Looking in the direction pointed by Ai Lei, Lin Zheng's pupils couldn't help but tighten a little. Wherever he could see, a town really appeared, and it seemed that the scale was not too small.
"What's going on?" Lin Zheng turned to the side and asked Merlin in a low voice, "Didn't you say that there are no people in the eternal dream? Then what is the town we see now? Could it be that it's still Ailei?
Is it imaginary?"
"It's not impossible." Merlin replied softly, "But there is another possibility?"
"What?!"
"Local residents!" Merlin said calmly, "The status of the Eternal Dream is quite high, and the speed of time here is much faster than that of the outside world. Isn't it normal for civilization to emerge in such an environment?
?”
"This kind of civilization developed in a time of one hundred thousand to one?!"
Listening to Lin Zheng's complaints, Merlin couldn't help but roll his eyes at him, "This is an unreasonable dream. If everything conforms to the rules of the real world, it can't be called a dream. Besides, what do you think of the eternal dream?
How much do you know about the rules? Why do you think that under the rules of this world, civilization can develop into a super problem?"
Okay! Apparently, there is something wrong with Lin Zheng's brain when trying to find the real Lin Zheng himself in the dream world. If he still pursues logic in this unreasonable world, he will definitely be the one who goes crazy in the end.
"Let's go! Let's go take a look!" Lin Zheng gave up logical thinking, took Mei Lin and Ai Lei, and embarked on the journey to the town.
This journey is not too far. After walking for about half an hour, the three of them arrived outside the town. This is a town with a very indescribable style. At a glance, the town without city walls is full of various geometric shapes.
Figures, circles, squares, triangles, cylinders, rectangles, cones, all kinds of geometric figures were piled together to form the town in front of Lin Zheng and the others. Lin Zheng and the others were extremely surprised when they saw this. What is this?
Weird architectural aesthetics? By the way, these geometric figures look so standard! Could it be that the entire town is filled with mathematicians?!
Just when Lin Zheng was wondering whether the residents here were also a group of strange beings made of geometric objects, suddenly, silhouettes appeared in their field of vision, which made Lin Zheng feel a twitch in his heart.
Damn it, it’s so scary that they suddenly appeared! Having said that, Lin Zheng didn’t see how these people appeared, which is too strange!
After taking a closer look at those people, Lin Zheng's expression suddenly became even weirder. His uncle, what kind of monsters are these? Even the painting styles are different!
Lin Zheng's "painting style" is not an adjective, but a descriptive word, because the "people" who appeared in front of them at this time were really characters with various painting styles, including ink paintings, crayon paintings, oil paints, etc.
Wait a minute, Lin Zheng was dumbfounded when he saw that. Even if he is in the outrageous world of eternal dreams, this is too outrageous! Is this a perfect painting?!
"What interesting people!" Ailei said with interest as she looked at the people in the city, "I wonder if they welcome us travelers?"
While Ailei was speaking, Lin Zheng, who had been staring closely at the people, suddenly
It was discovered that many people suddenly appeared, but some people suddenly disappeared! After careful observation, Lin Zheng's eyes couldn't help but widen a bit, because he found that the people in the city were actually paper
Filmmaker, this... this is so fresh!
Suddenly, a figure suddenly stood up in front of Lin Zheng and the others. In an instant, Lin Zheng almost made a counterattack, but luckily he saw the person clearly in time.
What appeared in front of Lin Zheng and the others was a crayon-style soldier. He looked like a character drawn by a child's clumsy brushstrokes. He looked quite cute. Then the crayon soldier began to speak human words, using the tone of an uncle.
Said: "Hello travelers, welcome to our town. I am the soldier Diwei of this town. I am responsible for the patrol and security of the entire town. Of course, when travelers like you come over occasionally, I
I will also serve as a local tour guide.”
Although the character is a bit strange, he is indeed a very likeable soldier! After hearing this, Lin Zheng, who came back to his senses, smiled and said: "Hello, Mr. Soldier Diwei, I am Lin Zhenglin
Yiping, this is my wife Mei Linlin, and this is Ailei."
"It's my honor to meet you, ladies and gentlemen!" Soldier Diwei bowed in greeting gracefully, "Well, ladies and gentlemen, it's getting late. I think you all need a place to take a good rest now. No.
Do you mind if I introduce you to the hotel where you’ll stay?”
"Of course I don't mind, Mr. Soldier." Merlin said with a smile on his face, "But before Mr. Soldier entertains us, we still need to understand the market situation."
Soldier Diwei opened his nutcracker-like mouth and laughed, "Madam, please rest assured, the hotel I introduce to you is guaranteed to be affordable and will not cost you much."
"That's not what I meant, sir." Merlin shook his head, "We are travelers from other places, and this is our first time in this place, so I am very worried about whether the currency we use can be used here.
of."
"So this is what Madam is worried about!" Soldier Diwei's crayon face showed a sudden expression, and then he smiled and said: "This is indeed a problem, but I don't think it is too troublesome."
"Isn't it enough trouble to have no money?" Lin Zheng looked surprised, "Is it possible that it can also be free?"
"Of course it's impossible for it to be free!" Soldier Diwei laughed, "But you can pay for it with paintings."
Painting as a price?!
Lin Zheng and the other two people heard questions on their foreheads. What kind of strange payment method is this?
Seeing the reactions of Lin Zheng and the others, Soldier Diwei smiled cheerfully: "Looking at your expressions, I'm afraid this is really the first time you've seen the race of the people in our painting, right?"
The three of them nodded in tacit understanding. This was the first time they had seen such a strange race. If the soldier Diwei hadn't been able to communicate with Lin Zheng and the others without any obstacles, Lin Zheng would have thought that this was what Ai Lei had done.
The created dream. By the way, their race is called the People in the Painting? This is really an appropriate race name!
When Lin Zheng let out a small sigh, the soldier Diwei enthusiastically taught them about the race of the people in their paintings.
How was the person in the painting born?
, I don’t know where to start researching this issue of origin. This kind of extremely academic thing is obviously not something that Soldier Diwei, a small soldier, can talk about, so he mainly gave Lin Zheng and others the characteristics of the race of the people in the popular science painting.
The people in the painting, as the name suggests, their existence is like the characters in the painting. What is interesting is that they do not have to be human-shaped. The image they appear to outsiders can change on their own. For example,
Soldier Dean, when he told this point, he suddenly changed his painting style, from a child's crayon painting style to a serious oil painting style. Lin Zheng couldn't help but exclaimed, this
Race is really interesting!
In the long process of development, the people in the painting mainly pointed out two types of rather magical abilities. One is to transform foreign objects into flat images like themselves, and the other is the other way around. They can transform the flat images into
Adapted into a multi-dimensional object. Hearing this, Lin Zheng became more and more surprised. He felt that the race of the people in the painting was really like the legendary two-dimensional life! Moreover, it was the kind of civilization that was quite high among the two-dimensional life. After all,
They are already able to convert things between two dimensions and multiple dimensions at will.
"So!"
So?! Lin Zheng looked at the soldier Diwei in confusion. Is there any information that can be inferred from what you just said?
Soldier Diwei, who didn't notice the expressions of Lin Zheng and the others, continued to talk to himself, "Painting has a more special meaning to the people in our paintings. You have just seen that I can freely
Switching between different painting styles, in fact, the prerequisite for this kind of free switching is to have this painting style. For us, an image with a different painting style is a very precious treasure."
I see!
Hearing this, the confused Lin Zheng finally showed a look of realization. He was worthy of being a paper man. If you want skin, you have to pay for it!
"How much skin does it cost for three people to stay for one night with room and board?"
"Skin?" After being stunned for a moment, Soldier Diwei reacted and smiled: "Generally speaking, as long as it's not too ugly, one is more than enough."
Well, it seems that this skin still needs a lot of krypton. The food and accommodation expenses for three people for one night are enough to krypton for an ordinary skin. If it is a rare skin, it will be even more incredible!
Merlin couldn't help but glance at Lin Zheng. In the dream, she was very powerful. She could easily see through Lin Zheng's thoughts and found that this fool regarded the needs of the person in the painting as giving krypton gold to buy a skin for the paper man.
, I almost laughed out loud, but when I thought about it again, I realized that this metaphor is indeed very vivid, but the difference is that the wife and husband of the dead paper man will not make money by themselves.
"That's it!" Lin Zheng, who came back to his senses, nodded seriously, "If you explain it this way, I will understand! In this case, I think our room and board expenses should be paid for!"
"Oh?" Soldier Diwei stared at Lin Zheng with interest, "I'm full of confidence! Could it be that Mr. Yiping is a master of painting?"
"If you're an expert, you definitely can't count it." Lin Zheng smiled as he said that, "However, I think there's no problem if I draw a few characters that can be used to pay the bills."