AMRWFA -Chapter 345 Can You Deal with the “Anomalies”?

Dai Jianguo didn’t think too much about it. What he really wanted to know was: since there were anomalies in that room, how did they manage to get out?

Ruan Yaoyao blinked and said, “We destroyed it, then we just walked out.”

“D-destroyed it?!”

Ruan Yaoyao pulled out a stack of talismans and said very generously, “Yeah, with this. One stick and it works.”

“These… are talismans?!”

These things can destroy anomalies?!

Was she joking?

Dai Jianguo was shocked. These things weren’t unfamiliar in Lansu Town. There were always some superstitious old men and women who tried using them against anomalies—but they never worked. Instead, they often got themselves killed.

After that, the town leader could never organize any “resistance against anomalies” again.

There was no choice. If you didn’t confront them and just hid properly, you still had a chance to survive. But if you went straight to them, wasn’t that like walking into a tiger’s den and delivering yourself as food?

“Impossible. These things don’t work,” Dai Jianguo said. “We’ve tried before. They’re useless.”

“You’ve tried it before? That just means you used fake ones. Yours were fake. Mine are real…”

Ruan Yaoyao said this in front of everyone, then picked up a fire talisman. Pinching it between her index and middle finger, she flicked it into the air while chanting something.

Instantly, the talisman ignited.

She then smoothly opened her palm, and the flames condensed into a fireball about the size of an egg, floating above her hand.

Everyone’s eyes widened.

“What the hell?!”

Liang Shishi and Ruan Zhihe already knew Ruan Yaoyao was capable, but last time they only saw water balls. How did it become a fireball this time?

Could it be… Aunt Xu has dual water-fire spiritual roots?

“Achoo—”

Ruan Yaoyao sneezed and rubbed her nose.

【Could someone be cursing me?】

Liang Shishi and Ruan Zhihe: Is it possible we were praising you?

Dai Jianguo slowly reached out and touched the fireball, then exclaimed in shock, “It’s real! I can actually feel the heat—it’s not fake.”

“Of course it’s real. My master is amazing!” said the newly-minted disciple Lu Lingling, stretching her neck proudly.

That was her master—of course she was amazing!

Ruan Yaoyao smiled slightly, finding her adorable.

【As cute as my two daughters.】

Liang Shishi and Ruan Zhihe fell silent. It seemed they now had one more person they needed to “please.”

After a while, the fireball naturally extinguished in her palm.

Dai Jianguo looked at the stack of talismans in her other hand, clearly tempted. “Can I try some?”

Ruan Yaoyao replied, “These fireball talismans are different. Without cultivation, you can’t use them. But these burning talismans and exorcism talismans… you can use those.”

She picked out a few she thought ordinary people could handle.

Before Dai Jianguo could take them, Granny Zhou snatched them away.

“What are you doing?” he said angrily. “Those were given to me!”

Granny Zhou held them tightly in her arms. “Given to you? They weren’t addressed to you. Whoever grabs them gets them.”

“You—why are you so unreasonable?” Dai Jianguo turned to Ruan Yaoyao and the others. “See? I told you before, this old woman is extremely troublesome. Nobody in town likes her…”

Ruan Yaoyao looked at Granny Zhou’s face and said, “Forget it. Give them to her. I’ll give you another set.”

【Sigh… it’s just her character setting. She can’t help it.】

【I wonder what she’ll be like once she breaks free from this scripted control.】

【If she has no memory, it’s fine—but if she remembers everything, she’ll probably be ashamed to death. No normal person would want to be forced into being such an annoying character.】

After receiving new talismans, Dai Jianguo finally stopped complaining, though he still stood a little farther away from Granny Zhou.

Granny Zhou, however, would never dare snatch things from Ruan Yaoyao’s group—but she wouldn’t be polite to him.

Dai Jianguo felt she was exactly the type who would do that.

After putting his items away, he hesitantly asked for another set.

He suddenly remembered his crush, Sister Hua, who ran a grocery store. She interacted with many people daily and was clearly at risk.

He wanted to get a set for her too.

Granny Zhou scolded him, “And you call me greedy? You’re even worse—asking for one for yourself and then others. Do you think she runs a shop and owes you this?”

While scolding, her eyes darted around, clearly planning that if he got another set, she would also try to get more for herself.

Whether she actually intended to give them to others or keep them was only known to her.

Ruan Yaoyao naturally wasn’t fooled. She also wanted to use them to understand this world better, so when she heard about “Sister Hua,” she suggested going there directly.

“It’s so late… isn’t it dangerous?” Dai Jianguo hesitated.

Though he liked Sister Hua, risking his life seemed unnecessary.

Ruan Yaoyao said, “What danger? It felt dangerous before because we had no countermeasures. Now we do. Besides, even if you don’t go, we were planning to go out anyway. Didn’t we say we’re here to investigate and find people to help deal with anomalies?”

The explanation was slightly adjusted, without mentioning the neighboring district.

After thinking about it, Dai Jianguo agreed. They had already gone out before and returned safely. Just leading the way shouldn’t be a problem.

Besides, it was Sister Hua’s place.

If he didn’t go now, and she later heard about it and got disappointed, that would be worse.

He had already been struggling to pursue her—this would make things even harder.

So he agreed to lead the way.

Granny Zhou: “……”

I don’t want to go at all, but I also don’t want to miss out on this powerful girl… what now?

In the end, she followed awkwardly, even walking ahead of Dai Jianguo to stay closest to Ruan Yaoyao.

Dai Jianguo was furious.

He really wanted to throw this annoying old woman out.

But thinking of Ruan Yaoyao and the others, he could only endure it.

Ruan Yaoyao pretended not to notice and simply asked softly, “Is it this direction?”

“Yes, this way.”

……

Soon, someone knocked on the small door of the grocery store.

Sister Hua opened it in confusion.

Since when did people get so brave that they dared to go out at night?!

Then she saw two familiar faces.

“Jianguo? Granny Zhou? What is this about?”

Fearing Granny Zhou would speak first, Dai Jianguo quickly stepped forward.

“It’s like this, Sister Hua…”

He explained everything.

Sister Hua looked at Ruan Yaoyao with a doubtful expression.

Ruan Yaoyao understood immediately and demonstrated the fireball talisman again on the spot.

Sister Hua: “……”

I haven’t even said anything yet.

Before she could respond, a low growl came from behind them.

Turning around, she saw a car-sized anomaly following them to her shop.

Sister Hua panicked completely. She didn’t care whether it was real or fake anymore—she just wanted to close the shop door and pretend none of this had ever happened.

Ugh…

Can she still pretend she doesn’t know them now?

Just as she raised her hand, someone in the group rushed out, moving so fast that they slapped a yellow talisman onto the creature.

“Zzz—”

With a sharp hiss, the creature corroded like it had been hit by strong acid.

In moments, it vanished into the black mist, leaving only a pile of ashes.

A golden thread appeared out of nowhere, sneaking around as if stealing something, and quickly “packaged” the black mist away.

It moved so fast that Sister Hua couldn’t even see where it went.

In a flash, everything disappeared. Light broke through the sky, and the world suddenly brightened.

Sister Hua: “……”