?The sky with stars shining, occasionally a few crows flew past, and a curved moon hung in the west...

It was the third day, and the sun still did not appear on the horizon.

This strange phenomenon made Fang Yuhao realize that there might be no sun or daytime in this world.

There were people coming and going on the street, and the high-power gas lamps were extremely bright. There was a plump woman in the diagonal port, looking at Fang Yuhao.

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

The steam trains coming from afar were whistling, bringing trucks of coal and ore. The development of the city was inseparable from these things. The workers quickly loaded these minerals on steam locomotives and transported them to every corner of the city.

Fang Yuhao was a little confused about why there was such an idealistic world in his mind...

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

Close to the port, the streets are very popular. Steam freighters coming from afar bring a large amount of cargo, including but not limited to food, rum, jewelry, various spices and luxury goods, and... the human soul!

Yes, the "human soul" has become a high-end luxury here - the premise is to pay enough taxes!

When storing goods, the customs of the Stone City will carefully inspect each merchant ship and go deep into each deck, including the mezzanine between the decks. The sensitive-noses can detect any clues and are the creatures that smugglers hate the most.

Customs will stamp a bright red seal in the human soul that has paid taxes, indicating that it can be sold legally. But if smuggled goods are found on the ship, these skin-breaking ghosts will be fined unceremoniously, and you will lose all your money, and you will be whipped seriously, or even directly stripped of the smuggler's soul!

This is the first time Fang Yuhao has met a living "human soul". They float in the air like jelly, looking a bit like a ball of cotton.

After the "soul" leaves the body, he has no wisdom, but just looks ahead in a daze, his eyes are dull and empty.

It can be vaguely recognized that it was once a man's face.

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

"463 silver coins... the soul of an old gambling ghost is of poor quality. But the others have been sold out." The old witch with wrinkles on her face tried to pretend to be kind: "This guest, I don't have any contraband here, all of which are customs certified goods. There will be no trouble using these things."

"You can use it to make witchcraft, or use it as a sacrifice to please the gods... Young man, if you want to go out to sea, I have a talisman here, and I will sell you a little cheaper, how about it?"

Fang Yuhao asked, "If I buy my 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 can be resurrected after being stripped of his soul, even the purest soul is no exception."

Fang Yuhao shook his head, "This one is too expensive... Is there that one, that one?"

He was still a little interested in these things. But if he really wanted to buy them, it would be better to take some risks and buy contraband.

The difference between contraband and legal items is just whether the tax is paid, but the price is at least twice the difference!

The old witch was also afraid of being fished by customs, so she shook her head: "No, I'm all regular goods here! There are no contraband!"

Unable to find information about the black market for the time being, Fang Yuhao could only sigh. His current main god space could not create any level-3 items. Moreover, all the Taoist arts and superpowers on his body were invalid.

Strolling on the street with heavy steps. With the eternal darkness, the rock city was surrounded by a slightly depressing atmosphere.

This strange world is full of strong Cthulhu style, but many rules still have a microcosm of reality. For example, plants still need light to grow. In a world without sun, gas lamps can only be used instead of light sources. As a result, these plants all grow crookedly, as slender as bean sprouts.

Occasionally, you can meet a soul-controlling wizard, sneering in the dark.

These madmen can forcibly stuff human souls into the body of frogs or rabbits, causing uncontrollable mutations to the frogs or rabbits. Moreover, human souls can also be used to alchemy and become something like "Sage Stone". Of course, using souls to alchemy is definitely a loss-making act. Even if real gold is refined, it will still be a loss.

A drunkard curled up pitifully in his sleeping bag, "Wine... Can anyone give me some wine? Please, kind-hearted person, it's good to have water!"

A gangster was passing by with rum.

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

Rum has a strong alcoholic flavor.

The old drunkard was extremely happy and thought he had met a kind-hearted person. He tried hard to lift his neck and sniffed like a dog, trying to grab the bottle.

"Get out of here, this is mine!"

The gangster kicked him to the ground with one kick, and the old drunkard beat him several times in a row.

Everyone around laughed, without any sympathy, "Old John owes more than 200 silver coins in the tavern?"

"Yes, in a while, he will be sued to court and be stripped of his soul by the judge to repay his debts. So he doesn't dare to borrow money anymore, but there is interest every month!"

Fang Yuhao just watched for a while, learned the general information, and turned around and left. With the amazing birth rate and mortality rate, the average life expectancy of people here is only 40 years old. Their last property is their own soul.

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

"Hello, a distinguished guest!"

"Do you take this?" Fang Yuhao took out a round thing from his pocket.

It's a pearl!

...No matter what the process is, it was stolen from a noble lady.

"Pearl." The pawnshop owner was shocked, took the pearl, and carefully identified it with a magnifying glass.

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

Top quality!

"How about 20 silver coins?"

Fang Yuhao shook his head, too lazy to talk nonsense, stretched out his hand and passed by a afterimage.

He snatched the pearl and walked out of the room.

The pawnshop owner was startled. Such agile skill looked like he was not an ordinary person. He could not be a professional thief, right?

He immediately put away his greed.

There are far more than him in the pawnshop in Jushi City, and he doesn't want to miss this business.

"Wait, 30 silver coins..."

“40 silver coins!”

"45, 45, no more!" When spitting out this number, it seemed like a piece of meat was cut from him alive.

Fang Yuhao couldn't help but have a strange thought of "He is really pitiful".

"Is the mental ability? It's interesting."

There are so many loopholes in this level-3 world, and basically everyone will give some tricks. It is not surprising that this goblin can change a little trick.

Pawnshops themselves are profitable industries, and it is not impossible to squeeze out more oil and water, but it takes a long time.

"48 silver coins, no one less child can do!" Fang Yuhao was too lazy to argue with the other party and said loudly.

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

48 silver coins were obtained.

The coins in this world are divided into three types: gold, silver and copper, one hundred centimeters. Thin silver coins, the size of beer cover, 48 silver coins, and a small wallet can be stored.

After a deal was completed, the pawnshop owner was quite happy, but on the surface he looked like he was "losing a big loss".

"What is that parchment roll?" Fang Yuhao pointed to a place in the container and asked casually.

"Sir, you are so sensible! I'll tell you secretly..." The pawnshop owner leaned over inadvertently, revealing his yellow teeth.

Fang Yuhao hurriedly stayed away a little.

"...It's a treasure map! You only need 10 silver coins and you can take it down! You know, the ocean is full of treasures from the last century. If it is true, you can completely live a noble life after discovering the treasure!"

The feeling of being persuaded appeared again.

"Treasure Map? If it's true, keep it for yourself."

Fang Yuhao shook his head and said that he was not interested in this thing.

There is indeed treasure in this world hidden in the sea. But will pies really fall from the sky? No one knows whether this treasure map is true or false.

Even, they may be the bait that robbers spread.

"Hey, I'm old, I'm old. I don't have a few years to live, and the opportunity has to be left to the young people!" The goblin also wanted to argue that this treasure map was real.

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

"You are really very insightful, 5 silver coins... no, 4... I'll lose a little."

When the earthling saw Fang Yuhao leaving again, he knew that his spiritual skills had lost their effect, so he quickly lowered the price again, "2 silver coins, no more! The map in the bookstore requires at least 3 silver coins!"

Fang Yuhao readily paid two silver coins.

He pulled the map into his hand and had a rough texture of jute paper.

The goblins are still behaved when they get cheap, as if they have suffered a loss, and keep saying: "Hey, it's really a loss to do business with you, too much..."

"Where is that box? What's it?"

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

He covered one hand against his mouth and whispered: "That is...sunshine! The real sunshine comes from the sunny sea!"

"If you don't buy it, I'm sorry, I can't show you..." This guy who is tempted by the incest is obvious that Fang Yuhao cannot afford luxury goods like "Sunshine", and his interest in doing business is not very high.

Fang Yuhao frowned and left the store. The so-called sunshine actually costs 600 silver coins per hour, which is simply inexplicable...

He unfolded the world map under the street lights.

Ocean, huge ocean.
To be continued...