Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 372 I have become a ghost story?

“Hey, big brother!!”

From a distance, Xiao Ran's ears moved slightly, and he heard someone behind him calling softly.

The sound was so small that an ordinary person might not be able to hear it.

Xiao Ran looked in the direction of the sound and saw a few little heads lying on the grass in the woods, so he walked over.

"What are you doing lying here?"

There were four boys lying in the bushes. When they saw Xiao Ran coming over, their expressions changed drastically. They waved their hands quickly, “Get down quickly. Don’t let anyone see us. We had a hard time getting in.”

Xiao Ran understood when he heard it. These four boys must want to enter the maze city.

I was lying in the grass because I was afraid of being caught by the company's people.

In fact, their worries were completely unnecessary. The company would not easily send people approaching the area where the maze city was about to fall.

If you get involved, a lot of time will be wasted.

From this point of view, the company's attitude towards beginners is still quite ambiguous.

They are not going to deliberately prevent you from becoming a beginner.

If you are determined to become a beginner, they will not stop you.

Of course, it wouldn’t work if you just rushed in carelessly; the company also has to ensure a balance.

At least it will prevent the vast majority of ordinary people from entering the maze city unprepared.

Like the four boys in front of me, since they have already made preparations, the company doesn't bother to care about them. Once they become beginners, they will be directly included in the supervision objects. During the three-month evaluation period, if they pass, they will be released. If they fail...

Xiao Ran didn’t know what to do if he failed. It was just like students with good grades who never cared whether students with poor grades would be beaten when they returned.

However, seeing how nervous they looked, Xiao Ran just lay down in the grass with them.

"Brother, do you want to go there too?"

A curly-haired boy looked at Xiao Ran curiously. When he saw Xiao Ran nodded, he asked in confusion, "Aren't you going to prepare something? We heard it's very dangerous in there."

"Preparing for what?"

After hearing what the curly-haired man said, Xiao Ran became interested, and saw the curly-haired man patting his backpack.

"Knife, black dog blood, food and drink, and most importantly, paper money. The more the better."

"I can't believe you guys are so well prepared."

Xiao Ran was a little surprised. It couldn't be said that these things were useless, but at least they knew to bring a lot of paper money, which meant that someone had revealed some information about the mysterious city to them.

"Brother, it seems that you don't go online often. It's very dangerous if you don't prepare these things."

The short-haired boy on the other side sat up and introduced himself to Xiao Ran: "My name is Ruler."

Then he pointed at the three people around him and said, "Pencil, eraser, and drawing board, what are your names, big brother?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Ran couldn't help but feel a strange feeling in his heart. These students were definitely not beginners.

But they actually gave themselves nicknames early on, and what’s even more interesting is that they actually used this to test themselves.

What is this? ? Is this a modern version of underworld jargon? ?

If I foolishly say a name, wouldn't that be the same as telling them that I'm a gangster? ?
The more Xiao Ran thought about it, the more interesting it became. He decided to play dumb to see if they had any new ideas, or to see how much they actually knew about the Lost City.

So Xiao Ran scratched his head and said as if he didn't understand: "Oh, my name is Xiao Jiahui, you can just call me Jiahui."

Hearing Xiao Ran's words, the four Pencils looked at each other and smiled as if to predict what happened.

Seeing this, the curly-haired boy next to him, Rubber, said, "Brother, you really didn't do any strategy. Forget it, since we have met, it is fate. I will tell you the rules of entering that place."

"There are still rules?"

"Well, actually we didn't know at first, but later we heard from a senior." Speaking of the senior, Eraser added: "He is already a beginner, and... he really has super powers."

Then the four of them explained the so-called rules to Xiao Ran in detail.

For example, you cannot mention a person’s name in the maze. If you mention a person’s name, it means that the person is a newbie who knows nothing at all.

In addition, if you see a bus, remember to take your ticket, and after receiving the task, you must complete it carefully.

As well as information about cursed objects, curse patterns, etc.

These people cannot say that they understand everything, but they have a general understanding.

It can be seen that someone is deliberately guiding them.

"By the way, big brother, if we come back alive this time, you can search for a forum, Changchun Club. It's open. After you register as a member, they will give you one-on-one guidance."

"Eternal Spring Club?"

When Xiao Ran heard these three words, all his doubts were immediately resolved.

But what is the Changchun Association going to do? ? After seeing the increasing frequency of the maze city, are they increasing their guidance for newcomers?

This could be considered a good thing, but based on Xiao Ran's understanding of Shou Ye, Changchun would never do business at a loss.

They do this with only one purpose, which is to strengthen their own base and attract more beginners to join.

Obviously, after the trip to Mengchi, Changchun suffered a huge blow and is now eager to absorb new blood to replenish itself.

As they were talking, a layer of white mist suddenly began to appear around them.

The fog came suddenly, and in the blink of an eye the surrounding space turned into a gray world.

"coming!!"

Several people showed excitement on their faces, and they took out the knives they had prepared long ago from their backpacks and held them in their hands.

Xiao Ran was speechless when he looked at the weapons in their hands. He could understand the rubber holding the axe.

The other three were really too pessimistic. The pencil was holding an English dagger, which was fine for peeling apples that night, but it was of no use in the maze city.

The person on the drawing board is holding a katana, but upon closer inspection, haha, it's not even sharpened yet.

As for the ruler's sword, it was sharpened.

But... don't you think it's a bit too exaggerated to hold that Frostmourne?

Xiao Ran rolled his eyes inwardly.

He stood up and said, "Let's go." Then he walked forward into the white fog. Seeing this, the four people hurriedly shouted, "Brother, slow down, don't be so reckless."

Xiao Ran had entered the maze city more than once or twice, and walked forward with ease.

As for the four at the back, beads of sweat the size of beans had already appeared on their foreheads due to nervousness.

It's not their fault that they are nervous.

In fact, when I first entered, I was not necessarily much stronger than them, it was just that I was ignorant and fearless at the time.

The four of them had prepared a strategy and had some understanding of the maze city. They knew what the maze city was, so it was inevitable that they were nervous.

As they walked, Xiao Ran suddenly felt something. He looked back and found that there were only two of the original four people left. The other two had disappeared silently.

Xiao Ran spread out his mental power and indeed found no trace of the other two people. He guessed that these two people were lucky and should have been directly pulled into the trial maze city.

"Where are the pencils and drawing board?"

At this time, Eraser also realized that something was wrong. He turned around and looked around, and found that the two people behind him had disappeared. He hurriedly shouted a few times, but there was no response at all.

Now Rubber began to feel scared. The white fog around him became thicker and thicker, and it was so dark that one could not see one's hand in front of one's face.

"Ruler, Ruler, where are you?"

"I'm over here."

Ruler's voice was heard from a distance, and Rubber hurriedly followed the voice.

But the next second, he suddenly stepped on empty air and fell down suddenly.

In panic, Eraser closed his eyes unconsciously.

Just then, a hand grabbed Rubber's collar and pulled him out.

When Eraser came to his senses, Xiao Ran was the only one left in front of him, while his other three brothers were nowhere to be seen.

"Ruler? Pencil? Drawing board?"

Eraser looked around but couldn't find his brother, and his face became paler.

Even my hands couldn't stop shaking.

"Don't look for them anymore. They have entered other trial mazes. You are lucky to have walked out in a daze."

Xiao Ran began to explain.

In fact, he was also quite surprised. He thought that the four people would all be dragged into the trial maze, but he didn't expect that the little curly-haired boy would actually come out. He probably needed to take the bus to his own trial maze like Huang Le.

Although Xiao Ran didn't understand why this situation occurred, he didn't want to waste time trying to find out.

My time is still quite tight. Since I'm already here, it's best to go back to Guling Street as soon as possible.

He glanced around and saw the station standing under the dim street lights in the distance, and walked over with a look of fear on his face.

Curly looked at the dark world around him and trembled as he walked, even though he had already prepared many strategies when people arrived.

But when I actually came in, I found my heart beating so fast towards my throat.

Only then did Curly realize that he might not be as brave as he thought.

After finally making it to the bus stop, Curly sat down to calm himself down and took out the strategy manual he had prepared from his backpack and started reading it.

After seeing that this situation was indeed mentioned above, as well as the subsequent solution, Curly's nervousness eased.

After he relaxed, Curly looked at Xiao Ran standing beside him. Seeing that he looked used to it, Curly realized something: "Brother Ming, you... are not a novice?"

"Just a little earlier than you."

Xiao Ran patted Curly's arm and comforted him, "We all got here this way. The difficulty of the Trial City is actually not that high. Be careful, and it should be fine."

Xiao Ran also recalled his own experience in the maze city of trials. From the perspective of someone who had been through it, he realized that he suffered a loss because he entered the maze city without any knowledge of the area.

I believe that most beginners have suffered losses in the trial maze, and according to what Huang Le once said, he only completed the trial in a confused manner with the help of an old man he met in the trial maze.

This is just like the woman in white that I met in the trial maze. She is guiding me and helping me get through the maze.

Now Curly and his team have obtained the strategy guide in advance, and the difficulty is much lower than it was back then.

Xiao Ran estimated that the number of beginners had been increasing in recent times. In addition to the increasing frequency of the maze city's appearances, the Changchun Association's strategy had given many people an advance understanding of the maze city.

"Drip...drip..."

At this time, lights were flashing in the distance and a bus was approaching from a distance.

“Squeak…Puff…”

As the car door opened, Xiao Ran looked carefully and found that the driver had indeed been replaced.

"Get in the car."

Xiao Ran looked at Curly-Mao and said.

Curly walked to the car door, stuck his head out to look inside carefully, and his hesitation made Xiao Ran impatiently urge him.

"Come on, what are you looking at?"

Curly walked forward quickly, feeling embarrassed, and a ticket popped out automatically from under the ballot box.

This can be considered a benefit for Curly as a newcomer.

After Curly-Mao sat down, he held up the small notebook in his hand to Xiao Ran.

Pointing to a strategy above, he said: “When we were making the strategy, it specifically mentioned a strange story.

Be sure to check before getting on the bus, and don't run into a guy with a red armband, that guy is called the armband killer!"

"Ghost story? Armband killer?" Xiao Ran had a strange look on his face.

Curly seemed not to notice Xiao Ran's expression. He looked at the strategy in his hand and continued:

"The guide says that encountering a ghost on the bus is not scary, as long as you don't get up from your seat rashly. But if you encounter the Armband Killer, then you're doomed. This guy is a complete perverted murderer who especially likes to kill people and torture corpses... God bless me, please don't let me encounter him."

Curly was talking to himself and didn't hear Xiao Ran's response, so he looked up.

Xiao Ran had a gloomy face and silently took out a bright red armband and put it on his arm, staring at him with a smile.

"Oh, what a coincidence that you have now met..."

(End of this chapter)