Start a mysterious island

"I heard that in order to further promote commerce in the city, the city lord is planning to lower the tax rate for merchants. This is good for business!

It's a pity that I have no capital, otherwise, I would have started a small business..."

"A very bad murder occurred in the west of the city, and the criminal was a first-level high-level practitioner.

After committing the crime, he fled Dongwu City overnight, but something happened shortly after leaving the city.

The detectives chasing the gangster found his body by a creek not far from Dongwucheng.

Based on the bite marks on its body, it is speculated that it was attacked by a strange beast wandering nearby. God is really wise! "

"Recently, the number of exotic beasts in the wilderness north of the city has dropped sharply. I don't know the specific reason. This has greatly reduced the income of many practitioners who make a living by hunting wild beasts..."

No wonder I didn’t encounter any strange beasts on the way to the hill or on the way back. It turns out that the number of strange beasts in that area had already begun to decrease sharply...

Lin Li heard the coachman mention the situation in the wilderness north of Dongwu City, and his previous doubts were immediately cleared.

This middle-aged coachman was more eloquent than the twenty-year-old coachman Lin Li had met before, and the information he knew was varied and strange.

"I remember that a new flower shop opened near Willow Alley. The girls there were not only beautiful but also versatile. Unfortunately, I earned less money and couldn't afford to go to a place like that."

"Um, Hualou? Is this that kind of place?" Lin Li was stunned for a moment when he heard the coachman mention Hualou, and then asked the coachman curiously, "Master, what does Hualou do?"

"Sir, you don't know Hualou?" The coachman was a little surprised when he heard Lin Li's question.

Although he himself has never been to Hualou to spend money, he has heard a lot and naturally knows some things about Hualou.

"My hometown is very far away. I just came to Dongwucheng not long ago and I haven't seen many things before." Lin Li explained with a smile.

When the driver heard this, he mistook Lin Li's hometown for being a remote village and town, so he enthusiastically explained to the stranger from a remote place.

"Hua Lou! It's a place where you can listen to music and watch dance performances."

The coachman introduced Hualou. What he said was somewhat different from what Lin Li thought.

So Lin Li asked tactfully, "Are you just listening to music and watching dance performances?"

"Yes! Otherwise?" the coachman asked, wondering why the guest would ask this.

"Oh." Lin Li responded with a little disappointment. Originally, he thought that the Hualou was similar to the Qinglou in ancient Blue Star, and he wanted to see it with a critical attitude.

Well now, Hualou is just a place to listen to music and watch dance performances, so there is no need to spend time there.

The coachman heard from the response that the guest's mood seemed to be a little disappointed. He didn't understand why the guest was like this.

Along the way, the driver kept talking about all the news he knew about Dongwu City, and Lin Li acted as a very cooperative listener.

Soon, the destination arrived.

After getting off the bus, Lin Li paid the fare and walked to the pawn shop not far away.

Because this place was not far from Zhou Tianci's home, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Lin Li took out a bamboo hat from the mysterious island and put it on after getting off the car.

Inside the pawn shop, the middle-aged shopkeeper, who was in his forties, looked just like when Lin Li first came to this pawn shop.

Sitting behind the counter, holding a book in his hand, he read it with relish. From time to time he picked up the tea cup in front of him and took a sip of tea.

Hearing footsteps at the door and knowing that a customer was coming, the pawnshop owner immediately put down the book in his hand and looked up at the door.

"Welcome, eh?" The pawnshop owner saw the guest coming in wearing a black hat that hid his face, and immediately recognized that the guest had been to his pawnshop before.

"Hello, shopkeeper, long time no see." Lin Li greeted the pawnshop shopkeeper with a smile.

"Sir, are you here to pawn something again?" The pawnshop owner had a deep memory of this customer who had awakened the power of storage space, and asked enthusiastically.

"Yes." Lin Li nodded, and then with a thought in his mind, he took out a pile of weapons picked up outside the city not long ago from the mysterious island and placed them on the counter in front of the pawn shop owner.

"Same as last time, are you still dead?" the pawnshop owner asked while glancing at the pile of weapons on the counter.

"Yes, it's still the same as last time, dead." Lin Li said.

"These weapons are not in good condition!" The pawn shop owner discovered that the weapons Lin Li pawned this time did not look very good. There were many gaps on the blades. They had obviously been used for several years.

"It's true that the quality is not very good. Except for these two long swords, which are psychic weapons, the others are ordinary weapons... I don't expect how much they will fetch. Shopkeeper, you can just give me any price you want."

Lin Li pointed at the two spiritual swords with gaps on their blades and said.

Opening the door for business, to be on the safe side, the shopkeeper appraised the pile of weapons Lin Li placed on the counter one by one.

Then, he did not give a random price as Lin Li said, but quoted the current market price.

"Sir, the weapons you pawned are very damaged. If you repair them, the gain will outweigh the losses. In the end, you will have to recast them.

I'll count you fifty gold for the two spiritual long swords. The remaining eight weapons made of ordinary materials will count you five gold in total, a total of fifty-five gold. Can you accept this price? "

Lin Li didn't know the price of recycling these weapons that were about to be scrapped.

However, after listening to the pawnshop owner's quotation, he readily agreed because the price quoted by the other party exceeded his expectations.

Before coming to the pawn shop, Lin Li expected the price to be at most forty gold.

"Sir, would you like to convert the gold coins into spirit stones as you did last time?" The pawn shop owner asked after seeing Lin Li accept his offer.

"Yes, all are converted into spirit stones." Lin Li naturally wants to convert them into spirit stones. After all, spirit stones are the hard currency of the two worlds. No matter which world they are in, they can be easily exchanged for local spirit stones. common currency.

After a while, Lin Li, who got eleven spiritual stones from the pawnshop owner, left the pawnshop.

As he walked towards the alley in the distance, he bumped the small linen bag containing eleven spiritual stones and thought to himself.

"I picked up eleven spiritual stones in vain, and my trip out of the city in the morning was not in vain.

By the way, I almost forgot that thing. When I go back later, I will deal with that thing first and then go back for a lunch break. "

After crossing the road and walking into the alley, Lin Li disappeared instantly.

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On a mysterious island surrounded by white mist, a figure appeared out of thin air in front of the arched stone door in the center of the island, which was as black as ink.

Lin Li returned to the mysterious island. As soon as a thought came to his mind, he immediately disappeared.

The next second, he appeared in the southern area of ​​the island, in front of the spiritual plant that was covered with spiritual fruits that looked like small tomatoes.

Right next to this spiritual plant, a plastic bag containing something was lying quietly on the grass.

Lin Li bent down, picked up the plastic bag, looked at the dark stuff in the plastic bag, then moved a few steps to the side, and then dug a small hole in the grass with a shovel.

"In a few days, I should be able to know whether you are the seed of a spiritual plant."

Lin Li opened the plastic bag and put the thing that looked like a chestnut on the Blue Star into the small hole he had dug.

Bury it with soil, stamp it firmly with your feet, and then water it some more.

"Done." After planting the unknown items he obtained in the ground, Lin Li went to the reclaimed field to take a look at the crops such as potatoes and corn that he had planted previously.

Although it has only been a short time, the crops that were planted have already sprouted seedlings.

According to past experience, a wave of harvest will be achieved in a few days.

"Ha~" After all the work was done, Lin Li, who was a little sleepy, raised his hand and yawned, and then left the mysterious island.

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At three o'clock in the afternoon, in the dark bedroom, Lin Li slowly opened his eyes after taking a nap during his lunch break.

"call……"

There was a strong wind outside the window, causing the glass windows to tremble slightly.

Lin Li, who had just woken up, looked towards the window with some confusion when he heard the noise.

"What's going on? Why is there such a strong wind suddenly?"

After lifting the quilt and getting out of bed, Lin Li came to the window, opened the curtains and looked out the window.

At this moment, the sky outside the window was covered with dark clouds, and the flowers, plants and trees in the green belt in the community were rustling in the strong wind.

"Boom..."

A thunder exploded in the sky, and many people were startled by the sudden thunder.

"It looks like it's going to rain heavily. The weather is changing really fast. Why were there no signs before..."

Lin Li returned to the real world from the mysterious island. The weather was still beautiful before he went back to his bedroom for a lunch break.

It was sunny outside the window, cloudless, and there was no sign of rain.

But now, after taking a lunch break for more than two hours today, I woke up to find that the previously beautiful weather with clear skies had turned so bad.

Lin Li closed the curtains again, left the bedroom, and went to the bathroom to wash his face to wash away all the sleep from his face.

"Boom..."

"Boom..."

"Boom..."

The thunder sounded again, and the frequency was much higher than four or five minutes ago.

After thunder resounded throughout the world and continuous high-frequency output for about ten minutes, crackling fine raindrops appeared.

The raindrops falling from the sky were connected into threads, and they were twisting irregularly under the strong wind, as if they were dancing with the wind.

Lin Li, who originally thought about going out to a hot pot restaurant to have a hot pot in the evening, stood on the balcony and looked at the hazy rain outside.

Looking at the current pattern of rain, he knew that this heavy rain would not stop in a short time, and he had to give up the idea of ​​going out to eat hot pot.

"Obviously the weather forecast shows that the weather in the past few days has been clear and clear, so why did it suddenly rain heavily? This weather forecast is too inaccurate!"

Lin Li recalled the weather forecast he had read when he went out this morning. He looked at the pouring rain outside and muttered.

Then, he turned back indoors and went to the kitchen to wash the fruits.

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This sudden heavy rain without warning almost enveloped the entire city.

Everyone was caught off guard by the sudden heavy rain.

Pedestrians on the road were looking for places to take shelter from the rain. Because the rain was so heavy, even if many pedestrians found a place to take shelter, their clothes and shoes could not avoid being wet by the heavy rain.

The migrant workers working in the office building were concentrating on their work. When the heavy rain came, they stopped what they were doing.

Listening to the patter of rain outside the window and the occasional thunder, I suddenly felt a wail in my heart.

"It's over, it's over. The clothes I just washed last night are still hanging outside to dry! Now they are all ruined."

"Is there any mistake? The weather forecast doesn't show that it will be sunny these days? Why did it suddenly rain heavily?"

"I didn't bring rain gear! I hope the heavy rain will stop by the time I get off work, otherwise, I might be stuck in the company tonight."

Although everyone is confused, the weather forecast shows that there has been no sign of rain in the past few days, but now it suddenly rains heavily.

Everyone was complaining about the sudden heavy rain, but they were just complaining and didn't think much about other aspects.

In fact, this heavy rainstorm that suddenly enveloped the entire city without any warning was caused by an unexpected accident.

Rongcheng's Psychic Research Institute is in a high-standard laboratory.

A middle-aged man in his forties, wearing a white coat and with a short haircut, looked at a jade plaque with a pale golden aura on the experimental table with a serious face.

This jade tablet is about the size of a palm, made of ordinary material, and has many vague lines engraved on its surface.

While it is blooming with pale golden spiritual light, it is constantly emitting invisible spiritual energy fluctuations all around.

As time goes by, it can be observed that the humidity around this jade medallion, which is blooming with light golden aura, begins to increase, and water droplets appear on the surface of the jade medallion.

This middle-aged man in his forties is a senior researcher at the Psychic Research Institute.

A few minutes ago, because there had been no progress in researching the jade plaque in front of him, when he was about to leave the laboratory, the jade plaque actually reacted on its own.

Then, it began to affect the weather in Rongcheng, causing sudden heavy rain in Rongcheng.

"Ding."

Just when the middle-aged man was thinking about whether he should let go of the jade sign in front of him immediately, the door of the laboratory was opened.

An old man with white hair, about sixty years old, walked in, followed closely behind him were several men and women about the same age as middle-aged men.

This old man's name is Wang Shi, and he is the director of the Rongcheng Psychic Research Institute.

The people following him were all researchers, but they were only mid-level researchers and had far less authority than the middle-aged man who was a senior researcher.

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