In the legends, there was such a creature.
It had a huge body and lived in the connected world. According to the legends, this creature appeared to cooperate with the surrounding groups of creatures.
In the connected world, there were quite a lot of … small civilizations.
These were civilizations formed by small creatures. These small creatures were usually less than a centimeter in size. Their life and society were very complicated, but the territory they occupied was not large.
Many small civilizations lived a fixed life and had a fixed territory. They rarely set foot in other environments … They only lived in the safe zone they built.
Each small civilization usually lived underground or in some huge, heavy object. They worked hard to ensure that the enemy did not invade and continued their lives.
Therefore, these small civilizations often wanted to see the outside world, but it was too dangerous outside, so they did not dare to leave their territory.
Some small civilizations succeeded. They were called 'rift worms'. They caught some creatures and modified them into carriers. They left their territory and saw the rich and colorful environment outside.
Of course, not all creatures had the technology of rift worms. Most of them had always lived in a fixed place.
Unless they met … this legendary creature.
This creature was called a legend by many small civilizations. The main reason was that this creature could give them a chance … to leave their fixed territory and live in the outside world.
This legendary creature looked like a huge worm made of a large number of rings because its body was very long. But in fact, it was not a worm, but a very strange creature.
Some small civilizations called it the 'City of Rings', and it was indeed very suitable for this name.
Every time the 'City of Rings' came into contact with a small civilization, it would try to swallow the group of small creatures in front of it.
It could distinguish whether these small creatures were civilizations or not. After swallowing them, it would classify these creatures in its body.
There were many small limbs in its body and a complicated distinguishing system. It could distinguish the things it swallowed from the small civilized creatures.
Those civilized creatures would be temporarily placed in a space and used methods like anesthesia to make them unconscious.
While the civilized creatures were unconscious, it would quickly and more carefully examine the details of these civilized creatures.
For example, what kind of civilization these civilized creatures belonged to. Their usual habits and thoughts were all figured out.
If it thought these civilized creatures were too … low level, it would decompose these civilized creatures as food.
If it thought that such a civilized creature was suitable, then such a civilized creature would be preserved.
Then, it would rapidly construct the civilization's … 'residential area' within its body.
This residential area would be very suitable for civilized creatures to live in. Everything that these civilized creatures found comfortable would be prepared. Then, it would wake these civilized creatures up and let them live in the residential area in its body.
Just like that, these creatures had officially become a part of Ring City. They had left their original territory and had come into contact with the outside world to live a new life.
Although it was still a little different from his ideal.
The newly arrived civilized creatures would quickly understand the place they lived in, which was the internal environment of the 'City of Rings'.
Just like its name, the Ring City was a huge city that was divided into many regions. And there were all kinds of different micro-civilizations living there.
Every creature of the miniature civilization had a specific residential area and their own mission.
Some creatures were responsible for maintaining the overall environment, while others were armed. They didn't usually do anything, but they had to appear in battle.
There were also some creatures in charge of construction. They built all the necessities, residential areas, buildings, and so on.
The residential areas of the newly arrived creatures were also built by them. There were also manufacturers who were responsible for making weapons and other things.
Usually, they had different missions. There were different kinds of tiny civilized creatures in charge. They were usually assigned the most suitable mission, and then lived together in this huge … city formed by rings.
With so many different kinds of creatures living together, there would definitely be frequent conflicts. Therefore, none of the civilized creatures' mission was to be a manager.
The one who managed them was the City of Rings itself.
The City of Rings itself was a huge creature. It not only carried this group of tiny civilized creatures around, but also controlled them.
It would monitor every corner of its body and punish those who violated the city's' laws'.
The City of Rings was also responsible for assigning tasks to the small creatures to ensure that these small creatures living in its body maintained a peaceful life.
Generally speaking. The small creatures living in the City of Rings would be very satisfied with this life and were willing to work hard for the entire City of Rings.
The only thing that dissatisfied them was that the City of Rings restricted their … reproduction.
The City of Rings didn't allow any tiny creatures to increase their numbers by reproducing. If there was a vacancy, it would find a new civilized creature and swallow it in, instead of letting the creatures in its body reproduce to replenish it.
Because every creature had a different lifespan, the City of Rings could usually keep the civilized creatures in its body full and wouldn't have a shortage for a long time.
Other than this dissatisfaction, they lived quite comfortably in the City of Rings, so they were happy to live here.
However, generally speaking, reproduction was the most important thing for many creatures, so the City of Rings had some special methods to restrict their reproduction.
After solving this problem, the City of Rings was very peaceful.
When it encountered danger or … prey, the City of Rings would spit out the troops that had been on standby in its body and let them fight the enemy. When the creatures in its body suffered more losses, the City of Rings would go to the territories of some small civilizations and look for new members.
When it went near the territories of small civilizations, the City of Rings would advertise itself in a way similar to a broadcast, letting the small civilizations know of its arrival and letting them know that they could move into its body. In the advertisement, the City of Rings would constantly praise the environment in its body, making the civilized creatures think that living in it was a great thing.
Therefore, they were very willing to leave their original places and live in the City of Rings.
Sometimes, the City of Rings would directly swallow a group of civilized creatures without advertising. Although this action was very sudden, the creatures that were swallowed were always willing to join this large moving city in the end.
Many small civilizations knew about the City of Rings, and its legends had always been spread among them.
Many creatures were looking forward to the arrival of the City of Rings. They all wanted to live in this legendary city and see it for themselves.
The Scholar had always been very curious about the City of Rings.
Therefore, it had always been studying this wonderful creature. What surprised it the most was that the City of Rings was able to maintain the peace of the entire city.
The City of Rings seemed to be able to communicate with every citizen in the city, ensuring that they were completely under its control. While maintaining complete control, it also made every citizen feel that they had a certain amount of privacy, so they wouldn't have any objections.
This method was very interesting to the Scholar … However, this method of control would sometimes have the opposite effect.
If there was a problem with the City of Rings' mental state, then the entire city would have a huge … problem.
The City of Rings that the Scholar was studying was like this.
The Scholar was now standing at the mouth of the City of Rings. It was reaching its hand into the mouth of the City of Rings, so it could check the situation inside.
"Why can't you all protect it? Why are you all like this? I must kill you all, kill everything you can't protect! Hey! Are you listening? "
A crazy 'voice' echoed in the City of Rings.
As it spread, the City of Rings itself stopped moving. It wasn't clear if it was too agitated, or if it wanted to faint on purpose to avoid the 'voice' that would drive any creature crazy.
However, while the City of Rings itself stopped moving, the creatures inside it didn't.
At first, they didn't take the voice seriously, as if it was some sort of strange broadcast.
But slowly, they found that the voice was irreplaceable. It wouldn't be covered by any other noise, and would always appear in the most important place in their minds.
This was mainly because the City of Rings had the ability to communicate with every living world in its mind.
Therefore, the crazy voice appeared directly in the minds of these creatures.
Then, they started to go crazy.
They kept coming up with ways to avoid the voice. The content of the voice wasn't the main point. The main point was that no creature wanted a voice to cover all of their thoughts. In the process of trying to avoid the voice, these creatures that lived peacefully in the City of Rings started to clash with each other.
They attacked each other, even self-mutilating or committing suicide, all to make the voice softer.
Some of the creatures detonated some of the energy supply rooms in the city, and the madness made them want to use the explosion to chase away the voice.
Some of the more rational creatures knew how to escape on some flying machines, but the City of Rings had fallen into an apocalyptic panic.
The Scholar wanted to stop the panic, but it didn't know what to do … (~ ^ ~)
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