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

Chapter 1027 Mountain Night Market
Anna Zhang is dead.

The same goes for Huo Shu.

However, the soul remained trapped inside, neither dissipating nor able to move or react.

“This is a really strange state,” Liu Sheng said after a careful examination. “It’s a bit like a ghost, but…”

"It could be considered a strange creature."

Qiao Yu pulled a talisman that had been torn in two from the wound on Zhang Anna's back and laid it flat on the ground.

However, because it was soaked in blood, the patterns on it were almost unrecognizable, and it can only be confirmed that this talisman was the cause of this result.

Liu Sheng could also see a hidden aura lingering between Zhang Anna and Huo Shu, forming a dark, thin chain that was constantly pulling the two corpses down into the ground.

"It seems this talisman can turn people into monsters, but there will definitely be a price to pay," she pondered, stroking her chin.

Qiao Yu shook her head. She couldn't understand why Huo Shu would drag Zhang Anna down with him even in this situation.

However, they had no feelings for either of them.

I didn't feel sad at all.

Before sinking into the concrete, he ransacked his belongings.

They found two tokens, two compasses, two storage bags, a hidden blade, and Huo Shu's incredibly powerful longsword.

Since Zhang Anna and Huo Shu were both dead, the marks on the storage bags had disappeared, making them easy to open. The contents were largely the same: pills, talismans, materials, and spirit stones, among other things.

"I never expected they would use spirit stones; that's really extravagant," Liu Sheng remarked.

In her world, spirit pearls are spiritual crystals that are found alongside spirit stones. However, their size and spiritual energy content are far inferior to spirit stones. Since spirit stone mines are becoming increasingly scarce, they are rarely used.

That is why the discovery of the spirit stone mine in Lingqiu caused such a sensation throughout the world.

The world that Huo Shu and his group came from was clearly quite wealthy and rich in resources.

As for what kind of world it is...

Liu Sheng glanced at the token she had just received.

The words "Longhu Mountain" are written on it.

Liu Sheng and Qiao Yu ignored the two corpses and walked towards the main entrance. The shop owners on both sides all went to their doors and bowed slightly to the two people and the dog.

It's like declaring one's loyalty.

Not far away, they saw another corpse.

Because it had been gnawed by rats, only bits of meat remained hanging on the bones.

Nevertheless, it is evident that the body is covered with signs of splicing, clearly indicating that the limbs and even the head belong to different bodies.

Beside the body lay a token.

It was shimmering slightly.

Qiao Yu picked it up, glanced at it, and then handed it to Liu Sheng.

"As expected, it's still Longhu Mountain."

"Do you want to know about Longhu Mountain?"

Just then, a sinister voice rang out from the side.

Turning around, I saw Sun Yiying standing in the mala tang shop. He was pressed tightly against the plastic curtain, his face almost flattened into a blurry flesh color, but he still couldn't get through the curtain.

Liu Sheng did not respond.

Qiao Yu naturally didn't respond, but just watched warily.

But Sun Yiying laughed.

“Now you—” Sun Yiying looked at Liu Sheng, “are the embodiment of this night market. I also need to depend on you to continue to exist, so what do you have to worry about?”

"Or perhaps..." His smile deepened.

"Are you worried that I'll expose... the fact that you're from another world?"

The air suddenly cooled down.

A shadow fell in the middle, clearly dividing the gloomy shop from the brightly lit night market outside.

Liu Sheng gave him a look.

A series of dark figures immediately emerged from the back of the mala tang shop, dragged Sun Yiying inside, and then pressed her firmly into a seat.

But Sun Yiying did not struggle.

He simply watched with a smile as the two slowly walked into the store.

But Xiaotian was not polite.

She suddenly bit off his hand without warning.

It carried it to Qiao Yu.

Qiao Yu took a dark gold talisman from his palm.

Qiao Yu's eyes darkened. She unfolded the talisman, glanced at it, and frowned, indicating that she had never seen such a talisman before.

Liu Sheng took it and looked at it, saying:
"A talisman containing a trace of Nascent Soul stage power. I didn't expect you to have something like this."

Sun Yiying was surprised that Liu Sheng could see through it.

Only then did he manage to reveal a slight look of shock.

"How did you get it?"

"Exchanged from...higher dimensions."

These words startled Liu Sheng slightly.

But his face remained expressionless.

"Then why didn't you use it before? Now you've ended up like this."

"You... I guess you're not a very advanced civilization, are you?"

Sun Yiying clearly didn't think her words would offend either of them, and simply continued:

"So you may not understand how rare it is to exchange items from higher dimensions, so I am reluctant to use them unless absolutely necessary."

I was reluctant to use it, but in the end, I never had the chance to use it again.

Liu Sheng didn't need to say it aloud; judging from the regretful look on Sun Yiying's face, he knew that Sun Yiying thought the same thing.

"So what use is it to us now? You can't go back."

"Heh, even though I'm a monster now, I still want to at least keep this realm under my control..."

The fact that Sun Yiying was determined to kill Huo Shu in this treacherous place reveals that she harbors a strong desire for control and is unwilling to submit to Liu Sheng and Qiao Yu.

But can luring and killing these two people really transfer control of this treacherous realm?

It seems that Sun Yiying still hasn't figured it out.

Or perhaps he has lost his reason due to the transformation, leaving only a sliver of primal instinct.

But right now, the situation is beyond our control.

Sun Yiying had no choice but to accept her defeat.

Liu Sheng sat down with his arms crossed, looking at Sun Yiying who was hanging her head and said:
"Tell me, what's the story behind Longhu Mountain?"

……

It was already 6:50 in the morning.

But for this city, there is no difference between morning and night.

The sky remained dark and gloomy.

However, for life living in this city, there are certain familiar patterns.

A No. 144 bus slowly drove back into the city.

This is probably the last time.

Inside the car, only the still silent driver, Liu Sheng, and Qiao Yu remained.

Oh, and there's another dog.

The area that was once a night market is now just a dark ruin, which gradually fades into the darkness of the morning light.

Liu Sheng frowned deeply.

Qiao Yu didn't disturb her.

He simply let her lean on his shoulder and adjusted her position to make her more comfortable.

After a while, Liu Sheng slowly opened her eyes.

I raised my head and let out a long sigh of relief.

"Did it work?" Qiao Yu asked.

"Yes, we'll wait until it's time to go back to the mountain."

Liu Sheng pulled out two piping hot, fragrant pancakes from somewhere.

"Eat up, it's freshly made by Chef Bing, it smells amazing."

Qiao Yu picked it up and took a big bite, her eyebrows, which had been furrowed together, now relaxed, emitting a fragrant aroma.

The return journey seemed much faster than the outward journey. Before long, after finishing a pancake, the two were back at the place where they had boarded the bus the day before.

As soon as I got off the bus, I saw someone waiting there.

Perhaps it should be described as "strange".

Because they had waited for so long, a layer of frost had formed on their bodies, and their heads were drooping little by little.

Her hair fell down, and only then could one see a clear bloodstain on the back of her neck, as if it had been cut off with a sharp object.

Liu Sheng stepped forward and asked:
Are you waiting for us?

Xiaotian also barked excitedly.

The girl, who was dozing off, suddenly woke up with a start.

His head almost fell off, but luckily Qiao Yu caught it in time.

When I opened my eyes, I saw the two people who had saved me yesterday.

He was also the person I had been waiting for all night.

Xin Zilin was also excited.

He immediately stood up. "I knew you'd come back here!"

"What if we don't come back?"

“Well…” Xin Zilin thought for a moment, “the only way is to ask customer service through that [Wang Miaoshan] app.”

Liu Sheng smiled.

"That's fine."

Anyway, customer service is basically just her and Qiao Yu, plus "World".

"So you came to us for what?"

“I want to join you!” Xin Zilin said without hesitation.

"Have you made up your mind?"

“Hmm!” Xin Zilin nodded, a bitter look on her face. “I hired a member of the dog-cat team… and I actually found her body. She’d been dead for who knows how many days…”

"and……"

Xin Zilin thought for a moment, unsure how to phrase it.

"Most of them are in the refrigerator."

Liu Sheng frowned.

A barely perceptible twitch appeared on Qiao Yu's resolute face.

"It's pitiful..." Liu Sheng said with a soft sigh.

Xin Zilin revealed an even more bitter smile.

"It's pitiful."

"She came to see me when I was going to bed at night."

Liu Sheng was slightly surprised.

"I felt like I was being watched, so I tried to open my eyes."

"I saw a dark figure sitting by the bed."

Xin Zilin's eyes gradually reddened.

"This time... I finally saw her face clearly and remembered her name."

Her name is Tang Yue.

"She told me that she had resented everyone, but this time, she had to apologize to me and thank me."

A slight smile played on her lips as a tear slid down her cheek. "But she said she also wanted to tell me a fact."

"That is……"

"Actually, I'm already dead."

“We are all dead, but we live in the abyss, going through the cycle again and again.”

"Perhaps before long, I will forget her again and become her colleague again, while she will have to go through such a painful death again."

"And I, too, will one day..."

Her hand touched her neck.

He looked shaken.

"To experience my own death again."

"As long as I am still the embodiment of obsession, I will never be able to escape this cycle. Tang Yue escaped because of me—or rather, because of you."

"But I haven't yet."

Xin Zilin looked up at Liu Sheng, her eyes sparkling.

"So I hope to join you."

"It seems that only you have this kind of power."

Liu Sheng and Qiao Yu exchanged a glance.

No denial.

He simply nodded slightly.

Qiao Yu extended her hand, saying, "Welcome to the team."

Afterwards, the three of them hailed a taxi. Qiao Yu told the driver about a place that Xin Zilin had never heard of before. After driving for a while, they finally arrived at a village.

The driver refused to go any further.

They said they'd heard there was a mudslide there, and the car definitely couldn't get through, so they advised them not to go near that village.

"They're all a bunch of lunatics!"

The three of them had no choice but to get off the bus.

The taxi sped away as if it were being chased.

As they passed through this peaceful and tranquil mountain village, which seemed like something out of an ancient painting, the villagers nodded in greeting. Xin Zilin was still a little puzzled, "It's not like you can't drive here, is it? And it looks perfectly normal!"

“It looks normal, but it’s actually the same as yours. We don’t know when it will be triggered,” Liu Sheng said calmly.

Xin Zilin immediately shrank back, feeling a chill run down her spine.

How terrifying could something be that would make other strange creatures keep their distance?
Further ahead is the road leading up the mountain.

Upon reaching the top of the mountain, one finds a dilapidated temple.

Surrounded by a group of cats and dogs, Xin Zilin was at a loss when she heard Qiao Yu say:
"Welcome to Wangmiao Mountain."

Xin Zilin could hardly believe it: "Is this mountain really called that?"

She originally thought it was just the name of the app, but she didn't expect there to actually be such a place.

"of course."

Qiao Yu looked completely at ease.

Of course, she initially thought the name was rather unorthodox, but it was, after all, her ability, and she got used to it over time, even finding it as prestigious as "Longhu Mountain".

Xin Zilin wasn't quite used to it yet, and asked again, "So, what kind of organization are we...?"

"Sect, to be precise," Qiao Yu corrected.

Xin Zilin always felt like she had boarded a pirate ship.

However, it has come.

"Come and pay homage to your ancestor."

Qiao Yu led Xin Zilin into the half-collapsed, dilapidated main hall and offered incense to the portrait of the ancestor, which was covered with human-shaped paintings of cats and dogs.

From this point on, he was officially considered to have joined the sect.

But how should we live?

However, both Sect Master Qiao and Elder Liu were busy with their own affairs at the moment, leaving her with a secret manual called "Yin Yang Chaos Technique" to read and cultivate on her own.

Xin Zilin stared blankly for a while, only feeling more bewildered.

What's even more distressing is that she's currently hiding in that half-collapsed Taoist temple, next to a bizarre portrait of the patriarch. Fortunately, there's a bunch of furry creatures surrounding her, adding a lot of warmth.

But she can't just live like this, can she?

Although she is a strange creature.

But she hasn't gotten used to this identity yet.

They need to eat, they need to sleep, and they need a sense of security.

We can't just run around the mountains and fields like these cats and dogs, can we?
Just as she was feeling uneasy, she suddenly smelled a strong aroma, a fresh and spicy fragrance from a mixture of barbecue, hot pot, crayfish, snail rice noodles, and more.

It made her stomach rumble.

"How could there be such a fragrance on such a desolate mountain?"

Xin Zilin got up and walked out of the main hall, with her cats and dogs following closely behind.

Following the aroma of food, a large group of people walked into the depths of the forest. At first, it was completely dark, but then they could see scattered lights in the woods.

The closer you get, the brighter it becomes.

A few steps further, a dazzling array of colors came into view, revealing a neon archway – “Wangmiao Mountain Night Market”. Next to it, there were adorable cat and dog figures made of various light tubes, creating a vibrant and lively atmosphere. Behind it was a large commercial street, bustling with activity.

"How come there's a commercial street like this in the woods?"

Xin Zilin has a pretty good memory.

She still remembered that when she came up here, she had clearly passed through this area, which was a large, desolate forest. How could it have become like this?
Could it be... a magical technique?

Xin Zilin walked into the night market and found that there were quite a few people, but they were all dressed in simple clothes and had dark skin, as if they had been doing farm work for a long time.

I asked casually, and it turned out they came from a village at the foot of the mountain.

"It's rare for a night market to open, so of course I have to come and join in the fun!"

"It was said by an uncle with two children."

The two children, one holding a grilled squid and the other a grilled sausage, were eating with their mouths full of oil.

The man's wife arrived with a box of takoyaki, smiling as she spoke:
"Yes, these used to be novelties only found in the city. I never thought our village would have them too. We really have to thank Wangmiaoshan."

Xin Zilin watched the family leave happily.

For some reason, I also felt a sense of pride.

After all, she's one of Wang Miaoshan's people!
Just as I was about to join in the fun and find a stall to eat and drink at, a woman came over and said:

"You're the new junior sister, right?"

Xin Zilin only felt that the other person was referring to her junior sister, "Xin".

Without hesitation, he nodded, "Yes, that's me."

"The sect leader said you can stay at my place tonight. I run a guesthouse, and I happen to have a room for you. It faces the cliff, and when you wake up in the morning, you'll be surrounded by mist and the sound of rustling pines. It's quite elegant..."

This woman never stops talking once she starts.

Xin Zilin couldn't get a word in edgewise, so she simply stopped talking and went along with them.

My heart feels warm.

Not far away, in a congee shop, Liu Sheng saw Qiao Yu's concerned gaze following her closely and said with a smile:

"Don't worry, Sect Leader, she will definitely be able to adapt well to life on Wangmiao Mountain."