Secret Dice

After seeing off Yuan Lao, Luo Jun looked at the door that had been closed again, but did not try to open it again.

Yuan Lao successfully left, and Luo Jun's heart was relieved. Next, he was the only one left in this huge maze, and he could finally let go!

After stumbling in this maze for more than a month, there were a lot of messy things. If he left in such a muddle, Luo Jun would probably get a good evaluation at best.

Although he had no shortage of treasures now and did not care much about the evaluation of the task, this task was different. The difficulty and complexity of the endless maze far exceeded the normal tasks. The secret behind this made Luo Jun very interested.

In addition, Luo Jun was also resentful in his heart after being tossed around for so long and still worried. He would not be happy if he did not get an explanation!

As for the so-called replacement of chaotic matter, Luo Jun was not afraid. Not to mention that the natural replacement speed in the environment was extremely slow, even if he was invaded by powerful chaotic creatures, he could withstand it. He did not take the mere replacement of the environment seriously.

And the exit that will escape... Even after these 24 hours, Luo Jun still has three directional teleporters and a locking spell in his bag. As long as he gets another exit indicator, he can leave at any time with his own mobility.

It's time to clean up this damn maze!

The first step is to start with the black shop.

Luo Jun took out the black map and activated it, and then began to run at full speed in the maze. Soon, the location of a black shop appeared on the map!

Luo Jun came all the way to the door of the store and knocked on the door. A beautiful head soon appeared inside.

It was the ring finger merchant. The woman glanced at Luo Jun: "You are still alive, so tenacious." Obviously, she has seen many past contestants, and few of them can survive to this time.

As soon as the voice fell, the woman suddenly frowned and sniffed: "Why is there a bad smell?"

When she spoke, her expression began to twist uncontrollably, the iron door began to tremble, and there was a rustling sound from inside the door, as if she was about to run away into a terrible monster at any time.

At this moment, Luo Jun suddenly grabbed the iron door and pulled it open. At the same time, the Qi on his body surged, and he used his spirit to release a terrifying pressure!

Sure enough, the big hand of the ring finger merchant had begun to mutate, and uneven textures appeared on the dry skin, as if it was about to expand and proliferate.

But when Luo Jun's pressure came down, all these signs of mutation suddenly disappeared, and the twisted face returned to its original smooth and beautiful appearance, and the eyes were much clearer.

"Don't worry, I'm human." Luo Jun patted his belly: "The stench you smell is here, and you can't get out."

"What?" The ring finger merchant showed a rare look of surprise on his face, and looked at Luo Jun carefully.

"Believe it?" Luo Jun spread his hands: "I want to buy something, can I go in and tell me?"

"I said no, you won't come in?" The ring finger merchant snorted coldly and turned to go into the store.

"That's right." Luo Jun laughed and followed in.

"What do you want to buy?" The ring finger merchant pointed to the pile of junk behind him: "You should have seen my goods countless times, so I don't need to introduce them to you anymore."

"I don't want these things." Luo Jun waved his hand: "I want to buy some information."

The beautiful head of the ring finger merchant 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 advise you that if you want to pass the level, it may be better to know less." The ring finger merchant said.

"My companions have left the maze, and I can pass it at any time." Luo Jun smiled and said, "Even if I can't pass it, I think there's nothing wrong with living here."

"What did you say?" The ring finger merchant was completely shocked this time: "Someone left this maze?"

Luo Jun nodded. The ring finger merchant looked at him for a long time, and finally sighed: "You don't seem to be lying."

"Your mood is very complicated." Luo Jun shook his head and said, "After all, this is a goal you have never achieved."

The ring finger merchant looked at Luo Jun: "You know everything?"

"I guessed it, so I came to verify it with you." Luo Jun smiled and said, "The black shop, including you finger merchants, and those virtual monsters, were once challengers who came to participate in this mission, right?"

"Your purpose all along seems to be to prevent challengers from leaving, but in fact, you want to prevent Stop the Chaos Creatures and take the opportunity to run to the main world? "

The ring finger merchant sighed: "Not completely accurate, but it's almost there."

Since it has been made clear, she no longer has the intention of being a riddler, and directly tells what she knows: "We are all former challengers, but the current goal is not just to stop you from leaving, but also to prevent you from becoming new Chaos Monsters."

"I have never seen the original appearance of this maze, but according to speculation, it was once just an ordinary Class A task, not as huge as it is now, nor as complicated."

"Later, it is speculated that it was because of the invasion of Chaos Creatures that the rules here began to be distorted. Many challengers were replaced and assimilated under the temptation of those monsters and became new Chaos Creatures. The Chaos Creatures also hope to use the challengers' skins to leave the maze and invade the human world."

"But the correction mechanism of the maze mission itself does not support the departure of these monsters, so the rules are constantly increasing and changing, and the size of the maze is getting larger and more complex, and even restrictions are opened. Only if there are still challengers to survive When the time comes, the exit will open and move irregularly, but even so, it can't stop these chaotic creatures from using various methods to keep approaching the exit."

"Later, Maze probably realized that it could not restrain these creatures through its own power, or maybe the challenger who noticed the problem wanted to protect the main world from being invaded. In short, at a certain moment, a powerful challenger used In a special way, he signed a contract with the labyrinth and became part of the mission rules. In this way, the first black store was born."

Luo Jun frowned: "So, the props you sell seem to be helpful to challengers, but in fact, they just use gold ingots to lure challengers to hunt chaotic creatures. Many of the effects inside are deceptive? "

"No..." The ring finger merchant shook his head: "The effects of the props are all real, and at best some of the descriptions are incomplete."

"Like a void pass?" Luo Jun thought of Chen Ni's reminder in his diary.

"The effect of the Void Pass is no problem." The ring-finger merchant shook his head and said: "It means I'm not lying. Within one hour, you can indeed get the effect of the Void Pass, and you can travel through the walls at will. But what is not mentioned in the effect is that this virtual effect The status can be switched on and off at any time.”

"As long as you turn off the void effect within one hour and don't activate it before the time limit, then this is a useful wall-penetrating prop. But if you don't find the exit within one hour and feel unwilling to do so, If time does not turn off the state of nothingness, it will never turn off. You will even gradually become unable to control your own actions and eventually become a slave to the black shop, and you will never be able to leave this maze."

"It's cruel to treat compatriots from the main world." Luo Jun shook his head.

"We don't want to, but this is a maze after all, and it is still restricted by the mission rules. Many props and many functions cannot be set casually according to the effect we want." The ring-finger merchant shook his head: "What's more, , the Chaos Monster has been working against us and interfering with our power."

As she spoke, she grabbed a piece of food. Those weird meats, crawling worms, and smelly mucus made people feel physically uncomfortable just by looking at them.

"Our food has ingredients that inhibit human beings from being replaced, especially this kind of meat. If possible, of course we hope to make these foods delicious. But unfortunately, under the interference of rules and enemies, we can only use it in this way way to present.”

Luo Jun picked up a piece of weird meat: "So, this thing, combined with the monster attracting incense, can attract chaos monsters. Is this a function you designed?"

"No, this is a coincidence." The businessman Wumingzhi shook his head and said: "Our food raw materials actually come from the main world, but they are distorted by the rules of chaos. And the taste of the main world is originally very attractive to chaos monsters. The attraction is only amplified by the strange fragrance."

"As for the cruelty you mentioned, I don't think it's accurate." The ring-finger merchant put down the food: "At least the Void Pass can be used not only to capture slaves, but also to save people."

As she spoke, she made a deafening snap with two huge fingers.

Then, an illusory figure walked through the wall of the store and came to Luo Jun. The figure was somewhat familiar. Luo Jun took a closer look and shouted in surprise: "Senior Brother Li Ying?"

Xuying nodded. Luo Jun couldn't believe it and said: "No, haven't you been replaced by a chaotic creature? I killed it myself."

Li Ying glanced at the ring-finger businessman next to him, then at Luo Jun, and said with difficulty: "They only replaced half of me..."

"He and another challenger were attacked by two chaotic creatures." The ring finger merchant explained: "He was cut off in the middle and was barely alive, while the other person had almost been replaced. At that time, the black store happened to be refreshed near them. , he used his last strength to crawl over after seeing it. We smelled the smell and launched an attack, killing the replaced companion and pulling him into the store, while another chaotic creature was killed with him. The broken lower body escaped."

"If you encounter a chaotic creature that looks exactly like him, it should be a new monster that has been replaced and grown from his lower body."

"And we can only use the power of the void pass to void his upper body, and then treat him, and finally turn him into a void slave."

"So that's how it is..." Luo Jun sighed, feeling deep sympathy for his senior brother's experience.

"These void slaves are also our important fighting force." The ring finger merchant said: "There are only five black shops in total, run by five fingers. Although they can move in the maze, the number is too small. It is difficult for us to fight against the chaos monsters alone. . So 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 destination of those void armies is pointed at the black store, and they will kill the monsters they encounter along the way, especially the chaos monsters!" Luo Jun nodded and concluded:

"Your black shop is an alienated human being. Your purpose is to prevent the main world from being invaded."

"The maze, the white shop, ordinary monsters, various mechanisms, treasure chests, relics, the first floor of the rest area, etc., are all the rules of the maze mission itself. The position is a chaotic mission, setting difficult problems, but also leaving the challenger with 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. Their purpose is to replace humans, leave this maze, and invade the main world?"

"You can understand it this way." The ring finger merchant nodded: "Now, you already know the secret of this maze, are you satisfied?"

"Not enough..." Luo Jun shook his head: "I still want to know how to end it all!"

"End?" The ring finger merchant was surprised: "You mean What? If you want to clear the mission, you can do it now. You are the first challengers to clear the endless maze in so many years. Are you not satisfied? "

"The end I said is not that simple." Luo Jun smiled and said, "What I want to do is to kill those chaos monsters and restore this maze to normal!"

"What are you talking about in your sleep?" The ring finger merchant was completely unable to calm down: "So many people, including the maze itself, have been unable to stop the invasion of chaos monsters for so many years, and can only barely maintain the status quo. Why do you think you can change all this? "

Luo Jun smiled and patted his belly: "Just me, I can be immune to the replacement of those monsters."

As he said, Luo Jun's throat moved for a while, and then he spit out two gold ingots from his mouth.

"It looks like it's digested." Luo Jun put the gold ingot in front of the ring finger merchant: "It's a little dirty, don't mind."

Staring at the gold ingot in a daze, the ring finger merchant finally sighed and shook his head and said: "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 see?" Luo Jun asked, but she didn't stop, following 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 slowly said:

"Let's go to see the thumb."