Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 564: The Thief

under the spotlight.

Xiao Ran's movements are gentle and precise. Every time she inserts the needle is like a painter drawing lines on a canvas, powerful yet delicate.

In Xiao Ran's hands, the silver thread seemed to have life, shuttling between the flesh and blood, weaving the broken fascia and torn muscles together again.

When Xiao Ran was halfway through stitching, Shanlong on the suture table suddenly opened his eyes.

That was not the pupil of a living person—silver-blue spots of light were swimming in the cloudy lens.

Xiao Ran's silver needle hovered half an inch away from the artery. He watched the corpse spots turn into dense scales under the skin. The dark purple spots were winding along the spine into some strange patterns.

"evil Dead!"

Xiao Ran took out the [Evil-Suppressing Order], fused the spell pattern with it, and tapped it lightly.

"Bang!" A slight sound came from the demon-suppressing order, and a chilling chill spread from Xiao Ran's body. Then Xiao Ran was heard silently reciting the demon-suppressing spell.

Strands of silver light flashed and forcibly suppressed the mountain dragon's entity, causing the mountain dragon's body, which had begun to change strangely, to gradually calm down.

But there are still many lines of curse patterns under the flesh and blood, which are drilling around under the skin like living earthworms.

"Sure enough, the corpse of a senior 3D master is indeed more bizarre than that of an ordinary person."

Xiao Ran took a deep breath, and the speed of the silver needle in his hand became faster and faster, even leaving a blurry afterimage in the air.

Those dark golden lines gradually disappeared under Xiao Ran's stitching, and were replaced by smooth and harmonious lines. They were like the texture of nature, telling of the fragility of life and highlighting the tenacity of death.

Gradually, a different emotion surged into Xiao Ran's heart.

Death and life, the two form a delicate balance at the fingertips.

Even though it was just a corpse, it had a solemnity to it under the stitches.

The corpse sewer does not sew corpses, but looks at the sense of destination of death from another perspective.

Gradually this feeling became stronger and stronger.

The pale face of Shanlong lying on the dismemberment table seemed to have the residual warmth of life at this moment.

Suddenly Xiao Ran raised his hand and threw out the Yin banknotes.

Amid the sound of "Huala Lala...", a blurry figure gradually became clear in front of his eyes. It was the soul of the mountain dragon.

He looked at himself lying on the table with a blank face, and then looked at Xiao Ran with his empty eyes.

There seemed to be reluctance on his face, but he was helpless.

"It will be done soon. If you have any last wishes, please tell me now. If it's not complicated, I can consider helping you."

Hearing Xiao Ran's words, Shanlong's soul slowly bent down, put its face close to Xiao Ran's face, and stared at Xiao Ran with empty eyes.

After making sure that there was no emotion on Xiao Ran's face, Shan Long said viciously: "What is this? A charity from the victor?"

"You're overthinking it. When it comes to my enemies, I always aim to root them out. If I can kill them all, I will never leave any trace for future trouble."

Xiao Ran looked up at Shan Long and said, "I'm asking you this out of respect for my profession, ferrying the dead souls and letting the deceased rest in peace."

As he spoke, Xiao Ran had already finished the final stitching and looked at Shan Long: "Do you want to see your body again?"

Shanlong looked down and saw his own body lying there. His face looked peaceful and the stitches on his neck were almost invisible to the naked eye.

Such craftsmanship made it impossible for Shanlong to find any fault with it.

He could only stare at Xiao Ran fiercely: "The Changchun Society is just lying dormant now. You have no idea how powerful the forces behind the Changchun Society are."

"So you know?"

Xiao Ran turned his head to look at Shanlong.

Shan Long's eyes widened. Only then did he remember the special nature of the corpse-stitcher. His expression suddenly became ferocious: "You are looking for death!"

As he said that, he pounced towards Xiao Ran. What could a mere wisp of remnant soul do against Xiao Ran? Xiao Ran raised his hand and a corpse arrow flew out, directly destroying the mountain dragon's soul.

At the same time, he reached out and touched Shanlong's neck: "Suture!"

As the suture technique was activated, even the inconspicuous mark on the neck disappeared, and it looked perfect, as if the body was asleep, and it was impossible to tell that this was a corpse.

At the same time, Xiao Ran also felt that his suturing skills had reached the entry level.

"You sewed up Jin Panpan's body, and your score is SS! You have gained 3000 energy points."

"You have sutured Jin Panpan's corpse and achieved perfect suture. The corpse was identified as D-level and scored as SS-level. You have reached the standard for activating the Evil-Suppressing Order and the privilege of "Seizing the Job". Do you want to proceed with the seizing of the job?"

Looking at the prompt in front of him, Xiao Ran did not choose to seize the business immediately.

He turned around, took out the [Robber] spell from the space, took out the bronze vessel, closed his eyes and took a deep breath: "Advanced!"

"You have reached the entry level in suture skills, obtained bronze vessels, obtained the D-level occupational rune [Bandit], and have the occupation [Lucky Man]. You have met the requirements for advancing to a robber. Are you sure you want to advance?"

"Tip! [Lucky Guy] is one of your professions. After you advance, it will disappear!" "Confirm!"

Xiao Ran took a deep breath, confirmed his choice, and tore open the robber spell scroll in his hand.

As the scroll was torn open, a strong smell of corpse suddenly rolled out of Xiao Ran's body.

"Ding!!"

The bronze vessel in his hand suddenly emitted a moonlit halo, and the air within three feet around Xiao Ran began to twist into a spiral energy vortex.

The thin and long spell patterns on his wrist emerged like countless earthworms, twisting and entangled with the [robber] spell pattern. On the other hand, the [lucky man] spell pattern also slowly emerged from Xiao Ran's body.

Three strange and complex spell patterns entangled with each other and poured into the bronze vessel in front of them.

"call!!"

A gust of wind was howling. Xiao Ran held the bronze vessel tightly with both hands. He saw the inscriptions on it moving like a living thing, like the mysterious truth between heaven and earth.

However, before Xiao Ran could take a closer look, his face suddenly changed, and the corpse energy in his body began to run wildly out of control.

"Jingle Bell……"

Xiao Ran looked down and saw that the bracelet on her wrist was flashing with a strange luster. Five dragons were coiled on the silver bracelet, and they seemed to be alive and were swimming around the table.

As soon as they moved, Xiao Ran felt that all the meridians in his body began to be stimulated, and the corpse qi in his body rebelled completely uncontrollably, as if trying to block his advancement.

"Damn it, why is this thing joining in the fun at this time!"

Xiao Ran was shocked. When Li Qijing put the bracelet on his wrist, there was nothing special about it except that he couldn't take it off.

Why would he suddenly become agitated at this juncture, and even want to stop himself from advancing? !
Now Xiao Ran had to divide his attention, suppressing the corpse qi while maintaining his advanced posture.

Fortunately, at this time, Sister Liu came to Xiao Ran quietly and put a hand on Xiao Ran's shoulder: "Don't be distracted, I will take care of the corpse qi!"

Hearing Sister Liu's voice, Xiao Ran felt calm immediately, staring intently at the tangled spell patterns in the vessel.

When the spell patterns in the vessel merged together again, a strong light shot out from the vessel and shone on Xiao Ran's body, splitting Xiao Ran's shadow into two. The dice representing the "Lucky Man" floated on the left half, and the blade of the "Robber" condensed on the right half.

At the moment when the two merged, Xiao Ran found that translucent silk threads suddenly grew out between his fingers. Each thread seemed to be able to penetrate into the darkness, mysterious and profound.

At the same time, Jin Chanzi upstairs opened his eyes, looked sideways in the direction of the basement, stood up, walked down the stairs to the living room, stood at the door of the basement and watched.

When Qiu Kui saw Jin Chanzi coming down, he asked curiously, "What are you looking at?"

"It depends on fate!"

Jin Chanzi said lightly.

Then, with a smile on his face, he reached out and patted Qiu Kui's forehead and said, "When the pirates advance, fate will give them a blessing. Your master is lucky!"

"Really?"

Although Qiu Kui didn't understand what was said, his intuition told him that this little Taoist priest who looked like a porcelain doll seemed to have said something good.

"Of course!"

Jin Chanzi smiled and nodded, but there was something else in his mind that he hadn't said out loud.

"But the gift of fate is never free. I hope this kid can pay enough for it!"

In the basement.

Xiao Ran looked at the silk threads in his hands that seemed to have their own lives, his eyes full of curiosity. He didn't know what they were, but they were wrapped around his hands, like a layer of light silver membrane attached to his palms.

When Xiao Ran stared at it, his heart moved, and all the sewing skills flashed through his mind. These skills, at this moment, revealed a mysterious sense of insight into destiny.

At this moment, the spell pattern in the bronze vessel has completed its final shape.

It was a totem in the shape of a gray wolf, which, accompanied by a strong light, quickly retracted into its own flesh and blood.

"Click!!"

As the curse pattern was retracted into the body, the bronze vessel in front of him exploded into pieces.

Xiao Ran's body shook, and after he regained the ability to move, the corpse qi in his body was immediately suppressed.

"You have advanced to a pirate, and gained a bonus of +5 to all attributes!"

[Smuggler] C-level: Constitution +25, Strength +25
Professional skill: The stitching of fate.

Looking at the prompt that appeared in front of him, Xiao Ran couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief, turned around and said to Sister Liu beside him: "Thank you, Sister Liu, without you, I'm afraid something would go wrong here."

Xiao Ran then looked at the bracelet on his hand and frowned: "This thing is too weird, I must find a way to take it off."

Xiao Ran hadn't touched the bracelet before because it couldn't be taken off and there was no special movement when she wore it. Now it seems that she thought it was too simple.

(End of this chapter)