Lord of Shenxiu
Chapter 649

First Stop (1,200 Bonus)

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G City.

As a port and tourist city, its daily flow of tourists and cargo was astronomical, and people of every race from all over the world could be seen here.

Property prices were sky-high here, with every inch of land worth its weight in gold...

Here, the streets were awash with lights and wine, a life of luxury and dissipation...

Most importantly, people here had been relatively superstitious since ancient times, and strange incidents occurred with alarming frequency.

Once enough people believed in something, the memetic effect that reduced public attention to it weakened as well.

People's perceptions were things that could be deceived, altered, and manipulated.

The influence of memes did not directly eliminate anything; it merely reduced people's attention and sense of presence.

When everyone around them believed that something existed, it was difficult to say that people who grew up in such an environment would not develop corresponding beliefs.

In the Foundation's records, G City was treated as a preserve, or rather... an observation site.

They had exercised restraint, refraining from changing local customs or altering the city's atmosphere.

They merely maintained the bare minimum of daily life, allowing a deformed prosperity to develop within G City's supernatural industry.

Here, masters, Feng Shui Masters, and Ghost Catchers still existed, and business was generally booming.

Private detective agencies had sprung up everywhere, and several Great Detectives even enjoyed international fame.

Although most of them were frauds, some had truly seen ghosts and survived supernatural incidents.

These people encountered ghosts easily, were skilled at analyzing their patterns, and could devise all sorts of ways to avoid them. They called themselves Ghost Catchers, and even gave this vision a name—the Yin Yang Eye!

As an aside, the Foundation had some members who disguised themselves as such masters and carried

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