Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 801 Do It All

"Honorable guest, may I ask your name?" Hao seemed to have received the information from within and asked Xiao Ran.

"My name is Xiao, and I have a brother named Ran."

Xiao Ran replied.

"Alright, welcome to the Spirit Tomb City. However, according to our rules, each person can only enter the city in units of five hundred mycelia."

"can."

Xiao Ran agreed without even haggling.

Once the Spirit Tomb City carefully opened a gap, Xiao Ran and Wu Man each sent a wisp of their spiritual energy into the city.

The city had already prepared mycelium for the two to parasitize, but after they completed the parasitism, they found that the quality of the mycelium was very poor.

It is clearly a common mycelium that has not been nourished by the gold-dissolving solution for a long time, and it has obviously shown signs of aging.

It seems they're really keeping a close watch on them.

Xiao Ran and Wu Man exchanged a glance. This little trick was meaningless to them. On the contrary, it showed them how weak the city lord of Lingmu City was.

"I apologize, Spirit Tomb City has been experiencing a shortage of resources lately, and I apologize for neglecting our two distinguished guests."

Hao appeared beside the two and apologized to Xiao Ran and Wu Man.

"It's alright, show us around."

A volume of 500 units can only contain a mere two or three points of mental energy, which is no different from that of an ordinary person.

It's impossible to take in the entire Xia Tomb as easily as when we were there.

"Of course, please come this way."

Hao gestured for Xiao Ran and Wu Man to follow him, and led them through the streets of Lingmu City.

Disappointingly, there were only scattered pheromones on the streets, making it seem like a ghost town.

"I heard that Spirit Tomb City is the largest and most prosperous place in the no-man's-land, so why does it look so deserted today?"

Wu Man was asking a question she already knew the answer to, but Hao was prepared and didn't argue, simply stating the facts.

"The two of you have made too much noise in Lingmu City. With such a large colony of fungi, the people in the city have been terrified and dare not come out."

"That's a pity. We came here with sincerity, purely to trade resources."

Wu Man sighed with regret, then asked with a hidden meaning, "Won't this affect our deal?"

"No, of course not. We have already begun preparing the resources you two need."

Hao answered with absolute certainty.

Afterwards, Xiao Ran and Wu Man were invited to take a walk around the Spirit Tomb City, where the infrastructure of the city was introduced.

For example, the cultivation pool here is a bit smaller than the one in Xia Tomb. However, Xiao Ran could clearly tell that this thing was just a cheap, street-side product, like a public bathhouse. It could not possibly be the true core cultivation pool of Lingmu City.

However, even the average-sized cultivation pools number as many as seven or eight within the Spirit Tomb City.

This demonstrates the prosperity and scale of the area.

Besides the cultivation pool, Hao also took them to inspect the wind element spores, a specialty of their Spirit Tomb City.

If enough of these spores are carried, the mycelium can even gain the ability to fly.

Of course, the consumption is also astonishing.

Seeing this, Xiao Ran couldn't help but glance at Wu Man beside her, and sure enough, she could sense that Wu Man's emotions had become somewhat agitated.

I don't know what this guy has thought of this time, but judging from his excited state, he seems to have come up with a good idea.

After strolling around for a while, Hao led them into the largest trading area.

There were noticeably more pheromones here, and various transaction information messages appeared in front of the two of them.

But just like the plaster ads in the game, they are mostly advertisements with little to no valuable information.

"By the way, we need some things. I wonder if there are any in Spirit Tomb City? If so, we are willing to pay a high price to buy them."

At this moment, Wu Man remembered their side quest, so she recited all the materials required for her side quest in one go.

Besides the four types: blood mushroom, spirea spore, albino bone fungus, and dragon tooth vegetable.

Another task requires the following items: Bone Powder, Heart-Shattering Noodles, and Flesh-Eliminating Pills.

Hao was shocked when he heard Wu Man rattle off so many demands in one breath.

He had heard of some of these things, while he had never even heard of others.

After thinking it over, he said to the two of them, "At present, I have only heard that Dragon Tooth Vegetable is being sold here. I have no news about the other items. But don't worry, I will have someone investigate this matter and will inform you if there is any news."

If Xiao Ran hadn't intercepted the pheromones transmitted underground beforehand...

Faced with Hao's enthusiasm, one might easily assume he's a good person.

"Let's go, I'll show you two some of our unique local delicacies."

Hao warmly invited Xiao Ran and the other person to a special mycelium area.

What makes this place special is that the mycelium here constantly shimmers with a soft beige light.

When they arrived, they were immediately drawn to the beige spores encased in the mycelium.

"liquor!"

Wu Man tried to absorb a spore into her body, and a mellow, wine-like fragrance instantly spread throughout her body.

As mycelial organisms, they do not have a sense of taste, but their perception is hundreds of times more sensitive than that of any other living organism.

When the mellow aroma of wine wafted from the spores, almost no one could resist it. Even Wu Man couldn't help but feel deeply intoxicated.

Xiao Ran, who was standing nearby, tried it and was indeed amazed by the refreshing and mellow taste.

After all, with Chef Wu Man by my side, I've tasted all sorts of delicacies before, but I've never experienced this feeling of savoring the rich aroma from head to toe, with every single strand of mushroom.

The two quickly absorbed the liquid from the spores, and then, ignoring Hao beside them, picked up another spore and continued to savor it.

Seeing this, Hao didn't stop them, but simply continued to take out new spores for the two of them to enjoy.

Meanwhile, not far away, the swarm of bacteria could be seen wriggling, and several strangely shaped bacteria emerged.

"Hehe, they've already fallen for it, and these two are having a great time inside."

Several dark figures exchanged pheromones and made a series of teasing remarks.

The fine wine that Xiao Ran and Wu Man admired was actually not very popular in Lingmu City.

Because most mushroom enthusiasts easily become lost in the flavor after tasting it, there have even been cases where enthusiasts, after frantically inhaling these wine spores, have lost consciousness and died completely.

They certainly didn't expect to kill the two men with these things alone, but they could at least lull them into a false sense of security.

"How are the preparations going? How much longer?"

"Soon, I heard that the bosses had already brought out all their savings."

As they were talking, they saw the mycelium wriggling behind them, and three figures appeared behind them.

The one leading them was their leader, Chong.

The two following behind were highly skilled individuals whom Chong had hired at great expense.

"Let me introduce you. These two are named Qingming and Zhenye. You will be following their instructions in the future."

The pet released pheromones to explain the situation to the group.

Since the leader had spoken, the others dared not be negligent and all sent friendly signals to the two.

"Have you received all the information? Knowing the names is enough."

Zhao Qingming said.

Even if he were to become a mycelial organism, it wouldn't affect Zhao Qingming's methods. As long as he knew the other party's name and imprisoned a wisp of their soul, no matter how powerful they were, they would not be able to escape Zhao Qingming's grasp.

"Don't worry, we've already found out. One of them is named Xiao, and the other is named Ran."

After Zhao Qingming and Xiao Zhenye looked at the information in the pheromones emitted by the pet.

The two fell silent immediately.

Seeing that the two did not respond, Chong immediately pressed, "How is it? Is there a problem?"

“No problem, but I’m worried that with such a large enemy force, the two of us might not be enough. Why don’t you call a few more?”

Xiao Zhenye releases pheromones, which, as carriers of mycelium, have one advantage: one's emotions cannot be detected from the pheromones.

After seeing the message on the pheromones, the pet immediately replied, "This is very simple, just wait a moment."

The pet's consciousness quickly left, clearly indicating it was going to call for reinforcements.

"Spread out around you, each of you occupying a corner, and try to connect with each other as much as possible."

Zhao Qingming gestured to the other fungal members to transform their mycelium into long strips, forming a large circle around Xiao Ran and Wu Man, thus encircling them.

Having received Zhao Qingming's instructions, they naturally dared not disobey.

They quickly began to act according to Zhao Qingming's instructions.

Only then did Zhao Qingming secretly send a message to Xiao Zhenye: "Is it a coincidence?"

"coincide?"

Xiao Zhenye responded with a cold laugh to himself, "Do you think Fengchui will think it's a coincidence that we're named Qingming and Zhenye?"

"Um……"

Zhao Qingming immediately understood, and couldn't help but chuckle to himself: "Good lad, I didn't expect this little guy to actually chase after me. No wonder he could make such a commotion."

"Luckily, these two are smart enough to use their real names. If he had used a fake name, we would have been in real trouble when we made our move."

Zhao Qingming said a lot with a smile, but Xiao Zhenye didn't respond at all.

Even Zhao Qingming began to have doubts.

He understands Xiao Laosi better than anyone else.

He usually keeps to himself, doesn't like to show off, and is the most low-key among his brothers.

But if we're talking about ruthlessness, he's the ruthlessest. Back when they first came to Gu Xuan's Tomb, it led to a tragedy.

If he hadn't quietly stopped Lao Si, Mao Si and his gang would probably be buried here by now.

Unfortunately, Cat Four had no idea that he had been on the verge of death several times over.

Therefore, the more Xiao Zhenye remained silent, the more uncertain Zhao Qingming felt.

After a moment, he asked again, "What do you plan to do now?"

After a while, Xiao Zhenye responded, "Do what needs to be done."

"then what do I do?"

"Do it all!"

(End of this chapter)