Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 77 Iron Lock Determines Fate (First Update)
A suona sound rang in Xiao Ran's ears, carrying an ancient and mysterious charm.

Then, a desolate Gobi Desert appeared in front of Xiao Ran, and white paper money fell from the sky.

In a flash, the Gobi Desert was turned into a snow-white landscape by countless white paper money.

"Ding-ling, ding-ling..."

Immediately afterwards, the sound of camel bells was heard beside him, and three figures riding large horses appeared beside Xiao Ran. On the horses' backs sat an armored general holding a precious fan, a scholar in white holding a golden basin, and an old man holding a sword in both hands.

What horrified Xiao Ran was that although these three people had different appearances, their faces were exactly the same as his.

The scholar in white, holding the golden basin, groped in the basin with a smile on his face. After a while, he took out an iron lock from the basin. He threw the iron lock forward, and it suddenly turned into a small hill and fell to the ground.

The lock looked like a leopard, holding a card in its mouth. On the card were not only Xiao Ran's name and date of birth, but also a comment below.

[At the end of the nine classes, the cat pretends to be a tiger, is infected with evil spirits and offends Tai Sui, and never sees the sun above or the earth below. ]

Xiao Ran's eyelids couldn't stop twitching as he read the comments.

My goodness, he didn’t understand the first three sentences, but he understood the last two sentences. No sunlight above, no earth below, that means a dead person lying in a coffin.

I saw an armored general standing by, waving the precious fan in his hand, and suddenly a dark wind filled the sky, blowing up the paper money on the ground and burning it into a ball of blue evil fire that fell on the iron chain.

The iron chain instantly turned into a pool of molten iron in the blue fire and disappeared without a trace.

At the same time, Xiao Ran felt as if some chains on his body were opened by someone, and he felt a sense of relief for no reason.

The scholar in white continued to grope in the golden basin, and soon he found a silver lock.

Then he threw it forward.

The silver lock suddenly turned into a mountain and smashed down heavily. The lock head was like a tiger, also holding a stele in its mouth.

[I am a ghost who has been unable to survive for three lifetimes. My father is the wick of a lamp, and my mother is the oil. I have been stealing my life to survive for a moment.]

Xiao Ran felt sick when he saw the second comment.

If these comments were made by me, wouldn't it mean that I should have been a dead baby who would have had a hard time surviving in three lifetimes, and that my parents forcibly extended my life?

He turned around and glared at the scholar in white.

But the scholar in white was still smiling, while the old man holding a sword next to him opened his eyes, and a dazzling golden light burst out of his eyes. The next moment, the sword was unsheathed and slashed on the silver lock like a white dragon.

"Snapped!"

The silver lock broke with a sound, and at this moment Xiao Ran felt his body become lighter.

At this time, the scholar in white put his hand in the golden basin, trying to take out the last lock.

But the scholar in white pulled at the last lock in the golden basin for a long time, and he couldn't get it out. He finally pulled hard, but not only did he fail to get the lock out, he almost fell off his horse.

The scholar in white was immediately filled with annoyance. He glared at Xiao Ran, then raised the golden basin in his hand in frustration, intending to smash it.

The scholar in white clothes waved his hand and the golden basin fell heavily from mid-air.

However, the golden basin fell to the ground and shattered, but a beam of golden light from the basin hit the Gobi Desert, instantly causing the entire Gobi Desert to shake and spin.

Immediately afterwards, with a "plop" sound, a big hole was smashed into the Gobi Desert in front of him.

A huge hole broke open, and a ball of green fire gushed out from it, instantly igniting the entire Gobi Desert.

The three white-robed scholars screamed in anger upon seeing this, but at this moment, they saw a strange black tree suddenly growing out of the hole, with a shining golden lock hanging on the tree. Before anyone could see clearly what was written on the golden lock, they saw the strange tree extending out of the hole, rapidly growing like a pillar supporting the sky, and in an instant it extended to the invisible end of the Gobi Desert.

The three scholars in white were now all bewildered. They looked at each other, then ignored Xiao Ran and rode their horses towards the end of the strange tree.

Xiao Ran woke up with a start.

He didn't know what he had just seen, but at this moment he felt like he had endless energy all over his body.

"Your claws, physique, speed, and ghost sense have been upgraded to level 30, and you have successfully advanced to the ninth-level night ghost."

"Awakening skill [Ghost Whisper] upgraded to LV2."

"Awakening skill [Evil Curse] is upgraded to level 2."

"Awakening skill [Spiritual Movement] is upgraded to level 3."

Following the prompt sound, Xiao Ran's body instantly expanded again, and the flames in his eye sockets gradually turned scarlet.

“Spirit Walk!!”

Xiao Ran's heart moved, and a red shadow surged over his body. The gravity that originally bound him seemed to disappear at this moment. With a kick of his legs, he turned into a red shadow and quickly rushed down the stairs. "Ah ...

Jiucai was already in despair, but he never expected that Xiao Ran's speed suddenly increased. He was caught off guard and almost thrown out. When he came to his senses, he found that Xiao Ran had already rushed out of the dormitory door.

"Ah?? We are still alive??"

Jiucai lay on Xiao Ran's back, looking around blankly.

Suddenly, a feeling of secret joy of surviving a disaster surged in my heart, and I couldn't help but dance with joy: "Brother, you are so awesome, fuck, let's go, let's go quickly."

At this moment, Jiucai wanted to recite a poem, but after thinking about it, his mind was blank.

However, what made Jiucai speechless was that after Xiao Ran ran out of the dormitory building, he did not run away immediately, but took out a note and wrote: "Keep shouting!"

"what??"

Looking at the three words above, Leek's face turned into bitter gourd.

"Brother, do you have any grudge against her? If you have a grudge, leave me alone. Put me down. I can walk by myself."

Jiucai's heart was filled with anxiety, but he didn't dare to speak out his thoughts. He could only reluctantly shout to the dormitory behind him: "Zhang Lu, Kuang Jianbo is here!!!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Jiucai couldn't help but shudder, and felt that the hairs all over his body stood up.

He glanced at the dormitory behind him and saw Zhang Lu's figure appearing and disappearing in the dark dormitory building, chasing after him.

But this time, Xiao Ran had already started running away without Jiucai’s reminder.

After evolving into a ninth-order Night Ghost, he possessed the third-level [Spiritual Movement] and his speed was extremely fast.

In addition, the dormitory building was not far from the bathhouse. In just two or three breaths, Xiao Ran had already arrived in front of the bathhouse with Jiucai.

After putting the leeks down, Xiao Ran did not go into the bathhouse. Instead, he took out the [Dressing Mirror] and shone it at the bathhouse door. A figure with Kuang Jianbo's face appeared at the bathhouse door.

Perk 2: Reflection

After activation, shining the mirror on the other end will reflect a shadow exactly like the holder in front of the mirror.

The shadow cannot move, cannot speak, cannot blink...

Once someone approaches within one meter, they disappear immediately.

(The shadow can last up to 1 hour.)
After doing all this, Xiao Ran immediately pulled Jiucai into the women's bathroom next door and hid there.

Jiucai never dreamed that her dream of entering the women's bathhouse would come true.

I looked around out of curiosity.

However, when I found that it was not quite the same as I had imagined, I couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.

Xiao Ran was speechless when he saw Jiucai's appearance. He pulled him aside and hid there, waiting with bated breath.

He believed that as long as Zhang Lu entered the men's bathhouse, she would definitely find Kuang Jianbo hiding inside. As long as Zhang Lu could scare Kuang Jianbo to death and vent the resentment in her heart, then this school would naturally cease to exist.

"boom!!"

Not long after, an extreme feeling of oppression suddenly hit them, and then they both heard a sharp roar coming from the bathhouse at the same time.

"coming!"

Xiao Ran's eyes lit up and he suddenly became excited.

But the next second, Zhang Lu's miserable screams were heard from the men's bathhouse next door.

"Um???"

Xiao Ran felt that something was not right when he heard the voice. Why did it not sound like Zhang Lu had gotten her revenge?

Just when Xiao Ran was puzzled, he suddenly heard a burst of snickering laughter coming from the corner behind him.

Looking back, he saw Kuang Jianbo squatting in the corner, covering his mouth with his hands, his body shaking uncontrollably. Noticing Xiao Ran's gaze, Kuang Jianbo turned around and looked at Xiao Ran.

There was a fierce light in his eyes: "You want to kill me? Dream on. I can make her unable to even be a ghost..."

　I got up too late today, so I'm going to have dinner. The second update will be at 9:12, the third at :, the fourth at : pm, and the fifth before noon.

　　Well... Chapter 69 touches on many sensitive issues and needs a major revision. I will revise it after today’s update. It should be available tomorrow after the revision is completed.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)