Urban Expansion (lower)

Some players who don't want to go out and gather resources have taken up some technical jobs.

For example, in the outer city of Shenqi City, players have taken up the work of carving stone, building houses, and constructing city walls.

In the planning and design of the city construction, it is divided into two parts: the inner and outer cities. After the construction, the temples and NPCs' houses will be in the inner city, where players cannot enter when NPCs are resting.

This way, NPCs won't be disturbed during their rest.

Shops, pharmacies, and other facilities will be moved to the outer city, where players can live and complete tasks in the future.

As a result, the previous setting of closing the game at specific times during the day has been eliminated, and players can now access the game anytime.

"Players can also better 'work' in the game" - scratch that.

They can happily complete game tasks.

However, among the players, there is a special group who don't care about the tasks and only focus on enjoying the beautiful scenery in the game.

They are a large group of elderly people, mostly men and women.

They observe every detail of the game's environment.

One of the leading elderly men, somewhat shocked, says, "This game is amazing. I have studied architecture for most of my life, but I never imagined that someone would build houses in a game with such attention to detail."

"Yes! The modeling in this game is incredible; it looks so real. If it weren't for the game system, I would have thought this was another world," another elderly man agrees.

The other elderly people also join in the discussion about the topic.

It turns out that the leading elderly man is the well-known architecture expert in China, Liang Lao, who won the consolation prize for the Tang-style ancient city design. After winning the award, he invited his old friends to join the game.

For these elderly people, being able to experience the feelings of youth in the game is the most important thing.

Moreover, in the game, they are free from the entanglement of various diseases in reality, just like the 80-year-old man running beside them.

Therefore, they now cherish their spots in the game even more.

However, as respected figures in various industries in China, they are also curious about this suddenly emerging game and are eager to uncover its mysteries.

Zhou Heng is aware of their intentions, and after observing that they don't have any malicious motives, he decides to leave them be.

Even if they study for a hundred years, they won't be able to figure out much.

.....

During this time, some NPCs are also busy with city construction. Luna leads a large group of soldiers converted from merpeople, scurrying around everywhere.

Yes, you heard that right, merpeople.

Due to their limited intelligence, the converted NPCs also have limited cognitive abilities and are mainly used as menial laborers, guarding street order, and serving as atmosphere creators.

They maintain street order, and Zhou Heng has programmed the system to prevent players from harming NPCs or disobeying soldiers' orders.

Since they don't need to fight, the players will handle that.

Luna leads them in planting seeds throughout the city and leveling off areas with hills.

Initially, players thought of Luna as a mere decoration, but when she demonstrated her ability to command plants, she awakened the trees on the mountainside, which then transformed into treants and flattened the entire mountain.

After that, she sent them to construction sites to move stones and, when their energy was almost depleted, guided them to pre-planned locations according to the greenery plan, where they transformed back into trees.

This display left the players completely shocked.

In reality, this is not the true power of Luna's skills. She wanted to make a good impression on the players for the first time to compensate for her previous negative image.

She directly used a bit of divine power to enhance her skills, giving her the ability to awaken an entire mountain of trees.

Under Luna's guidance, the players worked orderly.

After three days, the players had roughly established the foundation of the city.

It looks quite impressive, but if you look closely, there are still many rough edges. After all, the players are not professional builders, and without modern tools, the houses and road facilities they built are somewhat crude.

However, Zhou Heng had anticipated this. After the players completed their work, he gathered them in the newly built square.

Watching as Zhou Heng slowly rose into the air, crowned with a regal headpiece and draped in a cloak studded with gems, the players looked on in awe.

Hovering ten meters above them, he declared solemnly, "Goddess, grant me your power."

A golden ray of light suddenly emerged from the clouds, striking Zhou Heng's body, and then gradually spreading outward from him.

As the golden light swept over the area,

Some rough parts of the buildings have also been polished smooth, and the seeds planted by Luna and the others have begun to sprout, growing into towering trees that harmoniously coexist with the buildings beside them.

It's like turning on a beauty camera, erasing all thedisharmoniouselements.

What ultimately appears to players and NPCs is a city full of nature and beauty.

Many veteran players look at the scene before them and comment, "It seems that the game company has made a lot of money recently. The special effects are better than before, and the miracles are even more stunning."

Of course, they don't know that Zhou Heng used to have only a few points of divine power, but now he has spent 30 points just on expanding Shenqi City. The more divine power he uses, the better the effect.

Moreover, if players look from a high altitude, they will discover that this is a city completely wrapped in plants, with the World Tree at its center, followed by the inner city, and then four rivers flowing out of the lake beside the World Tree.

The city is clearly divided into five areas, but only the main buildings have been constructed so far, leaving plenty of empty space for future development.

The roads are straight, and the greenery on both sides is filled with flowers.

There are also protective walls on the outermost perimeter.

Zhou Heng looks at this beautiful scenery from the air, captures it with the system, and shares it with the players so they can also appreciate this gorgeous view.

After seeing this image, some players immediately quit the game and posted the picture online, bragging and leaving comments like, "This is the city we built! (⌯︎¤̴̶̷̀ω¤̴̶̷́)✧︎"

"Don't be jealous, guys!"

Netizens who saw this responded:

"You're so annoying, I've already sharpened my knife."

" Steward, give me all the information about this person within a minute."

"Yes, young master."

"The person above is so funny, I guess I can't hide my identity anymore. I, the Dragon King, have returned."

"Let me join in..."

The conversation among netizens gradually veered off-topic, and the forum was filled with a joyful atmosphere.