Soul Society is a neutral zone.
And what are called neutral zones are actually gathering places for the natives of the world battlefield. A large number of natives live here, and they usually do not leave the neutral zone. Chosen ones can obtain things in the neutral zone to improve their strength, or they may find some missions and get rewards after completion. To survive in the world battlefield, supplies are essential, and the neutral zone is the only place for trading.
As for the trading method, it is difficult to say. Generally, each neutral zone has its own rules.
The most important point is that in most neutral zones, killing is not allowed, or more accurately, killing may come at a terrible price.
Take Soul Society as an example. This is the place where souls linger after death. Numerous souls can choose to scatter and survive, or gather together to form new families and live together. Moreover, many of these souls come from different worlds and different eras.
Basically, the life of a soul is no different from when it was alive, which means...
Soul Society also has crime.
Soul Society has eighty districts. Some districts have severe shortages of food and water, which become extremely chaotic and targets of theft and robbery. Large-scale brawls also occur, and some people sell food and water as commodities for huge profits, or use this to exploit others. Therefore, to maintain order in Soul Society, Shinigami form guard patrols here.
And the patrol guards of Shinigami are not only effective for the people of Soul Society, but also for the Chosen Ones from various worlds.
You must know that each of those Shinigami is a top-notch master, so what would be the fate of those Chosen Ones who dare to cause trouble in Soul Society, you can imagine.
At the same time, due to such an environment, neutral zones have very important significance in the early stages of the world battlefield.
Not all people from the worlds have a certain self-preservation ability after entering the world battlefield. Although there are many worlds full of disputes, there are also many peaceful worlds. In the early stages of the world battlefield, to improve their strength, they either scavenge in ordinary areas or venture into dangerous areas.
However, there is also a special situation, which is the neutral zone.
Neutral zones can be said to be a pure land in the world battlefield, a place of peace in troubled times, and there are many ways to improve one's strength in neutral zones.
However, this depends on luck. Neutral zones are not very common. Some areas do not have neutral zones. For example, in the doomsday ruins area, there are only thugs and zombies in that ghost place, and there is no so-called neutral zone.
Of course, although neutral zones are very important in the early stages of the world battlefield, their importance will gradually decrease over time, and neutral zones will also gradually become less safe, because the order in neutral zones is not absolute. When the strength of the Chosen Ones surpasses those responsible for maintaining order in the neutral zone, the so-called "safety" will naturally collapse.
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About five days later, Bai Ye appeared in Soul Society.
Then...
Bai Ye found himself in a rather awkward situation.
For Bai Ye, the significance of the neutral zone was not great. In the early stages of the world battlefield, some people chose to stay in neutral zones, not only for safety but more importantly because of their lack of strength.
Anyone with some strength would naturally go to dangerous areas or venture into forbidden areas for faster improvement.
Therefore, Bai Ye's main purpose in coming to Soul Society was replenishment, or more directly, food and water.
However, Soul Society has eighty districts. Some districts are relatively well-off, while others are very poor. The Seventy-seventh District of Soul Society that appeared before Bai Ye was a poor district!
After Bai Ye entered Soul Society, almost all the natives who appeared before him were starving and ragged. The surrounding buildings were all wooden houses with thatch for roofs.
In short, it was poor all over!
In this situation, it would definitely not be easy to obtain food and water, unless Bai Ye resorted to violent looting, which would cost him his expulsion from the Shinigami patrol guards, or even direct killing.
"Do I have to be this unlucky?"
Bai Ye was also helpless. If he couldn't get supplies, his trip to the neutral zone would be meaningless.
But just as Bai Ye was thinking this, he suddenly exclaimed "Huh?" and stopped in his tracks.
"No way?" Bai Ye said in surprise, looking at a sign on the side, "World Market?"
The World Market is a place specifically provided by neutral zones for Chosen Ones to trade. Natives usually do not enter it and cannot enter it. As for what is not a "usual" situation? For example, if someone kills someone in Soul Society and is chased by the Shinigami patrol guards and tries to take refuge in the market, it will not work, because this is a special circumstance.
Bai Ye was surprised because, although the world battlefield had been open for some time, he thought it was still very difficult to establish a market in a neutral zone. After all, it would have to reach a certain scale to be called a market, otherwise, it would be at most a street stall.
This made Bai Ye a little curious, so he walked towards the market.
Upon entering the market gate, Bai Ye found that there were not many people inside, but it did have a certain scale. Looking up, there were about twenty to thirty stalls. There were also some people wandering around the stalls or asking the vendors for prices.
As Bai Ye passed a stall, a man called out to him with a smile, "Young man, all good stuff, want to take a look?"
Bai Ye squatted down in front of the stall and said, "What good stuff do you have?"
The vendor immediately smiled and said, "How about this? It's called a portable gigai, it can be used to enhance combat, and this is the soul-grasping glove, which can forcibly separate the body and soul for a period of time, and this is also something that can make the soul leave the body, but it's more advanced, called a gigai pill."
Looking at the items the vendor pointed to, Bai Ye said, "These are all things from Soul Society, right?"
"Yes." The vendor nodded and lowered his voice, "Do you want Shinigami's stuff?"
Bai Ye was about to shake his head. He meant to ask if there were any items from dangerous areas or forbidden areas. To put it bluntly, he didn't care about the items obtained in the neutral zone.
However, before Bai Ye could shake his head, the vendor mysteriously pulled open his clothes.
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