Although the Black-Clothed Men tried their best to stop them, no one cared.
They all shook their heads.
"They're definitely scammers."
"Yeah, scammers trying to stop us from getting rich."
"We're not going to believe them."
"Exactly, exactly. Let's keep looking for opportunities."
Seeing this, the Black-Clothed Men were utterly helpless.
"Why? Why is this happening?"
"We're clearly stating the facts. Why won't they believe us?"
At that moment, Wen Sheng stepped forward and shook his head. "They don't believe us because, deep down, they expect opportunities. They expect the extraordinary."
"So they actively persuade themselves to believe those lies."
A middle-aged man stepped out from among the Black-Clothed Men. He had an ordinary appearance, the sort of face one could find anywhere.
"Then why aren't you like them?"
"Because we're Experienced Ones. We've seen this sort of trick too many times." Wen Sheng smiled.
"I see. You have experience. You can teach people all you want and they won't learn, but when events teach them, they learn at once." The middle-aged man nodded.
"Then why did you come to teach them not to be deceived?" Number One asked.
"Because every person who gets fooled makes this city stronger. If this city keeps growing, it'll devour our world." The middle-aged man let out a long sigh.
"If that's the case, why don't you surround and contain this city?"
"We can't. It appears at random. Whenever enough people with desires appear, it manifests beside them."
"This city contains all kinds of scams. Many of them even give you a little benefit at first, only to harvest your soul in the end. That makes its disguise even more convincing."
The middle-aged man asked, "Can you understand that?"
"Of course," Number One nodded. "It's like ordinary scams. They sell you a phone that