A small portion of this page has already lit up, showing animals Yang Jia has killed or plants he has collected before. Not all animals and plants are included in this atlas, and the criteria for the classification are unknown.
Bai Ting came over to take a look and pointed to a line of small words at the top of the page. "Here, all the animals and plants in the illustrated book will be recycled by the City Hall at a discounted price."
Yang Jia lowered her head to look at the illustration book, and she didn't notice that at that moment, Li Bai turned around and looked at her deeply.
As they were talking, they had already reached the bus stop. Seeing that Li Bai and Bai Ting were still walking forward, Yang Jia hurriedly said, "Where are you going? We're waiting for the bus here."
Li Bai and Bai Ting retreated. Bai Ting pulled Yang Jia and asked excitedly, "Are we just taking the bus?"
Yang Jia nodded. "Yeah. It's not far from here. The bus only takes a few stops. It's quick." As she spoke, she subtly observed Bai Ting. She mentioned the bus as if she were talking about something she had only heard of but never seen, with a hint of curiosity.
Are there no buses anymore in the real world outside?
Yes, just like in science fiction novels and movies, as technology advances, these ground-based cars will become obsolete. In the future, there will be airships and flying cars, which are fast, stable, and even require no manual control. Since holographic games can be created, perhaps that world will be like this too?
Soon the bus they were waiting for arrived. The three of them boarded. Bai Ting watched curiously as Yang Jia placed his wallet in front of the sensor and swiped it three times. She couldn't help but ask, "What is this?"
"Pay." Yang Jia said concisely, pulling out his bus card and showing it to Bai Ting, "Magnetic stripe card."
There were people all around, and some had already turned their gazes at Bai Ting's question. However, Yang Jia was certain it wasn't an illusion; after a quick glance, these people would immediately turn their gazes back, pretending nothing had happened. Furthermore, the bus was clearly crowded, but wherever the three of them walked, everyone would subconsciously move aside, even leaving a considerable amount of space.
Li Bai is the best weapon for grabbing the bus! If she lived in this era, traveling would be a breeze.
But if she lived in this era, she probably wouldn't need to take the bus at all, right? There would be a special car to pick her up in and out.
It was only a few stops away and we arrived in a short while.
This was Yang Jia's first time at City Hall, and she was still a little unaccustomed. So, as they walked, Li Bai led the way, with her and Bai Ting trailing behind. It looked like some important figure on patrol with his entourage. Even the security guards at the City Hall entrance didn't approach them to question them.
The exchange place for illustrated items was easy to find. The three of them came to the window, took out the items from their bags, and asked the staff to calculate the price.
The one with the most bountiful harvest was, of course, Li Bai. Although she rarely took part in combat, her spoils were always brought to her by her subordinates after they had been processed. Perhaps Li Bai herself didn't even notice how much was there, simply dumping it all out in a mountainous pile. The staff looked at her with strange eyes.
However, these materials are probably not very precious, and they are at the purchase price. After counting, Li Bai only got less than 10,000 yuan.
Bai Ting got three thousand yuan in exchange, while Yang Jia himself only had a pitiful one thousand yuan.
She looked at Li Bai, then at Bai Ting. She had once thought her fighting ability should be similar to Bai Ting's, but reality showed that she had overestimated it. The gap between them was still enormous.
However, Yang Jia had adjusted his mindset this time and didn't express any emotion. Bai Ting must have been trained, so it was normal that he couldn't compare to her at the moment.
Although the money wasn't much, it was still much better than Yang Jia had expected. If she had known that these things could be exchanged for money, why would she have taken a part-time job?
I was careless!
After leaving the city hall, Yang Jia first took out the tourist brochure and carefully read it through from beginning to end, making sure to familiarize himself with all the information. Even if he couldn't remember it at the moment, he could just remember that it was in the brochure. He could look it up later.
When she finished reading and looked up, she found Li Bai and Bai Ting waiting for her.
"Oh, right, you guys want to buy a phone!" Yang Jia patted his forehead and asked, "What kind do you want? Smartphones these days are very versatile. Listening to music, surfing the internet, playing games, none of those things are a problem. Uh..." At this point, Yang Jia was a little unsure. After all, what he thought was a good enough, fully functional phone might not be for them, right? If they really did live in a world with far more advanced technology.
"Why don't we go and see the real thing?" Yang Jia changed his mind and looked around. There happened to be a mobile phone store, so he turned around and walked over there.
The waiter in the store was very enthusiastic and praised several mobile phones to the skies. However, Yang Jia was not interested. Li Bai and Bai Ting kept cold faces and looked not interested at all. Finally, the waiter couldn't hold it anymore and put the phones back awkwardly, telling them to "take a look at them and think it over first."
Neither Li Bai nor Bai Ting complained about the technological level of this world, which made Yang Jia feel a little better.
"Anyone like it?" she turned and asked the two of them.
Bai Ting turned to look at Li Bai.
Li Bai said without hesitation, "Buy the one with the longest standby time."
As expected of Li Bai, amidst the salesperson's lavish praise, he noticed the smartphone's most crucial weakness: standby time. Smartphones on the market generally require daily charging, and if you're gaming, you might need to charge several times a day. However, because charging is convenient and there are always power banks around, people generally don't mind this once they get used to it.
But it’s different for players. They will probably go out of the city often in the future. Once they are gone for three or four days, their mobile phones will run out of battery, making communication less convenient.
Yang Jia was a little embarrassed. "But the standby time of mobile phones nowadays is—wait!"
Before he could finish his sentence, Yang Jia suddenly remembered a certain magical device. It was a breath of fresh air in the current mobile phone world. While other phones focused on features, appearance, feel, and so on, this one pursued "long standby time, loud voice, and the ability to tell the time on the hour." That's right, it was the all-time favorite among middle-aged and elderly people—the senior phone!
Although the elderly phones that are still being produced are basically copycat brands that have never been heard of, copycats are the real deal. According to Yang Jia's own years of experience, copycat phones are far ahead of other phones in terms of drop resistance and durability. If small copycat companies had not been unable to obtain the core technology of smartphones, copycat smartphones would probably have been everywhere by now.
Thinking of the cold-tempered Li Bai holding the old phone, Yang Jia felt that it was quite touching. So she turned and walked out, calling the other two, "Follow me."
However, after leaving the store, Yang Jia didn't immediately look for a mobile phone store. Instead, she turned into a nearby milk tea shop and sat down. Then, she took out her phone, opened Taobao, and started searching: "Elderly phone with extra-long standby time."
After comparing them, Yang Jia picked out a black model with a price of 299 and a 14-day standby time and showed it to Li Bai. "Is this one okay? The 14 days he mentioned means if you leave it alone, it should last about a week with normal use, but that should be enough."
Li Bai only glanced at it and nodded, "Okay, buy fifteen."
Yang Jia's hands trembled, and he almost dropped his phone. After a moment, he said awkwardly, "Well... I don't have that much money in my account. I have to go to the bank to deposit it first."
Li Bai unhesitatingly pulled the money she'd gotten from the city hall from her pocket and handed it to Yang Jia. Since it was nearly 10,000 yuan, the staff pulled a few from a sealed stack of 10,000 yuan bills and handed the rest to Li Bai. The seal was still there.
Speaking of which, Yang Jia was very surprised. Why did they use cash transactions instead of credit cards? But she quickly remembered that these players didn't have any money.
"Just give me 4,500 first." Yang Jia did not take the money, but said.
"I'll leave it with you for now. Maybe you'll need to buy something later." Li Bai said.
After depositing money into her card at the bank's ATM, Yang Jia suddenly had an idea as she was leaving. She then turned and went into the service hall next door to get her number called. Perhaps there were fewer people doing business at that time, and since there was no one waiting ahead of her, her number was called directly.
Yang Jia stopped in front of the window, took out his ID card from his wallet, and asked the staff inside, "Can I apply for a card with this ID card?"
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