Civilization: Beyond Two Worlds

"…"

How should he put it?

This guess was unexpected but reasonable.

However, it made him feel complicated.

Damn the house price.

It kept rising over the years.

In the current era, it had already become the core topic of conversation for the commoners.

As an ordinary person, Kang De was considered lucky.

At the very least, his family had entered the city early and bought a house early. Moreover, they had taken the opportunity to buy another house when the housing price in the city had exploded ten years ago and finally caught up with the progress of history.

His parents' gifts and love made Kang De not have to worry too much about the house when he got married.

However, to be honest, objectively speaking, this situation was very ridiculous.

The house Kang De was living in now was 130 to 140 square meters. The housing price in the district had already increased to 6,000,000 yuan. If a young man with outstanding studies and an extremely good job who had a bright future wanted to buy it, if his family could not provide much help, this was almost something he did not dare to hope for in his life—because the pressure he felt had never been just a house.

It was better to be reincarnated than work hard. It was better to wait for his house value to go up. Rather than working hard for a career plan, it was better to grit his teeth and buy more houses two years ago. This world was always so unfair that it was almost cruel.

A well-to-do family like Kang De's who kept up with the trend was considered very good.

In the past, he was secretly glad and even proud that his family had helped him so much that he did not have to face the cruel and cold situation like many people his age.

—But that was the past.

The current Kang De was about to face a reality that was even crueler and colder than his peers.

This was because he wanted to open up the map.

He had more or less deduced the method to expand the map. The 80% chance was to buy a house.

Renting a room was useless because the hotel room was also rented to a certain extent. In other words, only the right to use it was useless and he had to have ownership of this place.

"What kind of logic is this…"

Kang De sighed.

If he had to explain, the cause of the white fog world was very difficult to explain with science. However, if he explained it from the perspective of mystery and magic, it might involve the logic of "royal authority".

The territory of the Fire Thief.

That was why the white fog dissipated, or rather, it was driven away.

If he had to explain, this was the only way.

"If that's the case, it's mine…" Kang De muttered, "Can I only buy it with money? Can I use force to capture it? Do shares count?"

However, it would be a long time before he could verify these two guesses.

Even if he wanted to occupy an island and become a king or become a chief in Africa, he had to have a certain amount of strength and foundation. He could not do it in a short period of time. In the country… Hmm, he did not want to create a farce where he announced that he would ascend the throne and be taken out by several police officers in the police station.

Let's talk about it later.

To the current him, the only way to unlock a new area was to buy a house.

…What a joke.

He thought of the price of the house in City H that day and felt weak.

The problem was that he did not only want to buy one.

He might have to buy many, many houses…

Moreover, there was a very, very huge obstacle.

Now that the country was regulating the housing price, various places had put out policies to restrict the purchase of houses. How to bypass this policy was very troublesome, but there was still a solution.

For example, auctions.

For example, he could go to cities with no restrictions.

For example, buying commercial houses, shops, and so on.

These were actually not problems.

The most important and fundamental problem had always been one.

—Money.

Kang De thought about the balance on his bank card. His heart was burning with the desire to rob the rich and help the poor. He even wanted to travel overseas. He could roughly understand why the heroes in novels were keen to do such a thing. D*mn, I'm so good at fighting, but I don't have money. You're clearly a fool, and you waste your wealth. What right do you have? Hurry up and give me some money!

As Kang De calculated in his mind, he walked around the village of the white fog world. To be honest, the strategic value here was not very great. What was more advantageous was that there were a large number of farm tools and machinery here, as well as many seeds. As for which family had hidden contraband—there might be, but he had to find them slowly.

However, after comprehensive consideration, the map of the city was still more useful to the current Kang De.

Then the problem was, the district and the village…

When he thought of this, his expression changed. He closed his eyes and thought of his warm home as if he was communicating with the power of travel. He stretched out his hand and in the next moment, the spatial door opened.

Kang De stepped in. The next moment, he fell onto the bed at home.

"Awesome."

Kang De whistled and his mood improved slightly.

After opening the map, the "save points" could be teleported around. Moreover, there was no limit to the number of times he could teleport. Only interdimensional teleportation was limited. Be it Earth or the other world, he could only go back and forth once a day.

Moreover…

He stretched out his hand again and communicated with the current world. That familiar fluctuation told him that as long as he wanted, he could immediately appear in his home on Earth.

However, he could not do that now.

What a joke. Old Wang was still in his hometown. If he returned to Earth, the number of transmigrations today had been exhausted. If he did not want to explain to Xiaoman why he had run back to the city in the middle of the night and how he had returned, he would have to take a taxi back to his hometown overnight. It was unknown if the driver was willing to drive him there.

Kang De sighed and got out of bed. Time had already synchronized between Earth and the white fog world. It was also late at night. He turned on his flashlight and ran to the bank and police station with familiarity.

He began to borrow things.

This was not Earth, so the law could not govern it. This place just happened to look like Earth.

He worked until his time was almost up. Kang De sent it back to the village and returned to reality.

He took out his phone and opened the map to search for the district around the shooting gallery.

He found it.

The shooting gallery was located at the north corner of a commercial pedestrian street. The nearest district was in the southwest. It was called Huaxing Garden. Looking at the distance, the closest walking distance from the entrance of the district to the bottom of the building was about 500 meters. In the middle were two rows of four commercial buildings. This was the most ideal place. Kang De calculated the range of his district and could basically envelop this shooting club.

The surrounding shops were not bad. The density of the buildings was high, and the probability of discovering additional surprises was very high.

The map was very considerate. Some residential areas would be marked with a reference house price.

The house price was 37,762 yuan per square meter.

—D*mn you!

Although it was not as expensive as Kang De's house, it was still very f*cking expensive! Young people could not afford houses!

This was hypocritical human nature. Previously, Kang De did not feel anything about the high house price. Instead, he felt that this was a good thing. After all, he had a vested interest. The higher the house price, the higher his wealth.

However, after encountering such a thing, he automatically moved his butt and sat on the other side.

If this house price was not controlled, it would be a disaster!

He pondered for a long time but could not think of a way to obtain money quickly and safely. After all, he was only an ordinary person and could not find a reliable way in a short period of time.

Could it be that he had to borrow it from Old Wang?

No, no, this had simply become living off a woman. Moreover, a house was worth millions. Even a rich second-generation heir like Old Wang probably could not take out so much cash at the moment.

"I, Kang De, can travel three worlds and have a strange ability. Such a transmigrator with a bright future is decisive in killing and terrifying. I will definitely become a great figure. Such a figure will have to do an earth-shattering business in the future and have my own pride and dignity! Even if I, Kang De, am captured and cut up by the elves, even if I'm captured and hanged by the Empire, I won't borrow a single cent from Old Wang!"

To be honest, so much cash was not a small sum to Uncle Wang.

It was fine if he borrowed money to start a business. As long as his thoughts were reliable and his thoughts were clear, Uncle Wang would most likely lend him money. However, if he said that he wanted to buy a house, not only would Uncle Wang laugh, he would also call Kang De's parents.

"It's so difficult to earn quick money…"

He could not help but think of the large number of resources and treasures he had plundered from the Goode family, but when the white fog world reset, those gold coins and antiques had already been reduced to ashes. Only the most valuable batch was left. They were all magical strange items and treasures. Those things could not be rashly taken out to sell.

Perhaps in the future, but not now.

"In that case, I can only find some dirty ways to sell gold…"

Kang De muttered, "Who should I ask?"

He worked for a long time before falling asleep.

In his sleep, he permed his hair, dyed his hair, put on very effeminate clothes, and put on the charm necklace. He instantly became a handsome man. Then, he went to the [Beep—] Clubhouse to be a gigolo and charmed a group of rich women until they knelt down and cried, shouting that they wanted to give him a few houses.

Then, he was shocked awake by the steel torrent of tanks charging.

"D*mn, this is a scary dream."

Kang De opened his eyes. The sky was already bright. When he thought of the dream he had, he could not help but shiver.

Then, he thought for a moment, "No, if I want to be a gigolo, with my peerless beauty and the enhancement of the charm necklace, I'll definitely become the number one gigolo in the world. At that level, it'll be my turn to choose guests. It's not unacceptable to only receive young and beautiful rich women…"

"Or perhaps it's like I planned previously. I'll participate in a talent show like the yearly trainee program and become a public lover. It'll be easier to earn money. I still have many specialties. It's not a problem to act in action movies. It's not a dream to become a global superstar in a year."

—An extremely feasible plan.

There was just one problem.

He had to stay on Earth for many years. His schedule was very tight. People would look for him every day and he could not disappear out of thin air.

"What a pity, what a pity…"

Unfortunately, he could not split up and could not leave.

He still had to return to the other world to do things.

Otherwise, it would really be too satisfying to stay on Earth and become the idol of everyone. He could casually f*ck fans. It was awesome.

He felt that he had missed many, many billions along the way.

With such a mood, Kang De pulled the electric switch. He put away the bed, closed the door, left the old residence, and walked toward Grandpa Wang's house. One night was enough. He had to go back today.

Grandpa Wang's house had already opened the door. The old man had always woken up very early. His grandmother was cooking in the kitchen, and his grandfather was boxing in the courtyard. When he saw him, he smiled and said, "Xiaoman is up too. Let's go take a look."

Kang De entered the house and went upstairs. He knocked on the door. "Old Wang?"

The girl's slightly flustered voice sounded from inside, "You… why are you up so early?"

After a moment, her voice calmed down. "Come in."

Kang De pushed the door open and entered. The girl was lying on the bed, her clothes neatly dressed. There was no problem.

—What was she panicking about earlier?

Kang De did not mind and only said, "Hurry up and get up to eat… Shall we go back after dinner?"

He considered how to convince the other party if Old Wang was unwilling to leave.

Unexpectedly, the girl only hesitated for a moment before saying, "Alright."

Kang De smiled, then turned around and went downstairs.

The door was closed, and Xiaoman revealed a complicated expression.

She felt Kang De's change again.

If such a thing had happened previously, he would definitely wink and say a few dirty words, or smile meaningfully and say, "What are you hiding in there for?" Just like how she would joke about tissues in Old Wang's house… These were all very, very normal interactions previously.

However, Kang De did not say anything now.

Old Wang silently took out the phone hidden under her and turned on the screen.

That was the reason why she panicked.

There were photos on the phone.

There were many photos of Kang De and the other party.

Some were from a few days ago, and some were now.

Her fingers swept lightly across the screen as she stared at the photos of Kang De a few days ago and now.

Sometimes, the brain would lie to itself that everything was normal because it had only been two days since they last saw each other. A person's intuition might discover a small change, but the most direct change was the moment when time froze when it was captured by the photo.

After comparison, she easily discovered the change.

Kang De's change.

He had become slightly darker, and there were subtle changes in his size and appearance. This change could not be seen through human eyes, but she instinctively sensed it.

However, through various photos,

Everything became even clearer.

In just a few days, Kang De's body had undergone a tremendous change.

It was not only his appearance. Rather, the change in his appearance was the most unimportant.

Most importantly, the change in his entire mental appearance and temperament, his smile, eyes, expression, and posture… were simply like a different person.

Due to her father's social status, Xiaoman had also seen many successful people.

That confidence, that pride, that temperament was something mysterious but existed.

It was a feeling of… having seen the world.

This feeling clearly appeared in Kang De.

In just two days, he saw the world and became confident, calm, and peaceful. Even her grandfather sensed his change and praised him for becoming calm.

However, a few days ago, he was still the same old guy…

This situation was clearly extremely unreasonable. In just a few days, what kind of world could he have seen? Even if he arranged for him to follow the country's leader overseas for an inspection, he could not change a person's temperament and appearance in a few days.

Moreover…

Old Wang thought of the two things that had happened yesterday.

A glare could cause the entire village's animals to panic and fear.

This might be a coincidence.

Then, what about that large water tank?

She had asked her grandfather. Even if there was only a little water in the tank to wash it, it was impossible for humans to easily pick up that big guy with one hand… It was completely impossible.

Xiaoman recalled the scene of Kang De falling to the ground that day.

She would never forget Kang De's gaze at that time.

Sadness, despair, pain, joy, peace, and calm.

He said, "It's you. It's really you. That's great."

In the hospital, after waking up, he also looked melancholic and calm.

On the way, he happily looked at everything around him. The scene that they were already tired of seeing, including returning to the village, was the same—it was as if he had not returned for a long time.

The surveillance camera of the district elevator also showed that Kang De had not left the house at all during those few days.

All kinds of discoveries and signs.

For two days, he did not go out. His temperament and mind had undergone a huge change. When he was discovered, he was on the verge of death. The cause of his illness was very subtle. When he woke up, he looked enlightened and cherished his life twice as much.

Moreover, he had obtained strength that ordinary people did not have.

If she had to explain, there was only one possibility.

"Could it be…"

Wang Xiaoman's heart thumped. It felt ridiculous and strange.

"Could it be that Kang De went to the…"

She muttered, "Main God Space?"

…