high-dimensional shuttle

Chapter 228 Lightless World
In the starry sky, a few crows occasionally fly by, and a crescent moon hangs in the west...

On the third day, the sun still did not appear on the horizon.

This strange phenomenon made Fang Yuhao realize that there may be no sun and no day in this world.

There are people coming and going on the street, and the high-power gas lamps are extremely bright.There was a plump woman at Diagonal Port, who was winking at Fang Yuhao.

This level-3 spiritual world seems to be a strange and magical world, and it seems to have reached the high-tech "steampunk" era.

The steam train coming from afar neighed with a "wow", bringing a load of coal and ore.The development of the city cannot lack these things. The workers quickly loaded these minerals on steam locomotives and transported them to all corners of the city.

Fang Yuhao didn't understand why there was such an idealistic world in his mind...

This is the New Orland Empire, Boulder City, and Commercial Street.

The location close to the port, the popularity of the streets is very strong, and the steam freighter from afar brings a lot of goods, including but not limited to food, rum, jewelry, various spices and luxury goods, and... human souls!

Yes, the "human soul" has become a high-end luxury here - provided that enough taxes are paid!
When receiving goods, the customs of Boulder City will carefully inspect every merchant ship, going deep into every deck, including the mezzanine between decks.The hound with a sharp nose can detect any clues and is the most hated creature for smugglers.

The customs will stamp a bright red stamp on the human soul that has paid the tax, indicating that it can be sold legally.But if smuggled goods are found on board, these pickpockets will unceremoniously fine you, you will lose your fortune, and if you are more serious, you will be given a whipping punishment, or even directly strip the smuggler's soul!

This is Fang Yuhao's first encounter with living "human souls". They float in the air like jelly, looking a bit like a ball of cotton.

After the "soul" leaves the body, it doesn't have any wisdom, it just looks at the front in a daze, with dull and empty eyes.

Dimly recognizable, it was once the face of a man.

Fang Yuhao asked: "How much is this... inferior human soul?"

"463 silver coins... the soul of an old gambler, the quality is really bad. But the others have been sold out." The wrinkled old witch tried to pretend to be kind: "This guest, I don't have any contraband here, they are all customs-certified goods. Using these things will not cause any trouble."

"You can use it to make witchcraft, and you can also use it as a sacrifice to please the gods...Young man, if you want to go to sea, I still have an amulet here. How about selling it to you at a lower price?"

Fang Yuhao asked: "If I buy the soul and stuff it back into the corpse, can he still be resurrected?"

"No, of course not! You can only become a zombie!" The old witch grinned and said, "Young man, do you want to study the witchcraft of resurrection from the dead? Haha, I have never heard of someone who has been stripped of his soul Can be resurrected, even the purest soul."

Fang Yuhao shook his head, "This is too expensive...do you have that, that?"

He still has a little interest in these things.But if you really want to buy it, you might as well take a little risk and buy contraband.

The difference between contraband and legal items is only whether tax has been paid, but the price difference is at least twice as much!
The old witch was also afraid of being phished by the customs for law enforcement, so she quickly shook her head: "No, all the goods here are regular! There are no contraband!"

Fang Yuhao could only sigh because he couldn't find any information on the black market for the time being.In his current main god space, there is no way to create any level-3 items.And all the Taoism and supernatural powers on his body are invalid.

Strolling down the street with heavy feet.Accompanied by the eternal night, there is a slightly depressing atmosphere around the Boulder City.

This weird world is full of Cthulhu style, but many rules still have the epitome of reality. For example, plants still need light to grow. In a world without the sun, gas lamps can only be used to replace the light source. As a result, these plants They all grow crookedly, as long and thin as bean sprouts.

Occasionally, you can meet a wizard who manipulates the soul, sneering fiercely in the dark.

These lunatics can force human souls into the bodies of frogs or rabbits, causing uncontrollable mutations in frogs or rabbits.Moreover, human souls can also be used for alchemy, turning them into something like the "Sage's Stone".Of course, it is definitely a loss-making behavior to use the soul to refine gold. Even if real gold is refined, it is still a loss.

An alcoholic curled up pitifully in his sleeping bag, "Wine... Can anyone give me some wine! Please, good-hearted people, it's good to mix it with water!"

A gangster happened to be passing by with a bottle of rum.

He opened the bottle with interest and placed it in front of the drunkard.

Rum exudes a strong taste of alcohol.

The old alcoholic was very happy, thinking that he had met a kind person, he raised his neck hard, sniffing like a dog, trying to snatch the bottle.

"Go away, it's mine!"

The hooligan kicked him on the ground, and the old drunk rolled him several times in a row.

The people around laughed loudly without the slightest sympathy, "Old John owes the tavern more than 200 silver coins, right?"

"Yeah, after a while, he will be sued in court, and the judge will strip his soul to repay the debt. So he doesn't dare to borrow any more money, but there will be interest every month!"

Fang Yuhao just watched for a while, and after getting the general information, he turned and left.With the astonishing birth rate and death rate, the average life expectancy of people here is only 40 years old.Their last possession is their own soul.

There is an old pawn shop deep in the alley.The pawnshop owner looked like a big goblin with a cunning and treacherous face. Seeing Fang Yuhao, he straightened his glasses quickly.

"Hello, distinguished guest!"

"Do you accept this?" Fang Yuhao took out a round object from his pocket.

It's a pearl!
... Leaving aside the process, it was stolen from a lady anyway.

"Pearls." The owner of the pawnshop was shocked, took the pearls, and carefully appraised them with a magnifying glass.

Under the dim oil lamp, when he saw clearly that the pearls were emitting a warm pink light, greed flickered in his eyes.

Good stuff!

"How about 20 silver coins?"

Fang Yuhao shook his head, too lazy to talk nonsense, stretched out his hand, and an afterimage flashed across.

He snatched the pearl and walked out the door.

The pawnshop owner was startled. Such agility did not look like an ordinary person.He's not a professional thief, is he?
He immediately put away his greedy heart.

There are far more pawnshops in Boulder City than he is, and he doesn't want to miss this deal.

"Wait, 30 silver coins..."

"40 silver coins!"

"45, 45, no more!" When he spit out this number, it was accompanied by a sharp scream, as if a piece of flesh was cut off his body.

In Fang Yuhao's mind, he couldn't help but have the strange thought of "he is really pitiful".

"Spiritual ability, it's interesting."

There are so many loopholes in the rules of this level-3 world that basically everyone knows some tricks.It's no surprise that this goblin can do a few tricks.

The pawn shop itself is a hugely profitable industry. It is not impossible to squeeze out more money, but it will take a long time.

"Forty-eight silver coins, even one less!" Fang Yuhao said loudly, too lazy to argue with the other party.

The hobgoblin looked at Fang Yuhao for a while, but couldn't see any expression.It was calculating how much it could earn, and finally nodded.

48 silver coins in hand.

Coins in this world are divided into three types: gold, silver, and copper, in a hundred system.Thin silver coins the size of beer caps, 48 ​​silver coins, can fit in a small purse.

After a deal was concluded, the pawnshop owner was quite happy, but on the surface he looked like he had "lost a lot".

"What is that parchment?" Fang Yuhao asked casually, pointing to a certain place in the container.

"Sir, you are so knowledgeable! Let me tell you secretly..." The pawnshop owner leaned over inadvertently, showing his yellow teeth.

Fang Yuhao hastily moved away a little.

"...is a treasure map! It only takes 10 silver coins, and you can take it! You know, the ocean is full of treasures from the last century. If it is real, after finding the treasure, you can completely live Live aristocratically!"

That feeling of being persuaded came back.

"Treasure map? If it's real, keep it for yourself."

Fang Yuhao shook his head, expressing that he was not interested in this thing.

In this world, there are indeed treasures hidden in the sea.But, will there really be pies in the sky? No one knows whether this treasure map is true or not.

They may even be bait spread by bandits.

"Hey, I'm old. I'm old. I don't have many years left to live. Opportunities must be left to young people!" The hobgoblin also wanted to quibble that this treasure map was real.

"How much is that world map?" Fang Yuhao asked again.

"You are really discerning, 5 silver coins... no, 4... count me as a loss."

Seeing that Fang Yuhao was about to leave again, the hobgoblin knew that his psychic skills had lost their effect, and quickly lowered the price again, "2 silver coins, no less! The map in the bookstore needs at least 3 silver coins!"

Fang Yuhao readily paid two silver coins.

He held the map in his hand, which had the texture of rough jute paper.

The goblin was so cheap and behaved, as if he had suffered a blood loss, and kept thinking: "Hey, it's really a loss to do business with you, it's a loss..."

"And that box? What is it?"

"Ah, that..." The pawnshop owner frowned, as if he was reluctant to show the box.

He covered his mouth with one hand, and said quietly: "That is... the sun! The real sun comes from the sea of ​​sunshine!"

"If you don't buy it, I'm sorry, I can't show it to you..." This stalking guy clearly saw that Fang Yuhao couldn't afford such a luxury as "Sunshine", and he wasn't very interested in doing business.

Fang Yuhao frowned and left the shop. The so-called sunshine cost 600 silver coins an hour, which is simply too inexplicable...

He unfolded a map of the world under a street lamp.

Ocean, huge ocean.

There are a large number of islands scattered in the middle of the ocean, and outside, there is a thick unknown territory.

A sea area at the edge of the world is highlighted, with a few large red characters written on it - "Sunshine Sea Area"!
Over there is eternal day.

Fang Yuhao couldn't help wondering whether this strange planet had been "tide-locked" by the stars.

In other words, the planet's rotation speed is equal to its revolution speed.One side of the planet always faces the sun.That's why there is an eternal night like this, and the so-called sunny sea.

"perhaps……"

With this guess in mind, Fang Yuhao looked at the distribution of cities on the map.

In this lightless world, a city's output is very single, and there is no way to support itself.This has led to extremely vigorous commercial activities between the islands, and the lack of production must be made up for by means of commercial complementarity.

The Boulder City where he is now is located on the edge of the Sunless Continent, with an entire cold continent at its back.A particularly important resource is produced here - coal!
Coal is the heart of industry, thanks to this, Boulder City is also an industrial city.Because of the sufficient energy, Boulder City can smelt steel and manufacture a large number of ships.

Boulder City, located on the mainland, is the center of the entire island community.

Not far away, the volcanic city "Namon Moor" produces a large number of thermal energy plants because of its geothermal heat.These plants not only provide ample food, but also can be used to produce light industrial products such as paper and hemp rope.

Famous for printing, it is a cultural city.

To the east is a huge fishing ground. Fang Yuhao can't figure out what the fish in the sea eat... Maybe the ocean current from the other side of the planet has brought a huge amount of algae.

It's just guesswork anyway.

"But why don't humans live on the sunny side? Is it because there is no continent?" Fang Yuhao was a little puzzled.

Carefully pondering the world map, there are still a lot of unknown places.

This nautical map, in addition to marking clear waterways, has clear standards for marine hydrological elements, submarine topography, offshore landforms, navigation obstacles, navigation aids, ports, straits, islands, wind direction, and azimuth.

Fang Yuhao read it for a long time, and found that he had no way to control this knowledge, and finally directly spent 1000 belief fragments to add a [navigation talent] ability to himself.

Everyone in this world has basic sailing skills. If they don't know how to sail, there is a high probability that they will be poor, just like the drunkard on the roadside.If too much debt is owed, the soul will be stripped to repay the debt.Fang Yuhao didn't want to keep stealing for a living.

"Perhaps, you can find out if the gods in this world really exist..."

(End of this chapter)