Tang Shidao changed his identity and started a new journey. In fact, he was not in a hurry to go to the secret spring to investigate.
After asking around in Red Flame City, Tang Shidao found out what he really needed. In the underground caverns of various planets, there must be a star with a core of Void Soil. There might be some special patterns inside. Some of these patterns were just pictures, and some were just words. Without exception, no one could understand them.
Compared to the mortal world, they were like the murals and graffiti of primitive people.
They could only imagine, and it was difficult to define their meaning.
"Cultivator Tang Feng, these are the materials you need. They are murals from the Desolate Age. Well, can you please pay first? Hmm, half is fine too. "
"Sure, I'll pay you in full."
"Thank you … Thank you. I can't thank you enough."
Just separated by a city, Tang Shidao's identity had completely changed. Other than the effect of the Colorless Body, there was another existence, the secret spring. They blocked spiritual sense and were also a form of protection. One could only perceive the first secret spring in all directions. One would not be able to sense the next one. Even if some of the secret springs were very far away, there would definitely be several secret springs around a small star system.
They were like black holes.
They directly separated the north, south, east, and west, making it extremely difficult to transmit information.
Under such circumstances, unless a famous person took the initiative to reveal his identity, no one would know who he was with a little disguise. With Tang Shidao's level, even if Yuan Sha and the others came in person, they would not be able to find out the new identity of the Colorless Body. Without using force, ordinary scarecrows would not be able to see through the Colorless Body's effect.
There was another advantage of the Desolate World in his previous life: the secret spring stone represented everything … In other words, money represented everything.
The secret spring stone was like the magical power points of a sorcerer's net.
It could be used, eaten, and traded.
Some secret spring stones directly integrated a spell, including healing and resurrection. Therefore, the secret spring stone included all the functions and applications here. Even if you wanted to change your identity or even your body, as long as you paid enough money, someone would do it. As for those cities, as long as you paid, they would not even ask who you were. After entering the second city, Tang Shidao heard a group of exploration team hunters who reported their names "123,124,125".
Because they paid, the thief guards didn't mind at all.
It was obvious that it wasn't a name, but the thieves let him pass. So, there was nothing that money couldn't solve.
After purchasing the ancient murals, Tang Shidao realized that he could not understand them either. Because there was too little information, he could barely feel that it was an intermittent historical story. The Omniscient Eye also made a record of it. It was like analyzing a jigsaw puzzle. However, the number of these puzzle pieces was too small, probably not even one in ten thousand. Even the Omniscient Eye could not analyze them.
Tang Shidao was not in a hurry. "Let's earn some money first."
Now that the Spirit Hunting Squads and the Righteous Faction organizations had not shown themselves, it was impossible to find a target. He might as well integrate into this' society 'first.
In the previous Barren World.
There were three fastest ways to earn money. First, those who possessed top-level martial arts could participate in the exploration of the secret spring. Secondly, those with mid-level martial strength could participate in the war between the Upper Realm and the Outer Realm. Third, those with low-level martial strength could participate in the hunt.
Needless to say, the exploration of the Secret Spring and the war in the Outer Realms would be rewarded handsomely before they set off.
Hunting.
It was the most common activity in the previous Secret World. Every city, every family, every day carried out this activity.
"You're Tang Feng?" Every hunting ground had a hunting ground owner.
"Yes." Tang Shidao handed over his identity card. It was actually a small stone from the secret spring. It did not contain any energy, so it could not be used as money.
"What about your strength?" The hunting ground owner was the local bully. Whoever had the most strength would be the owner.
"I don't want to make it public."
"Oh, so mysterious? Sure, which floor do you plan to enter? The first floor is suitable for young cultivators. The second floor is not good without a Saint. " Hunting grounds were usually underground caves. The movements of the hunting beasts on the surface were not supervised, and no one dared to charge. Underground caves were usually divided into three floors. The first floor was the shallow one, the second floor was the middle one, and the third floor was close to the core of the Void Soil. Under normal circumstances, no one would enter so deep.
"The second floor."
"Oh, you're very confident. A little cultivator actually … Forget it, you have two choices. The first is 100 points, and you'll be free. The second is 50 points, but when you return, we'll check your earnings. We'll take 30% as protection fees. "The hunting ground owner and his team never protected people, but they would definitely charge protection fees.
"100 points, I don't want to be disturbed." Tang Shidao did not like trouble, so he tried not to cause any trouble.
"Straightforward, I like people like you. The next time you come, I'll only charge you 90 points. "Although the hunting ground owner was a local bully, he also liked to do business.
"Okay." Tang Shidao paid.
The hunting ground owner entered a special message on his identity card. Note that he did not cast the spell himself, but used the secret spring stone to cast the spell. Very few people used spells here. The closer they were to the secret spring and the secret spring stone altar, the more people did not dare to cast spells. The secret spring was like a disruptor, and at the same time, an absorber. Sorcerers were afraid of the secret spring, just like how ships were afraid of tornadoes and whirlpools.
Unless it was necessary, sorcerers would never cast spells casually.
"Are you alone?" After receiving the money, the hunting ground owner became a little kinder.
"Yes."
"Let me give you a suggestion."
"Oh."
"Unless you're about to die, try not to cast spells. Although the underground cave is much safer, the effect of the secret spring is still there. Moreover, because of the secret spring, there's very little magic power around. If you use up some magic power, you might not be able to recover it even after ten days or half a month. If you run out of magic power and encounter danger again, you'll be dead meat. "
"Oh." Tang Shidao was too lazy to thank him. He should have given him the hint of money.
"You're very confident, I hope you'll have a big harvest. Let me remind you again. Here, wild beasts and insects are the easiest to hunt, but the meat of magical beasts is a few thousand times more valuable. Especially the crystals with magic power, the price is much higher. If you hunt it, you must be careful to preserve it. Otherwise, the secret spring will absorb the energy, and then it'll be no different from normal beast meat. "The hunting ground owner reminded him again.
"Oh."
"Alright, you can go now. If you want to rob, try not to find a group with too few people or too many people. It's best to rob a group of ten or twenty people. "
After hearing the last sentence, Tang Shidao slowly walked into the underground cave.
Soon.
He disappeared with a Blink Technique.
Here, it was taboo to use magic. However, this' everyone 'did not include Tang Shidao.
He went underground.
At this time, Tang Shidao realized that the underground cave was really huge.
He vaguely sensed that this planet was not like a planet, but more like a hollow rattan ball. Even on the surface of the planet, there were countless' huge sinkholes' leading to the underground. Along the way, he could see that some of the caves were man-made, but most of them were naturally formed. Because the Void Essence Soil was the core, the planet could not collapse. Nothing could destroy the Void Essence Soil itself.
The first layer closest to the ground was the shallow layer.
There were a large number of mushrooms here for the underground creatures to eat. In addition, there were countless poisonous fungi and strange flowers, which could be considered the traps of the underground cave.
On the first layer, countless hunting teams came and went.
Most of them were young cultivators, and the leaders were slightly stronger mages. Rather than helping, the young cultivators were more like carrying goods. The mages had storage tools, but they were very careful when they used them. Usually, the team carried them, and after collecting a certain amount, they would open the storage at once. Even so, they could still feel that the storage tools had lost a few points of magic power.
In addition to mushrooms, there were also giant bamboo shoots and giant potatoes on the first layer.
However.
Tang Shidao knew that meat was valuable.
From cheap to expensive, they were plants, animals, magical beasts, and magic minerals. Compared to animals, plants had about the same nutrients. However, hunting plants was rarely risky, but hunting animals was. There were too many plants on the market and relatively few animals, so naturally, a few goods were more valuable. Magical beast meat was helpful for cultivation, and it was money in itself.
Magic minerals could be used to make artifacts, and artifacts were definitely expensive.
In the shallowest part.
Tang Shidao found that in addition to the young cultivators, there were also some middle-aged and old people. Their physical strength and combat power were very low, and they could barely be used as porters. In times of danger, they were often the first to be abandoned, and no one would save them. Even if some middle-aged and old people were bitten to death or poisoned to death, others might strip them of their clothes and tools.
In Tang Shidao's view, this was an extremely cold world.
Whether it was the strong or the noble or the weak or the poor, everyone only cared about themselves and didn't even care about their loved ones. Not to mention the term "friend" that couldn't find anyone to use.
Here, teammates were already the limit.
There was no friendship.
The hunting team looked around for food, and most of their companions in danger were "far away" from the sidelines, and only when they saw that it wouldn't affect them would they pay attention to it again. Some trapped people had to shout a price, and if they didn't shout a reward for help, others would never take the initiative to help. In other words, if you couldn't pay for saving your life, you basically couldn't be saved, and no one would save you for free, not even your companions.
Tang Shidao walked for less than half an hour and saw some young cultivators and middle-aged and old people being swallowed by strange flowers, dragged away by spiders, and trapped in ant nests.
None of those who couldn't shout a price for saving their lives were saved.
Their companions.
Their leaders.
Even their loved ones didn't lend a helping hand.
Even if they helped, it wouldn't cause any danger, such as throwing a rope to someone trapped in a sand hole. However, they didn't do this kind of trivial work. It was as if saving a little strength was more important than saving a person.
Another point.
Eating.
Tang Shidao found that these people had a lot of work, but there was little food. Or rather, their "work pay" was very little. Other than eating half full for themselves, the rest was probably not enough to feed the two older children. Then, just for this little reward, they had been working on the edge of life and death.
It was hard to imagine.
If the pillar of a family fell here, what would happen to the remaining children?
Tang Shidao didn't pick up anything along the way.
He was just like an ignorant newbie.
He didn't know what food was poisonous and what wasn't.
"Don't eat that."
"Hmm?"
"That's called cold cui mushroom. It tastes very fragrant, but if you eat it, your body will get colder and colder, and you may freeze to death in the end. Little brother, you're really hungry. Go and lick those salt bamboo shoots. You can't eat it, but it can restore some strength, "an old man with only one arm whispered softly. He didn't dare to be too loud. Before he turned around, he gently broke a white potato in his hand and prepared to leave half of it for Tang Shidao.
Before he left, a whip whipped the old man.
A big man leaped over.
He kicked the old man away, picked up the small piece of white potato, put it in his mouth, and looked at Tang Shidao provocatively.
At this moment.
His eyes seemed to say, "Those who don't have the ability deserve to starve to death."
After glaring at Tang Shidao.
The big man turned around and kicked the old man. He scolded him and returned to the team proudly. It was as if he had just won a big battle.
At this moment.
Tang Shidao smiled.
After being in the Wasteland World for so long, this was the first time he saw "warmth".
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