Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 826 Where is my river?

Three highly toxic substances with different properties quickly spread within the mycelium, and the contaminated mycelium immediately began to wither and rot.

If it were just now, this level of poison would be like an ordinary child getting a stomachache to Gu Xuan—it would be solved by taking a dump.

But now things are in trouble. In order to deal with Xiao Ran, he had to consume a lot of mycelium to gather his scattered spiritual power, resulting in his body being only three inches long. The poison has now spread, and Gu Xuan can no longer simply dig it out. He can only use his spiritual power to forcibly suppress the poison.

Gu Xuan looked at Xiao Ran: "When was this poison administered?"

Xiao Ran didn't speak, but stared coldly at Gu Xuan, slowly putting the [Six-Foot Measuring Sword] back into her hand.

Yin bone powder, broken heart noodles, and flesh-reducing pills.

These three samples are the items that Xiao Ran and his companions need to collect for their side quest.

Xiao Ran never actually gave this thing to Wu Man to take out from the beginning, but instead hid it inside her own fungal cluster without making a sound.

When Number Two decisively self-destructed, Xiao Ran knew that the effect of this self-destruction would definitely not be able to truly harm Gu Xuan, so the ultimate goal was to shatter the three poisonous spores hidden in the fungal cluster.

These spores quickly spread within their fungal community and have now spread to Gu Xuan's body.

"grandfather!"

Xiao Ran turned and glanced at Xiao Zhenye: "You guys go first."

"Leave?" Xiao Zhenye was taken aback, while Li Qing frowned and said, "Leave what? This old Taoist priest is about to collapse. Let's work together to make him disappear completely."

Xiao Ran didn't explain the reason, but looked at Wu Man: "Take Master Yang and Master Zhou in the coffin with you, and be careful on the road."

"learn!"

Without wasting any words, Wu Man immediately strode towards the crystal coffin to the side.

Xiao Ran looked at Liu Mu and Qing Hai: "Take good care of Brother Lu and Jin Chanzi."

Jin Chanzi and Lu Cheng exchanged a glance and immediately set off to follow them outside.

As for Lingxi, the little girl followed behind without hesitation.

Li Qing's eyes widened in surprise. Clearly, Xiao Ran's strength and authority had far exceeded Li Qing's expectations.

After a brief moment of surprise, Zhao Qingming spoke up: "Let's go."

“Okay!!” Li Qing was unwilling to give up, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he heard Zhao Qingming say, “Third brother! Don’t let me down at this time, or I’ll be worse off than a child.”

Zhao Qingming's words were half-joking. Li Qing paused for a few seconds, then smiled knowingly and said, "Okay, big brother!"

A group of people walked down from the high platform in the distance, and Li Qing and his group also quickened their pace and arrived in front of the crystal coffin.

Xiao Ran had already opened the crystal coffin, but Zhou, Yang, and Amei, who were lying inside, were still unconscious.

In a flurry of activity, everyone helped him out of the coffin.

"Grandpa Zhao!"

At this moment, Xiao Ran called out to Zhao Qingming.

Xiao Ran took a small wooden box from her bosom and tossed it to him: "Your belongings are returned to their rightful owner."

Zhao Qingming took the wooden box, opened it, and found that inside was his own spirit fairy, Qinghao.

Back then, Zhao Qingming noticed that the evil infant was very dangerous while he was in the mental hospital, so he deliberately left the blue raccoon there, hoping to use its power to suppress the evil infant.

Unexpectedly, after going around in circles, it ended up back in my hands.

"So many years have passed in the blink of an eye. You've worked hard."

Zhao Qingming looked at the blue raccoon lying in the box and said softly. Then he carefully put the raccoon away and said to Xiao Ran, "I'll remember this favor."

"Ha, in terms of seniority, I should call you 'Grandpa,' but we're family, so why bother with formalities?"

"Alright, we can talk about it slowly after you leave."

Zhao Qingming didn't linger; after saying that, he and the group quickly left.

From beginning to end, Gu Xuan stood aside, quietly watching as everyone jumped into the lake and disappeared before his eyes, without saying a word.

Did he not want to stop it?

Of course I want to, but I can't.

He needs time to suppress the deadly poison in his body.

"You missed a chance to kill me, only to have them leave in return?" Gu Xuan looked at Xiao Ran and said sarcastically, "But do you really think they can get away?"

"If you could leave back then, you can leave now." Xiao Ran looked at Gu Xuan quietly, scoffing at Gu Xuan's so-called opportunity to kill him.

As a successor of the Plum Blossom Taoist, Xiao Ran knew very well how terrifying spiritual power could be once it reached a certain level.

Although Gu Xuan's path and that of Plum Blossom Taoist were two completely opposite extremes, both were great evil spirits who had already broken free from the constraints of the physical body.

The reason Gu Xuan hasn't made a move yet is simply because this tiny person still holds onto hope. Taking action would only push Gu Xuan to another extreme.

That would be beyond his control, which is why he wanted his grandfather and the others to leave as soon as possible.

"That was back then, things are different now."

After Gu Xuan finished speaking in a cold voice, he suddenly raised his palm and slapped the dragon ball facing forward on the dome from a distance.

With a loud "click," the Dragon Ball spun around after being slapped by Gu Xuan. Immediately, a series of piercing scraping sounds echoed from the ceiling.

"Kakaka..."

Soon, the sounds of more and more machinery turning began to fill the air.

Xiao Ran suddenly had a bad feeling.

"You don't think that the tomb I built for myself has no mechanisms at all, do you?" Gu Xuan couldn't help but smile.

"When you came here, didn't you notice that there's a river outside Langshan? Actually, this tomb is built under the riverbed of Langshan. The mechanism has been activated now, and it won't be long before the drainage outlet blocking it is opened. Then, no one will be able to leave!"

"Rumble..."

Meanwhile, outside Langshan, one van after another was speeding along the side of Langshan, which was where Xiao Ran and the others got off.

After the car stopped, the group of people got out of the vehicle one after another.

"The people got off the bus here and went in the direction of that mountain."

The driver who had brought Xiao Ran and the others earlier pointed to Langshan Mountain in the distance and said.

Before the driver, all the company members were already assembled and waiting. An elderly man with a full head of silver hair quietly looked at Langshan Mountain in the distance, his expression gradually becoming solemn.

He looked up at the sky, which was now covered with dark clouds, and a muffled rumble of thunder could be heard from time to time.

"It's going to rain heavily!" The old man's mood was just like the weather before him, a sense of gloom settling over him.

Although I rushed as fast as I could, I still couldn't keep up.

At this moment, a group of people rushed over.

"Sir, that's the village committee near Langshan."

The young man beside him offered a suggestion.

Upon hearing this, the old man's stern face broke into a warm smile, and he stepped forward to extend his hand.

This action immediately startled the village committee members, who quickly stepped forward to shake hands and said in broken Mandarin, "Welcome, leaders, to inspect our work."

"I apologize for disturbing you. Would you mind taking me to see the village?"

Upon hearing the old man's question, the village committee members paused for a moment, looked down at the clean shoes on the old man's feet, and said with a hint of difficulty, "The road is difficult to walk on."

"Is it difficult to walk?"

The old man then noticed that the villagers' shoes were covered in mud, and immediately frowned, asking the municipal party committee member who had accompanied him, "What's the condition of the roads in this village?"

The municipal party committee was startled and quickly explained, "It was repaired a long time ago, but the river near Langshan would flood every time it rained in previous years, so we started to rebuild it and hardened the riverbed. When we were building the riverbed, the machinery damaged the road, and we didn't have time to repair it. However, after the riverbed was repaired in the past two years, it has not flooded again."

"Yes Yes Yes."

The village committee members quickly explained, "The river channel has been repaired very well. There are several layers of cement and steel bars. No matter how heavy the rain, the riverbank has never cracked. The crops in the fields are no longer afraid of being flooded."

Hearing the words of the village committee cadres, the old man's face finally showed a look of relief: "Then let's go and see your village. We're hungry too."

"Good, good."

This time, the village committee cadres did not dare to obstruct them and immediately led the way.

Talking two ends.

At this moment, compared to the lively atmosphere outside, Xiao Ran and Gu Xuan were caught in a long and awkward silence.

The sound of the amplifier overhead had been going on for quite a while.

Especially the last "boom" sound, it was like something exploded.

The vibrations made everyone's eardrums ring.

However, the scene of the river overflowing as Gu Xuan had predicted did not occur.

"what happened??"

Gu Xuan's head was buzzing.

He knew best what he had designed. Once the mechanism was activated, the sluice gate would be blown open in an instant, and the river water above would quickly flow back into the tomb, completely submerging it.

But now he could clearly hear the sound of the sluice gate being blown open, yet he hadn't seen a single drop of water.

Xiao Ran was also startled. Although her grandfather was not afraid of water, Li Qing and Zhou Shang, the two old men, were not, not to mention Yang Fengchui, who was unconscious.

If it were like a great river flowing backwards, they would certainly be in danger.

But after waiting for a long time, not a single drop of water fell from his head.

After a moment of inexplicable tension, Gu Xuan immediately focused his attention on rushing forward. Upon arriving, he found that the sluice gate was broken, but there was no water behind it.

Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that the area behind the sluice gate had been sealed off by a layer of dark stones at some point.

Gu Xuan was dumbfounded.

He couldn't help but curse inwardly, "Wait, where's my river?!"

(End of this chapter)