Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 147 Third Floor
"Driver, are you familiar with Guling Street?"

"Yes, my home is also on Guling Street. This place is getting more and more lively and prosperous, but there are always people who forget that this street also has its own taboos. In short, you just need to be careful. It is much safer than other places."

Xiao Ran stood at the door, looking at the word "甸" hanging on the wall, and did not take it lightly because he was the owner of the key.

He raised his hand and knocked on the door a few times: "I'm back!"

Xiao Ran shouted and then walked inside. The door was ajar and not closed tightly.

The house is very big, with three floors. The first floor is the living room, and there is a basement below. The upper floors should be the bedrooms.

There was little furniture in the living room, it was empty, and the floor was covered with a thick layer of dust.

Xiao Ran walked around and found that there was a small courtyard at the back. The courtyard was not big, about 50 square meters, and there was a well in the middle of the courtyard.

Xiao Ran walked to the well and peeked inside, but it was pitch black and he could not see anything.

"Ahem, is anyone there?"

Try to say hello.

No response was heard.

He lowered his head, looked around, and picked up a small stone from the ground.

After weighing it in his hand for a few times, Xiao Ran shook his head and threw the stone to the ground.

He turned around and picked up another stone as big as a washbasin next to him.

After weighing it carefully, he threw it into the well.

Soon, a "bang!" sound was heard from the bottom of the well.

Judging from the sound, there should be no one downstairs.

Xiao Ran felt relieved, turned around and went back to the first floor, looked at the basement, and then looked upstairs.

Then he walked upstairs.

"Squeak!"

The wooden steps made a sour sound when stepped on, which echoed in the room and sounded like a cat scratching glass.

"Is there another level?"

When they reached the second floor, the stairs continued to go up. Xiao Ran lay on the steps and looked up. There was a single door at the end of the stairs, and there were two yellow talismans pasted on the door.

Seeing this, Xiao Ran suddenly felt a little scared.

After thinking about it, I decided to take a look at what’s on the second floor first.

Open the bedroom door.

Unexpectedly, the bedroom was much cleaner than I expected.

There was a bed and a table, and on the table was a candlestick with a half-burnt candle on it.

When I walked to the table, I saw a piece of paper on it.

"call!"

Xiao Ran gently blew away the dust on it and picked up the paper.

[He left with his family, leaving behind an empty house. If you are interested in living here, please feel free to live here. There is another tenant on the third floor. The rent is agreed to be rented every three months. Please remember to collect it. There is a well in the backyard, but no one is under the well. Sometimes you can hear crying, but ignore it.

There is a street-facing shop downstairs, which used to be a winery. It is now abandoned and has three jars of old wine.

There are three vacant rooms next door that can be rented out.

Please light a peace candle before going to sleep every night to ensure safety. 】

After Xiao Ran finished reading the handwritten letter, a flash of blood suddenly appeared in front of his eyes.

[Triggering industrial tasks; new owner of old house]

Task Tips: Please stay in the room for one night and say hello to the tenant on the third floor. If you hear the bell during this time, it may have a negative impact on you, so please pay attention!
Mission reward: House contract.

When Xiao Ran saw the task prompt appearing in front of him, he suddenly felt overwhelmed.

I thought this house was a reward to myself, but now it seems that whether I can live in it is another matter.

"What the hell is this tenant on the third floor?? Do I have to collect rent myself?"

Xiao Ran was worried, but he could never dream of giving up the property he had just acquired.

A property that can be used as a residence and a shop is also priced at a sky-high price in Guling Street. If I give up this reward, I will probably regret it in the future.

"It's just one night, and I'm tired. As for the tenant on the third floor... I'll figure out a way myself."

Just as he was thinking about it, he heard a "bang" downstairs. Xiao Ran's heart skipped a beat, but when he thought about it carefully, it should be the sound of the door being locked.

He raised his hand and released Shangniao Lingzi, asking her to tidy up the room. Xiao Ran turned and walked out of the room, and began to check the other three rooms carefully.

The other three rooms are empty.

There wasn't even any furniture in there.

But this actually saved me a lot of trouble.

There were still a lot of furniture donated by Jiucai in his own space, which could be used by Shangniao Lingzi after he cleaned it up. As for the basement, Xiao Ran had no plans to go down there for the time being. It was dark, and he would bump into things if they were damaged.

As for the third floor...

Xiao Ran thought about it, but still hadn't figured out how to meet this neighbor. He might as well wait and see. If there was no other way by dawn, he might as well go upstairs.

After returning to the room and waiting for Niao Lingzi to clean the room, Xiao Ran glanced at the candle on the table, took out a lighter and lit it. Then he took out all the booklets he got from the cafe and read them carefully one by one.

Putting aside the Changchun Society’s standpoint, the knowledge points in these booklets are still quite important.

The various career combinations mentioned in it also gave Xiao Ran a refreshing feeling.

The combination of corpse collector + pharmacist + medium can obtain A-level evaluation.

This is also the best choice for the path of sewing corpses.

In fact, this is the route of the spirit snake.

It’s just that Ling Snake regards pharmacist as his main occupation, and his fighting ability is far inferior to Xiao Ran, who is just a corpse sewer.

Are you saying that Ling Snake made the wrong choice?

Not necessarily. The combinations recommended in the manual are all D-level.

If the spirit snake wants to advance a corpse sewer to a corpse collector, it is not an easy task.

Moreover, to be fair, if he did not have the cursed object [Evil-Suppressing Order] in his hand, the combat effectiveness of the corpse-stitcher in his hands would be far inferior to that of other E-level professions.

His strong fighting ability was all due to the skills he plundered from the [Evil-Suppressing Order].

If I were the spirit snake, I would also focus on training the pharmacist as my main profession. After all, although the pharmacist's combat effectiveness is a bit poor, it can be combined with cursed objects, and its large-scale poisoning and treatment are very strong. If I have the cooperation of my teammates, my survival is absolutely guaranteed.

Unfortunately, when they were at Wang's house, the tiger and the snake were forced to separate, and with the influence of the [talisman], he was able to take advantage of them.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ran continued to search, trying to find out if there was any record about [Taiwan Items] in it, but he couldn't find any after searching for a while.

Just as Xiao Ran was holding the manual and reading it patiently.

"boom!"

Suddenly, there was a muffled sound outside the door. It sounded like it came from downstairs, but it was impossible to tell whether it was from the basement or the first floor. Xiao Ran frowned and ignored it.

After about ten minutes, Xiao Ran heard crying from a distance, and the crying seemed to come from the backyard.

It sounds quite tragic. I wonder if it was caused by the stone I threw myself.

But these are not big problems for Xiao Ran.

Time passed by minute by minute, and through the glass of the doors and windows, I saw that there were no pedestrians on the street downstairs. Looking at the whole Guling Street, there were occasional flashes of sparks, but the noisy sounds that were originally heard began to quiet down.

"Squeak... squeak..."

There was a sound like a cat scratching on the stairs outside the door. Xiao Ran looked down at the black swan brooch on his chest.

Seeing that the brooch didn't respond, I ignored it, but soon the sound of people coming up the stairs was getting closer and closer.

The more Xiao Ran listened, the more uneasy he felt. He took out a machete from the space, walked to the door with squinting eyes, and listened carefully with his ears perked up.

“Squeak! Squeak!! Squeak!!”

The footsteps were getting closer and closer, and Xiao Ran's eyelids gradually narrowed into a slit.

As the sound gradually got closer, his eyes flashed and he raised the machete in his hand and stabbed it at the door.

"boom!!"

The blade pierced through the door, and Xiao Ran clearly felt that he had stabbed something. He immediately pulled the knife back, opened the door and looked outside.

There was nothing in the empty corridor. At this moment, Xiao Ran noticed a series of small footprints on the ground.

The footprints seemed to be going upwards, as if heading straight to the third floor.

“Could it be the tenant on the third floor?”

Thinking of this, Xiao Ran followed the footprints to the stairs, watched the footprints go all the way up, and stuck his head out to look up the steps.

At the end of the stairs, I saw that the yellow talisman that was originally pasted on the black door had been torn off, and the door was ajar with a gap.

Seeing this, Xiao Ran couldn't help but feel curious.

But just as he was trying to go up.

"wrong!!"

With one foot raised in the air, Xiao Ran suddenly realized something and looked down at the footprints on the steps.

These feet only go up, not down.

"If he was the tenant on the third floor, there should be footprints coming down, so... is there something trying to lure me up there?"

Xiao Ran silently retracted his foot, thought for a moment, and had already made up his mind. Looking at the already opened door, he sneered and thought to himself: "If I don't teach you a lesson, how can I stay in this house?"

Xiao Ran turned around and walked back to the room. After a while, he was seen holding the candle and walking up the stairs step by step...

(End of this chapter)