Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 411 Look, isn't it here?
"Danger!"

Xiao Ran looked at the alarm sounded by the black swan on his chest and was startled. He then looked at the hat in his hand, but no matter how hard he looked, he could not see anything dangerous about the hat.

"It doesn't seem to be the hat's fault..."

Xiao Ran glanced at the hats on the shelves and found that some were good and some were bad, and the materials were also different. Some were even just a silk scarf. Even worse, there were old hats with holes in them.

Some of the hats look like official hats in movies and TV dramas, while others look more like helmets worn by military officers.

"Could it be... the rules!"

Xiao Ran thought about what was mentioned in the [Zhen Jing], "Once the evil situation is formed, everything will be in order, and everything has fixed traces. Those who enter the game must adapt to it and survive, otherwise they will die."

Thinking of this, Xiao Ran's heart suddenly became clear.

He put down the hat in his hand and began to slowly select items from the shelves one by one.

"It seems that everyone at this wedding banquet has to choose their own identity. The hat is the identity. Rather than choosing a hat for the groom, it is better to say that it is choosing an identity for oneself. As for the result of the identity..."

When Xiao Ran thought about this, he probably understood how this evil situation worked.

I won’t go into the complicated details, to put it simply it can be understood as a script-killing game.

If you get a mortal identity, then there is no life or death.

Xiao Ran began to carefully choose among the hats.

Hang Sui and others on the side also started to choose from these hats.

"Hey, this hat is nice."

An escort picked up a hat with a goose egg-shaped jade inlaid on it, which was obviously worth a lot of money.

"This is good. Only officials can wear it. Hey, look, after I put it on, do I look like an official?"

"Like your grandma's legs, that's what I saw first."

"Go away, there's another one next to it, why don't you take it."

Several bodyguards were making a fuss with each other and putting their hats on their heads one after another.

Hang Sui stood behind without moving, his eyes never leaving Xiao Ran.

Xiao Ran's hand was seen sweeping lightly across the shelf. As a result, as long as his hands approached these hats, the [Black Swan Brooch] on his chest would start to sound the alarm.

However, some of the alarms were very weak, flashing slightly a few times and then becoming silent; while some of the alarms were extremely strong, and the Black Swan would sound the alarm as soon as Xiao Ran approached.

Until a black hat appeared in front of Xiao Ran, Xiao Ran stopped.

Xiao Ran took a look at the black swan brooch and found that this hat did not give any alarm at all.

This is an absolutely safe helmet that won't go wrong.

Just as Xiao Ran was about to reach out to take it, Hang Sui, who was standing by, suddenly rushed over and snatched the hat in his hands.

Then, under Xiao Ran's puzzled gaze, he put it directly on his head.

"Not bad, just right."

After Hang Sui finished speaking, he realized that Xiao Ran was looking at him, and immediately said with a smile: "Sir, I have been staring at this hat for a long time just now. The more I look at it, the more I like it. I didn't expect that you would also like it. However, this hat feels good on me, but it may not be suitable for you."

"You little thief, you did it on purpose."

The second in command at the side glared and immediately turned into mad dog mode and was ready to start scolding.

Fortunately, Xiao Ran raised his hand to signal the second in command to shut up, and stared at Hang Sui with a smile.

Although he didn't say a word, the look in his eyes made Hang Sui feel uneasy.

"Am I wrong?"

A trace of doubt flashed through Hang Sui's mind, but he immediately rejected the idea.

"Impossible. He didn't stop in front of the other hats just now, but this one is different. I don't know what's the trick, but this hat must be different."

It has to be said that Hang Sui's observation was very careful, but Xiao Ran's attitude made Hang Sui feel more uncomfortable than scolding him.

Hang Sui had no idea whether the hat he had snatched was good or bad.

Once the seed of doubt is planted in the heart, it will take root and sprout, and eventually grow into a towering tree that destroys everything.

Xiao Ran ignored Hang Sui and continued to pick items on the shelf. Then he stopped in front of a hat, which was in the shape of a Dongpo scarf.

That's the boxy shape.

Xiao Ran picked it up, and the black swan brooch flashed slightly and then there was no movement.

Seeing this, Xiao Ran handed the hat to the second in command beside him.

"this is for you."

"okay!"

The second in command didn't care about the hat and just put it on his head.

Not to mention, with this hat on, paired with the clothes the Second in Command is wearing, he really looks a bit like a eunuch.

Hang Sui stared at the side, and after thinking it over again and again, he finally endured it.

In just a short while, everyone had chosen their hats.

After everyone's selection, Xiao Ran chose an inconspicuous hat and put it on his head.

When choosing this hat, Xiao Ran deliberately hesitated between the two hats for a long time, and finally put it on his head as if he had made some sacrifice.

At the same time, his eyes glanced at the other hat from time to time.

These little actions were naturally noticed by Hang Sui, and at this moment he felt as uncomfortable as if he had eaten a fly.

"No, it's all a trick. This guy deliberately put it on for me."

Hang Sui had a cold face, and kept telling himself in his heart to stay calm, thinking that the hat he was wearing now must be the best one.

After everyone had chosen their hats, Xiao Ran walked up to the shopkeeper and took out a handful of paper money and placed it on the table. "Shopkeeper, is this enough?"

Looking at the paper money on the table, the shopkeeper finally showed a long-lost look of joy on his face and nodded: "Enough, enough."

"But we are still short of a groom's hat."

The second in command said with a frown.

Upon hearing this, the shopkeeper raised his head and glanced at everyone, finally his eyes stopped on a bodyguard.

For some reason, when the shopkeeper's eyes swept towards him, the escort suddenly felt a sense of danger in his heart.

"run!"

The moment this thought came to his mind, the escort suddenly jumped up and ran out in one step.

It has to be said that the bodyguards who can follow a master like Hang Sui are all quite powerful in the world.

But this is a place of evil and weirdness, and even Xiao Ran has to take it seriously.

Martial arts seem to be the most useless thing here.

Just as the escort jumped up, a strange smile appeared on the shop owner's lips.

Immediately afterwards, Xiao Ran felt a strong evil spirit suddenly arise in the air around him, as if a huge amount of energy suddenly poured into the body of the escort.

Then, the escort stood still in mid-air in front of everyone's shocked gazes.

"Kakaka..."

Immediately afterwards, the bones in the body began to make a sharp cracking sound.

“Ah…it hurts…it hurts.”

The escort opened his mouth wide, the pressure on his body increasing, and finally with a "bang" he exploded into a blood mist that drifted in the air.

As the blood mist gradually dissipated, a blood-red headscarf fell down.

The shopkeeper pointed to the red headscarf floating on the ground and said, "Look, now it's here."

Everyone looked at the headscarf stained with blood, and felt a chill rising from the soles of their feet to the top of their heads, and goose bumps appeared all over their bodies.

I knew this place was weird, but I didn't expect even killing people would become so horrifying.

Compared to the horror of dying from an explosion, what really horrified them was the method of killing.

It was just a look from the shop owner, and no one even saw this guy make a move.

This seemingly unsolvable method of killing made cold sweat break out on Hang Sui's forehead.

I thought, this is just seeing it on others, but what if the shop owner is looking at me? ?

For a moment, the shadow of death loomed in everyone's heart, and they finally realized that the degree of danger here was far beyond their expectations.

Looking at the blood-stained headscarf on the ground, everyone felt so upset that no one was willing to pick it up.

Hang Sui looked at Xiao Ran first and found that Xiao Ran was just frowning slightly, as if thinking about something.

Seeing this, Hang Sui began to feel more uneasy, and his eyes turned to the hat that had made Xiao Ran hesitate just now.

"This hat must be hiding some secret!"

Hang Sui had no idea that this was not what Xiao Ran was thinking at the moment.

"The thick evil spirit just now appeared directly from the surrounding void, as if it had locked onto the escort. There was no way to defend against it. However, this method of killing people should require some specific conditions."

Although he didn't know what the condition was, Xiao Ran guessed that it should be the same as his [Red Armband].

It’s just that the triggering standard is lower.

But...it may not be unsolvable.

Xiao Ran thought carefully and had a plan in mind.

Using the corpse technique of Half-Gate Yin and Yang, he could transform himself into a corpse, so that he could break free from the lock of Yin Sha in a short period of time.

Next, he used the [Head-Beheading Sword] to forcibly swallow up these evil spirits.

Finally, use Taishan Stone to fight back.

This set of methods instantly formed a set of coherent and standard actions in Xiao Ran's mind, ensuring that they could be implemented as quickly as possible when something unexpected happened.

"Let's go."

After Xiao Ran prepared herself mentally, she picked up the red headscarf from the ground.

However, just when Xiao Ran picked up the headscarf, everyone was surprised to find that the word "death" floating above Xiao Ran's head had disappeared.

"Sir, the words on your head..."

The second in command said to Xiao Ran in surprise.

Xiao Ran looked up and saw that the word "death" floating above his head had disappeared.

"So that's how it is. As long as we get what we need this time, we can remove the mark on our heads."

After hearing this, the people who had just failed to dodge the headscarf immediately regretted it.

If they had known this would happen, they would have snatched the thing from them even if they had to rob it.

Hang Sui's eyes were filled with anger. He should have snatched the things away earlier.

"Forget it. There are other things behind. This one doesn't matter. But the hat..."

Hang Sui looked at the hat on the shelf. After hesitating for a while, he gritted his teeth, walked forward, took off the hat on his head, and replaced it with the hat on the shelf.

This action made the shopkeeper squint his eyes, shook his head and continued to adjust the abacus in his hand...

(End of this chapter)