C1407 Maze
C1407 Maze
However, after circling the maze for a few hours, the number he saw became chaotic. Sometimes it was 68, sometimes 39, and then the next intersection became 57. He was lost.
"Damn it, I didn't see this when I came!" Dongfang Qingyu had a headache. If it was a monster, no matter how powerful it was, it would be a monster. With the Forbidden Spell, he already had the confidence to eliminate all monsters. But facing the maze, he was helpless.
He had already circled the maze for five hours. If it wasn't for the maze... He would have been eating a big meal in Sanye City. Besides, there was also a beautiful woman accompanying him. They weren't like now, they were facing a cold rock.
After resting for ten minutes, Dongfang Qingyu continued on his way. He believed that the maze also had a pattern. As long as there was a pattern, he would be able to walk out. However, he underestimated the terror of the underground maze. After walking for three days and three nights, he was still circling the maze. The number that was casually recorded increased by several times, and the largest number was already 534.
The only advantage of the maze was that there were no monsters, only empty passages. Every step they took had echoes. At first, they were a little afraid of hearing this sound, but now they were numb to it.
As he walked, Dongfang Qingyu's memory was already in chaos. If he did not rely on the marks he left behind, he would not be able to tell if there were any repetitive routes. In the end, he was really too tired. He leaned against the rock wall and fell asleep without even knowing.
He was woken up by the sound of a conversation. At first, he was shocked, then he was overjoyed. The sound of a conversation meant that there were people and players.
"Hey, hello!" Dongfang Qingyu shouted loudly, and his voice could be heard from far away in the tunnel.
"Someone is here!"
"Over there!"
"Let's go over and take a look! "
...
A surprised voice came from afar. The footsteps quickly approached. After a few turns, Dongfang Qingyu and the players gathered together. Everyone was very happy to meet players in this kind of dark maze.
There were five players in this group: Warrior, the Archer, Earth Magician, Fire Magician and the Thief. The thief and the archer were girls. After introducing each other, the five players were players from Taishan City. A group of like-minded people formed a Mercenary Group with more than 50 people. The scale was not big, but their strength was not low.
Hearing that some players had opened up the passageway to the Orc Clan, the Taishan City players were not willing to fall behind. From start to finish, two to three thousand players came in, but unfortunately... They either died halfway or were killed in various accidents in the maze. Only a few survived.
As for whether or not there were players who had walked out of the maze, the five players did not know either because they had been trapped in the maze and had never been out. The maze isolated the information, so they did not know about the situation of the others.
When their team had set out, there were 32 members. Now, only five of them were left. Their leader and deputy leader had died, so the five of them were the luckiest.
"Do you have food?" Warrior asked, embarrassed. They had been in the maze for six days. It started last night. They had run out of ammunition and food. When they went out to do quests, experienced players would usually prepare food. However, the amount of food was basically 3 days. This was determined by the amount of money, the size of the space, the occurrence rate, and so on.
These five people had prepared food for 5 days, which was more than enough. But the abnormality of the maze had exceeded their expectations.
Dongfang Qingyu took out potatoes. His space was large and he had sufficient funds. He did not need to worry about the occurrence rate. The stockpile was based on the month. If it was one person, he would not have to worry about food for a year or two in the wild.
"Potato, you are a player from Three Leaf City?" The archer asked.
"Yes." Dongfang Qingyu was still wearing a mask and did not reveal his true face.
The five of them did not care about their image and wolfed down their food. Everyone ate five potatoes before they stopped. Their dispirited state was swept away and they became energetic again.
"Do you have a way to get out of the maze?" Warrior asked. These words seemed to be nonsense.
"No." Dongfang Qingyu replied.
"We spent a few days walking around the maze and summarized some rules. There were at most three holes in the maze, and one at a time. We can try to go through one hole by ourselves, and there will always be one hole that is the correct route." Warrior said.
"I estimate that one person will be able to walk out in the end, but I'm afraid the others won't even be able to find the way back." Dongfang Qingyu knew the complexity of the maze.
"We have ropes." The thief said.
"Is it that long?" Dongfang Qingyu had been walking around the maze for three days. The size of the maze was extraordinary.
"I have to give it a try. Otherwise, I will have to wait for death." Fire Magician said.
"Alright." Dongfang Qingyu nodded. When there was no other way, any plan was a good one.
In order to save manpower, they did not leave anyone at the starting point. Instead, they tied them to a rock. In this way, even if they took the wrong path or a dead end, they could still fall back along the rope.
At first, Dongfang Qingyu was worried that the rope was not long enough, but he soon realized that his worries were in vain. This kind of rope was a thick rope that was mixed with dozens of thin threads. Now, the thick rope was broken down into thin threads. The length was no longer a problem.
It was unknown whether it was because the six of them were unlucky or because the starting point was too remote. After trying for two days, they finally completed all the routes, and the last one was the correct exit.
The moment they stepped out of the maze intersection, the six of them felt as if they had seen the light of day again. The archer and the thief, female player, cried tears of joy.
The six of them returned to their hearts like arrows and rested for the time it took to make a cup of tea. Then, they began their journey. The rest of the journey was easy, and there were no more strange things. There were only monsters. The five players were a little worried, but they had seen Dongfang Qingyu's fighting ability. The five of them relaxed. Three hours later, the six of them appeared in Taishan City.
Beep, beep, beep...
The sound of notifications rang out like a tidal wave. The information that had been saved in the Orc Clan during this period of time emerged at the same time.
After Dongfang Qingyu found out that there was a teleportation formation in the Taishan City that led directly to the Third Leaf City, he sat on it without hesitation. With a flash of light, he appeared in the Third Leaf City three seconds later.
"I, Hu Hansan, have returned." When Dongfang Qingyu walked out of the teleportation formation, he wanted to shout out loud. However, he was afraid that others would think that he was crazy, so he held back his impulse.
Manjusaka was working outside. When she heard the news of Dongfang Qingyu's return, she rushed back immediately.