Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 9: Curse: Corpse Stitcher
"Toad?"

Just when Xiao Ran wanted to ask the reason again, he suddenly felt a tightness behind his body, and a force was lifting him up and flying backwards.

Li Ji's figure was quickly pulled away. The expression on Li Ji's skinny face remained wooden. He said to himself: "The premise is that you survive first."

"call!!"

In the coffin, Xiao Ran suddenly opened his eyes and subconsciously wanted to sit up, but when he raised his head, he bumped into the coffin.

There was a dull thud, and Xiao Ran was in so much pain that she almost cried.

The severe pain also woke Xiao Ran up. He took out the diary from his pocket and felt that it was still warm.

"Did Yang Xuan help me?"

Xiao Ran secretly felt fortunate that he had kept this diary. If it hadn't been for this diary that pulled him up, his soul would have sunk into the bottomless abyss. At the same time, he felt relieved. No wonder after he came out of the cellar, the woman in white pointed at him and said there was a ghost. She was probably referring to this diary.

"Bang bang..."

At this moment, Xiao Ran heard a tinkling sound in his pocket. He stretched out his hand and rummaged around for a while, then he saw a bunch of golden little yellow croakers appear in his hand.

When Xiao Ran saw the golden little yellow croaker, his face changed and he immediately threw it aside.

Logically, these seven gold bars just cost him his life, so now they belong to him.

But as the saying goes, once bitten by a snake, one will be afraid of ropes for ten years. After suffering a great loss, how could Xiao Ran dare to keep this thing on him? What if the old witch had other tricks and used this gold bar to harm him again? He would regret it even if it meant his intestines turned green.

Xiao Ran threw away the gold bars in his pocket and frowned. He was thinking about how to rush out when he heard the villagers' whispers outside becoming louder and louder, and he could vaguely hear the sound of suona.

At the same time, blood-red lines suddenly appeared in front of Xiao Ran's eyes.

[Trigger side quest: Soul Reaper]

Mission description: Your soul was not taken away according to the old lady's plan, which caused the resurrection ceremony to go wrong. Now Li Shang's soul is reviving in his original body. You must meet the three conditions proposed by Li Shang, otherwise this guy will immediately transform into a zombie and tear you into pieces.

At the same time, you have two chances to reject Li Shang.

Please note, please do not destroy the corpse rashly, otherwise it will trigger Li Shang's corpse transformation prematurely.

Task Tip: If you can repair Li Shang's body before she wakes up, the resurrection ceremony will end early.

Mission Reward: F Level

(Note: Settlement will be made after completing this maze!)

Seeing the task in front of him, Xiao Ran's face turned pale, and he couldn't help cursing in his heart: "Fuck you!"

No matter how you look at it, this mission is going to cost you your life.

But after complaining, Xiao Ran immediately perked up. He now had two choices. The first choice was to try to complete the task. If he failed, he would surely die. The second choice was to rush out and fight with those guys outside.

But no matter how you look at it, it seems like he is seeking death. Although he can obtain the power of [Evil God Xingxie] through self-mutilation, this method also depends on the situation. There are so many villagers outside. Even if he cuts himself, he may not be able to defeat them, not to mention that there is an old lady with strange means sitting there.

After a brief comparison, Xiao Ran could only take out his mobile phone, turn on the flashlight, and prepare to complete the task first.

With the help of the flashlight, Xiao Ran lay on the corpse.

It was unknown how long the body had been buried, but the strange thing was that the body had not rotted. It was just that the flesh and blood did not look very fresh, as if it was an old corpse that had been frozen in the freezer of a funeral home for more than ten years.

“This incision…”

Xiao Ran carefully examined the cut on Li Shang's neck and found that the cut was very neat. However, he could not tell how the cut was made. After all, his job was to repair corpses, and he was not as good as a professional forensic doctor in this kind of injury examination.

It's not difficult to repair a corpse, it's just the tools...

At this moment, Xiao Ran slapped his head and said, "How could I forget about this?"

Xiao Ran quickly turned around and began to fumble in the coffin. After a short while, he found the backpack.

"Thank goodness, that 'good Samaritan' threw the backpack in as well."

Before leaving, I took the red lacquerware left by my grandfather with me. Inside were all old items left over from when my grandfather was a corpse seamstress. Although the tools were a bit old, they were all useful.

Xiao Ran turned the box over and reached out to look inside.

Just at this moment, his hand first touched the iron plate above. The iron plate that was originally wrapped in red cloth suddenly flashed a few times, and then a strong burning sensation came from the iron plate.

pain! !

Xiao Ran’s first reaction was to pull his hand out, but the iron plate stuck to his hand like a branding iron.

At this moment, a dark red smoke suddenly came out of the iron plate. Something seemed to be forming in the smoke. Xiao Ran widened his eyes and saw that the smoke gradually condensed into a square thing that looked like a contract, with crooked handwriting written on it.

Then the characters on the contract twisted together, like a poisonous snake crawling along his palm.

Xiao Ran looked at the words in horror. They squirmed like living things and slowly merged into his skin. As the words penetrated, a memory that did not belong to him forced its way into his mind, bringing with it a severe headache.

Xiao Ran felt as if a catfish had entered his head and was stirring inside his brain. He closed his eyes, endured the headache, and tried to understand what was in his mind.

Gradually, a strange totem appeared in Xiao Ran's mind.

[Curse Pattern: Corpse Stitcher]

E-level (can devour other sequence spell patterns for enhancement, or combine with other series to achieve promotion.)
Attributes: Constitution +5, Strength +5
Specialty: Master-level suturing

Has some resistance to hypnosis, illusion, charm, negative curses, etc.

When the holder uses a cursed object, the characteristics of the curse pattern will combine with the cursed object to derive unique abilities that belong to you.

(Note: The same cursed object will produce completely different abilities when it comes into contact with different curse patterns.)
What is a curse pattern?
Xiao Ran felt doubtful for a moment, but before he could digest the information, a piece of information soon appeared in his mind.

"A special cursed item [Evil Suppression Order] has been discovered. Do you want to activate it?"

Xiao Ran lowered his head and looked at the iron plate in his hand.

“Could it be this thing?”

Xiao Ran's heart moved, and he tried to activate this thing. No matter what it was, it was something he brought with him after all. In this ghost place, it would be best to have a little more power.

As Xiao Ran confirmed, the iron plate in his hand actually felt cool. The dark red curse pattern that had just penetrated into his flesh and blood actually emerged from under his skin again and entangled with the iron plate.

Then a piece of information came into my mind.

F-level curse: Zhen'e Ling·Corpseler

Energy value: 0/100
To relieve disasters and solve problems, to get promoted and make money, when you are sewing corpses, you can enjoy the following two privileges.

Privilege 1: Suppress evil spirits by force, greatly weakening their power.

Privilege 2: Soul Stealing. When you complete the repair, you can read the memories of the deceased and gain an ability from the deceased.

(Note: It is impossible to obtain abilities that exceed the level of the cursed object itself.)
Every time a corpse is sewn, an equal amount of energy will be obtained according to the difficulty of the corpse, thereby increasing the grade of the Suppression Order.

Duration: 1 hours.

Cooling time: 2 hours.

After seeing the information that appeared in his mind, Xiao Ran was surprised at first, then he squinted at the corpse in front of him, narrowed his eyes, and sneered: "Just right for me to practice with you!"

Xiao Ran immediately bent down, sat on Li Shang's body, took out the steel nail and hammered it into the bone under his neck.

Li Shang's head was cut off and the incision was very neat, but it was not so easy to repair. If it was sutured hastily, the skin and flesh would be dislocated and deformed under the influence of gravity.

The head and neck need to be fixed with steel nails first, and then sutured.

It looks complicated, but it is actually simple. After all, it is a corpse that is being repaired, and it is not a complicated operation.

As Xiao Ran moved, a progress bar appeared in front of him. The higher the degree of repair, the faster the progress bar grew.

Suddenly! Li Shang's body trembled slightly, his eyes slowly opened, and a cold light flashed in his gray pupils.

Xiao Ran was startled by this sudden change. He stopped what he was doing and looked at Li Shang warily.

The first thing Li Shang said was: "I want to eat!!"

As Li Shang spoke, her eyes fixed on Xiao Ran. Her skin began to darken rapidly, and even her nails began to grow at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"There is something to eat!"

Xiao Ran wanted to refuse. After all, where could he find food for him in the coffin? Moreover, the food this guy was talking about was probably not as simple as just eating.

But he remembered that there was something else in his backpack.

Xiao Ran grabbed the backpack, took out a ghee candle and stuffed it directly into Li Shang's mouth.

"You're welcome, eat more!"

Li Shang opened his mouth wide and stared at Xiao Ran with deep eyes. Of course, what he wanted to eat was not the candle, but for some reason, the candle tasted like malt sugar in his mouth. The more he ate, the more delicious it became. It was so sticky that he couldn't stop eating it.

It is said that gods smell incense and ghosts eat candles. This ghee candle was specially prepared by the second shoemaker in the past to prevent corpses from turning into corpses.

The mixture of ghee and maltose in it becomes stickier and stickier as time goes by, making your mouth sticky and you can’t even say a word.

When Li Shang ate the candle, her originally dark skin began to gradually return to normal, and even her nails returned to their normal appearance.

Seeing this, Xiao Ran raised his eyes slightly and thought to himself: "It seems that this guy is not that difficult to deal with!"

Li Shang stared at it with wide eyes and could only chew the candle desperately. After finally finishing it in her mouth, she was about to make her second request when Xiao Ran quickly took out another candle from his backpack and poked it directly into Li Shang's throat without thinking twice.

Li Shang: ???
Xiao Ran noticed Li Shang's gaze, grinned, and took out five or six more candles in his hand: "Just eat, I'll make sure you're full!"

(End of this chapter)