Secret Dice

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 the time, she found a body here that was at least thirty years old, and that was not the oldest body in the maze... So this maze has been around for at least half a century, and no one has ever heard of anyone cracking it in the entire cultivation world.

If you can leave here as long as you collect the ultimate treasures of the black and white stores, it doesn't make sense that no one has succeeded. Although this condition is harsh, it is not difficult to find it. The existence of the white store is clearly written in the mission rules. As long as you get the gold ingot, you can find out about the existence of the black store from the white store. The product catalogs of the two stores 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 a few rounds of missions, then fifty years, even if it is only opened once a year, is fifty rounds, hundreds of practitioners have come in, is there no one who has succeeded?

In fact, according to statistics, there are 300 to 500 Class A missions opened every month in the world, which is almost 5,000 missions a year. The same type of Class A missions are often opened multiple times a year, especially those that have not been conquered, and the frequency of opening will be higher, but people who have entered will not come in again.

From this point of view, there are at least thousands of people who have entered this endless maze. There are no weak people who can reach Class A. So many people have never gone out. This mission is definitely not that simple!

But where is the problem?

Luo Jun didn't know. There was too little information now, and others couldn't analyze it.

"If you ask me, don't worry about this for now." Yuan Lao comforted: "At least there is a hope now, so let's treat it as an alternative plan. Our top priority is to return to the origin as soon as possible and meet up with others."

As he said, Yuan Lao started 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 yet..."

The familiar circular room in front of them seemed to be completely unchanged from when they left.

But counting, they have been away for five or six days.

"Others don't have the origin pointer." Ma Qiao said, "They may not be able to return even if they want to."

"Not necessarily." Luo Jun shook his head: "Do you remember the Hall of Decision we passed when we left? After passing there, our retreat was blocked. If that road was still there, we wouldn't have gone so far back."

"If the Hall of Decision wasn't blocked, would you remember the way back?" Ma Qiao curled his lips, looking unconvinced.

"You didn't remember?" This time it was Luo Jun's turn to be surprised: "Except for the part where we opened the map and ran wildly, I remembered the road we walked before. I dare not say that there are no mistakes, but it should not be a problem to grope back to the origin."

"What? We walked for two days..." Ma Qiao said in surprise.

"This is a maze, you should remember the way carefully no matter how long it takes." Yuan Lao also said: "And this endless maze is mainly large, but the route is not particularly complicated. The practice of the Solid Foundation Realm is not only to strengthen the body, but also to improve memory. Remembering these routes is not difficult, right?"

"This..." Now it was Ma Qiao's turn to be embarrassed.

Luo Jun nodded: "The other couples all chose to act alone. They should know the importance of remembering the route. I believe they can come back as long as they want."

Looking at the old and the young taking it for granted, Ma Qiao was completely speechless and turned to look at Sun Xiaowei beside him: "You remember it too?"

Sun Xiaowei was stunned by his question, her eyes wandered around, and she stuttered: "Dangdang... Of course!"

Ma Qiao looked unconvinced: "Boasting?"

"You... Don't drag me into the water!" Sun Xiaowei ran directly behind Luo Jun: "I knew that my junior brother would remember the way, so I used my energy on other things... Don't forget, all the various organs along the way to explore the way are relying on my robots, and I am also contributing to the team!"

Ma Qiao looked at the three people. Luo Jun was the one who made the plan, Yuan Lao was the one who was responsible for the combat power, and Sun Xiaowei could make robots to explore the way. So he was the only useless person?

"Let me send a message to confirm it." Yuan Lao took out the talisman paper again, lit it and sent a message.

"We have arrived at the origin. If you are sure you can come back, please reply."

After the message was sent, a few minutes later, they received three replies from Mao Xintong, Zhuge Zi and Ling Jian.

Mao Xintong and Zhuge Zi said they would come back, but Ling Jian said he did not need supplies and would continue to explore.

"Didn't Li Ying reply?" Yuan Lao was still a little worried about this former student.

"Maybe he didn't see it?" Luo Jun comforted: "Maybe he was in a hurry to get on the road? How about sending another one later?"

Yuan Lao shook his head: "Talisman paper is limited and cannot be wasted... Wait until the two-day deadline is up, I will confirm it again."

Just like that, the four of them began to wait here.

As Luo Jun said, the other groups also remembered the way back, but there was no pointer to indicate the nearest route, so the speed of returning was far slower than theirs. While no one came back, Luo Jun also explored near the origin. He did not go far, just looked at the nearby terrain. In order to prevent being trapped in places like the Hall of Decision, he would try to avoid abnormal situations.

Finally, after waiting for about a day at the origin, Mao Xintong came back.

This capable woman looked thinner, and her somewhat torn clothes and tired look showed that she had not had an easy time these days.

Exploring alone means that you have to do everything by yourself, even sleeping without anyone watching, which makes you nervous.

Yuan Lao immediately gave her a portion of supplies, and Mao Xintong didn't care about her image, she opened the package and started eating.

"Slow down, don't choke..." Yuan Lao advised: "There is water, drink more water..."

After eating and drinking, Mao Xintong finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Sorry... I haven't eaten for two days."

Although the physique of practitioners is stronger than that of ordinary people, and they have the support of vitality, they must essentially follow the law of conservation of energy. Their vitality is generated by themselves, and the external work is greater than that of ordinary people. In theory, the demand for energy is also higher, and everyone should be a big eater.

But the cultivation of vitality will not only enhance the output, but also enhance the intake capacity. The strengthening of the body in the Guben Realm will greatly increase their efficiency in utilizing the energy in food. The movement of the vital energy will also assist digestion and absorption, so that even if they eat the same amount of food as ordinary people, they can still ensure enough energy to maintain activities.

Even as the realm is improved, their way of consuming energy is also evolving, but even at the peak, they are still at the level of mortals and cannot do without the need for food.

It is said that when you reach the Yuhua Realm, you can stop eating grains and become a true land immortal. For life at this level, eating has changed from a necessity to a recreational activity.

"It's okay, is it enough to eat?" Looking at the wrapping paper on the ground, Luo Jun took out another set of supplies: "If not enough, here are some."

"Enough, enough..." Mao Xintong waved her hand: "You should also leave some, this maze is too difficult... After I left, I didn't find anything on the first day, and I found a relic on the second day. I exchanged some supplies and supported for three days. Finally, I ate them all, and then I didn't encounter any supplies again."

After hearing his experience, Sun Xiaowei and Ma Qiao secretly thanked their good luck. If they hadn't chosen the store door in the Hall of Choice, they would not have had so many supplies, and their experience would probably be similar to Mao Xintong's... No, maybe even earlier, after all, there are four of them, and one set of supplies is not enough to eat...

"Relic?" Luo Jun asked curiously: "Is one relic enough to exchange for three days of supplies?"

"Not enough..." Mao Xintong shook her head: "The food given by the relic is not much, just a little more than yours. I was frugal and only ate for three days. But in addition to food, some weapons and medicines were also given. The rules say It's random, I don't know if other people exchanged the same..."

"Eh? Wait..." Mao Xintong looked at Luo Jun in surprise: "Don't you know? Haven't you exchanged relics?"

Luo Jun shook his head, Mao Xintong was surprised: "Then where did you get the food for me?"

"We came across a store." Ma Qiao said: "Didn't I send you a message?"

"The message only said that you found clues about the exit in the store, so you can't afford it?" Mao Xintong frowned and said: "I thought you didn't have money. There are also supplies in the store?"

"As long as you kill monsters and find treasure chests, you can get money. We bought a lot of supplies." Sun Xiaowei smiled and said: "Sister Mao, why don't you act with us, so that we can take care of each other."

"Even if there are supplies, one more person means one more consumption." Mao Xintong was still a little hesitant: "And with one more route, our chances of getting out are also higher."

"Don't worry, we have found a way to obtain supplies sustainably, and maybe, we have even found a way to leave!" Sun Xiaowei said confidently.

"How to get out?" Mao Xintong was even more shocked, and then she heard Sun Xiaowei talk about the situation in the black shop.

"There is strength in numbers... I am too conceited." Mao Xintong shook her head: "It seems that as long as we earn enough money and gold ingots, we can find the exit."

"It can only be said that it is possible." Yuan Lao said: "We are still skeptical about the merchants' statements... especially the black shop."

"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, if you didn't say it, I almost forgot." Mao Xintong said: "The group of monsters is very sensitive to sound, and they will be targeted if they make a little movement, so I didn't dare to make any sound in the video I sent. When recording that video, I had been following them for a while. In the end, I couldn't find a way to bypass the wall where they walked in, so I could only send you a message to record it."

"In other words, we don't know where their destination is in the end?" Yuan Lao asked.

Mao Xintong shook her head: "I don't know..."

"What about the direction?" Luo Jun asked: "Using this as a reference, can you draw the approximate direction they are heading?"

As he spoke, he took out a pen and paper from the unpacked 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 route: "I remember that after I went out, I walked straight for a while, then turned left, walked about a few hundred meters and went upstairs, and then..."

As she drew lines all the way, she finally arrived at the place where she encountered the monster parade.

"So it seems that they walked in this way." She drew an arrow on the paper to indicate the direction of the team.

"Of course, it may not be accurate." Mao Xintong said: "Because not every intersection is a right angle, and there are so many turns, the angle may be biased."

Indeed, with just an arrow and no reference, it is difficult to say where this thing leads to, not to mention the deviation...

Luo Jun frowned, and suddenly his eyes lit up. He also took the pen and started drawing on the paper.

This time, he drew the route they took the day before, but he started from the origin and drew it backwards.

In the end, this route ended at a point. Here is the black store they had visited before.

At this time, looking at the line drawn by Mao Xintong again, although it was not directly opposite, it probably pointed to this store, and the position where Mao Xintong finally lost track was not far from this point.

"This is..." Mao Xintong was surprised: "Where is this?"

"The Black Shop..." Luo Jun frowned and said: "Of course, we both drew it from memory, so there must be deviations. It is very likely that this route is far away from the shop and has nothing to do with it at all, but it is also very likely... The place where you lost track at the end is only separated by a wall from this shop!"

"It can't be such a coincidence?" Sun Xiaowei was surprised: "Are you saying that those monsters are heading for this shop?"

"This possibility cannot be ruled out." Luo Jun nodded: "And you forgot that the things sold in the Black Shop, the effect of the Void Pass, can't it pass through the wall in the maze?"

"That's right!" Several people suddenly realized: "If that team is holding the Void Pass, , then it makes sense that they would head 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 you have been discovered by them, what are the consequences?"

"Actually, it wasn't me." Mao Xintong explained: "Before I found these monsters, I happened to alarm an armored monster. I acted alone, in the spirit of trying not to alarm the enemy, and planned to retreat and quietly bypass it, but the movement made by the armored monster suddenly attracted a big monster, which smashed the armored monster with a hammer. "

"I didn't dare to act rashly at the time, and I followed quietly out of curiosity. As a result, I found that the big monster took many turns all the way, and finally found the team, joined in, and began to follow through the wall..."