Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 821 This guy is bluffing
Looking at the four words in front of her, Xiao Ran felt a warmth in her heart. He really was her grandfather.

Are we leaving too?

Wu Man asked Xiao Ran.

"Yes, after you get out, find Jin Chanzi and the others as soon as possible. If things go smoothly, everything will be fine. If not, you can leave if you can."

Xiao Ran ultimately didn't trust Gu Xuan, so just in case, she had to let Wu Man leave as well.

"it is good!"

Wu Man was about to hand over all the items to Xiao Ran.

But Xiao Ran gestured to Wu Man not to rush: "Wait, the mission is also very important. Since we're leaving, let's ask Gu Xuan to help us out."

As Xiao Ran spoke, she asked Ling Xi, "What's still missing from your mission?"

"I've completed one side quest, but I haven't collected any of the scattered spores."

Lingxi passed on the items she needed for her side quest to Xiaoran.

As a beginner, Lingxi's task was much simpler than Xiao Ran's and the others.

However, the tiny spores mentioned above are special products of the four major tomb kingdoms, and they are indeed difficult to collect.

Xiao Ran wrote these things down and then packed them together and sent them to Gu Xuan.

Before long, the mycelium outside began to wriggle, as if a giant hand was moving through it, and soon delivered all the items they needed to Xiao Ran.

Besides the various spores that Lingxi needed, there were also the spirit eye spores that Xiao Ran and the others needed.

Now they have collected all the spores they needed for the side quest.

As Xiao Ran looked at the spores, a thought struck her. She saw the surrounding hyphae gradually gather together, carefully enveloping the spores within.

He then said to Wu Man, "This is yours now. But don't even think about keeping it all for yourself. You have to give me half of what's inside."

Wu Man was taken aback, feeling somewhat puzzled, unsure of what Xiao Ran meant by those words.

Without a second thought, Xiao Ran had already sent the fungal ball into Wu Man's consciousness. As soon as Wu Man's consciousness came into contact with the fungal ball, she was shocked and immediately understood: "Okay, I promise, half of what's inside is yours."

After receiving Wu Man's assurance, Xiao Ran felt relieved and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Have you given all the instructions?"

At this moment, Gu Xuan's will swept over again.

"No problem, send them away."

Xiao Ran said to Gu Xuan.

"Gentlemen, after leaving the Tomb Kingdom, you may choose to leave on your own or come to the Tomb Chamber to reunite with your companions, but please do not interfere with the work of other mycelia."

Gu Xuan instructed Wu Man and the others, "If you have any questions or needs, feel free to call me anytime."

"Okay, we get it."

After Wu Man confirmed that there were no problems, everyone felt a force enveloping their consciousness, and then, like a spring breeze, they were all sent out of the Tomb Kingdom.

It was just a fleeting moment.

Wu Man had already opened her eyes from the coffin. When she raised her hand, she found a clump of fungi the size of a sandbag in her hand, which was full of the task items they needed to collect.

Wu Man pushed open the coffin lid, then glanced at Xiao Ran's coffin next to her. She immediately opened the coffin a crack and stuffed the clump of fungus into it.

Before long, Xiao Zhenye and Zhao Qingming also emerged from the coffin.

"Damn it, all that effort for nothing."

After Xiao Zhenye stepped out of the coffin, he angrily uttered a curse.

Despite all their efforts, even though the Phoenix Hammer was right in front of them, they were unable to take him away.

"Fourth!"

Zhao Qingming walked to Xiao Zhenye's side; "This matter may not be a bad thing."

"What do you mean?" Xiao Zhenye looked up at Zhao Qingming, who hesitated for a moment. "I don't know if it's because we've been apart for too long, but don't you think Lao Qi has become a little... dull?"

"slow?"

Upon hearing Zhao Qingming's words, Xiao Zhenye seemed to finally realize what was going on. He frowned and said, "It seems I'm a bit slow on the uptake."

My impression of the seventh brother is that he was a chatterbox and the most outgoing person.

Even though they could sit and chat with tomb raiders like Wang Shen, the seventh brother they met was rather taciturn.

"Could it be that he has been in the Tomb Kingdom for too long? One day outside is equivalent to countless years inside the cave, let alone in a place like the Tomb Kingdom."

Xiao Zhenye tried to defend Lao Qi.

“But…” Zhao Qingming opened his mouth upon hearing this, but ultimately did not speak, and simply nodded: “I hope so.”

As the two men were talking, Wu Man stood by with a smile and said, "Gentlemen, what should we do now?"

"Go to the tomb chamber and meet up with Li Qing and the others."

After Zhao Qingming finished speaking, he turned to look at Wu Man: "To enter the tomb chamber, we need to take the waterway, you..."

"Haha, gentlemen, don't worry, I'm a good swimmer," Wu Man said with a smile.

"it is good."

Seeing that Wu Man was unaffected, Zhao Qingming called for the two of them to climb out of the deep well.

After the three left, a rustling sound came from Xiao Ran's coffin, followed by a "click," and a hand quietly emerged from the crack in the coffin lid... Meanwhile, after seeing Wu Man and the others off, Gu Xuan immediately invited Xiao Ran into the body of the giant he was inhabiting.

However, rather than an invitation, it was more like a direct and forced introduction of Xiao Ran's fungal ball into the giant's body.

"Young man, it's too troublesome to talk outside. It's much more convenient for us to talk face to face."

Gu Xuan explained to Xiao Ran with a smile.

"I understand." Xiao Ran nodded slightly to show her understanding, but then asked, "However, there's something I don't quite understand."

"You say."

"Since it's a sacrifice, there must be an object, right? So, who is the object of our sacrifice?"

Upon hearing Xiao Ran's question, Gu Xuan smiled and explained, "Naturally, shamanism reveres nature, and the object of worship is the god of nature."

As the two were talking, Gu Xuan led Xiao Ran to the giant's eye, through which they could see the movements of the entire Tomb Kingdom.

In the distance, in the lower burial area, the four great tomb kingdoms had become a desolate place, and all the fungus people had been forced to become stepping stones for building altars.

However, the lower tomb was not an isolated case; the middle and upper tombs saw even greater activity.

The two sides had just gone through a fierce battle, which consumed a large number of fungi, forcing them to use one fungi as two.

Large amounts of gold-dissolving liquid were poured out as if it were free, forming countless new mycelia.

These mycelia were prepared according to the formula given by Gu Xuan.

There's nothing particularly special about it, except that these mycelia secrete a clear, very viscous liquid.

After becoming entangled with other mycelia, it quickly solidifies, like cement, ensuring the mycelia's toughness and strength, enough to support the entire altar.

In Xiao Ran's perception, the altar was not being built very quickly.

However, in the eyes of Li Qing and others, the speed at which this altar was built was astonishing.

What are these things doing??

Li Qing stared at the altar that had risen from the ground in front of him. In the blink of an eye, the altar had already risen from the ground, like a square pyramid-shaped cover made of countless mycelia, covering the deep well where Gu Xuan was hiding.

"It feels...like a tower crane."

Jin Chanzi couldn't figure out what this thing was for at first glance, but he thought it looked a lot like some kind of crane.

Just as he was thinking, Liu Mu suddenly raised his eyelids and looked at the water in the distance: "Hey, they're here."

When Jin Chanzi and the others looked up, a huge carp suddenly leaped out of the water. The carp was enormous, about six or seven meters long, and it opened its mouth and spat out three bubbles as it leaped out of the water.

Zhao Qingming, Xiao Zhenye, and Lingxi were sitting inside a bubble, which then burst open and landed steadily on the ground.

Following the large carp, she flipped over and jumped up, then flipped again in mid-air, transforming back into Wu Man's figure, and landed steadily on the ground.

"How was it, old man? My transformation technique worked pretty well, didn't it?"

Wu Man raised her head and smugly looked at Zhao Qingming.

He looked like he wanted to put his hands in his pockets, acting all high and mighty, like he had no friends.

Surprisingly, Zhao Qingming nodded in praise upon seeing this: "Very impressive. With such a transformation technique, there's nowhere you can't go, whether it's to the heavens or the earth."

Xiao Zhenye, standing to the side, shared the same view, and the two of them openly cast envious glances at Wu Man.

He even exclaimed, "This is the power of the new era, with the wondrous power of transformation. In the past, that would have been the work of a god!"

After sighing, Xiao Zhenye exchanged a glance with Zhao Qingming and then smiled helplessly.

Although they were angry about Gu Xuan's detention of Lao Qi.

But Gu Xuan is right about one thing: these people are no longer qualified to enter the new era.

Strictly speaking, they are nothing more than remnants of the old era.

Whether you become an immortal or a ghost, you'll only be eliminated.

"Why are you back?"

At this moment, Li Qing shouted at them.

"We were sent back." Xiao Zhenye gestured with his lip, and the group went to the raised platform at the back.

"Have you found Lao Qi? Where is Xiao Ran?" Li Qing glanced around and, not seeing Xiao Ran, couldn't help but ask.

"Don't rush, Fourth Brother, we'll explain it to you slowly." Zhao Qingming patted Li Qing on the shoulder, then gestured for them to be patient and explained the situation in general terms.

"Ha!" Li Qing snorted coldly; "Fine, we didn't even manage to rescue anyone, and now another one has been detained. Damn it, I really want to kill him."

"Again?" Zhao Qingming was taken aback, then his gaze swept over: "Where are the second brother and Amei?"

Li Qing pointed to the crystal coffin in the distance: "It's trapped inside, and we can't open it no matter what we do."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Qingming immediately walked to the coffin. After seeing Zhou Shang and Amei inside, his face darkened: "Gu Xuan, why haven't you released them yet?"

As soon as Zhao Qingming finished speaking, Gu Xuan slowly replied, "We can't release him now!"

"Why can't you release it?" Zhao Qingming pressed.

"I can't guarantee what you can do. You need to have some cards up your sleeve. But don't worry, I will release them myself after the ritual is completed."

Upon hearing this, not only the three old men Zhao Qingming, Li Qing, and Xiao Zhenye, but even Wu Man and Ling Xi felt a jolt in their hearts, and two words flashed through their minds: "This guy is up to no good!"

(End of this chapter)