"Strange, why are they playing so seriously?" Chen Xi watched the people curiously.
Seeing that the phones in their hands were all lit up, he squinted and looked closely.
After watching for a long time, he regretfully realized that he couldn't understand what was being played on the small boxes they were holding. The writing on the pages was completely incomprehensible according to his reading habits, and the writing style also seemed different from the books they read.
The more Chen Xi watched, the more confused he became. Finally, he couldn't bear it any longer. He randomly found a young man who looked about eighteen or nineteen years old, took control of the other's memory, and then, by reading the memory, gradually mastered modern knowledge.
Normally, Chen Xi would never dare to do this, fearing divine retribution.
But now, it was clearly different.
This world seemed to be beyond Qi Yu's control.
Chen Xi re-examined the young man's memories, discarding all the unfamiliar ones and keeping only the common sense parts.
Only then did he instantly grasp a lot of knowledge about this society.
He looked enlightened.
So, the black box-like thing was not a box, but a mobile phone.
And mobile phones, in the era he was in, could be used for communication and many other essential functions.
Chen Xi found it more and more interesting.
Recalling the issue of money in this era, Chen Xi began to instinctively take out a few pieces of gold from his storage pouch and went to exchange them for some cash.
Finally, he used the cash to buy a mobile phone, which was the most popular at the time.
Chen Xi sat on the street, happily browsing his phone.
When the battery ran out, he used his spiritual power to charge it.
Just as he was getting addicted to browsing his phone, a very loud dragon roar suddenly echoed in the sky.
The ordinary humans on the street couldn't hear it at all and continued to do whatever they were doing.
Chen Xi's whole body trembled. He hurried to a secluded place, transformed back into his dragon form, flew into the sky, and then rushed fiercely in the direction of the sound.
"Yan Hua! Woo woo woo" Chen Xi held the phone in one claw, and with the other, he quickly grabbed the hem of the other's clothes after lunging forward, then whimpered and cried.
Yan Hua looked at Chen Xi, about to speak, when he turned his head and saw Qi Yu and Si Qing also rushing over.
"Why are only you few here? I thought this dragon roar should have alerted everyone else. I didn't expect only you few to hear it? Where are the others?" Yan Hua felt anxiety for the first time.
Because they were unfamiliar with this place, if the others couldn't even hear this dragon roar's call, it would mean they were either unconscious, in danger, or even had their spiritual power damaged.
Qi Yu was not as anxious: "Perhaps it's because the others haven't woken up yet. When I first realized I had appeared in this world, I had just woken up from being unconscious."
Si Qing also didn't seem particularly concerned: "Yes, it's likely that the others haven't woken up yet, or are even in a state of confusion."
"But I think the children in this world are quite strange. When they first saw me, they all said something like 'play'?"
"I really don't understand what that called 'play' means?"
Chen Xi was probably the only one among them who had broken the rules and learned the common sense of this world by peeking into others' memories, so he immediately explained with conviction:
"That thing is called cosplay, a unique activity in this world, which is to dress up as characters from a TV series or historical drama." Chen Xi felt that his explanation wasn't entirely accurate, but he thought it was passable, so he just went with it.
Si Qing and Qi Yu exchanged glances, and they finally heard something strange in his words.
"Chen Xi, what is cosplay? We never heard that word before. How did you learn it so quickly? It's very strange, what did you do to understand it so clearly?" Qi Yu squinted and leaned closer.
Yan Hua also expressed his confusion and asked sternly: "You didn't secretly peek into someone else's memory, did you?"
Chen Xi looked up at the sky.
Finally, seeing everyone staring at him, he awkwardly tried to explain: "I did peek, but what else could I do? We know nothing about this world. If we lived in this world like blind men fumbling for fish, how long would it take? A little peek is no big deal, and besides"
Chen Xi paused here and cautiously added: "Besides, look, after I peeked, so much time has passed, and nothing terrible has happened."
Qi Yu listened to Chen Xi and thought about it carefully. It was true, there was no Heavenly Dao in this world.
It was not strange that the small secret realm was not heard, as the small secret realm was controlled by Qi Yu.
However, this small secret realm felt unusual. It was not under their control, nor did it have a new Heavenly Dao. It felt like another world.
Qi Yu looked at the others and suddenly thought of a very troubling question: "So, did the cultivators who entered the secret realm and never returned, truly not return, or are they lingering in this world and don't want to come back?"
After all, although he had only been in this world for a day, Qi Yu had to admit that this world was very attractive. Many things, although they didn't have spiritual power and weren't as clean and fresh as their own world, had many strange and interesting things. Most importantly, dressing up wasn't so troublesome.
Even men didn't have to keep waist-long hair.
It should be known that ordinary humans found bathing quite difficult. Because of their long hair, and the inconvenience of boiling water, washing hair was also inconvenient, so many people only washed their hair after a long time.
But in this world, it was incredibly convenient. Everything was served, or prepared in advance. One could go and wash just by spending money.
Moreover, communication between people was not as troublesome and complicated as in their world.
The only drawback was that the humans in this world seemed to exude a trace of resentment, and their complexions were not very good, as if they were suffering from some illness.
However, this was not a big problem.
Chen Xi looked at Qi Yu and suddenly seemed to remember something. He cautiously asked: "You said Wang Lanqing always said she was from another world, right? Could this be her world? If so, wouldn't it be better and more helpful to find Wang Lanqing than to wander around here aimlessly?"
"More or less. But in the meantime, we also need to look for Senior Brother and the others," Qi Yu sighed.