Chapter 52: Reward Spiritual Item - Wandering Map

"I've finally completed this week's milestone task!"
A slight smirk tugged at the corners of Chen Ye's mouth, and an irrepressible wave of joy welled up inside him.
It took about three days.
At this pace, he must be moving quite fast!
He hurriedly checked the reward details—
[You have completed this week's milestone task—Hike 100,000 meters!]
[Reward: Wandering Map]
[Wandering Map (Spiritual Object): Reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles. You are already a qualified wanderer, continuously absorbing new sights and knowledge along the way. When you arrive at a new area, the map information of that region will be unlocked.]
At this moment, a new item appeared in Chen Ye's [Spiritual Objects] list—
[Wandering Map]
"It's actually a spiritual object reward?"
Surprise flickered in Chen Ye's eyes.
Spiritual objects were extremely rare and precious items in the Era of Weirdness.
They were tied to special attributes like "spirituality" and "willpower"...
Their rarity was extremely high.
Even until the public beta test, very few players managed to obtain a spiritual object.
Information regarding this type of item had always been scarce.
Chen Ye was immediately drawn to his newly acquired spiritual object.
After reading the description, Chen Ye roughly understood that spiritual objects were bound to the player's soul.
He closed his eyes...
The next second, a piece of parchment suddenly appeared in the dark space of Chen Ye's mind, emitting a faint golden radiance.
It seemed to illuminate the pitch-black night.
Immediately afterward.
Ink-colored lines slowly outlined themselves on the blank parchment, gradually sketching out the overall appearances of Longhua Avenue, Xining Alley, the Pedestrian Street, and Xijiang Park...
Heading out from the North Gate of Xining Alley led to an old street, and walking about a kilometer further north brought one to a pitch-black gate.
This corresponded precisely to Yongan Market!
However, the outline of the entrance to Yongan Market looked like a bloody, gaping maw!
Passing along the long, narrow corridor that followed, it resembled an intestinal tract leading straight to a spacious semicircular space.
Upon closer observation, the outline of the Silver Coin Trading Floor resembled a stomach, connected upward.
Yet, the far end was pitch-black, and the map for that area was temporarily locked.

Chen Ye's mind stirred, and he noticed a tiny, blood-red dot at the entrance of Yongan Market.
Amidst the golden parchment outlined with ink lines, it stood out as conspicuously as a star.
"This blood-red dot should correspond to myself..."
Chen Ye tried moving left and right, and found that the blood-red dot on the parchment moved along with him.
He tried concentrating his focus.
To his surprise, the parchment could actually be zoomed in!
Viewed from a macro perspective, Yongan Market originally looked like the digestive tract of some unknown giant creature.
But at this moment, displayed from a more microscopic perspective...
More ink-line outlines revealed even more detailed parts.
Pawnshops began from the entrance of Yongan Market, continuously extending forward with serial numbers starting from "9999".
Reaching the "intestinal" section brought one to the dividing point of "7777".
Further down, dense numbers were tightly arranged, following this maze-like corridor all the way to the semicircular plaza.
The shop numbers continued until they reached "101" near the dark area, where they gradually disappeared.
"In other words."
"When this [Wandering Map] arrives at a new region, it can instantly unlock the general layout of the entire area?"
"This is simply a divine artifact for exploring maps!"
Chen Ye experimented with using the parchment in his mind, and was met with an unexpected pleasant surprise.
Even for areas he had never set foot in, he could still obtain general location data.
The details could be rendered to a degree comparable to a blueprint.
Even the internal dimensions could be deduced according to the map's scale.
Moreover, it could display his current location in real-time!
The next time he entered Yongan Market, relying on this map, Chen Ye would be able to move about freely.
He could even find hidden shortcuts!
Essentially, as long as he had visited that region once, all the map details would be permanently imprinted in his mind.
The next time Chen Ye traveled to an unfamiliar place, he could quickly unlock that region's information through the [Wandering Map].
Its practicality was extremely high!

Having walked the entire night, Chen Ye's Weirdness Value reached 6,500 points.
His ranking surged to 23rd place.
Of course, because he was simply walking without engaging in any other roleplay, his overall growth rate wasn't particularly fast.
However, being able to purchase tableware and unlock a spiritual object like the [Wandering Map]...
It was a bountiful harvest!

The blood-red phone chimed with several transaction notifications; even more players were buying sugar-roasted chestnuts than before.
"Could this be the influence brought by [The Gourmet] Wang Jing?"
Chen Ye muttered inwardly, but business was business.
After processing all the information in the transaction list...
Chen Ye's personal assets instantly jumped from "10 copper coins" to "115 copper coins."
He stroked the hard surface of the copper coins, suddenly feeling that this solid texture was simply adorable!
"Money is an absolute necessity after all..." Chen Ye sighed inwardly.
Originally, he thought three hundred copper coins was quite a lot.
For a player in the early stages to possess that amount of assets was indeed no easy feat.
But upon arriving at Yongan Market, Chen Ye realized that money was never enough to spend.
The same held true in the Era of Weirdness.
With such vast market resources, let alone a few thousand copper coins, even tens of thousands of copper coins would vanish in no time if one splurged on expensive items.

Just then, the old granny selling chestnuts pushed her cart over, preparing to leave...
"Granny," Chen Ye asked immediately upon seeing her about to depart, "Do you know where the Faceless clan's estate is located?"
"In an alley on the old street."
"Hehe, as long as you look for it with your heart, you will definitely find it."
"Old bones like mine have been walking all night, and my legs aren't as agile anymore. Go search carefully."
The chestnut-selling granny chuckled softly, her figure suddenly drifting toward the other side of the old street. As her voice grew increasingly ethereal, she vanished shortly after, as if she had never appeared at all.
"Right on the old street, huh..." Chen Ye muttered to himself silently, then shifted his mind and opened the [Wandering Map].
At this point, the map of the old street had been completely unlocked.
Aside from a main thoroughfare, there were several side alleys branching off that led into the old residential district.
Among the twisting, distorted ink characters, the characters for the "Lin Family" could be faintly discerned.
This was precisely the Faceless clan mentioned by the chestnut-selling granny.
Although the location was indeed somewhat out of the way.
If he had to search for it himself, who knew how many detours he would have to make.
But with the [Wandering Map], he could identify the exact location of the Lin Family at a glance.
Chen Ye counted to the second alley along the old street, slipped inside, and headed toward the Lin Family estate all by himself.