Fairy Tale Four Elements Jigsaw Puzzle
The wishing well in the heart of Storybrooke glowed with a honey-colored light, its walls inscribed with the nursery rhyme, "Four Elements Gather, Fairytale Bells Ring." Rhododendron crouched beside the well, clutching three elemental tokens in his paws: Little Red Riding Hood's "Tears of Innocence" (strawberry candy), Pinocchio the Cricket's "Bread of Courage" (sesame-spelling), and the Dark Wizard's "Sacrificial Candy" (robot cat sticker wrapper). The last remaining piece of the "Cake of Hope"—the core fragment—was hidden in the Cloud Castle of Giants.
"How about... we bake the cake again?" The three little pigs came running over, carrying lace curtains stained with spiritual plant powder from the world of immortal cultivation. "My grandma said that sincerity can make the elements come to you."
Xiaodou shook his head and used the "Fairy Tale Resonance" ability of the Pine Rat to stick to the wall of the well. Suddenly, the refrigerator in the modern Lin Shen Clinic was reflected in the well. The labels on the cans in the refrigerator read "Four Elements = Sweet + Salty + Sour + Bitter".
Bitter Memories of the Giant
In the Cloud Castle's storage room, a giant sat on the ground, hugging his knees, a piece of unsweetened black bread before him. "A fragment of the Cake of Hope... in my most bitter memories," he muttered, his fingertips tracing the mechanical cat's paw prints on the bread. "When I was little, no one played with me, so I hid here and ate black bread. My tears fell on the bread, and that's when the first magic bean grew."
Xiaodou suddenly understood—bitterness is also one of the four elements. She rolled up the giant's black bread with her tail, mixed it with the mutated potato flour from the apocalypse and the sweet dream energy of Cthulhu's world, and baked a piece of "bitter bread followed by sweetness." The moment the giant bit into it, his eyes shone red, and a crystal teardrop rolled out from the center of the bread—the core fragment of the "Cake of Hope."
"It turns out that bitterness contains the power to grow sweetness." The giant wiped his face, and the tears in his palm turned into a glowing cake mold with "L·S" engraved on it.
Cross-volume resonance of element puzzles
Back at the wishing well, Xiaodou placed the four elements into the well in the order of "sweet (Tears of Innocence) - salty (Bread of Courage) - sour (Sacrificial Candy) - bitter (Fragments of Hope)". Suddenly, rainbow syrup spurted out of the well, and the syrup condensed into a puzzle in the air:
- The first piece: The osmanthus cake from the demon world collides with the energy milk tea from the interstellar world, and bubbles of "bond" emerge;
- The second piece: A milk tea cup from a modern campus is intertwined with a sword tassel from the world of immortal cultivation, creating a light pattern of "protection";
- The third piece: The gears of the mechanical cat mesh with Lin Shen's stethoscope, spelling out the word "eternity".
“Ding—ding—”
The bell tower of Storybrooke suddenly rang, and the sound was mixed with sounds from various worlds: the howling of foxes from the demon world, the sirens of the stars, the whispers of Cthulhu... Finally, it settled on Lin Shen's chuckle: "Xiaodou, you did a good job."
The Dark Wizard's True Identity
In the shadows, the dark wizard removed her peaked hat, revealing the outline of a mechanical cat's ears. She pulled out the eleventh volume of the GM's time correction chart, which read "Dark Magic Mission: Testing Elemental Resonance—Complete." "Actually, I'm Guardian No. 004," she scratched her head, her black robe slipping to reveal her cyberpunk gear-like body. "I've been ordered to use a curse to force you to gather the four elements. After all..."
She pointed to the reflection of the wishing well, which reflected the cyberpunk city of Volume 14. The data stream in the city's center condensed into the light shape of a "pine rat." "Only the sweetness of the four elements can resist the code storm over there."
Realistic recruitment poster
Pinocchio's cricket suddenly pulled a crumpled piece of paper from beneath its wing. It turned out to be a recruitment poster for Lin Shen's clinic: "Pet Nutritionist, Requirements: Ability to make cross-roll desserts and harmoniously interact with the robotic cat." Small text in the corner read: "Applicants please bring the fairy tale four elements molds - Lin Shen."
Xiaodou's claw heart rune resonated with the mold, and the complete "Concept Rat" totem emerged, with "14=001+13" written on the edge of the totem. The three little pigs, carrying the lace curtains, cheered, "Let's go to the real world! Our bakery is still in need of a signature pastry chef!"
Ripples appeared on the surface of the wishing well, and from the depths came the code sounds of the cyberpunk world, as if urging: "Next stop, the city of gears and candy—"
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