Chapter 1111: Perfection and the New Plan for the Code Entity

"My Lord, besides the three meals and one soup you ordered, I have specially prepared a new dish for you and my Lady—roasted wild boar."

Xia Duo looked at the dark meat chunks coated in a reddish-purple sauce on the tray, and his appetite immediately waned a little, while Kuke's introduction continued:

"This little wild boar was captured by the patrol squad. It has been raised in the Logistics Department for nearly half a month and was still very lively. This dish uses its most tender loin part, roasted through multiple processes. The main ingredient of the sauce on top is a sour wild fruit I discovered some time ago, which pairs very well with roasted food. Please, my Lord, do taste it!"

After Kuke finished his introduction, before Xia Duo had even picked up his chopsticks, Niya had already made the first move.

There was an identical portion of wild boar for Niya, and compared to Xia Duo's hesitation, Niya's enthusiasm for the new dish was clearly much higher.

"The taste is not bad! Xia Duo, you try some!"

"Mm."

Unable to avoid it, Xia Duo picked up a small piece from the plate in front of him and put it into his mouth. The moment it entered, a strong sour taste exploded in his mouth.

But this sourness came quickly and disappeared even faster. Before Xia Duo could react, it rapidly transformed into salty, numbing, slightly spicy, and a hint of faint sweetness.

The texture of the roasted meat was relatively firmer compared to boiled meat, but it was still tender and delicious. There was just one problem, which Xia Duo could no longer ignore after tasting a few bites, and that was—

The meat was not fully cooked!

Upon careful aftertaste, one could even sense the bloody smell that had not been completely removed or masked!

Xia Duo was not a fastidious person, but when enjoying a meal, he still hoped for a perfect experience.

Afterward, he did not touch the wild boar meat again, though Niya ate it very happily, seemingly not noticing these flaws at all.

After the meal, Kuke asked for Xia Duo and Niya's opinions as usual. Niya gave a big thumbs-up, but Xia Duo said:

"The roasted wild boar still has a bloody smell, which is a major point deduction. You could sprinkle some strong liquor on it while roasting; perhaps that will improve it, or change it to fully cooked. You try it yourself. Also, the sour fruit is very good; you can try brewing some fruit wine."

"Yes, my Lord."

Returning to the Tower of Time, it was still early. Niya went to the Spell Laboratory on the top floor to conduct experiments on Magic Web Background Fluctuation, while Xia Duo went to the workshop on the Public Level where he stored the Code Stone Pillar.

Having not come for over half a month, the materiality of the Code Stone Pillar had completely stabilized, and it could indeed be used for the creation of the Daxia Code entity.

But just as Xia Duo was preparing to create it according to the original design, he temporarily changed his mind. The original design was to make a stone pillar engraved with the text of the code to be placed in the center of the plaza.

But what kind of stone pillar could manifest the spirit and authority of the code?

Magic could certainly do it, but Xia Duo wanted people to grasp the meaning at a single glance from afar.

The Code Plaza about to be built was right at the foot of the Tower of Time. With the Tower of Time nearby, unless Xia Duo could build the Code Stone Pillar taller and larger than the Tower of Time, it would always be overshadowed by it.

The six Code Stone Pillars he had pre-cast, although they looked quite tall and large, were only two or three meters high and as thick as one person could embrace; compared to the Tower of Time, they were too inconspicuous.

Most importantly, when he pre-cast the stone pillars, he had overlooked the length of the code's content; it was very likely that it wouldn't fit on the stone pillar. Although there could be a magic-based alternative, Xia Duo still hoped that the code entity itself would contain the code's content.

Magic Items would have a day of failure, but the main material of the stone pillar, transformed from the Petrification Magic of the Ancient Sarukh Statue, was enough to withstand the erosion and Baptism of countless ages.

The final ending of Netheril in that game on Earth was destruction. Although Xia Duo did not think that the Netheril he was in now would have that same ending, he still subconsciously wanted to create something that could pass through the long passage of time.

Whether it was the influence of changing history, establishing some kind of sustainable order, or simply some items that were "sturdy" enough in material.

This was actually the realm of "immortality" that many Sages in Xia Duo's hometown were pursuing. Xia Duo could now be considered to be on the path of the Sage.

Even though he already had one foot on the path of longevity, he could still transcend time and space to resonate with those Sages.

For such a code entity that could definitely be recorded in history and change history, the material of the stone pillar might be suitable, but the size was lacking, and the design was even more lacking!

It needed a special design!

Although Xia Duo had never done professional design work, design programs could barely count as design, and with an entire world for him to refer to, he quickly "pinched" a miniature model with water—

Below was a square pillar base, with four sides used to engrave the main text of the code, and above the base was a thick, half-opened book.

The spine of the book had the name of the book written on it—"Daxia Code", and the cover and back cover of the book were embossed with the "Judgment Balance"!

The inspiration for the Judgment Balance came from the legal emblem of Xia Duo's hometown, but some adjustments were made: the main pillar was replaced with a long sword, and the hilt of the sword became the two arms of the balance.

As for gears and wheat ears, Xia Duo did not dare to use these elements for the time being, but instead replaced them with two Proverbs in Chinese characters to guard the left and right of the Judgment Balance—

"Under the whole heaven, there is no land that is not the king's; within the borders of the land, there is no one who is not the king's subject."

In Xia Duo's vision, the future judicial and legal institutions of the Territory would all use the "Code Balance" as their symbol, and elements like the sword, the code, and the balance would let people see at a glance what it was for.

Having simply finalized the first draft, Xia Duo prepared to start the production. It was just that starting now, it would take at least six days for the materiality of the statue's main material to stabilize, after which he could endow it with Magic Effect.

Fortunately, this version of the code entity did not need to rely on magic to fully present the full text of the code, so Xia Duo could completely make a semi-finished product that looked very much like the finished product first.

Anyway, the planned land-granting ceremony would not be until next month at the earliest, and this month wasn't even half over yet; he had enough time to complete the code entity.

Tonight, Xia Duo planned to polish the first draft and explore the operational process for the actual production.

A miniature model and a large sculpture were two completely different things. For the former, Xia Duo could easily Control the water body, adjust the structure and form at will, and the subsequent transformation into stone was also very easy.

But for a large statue, Xia Duo would not be able to Control such a massive and delicate water structure while Spellcasting to transform the stone.

He had to first transform the stone material with a rough shape, and then carry out delicate post-processing.

And Xia Duo himself was not skilled in stonemasonry, and the Territory stonemasons might not have that kind of craftsmanship. Most importantly—this kind of stone material was sturdy, and even if there were Advanced stonemasons, it would probably be difficult for them to handle, let alone finish it before the land-granting ceremony.

In this situation, Magic became Xia Duo's only choice.