Chapter 106 Enjoyment

"Another great time, isn't it?"

On the disc platform floating on top of the Hanging City... there are many creatures.

The surface of the platform is made of smooth platinum color, and there are many... clouds floating here.

If those on the surface are thunderclouds, then these are colorful clouds.

They are all balls of colorful mist, more than one meter in diameter.

These clouds float around here, and occasionally two clouds meet and chat.

Lin can "hear" and understand what they are talking about, which is also quite interesting.

Because all they chat about are 'greetings', such as: "How are you? I feel good. The weather is really good. I am having a comfortable time." and so on.

Veronica lay on the edge of the platform and watched them, but they didn't seem to notice.

Until... a colorful cloud floated more than three meters in front of Veronica.

“It’s… it’s contamination!” The colorful cloud noticed Veronica and showed extreme surprise… but soon calmed down and floated in front of Veronica and asked, “How did you get here?”

"We flew up here." Lin said, "What are you doing here?"

"What?" Caiyun was extremely shocked: "This is impossible! How can it fly up? Nothing can fly up. This is... here..."

As it spoke, it seemed very hesitant.

Lin discovered that these cloud-like creatures seemed to have changing emotions very quickly.

Now Caiyun fell into a state of confusion and said, "Why has this place become like this? This place should be very beautiful, very... perfect."

“Why is this place so beautiful?” After Lin asked, the colorful cloud seemed to be answering Lin, or talking to itself: “This place is so…beautiful.”

As it spoke, it began to describe itself here.

It describes this place as a very wonderful place with endless fun and endless enjoyment.

Of course, there has never been such a thing as energy shortage. They almost have everything they want.

They live in a very wonderful city, and can be said to be in a state of perpetual enjoyment.

Of course, this kind of pleasure is not created by themselves, but created for them by other creatures.

So the hanging city where they live can also be called the 'imaginary city'.

Originally, this city was very huge, at least covering the location of Lin's data room...which means it had a diameter of thousands of kilometers.

And now, what Lin saw was only a small part, or it could be said that this was all that was left.

Even with this little bit left, it seems the operation mode is still the same as before.

The entire city is roughly divided into three layers. The bottom layer, which is what Lin saw below, has many buildings hanging on long lines.

There are living creatures in these buildings, and these creatures are constantly imagining what they think is the best life.

As they imagine, a considerable amount of dream energy will 'rise' from the ground.

These dream energies will be integrated into each hanging building, and then transported along the long lines at the top of the building to the platform, and finally reach the surface of the platform.

Then, on the platform...that is, the middle level, the area where Caiyun lives, these dream energies will form a series of beautiful things for Caiyun to enjoy.

These beauties are roughly the same as those imagined by the creatures in the hanging buildings below, but they will be slightly modified.

For example, if the creatures below imagine themselves eating delicious food, then food suitable for colorful clouds will be generated above.

If a creature imagines itself experiencing the pleasure of killing an enemy, some very fragile things will be generated on it for Caiyun to hit.

In short, the platform itself is a huge converter, which can use dream energy combined with the beautiful imagination of the hanging creatures to create an enjoyable environment for the colorful clouds above.

The creatures hanging below will also receive some dream energy to replenish their lives.

But unlike the colorful clouds that you enjoy all the time, the creatures hanging below are frequently replaced.

Because the creatures below cannot keep imagining the same beautiful things, they have to keep imagining different new things.

And each imagination needs to be set as detailed as possible.

Therefore, it won’t be long before many hanging creatures fall into a stage where their imagination dries up, and at that point they must leave.

Buildings will also land on the ground, waiting to take in new creatures.

If a creature continues to keep its imagination from running dry, the building will continue to rise until it merges into the platform.

Inside the platform, the creature itself will be completely decomposed, and the decomposed dream energy will be used as material to construct beautiful things.

The energy obtained from breaking down this organism that maintains a beautiful imagination is much better than the energy normally absorbed.

It can form something more beautiful...

Therefore, ordinary people cannot enjoy this kind of high-quality materials, which will be sent to the top of the city.

It is said that the builders and rulers of the city live at the top floor, and they can enjoy the most perfect things constructed with the highest quality dream energy.

But Caiyun didn't know what it was.

Of course they don't care, because the beautiful things created by general energy make them satisfied.

Now Lin can't see the top floor, because it's gone. Only the hanging area on the lower floor and the colorful cloud area on the middle floor are left.

The ability of their cities to function is mainly due to the creatures that can be suspended.

These suspended creatures are called "semi-conscious creatures" by them.

This creature has thoughts, but their thoughts are in a somewhat strange state.

To put it simply, it is similar to the Ershi people who are dreaming.

Part of the thinking ability of the Ershi people in the dream is restricted, so no matter how contrary to reality the situation in the dream is, they will not find it strange, but will follow the plot in the dream without any doubt.

Semi-conscious creatures are in a similar state. As long as they are given some hints, they will do the same thing over and over again without any doubt about it.

For example, if you ask them to think about a good life, they will keep trying to think about it until their minds run dry.

Originally, there were a large number of semi-conscious creatures active on this land. They were all... scavengers.

That is to say, it is a simple ecology of finding food from the remnants of dreams.

But at some point, this giant hanging city was built on top of them, using their mental state as... the city's basic operating mechanism.