The Martial Unity

Chapter 3852: Metropolita

Rui activated pulled her into his arms, before activating a world bridge right then and there, opening a portal.

”You could just teleport us, you know?” Amare raised an eyebrow.

A hint of angst entered his ethereal eyes. ”...I’m afraid that something will happen to our baby with the teleportation, since it does warp the body with intrinsic Riemannian space-time geometry. It should theoretically not cause a problem at all, but...”

He couldn’t help it. He didn’t realize just how overprotective and paranoid he could get since these days, he didn’t have too many vulnerable dependents. But the moment Amare grew pregnant, he realized just how terrifying vulnerability in the people he loved was.

It had driven him to grind in the manifold with Project Autocorpus to become stronger. Autocorpus was especially a powerful antidote to him, since if he could defend without reacting or thinking, then he was confident he could protect Amare and his child. He pushed himself to the very limit as he tried to acclimate his ’eyes’ to the ’darkness’ of the information dimension.

”We’ll be fine.” Amare giggled at his overprotective and anxious behavior. ”Come, let’s go, I’m curious to see where you’re taking me for a date this time.”

She stepped through the wormhole, pulling him through to change the topic to something more pleasant, but she froze the moment she arrived at the new location.

Her amber eyes widened at what she saw. ”This...”

STEP

Rui arrived right behind, placing a hand on her shoulder as she smiled confidently at the sight that the two of them bore witness to. ”Impressive, isn’t it? This is Project MetroVision. This is Metropolita.”

Before them was a vast expanse of a metropolis unlike anything Amare had ever seen in her entire life. Titanic towers that reached hundreds of meters into the air, and a giant structure that stretched across the entire city, spread throughout the relatively vacant metropolis.

She could sense that the city’s diameter was almost precisely a hundred kilometers, as if perfectly engineered and planned right down to the very last millimeter.

What was even more shocking was that she sensed wormholes opening up here and there across the entire city. Some were small, others were large; they were so numerous that it beggared belief.

She remembered that just some years ago, world bridges were a scarce resource, and even the Kandrian Empire only had one. Now, she was looking at a city that was infested with wormholes.

The composition of the city was wooden, giving it a nature or biotechnological vibe, but the structure of the city reminded her of that of the Esocline Federation. It was extraordinarily efficient, dense, yet spacious enough for people to walk and reside within.

Residential blocs made use of height to ensure greater space while simultaneously increasing their population density. She also sensed a powerful grid of energy running across the entire city, supplying large amounts of energy.

It was a proper city of the future. She couldn’t help but feel it was magnificent as she beheld its silhouette with the light of the morning sun casting a large shadow.

”We have a black hole reactor powering the entire city,” Rui remarked with a serious expression. ”We’re finally implementing the energy technologies of the true world and making up for our energy shortages. It was the only reason that they could compete with us despite not having esoteric matter. This city is what all cities from this point on will look like, sooner or later. This is Project MetroVision. Come, let’s walk through the city. There’s much to see.”

”...It’s truly incredible,” Amare admitted, walking alongside him. ”But it isn’t too much for the citizens of Kandria? You even have high-technology public transport and other technological systems that get rid of the need for a lot of simpler jobs. How will Kandrian citizens make money?”

She had a point, with power public infrastructure and the marvels of high technology, things like transport and construction, which were among the backbone for low-wage labor, were completely gone.

”You think we haven’t thought of that?” Rui smiled confidently. ”What do you think the future citizens of the city are doing right now?”

”Hm? Aren’t they holed up in a shelter?”

”Yes, but they’re not simply wasting time waiting for someone to save them,” Rui replied. ”We’ve put them through a rigorous up-skilling and education process to help them cope with a more high-tech world. This way, they can enjoy high technology without being turned obsolete by it.”

Her eyes widened. ”...You’re giving them free education and training?”

”It’s the least I could do,” Rui remarked with a serious expression. ”Considering that my decisions led to the ruination of their lives and loss of loved ones. This is one of the ways that I’m essentially trying to make it up to them.”

Her expression softened as she smiled at him with a hint of pride and affection. ”Your humanity despite your power is one of the reasons I fell in love with you.”

He pulled her into him appreciatively, lightly squeezing her shoulder.

”But it couldn’t have been easy educating and training all of them in such cramped conditions,” Amare remarked, her tone growing more curious. ”How did you pull it off?”

”The portions and knowledge were arranged by all the immortal sages who have immigrated to the Kandrian Empire for true immortality. So they have the best and most effective knowledge, making them require less of it to achieve the same results,” Rui replied, walking slowly alongside Amare. ”We also used neural interface technology to speed it up to an extent. That alongside some true world technology and the Psycher’s help, and it managed. The process still isn’t complete yet, but eventually, they’ll be able to partake in this city without falling behind.”

It was a bit aggressive, and there were still plenty of low-skilled jobs, but Rui was eager to elevate the civilizational level of the Kandrian Empire and eventually the Panamic Civilization. For the latter, however, he needed the regime of law and order over humanity to subjugate the Martial World within law and order.

All in good time, soon, he would impose law and order over human civilization.

”Your Majesty!” The voice of Minister Danes broke him from these thoughts. ”I’m glad you’re here. I apologize for being late!”

The man had rushed to their spot in the vacant city with an exhausted expression before acknowledging Amare with a respectful nod. ”Your Sagehood, I’d be honored to take you on a tour through this city of the future as well.”

The man had worked tirelessly over the past five months with Project MetroVision, reconstructing the destroyed section of the Kandrian Empire. Yet, despite all the effort that he had put in, he only looked more alive and energetic than he had in the past.

”Now then, allow me to show you the fruits of all of our labor!”