People of Dreams

Li Qi walked through the streets of this underground city.

Calling them streets was not quite right. They should have been called "pipes."

They were narrow passageways that could only accommodate two people abreast, filled with dreadful noise and a suffocatingly claustrophobic atmosphere. Yet they were not dark; there was ample lighting and fresh air here.

Walking and living here felt like dwelling inside an anthill. Through these cramped pipes, one could enter one "block" after another, and those "blocks" were strange buildings.

Inside these buildings might be energy facilities, food factories, "dormitories" like the ones before, where hundreds of thousands slept inside a single box, or perhaps cultivation caves, air purifiers, wastewater treatment plants, and so on.

After all, this place possessed exceptionally advanced technology.

Near-infinite energy, coupled with industrial capacity capable of feeding who knew how many billions of people—this was no laughing matter.

And though it was called the "Dream City," this place... was not peaceful.

Li Qi moved through the pipes, seeing almost no "scenery." Even though massive air purifiers and various wastewater treatment facilities had made the environment barely "tolerable" rather than lethal in short order, they could not change the oppressive atmosphere.

Still, there was one good thing.

The lives that came from all over the universe were all outstanding figures from their respective worlds. They had come to the world under heaven to pray for an opportunity to rise above the crowd.

They could endure chicken-coop lodgings like the ones before because everyone... no, rather, most people surely believed they could climb to a higher level.

The reason it was not everyone was that there would always be people defeated by setbacks.

But along Li Qi's way, most people he saw were full of vitality.

Moreover, Li Qi discovered some "Star Gates."

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