No matter what she thought in her heart, Li Xiaomeng still set out for school the next morning.
As usual, she walked to the station, scrolling through the Mind Network as she waited for the fully enclosed multi-passenger beast-drawn carriage.
The modified demon beast that had been brought to Divine Capital to haul carriages a year ago was even fatter than last year. Divine Capital's life must have been nourishing indeed. It had likewise been infected by the omnipresent devil curse power between heaven and earth, developing a peculiar "spirituality" unlike the Demon Race's intelligence. It could be regarded as a terminal of the Mind Network.
Now, the Mind Network even offered a "beast carriage arrival notification" service.
A great many people squeezed onto the beast carriage together. After a year of infrastructure construction, Divine Capital had changed beyond recognition. Its roads now crisscrossed like a chessboard, like the warp and weft of a brocade kerchief. Every road was paved with a material resembling cement, called condensed stone earth, smooth and clean. Of course, unless one was a cultivator who could fly, it was difficult to see the roads' full layout. The towering buildings had long since blocked ordinary people's view. Beyond that, beast carriages of various routes ran everywhere, making travel convenient. Even Divine Capital's population of more than a million could circulate with ease.
The old market wards had been completely abolished. Shops stood connected to shops, their fine goods dazzling the eye, displaying the abundance of resources. Water pipes were also being laid. Condensing water directly from the air required the mana of the Foundation Establishment Realm; for mortals, a running-water system was still far more useful.
In the Demon Race ruins of Fusang, there had also been water channels and similar supply systems. Even the flourishing