The whole weird world is waiting for me to go to heaven

Chapter 1018 Mysterious Master
Xin Zilin likes to eat hot pot.

But she felt that the ingredients in the hot pot today were a bit strange.

"What's so strange about it? It's just pig brain, goose intestines, and chicken gizzard."

Her friend, after drinking, absentmindedly poured all the ingredients into the chili oil, completely disregarding the order in which they were added and how long they were cooked.

"No...it's not..."

Xin Zilin watched as the brains, intestines, and internal organs churned in the red oil, and murmured to herself.

Although she was a little drunk, she still felt that something was off about the ingredients that had just been served.

Isn't the folds and volume of this pig's brain a bit too large?

Also, how can goose intestines be so thick?
Xiaojun liver...

It has nothing to do with being young...

Xin Zilin's heart skipped a beat. She quickly raised her hand and called out, "Waiter! Waiter!"

My friend next to me was still muttering, "It looks really interesting..."

Isn't it very fresh?
It smells strongly of blood.

Even the aroma of the spicy beef tallow hot pot base couldn't mask it; in fact, it was somewhat nauseating.

However, Xin Zilin called out for a long time, but no one responded.

Looking around, she realized that at some point, she and her friend were the only customers left in the entire hot pot restaurant.

But on every table, steam rose from the hot pot.

The entire hot pot restaurant was shrouded in a thick, white mist, making it almost impossible to see anything. Even the windows were covered in white steam, obscuring the outside view.

It seems that her table is the only remaining isolated island.

The thought came to mind, and Xin Zilin subconsciously looked across at the person opposite her. Through the steam from the hot pot, she could only see a blurry face.

A voice faintly pierced through the mist: "Zilin, weren't you going to tell me about that colleague today? What do you think of her?"

"I……"

Xin Zilin opened her mouth.

I almost forgot that this was the reason I invited my friend to have hot pot after get off work. I thought for a moment before speaking:
"She...is a bit strange..."

"Why is it weird?"

“We usually laugh and joke together… but lately she hasn’t said a word, doesn’t look at me, and even…”

"Even what?"

Xin Zilin found it difficult to talk about.

"What's wrong?" my friend urged.

"She...smells bad..."

What kind of stench?

"It tastes like... a dead rat."

"Is it that disgusting? Did you tell her?"

"Of course I won't tell!"

"But what will other people say?"

"Of course! It's so obvious!"

"Everyone else is saying this, why didn't you remind her?"

"I..." Xin Zilin was speechless again.

"Don't you two have a good relationship?"

As the voices spoke, the blurry face opposite became clearer and clearer, its eyes fixed on Xin Zilin, a half-smile playing on its lips.

Xin Zilin didn't know what to say.

I watched blankly as my friend's face drew closer.

They were all right above the hot pot, seemingly unafraid of the scalding steam.

The mouth maintained that strange curve, yet the sound emanated from within:
"Why don't you speak?"

"Weren't you having a great time talking to other people?"

"Tell me the secrets she told you... the reason for the bruises on her body... that she smelled like a sewer rat..."

As these words struck, Xin Zilin felt a chill run up her spine and couldn't help but cry out in surprise:
"How...how did you know!"

"Ha ha……"

The other party just sneered.

His gaze was icy cold, almost popping out of his head.

And sure enough, it really did make a "snap" sound.

It detached from its eye socket and rolled into the hot pot.

Floating and sinking in the red oil, its irises eventually face upwards, as if it is still looking at itself.

The face, now reduced to two dark holes, drew closer and closer.

Only then did she see clearly.

"You...you...you are..."

The stench of decay and rot was all too familiar, wafting towards me.

Especially when you see the emptiness under the other person's scalp and the hollow abdominal cavity revealed when they stand up and lean over.

Everything inside is tumbling in the chili oil.

Xin Zilin felt her entire body freeze.

Unable to move.

My heart was about to stop beating.

The trembling iris reflected the other person's malicious smile that filled their entire field of vision.

She is going to die.

All that remains is this clear understanding.

It turns out that before death, everything really does turn into slow motion, and everything around turns into a bloody mist that fills the air before your eyes.

Almost invisible, the other's gaping maw drew ever closer, and he was about to become nothing more than crumbs between those inhuman fangs...

until--

A "ding-a-ling" sound.

The sound of the door being pushed open.

"Excuse me... is this store still open?"

A clear female voice broke the frozen moment.

Time began to flow again.

As ventilation opened up the doorway, the crimson mist seemed to be swept away, and everything in front of me gradually became clearer.

"Oh dear, we're about to close, and this is our only customer..."

Then came the sound of slippers shuffling as a large-bellied figure emerged from the kitchen, his eyes constantly glancing at Xin Zilin, as if filled with resentment.

Xin Zilin realized what was happening and looked around—

I'm truly all alone now.

The gaping maw in front of them disappeared.

Across from me were only empty chairs and a steaming hot pot, with overcooked ingredients bubbling inside, the pig brain reduced to mushy bits.

How long has it been?

She couldn't even remember how she got there.

Near the entrance, the owner was telling two women that he wasn't going to serve any more customers. Xin Zilin only glanced at them briefly, but the two women's figures were strikingly different—

One was petite and slender, the other tall and imposing.

He was also holding a dog on a leash.

Her gaze swept over and met the dog's eyes.

Cold and fierce.

It even barked fiercely at her a few times.

This made the boss so anxious that he pushed the two of them out.

"We do not accommodate pets here."

Xin Zilin didn't even have time to see their faces clearly.

All she could see was the resentful look in the boss's eyes as he urged her to pay the bill.

She quickly scanned the code to pay and walked out of the hot pot restaurant. The cool breeze that hit her face dispelled the smell of blood and hot pot from her nose.

She took a deep breath.

It feels like surviving a disaster.

What exactly happened just now?

At that moment, her phone vibrated slightly.

The screen lights up.

It was 10:14 PM.

A message popped up from her friend: "Sorry! I have to work overtime and I've been so busy I forgot to tell you I won't have time for dinner tonight. Let's make it another time!"

You were so busy that you only spoke up after 10 PM?
Isn't that going a bit too far?
Xin Zilin had just unlocked her screen and was about to send a message to appeal when she saw the time the message was sent; it should have been 8:10.

But why is it only being prompted now?

Signal problem?

or……

She recalled that face, now only riddled with bloody holes.

A chill ran down my spine.

She asked the owner and confirmed that she had indeed come alone and had been eating by herself for three hours. She had just been sitting there blankly, throwing the ingredients in without eating them, which made the owner very distressed.

"I thought...you were heartbroken?" the boss said cautiously, glancing at her with a sly look.

Xin Zilin didn't say anything at the time.

My heart is cold.

I'm sure I've really encountered something.

Her mind was in turmoil. The surrounding noise seemed like static on a radio, indistinct to her, except for a few faint sounds of barking dogs and meowing cats.

She stumbled along the street, her shadow swaying under the streetlights.

It looks like one person, but also like two people.

My pace quickened unconsciously, and I finally reached the bus stop next to me.

It's too late now, there aren't many people at the station.

The cold white light shone on two figures, one tall and one short.

These were the two women who had just been refused service by their boss.

The tall woman, wearing a black vest and shorts, carried a long, black cloth-wrapped object on her back. Her short hair gave her a very capable and spirited look, and she appeared to be in her thirties.

The other girl was quite young, but she didn't mind the trouble. She was dressed in a light blue Hanfu, with her hair tied up in a bun and adorned with a jade hairpin. She looked like a very particular and delicate young lady.

These two people are really unrelated, how did they end up together?
The fierce-looking big yellow dog squatted to one side, like a guard.

Xin Zilin recalled that if the two women with the dog hadn't barged in, she probably would have already...

So he nodded politely, avoiding eye contact with the big dog.

It was both a greeting and a way of saying thank you.

Although the other party probably doesn't know—

“You’ve been harassed,” the tall woman suddenly said.

Xin Zilin's heart skipped a beat. "W-what?"

The woman's gaze was fixed on her shoulder, as if she were looking at something unseen.

"She must be your friend, right? She's very close to you."

Xin Zilin felt a chill emanating from the place where she was being stared at, making her tremble all over. She wanted to follow the gaze, but dared not, and could only wear a mournful expression.
"I...I don't know!"

"We just saw you having hot pot with a ghost, so we went in. But it was clever; it ran away as soon as it got scared."

Xin Zilin confirmed that the other party could indeed see it.

"Then now..."

"It's following you, probably because it wants to follow you home..."

Upon hearing this, Xin Zilin's eyes filled with tears.

"Sister! Help me!"

If she hadn't been too afraid to move, she would have knelt down on the spot.

"Don't worry, this guy tried to run away again, but I stopped him. Look!"

The tall woman pointed to the area above her right shoulder.

Xin Zilin was trembling with fear, both afraid to look and curious, so she carefully turned her head away to look up.

But they didn't see that terrifying figure; instead, they saw a yellow talisman floating in the air, trembling as if something was trying to break free.

As the tall woman withdrew her hand, the yellow talisman reluctantly floated towards her, and something even brushed against Xin Zilin's shoulder and face, bringing with it a strong stench of decay.

Finally, the yellow talisman was completely put into his possession.

However, the struggle was so intense that even the tall woman could hardly control herself.

The girl in the blue dress next to her timely took out a paper cup, which was filled to the brim—

Xin Zilin, who keeps cats at home, could see it clearly: it was obviously cat food!

The tall woman stuffed the yellow talisman into it.

Strangely, the closer the yellow talisman got to the cup of cat food, the more it struggled, but once it was completely stuffed into it, it stopped moving and you could even faintly hear a few meows.

The cat food was consumed quickly; half a cup was gone in no time, and what remained emitted a strong, putrid odor.

I probably shouldn't feed the cat anymore.

Xin Zilin thought to herself.

However, when the girl poured the cat food from the paper cup into a dog bowl, the big yellow dog next to her had already been eyeing it intently. As soon as the food was poured in, it stuck out its big tongue and licked it all up, along with the yellow talisman that flashed by.

As Xin Zilin watched it all come to an end, she inexplicably felt a complete weight lifted from her shoulders, and her heart felt much lighter.

"Alright, this obsession will no longer haunt you," the tall woman said.

"Thank you so much, Master!" Xin Zilin said gratefully.

"However, you should call the police."

"what?"

"Your friend died at home, but no one found out, which is why he harbors such deep resentment."

Xin Zilin felt a pang of sadness: "How...could this be?"

"She probably isn't very popular... right? Maybe she doesn't have any family to take care of her," the girl in the blue shirt next to her said. "That's why she acted so extremely."

“No, she has a husband…” Xin Zilin shook her head, then nodded emphatically, “I know what to do.”

As the two experts were about to board the bus, she couldn't help but ask again:

"How can I thank you?"

……

Watching the No. 144 bus drive away, Xin Zilin murmured:
"Is it really that easy to get asylum?"

She lowered her head and searched for the three words "Wang Miaoshan" in the app store.

Sure enough, an app appeared.

It's such a ridiculous and childish name.

The icon also features many cute paws surrounding a mountain.

Download complete, open the program.

The interface is similar to the remote feeding mini-program that Xin Zilin used before. It has a small map with more than a dozen feeding points, and there is also a live stream to show the feeding dynamics. A bunch of furry heads are surrounding the food.

Xin Zilin used this quite often before.

The difference is——

These feeding spots are called "Wangmiao Mountain Shrine".

The button for distributing food is labeled "Offering".

However, after Xin Zilin clicked in and did a quick calculation, she found that the price of the offered food was not expensive, and was even more in line with market prices than those offered through the feeding mini-program.

So, feeling perfectly justified, I clicked on the "Offering" option.

With a series of barking and meowing sounds, the screen displayed:

Congratulations! You have completed your first offering! Wangmiao Mountain will protect you!

In the past, Xin Zilin would have scoffed at such words, finding them utterly ridiculous.

But after that night, she felt a sense of security, though she didn't know if it was real or just psychological.

At this moment, the next sentence also appeared on the screen:

Please remember to fulfill your promise to your conviction; you have 24 hours to do so.

The countdown will start immediately:
【23:59:59】

Xin Zilin was startled, realizing that this app truly possessed power beyond what ordinary people could imagine.

She initially wanted to call the police, but then realized she only remembered that the other person lived in "Bauhinia Garden," and didn't know anything else.

I quickly found the HR person in the company's address book.

Fortunately, the other person was still awake. Despite hearing her concerns, they still refused to provide her with the colleague's address.

"Why are you meddling in other people's business? Showing up at your door in the middle of the night, you'll get beaten up by her husband!"

So everyone already knew...

Xin Zilin felt a chill in her heart.

At this moment, a message popped up from [Wang Miaoshan].

Should we hire a team of dogs and cats to gather intelligence?

Offerings are required.

Xin Zilin gritted her teeth and clicked "Confirm".

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