefs are similar to beliefs, but they never target gods.
Even if you are a priest of a certain deity or an agent of a deity, you may not necessarily belong to a certain faction here.
If we want to put it bluntly, factions represent a major viewpoint in understanding the pluralistic world.
The party that agrees with this view will belong to the corresponding faction after certain procedures and reviews.
For example, you see a speaker on the street who preaches that "all life, including humans, gods, demons, and demons, have the same source."
Don’t worry too much, that’s the “God-Aspirant” of the “Fountain Believers Association”.
And a lunatic-like character who suddenly talks to you and yells: "There are no secrets in the world, things are just there as they are, don't look for them, this is the biggest meaning." Please stay away as soon as possible.
That is the typical "depressed person" who "everything is futile", also known as the "crazy person".
It doesn't make much sense to talk about camp, good and evil, race, and profession here.
The core of the contradiction stems more from different perceptions of the multiverse.
Even if they are from different camps, as long as they belong to the same faction in this city, they may cooperate regardless of their status.
This is a plane that the gods have no right to govern.
The rules of the outside world don't apply here.
As long as the enemies targeted by the gods hide here, they will basically survive half of them.
Wang He listened carefully to Alexia, the tour guide who called herself "sister", and kept smiling and nodding.
After the area blocked by the blade dissipated, this "sister" cast a self-proclaimed permanent "language understanding" spell on him.
Then, he was cordially taken to a restaurant run by a certain two-headed ogre chef.
Among the many huge and obese guests, they are the slender and the shortest.
The ogre was not surprised and asked in a very loud voice, "What do you two guests want to order?"
Alexia is familiar with the process, "There is no need for the ingredients of the human race. Let's go to the steak mixed meal made from the ingredients of the ten special races."
The ogre's eyes lit up: "This guest seems to be knowledgeable. Do you want to challenge him?"
Attracted by his words, the scene became boiling for a while.
"Oh, let's see, someone wants to take on the top ten disgusting ingredients challenge?"
"A young female human, this is something to behold! Not to mention the taste, the weight alone is not something that ordinary humans can handle."
"Like the chaos of the universe, this anomaly is really exciting! I'm looking forward to what the male human who accompanied her will order?"
A fat and tall half-dragon's eyes were filled with curiosity and he turned the topic to Wang He.
When the ogre boss saw this, he also asked Wang He, "Where is this guest? Has the decision been made?"
Wang He glanced at the assorted meats of different humanoid races on the display table in the huge kitchen not far away, and said resolutely, "Any staple food. I'm a vegetarian."
After all, he couldn't guarantee that his body would not be affected after eating these weird meats.
Moreover, it is difficult to accept it psychologically.
His answer shocked many onlookers.
The half-dragon said without hesitation, "Oh, look! A guy who doesn't even dare to eat meat!"
After Wang He heard this, he was not angry and looked at him kindly, "My friend, in a harmonious universe, there is no difference at all between eating and not eating. Don't you think so?"
The half-dragon was stunned for a moment and whispered, "Lord God of Chaos, why is there a 'stubborn' member of the Harmony Society?"
The female half-dragon next to her laughed out loud, "Why don't you go argue with him?"
The half-dragon male shook his head crazily.
At this moment, Wang He is acting as a member of the "Harmony Society" in charge of the city's barracks and guard forces.
His identity is similar to that of a city manager in a certain sense.
The purpose of the Harmony Society is very simple, somewhat similar to the teachings of Eddas
That is, harmony is correct, and violation of harmony is wrong.
Peace is the goal of the Harmony Society, but in order to achieve peace, all means, even force, can be used.
They serve as city guards, keen on fighting crime, and have the power to arrest anyone they deem to be breaking the law.
Even if the prisoners will be released by the "manager" in the end, who will provoke them without any reason?
Even the ogre boss was stunned for a moment when Wang He said this.
After it came back to its senses, its two heads nodded at the same time and immediately left to prepare food.
Especially Wang He's portion, he was going to take the lead in cooking it.
Seeing this, the onlookers no longer dared to provoke Wang He at will.
They gradually began to eat on their own. Although it was rare for people from the Harmony Society to appear here, it was not impossible. Tasting the delicious food was the most important thing.
Wang He was quite satisfied when he saw this.
Then he turned his head and asked Alexia in a low voice, "By the way, I have a question. Do you have money for bringing me here?"
"When my brother takes his sister out to eat, who should pay?" Alexia asked in return.
Wang He: "Okay, I know you have no money."
He then asked, "Is the currency of the Western civilized world I have been in used here?"
Alexia looked at Wang He like a fool, "Don't you know this? Currencies on the main material plane are quite common. They are basically smelted from rare metals and have a certain value no matter where they are."
After hearing this, Wang He used the grip of space to take out a small bag of hundreds of gold coins, and said at the same time, "This is quite convenient. It is indeed a transfer station in the plane."
Then, he moved the gold coin bag to the table in front of Alexia.
"What, you want to bribe me? This little money is not enough!" Alexia lowered her head and glanced at the money bag.
As she said this, she quickly put the money bag away.
Wang He sighed with emotion, "I really admire your ability to easily blend in anywhere, and your unabashed sense of amorality."
Alexia looked him up and down and said, "Brother, you're not bad either."
The two looked at each other and smiled.
This restaurant seems to be opened by an ogre couple.
To be continued...