Chapter 508 Black and White
After running for an hour, the effect of the carry-on map finally ended, and the few people finally stopped.
"It''s over..." Ma Qiao pinched the gate, spread his legs and stood on the ground, panting, "Even if you ride a bicycle, it''s tiring enough... How far have we run?"
"My electric bike has a mileage display." Sun Xiaowei said, "I started changing the electric bike in about half an hour, and since then I have rode 88 kilometers."
"It''s nearly ninety kilometers in half an hour?" Ma Qiao smacked his lips in surprise: "We ran out in total 170 to 80 kilometers in that hour?"
"Not so many..." Old Yuan shook his head: "After you and Xiaowei were riding bikes, our speed increased, and it should be only 150 kilometers in total."
"That''s far enough." Ma Qiao said astonished: "Luo Jun, aren''t you the Elemental Sect? Why are you running so fast?"
"Who said that the Elemental Sect must run slowly?" Luo Jun curled his lips and said, "Senior Xiaowei can even ride electric bikes, so can I use the wind element?"
"So it''s the wind element..." Ma Qiao believed it, and finally felt a little better.
"Next, let''s sort out the gains from the map." Mr. Yuan said: "We try our best to run in one direction for these more than 150 kilometers. Even if we encounter walls, we will find a way to bypass them through the map and try to maintain the original direction. Even so, we still haven''t touched the edge of the endless maze. This place is bigger than we imagined."
"Thanks to the large enough maze, the corridor is as wide as the road, and there is only a corner of hundreds of meters, otherwise the speed will not be able to run..." Sun Xiaowei recalled the moment of speeding just now. Although her foundation was weak, her physical fitness and reaction speed were far from comparable to ordinary people. The small electric motorcycle with traits was faster than that of professional racers. Even so, she had to concentrate on her in the second half to barely keep up.
"It seems that you have to be ready for a protracted war." Luo Jun took out the video recorder and started to play back the previous video: "If I remember correctly, we saw two stores along the way. I specially remembered the time, one for about thirteen minutes and forty seconds, and one forty eight minutes and fifteen seconds... There are more relics, and I noticed six, and I also have impressions of the time..."
As he said that, Luo Jun began to adjust the video to verify his memory.
"In addition to relics and shops, there are three treasure points. We have never encountered treasure points before. I don''t know what, will there be mechanisms or monster guards... There is one special room. In about fifty minutes, it should be similar to the Hall of Choice... Apart from these, they are basically monsters and mechanisms, and these can be seen almost every minute..."
Old Yuan nodded and said, "Even if one per minute, at our speed, these monsters and mechanisms are separated by two or three kilometers. This is the straight-line distance in the maze. In fact, to walk these two kilometers, you may have to take several times the path according to the map. If you don''t guide yourself to wander around, it is indeed difficult to encounter monsters."
"Now, we have guidance. Follow this video to kill back!" Luo Jun looked at the screen: "Come on, let''s go here, let''s find the first monster first!"
Several people walked around the maze for a while and soon arrived at an empty intersection with a tall knight armor standing in the center.
As if he sensed someone approaching, the armor trembled slightly, stretched out his body and rushed towards him, holding the giant sword in his hand.
As usual, he would attack and serve him at a long range first. Ma Qiao picked up the shotgun and shot it in his head. With a roar, the armor was broken into pieces, and the parts were scattered all over the ground, and a handful of copper coins were spilled.
"That''s so simple?" Ma Qiao was a little surprised. The thin monster before was taken care of by Mr. Yuan...
"It seems Caroline is right." Old Yuan checked the fluctuations of energy around him and confirmed that the monster was dead: "The monsters in the endless maze are not strong. Even because of the existence of the store, there is no monster, which makes people even more troublesome. The one we used to hit before had a gold ingot, and this one was only a copper coin. It seems that the strength and value of the two monsters are much different."
"No matter how small the mosquito is, it is still meat." Luo Jun walked forward and said, "Let''s collect the money first, everything else is fake."
Several people picked up copper coins in a row, totaling 200, and they were all taken into the smart equipment bag by Luo Jun, and then continued to search for them along the video, and soon arrived at a mechanism point.
This is the first time that several people have seen a mechanism point. It is more of a challenge than a mechanism.
This is an open land that is fifty meters square, with the ground covered with lattices with sides of about one meter long, black and white, interlaced with each other. At the entrance of the agency, there is also a sign erecting the rules of the game.
The requirements are very simple. You can walk through all the white grids, but you cannot step on or cross the black grid. Moreover, after the white grid is stepped on, it will automatically turn into a black grid, so you cannot go back. There is only one chance. If you can succeed in the challenge, you will be given 500 yuan. If you fail, once you step on or cross the black grid, you will be randomly transmitted to other places in the maze.
"I can play this!" Sun Xiaowei volunteered: "As long as you plan the route first, it will not be difficult to succeed."
As she said that, she stood outside the venue, carefully observing the grids, and using her fingers to draw and plan the route.
But as time passed by minute by minute, the expression on Sun Xiaowei''s face changed from eager to doubt, then to irritability, and finally completely collapsed.
"It''s wrong. This is impossible. If you don''t go back, you will definitely not be able to get through it!"
Sun Xiaowei pointed to the ground: "Look, there are several white grids here. There is only one way to walk on them if you want to step on them, but it is easy to get in. If you exit, you must return the same way. You can''t even cross the black grid..."
Others also discovered the problem she mentioned. This seems to be an unsolvable problem...
"I''ll try it!" Luo Jun suddenly stood up.
"Don''t, what should I do if I''m teleported away?" Sun Xiaowei advised: "When the time comes, I will not even have a chance to ask for help!"
"Don''t worry, I found a way." As he said that, Luo Jun jumped directly to the venue.
As he stepped on a white grid, the grid immediately turned black and could not step on it or cross it. Luo Jun didn''t look behind him and walked straight forward, and soon arrived at a fork in the road.
Turn right here, there are two forks of roads. One is to continue moving forward, and the other is a straight line composed of four white grids. It is sandwiched by the black grids on both sides and stretched into a dead end. If you want to step on all four blocks, there is only one way to go, but if you want to retreat, you must step on the white grid that has turned black.
"Look, this is completely unsolvable." Sun Xiaowei spread her hands: "Now your way in has become darker, and you can''t even come out, so you can only accept your fate and be passed away... You said you..."
Sun Xiaowei was very anxious for Luo Jun, but before she could finish her words, Luo Jun jumped up and directly crossed the three white grids and stepped on the innermost white grid. "Eh?" Sun Xiaowei was stunned, and then she saw Luo Jun turn around, step on the white grid that had just been stepped over, and walk back...
Yes, the rules say that you cannot cross the black grid, but it does not mean that you cannot cross the white grid. As long as you have enough bounce, it doesn’t matter how many white grids you take in one step!
In this way, all the dead ends that I thought I could not reach were solved.
Luo Jun jumped left and right in the map, and finally stepped on all the white grids. The ground suddenly changed color and turned into the shape of ordinary floor tiles of mazes. Then a brick rose from the ground with a large string of copper coins on it.
A rough count, there are almost five hundred pieces.
"It seems that this copper coin represents one dollar." Luo Jun put the copper coin in: "I just don''t know how many copper coins that gold ingot can be exchanged for."
After cracking this mechanism, everyone continued to walk back, killing monsters and breaking challenges all the way, and they were very busy.
As Mr. Yuan said before, most of the monsters in the maze are not strong, and they are basically given points. Killing one is usually only a few hundred copper coins, and the mechanism is similar, most of them are accumulated in three to five hundred yuan. Occasionally, I will encounter silver ingots. According to calculations, a silver ingot should be combined with a thousand copper coins... Then, then, that golden ingot is worth ten thousand yuan, right?
Could it be that they have brushed the hidden boss in this maze?
Luo Jun thought about it carefully, it was not impossible. Mr. Yuan is at the peak level of combat power, and the Gossip Tiger is even a mythical treasure. Such a configuration can create a world in special tasks. Shouldn’t this just level A bet? That monster can withstand the burning of the gossip finger tiger for more than ten seconds, and has proved his strength!
Thinking of this, this task does not seem as difficult as imagined...
As long as you go back to the store, you have saved a lot of money. Even if you don’t have enough to change the exit indicator, you can change to another portable map. If you come back for a few more waves, it won’t take long to save up to 100,000 yuan.
Of course, Luo Jun also knew that he still had a lot of luck when he got to this point. According to Mr. Yuan, Caroline stayed in the maze for more than a month, and did not encounter a store until she starved to death. I can only say that the dice is so powerful...
Everyone just brushed it all the way back. Finally, when they returned to the first store, they already had more than 5,000 copper coins, three silver ingots and one gold ingot!
It feels so good that you are rich and generous!
Luo Jun raised his neck and knocked on the shop window, and the familiar fat man poked his head out again.
"Welcome to... Oh, isn''t this a regular customer? Are you here again so soon?"
"Do you still remember me?" Luo Jun was a little surprised: "Did you open all the stores alone?"
"Hehe, that''s right, not..." The fat businessman did not answer the question positively, but just asked with a smile: "What do you want to buy this time? After opening the door, my store will only last for one hour."
"Don''t rush to buy things. Please help me see if these can be exchanged for money." As he said that, Luo Jun took out all the accumulated ingots and copper coins.
"Oh, my brother has gained a lot... These silver ingots and copper coins are the same as the banknotes I sent, and can be directly used as currency. Of course, if you want to carry them conveniently, I can help you exchange them for banknotes."
"Switch it." Luo Jun is not afraid of carrying it, mainly because the copper coins are too loose, and it is not as easy to count as paper money.
Soon, the merchant exchanged him more than 8,000 yuan.
"Eh? Can''t this be exchanged?" Luo Jun asked in confusion when he saw that the merchant did not receive gold ingots.
"Oh, this gold ingot is different from silver ingot..." the merchant explained: "This is a special creature that we will not collect here..."
"You won''t accept..." Luo Jun heard the merchant''s implication: "Then where should I hand over it?"
"We don''t accept stores with white plaques." The merchant pointed to the tattered plaque on the window: "But occasionally you will encounter a black plaque, and they will accept such things... But the price they give is not very fair, and this kind of special monster is difficult to fight. I don''t recommend that you go hunting on purpose."
"Black plaque?" Luo Jun frowned and said, "Is the things they sell different from you?"
"Not exactly the same..." The businessman shook his head: "Some functions are similar, but they are completely different. We don''t have much contact with them, and I don''t know much about them. But it is not recommended that you have too much contact with them."
"Why?" Luo Jun asked, "What will happen if you contact them?"
The businessman swallowed and whispered: "It is dangerous to trade with them. If you don''t take a good grasp of your position, you may be eaten...literally!"
"Eat it?" Luo Jun raised his eyebrows, not expecting that there are hidden elements in this maze?
He also wanted to ask more about the black plaque store, but this fat businessman could not say more.
In desperation, Luo Jun had to use the badge to lift another 3,000 yuan, and then exchanged for two portable maps with the previous eight thousand.
With a carry-on map, there is capital for sustainable development. After saying goodbye to the store, Luo Jun left with the remaining more than a thousand banknotes and also told Mr. Yuan and others about the black plaque store.
"This may be an important information..." Old Yuan analyzed: "The black plaque shop is obviously not the same camp as the white plaque..." As he said that, he looked at the fat businessman in the deep communication: "What he said may not be the truth."
"I feel so too." Luo Jun nodded: "But now, we have no other sources of information. At present, white shops can still communicate with each other in a friendly manner. Since they are so arrogant, we should at least be more careful."
"Share this news to other groups first." Sun Xiaowei said, "I would like to remind them too."
Old Yuan nodded, took out the talisman paper and lit it, briefly said the news about the black and white store, reminding everyone to be careful.
…At somewhere in the maze, Li Ying leaned against the wall, covered in blood, took out the talisman paper and played Old Yuan’s message.
"Maybe there be danger in the black store? Teacher Yuan, it''s too late to remind you..." Li Ying almost cried. At this moment, his waist was broken below, and blood and internal organs were flowing everywhere in the corridor. Not far away from him, you can see half a **** head, which seems to have been bitten by some kind of beast. After careful identification, you can also see that it is Zheng Yu who is walking with him!
At this time, a creepy roar came, and a thick tentacle stretched out from the depths of the alley, curling the dying Li Ying, dragging it into a dilapidated door, and above the door, a huge black plaque was hanging...
Endless Store!
(This chapter ends)