Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 606: Kill you while you are sick
"Da da da da..."

The footsteps grew more hurried in the empty hallway.

Before long, the four ghost doctors came running from one end of the corridor.

Looking at the door of ward number 14 in front of them, the four people had grim expressions.

"Damn it, this is the seventh time already!"

The Ghost Doctor couldn't help but scream and curse in frustration.

They had been trapped on this fifth floor for an unknown amount of time. The space here had been completely corrupted, and no matter which direction they tried, they would eventually end up in front of the door of ward number 14.

"Master Ghost, how did you manage to develop the hospital back then?"

Pumpkin frowned as he looked at Ghost Master.

The space here is distorted, and breaking out will not be an easy task. If the hospital was like this before, then there must have been some special method.

However, the Ghost Doctor said with a wry smile, "Hospitals back then were different from those now."

The Ghost Doctor remembered clearly that the hospital was still in relatively normal condition at that time. The Changchun Society used a combination of internal and external methods, setting up plague beds outside to contaminate the entire hospital. Then, under the pretext of helping the hospital build an incinerator to dispose of patients' corpses, they built a regeneration furnace.

By the time the hospital realized something was wrong, it was too late.

"Pumpkin, do you have any other ideas? If all else fails, we'll force our way out, no matter the cost. We absolutely cannot allow anything to go wrong upstairs."

The Ghost Doctor looked at Pumpkin with an almost pleading gaze.

He knew that Pumpkin must possess some kind of powerful cursed artifact that could save his life.

Normally, the Ghost Doctor would never have been so humble as Pumpkin, but now he couldn't wait any longer; the longer the delay, the more dangerous the situation would become.

"This……"

Pumpkin frowned, a hint of hesitation in his eyes.

“Sister Nan, let’s not hold back now. It’s okay if the furnace is destroyed, but if the hospital is destroyed, our Changchun Association will suffer serious damage, and it may even affect our future comeback plans. We can’t bear that responsibility.”

Taiyi, standing behind them, also spoke up to persuade them.

"Fine, but after using this, it might be difficult for me to help you again." Pumpkin turned to look at Ghost and the other two.

"This cursed artifact of mine comes at a great cost. It was originally intended as a last resort, a way out for us. Are you sure you want me to use it?"

"Use it! Use it immediately. If the hospital is destroyed, what other options do we have?"

Ghost Master's eyes were red. He knew all too well that doing this would cut off all his escape routes, but at this point, he didn't care about that anymore.

Seeing that Ghost Master was determined, Pumpkin no longer hesitated.

She then took out a cursed object from her spatial storage.

It was an object shaped like a small bridge. When the pumpkin activated it, the bridge began to glow with a bright light. The three of them immediately felt a chilling coldness and couldn't help but shiver.

【Bridge of Bones - Spirit Master】

Pumpkin tossed the thing forward, and the tiny bridge, no bigger than a palm, immediately grew longer in the wind, but at the same time, a cold wind howled, making people's scalps tingle.

Privilege: Crossing the Bridge

Activating the bridge allows people to briefly cross it and forcibly travel through time and space.

Duration: 30 seconds

Cooldown time: 12 days
(Note: After using the bridge, the user will suffer a backlash from the cursed item and will be unable to use any cursed items for a short period of time.)
"Come on!"

Time was limited, and Pumpkin didn't dare to waste a second, quickly stepping onto the bridge and walking upwards.

Seeing this, the three of them dared not hesitate for a moment. However, the moment they stepped onto the bridge, the color drained from their faces, and the piercing chill was unbearable for all three of them.

"Sister Nan, why is this thing so eerie?"

Di Jun couldn't help but ask.

Both of them were just one step away from becoming professionals, and their four attributes had long since broken through the fifty mark. However, with each step they took on the bridge, they always felt like they might fall into the air at any moment.

"This thing wasn't meant for living people, so it's natural that you'll feel uncomfortable. Don't be afraid, just keep walking across the bridge and you'll be safe."

"afraid?"

The three looked at each other, a bad feeling creeping into their hearts.

Sure enough, after walking a few steps, the space in front of them gradually became dark, and low, mournful howls could be heard from time to time. In a daze, they could see what seemed to be a huge creature moving in the distance.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a monster made of countless white bones.

Fortunately, they were very far away from that thing and were not worried that it would affect them.

Pumpkin explained to the three of them, "This thing was originally a cursed object prepared by my master to sneak into the underworld. It can temporarily allow us to enter the gap in space and cross the void. As long as you don't jump off the bridge, you don't need to care about what you see."

"I see."

The three suddenly realized that time and space were different inside the crevice than outside. Although the crossing time was 30 seconds, in reality, one second inside the crevice was equivalent to one hour. However, the same distance would be stretched out. They needed to force their way through the fifth floor to reach the sixth floor, which wasn't far. They just needed to run as hard as they could, and they would arrive in about ten minutes.

Although it was only a ten-minute walk, the four of them felt increasingly cold and unbearable as they walked.

Even Pumpkin couldn't take it anymore; her eyelashes were covered in frost, and her whole body was trembling.

He quickly summoned his spirit and let it envelop his body before the feeling subsided.

"Something's wrong, be careful."

The bridge stretched forward, seemingly straight, but in fact it had already passed through many layers of space. The temperature on the bridge was getting colder and colder, and there were occasional flashes of phosphorescent light around it, which indicated that the obstacles ahead were much stronger than she had imagined, forcing the bridge to traverse deeper spatial rifts.

This is like having a huge ice floe in front of you. You can't cross it on the surface, so you have to dive underwater and go around it.

If the ice floes are too large and too deep, it means that the depth at which they need to dive will also need to increase.

Reminded by Pumpkin, the three Ghost Doctors dared not be careless and each used their best skills.

The Ghost Doctor took out a bottle of medicine from his spatial storage. The bottle was made of flowing flames, and when the Ghost Doctor activated it with his incantation, the flames swirled and emitted a scorching heat.

The Ghost Doctor held the medicine bottle in his arms and immediately felt a warm sensation all over his body, and the chill in his body subsided considerably.

While Taiyi and Dijun did not possess any cursed items, they had no shortage of medicine.

They took out two Oolong Pills from their spatial storage and swallowed them. These were pills specially prepared for them by the Ghost Doctor. After swallowing them, a slight blush appeared on their faces, their blood boiled, and even their groins swelled up. They were no longer afraid of the cold air here.

The four of them walked faster and faster, not daring to stop for a moment. Gradually, the temperature around them seemed to rise, which meant they were almost at the sixth floor.

"Hang in there a little longer, we'll be there soon."

Pumpkin noticed the change in the surrounding space, and the expression on his face gradually relaxed.

However, after using the bridge, although he still has a way to save his life, it will probably be difficult for him to intervene in the following events.

"I wonder how long it will take for Riki-Oh to get here."

Pumpkin thought to himself, if Li Wang could arrive soon, with his abilities, he would be able to suppress all the problems, and then the white cat would also be caught in the net of justice.

Just as Pumpkin was secretly making plans in her mind, she suddenly twitched her ears and stopped abruptly.

This action caught Ghost Master and the others off guard, nearly causing them to bump into Pumpkin. They looked at Pumpkin in confusion and asked, "Why did you stop?"

"Don't move, it looks like... something is coming this way."

Pumpkin looked back at what was behind him, and his words immediately made Ghost Master and the other two's hair stand on end. The three of them carefully looked back and saw that the path they had come from had long since disappeared, replaced by a hazy, dark space.

In this kind of place, if something is heading their way, it doesn't look like anything good.

The three immediately became alert, not daring to be careless in the slightest.

In the blink of an eye, a beam of azure light silently appeared in the hazy, chaotic space before them. The light was quite far away, but by the time Ghost Lord and the others focused their eyes and tried to see it more clearly, it was already only a dozen meters away from them.

Upon closer inspection, the blue light turned out to be a huge blue raccoon dog.

The green raccoon was the size of a calf, its four paws gripping the air, and with a light leap, it arrived in front of everyone.

"What is this?"

While everyone was shocked, they suddenly noticed that there was actually a person on the back of the blue raccoon. The person was looking down at the four of them with a sneer on his face.

"It's him!!"

When they saw the features on that face clearly, all four of them trembled with fear.

They never expected to encounter Xiao Ran in such a place.

"No, run quickly!!"

Pumpkin was the first to react, turning and running away without looking back. She didn't know how Xiao Ran had done it, but she did notice that the blue raccoon under Xiao Ran's buttocks was extraordinary, seemingly some kind of very powerful spirit.

"Damn it, even a spirit master like me has difficulty controlling this kind of spirit, how could I become his mount??"

Pumpkin cursed inwardly as he ran.

If she had such a spirit protecting her, how could she have ended up in such a miserable situation?

Pumpkin didn't know that what she saw wasn't the whole story.

Qinghao was not nearly as powerful as she thought. The reason she appeared so calm was not because of Qinghao, but because of Xiao Ran.

The art of burning incense to invigorate the spirit is a secret technique passed down only within the Zhao family.

With the help of the Zhao family's spirit immortals, they possess even more boundless supernatural powers.

To put it bluntly, Lingxian's strength is average. If she really had such supernatural powers, how could she have been suppressed under the shrine by Changchun Society?

At this moment, Xiao Ran used himself as incense to bless the spirit immortal, which enabled the spirit immortal to possess such mysterious abilities.

Xiao Ran's gaze sharpened. Seeing Pumpkin running away, his eyes immediately locked onto Ghost Master and the other two. Noticing their poor condition, a thought struck him: "Strike while the iron is hot and kill them!"

(End of this chapter)