158: Chapter 158 Pretend to be a normal person

After handling the necessary matters, Lin Sheng took a step forward, and his figure instantly appeared on the life-bearing planet within this Star System.

This life-bearing planet was considerably larger than Earth, but its land area only accounted for about 20% of the entire planet's surface; the rest was occupied by oceans.

Even so, the land area of this planet was still much larger than that of Earth.

Looking down from the sky, Lin Sheng discovered that the planet had only two continents and a few scattered islands in the sea.

There was one continent each in the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere. The one in the Southern Hemisphere was roughly an irregular pentagon, while the one in the Northern Hemisphere resembled a parallelogram.

Looking at the two continents below, Lin Sheng's figure flickered, and in the next moment, he appeared on a street corner in a city on the Northern Continent.

Lin Sheng intended to see this world like a normal person and adapt to a period of mortal life.

Although this period of life might be very brief, adding some "seasoning" alongside his Evolution was not a bad idea.

Stepping out of the street corner, he came to the side of a main road.

He walked up to something that looked like a vending machine by the roadside. Looking at the vertical slot that seemed to be for coins, Lin Sheng fell into deep thought for a moment.

A "currency" should exist in this world, right?

Sensing the flow of Transcendent power within the vending machine, Lin Sheng extended a finger and pressed it against the vertical slot meant for coins.

Following the flow of Transcendent power inside the machine, Lin Sheng injected his magic through his finger.

The next second...

"Beep beep beep!"

"Buzz buzz buzz!"

A violent alarm suddenly blared from the vending machine, and the surrounding pedestrians instantly turned their gazes toward him.

Lin Sheng was also startled by the sudden noise. He quickly withdrew his finger, and after glancing around, he noticed several people in uniform walking toward him.

A young man next to Lin Sheng even gave him a thumbs-up, with an expression on his face that said, "Brother, you're truly brave."

"This... Transcendent, please show your information talisman."

Several Law Enforcement Officers stopped in front of Lin Sheng. Seeing the dirt on his face that hadn't been wiped off yet, they didn't make things difficult for him.

From Lin Sheng's appearance, it was clear he was a refugee from some remote corner. As long as they confirmed his identity and that he truly didn't know the laws here, it would be fine.

"Here."

Noticing the officers' eyes on his face, Lin Sheng reflexively wiped away the completely dried mud.

He handed his information talisman to the officer closest to him.

The officer took the information talisman Lin Sheng handed over and placed it onto a device on his wrist.

After seeing the information that surfaced on the information talisman, the officer's hand shook, and the information talisman nearly slipped from his grasp.

Seeing their captain's sudden uncoordinated movement, the remaining three officers also curiously leaned in, wanting to see what secret Lin Sheng's information talisman held.

When they saw the information displayed on Lin Sheng's information talisman, their reactions were not much different from their captain's.

"My Lord, I did not know it was you who had descended. Please forgive us."

Upon seeing the glaring words "Half-step Legend" on the information talisman, the captain's mind went blank for an instant.

But he quickly forced himself to calm down and respectfully returned the information talisman to Lin Sheng.

On the edge of this star sector, even a Fifth-rank Transcendent could be honored as a "powerhouse," let alone a "Half-step Legend" like Lin Sheng.

"Mm."

Lin Sheng gave a light grunt, having no intention of blaming them.

He took the information talisman back from the captain and made a move to leave.

But just then, the captain called out to him.

"My Lord, to express my apologies, please accept this small token of my sincerity."

"If you require it, I can also serve as your guide and introduce you to this place."

The captain handed a handful of coins imbued with Transcendent power to Lin Sheng, speaking in a very respectful tone.

"No need."

Lin Sheng accepted the coins the captain offered but declined the offer to be shown around.

Because it was unnecessary.

If Lin Sheng wanted to, he could know everything about this planet completely.

"Then we shall take our leave."

After Lin Sheng rejected him, the man did not persist and quickly led his subordinates away.

After the officers left, Lin Sheng also passed through the crowd and disappeared around a street corner.

...

By a certain street in the city, two people were currently standing on the roadside arguing about something.

The two were an older woman and a young man.

Lin Sheng listened with interest for a while and roughly figured out why they were arguing.

The woman ran a butcher shop on this street, while the young man had opened a dessert shop next to it.

Originally, the woman's butcher shop business was quite good, but ever since the young man arrived, her business had started to slowly decline.

By now, compared to before, the woman's business could be described as having plummeted.

Unable to bear it any longer, the woman had sought out the young man for several "friendly exchanges," only to find that he wasn't buying it, which led to today's argument.

However, no matter what the woman said, the young man maintained an attitude of "I don't care, it's useless to talk to me," completely immune to the verbal harassment coming from her mouth.

As time went on, the woman also grew tired of shouting.

Seeing the young man's "stubborn as a mule" attitude, she angrily returned to her butcher shop.

After the woman went back, the young man didn't linger outside either and unhurriedly returned to his dessert shop.

Lin Sheng followed behind the young man and entered the dessert shop right after him.

Entering the dessert shop, Lin Sheng realized that the woman's scolding was justified.

He had thought the woman was just making trouble out of nothing, but upon entering the dessert shop and seeing the items on the shelves, Lin Sheng realized she was right.

The decline of the butcher shop's business might truly be related to this young man in front of him.

Scanning the goods on the shelves, Lin Sheng felt that the most harmless among them was probably that piece of unknown dessert crawling with insects.

After all, at least insects were eating that piece; as for the other desserts, even insects didn't dare to touch them.

"What would you like to buy? The goods in this shop are high quality and reasonably priced; satisfaction is guaranteed."

After discovering Lin Sheng following him, the Shopkeeper casually pitched his shop's goods, his tone showing not the slightest hint of anything unusual.

"I'm not buying anything."

Looking at the items on the shelves, Lin Sheng slowly shook his head.

"Not buying anything? Then what are you doing here if you're not buying anything!"

Upon learning that Lin Sheng wasn't there to buy anything, the young man's tone changed, and he made a move to kick Lin Sheng out.