Chapter 511 New Information
Luo Jun’s worries are not without reason…
A Class A mission was discovered more than ten years ago. According to Caroline''s testimony at that time, she found the remains of at least thirty years ago here. It was not the oldest corpse in the maze... In this way, this maze has appeared for at least half a century, and I have never heard of anyone cracking it in the entire cultivation world.
If you can leave here as long as you collect the ultimate treasures from the two black and white shops, it makes no sense that no one will succeed. Although this condition is harsh, to be fair, it is not difficult to find. The existence of white shops is clearly written in the task rules. The existence of black shops, as long as you get gold ingots, you can learn from the white shops. The product lists of both shops can be viewed for free. As long as you can see these two booklets, you can naturally think of a way to break the deadlock.
If it is normal for no one to succeed in several rounds of tasks, then in fifty years, even if it only starts once a year, it will be fifty rounds. Hundreds of cultivators have come in. Hasn’t one of them succeeded?
In fact, after statistics, the whole world will start three to five hundred Class A tasks every month, which is almost five thousand tasks a year. The same type of Class A task is often activated multiple times a year, especially those that have not been guided, and the frequency of opening will be higher, but those who have entered will not come in again.
From this point of view, I am afraid that at least a few thousand people have entered this endless maze. There are no weak people who can reach Level A, and no one has gone out. This task will definitely not be so simple!
But what is the problem?
Luo Jun didn''t know that there was too little information now, and others couldn''t analyze the reason.
"If you want me to say, don''t worry about this first." Old Yuan comforted: "At least now there is a hope, let''s use it as an alternative first. It is our top priority. Let''s go back to the starting point as soon as possible and meet with others."
As he said that, Mr. Yuan activated the origin pointer again and continued to move forward. Finally, after more than four hours, he returned to the origin.
“No one else has come back…”
The familiar circular room in front of me seemed to have no change at all, just like when they left.
But counting it, they have been away for five or six days.
"The others don''t have an origin pointer." Ma Qiao said, "They may not even want to come back."
"Not necessarily." Luo Jun shook his head: "Do you still remember the choice hall we passed by when we left? After passing there, our retreat was blocked. If that road was still there, we wouldn''t have been so far back."
"Can you remember the way back if the Hall of Choice is not sealed?" Ma Qiao curled his lips, looking disbelief.
"Didn''t you remember?" This time it was Luo Jun''s turn to be surprised: "Apart from the part where you drove the map, it was a bit too late. I remembered all the roads we had taken before. I dared not say that there was no mistake, but it should be no big problem to go back to the starting point."
"What? We''ve been walking for two days..." Ma Qiao said in surprise.
"This is a maze. You should remember the road with your heart at how long it takes." Old Yuan also said: "And this endless maze is mainly big, but the route is not particularly complicated. The cultivation of the solidified realm not only strengthens the body, but also improves memory. It is not difficult to remember these routes, right?"
"This..." It''s Ma Qiao''s turn to be embarrassed.
Luo Jun nodded: "The other couples choose to act alone. They should know how to remember the importance of the route. I believe that as long as they think, they will definitely come back."
Looking at the old and young man''s natural appearance, Ma Qiao was speechless and turned to look at Sun Xiaowei beside him: "Did you remember it too?"
Sun Xiaowei was stunned by his question, her eyes driftingly looking around, and her mouth stuttered: "Dangdang...of course!"
Ma Qiao looked disbelief: "Brave, right?"
"You... don''t pull me into the water!" Sun Xiaowei ran directly behind Luo Jun: "I knew that my junior would remember the road, so I devoted my energy to other places... Don''t forget that all kinds of mechanisms along the way rely on my robots, and I also contributed to the team!"
Ma Qiao looked at the three of them. Luo Jun was giving advice, Yuan was the one who was responsible for combat. Sun Xiaowei could create robots to explore the way. Let''s just be the one who is useless?
"Let''s do this, I''ll send another message to confirm." Old Yuan took out the talisman paper again, lit it and passed a message.
"We have arrived at the origin. If we confirm that we can come back, please write back."
After the message was sent out, a few minutes later, they received three reply messages, namely Mao Xintong, Zhuge Zi and Ling Jian.
Mao Xintong and Zhuge Zi said they would come back, but Ling Jian said that they did not need supplies and they should continue to explore.
"Didn''t Li Ying reply?" Mr. Yuan was still a little worried about this former student.
"Maybe I didn''t see it?" Luo Jun comforted, "Maybe I''m in a hurry to go? I''ll send another one in a while?"
Mr. Yuan shook his head: "The talisman paper is limited, so you can''t waste it... I''ll confirm it again when the time limit for two days has arrived."
In this way, the four of them started waiting here.
As Luo Jun said, the other groups also remembered the way back, but there was no pointer indicating the nearest route, so the speed of returning was far faster than theirs. While no one came back, Luo Jun still explored near the origin. He didn''t go far, but just looked at the nearby terrain. In order to prevent being trapped in places like the Choice Hall, he would try his best to avoid any abnormal situations.
Finally, after waiting at the origin for about a day, Mao Xintong came back.
This capable woman looked a little thinner, and her somewhat damaged clothes and tired expression all meant that she had not been easy these days.
Exploring alone means doing everything by yourself, and no one even keeps watching while sleeping, and he is worried.
Mr. Yuan immediately gave her a supply, and Mao Xintong didn''t care about her image, so she unpacked the packaging and started eating.
"Slow down, don''t choke..." Old Yuan advised: "With water, drink more water and smooth..."
After eating and drinking, Mao Xintong finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Sorry... I haven''t eaten for two days."
Although the practitioner has a stronger physique than ordinary people and has the support of vital energy, his essence must also follow the law of conservation of energy. Their vitality is produced by themselves, and they do more work to the outside world than ordinary people. In theory, they also have a higher demand for energy, so they should be big eaters.
But the cultivation of vital energy will not only strengthen output, but also strengthen the intake ability. Strengthening the body by strengthening the body will greatly increase their efficiency in using energy in food. The operation of vital energy itself will assist in digestion and absorption, allowing them to ensure sufficient energy to maintain their activity even if they eat as much food as ordinary people.
Even as their realm improves, their energy intake is also evolving, but even when they reach the peak, they are still at the mortal level and cannot do without the demand for food. Legend has it that when you reach the realm of feathering, you can avoid eating grains and become a real land god. For life at this level, eating has changed from a necessity in life to an entertainment activity.
"It''s okay, is it enough to eat?" Looking at the wrapping paper all over the floor, Luo Jun took out another supply and said, "It''s not enough."
"Enough is enough..." Mao Xintong waved her hand: "You should keep some too. This maze is too difficult... After I left, I found nothing on the first day, and I found a relic on the next day, exchanged some supplies, and after three days, I finally ate them all, and I didn''t encounter any supplies again."
After hearing his experience, Sun Xiaowei and Ma Qiao were both secretly glad to their good luck. If they had not selected the store in the Choice Hall, they would not have had so much supplies. The experience was probably similar to Mao Xintong... No, maybe earlier, after all, they had four people, and one supply was not enough to eat...
"Relics?" Luo Jun said curiously: "Is a relic enough to exchange for three days of supplies?"
"Not enough..." Mao Xintong shook her head: "The food given by the relics is not much, it is only a little more than yours. I saved it for only three days. But in addition to the food, I also gave some weapons and medicines. The rules say it is random. I don''t know if the exchanges are the same for others..."
"Eh? Wait..." Mao Xintong looked at Luo Jun in surprise: "Don''t you know? Haven''t you exchanged the relics?"
Luo Jun shook his head, and Mao Xintong said in surprise: "Then where did you give me food?"
"We met a store." Ma Qiao said, "Didn''t you send a message?"
"The information only says that you found clues about exports in the store. Don''t you not afford them?" Mao Xintong frowned and said, "I think you have no money, and there are supplies in the store?"
"Just kill monsters and find treasure chests to get money. We bought a lot of supplies." Sun Xiaowei smiled and said, "Sister Mao, why not act with us to take care of you."
"Even if there is supplies, one more person will consume more." Mao Xintong was still a little hesitant: "And if there is one more route, the probability of us going out is higher."
"Don''t worry, we have found a way to obtain sustainable supplies, and maybe we have even found a way to leave!" Sun Xiaowei said confidently.
"How to go out?" Mao Xintong was even more shocked, and then she heard Sun Xiaowei talk about the situation about the black store.
"After that there are so many people, I''m so arrogant." Mao Xintong shook her head: "It seems that as long as we make enough money and gold ingots, we can find an exit."
"We can only say that it is possible." Mr. Yuan said: "We are still skeptical about the words of the merchant...especially from the black store."
"By the way, Sister Mao." Luo Jun asked, "What happened to the monster team that passed through the wall in the message you sent before?"
"Oh yes, I almost forgot if you don''t say it." Mao Xintong said, "Those monsters are very sensitive to sounds. If there is a little movement, they will be targeted, so I didn''t dare to make a sound in the image I posted. When I recorded that image, I had been following it for a while. Finally, they walked into that wall. I really couldn''t find a way to go around it, so I could only send you a message and record it."
"In other words, in the end, I don''t know where their destination is?" asked Mr. Yuan.
Mao Xintong shook her head: "I don''t know..."
"Where is the direction?" Luo Jun asked, "Using this as a reference, can you draw the rough direction they are heading?"
As he said that, he took out paper and pen from the opened supply bag and handed it to Mao Xintong.
"Let me try..." Mao Xintong took it, drew a circle in the middle of the paper, and then began to draw her own way forward: "I remember that after I went out, I walked straight for a while, then turned left, walked about a few hundred meters before going upstairs, and then..."
As she drew lines along the way, she finally arrived at the place where she met a monster parade.
"It seems that they walked like this at that time." She drew an arrow on the paper to indicate the direction of the team''s progress.
"Of course, it may not be accurate." Mao Xintong said: "Because not every intersection is at right angles. After turning so many turns, the angle may be deviated."
Indeed, there is no reference for just this arrow, so it is hard to say where this thing leads, let alone the deviation...
Luo Jun frowned, suddenly his eyes lit up, and he took a pen and started drawing on the paper.
This time, what he drew was the route they came back the day before, but they started from the origin and drew backwards.
In the end, the route ended at a point. This is the black store they have been to before.
At this time, look at the line drawn by Mao Xintong. Although it was not opposite, it probably pointed to the store, and Mao Xintong finally got to the lost position, not far from this point.
"This is..." Mao Xintong said in surprise: "Where is this?"
"Black store..." Luo Jun frowned and said, "Of course, we both painted them based on memory, and there must be deviations. It is very likely that this route is very far away from the store and it has nothing to do with it, but it is also very likely... The place you lost is only a wall away from this store!"
"It''s not that coincidental, right?" Sun Xiaowei said in surprise: "Are you saying that those monsters came to this store?"
"This possibility is not ruled out." Luo Jun nodded: "And you forgot that the effect of the things sold in the black store, isn''t it just that you can penetrate the walls in the maze?"
"Yes!" The few people suddenly realized: "If that team was holding the Void Pass, it would make sense to move towards the store!"
Luo Jun nodded and looked at Mao Xintong again: "Sister Mao, you said before that those guys are very sensitive and afraid of being heard... That means that you have discovered by them, what are the consequences?"
"Actually, it''s not me." Mao Xintong explained: "Before I discovered these monsters, I happened to alarm an armor monster. I acted alone, and in the purpose of not alerting the snakes, I planned to retreat and go around quietly. However, the movement from the armor monster suddenly attracted a big monster, which smashed the armor monster with one hammer."
"I didn''t dare to act rashly at that time. I was curious and followed quietly. But I found that the big monster was going around all the way, and finally found the team, joined in, and began to walk through the wall together..."
(This chapter ends)