Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 768 Going Home
In the main hall of the Amazing Pavilion, everyone gathered in front of the hall.

Each person held a stick of incense.

The smoke curled around, forming a thin veil of smoke all around.

In front of the main hall, there was a shrine.

The shrine was covered with a red cloth, so outsiders could not see what was inside.

"bye!"

Li Botong led a group of shopkeepers to stand in the hall, raised the incense sticks high above their heads, and bowed deeply before the shrine in front of them.

"I bow again!!"

With each prayer, wisps of incense flickered in the darkness, and thick clouds of smoke surrounded the shrine, making it appear mysterious and unpredictable.

Xiao Ran stood at the back and didn't join in the worship. After all... worshipping oneself felt a bit strange.

"I bow again!!!"

After bowing three times, Li Botong and the others placed incense sticks in the incense burner in front of the shrine, one for each person. Before long, the entire incense burner was filled with incense sticks, and the fiery red incense burned brightly. Xiao Ran could clearly sense that the version of herself in the shrine was devouring the incense that was being offered to her.

After being transformed, the incense becomes part of the little guy's own energy.

Interestingly, this energy is quite unique, or rather, it is completely opposite to the power that Xiao Ran is familiar with.

This force can influence the rules to some extent.

For example, fire is hot, but this force can change the nature of fire to cold.

However, this change is limited, and it seems to be influenced by the incense offerings; the stronger the incense offerings, the stronger the effect.

After carefully sensing it, Xiao Ran roughly understood where those strange tales caused by evil spirits came from.

It all boils down to one word: faith.

Just like the currency issued by a country, it is essentially just a piece of paper, but the country says it is money, and the country's credit guarantees this piece of paper.

So this piece of paper became money.

Similarly, much of the power of evil spirits comes from this. When their power is enough to influence the rules around them, you will instinctively believe that these altered rules are true.

Of course, you can choose not to believe, but the prerequisite is that you have the ability to not believe.

Otherwise, you will face utter destruction.

This discovery gave Xiao Ran a lot of interesting ideas.

Only after the incense had burned out did Li Botong let everyone take their places and prepare for the new day's business opening.

Yesterday, due to the disruption caused by Fusheng Money Exchange, the store's sales did not meet expectations, and today we will try our best to make up for it.

Xiao Ran summoned Li Botong and looked the old shopkeeper up and down again. He noticed that Li Botong's hair was much whiter than before, and his face was covered with age spots typical of the elderly.

Seeing this, Xiao Ran said softly, "From now on, you don't need to worry so much about things in front of the camera. Leave it to One-Eyed and the others. You just need to take charge of the overall situation."

Li Botong nodded: "Yes, I was thinking of helping you, Pavilion Master, for another two years. Once the younger generation has become familiar with the work, I plan to retire."

"Retirement isn't urgent; I need you to look after things for me."

The two of them walked and talked.

Regarding the shrine, Xiao Ran tentatively plans to hold a worship ceremony once a week on Mondays, and then a grand ceremony once a month thereafter.

Xiao Ran entrusted Li Botong with all the internal affairs of the Amazing Pavilion.

When encountering trouble in external affairs, he would ask Yang Jun for help.

Regarding the goods from the Underworld, with Chongshan and those big shots keeping things under control, they can't cause any trouble.

After confirming that everything was in order, Xiao Ran felt relieved and let Li Botong get on with his work.

He then turned around and went to Zhen Ding Wei, found Huang Le, and gave him a few more words of advice.

"If you have any difficulties, go to Li Botong; if you have any trouble, go to Yang Jun. If neither of you can solve it, then go to the main hall to worship the shrine."

Huang Le nodded as if he understood, but Xiao Ran left the tiger demon at Zhen Ding Wei and asked Huang Le to take care of it.

If we encounter serious trouble, the tiger demon might come in handy.

After making sure everything was in order, Xiao Ran didn't linger and headed straight for Wancheng.

Before even getting close to Wancheng, Xiao Ran could hear the sound of soldiers training, which sounded like a mountain collapsing and a tsunami crashing.

"Kill!! Kill!!"

The sounds of battle were deafening. Xiao Ran's gaze was fixed on the sky above Wancheng. He saw flashes of blood light, which gathered into a large blade that hung above Wancheng.

As Xiao Ran approached, she immediately felt her own power being suppressed by this killing aura.

Even their mental strength was affected.

I couldn't help but exclaim, "What a powerful army!"

Having experienced the chaotic battles between various rebel kings, the killing intent of Lu Cheng's troops has grown stronger.

While modern firepower may be powerful enough in reality, it is still not as powerful as this army in some respects.

With just such a massive killing intent, even a professional would have their strength suppressed by eight or nine tenths if they were caught up in it, and would be killed in the chaos in an instant.

Of course, you could argue that all fear stems from insufficient firepower.

However, in this era, the bizarre changes that occur after the city of illusion is established will only increase, and cannons and missiles will not always be useful. The number of professionals will also increase explosively in the future. At that time, a professional will be a human harvesting machine. We can't just indiscriminately bombard our own home with missiles to deal with one person.

Therefore, Xiao Ran had a premonition that such an army might become a divine sword at some point in the future, suppressing those treacherous villains.

Xiao Ran did not go into the city.

Instead, they arrived outside Wancheng, where they found Lu Cheng already waiting outside the city with his backpack on his back.

It turns out that Xiao Ran had already sent a message to Lu Cheng last night, saying that he was going home and that he could take Lu Cheng with him if Lu Cheng wanted to go back.

In all calculations, Lu Cheng has been here for a very long time. He no longer has any family in his hometown, so this place is his home.

But Lu Cheng still wanted to go back. He wanted to go back and see what was going on, and also wanted to bring Master Lai back.

"How long will it take to get back this time? It won't be just a few days, but it'll be several years here, right?"

Lu Cheng was a little worried. He looked back and saw his wife and son waving goodbye to him from the city wall. He was worried that if he went back, he would end up like Xiao Ran did last time, making Yu Ting wait for many years.

"No." Xiao Ran shook her head: "Now that the city has been established, unless it's a special area, there won't be any more time differences."

The time difference is the most valuable thing before the city of illusion is fully established, allowing people to grow rapidly within the city in the shortest amount of time.

But now, that kind of thing is gone, and the new generation of beginners can no longer experience that feeling of rapid growth.

Upon hearing this, Lu Cheng breathed a sigh of relief and shouted towards the city wall, "Wait for me, I'll be back soon!!"

After saying that, he turned to Xiao Ran and said, "Let's go!"

Xiao Ran placed her hand on Lu Cheng's shoulder, waved to the two men on the city wall, and silently chanted, "Privileges - Industry Return!"

As Xiao Ran had this thought, a thin layer of white mist began to rise around her.

Xiao Ran could clearly feel a powerful force pulling the two of them through time and space at high speed.

Xiao Ran couldn't sense the source of this power before, but now he could clearly feel that there seemed to be something much grander behind it.

what is that? ?

Is he the ruler of this world?
still is……

A possibility involuntarily crossed Xiao Ran's mind: perhaps the appearance of the Labyrinth City, and the operation of the Labyrinth City, are being wielded by even more powerful professionals, or even terrifyingly powerful beings beyond professionals?

Just as Xiao Ran was lost in thought, the space in front of her suddenly paused, and the white mist dissipated the next second.

As the two took two steps forward, they could clearly see the familiar tables, chairs, and benches in the room.

came back!
Looking at the familiar room, Xiao Ran suddenly felt a sense of relief.

Unlike in the Amazing Pavilion, it seems that here I can unload all my burdens and be just like an ordinary, normal person.

[Notification! Tenant Liu Rui has left!]

[Warning! Tenant Liu Rui has left and taken the coffin, the protective charm. The effect of the Privilege Spirit Town has disappeared.] (Note: Details are in the author's notes.)

The two prompts that suddenly appeared in front of her did not surprise Xiao Ran, as if she had already expected them.

Before he could even open the door, he heard footsteps going up the stairs outside, and Okra's shouts.

"Master, you are back!"

With the shouts, the door was pushed open, and Qiu Kui rushed in with red eyes. Upon seeing Xiao Ran, she rushed forward, hugged Xiao Ran's waist, and began to sob.

"Waaah... The fighting was fierce outside that night. Many houses collapsed and many people died. Sister Liu told me to hide, and she rushed out with a coffin. Then she never came back."

Okra sobbed. Although she, as a ghost, had no tears, her body was trembling, fearing that Xiao Ran would also leave soon.

Clearly, she had been quite frightened during this time.

Xiao Ran placed her hand on Qiu Kui's head and gently stroked the little girl's forehead.

"Don't cry, look, I'm back."

Okra looked up: "Are you still leaving?"

Xiao Ran thought for a moment and said, "Let's go, but I'll think of a way to take you with me."

The situation on Bone Spirit Street is very chaotic right now, and Xiao Ran is worried about leaving Qiu Kui alone here.

So Xiao Ran decided to think of a way to see if she could take the okra with her.

When she heard that Xiao Ran was going to take her with him, Qiu Kui's sobbing face finally calmed down.

After calming Qiu Kui down, Xiao Ran and Lu Cheng walked out of the room, opened the door, and a ray of moonlight shone down.

Look up.

Good heavens, a huge hole runs straight down from the third floor.

Suddenly, a white shadow flashed through the darkness, moving so fast that it left only a fleeting afterimage.

The next second, a pure white cat silently landed at Xiao Ran's feet, circled around her, and sniffed at her trouser leg and the air on the ground, as if searching for something.

But after a short while, it stopped moving and looked up at Xiao Ran with a puzzled expression.

"Huh?? This guy's gotten fatter??"

Xiao Ran looked at Bai Xu and reached out to touch it, but Bai Xu dodged away. Bai Xu leaped high into the air and landed on the roof beam. The moonlight shone on the creature, making every hair of Bai Xu glow faintly.

Upon seeing this, Xiao Ran's pupils constricted slightly, and she exclaimed in surprise, "This guy has become a spirit!"

(End of this chapter)