Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 107: Wake Up (Part )

"arrive!!"

Xiao Ran looked at the stone tablet in front of him, and saw that the river bank was full of flowers, but there was no trace of romance and beauty. The flowers were gorgeous, like a mockery, or like spectators.

Xiao Ran thought about what the bald old man said.

"Cross the Forgotten River to find out your destiny. Only when you know your destiny, will this matter be truly over."

Thinking of this, Xiao Ran tried to pat the red horse in front of him gently. He saw the red horse's body sway slightly, and then slowly pulled Xiao Ran forward.

To Xiao Ran's surprise, the horse's hooves did not sink when they stepped on the Wangchuan River. Instead, they reflected layers of ripples on the water surface.

The wheels of the carriage turned and drove into the Forgetful River behind, and also did not sink. But at this time, Xiao Ran felt a chill under his buttocks. He looked down and saw that the bottom of the carriage had become empty, and he could actually see the Forgetful River directly through the bottom of the carriage.

The river water was as quiet as a mirror, reflecting Xiao Ran's face.

"Ding Dong!!"

Before Xiao Ran could take a closer look, ripples appeared on the surface of the river.

Under the water, something seemed to be slowly floating up.

"Wow..."

Along with the splashes of water, a beautiful face emerged from the water like a lotus flower, and its hazy eyes moved towards Xiao Ran's cheek.

Xiao Ran was immediately fascinated by it, his eyes were instantly drawn to it and he couldn't move away.

Beauty is attractive, but this kind of beauty is captivating.

Xiao Ran felt his mind go blank, and his eyes seemed to be glued to the woman's face. The woman stretched out her slender fingers from under the water, gently grasped Xiao Ran's neck and pulled him down.

First it was the nose, then the eyes, and finally the water level reached up to the neck. Xiao Ran was completely unaware of it. Instead, he felt a lightness in his head, as if he was experiencing the nicotine in a cigarette for the first time. Even though Xiao Ran had begun to become alert at this time, he could not muster any resistance.

Women seem to have an inexplicable magic that makes you come closer, makes you feel close, and makes you unable to control yourself.

The water temperature is very warm, so warm that it makes every hair on the body open up for comfort.

Xiao Ran saw many human figures underwater. They were like the mermaids in fairy tales, living beneath the water. The only difference was that they did not have the characteristics of fish, and did not have the exaggerated fish tails like mermaids.

They danced gracefully underwater, their figures like fairies in Guo Huang's paintings, each one of them making people linger.

At this moment, strands of hair floated in front of his eyes, and a pair of gentle arms held Xiao Ran in their arms. A strange feeling that he had never experienced before made Xiao Ran's heart beat faster.

The woman's hand gently hooked Xiao Ran's chin. She was seen sitting cross-legged in the water with a kind look. There were twelve arms behind her, and there was a mirror on each arm.

The mirror reflected Xiao Ran's face.

In an instant, countless scenes were reflected inside, including Xiao Ran’s childhood past.

For example, he personally dug up the grave of the fourth grandmother who had just been buried in the same village, and dug out a lump of silver from her abdomen.

Xiao Laosi, who rushed over after hearing the news, pushed Xiao Ran to the ground. If his fellow villagers had not stopped him, he would have swung a wave to smash him to death.

Xiao Ran just looked at the grateful Fourth Grandma beside him. She was almost going crazy from the pain caused by the silver lump, and she only relaxed after Xiao Ran dug it out.

When I was a child, I could see many children who didn’t exist.

They had never harmed Xiao Ran, but occasionally asked Xiao Ran to help them steal some tributes from the ancestral hall to eat.

It was because most of these children died in accidents and were not yet adults, so they could not enter the ancestral hall, and there was no one in their families to offer sacrifices to them, so they were starving.

Various images are reflected in the mirror.
Then the woman smiled and pointed out the first comment.

[At the end of the nine classes, the cat pretends to be a tiger, is infected with evil spirits and offends Tai Sui, and never sees the sun above or the earth below. ]

Seeing this comment, the woman's face showed some surprise. She glanced at Xiao Ran with a squint, then took out a string of longevity locks and hung them around Xiao Ran's neck with a smile.

Xiao Ran looked up at the mirror, and saw in the mirror a couple looking at the baby who was no longer breathing in their arms, then they took out a dagger and cut a cut on the baby's finger.

Xiao Ran took a closer look. Aren't those his parents?
He has never seen his parents, but has only seen photos of them at home.

Xiao Ran asked his grandfather several times where his parents were.
As a result, the old man just said lightly that he was dead, and later took him to visit his parents' graves.

But I have never seen the souls of my parents.

According to the old man, after three years of death, people will never come back.

Now I actually saw my parents here. They squeezed a few drops of blood from their son's finger, carefully sealed it in a bottle, handed Xiao Ran to the old man, and quickly left the house. The scene then changed, and two nights later, a baby's cry suddenly came from the room.

This screen ends.

Xiao Ran didn't understand what was going on. Did he die soon after he was born? Then, after his parents took away some of his blood, he suddenly came back to life?

Just when Xiao Ran was confused, the second comment appeared in the mirror.

[I am a ghost who has been unable to survive for three lifetimes. My father is the wick of a lamp, and my mother is the oil. I have been stealing my life to survive for a moment.]

Xiao Ran opened his eyes wide, trying to see the truth in the mirror. The woman slowly hung another silver lock around his neck, then looked into the mirror.

It’s just strange that this time, the twelve mirrors were pointed at Xiao Ran for a long time, but no images were seen.

This scene also made the woman feel very strange. She looked at Xiao Ran from head to toe, then raised Xiao Ran high above her head with both hands as if she were holding a baby, and then...

Open your mouth.

The mouth opened wider and wider, the empty mouth stretched out into the depths, and miserable screams and struggles could be heard from time to time.

It was as if the deep part of the woman's mouth was connected to a hell.

Just as the woman opened her mouth and swallowed Xiao Ran.

Xiao Ran’s eyes went dark, and then he felt his body shake and suddenly woke up.

When I opened my eyes again, I found myself still sitting in the carriage.

What was even more strange was that when he moved slightly, he saw two small locks on his neck, one iron lock and one silver lock. They were the two small locks that had been smashed off.

"How is this going??"

Just when Xiao Ran was puzzled, a sharp voice suddenly came to his ears: "You lied to me!!"

The sound came from under the water, causing the originally smooth Wangchuan River to ripple. Xiao Ran realized that something seemed to be coming out from under the water, and hurriedly urged the red horse: "Go, go!!"

As the red horse spoke, it neighed softly, and immediately quickened its speed, pulling the carriage out of the Forgotten River.

At the same time when Xiao Ran rushed out of the Wangchuan River, a pair of hands covered with rotten flesh stretched out from the river surface behind him. Then, an old woman with rotten flesh slowly poked half of her body out of the river. Behind her, on her slender arms like spider tentacles, she grabbed a paper man who looked like Xiao Ran. She angrily tore the paper man into pieces, cursing, "The damned person who is not dead will come back sooner or later!!"

Unfortunately, Xiao Ran couldn't hear what she was shouting. At this time, black smoke began to come out of the big red horse in front of him, and then a wisp of flame emerged from the horse.

But I saw the paper figure in her hand.

"Isn't that... the paper figurine that Paper Man Zhou made for himself?"

Before Xiao Ran could think about it, the flames on the big red horse grew bigger and bigger, and Xiao Ran felt as if the horse was pulling him upwards.

"I think he's going to take me back."

Xiao Ran was still thinking about it.

Suddenly I felt the car shake violently, and then the ascending speed suddenly slowed down.

Hearing something making a noise behind the car, he quickly stuck his head out and saw a man dressed as a scholar lying on his car. The man had no face. It was not until Xiao Ran looked at him that his blurry features began to become clear, revealing a face exactly like Xiao Ran's.

"You're the bastard again!"

Xiao Ran cursed inwardly. The three guys who smashed his life lock at that time were a general wearing armor and holding a treasure fan, an old man holding a treasure sword, and the other was this scholar. It was he who kept throwing his life lock out of the treasure bowl.

The first two had been killed by Guandi, but I didn’t expect that this one was hiding here. He wanted to pull me back and not let me go back.

Just when Xiao Ran was in trouble.

On the other side, the bald-headed old man had already ordered Jinghua and Jingyue to throw the red horse into the bonfire. However, when the fire was already lit, Xiao Ran did not wake up. He immediately counted with his fingers and said, "Oh, there is still one more disaster!"

As he spoke, he took out the document that Master Shugu had sent Jinghua and Jingyue to deliver from Lu Cheng's waist and threw it into the campfire.

As the document gradually turned into ashes in the fire, a ray of golden light broke through the air and hit the scholar on the back of Xiao Ran's carriage. The scholar didn't even have time to scream as he was instantly reduced to ashes.

Without the scholar's interference, the carriage moved faster and faster.

A particularly strong pulling sensation came over him, as if someone was pulling his neck upwards. Then, Xiao Ran felt someone knock on his head: "If you don't wake up now, when will you wake up?"

　The third update will be around 6 o'clock. I'll do it as soon as possible.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)