Scientific Travel

Deng Yin took a short break while eating breakfast, and as soon as she entered the house, she put all the money into her spatial storage. After finishing her meal, she immediately went to the place Ling Dusha had mentioned.

She didn't change her clothes; she was still dressed in the same outfit. Fearing someone might try something, Deng Yin practically ran through the quiet area in front of her house.

Walking such a long distance would be too tiring, and Deng Yin didn't know if anyone was following behind him. Instead of taking a horse from his spatial storage, he went to the horse market and bought one first.

This horse, in terms of both color and muscle mass, is far inferior to the horse Deng Yin bought before.

Anyway, a horse can run such a short distance, so there's no need to buy an expensive one.

Although this horse is not very fast, it is young.

Once we've used it all up, we can kill it and eat it.

Now, the aquatic animals in the space can gain intelligence by drinking too much water. Apart from feeding the horses with water from the space, the rest of the animals are fed water from the tree lake.

Those animals are raised for food. If they were too smart, killing them would be a mental exercise, not to mention the difficulty.

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The reason Ling Dusha gave Deng Yin such a detailed introduction was because that's what the person who told her said, and she had never been to that place either.

They had never even been there, let alone knew anything about the black market; transactions only took place at night.

Because it gets dark later, the time available for trading on the black market is also shorter.

No matter when, the night is always accompanied by sin. People feel safer doing things in the dark.

Deng Yin arrived early, and since she rode a horse, she arrived before noon.

The horse couldn't get into the tree hole, so Deng Yin put the horse into his spatial storage and went in alone.

It was a bit narrow at first, but it opened up as you went further in. Deng Yin lit a candle for light, and the white dots inside grew larger the further in you went.

As the exit drew closer, Deng Yin felt somewhat disoriented after traversing such a long tunnel illuminated only by candlelight.

She shielded her eyes with her hands and slowly opened them...

Empty! Nothing! One! Person!

Not only was it deserted, but there was nothing there either. It stretched as far as the eye could see, and there wasn't even a single tree on the ground.

Is it not the right time yet?

Deng Yin did not doubt whether Ling Dusha was lying to her. After all, such a long route, with even the trees hollowed out, could not possibly lead to just an empty space.

The sun was scorching hot, and Deng Yin hated the feeling of sunlight burning her skin, as well as the glare that made it hard to open her eyes. She entered the space, took out a piece of coarse cloth, and also four wooden strips.

These four wooden strips were cut and dismantled from the cabinet by Deng Yin; all four are the same length.

Deng Yin tried to pound the wooden stick into the ground, but the stick was taller than her and she couldn't get any leverage. She could only release the chess bull, which was wide enough that Deng Yin didn't have to worry about falling off when she stepped on it.

Deng Yin stood on the chess piece and hammered the wooden strips into the ground with an axe. The four wooden strips were arranged in a square. She cut the cloth in half, folded one half in half, and nailed it to the wooden strips.

This piece of cloth is thirty meters long. Even if it is cut in half and then folded in half again, it will still be 7.5 meters long.

Deng Yin didn't hammer the wooden strips too far apart, only about two meters. After subtracting those two meters from the coarse cloth, there was still quite a bit left, with both sides hanging down to the ground.

Using the same method with the remaining half of the coarse cloth, Deng Yin built himself a makeshift house.

The temperature has dropped a bit recently, but it's still very hot. Since Deng Yin came here, he's been wearing a hand warmer almost every day.

After a busy morning and having stayed up all night, Deng Yin was a little sleepy. She took out a pillow from her spatial storage and lay down to sleep.

Deng Yin was awakened by noises outside, not knowing how long he had slept.

Half an hour ago.

As the sun sets, the black market workers begin their shift. They need to set up lanterns before dark, otherwise they won't be able to see them during transactions.

The strange object that had suddenly appeared was immediately noticed, and one of the bolder ones slowly lifted the curtain...

...It turned out to be someone who was asleep.

The group breathed a sigh of relief and ignored him as he continued arranging the lanterns.

This is the black market; all sorts of strange people can be found here. If you arrive a little early and want to avoid the sun, it's not impossible for someone to build a shed for themselves.

Keeping your voice down when someone is sleeping is a good virtue that everyone should possess. These staff members are virtuous people; they moved their hands gently and spoke in a low voice to avoid waking people up.

Since some people possess good virtues, there must also be others who lack good character.

Deng Yin wasn't the only one who arrived early; when people who arrived later saw a tent suddenly erected on the ground, no one could resist lifting it to take a look.

Most people who trade on the black market, whether buying or selling, are violating the law.

Most of these people are not good people.

The man lying in the shed looked very tall, with a full beard, and didn't look like a nice guy.

Such people often have appearances that reflect their inner nature; they are not only short-tempered but also prone to violence.

No one dares to wake him up suddenly, because who knows if he has a bad temper when he wakes up, or if he will hit someone after being woken up.

But comparisons can sometimes easily provoke malice. Why can he lie there sleeping so casually, while they have to wear masks and dare not show their true faces?

Eight or nine out of ten people in the world are unhappy, and eight or nine out of ten of them have psychological problems.

Jealousy over something so trivial, even the slightest difference, feels like pouring cold water into a boiling oil pan—it explodes instantly.

Despite their dissatisfaction, no one raised their voices or tried to wake Deng Yin.

He looks like someone you shouldn't mess with...

It's easy to identify who is speaking, but if it's just the sound of two objects colliding, even if someone tries to find out who made it, they won't be able to.

These people who come here now are not all here to buy things; most of them are here to sell things.

Those bottles, jars, or ironware can make quite a noise when they collide.

They didn't dare to make a move around Deng Yin; they stood five meters away from him, shaking their bundles loudly.

The sound wasn't actually very loud, but it still woke Deng Yin up. Noticing someone outside, Deng Yin lifted the curtain and looked out.

The place where she set up the shed was not far from the entrance, but fortunately it was set up on the side and did not block the main road for selling goods.

Those who deliberately made noise kept a close eye on the activity inside the shed, and stopped immediately when they saw that someone was awake.

Deng Yin, who had just woken up, looked a bit intimidating. Her expression was icy, and the corners of her mouth turned down involuntarily. She was still a little sleepy, and her eyes were not fully open, but to others, she looked angry!