Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 240 Returning Home to Rest (Fifth Update)

“So grandma didn’t make it after all.”

After coming down from the mountain temple, Xiao Ran and Wu Man walked down the mountain side by side. On the way, Wu Man talked about the whole process of his dream.

Wu Man knew everything clearly until her grandmother passed away quietly that night.

He has the ability to extend grandma's life for a while. If he wants, he can even get more money during that time so that grandma can enjoy herself to her heart's content.

But he didn't do that, and he never even went into the kitchen to cook a big meal for his grandmother.

It's not that he doesn't want to do it, but that he can't.

The way Wu Man broke free from the maze was very special, but he did not completely get rid of the influence of the maze.

Wu Man enjoyed this dream very much. The grandmother in the dream was very kind and gentle, which made Wu Man feel more at ease than ever before.

"The noodles we had that night were very greasy and oily. The noodles even clump together. They were cold and tasted greasy sweet. But it was the best bowl of noodles I have ever eaten."

Wu Man closed his eyes and recalled the noodles he had that night. To be fair, the taste was terrible, but the sweetness he tasted did not come from the noodles themselves.

After recalling the past for a while, Wu Man opened his palms.

Xiao Ran could feel a surge of air around him.

I immediately became alert and slowed down my pace without making a sound.

In a moment, the surrounding bushes withered, and a ray of rich life essence gathered at Wu Man's fingertips.

"It's for you."

Wu Man threw the green light on his fingertips to Xiao Ran. Xiao Ran took it and immediately received a prompt.

"Discover the F-class cursed item [Life Essence]"

【Life Essence】After taking it, your physical fitness will increase by +1
As a seasoning, it can only be used once when taken alone.

"So strong??"

Xiao Ran looked at the green light in his hand and almost dropped his jaw in shock. What surprised him was not the effect of this thing, but the casualness with which Wu Man used it.

"This is the ability of a C-level Desire Chef. It was only after I ate that bowl of noodles that I realized this. You are in for a treat from now on."

Wu Man smiled and looked up at Xiao Ran and said.

In fact, he had already found the threshold a long time ago, when his supervision period ended.

But I was always stuck at the critical point and could not find a way to break through.

It was this big dream that deeply touched Wu Man's heart and enabled him to make a breakthrough successfully.

As they were talking, they had already reached the station.

The bus just happened to be waiting at the platform.

The driver saw Xiao Ran from a distance and had been waiting for him, otherwise someone else would have stepped on the accelerator and left.

"Go quickly, this driver has a bad temper, get in the car and go back as soon as possible."

"Ah? You're not going back?"

Wu Man curled his lips and said, "I didn't succeed in exploring the mystery city this time. I don't even have any food on hand. I can only go somewhere else and go back later."

At this moment, Wu Man felt that he was terribly strong. Since Mengchi could give him the privilege of entering the next mystery city in advance, he might as well go and take a look at those mystery cities that had not been opened.

If you are lucky, you should have a good harvest.

Returning to Guling Street in this way, with the privileges of House No. 121, Wu Man felt his whole body trembling uncontrollably just thinking about it.

"Well...ok, I'll go back first."

Xiao Ran nodded, turned around and jumped onto the bus.

"Click!" Seeing Xiao Ran get in the car, the driver pressed the door closing button, then stepped on the accelerator, making the car quickly turn in one direction, and then quickly disappeared from sight.

After watching Xiao Ran walk away, Wu Man turned around and took out the [Beast Transformation Dice] from the space.

Hold the dice in the palm of your hand.

"Birds, birds..."

After muttering a few words to himself, he threw the dice forward.

The dice made a circle on the ground and then landed on an animal with its wings spread.

Wu Man's eyes lit up: "Hahaha, she's finally here!"

As he laughed triumphantly, Wu Man's body began to change. Suddenly, Wu Man had a red crown and a colorful tail, and his wings were covered with plump green and red feathers. After flapping them a few times, he let out a series of chirping sounds:

"Giggle..."

……

"Squeak~~Ka~~"

"We have arrived at Guling Street. Passengers getting off please move to the back door."

As the car door opened, Xiao Ran got out of the car, turned around and waved to the driver: "Brother, I'm going back first."

The driver waved at Xiao Ran with a smile, then closed the car door and drove away quickly.

Back at Guling Street, Xiao Ran couldn't help but stretch.

When a person is full of energy, he doesn't feel tired doing anything, but once he relaxes, he will be in trouble.

This time, the dream pool was not a mystery city. Everyone just had a dream.

But this dream made Xiao Ran dare not slack off at all along the way. It was only thanks to the driver that he dared to lie on the chair, close his eyes and take a nap.

Back at Guling Street, Xiao Ran immediately set out for home. Xiao Ran didn't know how deep Guling Street was, but anyway, their home was not far away. It could be understood that it was located slightly to the side of the core area. After crossing two streets and turning up, they would arrive.

Take out the key and open the door.

"Crack!!"

As the keyhole of the door opened, Qiu Kui poked his head out from the corner. When he saw it was Xiao Ran, he immediately came over obediently.

"Is there anything wrong at home?"

Xiao Ran put his hand on Qiu Kui's little head and asked.

"No, it's just that the cat food is almost finished, and Piaoxu doesn't seem to like to eat anything else."

Qiu Kui pointed at the lazy-looking white cat in the corner.

Piaoxu is the name Qiukui gave to the white cat.

The white cat seems to like it very much.

"Oh! Then wait a little longer. The cook has to go get the ingredients. It will probably take a while for him to come back."

Xiao Ran didn't say this to Qiu Kui. Piao Xu, the lazy cat, was listening with his ears perked up. When he heard that Wu Man would take some time to come back, he reluctantly started to eat the dried fish placed next to him.

"You're back. It seems like you've made a lot of progress this time. You've completed the Horizontal Refining Stage."

Liu Rui walked down the stairs lightly, wearing a brand new cheongsam and a pair of red high heels.

This set of clothes was naturally Wu Man's gift of filial piety.

I have to say that this guy has very good vision and taste. He was able to remember Liu Rui's body size at a glance when they met for the first time. When he came for the second time, he gave this dress to Liu Rui.

The cheongsam was hand-sewn and was obviously made by an experienced tailor with decades of experience. The fabric was made of top-grade brocade, and the light blue base was sewn with cloud-like patterns made of gold thread by Suzhou craftsmen. It fits Liu Rui's temperament very well when she wears it.

Sometimes Xiao Ran couldn't help but sigh in his heart that Wu Man was handsome, rich, capable, and had good vision, and most importantly, his cooking skills were simply amazing.

If you throw him into the blind date market, I don't know how many "saints" will be fighting for him.

This would be possible if I were to get a hukou in the capital.

Hey! That's really...

Tut tut...

"Well, the harvest was good, but it caused a lot of trouble."

Xiao Ran said with a wry smile.

He killed the leader of the Changchun Society. Although strictly speaking, this matter had nothing to do with him, the person who did it was Li Qijing.

But in the eyes of outsiders, this seems to be no different from doing it yourself.

Fortunately, after coming out of the dream pool, I still had the [Fish Skin Mask] on my face. (From Chapter 175)
The people of Changchun Society probably couldn't see their true appearance.

"Well, it's a bit troublesome."

After looking at Xiao Ran for a while, Liu Rui walked down the stairs, came to Xiao Ran's side, and gently pinched Xiao Ran's body, and a black curse pattern was forcibly torn off by Liu Rui.

"What's this??"

Xiao Ran was a little surprised. He had this thing on him for such a long time, but he didn't feel anything at all. He even didn't notice that Wu Man had followed him all the way.

“No wonder Zishu and the others locked onto me at first sight, it turns out they had left a mark on me long ago!
If it weren't for Liu Rui, I don't know how long I would have to carry this thing with me. If I bring it home, I'm afraid there will be endless troubles. "

"This thing is quite small, so it's normal that you didn't notice it. If it hadn't entered the house and caused something strange, I wouldn't have noticed it either."

Liu Rui crushed the spell with a casual pinch of her hand.

Xiao Ran heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that the curse had disappeared.

"Thank you, Sister Liu."

"You're welcome. Take a rest first. Call me if you have any questions."

Liu Rui could also see that Xiao Ran was actually very tired at the moment, so she didn't ask him any more about what happened this time, but asked Xiao Ran to go to sleep as soon as possible.

"it is good!"

Xiao Ran nodded. He was indeed very tired at the moment. He felt sore from the bones to the flesh.

Although the fatal injury inflicted by the leader had disappeared when he woke up from the dream pool, the pain that penetrated deep into his bones would still make Xiao Ran grimace from time to time.

Going upstairs, Xiao Ran took off his clothes and lay down on the bed. After a while, he heard a slight snoring sound.

Just when Xiao Ran was sleeping soundly, a white shadow walked in slowly from outside the door, leaped up, and landed silently on the table, looking down at Xiao Ran with condescending eyes.

The long tail behind the butt slowly swayed from the left to the right.

Maybe he felt that the shaking was not good enough, so he shook it again.

After a moment, the white cat suddenly jumped from the table to the edge of the bed, stared at Xiao Ran's neck, tentatively stretched out its little paws, and waved them in the air a few times, but saw that Xiao Ran didn't react at all.

He suddenly arched his body, and his slender nails poked out from the gaps between his pink claws and grabbed Xiao Ran's neck fiercely.

An almost transparent reptile was torn off directly.

As soon as he opened his mouth, the white cat took it into its mouth.

The reptile tried to struggle a few times, but the next second the white cat grabbed its head and started biting it.

"Kakakaka..."

The subtle and trivial gnawing sounds in the room did not disturb Xiao Ran's sleep. He just subconsciously reached out and touched his neck, and then continued to sleep soundly...

　The evening update is a little late. I took a nap in the afternoon.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)