Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 525: The Midas Touch (still owed the day before yesterday)
"Come and try it. The hot pot in our cafeteria is very delicious. You can't get it outside, especially the lamb, which is all supplied by us."

The dining table in the cafeteria is filled with a variety of rich ingredients.

Xu Yan pointed to the fresh lamb slices next to him and urged Xiao Ran to eat quickly.

Xiao Ran picked up the chopsticks and gently put a thin slice of meat into the boiling hot pot. The red and white meat slices instantly became tender and gave off an alluring aroma. Paired with Sichuan's unique oil sauce, the meat slices quickly cooled down while the oil wrapped around them and fell into his mouth. The distinct taste made Xiao Ran imitate Xu Yan and say, "Ba Shi!"

"Why are there so few people in the cafeteria today?"

At this time, Xiao Ran noticed that there were only a few people in the cafeteria. Occasionally someone came to eat, but they ate a few bites in a hurry and left quickly. Some simply packed a few lunch boxes and left quickly.

"Busy."

Xu Yan said helplessly that there were few people and many things to do. "This morning, a maze suddenly appeared at the highway intersection. There was no sign at all, and the company's early warning mechanism did not work. In a blink of an eye, more than 20 vehicles were swallowed up, including a bus with a head exploded. We are discussing sending a rescue team to rescue it."

"Rescue team?"

"Yes, most of them are D-level beginners. We call it rescue, but in fact we just go in to check the situation and help them when necessary, trying our best to ensure that these people can survive, or live longer."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Ran silently picked up the chopsticks and stuffed a piece of meat into his mouth.

In fact, what he wanted to say was that in every trial maze there were guides like Li Ji.

But thinking that Li Ji had now become the night watchman of Guling Street, Xiao Ran did not dare to speak rashly.

The company is now short of staff and has holes everywhere, but these holes are getting bigger and bigger, and the company has no plans to expand.

Thinking of this, Xu Yan couldn't help but complain: "If it were up to me, we should just pull the army into the maze city and crush all the monsters and demons."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Ran could only give Xu Yan a blank look.

The current maze city cannot be considered fully open, but some things can be solved by relying on troops alone, such as the Bone Spirit Street.

Monsters like Master Xingbao, Madam Dongzhu, and Mother Xi cannot be dealt with by armies and artillery shells.

Just the fact that Madam Dongzhu could create evil out of nowhere was enough to make Xiao Ran's scalp tingle.

You may not be able to kill her with a bomb, but if she casually uses a magic spell, a large number of people will die.

Well, let's take a step back and assume that the army succeeded in forcibly intervening and finally conquered all the territory in front. Then what? The environment was broken, the advancement path of beginners was interrupted, and the rules were destroyed.

Who can guarantee that there won’t be more terrifying things emerging in the future maze city? By that time, there will be a large number of beginners and even professionals growing up in the West, but China will lose the soil for growth and development and will not be able to cultivate high-level professionals.

This is a matter of picking up watermelons and throwing away sesame seeds. The country will not be so stupid.

"By the way, Brother Xiao, are you preparing to advance to a pirate? I've heard of this profession. It can change one's fate. Can you help me change it? I actually want to join the Taoist sect, but the old Taoist I know said that I don't have the Huagai fate and refused to accept me."

Xu Yan looked at Xiao Ran expectantly.

To put it simply, if one is born without Huagai, it means that one has no spiritual roots and cannot cultivate into an immortal.

This is something that is destined by heaven. No matter how good Xu Yan's relationship with this Taoist priest is, there is no way to change it.

"Hey, let's talk about it after I advance."

Xiao Ran smiled but didn't dare to agree. Not to mention that he hadn't advanced yet, even if he had, it would not be easy to get a fate like Huagai.

The [Golden Spring Rat] that I bought for Grade C also cost me three Grade D corpses.

As for the Huagai, no one knows what the price is.

"Tell me, how long will it take for the company to find me a golden man?" Xiao Ran asked, changing the subject.

According to Xiao Ran's original plan, he would stay in Shu for ten days and then return to the Lost City.

But in fact Xiao Ran had to interrupt his plan and wait for a few more days.

Ever since Tang Xuan made the phone call that night, he asked me to wait and they would find a way to deal with the Midas Touch. However, after waiting for two days, there was no news.

If Xu Yan hadn't been with her and reporting the progress in real time, Xiao Ran would have suspected that the company was deliberately dragging its feet.

"You really can't blame the company. Midas Touch is a C-level professional. Although it's in the company's records, they won't join the company. They're all selfish. You expect them to take the initiative to help the company. That's a very difficult thing to do."

This is not surprising. The characteristics of the Midas Touch are a bit like a mouse, a person who searches for treasures in a garbage dump. If he finally finds a treasure, do you expect him to hand it over to the country? ?

They are probably the last people who want to deal with the company.

"Hey!"

Xiao Ran sighed, and suddenly felt that the hot pot no longer smelled good.

"Buzz..."

At this moment, Xu Yan's cell phone suddenly rang. Xu Yan saw that it was Tang Xuan calling, so he quickly picked it up. "It's Xu Yan, um, oh, okay, okay."

After hanging up the phone, Xu Yan didn't say anything. He picked up the chopsticks and quickly took out all the cooked meat from the pot. He didn't care whether it was hot or not. He took a big bowl of rice and ate it with a grunt. After eating, he picked up the Wei Yi soy milk on the table and drank it all.

He wiped his mouth and said, "Let's go. There's news about the Midas Touch." Xiao Ran's eyes lit up. He didn't care about what to eat anymore. He stood up and pulled Xu Yan out.

The two then drove straight to Mulan Town, Xindu District.

Xu Yan was not sure what was going on, but Tang Xuan had already said on the phone that a point gold person had already agreed to Xiao Ran's matter and had agreed to meet up with them somewhere.

The two of them came to a homestay according to the location sent by Tang Xuan.

When they walked in, they saw a middle-aged man sitting in the yard. When he saw Xiao Ran and Xu Yan, he looked up and immediately stood up enthusiastically: "Want to stay? Have you booked a room?"

"It's not accommodation, we're looking for friends."

Xu Yan said.

"Oh, what's your name? I'll help you check which room you're staying in."

The middle-aged man asked enthusiastically.

"The surname is Ding."

The middle-aged man frowned and pondered for a while, then scratched his head and said, "Ding? This... I don't know him, I've never seen him before. You've come to the wrong place. We have four tenants in total, and none of them has the last name Ding."

Xiao Ran and Xu Yan looked at each other immediately after hearing this, thinking: "Could it be that the other party is using a pseudonym?"

Just as he was thinking about it, the kitchen door was pushed open, and the proprietress in a chef's skirt came out with a bowl of noodle soup. Seeing Xiao Ran and Xu Yan, she asked, "Are you two here to stay? Do you have a reservation?"

"I……"

This time, before Xu Yan could speak, Xiao Ran interrupted him and said, "Yes, I'm here to stay. I haven't made a reservation. Do you have a room?"

"Yes, yes."

The lady boss said as she handed the noodle soup in her hand to the man beside her. "Lao Ding, the noodle soup you ordered has sugar added to it."

After these words were spoken, Xiao Ran and Xu Yan suddenly looked strange.

The man called Lao Ding also froze, stretched out his hand stiffly to take the noodle soup, and glared at the proprietress: "Why do you call me Lao Ding?"

The proprietress curled her lips when she heard this: "Last night you hugged me and called me sister all the time while enjoying the meal. Why can't I call you Lao Ding? You wouldn't be happy if I called you Xiao Ding."

"Go away, stop talking nonsense. These two are my friends. Prepare a room for them and I'll pay for it."

Seeing that the proprietress was getting more and more outrageous, Lao Ding quickly sent her away.

Then he turned around and grinned at the two of them; "Sorry, sorry, I'm used to this. You guys came to me suddenly, and I thought it was an enemy. I forgot what the boss told me. Excuse me, which of you two wants the gold."

"It's me." Xiao Ran walked forward.

Lao Ding looked Xiao Ran up and down, and Xiao Ran also noticed that Lao Ding's eyes were very strange.

His left and right eyes had different lusters. His left eye glowed with a faint blue light in the sunlight, while his right eye had a slightly reddish hue, like the spring color that Jade described.

The two men looked up and down, and Lao Ding quickly signaled them to go down to the yard.

"What's your name, little brother? You want me to give you some gold. What do you want?"

"Brother, just call me Xiao Ran. I want to order a piece of utensil. It should be E-level."

After hearing Xiao Ran's explanation, Lao Ding calmly took a sip of the noodle soup, smacked his lips, and felt that there seemed to be not enough sugar in it.

"Brother Xiao, you are not simple. The company paid a lot of money for you. If it were someone else, I might not be willing to help you. It's nothing else. This thing depends purely on luck. If we are lucky, we can just hang out for a few days and it will be done. If we are unlucky... Haha, it's hard to say."

"Thank you for your trouble. I will reward you handsomely after the matter is completed."

"You're welcome, you're welcome. The company pays me enough, so I don't need you to spend any money."

Old Ding waved his hand, then narrowed his eyes and said, "But let's be frank. The key to making gold is the word 'tao'. Without this word, even if you spend a fortune to buy something, you won't be able to make gold. So if you two can't follow the rules and can't make gold, don't blame me."

"of course."

Xiao Ran nodded to show that he understood, but different trades mean different worlds, and he didn't know what the Midas touch was, so he just had to be obedient.

"Shall we set off now?"

Xu Yan looked at Lao Ding and asked.

"Oh, you are too anxious." Old Ding pointed outside the door: "Do you know where this place is?"

Xu Yan shook his head. He had been to this place before, but he didn't know what was special about it.

"This is the ghost market, the largest ghost market in Sichuan. The so-called ghost market is a place where stalls are set up only in the early morning. If you want to find something, you have to wait until dark before you can go in. If you go in now, there won't be any ghosts..."

(End of this chapter)