Hao Ren and the others did not linger in the outer city for long. Cadheus's daylight would end after eight hours, so after gathering some news from travelers heading in all directions, they quickened their pace and reached Cadessa City's inner city.
Compared to the prosperous but somewhat chaotic outer city, Cadessa City's inner city appeared orderly and well-managed. The buildings here were more elegant and upscale, with most houses being multistory structures built from white stone. Neat streets were dotted with faintly glowing magic spires, which together supported the gigantic shield enveloping the entire city. This district contained all kinds of functional facilities—not only municipal institutions that kept the city running, but also various departments unique to the "World's Throat": the largest mercenary registration office, the largest diplomatic assembly hall, and the largest library, the "Scholars' Court," which supposedly stored all the knowledge in the world.
The inner city was where Cadessa City's local residents lived. Although it was open to outsiders, its gates were closed after nightfall.
"One of the old man's wishes while he was alive was for his research manuscripts to be included in Cadessa City's library." Izax gazed at the golden roof of the distant "Scholars' Court," his expression filled with emotion. "Unfortunately, the spatial bubble zone theory was still classified as heresy when he died. Even the Cadheus Plane, which claimed to keep knowledge open, only recently began researching spatial pocket models based on mathematics. Before that, their descriptions of spatial pockets were all founded on fantasy and philosophy."
"By the way, how did the world come to accept the spatial bubble zone and the grand universe theory?" Hao Ren asked curiously.
Izax wore a somewhat mocking smile. "Because I beat them black and blue. They refused to believe that the 'world' they had