Chapter 533 The truth of the maze
After seeing off Mr. Yuan, Luo Jun looked at the door that was closed again, but did not try to open it again.
After Mr. Yuan successfully left, Luo Jun''s heart was relieved. Next, in this huge maze, he was the only one left, and he could finally let go of his hands and feet!
There was more than a month of stumble in this maze, and there were a lot of messy things. If you just left in a confused manner, Luo Jun would probably be a good review.
Although he is not short of treasures now and is not very concerned about the evaluation of the task, this time the task is different. The difficulty and complexity of the endless maze are far beyond that of the normal task. The secret behind this makes Luo Jun very interested.
Besides, after being tossed for so long and still worried, Luo Jun also felt resentful in his heart. If he didn''t ask for an explanation, he wouldn''t feel happy!
As for the so-called replacement of chaotic matter, Luo Jun is not afraid. Not to mention that the natural replacement speed in the environment is extremely slow, even if he is invaded by powerful chaotic creatures, he can withstand it. He doesn''t take the substitution seriously at all.
And the exit that will escape... Even after these twenty-four hours, Luo Jun''s bag has three directional teleporters and a locking spell. As long as he creates another exit indicator, he can leave at any time with his own ability to move.
It’s time to clean up this **** maze!
The first step is to start with the black store.
Luo Jun took out the black map to activate it, and then started running at full speed in the maze. Soon, a black store location appeared on the map!
Luo Jun came all the way to the store and knocked on the door, and a beautiful head quickly appeared inside.
It was a ring finger businessman. The woman glanced at Luo Jun and said, "You are still alive. You are so tenacious." Obviously, she has seen many past contestants, and few of them can survive until this time.
As soon as he finished speaking, the woman suddenly frowned and sniffed: "Why does it smell like a stinky smell?"
As she spoke, her expression began to twist uncontrollably, the iron gate began to tremble, and there were rustling sounds inside the gate, as if she was about to run away into a terrible monster at any time.
At this moment, Luo Jun suddenly grabbed the iron gate and pulled it open. At the same time, the energy on his body surged, using his mental ability to break through hundreds of people to release terrifying pressure!
Sure enough, the body of the ring finger merchant''s big hand had begun to mutate, and uneven textures appeared on the dry skin, as if they were about to expand and proliferate.
But when Luo Jun''s might fell, all these signs of mutation suddenly disappeared, and his distorted face returned to his original smooth and beautiful appearance, and his eyes became much clearer.
"Don''t worry, I''m a human." Luo Jun patted his stomach: "The stench you smell is here, I can''t get out."
"What?" The ring finger businessman showed a look of surprise on his face and looked at Luo Jun carefully.
"Did you believe it?" Luo Jun spread his hands and said, "I want to buy something, can I go in and say it?"
"I said no, you won''t come in?" The ring finger businessman snorted coldly and turned to enter the store.
"That''s right." Luo Jun smiled and followed in.
"What do you want to buy?" The ring finger merchant pointed to the pile of rags behind him: "You should have seen my products countless times, so I don''t need to introduce them."
"I don''t want these things." Luo Jun waved his hand: "I want to buy some information."
The beautiful woman with ring finger businessman frowned: "I have given you enough information before, right?"
"That''s not enough." Luo Jun shook his head: "I want to know more secrets about this maze."
"I would like to advise you that if you want to pass the level, it may be better if you know less." said the ring finger businessman.
"My companion has left the maze, and I can pass the level at any time." Luo Jun smiled and said, "Even if I can''t pass the level, I think there is nothing wrong with living here."
"What did you say?" The ring finger businessman was completely shocked this time: "Has someone left this maze?"
Luo Jun nodded, the ring finger businessman looked at him for a long time, and finally sighed: "You seem...you are not lying."
"It''s a complicated mood." Luo Jun shook his head and said, "After all, this is a goal you have not achieved before."
The ring finger businessman looked at Luo Jun: "Do you know everything?"
"I guessed it, so I''ll verify it with you." Luo Jun smiled and said, "Black shops, including you finger merchants, and those blurred monsters, have they been challengers who came to participate in this mission, right?"
"Your purpose has always seemed to be to prevent the challenger from leaving, but in fact, it is to prevent the chaos creatures from taking the opportunity to run to the main world, right?"
The ring finger businessman sighed: "It''s not completely accurate, but it''s not much."
Since it has been made clear, she no longer has the intention to be a riddle man and directly informed her truthfully: "We are all former challengers, but our current purpose is not simply to stop you from leaving, but also to prevent you from becoming a new Chaos monster."
"I have never seen the original appearance of this maze, but according to speculation, this place used to be just an ordinary Class A mission, not as huge as it is now, nor so complicated."
"Later, it was speculated that the rules here began to be distorted because of the invasion of chaotic creatures. Many challengers were replaced and assimilated under the temptation of those monsters, and chaotic creatures also hoped to use the challenger''s skin to leave the maze and invade the human world."
"But the correction mechanism of the maze task itself does not support these monsters to leave, so the rules continue to increase and change, and the scale of the maze is getting bigger and bigger, more complex, and even restrictions are opened. Only when there are still challengers, the exit will be opened and the exit will move from time to time. But even so, it cannot stop these chaotic creatures from using all kinds of methods to keep approaching the exit."
"Later, it was probably because the Maze realized that it could not limit these creatures through its own power, or it might be that the challenger who noticed the problem wanted to protect the main world from invasion. In short, at some point, a powerful challenger used some special method to sign a contract with the Maze and turned himself into a part of the mission rules. In this way, the first black store was born."
Luo Jun frowned: "So, the props you sell are helpful to the challenger on the surface, but in fact, they just use gold ingots to lure the challenger to hunt chaos creatures. Many of the effects inside are deceptive?"
"For example, the Void Pass?" Luo Jun remembered Chen Ni''s reminder in his diary.
"The effect of the Void Pass is OK." The ring finger businessman shook his head and said, "It means there is no lie. Within an hour, you can indeed obtain the virtualization effect and shuttle through the walls at will. But what is not mentioned in the effect is that this virtualization state can be turned on and switched at any time."
"As long as you turn off the effect of nothingness within an hour and no longer activate it before the time limit, then this is a useful prop to pass through the wall. But if you don''t find the exit within an hour, feel unwilling to accept it, and still don''t turn off the state of nothingness after time, then you will never be able to close it. Even slowly, you will not be able to control your actions, and eventually become a slave to the black store, and you will never be able to leave this maze."
"Treat compatriots from the main world, it''s cruel enough." Luo Jun shook his head.
"We don''t want to do it either, but this place is a maze after all, and it is still limited by the mission rules. Many props and functions are not something we want, which can be set casually by whatever effect we want." The ring finger merchant shook his head: "What''s more, the Chaos Monster has been against us and interfering with our power."
As she said that, she grabbed a portion of food, the strange meat, crawling worms, and the slime that emitted a strange smell, making people feel physically uncomfortable at first glance.
"Our food has ingredients that inhibit human replacement, especially this meat. If possible, we certainly hope to make these foods delicious. But unfortunately, under the interference of rules and enemies, it can only be presented in this way."
Luo Jun picked up a piece of weird meat: "So, this thing can attract chaos monsters with the monster-induced fragrance, which is also a function you designed to design?"
"No, this is a coincidence." The ring finger merchant shook his head and said, "Our food raw materials actually come from the main world, but they are distorted by the chaos rules. The taste of the main world is very attractive to the Chaos monster, but it only increases the attraction further."
"As for what you said, I don''t think it''s accurate." The ring finger merchant put down the food: "At least the Novel Pass can only be used to capture slaves, but also to save people."
As she said that, she used two huge fingers to knock her fingers deafeningly.
Then, an illusory figure walked through the wall of the store and came to Luo Jun. The figure was a little familiar. Luo Jun took a closer look and shouted in surprise: "Senior Brother Li Ying?"
The phantom nodded, Luo Jun couldn''t believe it and said, "No, have you been replaced by Chaos creatures? I killed it with my own hands."
Li Ying glanced at the ring finger businessman next to him, then looked at Luo Jun again, and said with difficulty: "They only replaced half of me..."
"He and another challenger were attacked by two Chaos creatures." The ring finger merchant explained: "He was cut in half and survived, while the other person was almost replaced. At that time, the black store was refreshed near them. He crawled over with his last strength after seeing it. We smelled the smell and launched an attack, killing the replaced companion, and pulling him into the store. The other Chaos creature ran away with his cut-off lower body."
"If you encounter a chaotic creature exactly like him, it should be a replacement, a new monster growing from his lower body."
"And we can only use the power of the Void Pass to vanish his upper body, then heal him, and eventually turn him into a Void slave."
"So that''s it..." Luo Jun sighed, deeply sympathizing with his senior brother''s experience.
"These nihilistic slaves are also important combat powers for us." The ring finger merchant said, "There are only five black stores in total, run by five fingers. Although they can move in the maze, they are too small, and it is difficult for us to fight against Chaos monsters alone. Therefore, we will organize marches of virtual creatures from time to time. On the one hand, we can kill Chaos monsters, and on the other hand, we can also kill ordinary maze monsters to earn some extra money in exchange for more permissions in the maze."
"So the destinations of those nihilistic troops point to the black shop, and if you encounter monsters along the way, they will be especially cruel to the Chaos monster!" Luo Jun nodded and concluded:
"Your black shops are alienated humans, with the purpose of preventing the main world from being invaded."
"Mazes, white shops, ordinary monsters, various mechanisms, treasure chests, relics, the first floor of the rest area, etc. are all rules of the maze task itself. The position is chaos tasks and set problems, but it also leaves the challenger the possibility of passing the level."
"And those monsters that can replace humans, the second floor of the rest area, and the chaotic matter that permeates the maze, are all the forces of chaotic monsters, with the purpose of replacing humans, leaving this maze, and invading the main world?"
"It can be understood so." The ring finger businessman nodded: "Now, you already know the secret of this maze, are you satisfied?"
"It''s not enough..." Luo Jun shook his head: "I still want to know how to end all this!"
"End?" The ring finger businessman said in surprise: "What are you referring to? If you pass the level mission, you can do it now. You are the first challengers to pass the endless maze in so many years. Are you not satisfied?"
"What I said is not that simple." Luo Jun smiled and said, "What I want to do is kill those chaos monsters and restore this maze to normal!"
"What are you talking about in a dream?" The ring finger merchant couldn''t calm down completely: "So many people, including the maze itself, have been unable to stop the invasion of the Chaos Monster after so many years. They can only barely maintain the status quo. Why do you think you can change all this?"
Luo Jun smiled and patted his stomach: "Just rely on me, I can be immune to the replacement of those monsters."
As he said that, Luo Jun''s throat squirmed, and then he spit out two gold ingots from his mouth.
"It seems that it has been digested." Luo Jun put the gold ingot in front of the ring finger merchant: "It''s a bit dirty, don''t mind."
Looking at Jin Yuanbao in a daze, the ring finger merchant finally sighed and shook his head, "Okay, since you insist, come with me, I''ll take you to see someone."
As she said that, she walked towards the depths of the store.
"Who are we going to meet?" asked, but Luo Jun''s steps did not stop and followed the merchant closely.
The ring finger merchant came to the inner room and knocked on the wall with his index finger. The wall slowly opened, revealing a portal. She turned around, glanced at Luo Jun, and said slowly:
"Let''s go see your thumb."
(This chapter ends)