171: Traveling through time

The shopkeeper slowly opened the box, and inside was indeed a jade pendant!

The moment he saw the pendant, Xu Shian breathed a sigh of relief... If you had dared to pull out an [ancient jade of reincarnation]... "Look, this jade pendant is a Bronze Level treasure!"

"Bronze Level... is considered a treasure?"

The shopkeeper smiled.

"The guest might not know, but this type of jade pendant is more accurately a [Talisman]. They don't actually exist in our Human Realm; they are products of the laws of other worlds. Their value lies in the fact that they don't need to be worn; they take effect just by being in your backpack!"

Xu Shian took the jade pendant to check its attributes.

[Spirit Source Jade] Takes effect when placed in the backpack.

[Bronze Level]

[Item Level: 30]

[Strength +10]

[Agility +10]

...No requirement to wear, doesn't occupy an equipment slot. Which world is this from?

With such good items, is your world doing okay?

While thinking about these things, he didn't forget to ask the price.

"How much for this jade pendant?"

"That will be 500 gold coins!"

"I'll buy it!"

After all, it was a Talisman that worked just by being in the backpack. 500 gold coins for 20 attribute points—who would say that wasn't a bargain?

It was normal for it to be a bit expensive... Without giving the other party a chance to swap it, Xu Shian, having carefully checked the attributes, put the jade pendant directly into his backpack!

On Xu Shian's attribute panel, his Strength and Agility each increased by ten points!

"Manager, are there many items and equipment of this type?"

"How could there be many? These are basically brought back when people from other worlds accidentally enter the Human Realm during a space-time convergence! Of course, there are also those our people went over to snatch... Every piece is extremely precious!"

"Besides, for people of our world, this kind of item never becomes obsolete. Once it's in the backpack, it's basically kept until death... unless it's passed down to one's children and grandchildren..."

Xu Shian marveled inwardly. What kind of aggressive talk was he hearing?

It seemed the Human Race wasn't exactly some innocent little flower in the Myriad Realms!

However, Xu Shian understood perfectly why the shopkeeper said that; it really was the case.

For example, with his [Water-Repelling Bead], under normal circumstances, Xu Shian wouldn't even remember it existed... Since he had paid, Xu Shian didn't plan to stay any longer.

He reached out to take the box that held the jade pendant and prepared to leave.

The owner was dumbfounded!

"You... Take care!"

As he spoke, he looked at the box in Xu Shian's hand with a bit of reluctance.

He was still muttering to himself in his heart.

Could it be that the box is the real treasure?

Am I going to be swindled today?

Did this person buy the jade just for the box?

That's not right! I clearly just found this box randomly in the warehouse at home... Where exactly did things go wrong?

Watching Xu Shian's retreating figure, the shopkeeper was still buried in thought!

Holding the cheap wooden box, the mist in Xu Shian's heart grew thicker.

[Anywhere Door system error corrected! It can now be used normally!]

['Anywhere Door' forced correction: Blue Star world can only be visited once. After this, the passage to Blue Star will be permanently closed!]

With things being so mysterious, Xu Shian had to go see what was happening.

However, just to be safe, aside from Sink who was sent out to scout, he called both Wu Lun and Gamor back to guard the portal... Stepping out, the world changed.

The smell of car exhaust entered his nostrils—a scent he hadn't smelled for a month!

Though familiar, it was also pungent.

Xu Shian was dressed in leather armor from head to toe.

After all, the clothes he wore when he first crossed over had long been replaced by the system with coarse hemp garments.

But it didn't matter.

This was the Magic City... let alone a suit of leather armor.

Even if the three great rebels of the Heavenly Court paraded through the streets all day, no one would be surprised. At most, they'd look twice out of curiosity and pull out their phones to take a photo.

He remembered seeing videos of the 'rebels' parading through the streets on the internet before the game invasion.

Sun Wukong carrying a big staff, Nezha with smoky eye makeup nodding his head—on these streets, only Erlang Shen not being allowed to lead a dog kept it from being a perfect cosplay.

All that thinking actually happened in just an instant.

While his mind was wandering, he suddenly felt something was wrong!

How could there still be car exhaust?

He looked up at the road in disbelief; traffic was flowing in an orderly fashion!

Pedestrians on the roadside were walking hurriedly; everything still looked so harmonious!

At this moment, all sorts of thoughts kept popping up in his mind.

Could the experiences of this past month have been fake?

A Dream of Nanke? Or a hallucination before death?

With a thought, Ink Shadow appeared on Xu Shian's shoulder... Only then did Xu Shian breathe a sigh of relief!

But that's not right either!

Shouldn't I have come out of the [Anywhere Door]?

Where is my big Anywhere Door?

He checked his status; his equipment was complete, and the [Anywhere Door] was sitting quietly in his backpack waiting for its cooldown.

Xu Shian secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Although life on Blue Star was very peaceful, after experiencing the thrill of looking down on all living beings from the clouds...

If he were really made to go back to being a happy little nobody, he was unwilling deep down.

If he had intended to just lie flat, he wouldn't have worked so hard in Qixia Town... So what was the situation now?

Could it be that in the whole world, I'm the only one who went to play the game?

The place where Xu Shian was currently standing was a crossroad, with nothing around him that looked like a wall.

Xu Shian didn't know why he had been dropped here; it felt quite inexplicable.

Once his turbulent emotions calmed down a bit, Xu Shian finally remembered to understand the current situation.

Seeing a young lady on the roadside staring at him, Xu Shian smiled and went over to strike up a conversation.

"Hello, miss. I forgot to take my phone when I changed into these clothes. Could I borrow your phone to make a call?"

"Sure!"

It wasn't that the other party lacked caution, but rather that Xu Shian's outfit looked like high-end goods!

If you cosplayed as a beggar, you'd see if the little beauty wouldn't scold you... "You are truly as kind as you are beautiful!"

Taking the iPhone she handed over, Xu Shian skillfully returned to the home screen.

May 28, 2500, 8:00 AM... So that's how it is... So, what exactly happened to my dear Blue Star?

Can I not go back?

In order to fulfill the boast it made, did the [Anywhere Door] forcibly send me to a certain point in Blue Star's past?

Is the [Anywhere Door] that powerful? Or did some big shot behind the scenes make a move?

But regardless of who it was, it wasn't something the current Xu Shian could contend with.

It's better to be blissfully ignorant sometimes; moreover, for Xu Shian, this was a good thing!

"Weren't you going to make a call?"

The beauty next to him had a look of pure innocence in her eyes and didn't suspect Xu Shian of anything. Seeing him dazed at the screen, she kindly reminded him!

Xu Shian snapped out of it, gave a bitter smile, and handed the phone back!

"Not making the call?"

"I forgot the phone number..."

The young lady burst out laughing, just about to tease Xu Shian a bit.

On second thought, she didn't seem to remember anyone else's number either... Usually, even when calling parents or family, she just found the name and dialed!

The pot shouldn't call the kettle black!

"Then what do you plan to do?"

"It's fine, it's not very far. I'll be there in a few steps!"

Of course, it was impossible for Xu Shian not to remember the number!

However, he borrowed the phone mainly to confirm the time... and look, didn't confirming it reveal a problem!

On the other hand, he was currently like a wandering soul, not knowing whom to contact!

But now, there was no need to contact anyone; he already knew where he should go... and had roughly guessed the mission of this time-travel journey!

The scene where Hu Zhihao died in a car accident!