One Hundred Thousand Yuan

"Gold buyback."

With the gold wrapped in a crossbody bag, Li Yang went downstairs, searched the map, found a shop with decent reviews, and drove straight there.

It did not take long after he arrived before Li Yang came out wearing a smile.

Under the shade of a tree, he lowered his head and checked his phone. Opening his messages, he saw a newly received notification at the top: Your bank card... has received 100,000 yuan. Balance: 123,086 yuan.

One hundred twenty-three thousand and eighty-six. The hundred thousand had come from selling the gold, while the remaining twenty-three thousand and eighty-six was his own money.

That gold hairpin had sold for forty thousand, while the other six were bought back at ten thousand each, bringing the total to one hundred thousand. It might not have seemed like much, but at his current salary, it would take him three years to save that much!

But now... he had merely grabbed a handful from a tiny little gold display case in the Gold Shop.

Not to mention anything else, there was still a huge amount of gold in that Gold Shop waiting for him to take!

As for whether selling gold would bring trouble... what a joke. If selling jewelry could cause trouble, then the only trouble would be where to get gold jewelry.

Even if he sold all the gold in that entire Gold Shop, that amount would still be shrimp-level stuff. No one would care about him.

One had to know that a hundred-square-meter apartment in downtown Linhai City started at over ten million yuan.

There were simply too many rich people in this world.

The greatest trouble for ordinary people was being poor.

"Twelve hundred thousand isn't much, but it's enough for the initial investment."

Li Yang did not feel nervous at all about selling the gold bars. He knew that such a small amount would not lead to any consequences. As long as he did not directly produce a ton of gold, there would basically be no issue, so naturally, he did not care.

At that moment, he merely looked at his phone with some excitement, put it away again, got on his electric scooter, and returned home.

"Bzzzz..."

He turned the fan to level three. Li Yang could not bother with anything else and let it blow directly on him. At the same time, he tightly shut the doors and windows, then opened a friend's chat window on WeChat.

He opened Moments, found a picture post he had been keeping an eye on, took a screenshot, returned to the chat window, sent it, and typed out a message.

"Do you still have this improved modern fully automatic compound crossbow?"

Once the message was sent, Li Yang felt a little nervous.

A modern fully automatic compound crossbow was no less powerful than a handgun, yet made far less noise. It was practically a sharp weapon he could rely on in another world. There were plenty of gold bars in that Gold Shop, but surrounded by zombies, without enough force to protect himself, no one could guarantee whether he would get the gold first next time or be attacked by the zombies first.

Therefore, whether he could get the high-powered modern compound crossbow Brother Jun had posted in his Moments was of crucial importance to him. Brother Jun was the sort of guy who loved playing with bows, crossbows, and slingshot guns.

With those thoughts in mind, Li Yang stared at the chat window, anticipation and nervousness rising in his heart.

Suddenly, his phone vibrated. He focused and looked over.

Liu Lili (Blind Date): Are you there? Are you there?

Liu Lili (Blind Date): Sorry, but I have something to do this afternoon, so I can't go to Starbucks.

Two messages popped up in succession. They were not from Brother Jun, but from Liu Lili, the girl he was supposed to meet on a blind date.

"Uh, I nearly forgot about that."

Seeing the girl's message, Li Yang could not help smacking his forehead. Ever since he had opened his eyes after his afternoon nap and received the shocking revelation that he possessed the World Gate, which allowed him to travel freely to other worlds, the string in his heart had never relaxed. He had actually forgotten about this for a moment.

Feeling a tiny bit guilty, Li Yang hurriedly typed a reply.

It's fine, it's fine. Then let's meet tomorrow instead.

Liu Lili (Blind Date): Uh, tomorrow I want to bring my younger brother and his girlfriend along. They happened to come to Linhai today and will be hanging around for two days. You don't mind, right? [Smile]

No problem. We can go to Disney together then. [Grin]

Liu Lili (Blind Date): Mm.

Those two brief lines basically meant this conversation was over. Looking back at their messages, their conversations over the past two days seemed to have all been like this. Feeling that it was not quite good, Li Yang had just been about to say a little more.

Brother Jun: I made two recently and have one left. Want one to play with? I made these myself—improved Zhuge Repeating Crossbows. They're very powerful. You can secretly shoot a rabbit or something, but you absolutely can't hurt anyone. This isn't a joke.

Li Yang instantly perked up. He directly swiped away from the chat marked Liu Lili (Blind Date) and entered Brother Jun's chat.

Don't worry, bro. I'm only buying it to satisfy the urge to own one. At most, I'll shoot a wild chicken or something when I go back to the village. I'm not stupid. It's a society ruled by law now—I don't want to go to prison. [Grin]

Brother Jun: All right, but let's make this clear beforehand. It's twenty thousand yuan each. If it's convenient, it'd be best if you come pick it up yourself. Twenty thousand is a little expensive, but I forged it myself, so it's not excessive to charge you a bit for the craftsmanship. These are prohibited within the country.

Brother Jun: Location information.

Oh, all right. Then I'll head over now.

Li Yang opened it and took a look, discovering that it was the same location as when he had bought military knives from him before. It was indeed only twenty kilometers from where he lived now. He immediately smiled, sent a reply, grabbed the keys to his electric scooter, and headed straight out.

Brother Jun was a friend he had randomly added while wandering through various forums after graduating high school. During that period, Li Yang had been particularly interested in cold weapons, so he had bought an incredibly high-performance Miao Dao from him and left it gathering dust back in his Hometown.

Even now, although they had only stayed in touch through Moments, he could basically confirm that Brother Jun was not the sort to cause major trouble. That was one reason Li Yang had been able to find what he needed so quickly.

This repeating crossbow could shoot through a three-millimeter-thick steel plate within twenty meters. It was definitely powerful enough.

"Screech—"

Twenty kilometers was not far. Even on an electric scooter, it would not take long. Li Yang shut the door to Room 3113, went downstairs, got on the electric scooter he had fully charged last night, and left.

"Eh? It's almost time for work. Where is he?"

Not long after Li Yang left, Lin Shiyu, the team leader he shared the apartment with, put on her plaid short skirt, black stockings, and neatly dressed blouse. When she stepped out and looked toward Li Yang's room, she found no one inside and was immediately a little surprised.

Could he have already gone to work?

"Pretty proactive."

Lin Shiyu muttered, then turned back to look at the man in her room, frowning. "Zhang Qiang, are you leaving or not? I'm going to work."

"Yep, yep, getting up now, getting up now."

Zhang Qiang came out of the bedroom beaming. He reached out to wrap an arm around Lin Shiyu's slender waist, but she lightly twisted away from him.

Zhang Qiang did not mind in the least. Smiling faintly, he followed her out of the shared apartment.