Hire little monsters in your dreams every day

Chapter 1: The Dream of a Thrilling, Action-Packed Novel
Wu Yun had that wonderful dream again.

In my dream, the sky was high and the cold wind howled, with a single cloud drifting by.

He sat cross-legged on this cloud.

Thousands upon thousands of clouds floated around.

On every cloud, there is a person.

Millions of people are waiting for the game to begin.

Some people were lying on the clouds, shivering.

Some people cower in the clouds, silent as cicadas in winter.

Wu Yun, sitting cross-legged on the cloud with his back straight, gently swayed with the oncoming wind, surveying the entire scene with elegance and grace.

Whispers drifted on the wind from afar.

"...Although the Cloud Soaring Path is weak and cannot compare to the Thunder Pool, Divine Blood, or Ghost Messenger... it can still lead directly to the upper three ranks..."

"...The Liu family of Jizhou has been patrolling the heavens for generations. Their descendants have all come. What are we supposed to compete with? Aren't we just going to be runners-up?"

"...Hahaha, I, He, would like to give it a try! I was able to fly on clouds at the age of three, patrol the heavens at the age of five, and have lived on the clouds every day since the age of seven..."

Wu Yun frowned.

"Looks like I've been reading too many novels; the plots are coming into my dreams."

A loud starting signal came from afar on the wind.

"preparation--"

Millions of clouds and millions of people tensed up!
"--fly!"

Millions upon millions of clouds, millions upon millions of people, all sprint out, rushing towards the finish line!

The scene descended into chaos; some cars crashed, some overturned, some overtook… it became a complete mess, a tangled mess!
Amidst the chaos, someone sat cross-legged on a cloud, back straight, riding a lone horse that left everyone else in the dust, soaring into the distant sky... It was Wu Yun!
He turned around and saw clouds falling behind him, and on those clouds, faces glaring with gritted teeth... They tried so hard, but they just couldn't fly fast!

Among the group of guys who were being left further and further behind, it was hard to tell which one was from the Liu family of Jizhou who had patrolled the heavens for generations, or which one lived in the clouds every day.

Wu Yun ignored them and the cloud beneath him flew faster and faster until their voices could no longer be heard.

After flying for a while longer, through the cold wind and across the sky, he reached his destination, not knowing how far he had flown.

The destination is the South Heavenly Gate, which floats in the clouds.

"You're number one again."

At the foot of the South Heavenly Gate, an examiner in a tattered black robe had his face obscured by messy long hair.

He took out his phone and scanned the QR code to pay Wu Yun the bonus.

"The first place winner will receive a reward of one thousand yuan."

The bonus has been credited to my account.

Wu Yun saw that her WeChat balance had increased to exactly three thousand yuan.

The examiner had put away his phone, returned to silence, and continued to wait for the next contestant to reach the finish line. Standing under the gate, exposed to the cold wind and mist, he was like a statue.

He left the South Heavenly Gate and continued flying forward on the clouds.

It cuts through the howling cold wind and across the boundless sky...

After flying for an unknown amount of time, we finally saw a floating island.

The island is filled with ruins, deserted, and overgrown with weeds.

A wild peach grove was covered with some crooked, wrinkled, and mottled green and yellow wild peaches.

He flew into the forest on a cloud, quickly picked a dozen or so wild peaches, and threw them onto the cloud.

He left the floating island and continued flying forward on the clouds.

It cuts through the howling cold wind and across the boundless sky...

After flying for an unknown amount of time, we finally saw another floating island.

The island was also filled with ruins, deserted, and overgrown with weeds.

On a high stone platform, there were a gold wine cup, a silver rice bowl, and a jade comb.

He flew to the stone platform, grabbed the gold, silver and jade artifacts, and left behind a dozen or so wrinkled wild peaches before flying away.

The cloud beneath him split open, and he put the gold, silver, and jade artifacts inside.

Looking back at the island below, at the stone platform on the island...

But then three small white-furred animals couldn't wait to climb onto the stone platform, picked up wild peaches, and started jumping around excitedly, shaking their heads and dancing in circles!
They are all slender with large tails, and their movements are as soft as seaweed when they dance.

They were all emaciated, with dark yellow fur, seemingly suffering from severe malnutrition.

They suddenly noticed the clouds in the sky, and knelt down and kowtowed vigorously in the direction where the clouds had left!

"Hey, they should thank us."

Wu Yun grinned, then suddenly felt dizzy. "The dream is ending..."

Sure enough, the wind stopped, the clouds dispersed, and the light dimmed. Wu Yun shivered and woke up to find himself lying in a warm bed, with the sound of heavy rain pouring down outside the dark bedroom window.

"I've been dreaming about these kinds of exciting storylines for three days in a row."

"Perhaps it's because the pressure is too great?"

Wu Yun didn't have any academic pressure; he had already graduated.

He also had no financial pressure, as his deceased parents left him a small inheritance.

His stress comes from the weather.

The torrential rain outside the window has been falling for three days and three nights, making the world dark and depressing!

His backyard garden is going to be ruined by the flood!
He picked up his phone to check the weather forecast and see when the heavy rain would stop.

[Red Alert for Extreme Weather]

[Affected by the continuous convergence of the subtropical high pressure and a cold vortex system, our province has experienced historically rare continuous heavy rainfall since three days ago. 83% of the monitoring stations in the province have accumulated more than 300 mm of rainfall, with the highest station reaching 632 mm...]

【持续时间：预计6月20日6时至6月30日……】

[The public is advised to prepare sufficient drinking water, ready-to-eat food, and emergency medications for 72 hours...]

"Ok?"

Wu Yun frowned and read the announcement again.

"This rain has been falling for three days already, is it going to continue for another seven days?"

He became even more depressed.

I checked the time; it was time to get up.

He got up, washed up, drank water, and prepared breakfast as usual. He then went to the gym in the basement for a short workout, before lying down on the massage chair in the study. He opened his novel app on his tablet and prepared to read the latest update.

Unsurprisingly, the lazy authors he was following only updated two short chapters, which he finished reading in just a few minutes.

I wanted to go out for a walk, but when I looked up, I suddenly saw that the rain outside the window was still pouring down in a dark downpour.

can not go out.

Just as I was about to vent to a friend, Wang Yaozu sent me a message.

[Wu Yun, are you interested in investing?]

My investment manager has identified some disaster relief concept stocks, which are extremely popular right now!

We're bros, I saved you a spot, wanna give it a try?

Wu Yun replied decisively without much thought.

【No】

Wang Yaozu sent a voice message in a panic.

"Why are you guarding so much money every day?"

"Money needs to make money, you know?"

Don't you want to prove yourself?
“We’re different from those ordinary rich kids. We both have strategic vision and investment ability!”

"Prove yourself!"

Wu Yun pursed his lips and simply replied.

【No】

Before his father passed away, he told him that the safest place to keep money is in the bank. He could spend it however he wanted in his life, however he wanted, as much as he wanted. He could buy a house, a car, a watch, whatever he wanted!

However, there are two things to avoid: gambling and investing.

Especially investments!
In Wu Yun's memory, Wang Yaozu had proven with at least five investments that he had absolutely no investment acumen.

Wu Yun himself proved his strategic resolve by repeatedly refusing investment.

Thinking of this, Wu Yun decided to immediately reward the dog author with a "Lord of Alliance" title, using the dog author's obsequious behavior towards the boss as a reward for himself!

And so, amidst the incessant sound of the heavy rain, Wu Yun ate, exercised, read novels, tipped others, urged for updates, chatted in group chats, read some news, sent messages to a few friends, and bought a few clothes online. Before he knew it, he had passed a simple, unadorned, and tedious day.

At ten o'clock at night, after drinking a cup of hot milk and brushing his teeth, he lay down on the bed on time, turned off the night light, closed his eyes, and listened to the heavy rain outside the window. He still felt a little depressed.

"This life is really uncomfortable."

"Dreaming is more interesting."

After he finished speaking, he fell into a deep sleep.

Upon waking, I found myself back in my dream, high in the sky, sitting cross-legged on a cloud, with millions of other people, waiting for the competition to begin.

　My friends, I'm back, ready to start afresh. This time, the premise is very solid, and I plan to write at least five million words.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)