In this situation, the first thing Ding Yun thought of was trying to sell her clothes. After all, they were made of pure silk.
Even though they were second-hand and a bit dirty.
She figured they should still sell for something…
But then she immediately realized that if she sold her clothes, she couldn't exactly walk around in her undergarments, and she didn't even know if her undergarments were silk.
What if they weren't silk? Wouldn't she be completely stuck? After all, no one could guarantee that every world had silkworms.
So, she could only look around her surroundings first.
Then she quickly found a corner.
Recalling her memories, she tapped the watch on her wrist and used it to search online for relevant information, such as whether this world had silk, the approximate price of silk clothing, the price of second-hand goods, and the price of gold and silver in this world, and what was valuable.
In short, she searched for all potentially useful information and looked through each piece.
A few hours later, Ding Yun still had no idea about the customs and traditions or national affairs of this world, but she had a basic understanding of its products and prices.
This world did indeed have silk, but only some particularly precious handmade silk products and embroideries were valuable. Ordinary silk was at best more expensive than cotton, and a new set could generally be bought for a thousand or eight hundred yuan.
The set of clothes Ding Yun was wearing now had neither embroidery nor was it any precious silk product; it was just quite ordinary silk. The dyeing and weaving techniques used were far inferior to the technology here.
Furthermore, it lacked the embellishment of a long time.
It couldn't become an antique.
Selling it on a second-hand platform for five hundred yuan would be difficult.
Adding handmade weaving and sewing might increase the price, but since it wasn't a piece by a famous artist, the increase would be limited.
Ding Yun estimated that at most, it could be sold for two thousand yuan.
And that would depend on finding someone who liked it.
Therefore, the plan to sell her clothes was quickly abandoned by Ding Yun, but she still managed to get some money.
Because even though she was penniless, she also had no debt. Thus, she could not only use her credit card to buy things but also apply for small loans.
Even if the credit card limit wasn't high and the small loan amount wasn't high, it was still definitely more than trying to sell the clothes she had left.
Through these two channels.
Ding Yun quickly bought several sets of ancient-style clothes similar to what she was wearing, a complete set of cosmetics, and a hundred pounds of custom-made small silver ingots.
Clothes and cosmetics were a must, of course.
Because she needed to disguise herself when she returned.
Silver ingots were also essential, naturally, as her primary goal was still to make money. Only by earning money could she purchase various high-tech products and weapons in this technological dimension.
Then she could return to rescue her family.
She had already decided what to buy: the space exploration ships officially sold to the public.
This dimension was currently in the era of cosmic exploration. Not only were national governments exploring space, but governments also encouraged all citizens to explore space. To this end, governments were selling some space exploration ships, which were a notch below the current highest technology, to allow citizens to explore the universe.
These ships not only supported space travel but also possessed very complete attack and defense systems.
Although they were primarily to prevent various dangers that might occur in space, if they were specifically targeting a low-level civilization, let alone an ancient civilization, even a Level 1 technological civilization could be completely crushed by overwhelming force within minutes, leading to the civilization's demise in three to five days.
Because of this, Ding Yun set her best-case scenario as accumulating enough money to buy this space exploration ship in a short period. With this ship, she could not only save her family but also destroy countries in minutes.
She could even become an empress and rule the world without any issues.
Of course, the price of this space exploration ship was definitely very high. In the long term, Ding Yun was confident she could save enough money to buy it, but buying it in the short term would be extremely difficult.
So, she had some backup plans.
For example, buying a few bodyguard robots, or perhaps a few mechas for wilderness exploration and mining, or even buying some laser machines specifically for mining and blasting.
Based on her analysis of the product descriptions for those items.
Using those items against ancient people should also be very powerful weapons. At the very least, it would be sufficient to rescue her family through force.
However, all of this required money.
Therefore, Ding Yun's primary goal was naturally to make money.
The price of silver in this world had fallen considerably compared to a few hundred years ago due to space development, reaching about one yuan per gram.
Ding Yun had only borrowed a total of one hundred thousand yuan.
In addition, she had other things to buy and needed to keep some for emergencies, so she ultimately only spent fifty thousand yuan to purchase one hundred pounds of silver.
The express delivery in this world already utilized spatial transmission technology and robotic delivery, so about half an hour later, Ding Yun received her purchased items at a low-rent apartment she had applied for before making her purchases.
The next step was naturally to change clothes and apply makeup.
And to store the one hundred pounds of small silver ingots in the storage space of the two-world free shuttle gate to return home.
The process of returning was much simpler.
She only needed to disinfect and sterilize herself in the passage.
After the disinfection and sterilization were complete, Ding Yun immediately appeared in the hidden corner of the alley where she had disappeared earlier. Fortunately, the place she chose was indeed hidden enough, so her sudden appearance was not seen by anyone and did not startle bystanders.
This time, Ding Yun no longer needed to hide and be cautious like she did last night. She walked out of the alley with her head held high, looking left and right for shops.
Although she really wanted to go shopping, the executioner's sword was practically hanging over her family's necks.
So, she really couldn't afford to waste time.
Next, she hurried to several shops she had planned to visit, such as a jewelry store to buy top-grade jade jewelry and raw materials from mines that were already depleted in the secondary technological dimension.
For example, going to a spice shop to buy rare spices that were almost extinct in the secondary technological dimension.
In addition, there was a herbalist shop for wild, long-lived medicinal herbs.
And a flower and plant shop for extinct potted plants.
Finally, Ding Yun spent all one hundred pounds, equivalent to one thousand taels of silver, before finding another secluded corner, storing those items in the storage space of the two-world free shuttle gate, and traveling to that secondary technological dimension again to sell all those items.