Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 85 Dead Fish Mouth (Fourth Update)

"What is the origin of this girl Zhong Yi?"

Xiao Ran looked at the ticket in his hand, thought for a moment, and didn't think about it anymore. Since the last time at Cuiyun Park, Xiao Ran could tell that Zhong Yi was not a simple person, but the other person has always been helping him, so he shouldn't be so ungrateful.

After putting the ticket away, Xiao Ran took out his cell phone again, retrieved a business card from his space, looked at the photo of the sexy girl on it, and called the phone number on it.

"I hope this guy is still alive."

"Buzz..."

"Hello, how are you? What can I do for you? Would you like to try our new Asan Magic Oil?"

Huang Le's voice came from the other end of the phone.

"See if you are still alive. If you are, would you like to come out for a drink?"

"what!!"

There was silence on the other end of the phone for a moment, and then Huang Le's ecstatic voice was heard: "Fuck, brother, it's you."

"It's convenient, convenient. It's convenient for you whenever you are free." Huang Le was very happy. He didn't expect Xiao Ran would really call him.

"Well, let's go to the Sui and Tang Botanical Garden tomorrow night."

Xiao Ran asked Zhong Yi for two tickets, one of which was for Huang Le. He wanted to take this opportunity to get in touch with Huang Le again and see what kind of person this guy is. If they are suitable, the two of them can form a team in the future.

In this mystery city, leeks, winter melons, and cabbages are obviously old acquaintances who are familiar with each other.

It's really disadvantageous to fight alone.

And according to the tips in [Basics for Beginners], if beginners do not have any personality problems, it is best not to go it alone.

On the one hand, working alone is really disadvantageous, on the other hand, there are many ways for beginners to help each other.

For example, the happy puppet made by the B-level profession Treasure Holder is the key item for the D-level profession Dream Stealer to advance to the C-level profession Dream Weaver.

If you want to buy this thing, regardless of how much it costs, the key is whether there is anyone selling it.

There are many similar cases, so the Changchun Association’s opinion is that it is best for beginners to stick together for warmth. The more people there are, the more strength there is. If there are enough beginners gathered around you, you can form a group organization with a clear division of labor, which will be of great benefit whether you are advancing or starting to obtain resources.

Although it seems strange that Changchun does not seem to worry about the emergence of competitors at all and releases many details without reservation, if you think about it carefully, it is indeed true.

It is always better to have a fixed circle than to randomly grab passers-by as teammates at critical moments.

Especially if this teammate is unreliable, he might even become a burden.

"Sui and Tang Botanical Garden, OK, OK, how about we meet at 6pm in the evening? I know there's a delicious Tiedan Sliced Noodles restaurant nearby. They also have barbecue. We can eat and chat at the same time."

After all, he is a family man. If Xiao Ran were to book a place, he would at least ask for a private room.

After agreeing on a time with Huang Le, Xiao Ran looked at the time, hurriedly finished the takeaway in his hand, and went straight to the farmers' market.

The weather was getting hotter and hotter. Xiao Ran bought a lot of watermelons for the workers in the slaughterhouse on the way. Although Manager Fang asked for convenience, he still had to sew up the corpses every time, which invisibly increased their workload. He still felt a little guilty about it.

When they arrived at the place, Manager Fang saw Xiao Ran coming in carrying five or six large watermelons, and he quickly asked the workers to come out and eat the watermelons.

"Xiao Ran, please don't be so polite. These are just trivial matters. We used to be in the same business, and we know how difficult it is to practice skills now."

Manager Fang patted Xiao Ran on the shoulder and said.

"That's right, that's right. Friendship is friendship, but we can't let everyone waste their time in vain."

Xiao Ran said this calmly as he took out a bottle of wine from his arms and handed it to Manager Fang.

"Hey, what's wrong with you..."

Without waiting for Manager Fang to refuse, Xiao Ran immediately turned around and ran: "I'll go in first, and we can have a drink together when we're free."

Looking at Xiao Ran's back as he ran away, although Manager Fang was still blaming her, he couldn't help but like her more and more in his heart.

This is the truth. As the saying goes, human favors are as thin as paper. Use them once and for all. Once or twice, it’s okay, but after a long time, people will get tired of you.

It is said that human relationships are like dregs.

But without the human connections and worldly wisdom, no one will help you for any reason when you go out, and in the end you will run into obstacles everywhere, cursing and saying that people are indifferent and that the world is sick.

After entering the meat warehouse, Xiao Ran put on a mask and gloves and started working.

No matter whether it is cows, sheep, pigs, or donkeys, Xiao Ran is never picky about food and will sew whatever is available.

One power talisman can be extracted from the cow's corpse each time.

One body talisman can be extracted from the sheep's corpse each time.

The same is true for pigs and donkeys.

There are quite a few corpses in the slaughterhouse. Xiao Ran can basically extract about ten in about half an hour.

He only extracted one at a time. If he extracted more, it would ruin the taste of the meat and would cause trouble.

Xiao Ran retreated at around four in the morning. Instead of going home, he turned and ran to the river.

Xiao Ran had never had the chance to try out the fishing skills he had acquired from Guo Lingfei. This time when he went out, he specially brought a fishing rod with him.

When we arrived at the river bank, we found that quite a few people were fishing at night.

Although he had the skill of a fishing expert, Xiao Ran didn't know whether he could catch any fish, so he found a slightly off-the-beaten-path spot and sat down.

When I shopped online, I was given a bag of fish food. I don’t know if it’s any good, so I just made do with it.

Although it was the first time for him to make a nest and pinch the bait, he was very skilled in the movements.

After casting the rod out, Xiao Ran sat by the river and waited. But he didn't know if it was because of bad luck or the poor quality of the free fish food, but no one caught any fish after waiting for a long time.

Occasionally someone passed by Xiao Ran, took a look at the empty bucket, and couldn't help but grin and walked away.

"Guo Lingfei's fishing skills don't seem to work."

Xiao Ran thought about it and felt that the position was probably not good enough, so he turned around, picked up the fishing rod and continued walking towards the river bank.

“Xiao Ran!!”

At this moment, someone suddenly called him from behind. Xiao Ran turned around and asked in surprise, "Uncle Wang?"

I saw Uncle Wang sitting on the river bank. When he saw Xiao Ran, he smiled and waved at him.

This made Xiao Ran feel a little embarrassed. He walked over and saw Uncle Wang pointing to the empty seat next to him: "You came at a great time. I just made a nest. You can sit here and fish. I guarantee you can catch a big fish."

Xiao Ran walked up to him without hesitation, sat down, put on the bait, and casually cast the fishing rod out; "Uncle, I didn't expect to meet you here."

"Yes, I recognized you from a distance."

Uncle Wang said with a smile, "The wine you gave me yesterday was good wine. It tasted really good, but my old wife was so annoying that she wouldn't let me drink it after I took a sip."

"I like it. I'll give you another bottle when we get back."

"That's a good relationship, Xiaoran, you are a really good kid, but your family's profession... hehe, oh, it's not easy to find a girlfriend."

"Don't worry about it for a while."

Xiao Ran looked at the fish bladder, afraid of missing it.

"Xiao Ran, I sometimes hear people say that it's cold inside the funeral home, and people will cry when they lie in the furnace and burn. Is that true?"

Xiao Ran was stunned for a moment and nodded: "Yes, there have been such cases. People in our industry call it lung roar. It is the sound made when the water vapor in the lungs evaporates due to high temperature. But generally speaking, it is only common for floating fish to appear. Most customers don't have this problem."

"Floating fish?"

"Oh, that's jargon. People who fall into the water are called floating fish."

Xiao Ran explained patiently.

Uncle Wang at the side nodded thoughtfully: "So that's how it is, it's quite vivid."

"What if there's a car accident?"

"Horsefish."

"What about suicide?"

"flying fish!"

Anyway, they were just sitting together and chatting. Uncle Wang seemed to talk a little too much today. Xiao Ran was not impatient, but it was not good to talk about such things so late at night, so she turned around and looked at Uncle Wang.

"Master, let's change the subject."

Uncle Wang smiled and nodded: "Okay, okay, let's not talk about this. I'm just curious. Each industry has its own jargon."

Xiao Ran felt that Uncle Wang was a little strange today. When he was about to go up to him and ask him if he had anything on his mind, he suddenly felt a pulling sensation on his hand and hurriedly pulled it hard.

A black catfish was pulled up by Xiao Ran.

"Took the bait!"

Xiao Ran showed joy on his face and quickly hung up the phone.

But he soon felt something was wrong. The fish did not resist at all. This was completely different from the feeling of catching a fish in Guo Lingfei's memory.

When Xiao Ran pulled up and took a look, he immediately cursed inwardly that it was bad luck.

It turned out to be a dead fish.

Uncle Wang on the side saw this and immediately laughed: "Hahaha, let me also tell you a jargon, this is called a dead fish with a straight mouth."

Xiao Ran looked confused: "What does this mean?"

Uncle Wang smiled but said nothing.

Seeing this, Xiao Ran didn't ask any more questions and continued to cast the fishing rod.

After a while, Uncle Wang stood up, looked at Xiao Ran and said, "I'm going to go back. The sun will come out soon, and it will definitely be very hot then."

Xiao Ran wanted to stand up and help Uncle Wang, but at this moment the fishing rod in his hand sank suddenly, and the huge force almost pulled Xiao Ran off guard.

“Bait!”

Xiao Ran's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly pulled the fishing rod hard, and slowly according to Guo Lingfei's experience, he reeled in the line bit by bit.

"Master, I caught a big fish!!"

Although he had never fished before, Guo Lingfei had never remembered a fish that was so strong.

Xiao Ran shouted twice behind him but received no response. Seeing a shadow floating up from under the water, Xiao Ran pulled the fishing rod back and lowered his head to scan the water surface.

"Wow..."

The surface of the water broke open, and Uncle Wang was seen floating up from the bottom of the water with a fishhook in his mouth.

Even Xiao Ran was stunned when he saw this scene. He vaguely heard Uncle Wang's voice in his ear: "Look, this is called a dead fish's mouth is straight!"

　The fifth update will be before 12 o'clock. Today's target of words has been reached.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)