Speaking of which, there was nothing to worry about in this town that seemed to have grown in Peach Blossom Land.
The weather was neither hot nor cold, and there were no violent winds, storms, or smog that were common in Dragon City. They were surrounded by mountains, and at first glance, they could tell that they had a lot of resources. The sides of the road were filled with a sea of flowers and a green tide. Countless vines and branches were covered in fruits, and they released a strange fragrance that wafted into the nose. Just the smell alone was enough to make people salivate and want to eat.
Meng Chao saw quite a number of passersby being attracted by the fragrance of the fruits while they were walking. They decided to use their hands and feet like monkeys to nimbly climb up the walls that were dozens of meters tall and pluck the colorful, crystalline fruits to eat.
The fruits were even bigger than their heads. The people ate them until the juice splashed everywhere. They were satisfied and giggled like heartless children.
Some people ate until their stomachs bulged. They patted their stomachs and wrapped their legs around the vines. Then, they hung upside down on the wall and slept.
Meng Chao frowned when he saw this. "There's someone sleeping over there."
"That's right. It's easy to get sleepy when you're full, and when you're sleepy, you sleep. Is there anything wrong with that?" Ancient Spirit said, not surprised.
"But he was walking on the road just now," Meng Chao said in disbelief.
"He was walking, but he climbed up the wall to pluck fruits, and when he was full, he went to sleep. Isn't that a waste of time?"
"How could it be a waste of time?"
Ancient Spirit said. "Peach Blossom Town isn't like Earth or Dragon City. We don't have a lot of pressure and troubles, so people don't have a lot of things to do.
"Today is the Harvest Festival, which is why everyone came out to the streets. Usually, this is the time to eat fruits and sleep.
"Even if it's the Harvest Festival, there's no need for us to be in a hurry. The Wisdom Tree is right there. It doesn't matter if we go earlier or later."
This was the third time she mentioned the Wisdom Tree.
It was also the first time she mentioned Dragon City.
So, she knew where Meng Chao came from.
She must have learned about it from the outsiders who drifted into Peach Blossom Town over the past few days.
Meng Chao was speechless.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this seemingly carefree paradise was indescribably strange.
After observing it carefully, he made a new discovery.
At least half of the buildings here had collapsed.
If not for the cover of the sea of flowers and the green tide, Peach Blossom Town would have been covered with broken walls, like a horrible ruin.
It was only because the lush green moss and bright purple and red flowers covered all the ruins that the entire town maintained its bright and beautiful appearance.
However, these dilapidated walls were uninhabitable.
At the very least, it was uninhabitable by humans.
Only snakes, insects, rats, and ants were crawling under the flowers and moss, and in the gaps between the broken walls.
However, Peach Blossom Town, which had lost half of its buildings, did not seem to be in a shortage of living space.
Looking through the windows on both sides of the street, he could see that each room was not small, but there was only one bed.
The number of pedestrians on the streets was also far from being "bustling with activity".
The population of the so-called "satellite towns" had a certain standard.
Based on the urban planning of the Earth Era, the population would need to reach at least a hundred or two hundred thousand to be able to build so many buildings that were more than a hundred meters tall.
Otherwise, if the population could not be imported, the developers would suffer a loss.
Judging from the width of the street and the scale of the buildings on both sides, the street they were walking on should be one of the main roads of Peach Blossom Town.
The Harvest Festival sounded like the most important festival in Peach Blossom Town, but the population was very sparse.
Meng Chao estimated that the total population of Peach Blossom Town would at most be thirty to fifty thousand, or even less.
In other words, most of the residents of Peach Blossom Town had died because they transmigrated.
The survivors could not think of a way to restore the population. They could only resign themselves to fate and maintain the minimum population.
Thirty to fifty thousand people or even less enjoyed the basic facilities that were originally used to provide for hundreds of thousands of people.
It was no wonder why they could be so carefree.
This was completely different from Dragon City.
Dragon City lacked resources, space, and all sorts of conflicts were very intense. There were even quite a number of citizens who lived in the slums that were like beehives without any dignity.
But that was because Dragon City was ambitious and wanted to conquer the Other World. At the very least, it wanted to restore the glory of Earth and fight against the races of the Other World.
That was why they did everything in their power to encourage reproduction and crazily increase the population.
After experiencing the zombie crisis, the lawless era, and the Monster War, the current population of Dragon City was much higher than before he transmigrated.
The pain of an individual could be exchanged for the potential of the entire civilization. The so-called "steel army" needed at least tens of millions of people to support it.
This was the reason why the Extraordinary Disaster was so confident.
The residents of Peach Blossom Town might be happy for the time being, but if they ran into natural or man-made disasters, how were they supposed to fight against them?
No, there was no need for "what if". Before long, the war of the Other World would break out, and the flames of war would burn every corner and crack in the Other World. Regardless of whether it was the dark elves hiding underground or the frost giants in the northern tundra, none of them would be spared.
If Peach Blossom Town really existed, how could it remain unscathed?
With that thought in mind, Gu Ling brought Meng Chao to a restaurant.
Although it was called a restaurant, before he transmigrated, it should have been a theater or a concert hall. Rows of curved stairs led downwards to a large, round stage.
The ceiling of the theater and the walls by the street had collapsed a long time ago when he transmigrated. No one had repaired it, so it was turned into an open-air theater.
Meng Chao reckoned that the walls, which were still barely standing, were full of cracks and were slanting.
But as far as he could see, the entire open-air theater was covered by a sea of flowers and a green tide, so it did not look too bleak.
The vines and branches were covered in all sorts of fruits that were so plump that they were about to burst. They were crystalline and looked like gemstones.
The fragrance was ten times stronger than the fruits on the walls of the buildings.
There were also profound and complicated natural patterns that looked like spirit tattoos on the skin of the fruits.
Quite a number of people were lying on the "deck chairs" made of vines. They had their eyes half-lidded and enjoyed the fruits that the vines automatically delivered to their mouths. They grunted, and it sounded like pigs eating their food.
There were also some people who, for some unknown reason, rolled around on the carpet made of moss. Their chests were bared, and their skin was red, as if they were drunk. They giggled nonstop, or staggered and danced around. They were like monkeys who had drunk liquor, and they moved about comically.
"What's wrong with them?" Meng Chao's eyebrows scrunched up even more.
"They ate Nepenthes, Nine-colored Flowers, or Immortal Fruits. Oh, that one. Once you eat it, you'll see colorful people floating in the sky. They'll hold hands and drag you to dance with them. They'll sing and dance, and all your worries will be gone."
Gu Ling pointed at some etherealized plants growing in the corner. She paused for a moment before she said, "If I had to say, you outsiders should eat more Nine-colored Flowers and Immortal Fruits. Then, you wouldn't be so worried all the time."
Meng Chao looked in the direction she pointed and saw a bunch of colorful, bright, and glistening mushrooms.
Many of the mushrooms were poisonous. They could affect a human's cerebral cortex and central nervous system to create hypnosis, hallucinations, and dysfunctional effects.
The more colorful the mushrooms were, the more poisonous they were.
Of course, the more delicious they were.
The people here were addicted to eating poisonous mushrooms.
"Do you want to try? I'd suggest that you start with Nine-colored Flowers. Just one small one. Once you eat it, you'll feel as if two kaleidoscopes exploded in front of your eyes. It'll be really beautiful!" Gu Ling suggested.
"Thanks, but there's no need for that. I just need the simplest food to fill my stomach," Meng Chao said coldly.
He endured it for a while, but in the end, he could not help but ask, "How can a child like you eat this sort of thing?"
"We rarely eat it. We haven't completed the coming of age ceremony. We can only taste it before or after the harvest festival," Gu Ling said coldly.
She paused for a moment before she said, "That's why I'm going to sacrifice a full set of Earth clothes this year and pray that I'll be lucky next year so that I can hunt something big in the forest and complete the coming of age ceremony. Then, I'll be able to eat Nine-colored Flowers, Immortal Fruits, and Nepenthes to my heart's content!"
She put on a very exaggerated expression and gulped. Then, she stood on her tiptoes and waved at the air.
A snake-like vine covered in faint purple fruits immediately stretched out in front of the two of them.
With a shudder, two fruits landed in their hands on their own.
Meng Chao stared at the vine for a long time.
He lowered his head and took a small bite.
He felt like he heard a soft whooshing sound. The skin was as thin as a cicada's wing, and the flesh inside was like nectar. He did not even need to chew. He just needed to suck it gently, and it turned into a clear stream that surged into his organs and seeped into his limbs.
Even though Meng Chao was wary of everything around him, he still could not help but sigh.
He still couldn't help but sigh.
It was just too delicious.
If his guess was correct, this should be a fruit known as Violet Thalassia.
It was one of the most commonly seen etherealized plants in the wild, and it was also one of the best sources of glucose.
But wild Violet Thalassia was sour and astringent. The fruit also had a sturdy shell covered in spikes, and even monsters abandoned it.
The etherealized plant specialists in Dragon City had tried to artificially breed them and modify them multiple times. They had managed to get rid of the astringent taste of the Violet Thalassia, but it was far from tasty.
There was no helping it. There were too many people in Dragon City, and the modification of gene farms was based on production.
Regardless of whether it was etherealized plants or monster flesh, as long as the production was high enough, the nutrients were high enough, and they provided enough spirit energy and heat, it did not matter whether they tasted like wax or not.
But the Violet Thalassia from Peach Blossom Town was far better than any fruit Meng Chao had ever eaten.
Once he ate it, he gradually felt relaxed, and his worries instantly disappeared.
'Wait.' Meng Chao suddenly realized something.
The genetically modified Violet Thalassia should have a small amount of calming properties that could interfere with a human's thoughts and senses!
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