The Heavens: A Strengthening Journey Starting from Ip Man

Chapter 122 Twin City-State
Zaun, a city-state located in Runeterra, is a twin city with Piltover.

The two are located between the continents of Shurima and Valoran, and are important traffic arteries.

Originally, Zaun and Piltover were one, they had only one name, that was Zaun.

Later, in order to excavate the canal, an accident occurred during the excavation process, and half of the city collapsed directly and fell into the trench. Although the cost was heavy, the canal was successfully excavated after all.

Those in power re-founded the city above the canal and named it Piltover.

Picheng controls the customs duties of the canal, and those nobles earn a lot of money just by collecting taxes. In addition, Picheng claims to be free and progressive, and vigorously funds scientific research. Today, it has the best Research Faculty.

Smart people from all over the mainland come here admiringly. They learn scientific knowledge and create, constantly bringing vitality to this city.

However, Zaan, which is a sister city, is not so lucky.

Although Zaun is under the jurisdiction of Picheng, those nobles in Picheng regard Zaun people as pariahs. In their eyes, Zaun people are barbaric and uncivilized, synonymous with dirty and low.

It was these noble Piltovers who dumped all their industrial waste in Zaun, and at the same time hired Zaun people for labor at extremely low prices.

It was against this background that Zaun was crazily sucked blood by Piltover, and at the same time was disgusted and cast aside by the people of Piltover.

Gu Yun also had some understanding of the city of Zu'an, but when he actually stood here, he realized how bad the city's environment was.

"Ding! The mission is released, the host please choose the faction within 30 seconds, Zaun or Picheng."

Gu Yun replied directly: "I choose Zaan!"

"Ding, choose success, please lead Zaun to surpass Picheng, use force and science to coexist, and become the strongest super city in the entire continent. The task is difficult!"

"In this world, there are many big bosses, such as ascenders, demigods, giant gods, protoss, and creation gods like the Dragon King, and even Void of unknown strength. It's really difficult to compete." Gu Yun scratched his head, feeling a little distressed.

Although it is not necessary to compete with those gods or demigods, in the process of development, who knows what things will be encountered.

Gu Yun counted his cards, besides his own cultivation, it was a cross-border store.

He has an authority card, which allows him to buy any weapon in the Spider-Man world, even the big Ivan with a full capacity, it is not impossible to buy it.

If he is really in danger and makes him anxious, then he will show the people of this world what it means to wash his face with a nuclear bomb.

Thinking of this, Gu Yun is ready to take a look around in Zu'an, conduct research first, and find out the situation here.

Then he went to Picheng to have a look, to see how far this self-proclaimed most advanced city has developed technology.

Zaan is located in a huge canyon surrounded by mountain walls. To some extent, Zaan is a city built in a pit.

Zaun is divided into three parts from top to bottom. The uppermost part is the dance step corridor, which is connected to the lowest level of Piltover, where there is the Sun Gate leading to Piltover.

The middle part is the middle square, where most Zaun people live, and the lower part is the trench.

The trench is very large, and many extremely poor people are lingering in the trench. There are factories and mines in Zaan here, and the environment and air are the worst.

Gu Yun turned Zuan around from top to bottom, and encountered many gangsters and thieves, but he easily solved them all.

Going back to the dance corridor again, Gu Yun looked at the sewage pipes extending from Picheng. All kinds of domestic garbage, industrial waste, and various waste water and waste gases were all discharged to Zu'an through these pipes.

If you want to take good care of Zaun's environment, you must first shut down these sewage pipes.

However, now is not the time.

Gu Yun came to the Gate of Sun through the dance corridor, where there are law enforcement officials from the upper city guarding people from Zaan to Picheng.

"Wait a moment!"

A law enforcement officer stopped Gu Yun. He looked at Gu Yun's clean clothes, fair and handsome face, no tattoos and various earrings and nose rings, completely different from the people of Zaun.

His originally guarded and disgusted expression suddenly eased a lot.

"Are you from Zaun?" the law enforcement officer said softly.

Gu Yun nodded and said, "That's right, I want to visit Picheng."

"Well, remember, when you enter Piltover, you are not allowed to steal things, or do other things that violate the regulations of Piltover, young man, if you want to live in Piltover, you can go to Piltover to find a job." The law enforcement officer proposed himself suggestion.

From the tone of the law enforcement officer, it was obvious that he did not regard Gu Yun as a person from Za'an, but as a person from Preparatory Picheng.

Gu Yun replied with a smile: "Thank you for reminding me."

Hearing Gu Yun's thanks, the law enforcement officer immediately laughed and looked at Gu Yun with softer eyes.

He felt that his guess was correct, Zaun talents would not thank others, and they were considered high-quality if they didn't curse.

Gu Yun walked on the streets of Picheng, looking at the surrounding scene, he couldn't help sighing.

Even if the people here are commoners, their life is much better than that of the people of Zaan. Whether it is the food and clothing or the living environment, they are not comparable to the people of Zaan.

On the streets, law enforcement officers are stationed throughout the streets, keeping the people of Piltover safe and the people of Zaun at the same time.

The style of the houses here is a bit like European architecture in the middle world. Looking at the faces of the people on the street, they are full of confidence and calmness. They are proud of being Picheng people.

Gu Yun exchanged some of the currency here with gold, then bought a lot of books in the bookstore, then rented a house, and began to learn the characters of this world.

With Gu Yun's current IQ, his learning efficiency has already surpassed that of ordinary people. It only took him half a month to fully learn the characters here and read all the books in his hand.

Only then did he have a general understanding of Piltover's technology.

Taking Gu Yun’s time as an example, Piltover hadn’t invented the general-purpose Hex technology, and electrical development was still in a desert period.

Although they also have electric lights, Piltover is still in the age of steam in general.

Moreover, their science subjects, led by mathematics, in Gu Yun's view, are like pediatrics, not far from the eighteenth century in the previous life. As for the subsequent knowledge, there are still unsolved problems here.

"If you take the road of technology, it's really okay, but this world has magic and various divine powers. Unless science is developed to the extent that it can restart the universe, it will be difficult to compare with those gods.

"So, in addition to developing science, magic cannot be given up. This requires me to plan carefully. At least, Hex technology cannot be discarded."

After thinking for two days, Gu Yun put the books into the space, and then headed towards Zu'an.

Next, it was time for him to train Zaun.

(End of this chapter)