Chapter 026: Zombies Selling Goods on the Street

“Yes, this world is too bright; brightness needs some darkness to complement it,” Chen Xiao said with a smile as well.
Is there right or wrong in the world? It’s just a matter of viewing things from different perspectives.
Just like Murong Zi—because of her momentary temper, she caused Chen Xiao to lose his job. To her, it seemed like nothing serious, but in Chen Xiao’s eyes, it was an unforgivable crime.
It’s just a difference in perspective and status.
Now, Chen Xiao and Zhang Yitao hit it off immediately. Chen Xiao agreed to merely keep a nominal role in the Blood Dragon Hall, not participating in their operations.
He followed Zhang Yitao to a stronghold of the Blood Dragon Hall and met with its main leaders, getting to know each other a bit to avoid future misunderstandings.
During this time, many people in the Blood Dragon Hall wanted to test Chen Xiao’s skills, but he kicked them away using the simplest methods, leaving no one daring to speak up again. As a result, Chen Xiao’s status in Zhang Yitao’s eyes soared.
Earlier, he had only heard from his subordinates that Chen Xiao had kicked over a dozen people, but since he hadn’t seen it with his own eyes, he couldn’t take Chen Xiao seriously. Now that he had witnessed it, he couldn’t help but respect him.
To win Chen Xiao over, Zhang Yitao promptly promoted him to vice leader of the Blood Dragon Hall’s branch here, second only to himself.
Chen Xiao, who was in a daze, couldn’t understand the true status of the Blood Dragon Hall in Jinghua City, nor did he grasp the power of being a vice leader of its branch. In other words, Chen Xiao was still a minor figure, unable to comprehend such heights. In his eyes, they were just gang members.
After dining and drinking with several high-ranking members of the Blood Dragon Hall, Chen Xiao asked to leave, exchanging phone numbers with them. He firmly declined Zhang Yitao’s offer to send him back to school in a car, and once again found himself on the empty streets. By now, the sun had set.
“Life’s ups and downs are nothing compared to this. Who would have thought I’d end up joining a gang one day? I hope they’ll forget about me in a few days.”
In the north in April, the sky darkened early. Normally, at this time, he would be working at the Liuyun Hotel and staying there overnight.
Suddenly, an idea struck Chen Xiao.
“What if I went to a world of supernatural abilities?”
Once this idea arose, he couldn’t suppress it anymore. Although there were terrifying ghosts and zombies in that world, they didn’t seem threatening. Moreover, he couldn’t quell his curiosity.
A world parallel to Earth.
Chen Xiao quickened his pace and entered an empty alley. He took out his supernatural ability card from his pocket. After confirming no one was around, he slowly poured his mental energy into the card.
Swish!
After a blur of black light, Chen Xiao’s body instantly appeared in the world of supernatural abilities.
It was the same as before: a gray sky, land that seemed lifeless, and a fairly large market. At the center of the market was the headquarters of the North China Supernatural Abilities Association.

Since Chen Xiao’s supernatural crystal card was formed from the local supernatural crystals, he could only appear here. Chen Xiao glanced outside—there was a mountain in the distance, and below it lay a lifeless forest. If it weren’t for the bustling market right in front of him, this place would indeed resemble a dead zone. “There are 100 star coins in the card; let’s explore the market first.” Upon returning here, Chen Xiao found that he wasn’t as repulsed by ghosts and zombies anymore—at least he wasn’t afraid of them anymore. On the streets, those who were more successful had opened shops, while those less fortunate could only set up stalls. Seeing these ghosts wearing flattering smiles, afraid of offending buyers, Chen Xiao couldn’t help but feel a bit of goodwill toward them. These guys weren’t as terrifying as depicted on TV; they were actually quite cute. At least they didn’t engage in scheming like humans did. Chen Xiao had already learned that ghosts indeed turned from humans after death, but they had lost their memories from life, becoming like brand-new beings. Looking at the zombies hopping around aimlessly on the streets, Chen Xiao felt as though he was beginning to integrate into this magical world. Suddenly, Chen Xiao’s eyelids twitched—he saw a pale, stiff zombie staring fixedly at the roadside. In front of him was a shelf half his height, just high enough for him to reach it, with some trivial items on it. A zombie running a stall? It seemed Mo Changli had once said that zombies didn’t have very good brains; if these guys tried selling things, they’d surely lose all their money. Out of curiosity, Chen Xiao stepped forward and took a look at the goods. He was speechless—everything on the shelf were just trivial stones, with a few weapons that were rusted beyond repair. No wonder this guy had no customers; his stall was no different from a trash pile. “Young, young brother, do you want to buy something?” The zombie’s speech wasn’t very fluent, with pauses between words, but Chen Xiao could still understand what he was saying. Chen Xiao gently sent out his mental energy to scan the items and found that almost all of them were useless waste, with no trace of spiritual energy at all. “No,” Chen Xiao said with a wry smile and shook his head. “Don’t go. These are all treasures I found in the River of the Underworld.” The zombie became anxious when he saw Chen Xiao about to leave. “Found in the River of the Underworld?” Chen Xiao stopped in his tracks. The River of the Underworld was the largest river in the underworld, a realm filled with countless ghosts and zombies, brimming with endless dark energy. Ordinary supernatural beings couldn’t reach that place at all. In the eyes of supernatural beings, this world served as a buffer between the underworld and the human world—neither possessing the dark energy of the underworld nor the pure yang energy of the human world, allowing both supernatural beings and ghosts to come here.

Hearing that these items came from the River of the Underworld, Chen Xiao couldn’t help but feel curious again. At that moment, the other supernatural beings around saw that Chen Xiao had stopped and wanted to do business with this zombie garbage seller, so they all cast curious glances his way.
“Young man, although these items come from the River of the Underworld, they’re not very useful to us supernatural beings. Think carefully,” someone advised.
Chen Xiao smiled and nodded at that person, then scanned the items on the shelf with his mental power once more. He was already sure that most of them were just ordinary stones.
“Hey, zombies really have simple minds—treating stones as treasures,” Chen Xiao began to feel sympathy for the guy.
“Chen Xiao, buy the oval black pebble on the right,” Suimiao’s voice suddenly rang in Chen Xiao’s ears.
“The oval black pebble?” Chen Xiao’s gaze immediately shifted to a fist-sized black pebble lying quietly in the corner on the right side of the shelf. He had already scanned it with his mental power earlier and found nothing unusual about it.
But since Suimiao was suggesting he buy it now, it must be something special after all.
“How much is this stone?” Without hesitation, Chen Xiao picked up the black pebble and slowly poured his mental power into it, still finding nothing strange.
“Five star coins,” the zombie replied, his expression stiff, his white eyes fixed intently on Chen Xiao.
Chen Xiao didn’t hesitate. He took out five star coins from his crystal card and handed them to the zombie before leaving.
“Five star coins for a stone? He’s really rich…” As soon as Chen Xiao left, the other supernatural beings started buzzing with excitement.
“Hey, I seem to have seen him before. Weren’t he back with the leader yesterday? He seems like a newbie who’s just awakened…”
“No wonder. It seems he still doesn’t understand what five star coins represent.”
But at the same time, some others stared intently at Chen Xiao’s retreating figure, deep in thought.
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