Dimensional Codex System: I'm really not a cultist!

In the end, Fang Zheng chose “Totori’s Atelier” as his exchange target. Honestly, it wasn’t that he didn’t want to choose something else, but after searching, he found that the exteriors of these workshops were all about the same level of shabby… uh, not much better than Nanali’s back at home… With no other option, he randomly picked one.

And so, Fang Zheng exchanged for a total of one garden villa, one café, one restaurant, and the alchemy atelier “Totori’s Atelier.” The total cost was 3,500 Furniture Coins. Of course, these cafés and restaurants and other functional buildings were not actually built here by the system; rather, they were more like projections that the “Dimensional Codex” selected from another world and projected onto the Heavenly Dao Palace.

In other words, in the Heavenly Dao Palace, what Fang Zheng and the others saw as cafés and restaurants were just decorative facades. When they opened the doors and walked in, they were actually heading to the worlds where those cafés and restaurants were located. However, this kind of “time travel” was different from Fang Zheng’s own world time travel, as their “time travel” was confined to within these functional buildings. As soon as they opened the doors and left, they would return to the Heavenly Dao Palace, instead of wandering the streets of another world.

As for the issue of currency exchange in each world… uh, Fang Zheng was confident the system would take care of it.

After exchanging for all these things, Fang Zheng then led the girls out of the palace. Soon, they saw the garden villa not far off—apparently, the system was quite effective in this regard.

This three-story garden villa was built by the lakeside, surrounded by a ring of shrubs. Yellow bricks and red tiles, filled with the romantic air of French art. Though not as majestic as the Heavenly Dao Palace itself, it exuded a warm and harmonious atmosphere that made it quite comfortable. Behind the garden villa was “Totori’s Atelier” that Fang Zheng had exchanged for. It looked even more dilapidated than Nanali’s workshop back in town, but Nanali seemed not to mind such minor issues, so Fang Zheng had nothing else to say.

In front of the villa, a winding stone path led off into the distance, with the café and restaurant that Fang Zheng had exchanged for on the right side of the path. After all, there weren’t many people here now, and it would be too much of a hassle to buy ingredients and cook for themselves, so Fang Zheng only chose to exchange for these. Of course, in the future, when there are more people, he’ll choose to exchange for other functional buildings as well.

The exterior design of the garden villa may look very old, but the interior was fairly modernized, with all sorts of appliances readily available. The first floor consisted of a living room, a reception area, a dining room, and a kitchen. The second floor had a study and bedrooms, each with its own bathroom and toilet, which was very convenient. As for the attic and basement, those were used for storage—of course, for everyone who came empty-handed, that was not a problem.

“Well then, everyone can pick their own rooms, choose whichever you like without being shy.”

Fang Zheng naturally chose the master bedroom at the end of the second floor. The layout of this room was not much different from the other rooms; strictly speaking, the only difference was that the master bedroom had an attached study, which for Fang Zheng was his favorite kind of room—not too spacious yet not too cramped. Thinking back to the apartment he bought before his rebirth, Fang Zheng felt frustrated. Back then, young and newly rich, he lost all sense of proportion and wanted to buy a big house and car. He thought the two hundred square meters apartment was very cool at first, but after actually moving in, he realized that living in such a big place alone was just a suffering.

From this, it is clear that the size of the house you live in is not important; as long as it’s comfortable and satisfies you, that’s all that matters. A sixty square meter house is not necessarily worse than a two hundred square meter one… it’s all about your own preference.

“Oh!!”

Upon hearing Fang Zheng’s words, the others immediately dispersed, with Kuliya, the most enthusiastic, screaming and excitedly heading off to pick her room with Nanali. Tilia sidled up, taking Fang Zheng’s arm with a smile and gazing at him.

“As for me, I’d be happy just to sleep with Elder Brother.”

Although the bed in the bedroom is indeed very big, I definitely can’t set this precedent.”

Fang Zheng promptly rejected Tilia’s request; the Hall of the Star Dawn had already been demolished more than once due to this very reason by Black Katie and Tilia, fortunately, at the time, Feckoru the poor soul was there to help repair it. But there was not enough manpower on Heavenly Dao Palace’s side, and if the two started fighting again over a disagreement, the repair costs would indeed be a matter of life and death for him.

“Then, I’ll take the room right next to Elder Brother’s…..”

“Come with me, don’t disturb the Master.”

But before Tilia could finish speaking, Black Katie suddenly extended her Silver Staff, separating the two of them.

“This room is for Miss Nymph, we’ll take that one over there…..”

“Huh?”

Hearing Black Katie’s words, Nymph paused for a moment, then quickly waved her hands.

“No, actually… I’m okay with any room……”

“Don’t worry, just take this one.”

Fang Zheng smiled and reached out to pat little Nymph’s head. He then looked up to see Black Katie pulling an unwilling Tilia around the corner of the corridor and out of sight. He had to admit that Black Katie’s combo moves didn’t even give Tilia a chance to retort. If Tilia had insisted on living there by herself, she would have definitely grabbed her parasol and challenged her opponent to a duel right away. However, since Black Katie had suggested that Nymph stay there, Tilia found herself at a loss for words instantly… She wouldn’t dare to offend the Little Angel who was her Elder Brother’s most beloved.

The Little Priestess really held a grudge, her swift counter-attack sent Tilia flying.

Nymph was naturally docile and, since the arrangements had been made, she didn’t say anything more and went to tidy up the room with the little Black Cat in her arms—after all, she had been looking after the kitten for some time now and had grown accustomed to this duty.

“So, next…”

Seeing that everything around him had quieted down, Fang Zheng yawned and turned his gaze back to his own room. A computer still sat on the desk in his study, something Fang Zheng had curiously spent Furniture Coins to exchange from the personal space store. Initially, he wanted to see if it could connect to the internet, but unfortunately, he found that it was only capable of connecting to a local network… Well, for now, it didn’t seem to have much use.

Fang Zheng had planned on reverting to his old days of idly whiling away his time at the Heavenly Dao Palace, but now it seemed that was not to be.

Well, might as well get a cup of coffee.

With that thought, Fang Zheng made up his mind.

The café was something he had exchanged for 500 Furniture Coins, and aside from coffee and desserts, he didn’t have many other interests.

After all, you need to eat sweets to replenish your brain when programming all night, and drink coffee to stay awake…

Being a man of action, once Fang Zheng set his mind on something, he would do it. So, after making a round, he left the mansion and walked down the stone path toward the café not far away.

It had to be said, the system-recommended café fit very well with Fang Zheng’s mansion. One could imagine that if this area became bustling in the future, it would surely become a very beautiful and tranquil little town. Unfortunately, at the moment, it had less than ten residents… For now, it would remain as is.

Or perhaps, he could invite residents from other worlds to come visit?

While walking, Fang Zheng pondered. His personal space was actually quite similar to Soul Bay, which he had experienced before, essentially a Demi-Plane. Despite the current vastness of the Heavenly Dao Palace, it was completely invisible to outsiders. According to the system, the Heavenly Dao Palace contained an Extraordinary Phantasm known as “Hidden Sanctuary” that could shield against all detection aimed at the Heavenly Dao Palace. Moreover, it employed a kind of optical camouflage to hide itself among the clouds on regular days.

Furthermore, as Fang Zheng’s personal space, the Heavenly Dao Palace also possessed the power to traverse dimensions, but that didn’t mean moving this Floating Island directly to other worlds. Instead, just like the café and restaurant Fang Zheng exchanged for using Furniture Coins, when arriving in a world, he could create a dimensional projection of the Heavenly Dao Palace under certain conditions by spending Dimensional Points. Through that projection, Fang Zheng could freely travel into the true “Heavenly Dao Palace” situated in this Demi-Plane.

Since the Heavenly Dao Palace itself was located in a Demi-Plane of the Dimensional Codex, it had the function of connecting to various worlds. Fang Zheng didn’t have to exert strength to directly open a passage and Summon the beings from other Dimensional Worlds to come here. They just couldn’t leave the Heavenly Dao Palace to venture into the Main World.

Unfortunately, after careful consideration, Fang Zheng couldn’t come up with any good targets. In his current Free World, there was no need to consider Ironblood, with the Zerg carpeting the place enough to start a disco party. In the World of Shana, the order of the Void Domain hadn’t stabilized yet, and while Shana and Nanoka might be interested in residing here, they were currently unable to leave their own affairs.

As for the World of Cicada’s Song… the friends from Hinamizawa were already living peaceful and stable lives, mostly happy and content with families. To ask them to abandon their world to come here… Hmm, except for Furutega Rika and Satoko Hojo who might be willing, the others probably wouldn’t agree.

Forget it, one step at a time, Rome wasn’t built in a day.

With that thought, Fang Zheng stopped in his tracks and lifted his head to look at the café in front of him.

He then reached out, pushing the door open.

“Ding-ding…”

The clear sound of the bell rang out, echoing in the empty café. Upon hearing the bell, a petite figure hurriedly turned around and lifted her head to look at Fang Zheng, then spoke softly.

“Welcome… to Rabbit Home.”