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

Chapter 1024 Fire Inspection

Zhang Anna never expected that she would be the one being approached by customers and then become a vendor who was actively solicited to make a transaction.

Moreover, this was not the only such transaction.

As Liu Sheng and Qiao Yu walked, strange creatures emerged from the nooks and crannies, offering to make a deal.

As a result, a number of transactions were completed in one go.

Now, Zhang Anna really couldn't understand. If this was really going to form a magic array, it should at least follow the principles of Qimen Dunjia and the flow of Qi. How could it be distributed so arbitrarily?

Moreover, what if there is some so-called "other camp" mixed in here?
But clearly Liu Sheng and Qiao Yu weren't worried.

One serving is enough to fill you up.

Before they knew it, it was already 2 a.m. Zhang Anna had lost count of how many talismans they had distributed and how many shops they had entered.

This night market seems to be endlessly large.

This made Zhang Anna's idea of following the two to explore the entire night market largely disappear.

Although we haven't encountered any danger yet.

Instead, they gained protection through this rebellious "transaction".

But ultimately, this matter has nothing to do with her.

She understood Liu Sheng and Qiao Yu's strategy—to protect these merchants and fight against the party that changed the rules.

However, she was not optimistic about it.

Since the other side defeated these merchants once and seized control of this treacherous place, it means that their power is stronger.

If you can defeat someone once, you can defeat them a second time.

Moreover, this force will definitely not sit idly by and watch Liu Sheng and Qiao Yu gather their support.

Sure enough, retribution came soon after.

"You! You're disrupting market order! Stop right there!"

As soon as the sound appeared, the strange creatures that were trading with them vanished without a trace.

Zhang Anna had deliberately fallen a few steps behind.

Now they are taking the opportunity to retreat, hiding behind the fog and in the shadows.

Not far away, two slender, uniformed figures, like rising mist, suddenly appeared.

He was ruthless from the moment he opened his mouth.

Darkness surged in, almost engulfing the two of them.

"Excuse me, how are we considered to have violated market order?" Liu Sheng asked politely.

Because of Liu Sheng's attitude, the other party could not find fault with him and had no way to punish him, so the black mist temporarily stopped.

He simply said coldly:
“If you want to continue trading like this, you must apply for stall registration in accordance with regulations. You can’t just trade randomly on the street.”

Another shadowy figure added, "That's right. If they haven't been registered, we can't properly supervise them—there's no hygiene inspection or fire safety inspection. We can't trust them, and neither can consumers."

Now Liu Sheng and Qiao Yu seemed unable to argue.

"So, how do I apply for stall registration?" Liu Sheng asked politely.

"You, come with us."

The word "you" here seems to refer only to Liu Sheng and Qiao Yu.

Zhang Anna, who was hiding not far away, only felt two faint, cold gazes sweep over her, making her heart skip a beat.

Fortunately, Liu Sheng and Qiao Yu did not betray her.

And as the two followed the shadowy figure away, the cold gaze also left, and Zhang Anna finally stepped out, letting out a slight sigh of relief.

"It seems their methods aren't working..."

But she had no clue what to do.

As time ticked away, she decided to go in the opposite direction. After walking around for a while, she saw a spicy crayfish restaurant with a health permit and went inside.

"What do you want to eat?"

The eerie creature behind the counter, which looked like an enlarged version of a crayfish, spoke in a high-pitched voice, as if it were scraping Zhang Anna's heart with pliers.

"I...I don't want to eat anything," Zhang Anna said, mustering her courage.

"what?"

The figure slowly emerged from behind the counter, carrying a strong, fishy stench, and gradually approached Zhang Anna.

Anna Zhang's heart was pounding like a drum.

He gripped another talisman tightly in his hand.

He said, "What I want to trade with you is some information."

"Oh? That's interesting. Tell me about it?"

"Some people are trading amulets in this night market."

“Amulets… oh, your Taoist stuff…” the crayfish shop owner sneered. “But so what? Your stuff can’t possibly withstand the rules of the night market.”

"But what if it's not used to defy the rules? Or for our benefit?"

The crayfish restaurant owner was somewhat surprised.

Anna Zhang took a deep breath and continued, "I mean, this talisman is for the other shops—"

"Those shops that are against you."

The clicking sound of pliers opening and closing.

Then came the crayfish restaurant owner's cold, sticky voice:
"So you figured out there were two groups of people here. You're quite clever..."

Zhang Anna felt more confident.

He slowly straightened his back.

"However, do you know which families have talismans left behind by them?"

Zhang Anna asked in confusion, "Can't you sense it? Aren't the administrators your people?"

However, the other party did not respond to this question.

The whole room had just gotten a bit colder.

Zhang Anna felt like her body was about to freeze. When she turned her head, there were several dark figures crowding outside the curtain.

Turning around, he saw that the crayfish's eyes were staring intently at him.

Now Anna Zhang understood.

“I can take you there and show you the way.”

"He who knows the current affairs is a hero."

"Another old saying from the Eastern Empire..."

“This couldn’t be more perfect, wouldn’t you say?” the crayfish said.

With a forceful swing, Zhang Anna inevitably fell to the ground.

Two dark figures stepped forward and tightly gripped her.

Strangely, it wasn't as cold as I had imagined; instead, it felt scorching hot, like being next to a burning stove, and there was a burnt smell.

Now even if Zhang Anna wanted to run away, she couldn't.

They could only endure the scorching heat as they drifted along the road.

In Zhang Anna's eyes, the outside world was now a sea of fire, with all the shops burning fiercely.

The shop owner inside, too, was reduced to a charred silhouette, like a human torch.

Anna Zhang felt like she was on fire.

But she didn't panic.

Because she remembered the effect of the Taiyi Life-Protecting Talisman, she knew that everything in front of her was just an illusion, or rather, a past reality, and would not cause her any real harm.

So even though blisters appeared on both of her arms, she didn't waver, but simply asked:
"If I help you, could you leave those whose amulets were taken... for me to kill?"

Zhang Anna was confident that since these were the night market administrators, they were the true embodiment of the rules.

Having witnessed them taking Huo Shu away without a word, Liu Sheng and Qiao Yu had no choice but to follow, without even a chance to fight back. The other shopkeepers didn't dare to resist either. She knew that only the administrators had the power to take action in this night market.

By following them, she would naturally have the opportunity to take action and thus gain reputation points...

Anna Zhang couldn't help but feel smug.

Indeed, my own strategy was the best.

Of course, we also have to thank those two strange women for finding a way out.

It's just a pity that it was too stupid.

I wasn't standing in the right direction, and I wasn't guarding against her.

Zhang Anna felt smug, recalling the shop owners she had just met.

Fortunately, she has a very good memory.

Fortunately, although everything in front of her was ablaze, the administrators were able to find the way accurately and arrived in front of the first strange shop owner that came to mind.

This is the very snail rice noodle shop.

As soon as you pass through the burning curtain, you're greeted by that pungent, slightly sour fermented smell, along with a strong stench of blood.

The shop was covered in blood, and after searching around, we finally found the owner's head, which was soaking in a jar of pickled bamboo shoots.

The shadowy figure beside him disappeared, leaving him only outside.

But the line of sight never strayed.

So his head rolled back, his eyes facing upwards, and he could only see Zhang Anna. "You...aren't you the companion of those two women?"

“Yes, that’s me.” “You…how did you become like this?”

"Sigh, you're just like me, a scoundrel who actually discovered the rules of bartering and stole my body!"

Zhang Anna instantly understood that this referred to her senior brother Zheng Wanshou.

"Where's his body?"

"It's in the back." The shopkeeper gestured with his lips, his buzz cut covered in strands of pickled bamboo shoots that he couldn't shake off. "What use is this frail body to me?"

Anna Zhang frowned.

"Then...where are your talismans?"

"It's on him!"

"Speaking of which, could you help me find those two friends of yours? I want to know when they'll fulfill their promise—"

But before she could finish speaking, with a loud bang, Zhang Anna shoved the whole vat of pickled bamboo shoots into her mouth.

Debris was scattered all over the ground, and sour, foul-smelling juice was flowing everywhere.

It was mixed with red and white liquid.

It splashed onto her snow-white Taoist robe.

Strangely, despite the fact that her Taoist robe had a self-cleaning function, it couldn't remove the stains and odor.

It's even getting smellier and smellier.

She frowned, tore off two pieces of yellow paper, crumpled them into balls, and stuffed them into her nose.

But there was still a faint, almost imperceptible smell that reached her nose, making her feel nauseous.

This feeling of nausea even affected her thinking.

She clearly felt she should calm down.

It seems she overlooked something just now.

However, her mind was occupied by the faint stench, but thankfully, being next to the dark figure, the burning smell allowed her to temporarily forget the stench on her body.

And so, we arrived at the next place.

That's the souvenir shop.

This time, the boss initially refused, but Zhang Anna punched him and snatched it from his arms.

She was already in a bad mood because of the stench emanating from her, and the other person's crying and wailing was affecting her plans to join the management team, so naturally she lost her patience.

He held the talisman in his hand.

She unfolded it and frowned deeply.

There's a feeling of being manipulated and angry.

Because on the paper, there was a small shrine with three cats sitting inside eating cat food.

A black cat, a tabby cat, and an orange cat.

"What is this thing! It's not a talisman at all!"

She wanted to just throw it away.

But the dark figures outside were pressed against the doorway, their eyes fixed on her, making her afraid to make any rash moves.

"Any questions?"

A cool voice rang out.

"No, no problem."

"Is it the amulet you mentioned?"

This made Zhang Anna's heart skip a beat.

This is certainly not the Taiyi Life-Protecting Talisman.

It can hardly be considered a talisman.

No wonder the other person couldn't block her punch and ended up crying with a bruised and swollen face.

By the way, even the previous snail rice noodle shop owner couldn't withstand Zheng Wanshou's attack—

The slow-moving idea finally began to emerge.

Something was definitely wrong.

She thought she understood the two women's plan, but now it seemed that wasn't the case.

But there's no going back now.

He quickly gave a vague response:

"Yes, of course."

As she walked out of the shop with the talisman in her hand, the two dark figures immediately grabbed her again and snatched the talisman away.

"Let's go to the next one."

She didn't dare to voice the question that had just come to mind.

The burning sensation on her body reminded her—

If she were to speak out, she would probably be of no use to them.

At this moment, all I could do was try to remember who would be the next to receive the talisman.

……

Liu Sheng looked at the application form in front of her.

He tapped the paper with his pen, pretending to be deep in thought.

Qiao Yu stroked Xiao Tian and waited patiently to the side.

They are currently in the night market management office.

Since being taken away, I haven't been able to see how I got there. The space seemed to be infinitely extended and compressed until finally a simple cement building appeared before my eyes.

They were then taken to a conference room on the second floor and asked to fill out an "Application Form for Night Market Stalls on Route 144". Only after the application was reviewed and approved could they sign a lease contract and pay rent.

There is another line of smaller text below:
[Please arrange your own payment method. The management office of the 144 bus route night market will determine whether it is appropriate. Once submitted, the payment will not be refunded.]

Then there's a form for them to fill out, indicating what kind of rent they're going to pay.

Clearly, such "rent" is probably not just a simple matter of money.

Moreover, since they arrived here, without any guidance, the shadowy figures simply vanished.

Meanwhile, the door to the conference room was locked and could not be opened from the inside.

And screams could be heard not far away.

The voice even sounded somewhat familiar.

"Is it Huo Shu?" Liu Sheng asked.

"It sounds like it."

Qiao Yu ruffled Xiaotian's fur and nodded nonchalantly.

If they don't continue to complete their applications, they might be trapped here forever, or even end up like Huo Shu.

But if they do apply, what kind of rent should they prepare?
It's hard to say.

This discretionary power is too much.

So they don't intend to go along with it.

Having escaped the situation of constantly wandering around the night market, Liu Sheng silently calculated the time in her mind, put down her pen, and said:

"Where has Zhang Anna progressed to now?"

Qiao Yu waved.

A small black cat suddenly emerged from the corner of the room.

They somehow managed to follow us here.

The black cat, like a ghost, darted onto the table, nuzzled Qiao Yu with its head, and then glared at Xiao Tian with a provocative look.

Xiaotian immediately bared his teeth.

But Qiao Yu simply said, "Alright, tell me quickly."

The black cat meowed a few times.

Qiao Yu seemed to understand.

He then turned to Liu Sheng and said, "We've focused all our attention on those dark figures. I didn't expect her to actually do that."

He frowned.

There seemed to be some regret in his words.