Zhang Chen spent a remarkably comfortable night in the building formed by Mirage Sand. When he awoke early the next morning, he found that since midnight, a small number of Zero Realm creatures had gradually checked into this remote, low-grade inn. All of them had arrived after midnight the previous night.
"It seems Sand China's mirage manifested physically in the Solitary Soul Desert last night, giving large numbers of Zero Realm creatures a clear direction to flood in."
As Zhang Chen walked through the guestroom corridor, he occasionally encountered lodgers with strange expressions. For these people, the Solitary Soul Desert was indeed extremely perilous. Most teams from small and medium realms had encountered all manner of danger on their journey to Sand China, and casualties were unavoidable.
Moreover, these creatures who had arrived in Sand China later did not possess the special wooden token Zhang Chen had, so they needed to pay "currency" for lodging.
In the Sand China temporarily created by the Bodhi Patriarch, all transactions followed the rule of "barter." As long as one produced something valuable, one could exchange it for a certain number of days of lodging. The same applied when purchasing goods in certain shops, giving the place a primitive-society feel.
Zhang Chen did not use the talisman in his pocket that could lead him to the Bodhi Patriarch. He placed it by the bedside, then left his room early in the morning and wandered the streets. The final day was especially bustling. Because Sand China had materialized, huge numbers of Zero Realm creatures poured in every moment.
The inns in the central area were outrageously expensive, so many ordinary people turned their attention to more remote, common inns. Some creatures who had not brought many valuables simply slept on the streets. At worst, they