The home renovation market.
This area is home to a large number of decoration companies, as well as the city's largest furniture and electronics markets.
Compared to the chaos at the supermarket, the furniture store is relatively stable. After all, sofas, beds, and cabinets are too big to move. Most homes already have kitchenware like pots and pans, as well as daily necessities like stools and mops, so there's no need to drive all the way here to snatch them, unless you're out of your mind.
However, Yu Hanjiang actually saw two people who seemed to have mental problems.
Instead of robbing food at the supermarket, they came to the electronics market and stole a 50-inch LCD TV!
This is practically the end of the financial world; even eating is a problem. What are you going to do with a TV? What if the power goes out? Will you even be able to watch it?!
Two young men were wearing black vests and black shorts, and even had black stockings over their heads with two holes cut out, revealing their eyes...
Yu Hanjiang strongly suspects that these two were trying to rob a bank but ended up in the wrong place.
However, these two strange guys actually picked up a TV and ran away.
The female manager of the electronics store was startled by the sudden turn of events and clearly didn't understand the two men's behavior. After standing there stunned for a few seconds, she finally reacted and screamed, "Security! Where's security?! Stop them! Someone's stealing the TV!"
The security guard at the entrance realized what was happening and immediately gave chase.
The LCD TV was quite heavy; the two idiots carried it a few steps before the security guard caught up with them, tackled them to the ground, and looked at them like they were morons.
He stared at them, then immediately called the police.
The police arrived quickly.
The police officer in charge looked very displeased and reprimanded the two men: "What kind of time is this? You could have used your energy to buy some instant noodles instead of running around trying to steal the TV! Do you two enjoy watching TV that much?"
The police ripped off the black stockings covering the two people's heads...
He looks quite decent; he doesn't seem like a professional robber.
The two men squatted in the corner, heads in their hands, receiving a reprimand from the police. Their ears were slightly red. One of them said weakly, "We acted impulsively, cough cough..." The other said with a grin, "Officer, this is intentional robbery. According to local laws, how many days will we be detained?"
The police officer said, "Open robbery endangers public safety and is punishable by detention of 7 days or more."
Instead of showing any signs of frustration, the two had bright eyes, as if they were quite happy to be locked up.
The policeman slapped both of them on the forehead: "You like going to the station so much?!"
The two immediately covered their heads and admitted defeat: "No, no, we'll never do it again..."
The police took out handcuffs, put the two men in a car, and drove them away. The LCD TV was returned to the sales manager. The female manager said speechlessly, "What kind of people are these? They came to steal the TV, and couldn't even run a few steps while carrying it? Are they trying to be funny?"
Yu Hanjiang watched this farce unfold with indifference.
These two were clearly Challengers. They probably had their supplies stolen and, out of desperation, decided to rob someone. They were arrested and detained for seven days.
If you're detained and given food and lodging, you can get through customs smoothly, right?
I'm truly amazed by the way these two think—should we call them smart or stupid?
Do you think you can safely spend seven days in a detention center?
If that were really the case, all the Challengers could team up to smash up a bank, go to jail together, and after seven days they would all pass the test... Is it really that simple, or is it Spade Secret Room?
The strike wave will definitely affect all walks of life, and the police department will certainly not be spared.
When the detention center is paralyzed, with no one to bring water or food to the prisoners, these two self-righteous fools will probably be weeping behind bars.
Yu Hanjiang didn't meddle in other people's business and turned to walk into the home renovation market.
When I went there yesterday, there were still many decoration companies and furniture stores open for business. Some customers who had booked decoration services came to argue. But today, all the decoration companies and equipment stores are closed. The iron gates are down and locked. You can't see a single person on the street.
Clearly, after learning that prices had doubled again, most people rushed to places like farmers' markets and supermarkets to buy daily necessities. The owners of home renovation markets all stopped doing business, since supporting themselves and their families was the most important thing.
To avoid being discovered, Yu Hanjiang still used the Invisibility Cloak in the corner.
He arrived at the underground warehouse wearing an invisibility cloak. It was completely empty; all the trucks unloading and transporting goods were parked in their spaces, and none of the drivers were at work. The locks he had changed showed no signs of forced entry. It seemed the renovation market hadn't attracted the attention of thieves or robbers.
Yu Hanjiang was about to go to the warehouse to get some supplies when he suddenly heard a very light footstep.
He was invisible now and didn't have to worry about being seen, so he simply followed the footsteps.
In the underground parking garage, a man in dirty clothes was struggling to push a tricycle out from a corner. His tricycle had several black garbage bags on it, smeared with tomato juice, egg yolk, and other stains. In the hot weather, these things had begun to rot and emitted a foul smell.
He looked around and, finding no one, quickly opened the top garbage bag and pulled out a bunch of well-packaged food items such as milk, chocolate, and cookies from the bottom "garbage bag"!
Yu Hanjiang immediately narrowed his eyes.
The guy quickly took out five bottles of milk, a large box of chocolate, six packs of instant noodles, six packs of biscuits, and six bottles of mineral water, stuffed them into the bag at his feet, then disguised the "garbage truck" and pushed it to a corner of the underground warehouse.
Then, he took off his dirty clothes, took out clean clothes from his backpack, changed into them, and turned to leave.
Yu Hanjiang saw his face clearly.
The boy's handsome face still carried a hint of student naiveté, but his eyes were dark and bright, filled with trepidation. As he walked quickly forward, he alertly pricked up his ears to observe his surroundings, like the most alert little animal in the forest.
What surprised Yu Hanjiang even more was that the boy's flexibility was exceptional, almost comparable to that of an acrobat.
I didn't see him on the road earlier because he sneaked in through a hole in the wall behind the underground warehouse. The hole was less than a meter high. He threw his backpack through first, then bent down and crawled out, as nimble as a fish.
Yu Hanjiang frowned as he looked in the direction he left, his mind already made up.
—That's the boy who played guitar in Central Square.
The guy's idea of using a tricycle to store supplies and disguising it as a "garbage truck" was indeed ingenious, since no one would want to go near a smelly garbage truck abandoned in a corner.
Once all the sounds in the vicinity had completely subsided, Yu Hanjiang unlocked the warehouse door, took some supplies into his backpack, and turned back to his residence.
Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang have returned and are browsing the internet on a laptop, exchanging phone numbers. Yu Hanjiang asked curiously, "Where did you get a computer and a phone?"
Shao Qingge said with a smile, " Professor Xiao traded chocolate and instant noodles for it."
Yu Hanjiang: "......"
That's incredible.
Upon seeing Xiao Lou's smile, Yu Hanjiang believed it and exclaimed, "Impressive!"
Xiao Lou handed him one of the old cell phones, saying, "Both CEO Shao's and my numbers are in your contacts. Captain Yu can contact me anytime he wants to go out in the future."
Yu Hanjiang nodded, took the phone and put it in his pocket: " Professor Xiao is really thoughtful."
Xiao Lou asked, "What did you discover today?"
Yu Hanjiang told the two men about his experience of encountering two idiot youths who deliberately wore stockings over their heads to rob people and then went to jail to get through the process.
Xiao Lou said in disbelief, "Going to jail to pass through customs? If there's a riot, prisons will be terrifying. After all, they hold people with questionable character. Beatings, smashing, and looting are the least of it; they might even kill people..."
Yu Hanjiang nodded with a stern face: "That's right. The prisoners are usually restrained and managed by the prison guards, and they seem to behave themselves on the surface. But once they are no longer restrained, the consequences are unpredictable. That place may become the first place where bloodshed occurs."
Shao Qingge stroked his chin and said, "These two are probably like me, lone Challengers living elsewhere. Their supplies were stolen last night, and they really couldn't survive, so they came up with this desperate solution."
The culprit was still the thief from last night, who managed to pass through by stealing other Challengers ' supplies. It's truly despicable!
The two girls next to Shao Qingge cried all night last night; they were clearly desperate.
Don't they know that in this world, stealing supplies is tantamount to murder?
Xiao Lou clenched his fist tightly: "These thieves will stop at nothing to get through!"
Yu Hanjiang gently pressed his shoulder and whispered, "Don't be too angry. The human heart is unfathomable. We can't expect all Challengers to abide by the moral bottom line of humanity in Card World."
He changed the subject, saying, "I also encountered something interesting. The boy who sang in Central Square that day also stored his supplies in the renovation market. His disguise was very clever—he got a tricycle and put all the food into black garbage bags."
Xiao Lou was stunned: "Garbage truck? I can't believe he even thought of that."
Yu Hanjiang said, "He loaded the supplies into the garbage truck and pretended to be a garbage collector. Moreover, the tricycle could be ridden away at any time, which was very convenient. When entering and leaving the underground warehouse, he always used the back door and would change clothes. He was overly cautious. If I hadn't been wearing an invisibility cloak and happened to see this scene today, I wouldn't have even thought about touching his garbage truck."
Xiao Lou felt that Yu Hanjiang was already being cautious enough, renting warehouses to store supplies separately.
Unexpectedly, this young man went even further, bringing a whole truckload of garbage.
Shao Qingge couldn't help but laugh out loud: " There are really a lot of talented people among the Challengers. He actually did it. He made himself dirty and smelly, and pushed a tricycle to pretend to collect garbage."
Xiao Lou sighed and rubbed his forehead in exasperation.
Stealing other people's supplies to get through customs, disguising oneself as a robber to end up in jail, and even collecting garbage from a tricycle...
It's only the second day, and all sorts of Challengers have already taken the stage—it's truly spectacular!
Relatively speaking, Yu Hanjiang, Xiao Lou, and Shao Qingge have become the most normal-thinking people in the world?