Chapter 226 Urban Rumors
Unexpectedly, after arriving in the new world, the first step that stumped everyone was to make money.

In the context of modern civilized society, it is difficult to get anywhere without money, and they have no ID cards or mobile phones. It can be said that they are penniless in the true sense of the word.

As the captain, Zhang Xun himself had never thought that he would encounter such a problem. After all, he was a strong man in the soul realm. It was not difficult for him to make money no matter what world he went to. However, if he wanted to keep a low profile, he could not use some special means. It was best to use formal methods.

If they break the law here and become wanted criminals, it will be very disadvantageous for their next actions.

"We can sell some of the more valuable items for money," Qin Bing said, "but I don't have anything suitable for exchanging for money among the things I brought with me this time. If anyone has any, please bring them out."

"I think no one here would be interested in super water, nutrient solution, and super dagger." Zhang Jing said with a sneer.

The things she mentioned were all quite valuable, especially the extraordinary dagger, which was a cold weapon that could be used to hunt extraordinary creatures. However, this world should be mostly populated by ordinary people, and these cultivators' things were useless if you didn't know their value, and you couldn't exchange them for money.

Li Yi was also rather embarrassed at the moment, as his backpack contained mostly gold nutrient solution, a mud horse, and resurrection pills. He had no way of exchanging these things for money.

"I brought a piece of gold, which should be able to exchange for some money." At this time, the practitioner named Tao Yuan took out a gold bar from his backpack.

"You're crossing borders and bringing gold bars?" Qin Bing asked in surprise.

Tao Yuan said: "In most of the world, gold should be hard currency, bring one just in case."

"It seems that after this cross-border trip, I have to suggest that the practitioners put some gold on their bodies." Captain Zhang Xun said, "Give me the gold, I will exchange it for money, and then find an Internet cafe. I can learn about the situation of this world as quickly as possible through the Internet."

Tao Yuan did not object and threw the gold over.

After Zhang Xun took it, he immediately led everyone to search on the street. After a while, they found a gold shop. However, when he walked in, he discovered that the gold shop only sold silver bracelets, necklaces and other accessories, but not gold accessories. However, they were very happy to recycle gold, and the recycling price was very high, higher than he had imagined.

After a while.

Zhang Xun came out with a bag of money, his face a little strange: "The price of gold in this world is very high, and it seems to be scarce. The gold I just had can't even be exchanged for 10,000 yuan in our world, but it can be exchanged for 200,000 here, and the boss said that the price of gold is still rising. The money here is 20,000 per person, and the rest is under my management. Do you have any objection?"

"No." Everyone said.

It's just tens of thousands of dollars, who cares?
However, I have just arrived and need some time to adapt to this world, so I need some start-up capital. After I understand the situation in this world, it will not be difficult to make some money with my strength in the Spiritual Perception Realm.

After having the initial funds, Zhang Xun took them directly into a private room in an Internet cafe to surf the Internet. Although the Internet cafe required an ID card, it was not a difficult task if you were willing to pay a few hundred more dollars. As expected, in every world, money is a very important thing.

"I'll give you two hours to surf the Internet. Pay special attention to the technological level of this world and whether there are any practitioners. Also pay attention to some other extraordinary phenomena. Although the truth of many things cannot be found on the Internet, it's just like in our world. As long as it exists, it will be discussed on the Internet and leave some traces. If you can't find any traces even on the Internet, it means it has nothing to do with the general public and we don't need to worry about it." Zhang Xun said.

"If everything is assessed to be normal, I will allow you to move freely starting tomorrow."

During the three-month exploration mission, Zhang Xun was unwilling to tie these people to his side. As long as this world was relatively safe and everything was normal, he would not restrict them.

But from the current perspective, he is very satisfied with this world.

Familiar and peaceful, it is the first choice for cross-border people.

At first he was worried about entering an extremely dangerous world, but now it seems that he was worrying too much.

At this moment, Li Yi was also browsing various websites in front of a computer, paying attention to some current affairs news and some hot developments. However, the news was all about celebrity gossip, and there were no extraordinary events at all. He also searched for some things about spiritual practice, but they were all just stories and legends, which were of no use.

In this way, he could be sure that there were no practitioners in this world.

"There's nothing interesting to see, just some rubbish news. The only major events are the chemical pollution in Dachang City, the appearance of a red light in the sky somewhere, and the soaring international gold prices. There is no cultivation in this world, no Tianqing, and no extraordinary creatures." Qin Bing threw away the mouse, leaned back on the sofa and shook his head.

"I can't find anything useful here, but there are endless unclean websites. The only one I remember is a netizen named Awei who likes to share resources everywhere. I even thought my computer was infected with a virus." Zhang Jing, as a woman, said without blushing.

"I have entered a forum that likes to tell ghost stories. If you like to read, you can come and take a look." Tao Yuan said calmly.

Xu Qiumei said, "Speaking of ghost stories, I did find a legend about the locals in Dazhuang City. It said that a certain building in this city is haunted and has been blocked. But I think these news are all fake and made up to get clicks. The netizens in this world are very boring. Because there is no pressure to survive, they can only make up stories on the Internet every day to find a sense of existence. A click or a reply can make them complacent."

"Where is the haunted place? Is it far away? If not, we can go over and take a look." Zhang Xun said.

"No, Captain, do you really take the story seriously? What these netizens say is just like the rumors that there are strange things in the danger zone. They are just made up by some bored people. If we take these false news seriously, then we are too stupid." Xu Qiumei said in surprise. Zhang Xun said calmly: "It's not serious, but to determine whether this world has extraordinary power. In addition, it's not just you. I have also searched for a lot of haunted stories. People in this world seem to like telling ghost stories. As a cross-border person, we can't miss any clues. We came here with a mission, not to enjoy ourselves. Three months of exploration time is very short, and we must collect as much information as possible."

"Okay, you guys continue surfing the Internet. In two hours, we'll go to the haunted places in this city. Xu Qiumei, write down the address."

He made a decision quickly.

Seeing Zhang Xun like this, everyone didn't say much and could only cooperate obediently. After all, they still had to give face to the strong man in the Soul Realm.

After searching the Internet for a while, Li Yi completely lost interest.

He couldn't find any useful information.

The same is true for other people. Apart from some ghost stories, they can only see some displays of supernatural powers in movie clips. However, everything in the movies is fake. There is no one who can fly in reality. Even the martial arts they practice are just ordinary boxing and martial arts, which are not lethal at all.

Two hours flew by.

As the online time came to an end, Zhang Xun, as the team leader, decided to give up searching for information online and instead investigate the so-called urban legend on the spot.

After they left the Internet cafe, they took a bus directly to a place in Dazhuang City.

After the driver dropped them off, he drove forward for a while and finally saw the blocked building mentioned on the Internet near a street in the downtown area. A cordon was set up near the building, and security personnel with real guns patrolled back and forth outside the cordon. Anyone who tried to approach would be warned and expelled.

"There really is a blocked building. What that person on the Internet said is true." Qin Bing was a little surprised and said, "Could it be that the urban rumors are true? Is this building really haunted?"

"There is cosmic energy in this world, and it is not polluted. If there are ghosts, they can survive in this world. But for us, some ghosts are nothing, so we can just kill them." Zhang Xun said, "My goal is to confirm the ghost matter, and also to see if there are people in this world who have special powers. If so, how strong are they? This is very critical."

"Let's go ahead and have a look. Although there are security personnel patrolling everywhere, it shouldn't be difficult for you, the practitioners in the Spiritual Perception Realm, to avoid surveillance and cross the blockade. Start to disperse now and gather on the first floor of the building ahead in ten minutes. I don't want to see anyone sneaking away halfway."

In order to ensure that these people obeyed, Zhang Xun gave another warning.

soon.

Everyone scattered and began to act.

Li Yi's pupils were shining at this moment as he stared at Xu Qiumei, as if he was considering whether to kill this guy now.

But Xu Qiumei also felt Li Yi's hostility. Her body trembled and she immediately walked towards a crowded place, exposing herself to the sight.

If Li Yi took action in the street, he would certainly demonstrate his extraordinary strength. Once it caused a sensation and was captured by nearby cameras, it would definitely bring him a lot of trouble.

Everyone knew very well how big a response the appearance of a practitioner in a world without practice would cause.

"Li Yi, I think we should have a good talk. After all, there are only some ordinary conflicts and contradictions between us, and there is no deep hatred. I can make compensation and resolve the grievances between us. How about it?" Xu Qiumei said, "I know a kind of bewitching technique, and I can teach it to you."

"Not interested. You'd better take your witchcraft into the coffin." Li Yi stared at her, then turned and left.

This is indeed not the opportunity to take action, but that may not be the case later.

There should be no one in that blocked building.

Unless Xu Qiumei doesn't come, he has plenty of opportunities.

Seeing that Li Yi was unmoved, Xu Qiumei was very angry. She was already in such a state, why was Li Yi still unwilling to let her go? Could it be that he really wanted to fight to the death with her?
Looking at the dark building, Xu Qiumei knew that if she went over there, Li Yi would definitely attack her.

But if I don't go, I will offend Captain Zhang Xun, and I will be in trouble when I retreat.

Thinking of this, she had no choice but to grit her teeth, find a suitable place, cross the blockade and sneak in.

(End of this chapter)