Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 201 Oh, I remember...

In the evening, a group of people had dinner at Zhen Bu Tong.

As the only century-old store in Los Angeles, Xiao Ran actually had no hope.

After all, this store has a bad reputation in reality.

However, unexpectedly, when the food was served, it was more delicious than I had imagined.

But after Xiao Ran took a few bites, he felt that the taste was... a little... familiar.

What place is familiar? I can’t say.

But a hundred chefs can make a dish with a hundred different flavors.

Even if the ingredients are the same and the seasonings are the same, the taste will be different.

Just like a dish of stewed pork ribs, no matter how delicious it is prepared outside, it will never be as delicious as the one made by your own parents.

And this fragrance is not in the taste, but an emotion that makes people feel inexplicably familiar.

At this time, Hu San and Uncle Hu walked to Xiao Ran's side.

When Xiao Ran saw someone coming, he quickly stood up.

"Child, as the saying goes, it is better to resolve a feud than to create one. Hu San has offended me before, so please bear with me. The child also knows that he was wrong, and he came here specially to apologize to you."

As Uncle Hu spoke, he personally picked up the wine glass and handed it over.

Everyone's eyes also turned to Xiao Ran. No one present was stupid. They knew what the old man of the Hu family was going to do after seeing the situation.

Xiao Ran's heart was as clear as a mirror, but he still nodded and said, "Mr. Hu, you are too polite. It's just a small misunderstanding between me and the third brother Hu. It's nothing to talk about it."

As he said that, Xiao Ran picked up the wine glass and drank it all.

Seeing Xiao Ran being so understanding, Mr. Hu immediately smiled.

But Xiao Ran's next words made Mr. Hu feel a little embarrassed.

Xiao Ran drank the wine in the glass and said:
"Master Hu, in fact, the three Hu brothers cannot be blamed for this matter. It was all because of that fox who had evil intentions. The woman saw that her child could not survive, so she went to complain to the City God.

I was just passing by and took on the job from the City God temporarily. You know, we, the shady people, are the devils under the City God's command, and I dare not disobey the City God's orders.

As for the fox, it was handed over to the City God.

Otherwise, it should have been handed over to Master Hu just now."

After Xiao Ran said this, everyone couldn't help but look at each other, and Mr. Hu's face also turned ugly.

Obviously he didn't believe what Xiao Ran said.

Even Zhou Shang couldn't help but pull Xiao Ran's arm and whispered, "Brother, you are bragging too much."

What Xiao Ran said was correct, but now the City God is also a clay Buddha who can hardly save himself when crossing the river. How can a clay statue that doesn't even receive any incense at all on a daily basis give him orders?

Even if the City God appeared, wouldn't the Zhou family or the Fang family be able to do it? At worst, his master should come forward. How could it be his turn to take action?
Seeing everyone's disbelieving expressions, Xiao Ran didn't waste any words. He fumbled in his arms and then took out an iron chain and held it in his hand.

"This is given to me by the City God. He said I did a good job and gave me a little reward."

This iron chain was the [God-Locking Whip] that Master Qiu gave him after modifying the ghost catcher's chain. It was a genuine thing from the underworld and was enough to serve as evidence.

Looking at the [God-Locking Whip] in Xiao Ran's hand, Old Man Zhou also came over to take a look.

They couldn't see anything special about this thing, but they could sense the aura emanating from it, and it was indeed something from the underworld.

"This thing is real. It is indeed a thing from the underworld. There is no doubt about it."

The old man of the Zhou family spoke up to prove his point, and now the uncle of the Hu family had to re-examine Xiao Ran.

Xiao Ran put the [Locking God Whip] into his arms and continued, "The fox confessed in front of the City God on the spot. His purpose was to get the Golden and Silver Boy... Hmm, what does this Golden and Silver Boy do?"

Xiao Ran said the second half of the sentence and looked at Zhou Shang pretending not to understand.

Xiao Ran didn't need to say anything more, as the old man of the Hu family had already understood. He turned around viciously and slapped Hu San hard on the face. "You disgraceful thing, get out of here, I'll deal with you when I get back!"

Hu San was beaten so hard that he saw stars and walked out with his head lowered and aggrieved.

"Hey, Master Hu, you are... that fox made the decision on his own, and I, the third Hu brother, don't know."

Seeing this, Xiao Ran quickly turned around and tried to chase after him.

Liu Sanxiang also stood up: "I'll go and take a look."

Mr. Hu was also embarrassed, and quickly waved his hands and said, "Blame me, blame me for ruining the fun, everyone keep eating, keep drinking..."

On the other side, after Xiao Ran and Liu Sanxiang chased out the door, they looked at each other and stopped chasing, standing beside the stone lion in front of the door.

"You are awesome! You have made a big enemy of the Hu family. Mr. Hu doesn't dare to do anything to you now, but if he gets the chance, you will be in trouble."

Liu Sanxiang leaned against the lion and gave Xiao Ran a thumbs up.

"If he dares to attack me, don't blame me for being ruthless."

"Hahaha, call me when the time comes. I think this old guy is already unhappy. I'll help you deal with him then!"

Liu Sanxiang said this with a grin, but from his expression you could tell that he wasn't joking.

"Where are you from anyway?"

"Of course it's from our beginners' side. Everything here is imaginary. I wouldn't have any friendship with a fictional character."

Liu Sanxiang's words made Xiao Ran a little confused. Just as he said, everything here was not real.

Although these characters may really exist in reality, they cannot be real. They are now more like playing a script-killing game, with everyone playing a different role.

Seeing Xiao Ran didn't say anything, Liu Sanxiang continued, "You must have just woken up from the trance in the womb, so it's inevitable that you are a little uncomfortable. In fact, I am the same, but what is false is false, and it can't be true no matter what."

After that, he whispered in Xiao Ran's ear: "I even suspect that we haven't really entered the mysterious city yet."

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"It's hard to say, but think about it carefully. Is this the same as the mystery city we saw before? Every mystery city has a god on duty. Did you get any hints this time? So this mystery city may not be real, or what we see now may not be real."

Seeing Liu San's serious expression, which didn't seem like he was joking, Xiao Ran frowned and asked, "What are you going to do next?"

"What else can we do? Just follow the plot and try to find as many awake people as possible to help.

The ultimate goal of this group of people is to kill a man named Li Jingqi. I suspect that Li Jingqi may be the key to solving the mystery.

When the time comes, we will work together inside and outside, and as long as we kill Li Jingqi, we will know whether this mysterious city is real or fake."

Xiao Ran nodded, thinking in his heart: "Can I kill him?"

Judging from the murals in the mountain temple, Li Qijing killed countless people along the way and was seriously injured but did not die in the end.

He even suspected that even the last serious injury was faked by Li Jingqi. It was not easy for small characters like them to kill such a big boss.

"Here you go!"

Liu Sanxiang felt that he had said almost everything he needed to say, so he quietly handed Xiao Ran something. Xiao Ran picked it up and took a look: "What is it?"

I saw that this thing was square, with a few buttons and a very narrow display screen, but it didn't look like a phone.

"This is a BB machine, also called a pager. Take it first. I'll find the guy with the radio and wake him up. Then I'll find a place to install the radio. Then you can receive messages. Of course, you can only receive messages. Although it's not as convenient as a walkie-talkie, this method is more covert, inconspicuous, and has a wider range."

Xiao Ran was secretly surprised when he heard what Liu Sanxiang said. This was not something that an ordinary beginner would do. He couldn't help but ask, "Brother, are you from the Changchun Society?"

"Of course, my name is Shanlong. If you encounter a member of the Changchun Society who has awakened in the future, please help me. I will never forget your favor."

"So he is the Mountain Dragon!"

The memory of the spirit snake emerged in Xiao Ran’s mind, which contained information about the mountain dragon.

Hanako and Baixi are both D-level professions.

He nodded immediately: "Okay, I'll remember it. You go back first if you're fine, and I'll run away early to avoid any other trouble later."

"Hey, you are a very cunning boy. If you have the opportunity to develop in Changchun, I will introduce you to someone else."

Liu Sanxiang smiled, stood up and walked upstairs to the back. As for Hu San... neither of them obviously cared.

Only after Liu Sanxiang, or Shanlong, went upstairs did Xiao Ran sigh.

"If I had known you were a mountain dragon, I should have killed you when you were off guard on the mountain just now!"

Xiao Ran felt a little regretful. This was a good opportunity to fish in troubled waters. Even if Changchun would find out about it in the future, no one would know who killed Shanlong.

But it might be difficult to find an opportunity to take action now.

Just as I was about to get up and go home, I heard a burst of abuse coming from the back alley: "Who told you to touch my secret recipe? Are you sick? Do you know who are the people who came today? If they smash it, you will all be in trouble!"

Xiao Ran followed the sound and walked a few steps back. He poked his head out of the corner and saw several middle-aged men beating and kicking a thin cook on the path outside the kitchen.

The one being beaten was obviously an apprentice. He held his head and let the masters beat him. After a while, he just looked up and said, "The so-called secret recipe is just the method of thickening. The seasonings are only the same, three parts salt, five parts pepper, vinegar, soy sauce..."

The apprentice lowered his head and explained step by step all the steps of making the whole dish, which made the veins on the head of the master chef jump.

The more this kid talked, the more frightened he became, especially when he started talking about the secret of thickening the dish. The master suddenly couldn't bear it anymore, looked around, picked up the flower pot on the ground and smashed it on the apprentice's head.

"Boom!!"

The flowerpot hit the apprentice's head, and bright red blood immediately flowed out.

"Oh, Master Chen, don't dare, don't dare!!"

Seeing this, several other kitchen helpers rushed forward to stop him. At the same time, they turned back to look at the bloody apprentice on the ground and said, "Why don't you leave? What are you doing here? Do you really want your master to beat you to death?"

"Master??"

The apprentice's eyes flickered, but he still felt it was not enough. He looked up at the exasperated master and sneered, "Your so-called specialties are actually the same few dishes over and over again, but I don't think you cooked any of them well. The peony bird's nest should have been made with clear water broth, but you were lazy and used bone broth. You should have used shredded ham, but you used canned meat and cut it into shreds. Your knife skills are not good, and your carving skills are not good either. I am unqualified to be an apprentice, and you are not worthy of being a master!"

"Oh my goodness!"

This time Master Chen was completely furious. He rushed forward, grabbed the apprentice by the throat, and shook him hard.

Xiao Ran watched this scene from afar. Seeing this, he quickly jumped out and kicked Master Chen's hand away: "What are you doing!!"

Everyone was startled by this sudden appearance, and saw Xiao Ran push the tall and strong Master Chen away: "Do you still want to kill someone? Hurry up and leave, or I will call the police later!"

"you!!!"

Master Chen was also frightened by Xiao Ran's aura, and because he felt guilty, he was immediately dragged back by several kitchen helpers. The back door of the kitchen was closed, and Master Chen was heard cursing inside: "Hu, get out of here, get out!!!"

The sound gradually faded away, probably because someone had taken him away.

Xiao Ran then turned around and looked at the apprentice in front of him, his eyes becoming sharp.

"Should we kill him now?!"

He suspected that the boy in front of him was Wu Man himself.

Although his appearance and voice had changed, and the other party didn't even recognize him, Xiao Ran had a strong sense of familiarity from the first moment he saw this boy.

At this time, the apprentice stood up from the ground, slowly patted the dust off his body, took out a silk scarf from his pocket to wipe the blood off his head, straightened his apprentice hat, and then said to Xiao Ran: "Thank you, but I didn't plan to let you save me."

Looking at the calm expression on the apprentice's face, Xiao Ran's last bit of hesitation was completely dispelled. He was sure that this guy was Wu Man.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ran half-closed his eyes and slowly reached into his pocket with one hand.

"Why are you doing this?"

As he said this, he took a step behind the apprentice.

The best way to kill someone who may wake up from the womb at any time is to kill him with one blow and not give him time to wake up.

The apprentice did not notice Xiao Ran's actions. He just looked up at the box in front of him which was really different and had lights on.

"I don't know either, but there seems to be a voice in my head that urges me to wake up early. Yes, it's as if everything around me is a dream. Only when I was beaten just now could I remember anything, so you shouldn't help me."

"Oh! So what did you think of just now?"

Before Xiao Ran knew it, he had walked behind the apprentice, and a sharp dagger that was glowing coldly in the darkness was slowly placed under his neck.

"one person!"

The apprentice took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and thought carefully: "Yes, there is a person with black hair and a high nose bridge. He has a special smell on his body. We seem to live together. I make delicious food for him every day. We... are... good brothers!!"

As he said that, he opened his eyes and turned around with surprise, only to find that Xiao Ranren had already walked away: "Hey, you haven't heard me finish yet?"

“Maybe next time!!”

At one end of the street, Xiao Ran waved his hand, and his figure gradually disappeared at the end of the dim street.

Looking at Xiao Ran's leaving back, the apprentice showed some confusion on his face. He patted his head hard, but still couldn't remember anything.

He squatted on the ground in distress, his eyes noticed the bright red bloodstains on the ground.

The blood on the ground seemed to emit a smell that he could not resist. He stretched out a finger, dipped it in the blood, and then put it in his mouth. The sweet taste of rust danced on the tip of his tongue.

Gradually, the apprentice's eyes began to become colder.

"oh!!
I remembered...

Those eyes!

It’s you…”

(End of this chapter)