Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 751 Cleaning Up the Email
To be honest, after inquiring about the current value of the ghost money from Yang Jun, Xiao Ran didn't believe that the company could settle such a large sum of money in such a short time.

He may not trust the company's financial resources, but he cannot distrust its infrastructure capabilities.

These bus stops were a task assigned to him by the driver. Xiao Ran's requirement was to extend these bus stops from Shanshen Temple all the way to Ruzhou, and to make them ubiquitous in Ruzhou.

It seems like a huge project, but in reality... well, it is quite large. However, there's no need to build roads. As long as the bus stops are built according to the blueprints, the drivers can get through.

Once I finish naming these stations, all passenger information that gets off here will be displayed to me without reservation.

So from this perspective, I'm not losing out on this deal. Besides, I've already made a lot of money from the initial payment of ghost money, and even if I use the remaining money to pay off the debt, I can still get a considerable amount of money back.

Yang Jun was even happier with this proposal. Building the station would not only allow them to pay off their debts through labor, but it would also develop their infrastructure. From any perspective, Xiao Ran's proposal was a sure thing for the company.

The two quickly reached a cooperation agreement. Yang Jun would have the company's lawyer calculate the amount of debt that could be offset and then send Xiao Ran a formal contract.

The two then talked about other things, such as the Changchun meeting.

Yang Jun frowned. Ever since he forced Po Jun to retreat last time, Changchun Society had disappeared like a fox that had smelled danger. "The company has been looking for Changchun Society's whereabouts during this period, but there is basically no news. At present, the only trace of Changchun Society that is openly left in the public eye is Fusheng Money House. It is Changchun Society's money bag, but to the outside world, they are not integrated with Changchun Society."

"Hmph, it doesn't matter. As long as Changchun wants to revive, it's only a matter of time before it rises to the top."

Xiao Ran snorted coldly, and then inquired about the current situation in her hometown of Luo City.

"It's not good, but it's not too bad either."

Yang Jun sighed. In fact, apart from the Ruzhou area, there was basically no good news in other places.

Numerous evil spirits are appearing, and one can easily lose their life if they are not careful. Although the company and the country have tried their best to improve the survival rate of ordinary people when they encounter evil spirits, death and injury are inevitable.

"Besides those evil spirits, the biggest problem is actually man-made disaster. Long before the Lost City even landed, many江湖人 (jianghu people, people from the martial arts world) had already emerged in the market. These people cheated, swindled, stole, and killed. Before, because of the national law and companies, they didn't dare to show their faces, but now... Hmph!!"

At this point, a murderous glint inevitably appeared on Yang Jun's face.

Xiao Ran didn't have a good solution for this, after all, that's how turbulent times are. However, he believed that the chaos was only temporary. Once the company gradually adapted to the rhythm of the new world, it would naturally be able to free up its resources and make those arrogant turtles obediently lie back down.

Yang Jun's visit was also time-sensitive, so he didn't stay long. Seeing that things had been discussed to the point of exhaustion, he prepared to get up and take his leave.

"Brother Yang!"

At this moment, Xiao Ran called out to Yang Jun: "Also, I have something else. Could you help me find out some information about Ghost City? It should be in Qin City, right?"

"This isn't difficult. Are there any specific details?"

"No, just confirming the location is enough." The company can't handle the Golden Toad's matter, so I still need to go there myself.

"Then wait for my news."

"Old Huang, go see Brother Yang off, then take these three to the governor's mansion. The specific arrangements are up to Yu Deng."

Xiao Ran didn't get up to see him off, but instead handed the matter over to Huang Le. This was also to give Huang Le the opportunity to get in touch with high-ranking officials like Yang Jun. Regardless of whether they could establish a relationship, at least they could become acquainted with him.

"Alright, Brother Yang, this way please." Huang Le walked ahead eagerly.

Only after Yang Jun left did Xiao Ran take out her notebook, flip through a few pages, find the line "Building buses", and put a checkmark next to it.

Looking at the unfinished target line on the notebook, "Strike the Changchun Association," Xiao Ran couldn't help but sigh.

"It seems that the incident at the Fifth Hospital wasn't enough of a blow to the Changchun Association."

Why do I say this? As we all know, when wolves are starving, they will try to plunder the livestock in the village, even at the risk of being wiped out. They have already destroyed the Fifth Hospital, which has dealt a huge blow to Changchun Club. But Changchun Club chose to lie low at this time, which means that they still have enough resources to preserve their strength.

Especially at times like these, they remain calm and patiently lie low, waiting for the perfect opportunity to strike.

This is what makes Xiao Ran wary.

"Xiao Ran... that..."

At this moment, Huang Le returned. He came to Xiao Ran's side, thought for a while, and then said to Xiao Ran, "I plan to go home tomorrow."

Xiao Ran turned to look at Huang Le.

Huang Le continued, "As you know, the reason I came out this time was to ensure my family's safety. I didn't expect to go through so many things along the way. Now that the Lost City has been established, it's not close to my home. I just casually asked Brother Yang, and he said that if I want to go back, I can take a company car, and it will take about five hours to get home."

"Yes, that's right. It's good to go back early." Xiao Ran nodded in understanding. After all, Huang Le had been away for quite a while this time. Now that they had landed in the Lost City, things weren't as peaceful as they seemed. In fact, many places outside of Ruzhou were not peaceful. If Huang Le went back with the company's people, it would be a good backup plan.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ran took out another sum of ghost money from her spatial storage and handed it to Huang Le.

"No, no, no, that's not what I meant." Huang Le quickly waved his hand and refused when he saw Xiao Ran handing him the money for the dead.

"Take it. If something happens on the road, this money might save your life. If nothing happens, consider this a red envelope for your daughter."

Without saying a word, Xiao Ran stuffed the money bag in her hand into Huang Le's hand.

"After you go back, bring your wife and children over as soon as possible. It's too chaotic outside, and it's not a long-term solution for your family to stay there."

"Yes, I think so too."

Huang Le nodded and said that Wu Man had previously rented a large shop next to the Amazing Pavilion, intending to open a restaurant there. Wu Man had already agreed that after he recovered, he would be put in charge of the restaurant's management, so that he could settle down here and have a job to make a living.

While there was still time, Xiao Ran told Huang Le to make proper preparations so they could set off early the next morning.

Actually, Xiao Ran also wanted to go back and see what was going on with his grandfather and the others, but he really couldn't leave right now.

Xiao Ran turned around, took out a pen and notebook, pondered for a moment, and wrote three words on them.

[General Outline of Spiritual Arts]

Xiao Ran thoroughly analyzed the core texts of the four schools: [Corpse Dissection Record], [Spirit Crossing Scripture], [Soul Severing Blade], and [Wound Cleansing Record]. He extracted the essence, summarized and edited it, and wrote it all down on the document.

With this set of [General Outline of Spiritual Arts], the people under the Amazing Pavilion will not only have improved self-defense capabilities, but will also find it much easier to conduct business with Chongshan and others in the future.

By the time he finished writing this general outline of spiritual arts, it was already getting dark.

Xiao Ran stretched and went to the secret room to check on Wu Man.

This guy's consciousness had already awakened, but Huang Chao's body still carried some residual divine might, which made Wu Man realize that this was a good thing, so she specially accelerated her time to comprehend its mysteries.

Seeing this, Xiao Ran did not interrupt him. She turned around, walked out of the secret room, and came to the gate of the Amazing Pavilion.

A curfew had been imposed on the streets.

Unfortunately, the number of indigenous people and modern people mixed together is too large to manage, so a curfew can protect the safety of most people to the greatest extent.

Once the company takes over fully, this situation will gradually improve.

Xiao Ran walked to the door and saw a mailbox hanging there.

He's been back for so long, and he still hasn't gone to collect his rewards from the Lost City quest.

Xiao Ran wasn't in a hurry because he knew that the rewards weren't anything particularly exciting.

The side quests and main quests this time weren't very good. If I had to pick a reward, then Huang Chao's physical body, the Locust Ranking, and the Imperial Seal of the State would be the greatest rewards.

Now the Imperial Seal of the State is in Brother Lu's hands.

The "Locust Ranking" is a good thing, but all the content on it is directed at itself.

Huang Chao's physical body had already been dismantled by himself, and the remaining parts probably wouldn't be enough to form a complete human form, but it was still the corpse of a Celestial Being, and there was still a lot of potential to be explored inside.

Therefore, Xiao Ran had no expectations for this reward from the very beginning.

Opening her email, one item after another popped up in front of Xiao Ran. However, to her surprise, the rewards this time seemed pretty good.

[Main Quest 2: Imperial Seal of the State, Completed]: Rewards: D-grade profession scroll, [Deputy Director of the Imperial Observatory], 1200 Ghost Coins, B-grade cursed item; [Potential Mental Recovery Potion] x2
[Side Quest 5: The Truth of the Mark, Completed]: Rewards: C-grade cursed item [Blank Job Scroll], 800 Ghost Coins, D-grade cursed item [Mongoose Potion] x5
[Side Quest 4: Consort Li, Failure]: 2000 ghost money will be deducted.

[Side Quest 3: Good and Evil, Completed]: Obtained a C-grade cursed item [Perfect Repair Gem], 800 Nether Coins, and two D-grade cursed items [Random Amplification Scrolls].

[Side Quest 2: Participate in the Campaign]; Obtain a B-grade cursed item [Yin Yang Creation Robe], 800 Nether Coins, and a C-grade profession scroll [Lead and Mercury Taoist].

[Side Quest 1: Slaying Evil and Protecting the Righteous Path]; Obtain D-grade cursed item [Three Corpses Belt], 800 Netherworld Coins, F-grade profession scroll [Porridge Creditor]...

(End of this chapter)