As described by eyewitnesses, in this kind of long dream, people are like gods.
In the beginning, everything is hazy.
But as time passes, the brain starts working, and the concentration of medicinal fluid in the blood vessels increases, the dream will become more and more real. It feels like opening a webpage, where the internet is slow at first, and the pictures are blurry previews, but then suddenly the internet becomes smooth, and the pictures turn into high definition.
The world in the dream is the same. It is blurry at first, then becomes more and more realistic, even to the point where it is difficult to distinguish from reality. In the dream, you can see the accumulated water on the road after the rain, and the buildings reflected in the water. You can also see the strands of hair of every passerby blown by the wind, and the ants crawling in the cracks of the bark, carrying aphids. For some people with nearsightedness, the vision in the dream is even clearer, not limited by their eyeballs.
Then, with just a thought, the dream world can be changed.
The dreamer can become a king, with the luxury of the palace limited only by imagination, the vastness of the territory being an astronomical figure, and the faces of concubines depending on the images of beauties seen on mobile phones or giant advertising posters. To go anywhere in the dream, all it takes is a thought; to see any landscape, also just a thought.
This kind of freely controllable dream is like a hacked game, incredibly addictive. Many poor people in the area, who originally had decent living conditions and could at least eat their fill, became completely addicted after experiencing the dream clinic, indulging in it day and night until they starved to death in poverty. The clinic owner, however, made a fortune, and had already bought luxury houses in multiple cities on Jiang Ye Star.
The second matter is the tiger meat dumplings in Wu Xi City.
Wu Xi City is a newly built small city, but it is famous and often in the news because it is a gathering place for the rich and socialites. Aunt Tian Rao’s clothing brand has held several fashion shows here. Several new movies have recently started filming here. A reality show is also using this location for filming.
There is a zoo in Wu Xi City, with various animals such as lions, tigers, zebras, peacocks, wolves, giraffes, wild boars, hippos, and several alien animals.
Next to this zoo, there is a very inconspicuous small restaurant. Entering this restaurant requires asset verification, with a threshold of fifty million. Without this fifty million, you cannot enter.
The other dishes in the restaurant are normal and very cheap, only the dumplings are exorbitantly priced.
Dumplings with tiger meat filling are sold at 80,000 for a plate of 16, and dumplings with lion meat filling are sold at 60,000 for a plate of 16.
The reason why tiger meat dumplings are more expensive is that the tigers in the zoo give birth to cubs at a slower rate than lions, so scarcity drives up the price.
The vast majority of animals in the zoo are supplied to the restaurant to become dumpling fillings, and then served to the tables of the rich. Since they are all protected animals, eating such meat is illegal, so it is done very discreetly.
The third matter is twenty-year-old parents and forty-year-old children.
This phenomenon occurs in many cities on Jiang Ye Star, with at least eight cities known to me.
Jiang Ye Star has developed rapidly in recent years, with a shortage of labor. Especially in many private factories, they cannot afford automated equipment and mechanical workers, so they can only use cheap labor to complete some simple repetitive tasks.
The source of cheap labor is alien stowaways.
Jiang Ye Star has accumulated a large number of stowaways, mostly from war-torn or impoverished planets, who come to Jiang Ye Star to make a living. A most important issue for them is to resolve their identities.
After all, stowaways have no legal identity. They are completely invisible in database statistics, like air. They cannot enjoy the welfare subsidies of Jiang Ye Star, and no one would even know if they died. Some local police stations have discovered such problems. A body was recovered from a riverbank, and when cross-referenced with the database, no such person was found. The body appeared as if it had materialized out of thin air.
To help these stowaways establish their identities on Jiang Ye Star, private factories came up with a method: they contacted some young, newly married couples and asked them to register for childbirth, although they would not actually have children. When the time came, they would complete the procedures, give the phantom child a name identical to that of a stowaway, and thus the stowaway would have their own identity.
This has caused a large amount of chaotic data in the planet-wide database. Some people are registered as only three years old but have the appearance of being over forty, and even have children and grandchildren. These middle-aged stowaways have twenty-year-old parents on their household registration.
The fourth matter, which is not really a matter, is the underground meteorite market on Jiang Ye Star.
I have read some books that say that during a certain period in ancient times, meteorites were very valuable, even more expensive than gold. At that time, humanity had not yet entered space, meteorites were rare, and had some research value, so they were valuable, which is in line with market principles.
But now, unless the meteorite contains special substances, it is just a uniquely shaped stone with no value. Meteorites from other planets are sold at roadside stalls. A piece the size of a fist sells for a hundred yuan, and customers still haggle. If they can’t get a discount, they curse.
However, Jiang Ye Star has formed a meteorite craze. Many wealthy and idle people drive around chasing and searching for meteorites. They have special websites where they share meteorite information. Whoever spots the trajectory of a meteorite in the sky, enthusiasts from all over the world fly there to search for it, numbering in the thousands. A piece the size of a fingertip can sell for over a hundred thousand. Meteorite clubs have appeared in various cities. These clubs are interconnected, forming a vast network.
The formation of this meteorite market indicates that the population of newly rich people on Jiang Ye Star is rapidly expanding, requiring a flashy but insubstantial commodity to carry the bubble. If my judgment is correct, then meteorites will not be the only bubble; there are certainly many other things being speculated upon.
These are the main things to report this month.
I really enjoy this kind of work, going undercover and investigating in person. It feels like experiencing a massive open-world game.
Your son, Jiang Sen Lin.
"Do you know about these things your son mentioned?" Cen Ye Meng looked up at her husband.
"I actually don't know some of them," Jiang Ye said. "I'll copy and paste it to Shao Wan and let him handle it. I don't want to deal with matters on Jiang Ye Star, especially these trivial ones."
"Ah?" Cen Ye Meng was surprised and sat up. "Why?"
"I'm a bit tired, and also too busy. With so many planets in my hands, I'm overwhelmed," Jiang Ye said. "I have a preliminary idea. When I have more and more planets in the future, I will become like the Zhou Tianzi."