The dome above Pippi Castle was golden, pure and dazzling. However, the interior of Pippi Castle was covered in gray. Nobody could see the original color of the sky. It was as dark as the sky before a storm.
Under the dark sky, the ground was paved with reinforced concrete, as well as pyramid-shaped houses.
Let's call them pyramid-shaped houses for now.
It was easy to tell the pros and cons of this kind of pyramid house. The poor pyramid house was made of spliced metal plates, and the color was very gaudy. The slightly better pyramid house was made of pure metal, and there were no patches.
The pyramid-shaped houses were made of different materials and sizes. The only similarity was that the chimneys on the pyramid-shaped houses were all releasing thick smoke.
Even from hundreds of meters away, Angor could smell the odor of metal in the smoke.
The thick black and gray smoke gathered in the air, forming a low black cloud that pressed down on the city.
Angor finally understood why Pippi Castle's sky was so dark. It was caused by pollution.
For a moment, he felt like he was back in Evory Kingdom. Yi Rong's greatest strength was its outstanding machinery; its greatest weakness was the inferior air quality that was enough to kill people.
"Pippi Castle isn't strictly divided into districts. There are only inner and outer city districts. This is a transitional area," Luigi said. "Most of the residents here are the guardians of the dome, or Pelucci, who doesn't want to pay the air tax but still wants to conduct experiments on heavy pollution."
"Guardians? I understand. What's the air tax? "Angor looked at Luigi in confusion.
Luigi said, "Literally. There are isolation shields in the inner and outer cities that can purify the pollution produced by the experiments. However, operating the isolation shields requires a large amount of condensed crystals. Pilucci has to pay for the shortage of condensed crystals himself. This is the so-called air tax."
"The outer city has a lower air tax, but the barriers don't do much to purify the air. There is also some pollution in the air, but it's not as bad as the crossing area. The inner city doesn't have much pollution, but the air tax is much higher."
Maybe this was one of the characteristics of Pippi Castle?
Pelucci was an inventor.
Any invention required a large number of trial and error experiments, and each experiment could lead to contamination. Especially for heavy machinery and chemical experiments, the pollution was even worse. In order to create a better environment, Pelucci invented a purifying barrier. But the cost of operating it was too high, which was why the air tax was called.
"In Pelucci's own words, this is the price of invention. It's unavoidable, but it can be solved," Luigi said. At this point, Luigi added, "This was said by Duke Pixiu. After he said this, he also made many Pixiu invest their inventions in the direction of the isolation barrier, devoting themselves to developing an isolation barrier with low energy consumption and high purification efficiency. They haven't shown any results yet, but with Pelucci's passion, it won't take long. "
Luigi's words..
In other aspects, Pilucci was hated by everyone, but in terms of his passion for invention and the results of his inventions, one had to admit that they were very good.
"Grand Duke Pelucci," Angor....
Luigi asked, "The current ruler of Castle Pipi, similar to … a king?"
So Grand Duke Pelucci was the ruler of Pippi Castle.
"He's an inventor too?"
"You could say that. However, I don't remember his inventions being particularly outstanding. His elder brother and his father, however, were famous inventors in Pilucci," Luigi said as he casually introduced Duke Pixiu's family.
To put it simply, they were a family of inventors. Grand Duke Pelucci was able to become the ruler of Pippi Castle not only because of his own talents, but also because of his elders.
Although Grand Duke Pixiu didn't have any inventive talent, he was very clear about the importance of inventions to Pilucci. During his reign, he had vigorously promoted Pilucci's inventions to public expense. Although there was a problem of excessive pollution, it had indeed brought Pilucci's family to new heights. Many new inventions were invented by the commoner Peluxiu.
Inventions such as the long legs on the dome and the isolation barrier were all invented by the commoner Peluxiu.
While Grand Duke Pixiu was vigorously promoting his inventions, he was also promoting Piluxiu's excellent inventions to the outside world. For example, the reason why Piluxiu was able to support this gathering was because of Grand Duke Pixiu.
Judging from the current situation, Grand Duke Pi Xiu was a wise ruler.
They talked about Pelucci's current situation as they moved forward. Soon, they reached the deeper part of the transition zone.
Angor also saw many Pelucci on their way.
They looked similar to Doe Yi, who was a green-skinned dwarf. Most of them were less than a meter tall. The only difference was that Doe Yi was dressed very luxuriously, while these Pelucci were dressed very casually.
However, because of this, Angor was able to answer a question he had when he saw Doe Yi. Did Pelucci have hair?
The answer was: yes.
But it was very sparse. There were only about a hundred hairs on top of their heads.
With this amount of hair, coupled with their shiny foreheads and big bull eyes, they looked even more "wise and farsighted".
"They're all Pelucci," said Luigi. Luigi said, "In the past many years, they didn't have much power. Starting from Grand Duke Pixiu … No, starting from Grand Duke Pixiu's father, that is, more than a thousand years ago, the commoner Pixiu gradually stepped onto the stage."
"Now, the commoner Peluxiu can freely invent things."
At this point, a dark-faced Pelouxiu ran out from a pyramid room not far away. He was dressed like a poor person, but all he said was, "It's exploding, it's exploding. The experiment topic this time is over. Damn it, I can only apply for subsidies."
Angor didn't know what he did, but it seemed to be some kind of experiment gone wrong.
Even the poor Pilucci was able to invent something. Even without the materials, he could still apply for subsidies. From this, it could be seen that Duke Pixiu had really started the era of invention for all.
They walked for another few hundred meters and saw more pyramid-shaped houses. Most of them were covered in smoke. Only a few shops were decorated with colorful neon lights. There were also light barriers around them, which seemed to keep out the outside world.
"Mini barrier, one crystal per month. It doesn't have any purification function other than keeping out the pollution," said Luigi. "So, you can only use it as a shop. You can't do any experiments inside."
Looking at the colorful shops, Luigi sighed. "It's a pity that apart from a dye shop, the rest of the shops are all closed. I guess they have all gone to the Crystal City. Otherwise, I could bring you in for a walk."
Angor didn't know what to say. He didn't have any crystals. Besides, he could always go to the party. There was no need to waste time here.
They walked for another five minutes and finally saw the outer city of Pipi Castle.
The huge light shield isolated the pollution in the transition zone.
Through the barrier, Angor could see the buildings inside. They were still pyramid-shaped houses, but they were different in size, shape, and decoration.
There were also guards outside the city, but there were fewer of them compared to the ones at the dome.
When they saw Angor coming, the guards' eyes brightened up. They grinned wickedly as if they thought Angor was a fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered.
However, when they saw Luigi behind Angor's back, they quickly straightened their backs and looked straight ahead as if they were really the pillars of the castle, the guardians of the castle.
"Mister Luigi, what brings you here? Long time no see. "One of the guards who changed his expression earlier came to greet Angor with a smile.
Luigi didn't want to talk too much. He took out a pass and handed it to the guard. "We're going to see Barbaregon. Find us a separate trailer and send us to the inner city."
"What about the fee …"
"You're asking for a fee?" Luigi sneered. He wanted to say something, but considering the time, he didn't argue. He only said, "If you really want to take it, then put it on Barregon's head."
When Guard Pilucci heard this, he bitterly laughed and said, "But, Master Barregon didn't pay for the previous fees …"
Luigi said, "Then go and urge him."
"We … we don't dare."
"Then I'll do it."
Guard Pilucci considered and shook his head. "Don't. If Mister Barbaregon really comes, we'll be swallowed whole."
Luigi snickered. "Look at his tiny stomach. He can't even swallow an ant."
Luigi didn't think much of it. Angor didn't find anything wrong with it either. However, the other Pilucci guards all backed away in fear.
Some of them even had to hold on to the railings for support.
"Big Big Big … Big …" Guard Peluxiu said, "Big Big Master, please don't joke around. We wouldn't dare to listen to such words."
After Guard Pilucci finished speaking, he looked at the others around him. "You guys didn't hear it either, right?"
The group of Peluxiu nodded, the fear on their faces did not lessen.
From this, it could be seen that they were very clear that Barbaregon's minefield was the size of his body. Only Luigi dared to say this out loud. They didn't dare to say or listen.
"Coward," Luigi complained in annoyance.
As if he didn't hear anything, Guard Pilucci bowed and gestured for Luigi and Angor to move forward. "I'll arrange separate trailers for you now. The fee … will be …"
Luigi looked around and finally saw a Pilucci guard who was lying on the ground. "You'll be the one paying it."
The guard looked like he was about to cry. Luigi sighed in relief and smiled. "Mister, I'll show you the way."
On their way to the trailer station, Luigi spoke to Angor, "Actually, outsiders like us can take trailers for free. Duke Pilucci made this rule.
But Pilucci has a lot of tricks up his sleeves when it comes to trivial matters like this. In the end, he'll ask for crystals. "
"I gave them to him at first, but Barbaregon told me the truth …"
Since then, Luigi never gave out crystals.
Luigi didn't try to hide his words from Guard Pilucci. The guard didn't refute Luigi's words. He even smiled. "It's not a trick. It's a business opportunity."
"Besides, the Grand Duke didn't stop us when he knew about it, which means we can do it."
Luigi grumbled. "Grand Duke Pilucci didn't stop us because it's not a big deal. Besides, there aren't many outsiders who come to Pipi Castle anyway."
"You don't understand, mister. That's why we need to seize this opportunity." Guard Pilucci looked at Luigi as if it was only natural.
Luigi didn't know what to say, but he didn't bother to argue. He turned to Angor and spoke in his mind, "Look, this is Pelouxiu."
…
The trailers were similar to the aerial vine buses in Brute Cavern. However, Pipi Castle's buses were made of metal, and the tracks above them covered the entire castle.
They were sitting in an aerial trailer, which allowed them to quickly reach the inner city from the outer city through the well-connected tracks.
Barregon was in the inner city.
The trailers were spacious, but the seats weren't high enough for them to sit down. But that was to be expected. The trailers were designed to fit Pilucci's height better.
The trailers were fast, even faster than the vine buses. However, they also had obvious shortcomings.
It was just that when it moved on the track, the roar was very loud, and it would constantly emit steam. Although it would be absorbed by the barrier immediately, the people sitting in the trailer could still smell a bit of a pungent smell.
But these were minor problems.
As long as the trailers could reach the inner city quickly, they could accept them.
Inside the trailers, they could see the scenery of the outer city.
Compared to the transition area, the outer city was much more comfortable. There were also smoking pyramids here, but the smoke quickly disappeared in the air.
The ground of the outer city was also cleaned up, making it flat and clean. There were shops everywhere, and there were also neon signs that were lit up.
But … 90% of the shops were closed.
Not only that, but Pilucci also didn't show up. He must have gone to Crystal City.
Also, Angor noticed that most of the shops here were … dye shops and dental clinics.
He thought Pipi Castle would have a bigger material store, but it turned out to be quite different from what he expected.
Luigi noticed Angor's confusion and asked, "Are you wondering why there are so many dental clinics and dye shops?"
"Actually, I had the same question when I first came here. Barregon told me about it."
"Most of Pilucci's teeth are fine. The problem is … their brains."
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