Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 114 Entering the City (Fourth Update)

Before leaving, Xiao Ran did not forget to take the [Mystery City Pointer Box] on the table with him.

"Master, go to Stadium Road in Yibin District."

Xiao Ran went out and stopped a car, then sat in the back seat.

When Xiao Ran got into the car, the driver frowned unconsciously and opened the window casually.

Xiao Ran didn't notice the disgust on the driver's face, he just held up his phone and asked in the group: "Group owner, how did you find out?"

After a while, the group leader, Black Keyboard, replied, "It's not difficult, actually. You can pay attention to the traffic platform of Los Angeles City. There will be some detour notices on it from time to time. You can find it by following the detour route."

"genius!"

Xiao Ran exclaimed in his heart.

I don’t know if the company will notice that in order to prevent more ordinary people from entering the mystery city, they start closing roads in advance or evacuating residents under various excuses. However, they didn’t expect that this would become a way for those who are interested in finding the mystery city.

"Group leader, can we still go in now? We also want to go in and take a look."

People in the group kept asking.

Black keyboard: "Don't come here, you can't get in, the routes are blocked."

Black Keyboard: "Wait, it seems someone went in."

Then a blurry photo was posted in the group.

After Xiao Ran clicked on it, there was a figure in the photo, but it was too blurry to be seen at all.

Black Keyboard: "I plan to go in and take a look. Maybe I can find something big."

"Group leader, you have some very dangerous ideas. Be careful not to see military secrets that you shouldn't see."

"If there are any military secrets, don't post them in the group. I don't want to be in it!"

Several people in the group were still chattering.

But the black keyboard no longer responded.

"squeak!!"

When the driver was about one kilometer away from the stadium, he stopped the car and said, "This is the only way to go. The road ahead is under construction. How about we take another road?"

The driver pointed to the main road intersection ahead that led to Stadium Road, and saw a line of traffic control officers wearing yellow vests already closing the road.

"Need not!"

Xiao Ran handed over a hundred-dollar bill without asking for change. He thought the extra money was compensation. He noticed that the driver retched several times on the way.

If this place wasn't far enough away, the driver would have kicked me out long ago.

After closing the car door, Xiao Ran walked along the bushes on the roadside. When he was away from the traffic control at the intersection, he flipped over and jumped into the bushes. Then he used the Qinggong [Drifting with the Leaves]

He stepped on the wall and did a somersault to jump onto the two-meter-high guardrail.

I have to say, having Qinggong is really a very cool thing.

Although it is not as mysterious as the flying over eaves and walls in martial arts novels, nor as chic as in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, if I really have to describe it, it is actually a bit similar to parkour, except that it is a technique of using the force of the body to make it lighter.

But if it were a guardrail this high as before, Xiao Ran would wonder if he could climb up.

The road was empty, but the newly built stadium could be seen in the distance.

After taking out the [Mystery City Pointer Box] and opening it, the silver needle inside shook a few times, and then the needle tip gradually changed color and pointed to the south.

Xiao Ran looked up and didn't see the so-called fog, but there was a pointer box pointing him in the direction, so he just had to go in that direction.

The color of the silver needle on the pointer box became darker and darker. When Xiao Ran saw the white mist in the distance, the color had turned into deep red.

He took out his phone again and tried to contact the group leader Black Keyboard.

When I opened the group, I found that it had been banned for violation and forcibly disbanded.

It seems that a member of the group triggered a banned word, which attracted the attention of the network administrator.

"Oh, it's up to you, brother."

Xiao Ran said as he picked up the black machete and activated the [Black Swan Brooch·Trainee] at the same time.

Every two steps he took, that familiar feeling of palpitations appeared in Xiao Ran's heart.

The white fog began to become very thick, and the concrete road beneath his feet slowly became wet and sticky. Seeing this, Xiao Ran could only take out the handheld lantern that Li Ji gave him to illuminate the road ahead.

"call……"

A cool breeze carrying a fishy smell blew on Xiao Ran's face.

There was a "pop" sound on the sole of his foot, and a cold touch came over him. Xiao Ran quickly shone the flashlight over there, and saw a patch of mud and glittering water on the sole of his foot.

"water??"

When I looked up again, there was a muddy pit full of reeds in front of me.

"Huh??"

Xiao Ran was a little confused. Where was he? Was there no road? No bus stop?
Just as Xiao Ran was wondering, he saw a flickering light on the lake in the distance. Xiao Ran squinted and looked, and found it was a small fishing boat.

Seeing this, Xiao Ran raised the flashlight and waved it a few times in the direction of the fishing boat.

Soon, the fishing boat slowly approached, and a middle-aged man in a straw raincoat looked at Xiao Ran and said, "One coin is enough to cross the river."

"Pass!"

Xiao Ran took out a ghost money and handed it to the boatman. The boatman raised the pole with a smile, Xiao Ran pulled the pole with one hand, and jumped onto the boat easily.

"Hey, stand shoulder to shoulder, the stool is very hard."

Hearing this, Xiao Ran looked the boatman up and down, and then said, "The errand boy has to eat, and the friends online have to eat."

The boatman was speaking serious jargon. "Bingjianzi" means friend, and "Mazaban" was trying to brag about his kung fu skills.

This sounds nice, but when you say it in slang terms to someone's face, it means two different things.

One is to see if you are a gangster. If you are, then this sentence is a compliment to you.

If you can't answer or don't understand, it doesn't matter. When the boat reaches the middle of the river, the other party will pull out a knife to make you understand.

"Crap!"

When the boatman saw that Xiao Ran was truly a man of the world, he smiled and raised the pole in his hand and rowed to the other side of the river.

"Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon. There will be a temple fair and it will be very lively. It will be very profitable to make a lot of money."

Xiao Ran sat down on the river, looking at the flickering fire in the shadows on the opposite bank, and heard the boatman turn around and say.

Since they had already confirmed each other's identities, there was no need for them to have a conversation with each other, but the boatman would unconsciously interject a few words when he spoke.

"I can't make a fortune. All I earn is hard-earned money running errands. If I'm lucky, I can make a little money and that's enough."

Xiao Ran followed suit, not afraid that the other party would see anything about him. He just felt strange because the mystery city this time was different from the ones he had entered before.

"Could it be... this is the depths of the mysterious city that Wu Man mentioned?"

When Xiao Ran was wondering, the boatman turned around and said, "Little brother, are you here for the treasure too? Be careful, don't get eaten by the monster."

Xiao Ran was surprised when he heard this: "A monster?"

The boatman turned around and gave Xiao Ran a meaningful look: "Why, you didn't come here for the baby?"

"What treasure? What monster? This is my first time here and I have never heard of it. Can you please tell me what kind of monster it is?"

Xiao Ran asked in surprise, looking around vigilantly.

"I don't know, I don't know. I only heard that the monster is elusive and eats people without leaving any bones. It only eats those with thin skin and tender meat."

The boatman gently pushed the boat pole and said, "This town used to be very prosperous, but now it is dead and lifeless. It's all because of this monster. People say that the monster was caused by the Wang family. It's all because the Wang family took the monster's treasure."

"What baby?"

"I don't know. It is said that if people eat it, they can become immortals."

As we were talking, the town in front of us was getting closer and closer. Just as the boatman said, from afar the whole ancient town lay on the water bank, and except for a few scattered lights, it looked dead.

"During this period, many friends from He have come here, saying they want to exorcise demons and defend the Dao, but in fact, I'm afraid they are all here for the Wang family."

Xiao Ran nodded: "I see, there is one thing I don't quite understand, can you tell me about it?"

The boatman turned around with a smile and saw Xiao Ran slowly standing up. He pointed at the scattered lights in the town ahead and said, "Since everyone is afraid of monsters, why aren't you afraid?"

"I?"

The boatman was stunned and was about to explain, but he didn't expect a sharp sound of breaking wind to burst out from behind him. He saw the black machete in Xiao Ran's hand suddenly draw a silver arc: "Because you are a monster!"

"cut!"

The blade cut a bloody mark on the boatman's chest, and the force penetrated the boatman's body, cutting an arc-shaped ripple on the water surface behind him.

The boatman swayed and stared blankly at the cut on his chest: "How did you find me?"

"It's the middle of the night when others are sleeping but you are not. Others are afraid of monsters but you are not. As a ferryman, how could you not know the rule that you cannot ferry when the moon is above the branches?"

The saying "No boat will be allowed to cross the river when the moon is above the branches" is an old saying left by the ferrymen in the past. When it gets dark, no matter how much money is offered, no one can be allowed to cross the river.

Otherwise, who knows whether the people on your boat are human or ghost? If they have bad intentions and want to kill people, no one will see them in the middle of the night.

If you accidentally pull something dirty, it will be even more troublesome, and you might even end up having to do nothing.

Of course, Xiao Ran said all of the above on purpose. In fact, when the boatman started talking about the monster, Xiao Ran felt that the black swan brooch was alerting him.

The boatman raised his head viciously upon hearing this. Green fish scales appeared on his originally sallow face. He opened his bloody mouth and pounced towards Xiao Ran: "I want you to die!"

But he didn't expect Xiao Ran to be faster. He squeezed the three speed talismans in his palm and burst them. Then he used his Qinggong to somersault with Ye Piaoliu and at the same time raised the knife above his head with both hands. A cold light flashed in his eyes: "New Yin Liuying Zhan!!"

The figure suddenly burst out with terrifying murderous aura, and the figure seemed to be split into three and chopped at the boatman in an instant, directly chopping him into the water.

All he saw was the turquoise river water gurgling with blood bubbles. He couldn't see whether the other party was still there. Xiao Ran didn't dare to be careless. He picked up the oars and rowed the boat. When he was close to the dock, he jumped up in one step.

As soon as his feet touched the ground, he looked back and saw that the boat began to sink and soon sank to the bottom of the water.

At the same time, a strong feeling of palpitations came over me, and a bright red light began to appear in my sight, turning my vision into a scarlet color, and crooked blood-red stripes began to form words.

[You have been locked in as a participant in this maze, please follow the following rules]

Tip 1: Mr. Wang’s birthday is coming soon, please prepare gifts.

Tip 2: The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon, be careful...

Tip 3: If you encounter a shrine wrapped in red cloth, please take a detour. If the red cloth of the shrine is damaged, run!
Tip 4: If you want to know something, go to the land temple and burn incense.

[The deity on duty in this maze is the evil god Wumian Jushi. You can obtain temporary special power blessings by burning incense. The higher the incense, the stronger the blessing! ]

　The updates will be a little slower during this period. There are some things I need to slowly lay the groundwork for. Also, having learned from the lessons of the previous copy, I plan to write this copy a little smaller and with a faster pace, so... don't worry, I will try my best to update and will go to code the fifth update.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)