Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 510: Remember only the evil deeds done by people, not the evil words spoken

"wrong!"

Xiao Ran's heart sank, but before he could make a move, he saw the paper man standing on the corpse leap forward quickly, and the thin piece of paper quickly scratched Hao Zhaowen's neck.

"pain!"

Hao Shaowen had no idea what was happening. He just felt a warm current flowing out from his neck. He reached out to touch it, and the warm blood made Hao Shaowen feel dizzy.

"court death!"

At this time, Xiao Ran had already rushed to Hao Zhaowen's side, opened his mouth and spit out a stream of black wind at the paper man.

"Snapped!"

Xiao Ran's divine wind did not last long, but its power was extraordinary. It hit the paper man and smashed him to pieces on the spot. A puff of black smoke separated from the paper man, gradually forming a strange spell pattern in the air and then slowly dissipated.

"Psychic!"

When Xiao Ran saw the dissipating curse pattern, he suddenly realized what was going on, but he had no time to care about it. Seeing the wound on Hao Zhaowen's neck in his arms getting bigger and bigger, Xiao Ran hurriedly laid him flat on the ground, and then took out the silver needle from the space.

"Don't be afraid, I'm here!"

As Xiao Ran spoke, she gently pinched Hao Zhaowen's neck with one hand and pressed down, knocking Hao Zhaowen unconscious.

Then use silver needles to perform the [Twenty-Eight Acupuncture Methods] to seal Hao Zhaowen's acupoints to stop the bleeding.

Take out another set of tools.

This set of tools is different from the usual ones Xiao Ran uses. It is a set of vacuum-packed medical tools.

Xiao Ran prepared it when he purchased the medical microscope equipment, fearing that he would encounter such a situation one day.

Xiao Ran skillfully opened the package, took out the needle and thread, and quickly sutured Hao Zhaowen's wound.

Fortunately, although the wound cut the artery, it was not difficult at all for Xiao Ran's current suturing skills. In just about a minute, Xiao Ran had completed the suturing. In addition, he activated the suturing technique and gently wiped the wound, so that not even a trace could be seen.

Then he removed the silver needle to allow the blood to circulate again, and soon Hao Zhaowen, who had fainted, woke up.

"Brother, I just... seemed to see my father?"

After Hao Zhaowen woke up, his head was dizzy. The first thing he heard when he saw Xiao Ran was that he saw his father.

"Pay attention, that's not your father!"

Xiao Ran stood up and looked back at Hao Laonuo's body.

"He is an initiate, a psychic medium. No wonder there are no signs of him."

Psychics can kill people through various curses, and use corpses and ghosts to cultivate all kinds of strange and bizarre cursed spirits. Corpses and ghosts are their materials.

And to some extent, the psychic is precisely the restraint of the corpse-stitcher.

He has great restraint on the corpse-stitchers.

Xiao Ran failed to notice that something was wrong with the corpse at first. It was also for this reason that he was also a professional in playing with corpses.

"The other party killed Hao Lao Nao and left a curse on him. I'm afraid his goal is to kill Hao Zhaowen. However, there were too many people at home and it was difficult to kill him. He deliberately waited until late at night when everyone was gone before killing him."

By that time, no one will know about it, and even the police will investigate. The final result may be that Hao Zhaowen will feel guilty and commit suicide like his father.

However, his plan was disrupted unintentionally. His paper magic seemed to just restrain the psychic's curse and forced out the curse lurking in the corpse. He had to act in advance.

"If you don't want others to know, then don't do it. Once you do it, it will leave traces."

Xiao Ran's pupils flickered with a faint light, and the Eyes of Recall were activated.

Suddenly, the colors around faded, and blue-gray shadows emerged. Time was like a reversed film unfolding in front of me.

As time quickly went by, people came and went in the living room. They were all relatives and friends of Hao Laonuo, and fellow villagers.

Later, the forensic doctor, police, and village cadres left the room one after another.

It was not until Hao Laonuo, with a depressed look on his face, jumped down from the rope and staggered back towards the door that Xiao Ran rubbed his eyes and stopped using the backtracking function.

Although Xiao Ran didn't see clearly what happened to Hao Laonuo, but from his expression when he entered the house and his unnatural body condition, he could conclude that Hao Laonuo had been controlled by someone before he walked into the house.

"Brother Xiao! This..."

Hao Zhaowen looked at Xiao Ran's expression and asked carefully, "What's going on?"

Everything that had just happened was completely unbelievable to him. Even now, whenever he touched his neck, he still felt a lingering fear.

"Your father's situation seems to be different from what you thought. He doesn't seem to have committed suicide."

After thinking for a moment, Xiao Ran decided not to hide it from Hao Zhaowen.

After all, the dead person was Hao Zhaowen's father. Moreover, judging from the way the other party attacked just now, he was probably targeting Hao Zhaowen. If he failed this time, he might attack again next time.

Therefore, hiding it from the other party would only make Hao Zhaowen die faster.

"My dad didn't commit suicide!!"

Hearing this conclusion, Hao Zhaowen's eyes froze instantly, like a frozen lake.

After a while, Hao Zhaowen's breathing gradually became rapid, and he tried to suppress the chaotic thoughts that surged into his mind. He felt as if he had lost his center of gravity. He felt relieved from the guilt of killing his father, but more importantly, he didn't know how to face this cruel fact.

If it wasn't suicide, then it meant... homicide.

His hands couldn't help shaking.

Hao Zhaowen's mouth opened slightly, but no sound came out.

After a while, he suppressed the horror and anger in his heart, and his voice seemed to come out from the depths of his throat, weak and choked: "Brother Xiao, are you sure that my father was killed by someone?"

"It's almost certain. You just saw it. The other party not only wants to kill your father, but you are also his target. You were lucky to escape tonight, but he will definitely find a way to kill you later."

"hiss!!"

At this moment, Hao Zhaowen clenched his fists and frowned for a moment, as if he was thinking about someone who had a grudge against their family.

Although his father did not have a good reputation in the village, at most he was just a scoundrel, gambling and drinking.

We are all from the same village, and our lives are getting better and better now. There is no deep hatred between us to the extent of killing each other's entire family.

So he thought about it for a while, but really couldn't figure out who it was.

Thinking of this, Hao Zhaowen looked up at Xiao Ran: "Brother, what should I do next? If the other party wants to kill me, I..." There was deep fear in Hao Zhaowen's eyes.

He was not a fool who understood nothing. Judging from the situation just now, the person who wanted to kill him was the same as Xiao Ran in front of him, both of whom were the kind of people who wanted to become beginners.

Ordinary people like me don't even have the power to resist.

Even if you call the police, they may not be able to find any clues due to the lack of evidence.

After Hao Zhaowen quickly sorted out his thoughts, he immediately walked to Xiao Ran's side. He knew that whether he could survive depended on whether the big brother Xiao in front of him was willing to help him.

This is his only lifeline.

Facing Hao Zhaowen's look for help, Xiao Ran did not answer, but there was no need to answer.

Xiao Ran raised his head and looked outside the door.

As far as my eyes could see, I could only hear furtive whispers coming from outside the door.

The sound was as shrill as a cat's meow, but if you listened carefully, you could also hear bursts of sharp laughter, which made Hao Zhaowen's scalp tingle.

"What is that?" Hao Zhaowen looked at Xiao Ran.

Xiao Ran did not explain, but just said: "Go back to the house, don't come out."

Hao Zhaowen did not dare to hesitate and walked into the house immediately.

After Hao Zhaowen entered the house, a cool breeze blew in the yard for no reason.

The originally dim night became even darker at this moment.

"Now that you're here, why are you hiding like this?"

Xiao Ran stood in the yard, looking at the vague shadows around him, and shouted towards the front.

As Xiao Ran's voice fell, a skinny figure walked out from outside the gate. The man had a dog's head and a human body, but his body was covered with green hair.

It looked neither human nor ghost, but more like a monster. However, in Xiao Ran's eyes, there was nothing new about it. It was just a corpse that had been transformed into this appearance by someone.

Even in Xiao Ran's eyes, the transformation was a failure and too rough. He could even see the marks left by the stitches on his skin.

This dog-headed man had an open mouth, revealing a woman's face. There were no eyes in the eye sockets, but instead a pair of baby-sized hands sticking out from inside. When the palms opened, a pair of eyes were revealed.

"piss off!!"

Four words came out of the woman's mouth.

Xiao Ran was not angry when he heard this. He looked it up and down, but asked, "You are also a villager in the village, otherwise you wouldn't rush here to kill people. Since you are a psychic, you should have passed the supervision period. But as long as I call the police and the company checks the files of the beginners in this area, it will not be difficult to find you. Killing and destroying the whole family, hehe, I'm afraid the company will not let you go."

After saying that, Xiao Ran looked at the dog-headed woman in front of him with a smile: "Now, are you still going to let me go?"

The dog-headed woman had no expression, but the controller behind her clearly hesitated, and after a while he said, "I don't care."

"You fart!"

Xiao Ran rolled his eyes. "If you don't care, why are you in such a hurry to come here to kill people and silence them? You can hide in the maze city. The company's wanted warrant for you may not be of any use, but in reality, a red warrant can't help you escape. Everyone in the village knows that you are a fugitive. Your whole family can't even think of raising their heads in the village. If you didn't care about this, you would have run away by now."

Xiao Ran’s hometown is also in the village, and he knows the rules of the village’s contempt chain too well.

In the city, the substance is the most important; in the countryside, face is more important than the substance.

This is not Xiao Ran deliberately belittling anything, but the survival rules between the two are different.

If the other party doesn't care, why would he use such a secretive method to kill people? After all, he still cares.

After Xiao Ran revealed her secrets, the dog-headed woman trembled a few times and then suddenly pounced on Xiao Ran without any warning.

Seeing this, Xiao Ran wanted to chop it into pieces with a knife, but then he thought of something.

He simply suppressed the urge to take action and quickly took two steps back, waiting for the moment when the dog-headed woman would pounce on him. He quickly patted the [Yin Bing Gourd] on his waist and released Liumu to block in front of him.

After being released by Xiao Ran, Liumu obviously hadn't figured out the situation yet. But when he saw the figure rushing towards him, he couldn't help but screamed, "What the hell is that? It's so ugly?"

As he said this, he swung his fist and punched forward.

Liumu took over the tiger's body, but was unable to exert his full strength. However, when it came to facing a crude patchwork like the dog-headed woman, he had no pressure at all.

The fist smashed straight up. The seemingly ordinary fist was covered with a layer of black flames. The moment it touched the dog-headed woman, the flames exploded.

With a dull "bang", the dog-headed woman was immediately engulfed by flames and burned to ashes in just a moment.

"That's it??"

Seeing the dog-headed girl being dealt with so easily, Liumu couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, but soon he felt a chill coming from behind him.

When he turned around, he saw Xiao Ran staring at him with narrowed eyes.

"broken."

Seeing Xiao Ran's eyes, Liumu's heart skipped a beat. He had a bad feeling. He had been working on the waterproofing without putting in any effort for some time, and this time Xiao Ran caught him red-handed.

"Old Six, you seem to have recovered quite well during this period."

Xiao Ran joked with Liumu with a forced smile.

Upon hearing this, Liumu hurriedly nodded and said, "Yes, it was only during these few days that I was able to fully adapt to this body."

"Oh, then let's get used to it. I'll leave this one to you."

Xiao Ran had a grin on his face, but he was already very excited. He thought, "I tolerated your lack of effort before, but today, you hid so well. Who were you guarding against? Your father!"

Liumu felt very bitter. He never expected that Xiao Ran was such a cunning guy. Now his strategy of working without putting in any effort was probably not going to work.

So he could only cheer himself up and glance around, but those shadows hidden in the dark could not escape his keen eyes.

A trace of anger appeared on his face, and he was so angry that he immediately found a window to vent.

"I thought it was something, but it was just some low-level curse. It's nothing compared to the Locust God's."

It was said that Liumu rushed out of the yard, and soon a series of sharp screams were heard coming from outside.

Xiao Ran stood in the yard, watching the haze disappearing one after another, but he was wondering in his heart whether he should add some more insurance to Liumu.

After all, he is the demon god of the Nuo sect, a creature on the same level as the locust god. If it weren't for the fact that half of his soul was cut off by Concubine Shuang, I'm afraid this guy would have attacked me.

Just as Xiao Ran was thinking, a black shadow suddenly rushed out from behind the door and appeared in front of Xiao Ran in a flash.

Xiao Ran looked back and saw the attacking figure clearly. It was a middle-aged man, probably in his early forties, but his skills were more agile than those of a young man.

In his hand he held a strange cursed object, a bone covered with flesh and blood, and a skull of some unknown animal. A blade of light spit out of his mouth and slashed towards Xiao Ran.

There seemed to be a flickering flame in the man's eyes. Although the corpse was extremely powerful and had destroyed several of his evil spirits in a row, even the curse of bad luck he had cast had no effect.

But as long as its owner is killed, the corpse will lose its power.

Regardless of whether the opponent is a corpse sewer or a corpse collector, this sequence itself does not have any strong combat power. Once it is approached, it will be dead.

"Go to hell!" The man waved the light blade in his hand, and in a very short time, it quickly cut out several afterimages, as fast as lightning and unstoppable.

But when the man was determined to kill Xiao Ran, all he saw was Xiao Ran standing there like a wooden stake, motionless.

"This guy must have been scared silly!"

The man laughed secretly in his heart, but at this moment, when his eyes met Xiao Ran's pair of clear black and white eyes, an uncontrollable fear suddenly arose in his heart.

What kind of look is that?

Fearlessness? Indifference? Even... contempt? ?

That's right, it's like an adult looking at a three-year-old kid who is about to raise his fist towards him, and not taking the kid seriously at all.

"Am I wrong?"

The moment this thought came into the man's heart, he realized something, but at this time, everything was too late.

Xiao Ran suddenly took a step forward, and his palm passed through the gap of the light blade like lightning. He grabbed his wrist and pinched it with five fingers.

"Crack!"

A piercing pain suddenly hit the man, causing his body to tremble violently and uncontrollably. He could no longer hold the light blade in his hand, which was snatched away by Xiao Ran.

"Your physical skills are good, but your sword skills... are not even as good as a three-year-old child."

Xiao Ran looked at the strange light blade in his hand and couldn't help but teasing.

Although it was a bit too contemptuous, Xiao Ran had the qualifications to say so. After his swordsmanship had improved, Xiao Ran had become a leader in swordsmanship. Whether in the real world or in the maze city, he was definitely a top master.

As for the opponent's swordsmanship, let alone reaching the level of transcendence, it didn't even touch the edge of transcendence. In Xiao Ran's eyes, it was truly not up to par and was full of flaws.

But if you think about it, this isn't surprising.

If it weren't for the special ability of the [Evil-Suppressing Order], ordinary people would have to spend a lot of effort and time just to become extraordinary in swordsmanship.

The man in front of him became a D-level psychic in a short period of time. He already had a strong enough talent.

But if you say that one can also develop some skills in swordsmanship, that would be a bit too much to ask.

After all, not everyone can directly obtain someone else's lifetime of practice through plundering.

"what!!"

When Xiao Ran snatched the knife from the man, he immediately realized that he had hit a wall. At the critical moment of life and death, the man roared, and a gash appeared in his chest, followed by an evil curse power surging from it.

【Body-damaging spell】

Consume 5 of your own Psychic Essence.

With itself as the center, it radiates within a five-meter radius, targeting all living things.

It causes the person's flesh and blood to age instantly, their Qi and blood to dry up, and they will randomly suffer from three or more acute diseases.

Duration: 30 seconds

Cooling period: seven days.

(Note: After activating this ability, the user will randomly and permanently deduct 5 attribute points from his own.)
As a psychic, everyone has a hidden curse, but the side effects are very serious, so it will not be used rashly unless it is absolutely necessary. But once it is used, it will definitely create unexpected results.

Xiao Ran admired the man's decisiveness and ruthlessness. He had just finished snatching the knife when the man immediately launched the strongest counterattack.

"No wonder he was promoted to D-rank!"

Xiao Ran praised in his heart, but did not dodge immediately. Instead, he took a step forward and punched the man in the face.

"boom!!"

The huge fist knocked the man away, and his body hit the wall behind him heavily, and he fell headfirst to the ground. The feeling of half of his face being cracked apart made the man cover his head and curl up into a ball, twitching.

It took a long time before I recovered from this state.

But at this time, the power of the curse that was originally released had also disappeared completely.

When the man raised his head, he saw Xiao Ran's knife on his neck. He stared at the man with a stern expression: "What should I do? Now you are in my hands. Should I call the police or kill you with one knife?"

The man lowered his head and said nothing.

It seems like he is ready to meet his destiny.

"Wait a moment!"

At this time, Hao Zhaowen, who had been lying at the door and peeking, rushed out. He raised his flashlight and shone it at the man. Although the man's face was swollen, Hao Zhaowen still recognized the man's face at a glance: "Uncle? Why is it you?"

Hao Zhaowen's face was full of disbelief.

When he learned that his father was murdered, Hao Zhaowen thought of many people in an instant, but he never expected that the person who killed his father was actually his uncle, Hao Shang.

He is his father's younger brother. When Hao Zhaowen was applying for university, it was he who donated 3200 yuan to him in the village. He always remembered this.

Although he had a bad relationship with his father, Hao Zhaowen really couldn't imagine that he wanted to kill his father and himself? ?
"Uncle, how could it be you? How could it be you? You killed my father and you want to kill me too? Why?"

Faced with his nephew's questioning, Hao Shang said nothing.

At this time, the noise outside was getting louder and louder, and villagers came into the yard one after another.

Not knowing what was going on, they were all watching secretly from the side.

Seeing this, Xiao Ran simply put away the knife.

The village chief also rushed over and saw Hao Shang lying on the ground with a swollen face. He looked blankly at Hao Zhaowen who had already broken down emotionally.

Hurrying forward to ask, Xiao Ran didn't say that much in detail, but just summarized it in one sentence: "He killed Old Hao... Oh, Uncle Hao, and then wanted to kill Hao Zhaowen, but I stopped him."

"What!! Is this true??"

The village chief was shocked and asked Hao Shang.

Seeing Hao Shang sitting on the ground with a depressed look without saying anything, she immediately blushed and stepped forward to kick Hao Shang: "Are you crazy? No matter how bad Lao Nuo is, he is still your brother. You are both this age, what else do you have to hate? You...you!!"

Seeing that the village chief was about to continue fighting, Xiao Ran quickly reached out to stop him.

After all, this guy is a psychic. If he gets angry, he can still take a few people away at random.

"Tell me, why are you doing this?"

The village chief asked while panting, but Hao Shang remained silent.

"I know!" Someone among the villagers shouted at this time. Everyone looked back and saw a middle-aged man walking out of the crowd.

"It seemed to be in the first half of the year. The two of them were having dinner at my restaurant and then they started fighting. It was a fierce fight. Hao Laonuo pinned him to the ground and hit him on the head with a wine bottle. If we hadn't stopped them, who knows who would have died."

"Yes, yes, yes, it happened. I was the one who took Hao Shang to the hospital. It's been half a year. If you didn't mention it, I would have forgotten about it."

Several villagers talked about what happened half a year ago. Hao Shang also raised his head and stared at Hao Zhaowen with gloomy eyes: "You heard it all, it was my father who beat me first. I was almost beaten to death by him. I helped your family, but he treated me like this. He deserves to die."

Hao Shang struggled to get up and looked at the villagers around him. "When Zhao Wen was admitted to university, I took out the money I had saved for half a year, 3,200 yuan, and gave it all to him. You all know that your father beat me to death that night, and I had three stitches on my head."

When everyone heard this, they immediately started whispering to each other.

Even the village chief couldn't help but sigh, thinking that Hao Laonuo was going too far.

In addition, Hao Laonuo had a bad reputation in the village to begin with, and now everyone thinks that this guy deserved to die.

Hao Zhaowen was dazed for a moment, not knowing what to say, and could only look at Xiao Ran.

But Xiao Ran had nothing to say about this. As the saying goes, even a fair judge cannot judge family affairs. As an outsider, it is best not to get involved in such matters as it is impossible to explain clearly.

However, at this time Xiao Ran noticed that the boss who had just stood up to explain the situation had a look of disapproval on his face. He wanted to say something but was unwilling to open his mouth.

Seeing this, Xiao Ran's heart moved, and he walked over: "Boss, they fought that day, is there any surveillance video?"

"what?"

The boss was startled. Seeing everyone looking at him, he was at a loss and said quickly, "Yes, yes, I have it on my phone."

"Can I take a look?"

"can."

The boss took out his mobile phone, opened the APP connected to the hotel's camera, and retrieved the video of the day. After clicking it, it was just as the boss said, it was Hao Laonuo who suddenly attacked and kicked Hao Shang to the ground.

Hao Zhaowen couldn't help but frown when he saw this.

The other villagers also started pointing and talking.

But the video continued to play, and gradually, people's expressions changed.

Hao Shang fell to the ground, still cursing: "Your child is a bastard, he is not your child at all. He ran away now and doesn't want to see you. He will not come back even if you die..."

No matter how much Hao Laonuo kept beating him, Hao Shang on the ground never stopped scolding him, and even became more and more excessive.

"He is now a slave working like a cow or a horse for others. What kind of college student is he? He is just as rubbish as you. His mother was a bitch back then and gave birth to a bastard..."

For a moment, the villagers looked at Hao Shang with squinted eyes, only to see that Hao Shang was also staring at the video with a dull expression. He had no recollection of cursing like that at the time. In his memory, he only remembered that Hao Laonuo rode on him and kept beating him, hitting him on the head, and even smashing his head with a beer bottle...

The video is not long. It starts at the part where the boss brings people to pull the people away. Hao Shang has blood on his head but continues to curse.

"I……"

Hao Shang's face turned red, and he didn't dare to look at Hao Zhaowen out of guilt.

"Ouch, you... are committing a sin."

The village chief sighed. Even though Laonuo Hao was not doing his job properly, everyone in the village knew it. It didn't matter if you scolded him, but you couldn't scold his son. But Hao Shang took advantage of Laonuo Hao's weakness to scold him. How could people not be angry?

"I……"

Hao Shang's face was red, and he didn't know whether it was because of being hit by Xiao Ran or because he was ashamed. He glanced at Hao Zhaowen who was standing beside him: "Zhao Wen, I...I...I really don't remember. I don't remember scolding like that. At that time, I..."

As he was talking, Hao Shang couldn't continue. He squatted on the ground, covering his face and burst into tears. He just wanted to give himself justice...

Soon, police lights flashed outside.

It was Xiao Ran who called the police. During the call, Xiao Ran specifically mentioned that the other party was a psychic.

Several uniformed police officers came in and handcuffed Hao Shang.

Before reaching the door, Hao Shang looked back at his eldest brother's portrait in the room, knelt on the ground, kowtowed to the photo, and was then taken into the car by several police officers.

No one knew what Hao Shang was feeling as he sat in the car.

If it weren't for this video, Hao Shang might never have felt that he had done anything wrong in his life.

After all, people often only remember the evil of others, but cannot remember the disaster caused by their own words.

"Hello, Mr. Xiao, welcome to Chengdu. If you are free in the next two days, please come to our place to supplement the record."

A police officer stepped forward and handed Xiao Ran a business card. The address on it was not a certain police station, but the building address of the Nadusong company.

"Okay, trouble."

After Xiao Ran took the business card, the other party quickly left the village with his people.

The other villagers also shook their heads and left.

Xiao Ran walked up to Hao Zhaowen and patted him on the shoulder: "You can still hold on, right?"

Hao Zhaowen looked at Xiao Ran with a complicated expression: "Brother, can I... do anything else for my father?"

"Okay, talk to him. He can hear me."

"Can you hear me?"

"Sincerity leads to spiritual success."

Hao Zhaowen seemed to understand something and turned around and walked back to his room. It was not until he saw the video today that Hao Zhaowen realized how proud his father was of him and how much he owed him.

I just realized it a little too late.

At this time, Xiao Ran looked back at the yard and cursed, "How long do you plan to watch the fun? Get down."

As Xiao Ran finished speaking, Liumu jumped down from the roof and landed on the ground with a half-eaten chicken in his hand.

He looked at Xiao Ran somewhat embarrassedly.

Xiao Ran hooked his arm around Liu Mu's neck and pulled him outside. As he walked, Xiao Ran said, "We have a score to settle..."

"Debt?? I don't owe you anything?"

"This body belongs to my good brother. I promised to take good care of him for the rest of his life."

"Is this your brother?" Liumu had never seen such a shameless person. Who would turn his brother into a corpse slave?

But Xiao Ran nodded seriously: "A genuine good brother, we have a life-long friendship."

"So what?" Liumu already had a bad feeling in his heart.

Xiao Ran took a deep breath, looked up at the stars and the moon in the sky and said, "So... I have to pay more!!"

(End of this chapter)