Huangcheng World

A long, long time ago, in a place far, far away…

… the Existence existed. The craftbox was put down on the side of a wooded hill overseeing a lake, and the settling place was decided. Trees were cut and holes were dug, and after a few dark, sleepless and dangerous nights, a cobblestone house was built on the side of the wooded hill, protruding into the air lakeward. Torches were carefully made, shining in the dark. The house grew lakeward, and increased in height, ending in a glass wall overlooking the lake. Glass was painstakingly made from sand. A bed was finally laid after 3 sheep were slain for wool. The house then grew sideways, extending the glass wall, creating new chambers. Fortifications were soon built above the roof of the house, turning it into a castle. The lake below was dangerous with monsters, so the hill was gradually flattened to fill the lake. Stairs was built from the lake level into the castle left chamber. Filling the lake was dangerous, as monsters come in day and night to attack. The castle grew and grew with more fortifications built on top, and the stone walls expanded sideways, becoming a fortress. A huge tower was built, and can be seen from far away. The fortress’s sideways expansion came around and connected to another part of the side of the hill. At the same time, a very thin and very tall signaling tower was built to the west of the fortress, but was too dim for anyone to see.

The lake slowly gave way to small farmlands beside the water, and the hilltop became smaller. The cave for stone excavation became an underground antechamber for deeper underground missions. A massive cathedral, the size never seen before was decided to be built on the top of the flattened hill. The cathedral was cross-shaped, very tall and long and wide, and had oak wood floors. The altar part was elevated and has a reading table. The many windows on the walls were tall and elegant. The biggest one behind the altar allowed for viewing of the sunrise. The ceiling has arches, and the roof is accessed by a ladder outside. The roof has spires and decoration, and also a portal to the lava world. The land to the west was also beginning to be deforested, and outposts were set up for very far expeditions, the first one was in the near mountain pass, the second one after the swamp, plateau, forest, river, on top of the snowy mountain, and the last one was beyond the cliffs and rivers, flower gardens and the big sea, on the eastern shores of a turtle beach. Further sites were explored but remained largely uncharted.

Then the creative expansion took place, and development exploded. The lake was filled in very quickly, and a wall with beautiful gates was built around the settlement, now called Huangcheng. An experimental railroad was built from Huangcheng North to the riverside northwest of the city. The railroad expanded rapidly, and connected many places along a straight line, often using underground stations. Amazing bridges across cliffs and rivers were built. These consolidated the rule of Huangcheng over the different provinces. To the west, lie the near mountain pass province, swamp province, plateau province, crossroads province, snowy mountain province, rose province, then the railroad entered an underwater glassway tunnel and moved under the big sea, connecting to the beach province, and finally the pier terminal in the far west ocean. Different dukedoms were also connected by railroad. From the crossroads province, to the north the pumpkin dukedom and to the far south the oceanside dukedom. (The railway connecting there was very technically challenging, since it was built under a swamp.) This made the crossroads province a 4-way intersection railway province. The snowy mountain outpost became massive, with huge stone walls looming over the white cliffs, making it impenetrable. The snaky 2-storey bridge to snowy mountain, the 1st bridge to the east of Huangcheng, the bridge to pumpkin dukedom, and the bridge near the beach province waterfalls scenery are were also impressive engineering feats. There were also other dukedoms. To the east of Huangcheng lie a pumpkin dukedom, a sunrise province, and an east wooded dukedom, connected by an on-lake railroad. To the south of Huangcheng is a river, and there is a gate in the wall for people from boats. The water course passes through a shortcut underneath a mountain to the very far south oceanside dukedom, the only one not connected by rail. To the southwest of Huangcheng are 7 hills that each have forts to defend the city. Further out there is a military camp. Within Huangcheng, development occurred quickly, building schools, hospitals, temples, an oriental-style palace/temple, streetside stores, a guardhouse, time-keeping government facilities, office buildings with lifts, houses and apartment buildings, tall and short. There were also roads and streets connecting the city. There was also still a farm within the city walls, and an animal range near the cathedral.

To the north of the pier terminal in the west, there was a turtle farm. West of the pier terminal in the west across the ocean, lies a frozen tundraland and Iceland known as Ahtohallan. There were several villages there. To the southeast of the far south oceanside dukedom, there lied a desert, where there were also several villlages.