A Guide to Surviving the Mysterious Dungeon and the Twelve Talismans

"Let's go." Zhou An immediately strode outside.

Still in a daze, Song Yu quickly followed Zhou An out.

[Host detected entering the instance. Draw a talisman?]

"Extract," Zhou An murmured to himself.

[Talisman drawing in progress... Congratulations, host, you have drawn the Rat Talisman]

"A rat talisman?" Zhou An was slightly taken aback.

[Rat Charm]: Can give life and autonomy to inanimate objects (such as statues and toys).

Zhou An never expected that he would actually draw the Rat Talisman.

"However, this talisman seems to have some potential," Zhou An pondered, stroking his chin.

"Zhou An, what are you daydreaming about? Let's hurry to the mission location. We only have one hour," Song Yu urged, seeing Zhou An lost in thought.

"What's the panic? I'm sure I can take you flying. Just be obedient." Zhou An equipped the rat talisman directly.

【Spells (4/5)】: Horse Spell, Tiger Spell, Dragon Spell, Rat Spell.

Song Yu opened his mouth as if to say something, but in the end he remained silent.

Zhou An took out his special phone and opened the built-in weird navigation app.

I searched for the mission location, and it's not too far; it takes about half an hour to drive there.

Zhou An remained calm and opened the internship handbook again.

[Yin Yang Agency Internship Handbook]:

1. Work hours are not fixed; on call 24 hours a day.

2. After completing each task, you will have a one-hour break. You can also take on new tasks.

3. Please be sure to complete the task; otherwise, you will be responsible for the consequences.

4. Work permits must not be lost under any circumstances; violators will be held responsible for the consequences.

5. The Yin-Yang Agency has the highest authority in the city. When you encounter a department that is obstructing you, take out your work ID and slap it in their face.

6. After the source of pollution is cleared, the other party can take 50% of their items, and the other 50% can be given to the work permit to consume.

"It seems the Yin-Yang Affairs Bureau has a lot of authority, which gives us a lot of freedom," Zhou An said with a faint smile.

Song Yu, standing to the side, also saw the work manual and immediately nodded: "Indeed, the authority is very high, but the work is also dangerous."

"By the way, how do we get to our workplace?"

"How do we get there? Of course, we'll take a taxi. Do you want to run there?" Zhou An said, then opened the ride-hailing app on his phone.

Chapter 84 The Mysterious Taxi Group

"Thirty yuan, that's pretty cheap." Zhou An placed an order directly on Guigui Taxi.

"Take...take a taxi? Why do you seem so familiar with this?" Song Yu looked at Zhou An strangely.

"Just treat the supernatural world as the real world. This special phone has a whole bunch of apps on it, they're all the same," Zhou An said with a faint smile.

Song Yu nodded, mainly because it was the first time she had ever gotten her hands on a phone from the bizarre world.

However, after hearing what Zhou An said, she understood a little better.

In just three minutes, a taxi arrived in front of them.

"Humans? They can take taxis too?" The driver rolled down the window and kept looking Zhou An and Song Yu up and down.

Zhou An, expressionless, opened the passenger door: "Stop talking nonsense, get to our destination immediately."

"I'll take your dog's life in less than half an hour."

Upon hearing this, Song Yu, who had just sat in the back seat, felt a jolt of fear.

How dare Zhou An be so bold in this strange world?

"Kid, how dare you talk to me like that?" The driver was furious upon hearing this.

Zhou An took the work badge and then slapped the driver across the face: "Look carefully, what is this?"

A crisp "snap!" sounded.

The driver's face swelled up at a speed visible to the naked eye.

However, the driver didn't say anything at the moment, covering his cheek and staring intently at the work badge in Zhou An's hand.

"Yin... Yin-Yang Affairs Agency work permit? You're ghost sealers?" The driver was immediately shocked.

"Don't you look where you are? Humans can hail a taxi here, do you think they're some kind of blood-eating creature?" Zhou An said coldly.

"Yes, yes, yes, distinguished guests, you'll be there in no more than twenty minutes." The driver nodded repeatedly, then dared not say another word.

He stepped on the gas and sped off toward the road in the distance.

Meanwhile, Song Yu, sitting in the back seat, was stunned.

Zhou An opened the passenger window and looked at the scenery receding into the distance.

This strange world, apart from being a bit dark and having a blood moon in the sky, doesn't seem to be much different.

It's just that the residents have changed to something strange.

At this moment, Song Yu was also staring intently at the scene outside.

This was also the first time she had ever seen the entire city of the bizarre world.

"Is this taxi yours or a rental company's?" Zhou An asked the driver, seemingly bored.

The driver shook his head: "Sir, this is of course a vehicle from our Weird Taxi Group. Taxi vehicles are level four vehicles, and I am only level three. How could I possibly own a level four vehicle?"

"A bizarre taxi company? What level is your company?" Zhou An heard the name of another group company.

"Level 9 Group." The driver was immediately filled with pride when he said this.

"Level nine? It seems your group is quite impressive." Zhou An was also slightly surprised.

It should be noted that a level nine group is already a top-tier existence in the supernatural world.

Of course, although there are many nine-level groups, they are also divided into strong and weak ones.

For example, we are both listed companies, but my market value is 10 billion and yours is only 100 million. Are we even in the same league?

“Of course, our Weird Taxi Group has expanded its business to hundreds of cities.” Once the driver started talking about this, he couldn’t stop.

Song Yu, who was behind him, was truly stunned by what he heard.

She had never been in contact with any of these strange taxi groups or level-nine corporations.

At this moment, Song Yu could feel even more how terrifying Zhou An was.

"It seems that this time the A-level evaluation is easy, as for the S-level..." Song Yu kept glancing at Zhou An, who was chatting with the driver.

Maybe I can actually help her get an S-level rating.

……

"We're here, sir. It's been nineteen minutes, not even twenty." The driver stepped on the brakes.

The vehicle came to a smooth stop in front of Building 3 of the Xiongshiling residential area.

"Hmm." Zhou An nodded slightly, then opened the car door and got out.

"Please give me a good review, sir," the driver said quickly.

"Yes, I will," Zhou An replied, then looked away from the driver.

Upon hearing this, the driver immediately sped away.

He dared not linger, because there was a source of pollution upstairs.

Run slower, or he'll be in big trouble if he gets contaminated or accidentally injured.

Zhou An took out his phone; the taxi fare had already been automatically deducted from his bank card.

He glanced at it, didn't care, gave the other party a good review, put away his phone, and strode towards the stairwell of Unit 1.

“Zhou An, are you just going to go for it? Aren’t you going to investigate first?” Song Yu grabbed Zhou An’s wrist.

"Investigate? Investigate what? The source of the pollution is at 301, why not just go up and contain it?"

"This is the second time. I hope there won't be a third. I said I'd help you beat the game, and I will."

"If you don't trust me, then go back to the Onmyoji Agency and I'll complete the mission." Zhou An looked at Song Yu calmly.

Upon hearing this, Song Yu felt as if he had been electrocuted and immediately withdrew his hand: "I believe you, I absolutely believe you, there won't be a third time."

Song Yu repeatedly assured him.

Zhou An didn't say anything more, and strode into the stairwell of Unit 1.

This building complex has only six floors and is a walk-up building.

There was nothing strange about the neighborhood, but the air was filled with a mixture of unpleasant odors.

The smells of blood, decay, and corpses.

However, just as Zhou An entered the stairwell, he saw an old woman carrying a basket slowly descending the stairs with a hunched back.

The moment the old woman saw Zhou An, she stopped in her tracks, her eyes suddenly turning sharp.

"Grandma, am I seeing things? How come I see two humans?" The old woman rubbed her eyes, somewhat incredulous.

“No mistake, Mom, no mistake, it’s a human. I can smell it, it smells so good, such a fragrant human.” A middle-aged man’s voice came from inside the basket.

However, the middle-aged man's tone was somewhat like that of a child.

"Humans, are you really human?" The old woman's eyes instantly turned greedy, and her neck suddenly grew very long, like a snake.

Her entire head seemed to leap over a floor and appear right in front of Zhou An.

At this moment, Song Yu didn't dare to breathe.

Because this old woman is a third-order weirdo.

Suddenly, she felt her vision blurred because she realized that Zhou An's hands had disappeared for a moment, but quickly returned.