The Secret Chamber of the Card Game

Shao Qingge found himself in a strange space with no one around him. He reached for the card pack from his pocket and tried to connect to Ye Qi with "Mind Consonance", but Ye Qi never responded.

He frowned and looked around carefully.

The ceiling above his head is pure white, and every two meters, there is a spotlight with soft light; the floor under his feet is black marble, as clean as a mirror, which can reflect his figure.

The walls on the left and right sides are covered with poker cards. The size of each card is the same as that of real poker cards. The very common blue background patterns are all facing up.

At the end of the corridor is a white wall blocking the way.

Shao Qingge soon realized that this was probably a "poker maze".

At this moment, a prompt popped up in the floating box in front of him——

【Welcome to the third ring of the relay mission, the poker maze】

【Please find the correct exit within the time limit of 1 hour, otherwise, the relay mission will fail】

The third ring of the relay mission?Since it is the third ring, there must be "first ring" and "second ring" in front of it. He couldn't contact Ye Qi, which meant that Ye Qi was not in the same world as him. Maybe Xiao Ye was assigned to the first or second ring. , the task has been completed.

The key to the relay race is that if any link goes wrong, the whole game will be lost.

In the vast maze, how many teammates do you know?

Shao Qingge was lowering his head in deep thought when four playing cards on the surrounding walls suddenly flipped over and gave off a soft light—K of hearts, K of spades, K of diamonds and K of clubs.

He was startled, staring at the four cards thoughtfully.

Is it an agency?

As if to answer his doubts, a supplementary explanation popped up in the floating box soon: "In the poker maze, you need to collect a total of 1 poker cards within 54 hour. Each corridor can only collect one card, Every time a poker card is taken away, a corresponding maze channel will be opened. Different suits may encounter different rewards or punishments, please choose carefully."

Shao Qingge read the prompt carefully—that is to say, the door at the end of this corridor is currently closed, and there should be four forks in this road. He took away the K of spades, K of hearts, and K of diamonds on the wall. And any one of club K can open a corresponding fork.After reaching the next road, take another card and continue to open the road...

Since only one can be taken at a time, it means that only one fork can be opened at a time.

In the mazes encountered before, the paths are clear.This time the maze seems to be full of "fog". All the paths need to be opened by collecting cards. The four suits correspond to the four paths. Once you make a mistake, you have to go back and start all over again. It's simply not an order of magnitude!

A countdown had already appeared in the floating frame, Shao Qingge took a deep breath, took a quick step forward, and picked up the diamond K.

He didn't dare to take spades or clubs, because he was afraid that if he opened spades and clubs, he would encounter a survival crisis.

Since it is a maze, it is more reliable to take the square piece first.As his slender fingers took the [King of Squares] from the card wall, the door at the end of the corridor was opened, revealing a passage.

Shao Qingge entered the passage without hesitation.

The appearance of this passage looks the same as before, but the cards lit up on the wall have become 7 of diamonds, 8 of diamonds, 9 of diamonds, and 10 of diamonds. Shao Qingge is worried that the points of the cards will be the same as Difficulty is related, so I chose [square piece 7] with the smallest number of points first.

Sure enough, another door opened at the end of the road, and Shao Qingge continued to walk forward.

The moment he just walked through the door, his feet suddenly emptied, and he fell down quickly!

The weightlessness of the free fall made Shao Qingge's heart suddenly tighten.

The vertical passage is like an elevator shaft without light, and it is impossible to see what is under his feet. If it is a rain of arrows and knives, wouldn't he be finished?Even if there is no mechanism under his feet, falling from such a height is enough to make him fall into mud!

In just a few seconds, Shao Qingge's mind was running fast. He didn't have a lightness card on him, and the teleportation card could only teleport horizontally. Cards are really useless at a time like this.

Shao Qingge activated the Insect King Transformation without hesitation!

Otherwise, it would be too unfair to be thrown to death.

In the darkness, the man's eyes suddenly turned blood red, and the changes in his body made him feel at ease.Shao Qingge quickly stretched out his hand, and his sharp nails were nailed to the wall like nails.

However, to his surprise, the moment the nails touched the wall, they broke off in unison!

The insect king's nails could easily pierce steel, and this wall was made of unknown material, it was hard and smooth, and his limbs could not exert force on such a wall.Could this be telling him that the walls of the poker maze cannot be destroyed by any means?

Shao Qingge withdrew his hand, and the broken nails regenerated at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The fall was still going on, and he couldn't die anyway, so Shao Qingge simply observed his surroundings calmly.

The night vision of the Zerg will be strengthened. He found that this vertical dark passage like a "patio" has many doors around it. Because the falling speed is too fast, he didn't count the exact number of doors, but he can judge—— The poker maze I encountered for the first time was a very large three-dimensional maze, like a tower made of poker.

As soon as he thought of this, his feet touched the cold floor tiles, and Shao Qingge landed firmly on the ground.

Fortunately, he became the bug king in time, otherwise, if he fell from such a high place, he would definitely be smashed into meatloaf.

After landing, Shao Qingge saw a door slowly opening in front of him, he took a deep breath and walked into the door.

The dazzling light made Shao Qingge narrow his eyes slightly. He took a few steps forward, and he saw a corridor of cards that was exactly the same as before. footsteps.Shao Qingge immediately turned his head and met a pair of familiar eyes.

It's old.

Senior Gui, who was dressed in a Tang suit, looked very energetic even though his hair was gray. When he found Shao Qingge, he froze for a moment, then calmed down quickly, and asked, "Mr. Shao, which stock has a better performance recently?" ?”

This is the secret code agreed upon by everyone before entering the secret room.

Shao Qingge said with a smile: "180376521, you can pay attention to this stock. Do you like to drink tea, senior? My family has excellent Zhuyeqing, go have a cup later."

Gui Yuanzhang said: "I prefer West Lake Longjing."

Shao Qingge: "..."

This kind of underground party-like way of matching codes sounds a bit embarrassing.However, there is no harm in being careful, at least he can be sure that the old man in front of him is undoubtedly himself.

Shao Qingge took a step forward and said, "Senior is also the third ring of the relay mission? We are divided into a group."

Gui Yuanzhang nodded: "Well, that's what the reminder says. Others are likely to be in the first or second ring. We are assigned to the third ring. I wonder if there are any other teammates?"

Shao Qingge said with emotion: "This time the maze is very difficult, if only Lao Mo or Professor Xiao were here."

Gui Yuanzhang is not very good at mazes either, he took out a playing card and said, "I took the 7 of diamonds and it suddenly fell down."

Shao Qingge said: "I also fell here after getting the 7 of diamonds."

Gui Yuanzhang frowned and thought for a while, then said: "That is to say, each card represents a passage, and there are 54 passages in this maze, and collectable poker cards will randomly appear in each passage, and you can get the corresponding card , can you go to the corresponding passage?" He paused, then turned to look at Shao Qingge: "The task requires us to collect all 54 poker cards, shall we split up or go together?"

Collecting separately will naturally be more efficient, but there is also a problem. If they get separated, it will become more difficult to reunite in such a large three-dimensional maze. Besides, there may be various potential dangers.

Shao Qingge said: "Let's act together, in case of danger, we can have someone to take care of us."

Gui Lao glanced at the number [59:12] displayed on the countdown. There were still 59 minutes left. If one card was collected in an average of 1 minute, it would be enough to collect 54 cards, but he didn't know where the correct exit was.He said: "Okay, then let's hurry up."

The two walked into an aisle whose walls were covered with playing cards.

The cards opened in this passage are 3 of clubs, 3 of diamonds, 3 of spades, and 3 of hearts.

Shao Qingge was puzzled—why some channels have the same suit but different points, while others have the same points but different suits?Is there any difference between these two?

He looked at Gui Lao and said, "Continue to take the square?"

Gui Lao also agrees: "Well, first collect the poker cards of the same suit, it will be easier to remember."

Currently, Shao Qingge has a K of diamonds and a 7 of diamonds in his hand. Guilao took a 7 of diamonds at the beginning of the game. The task of "collecting all 54 cards" must not be repeated, so Guilao took this Cards do not count towards the collection count.

Shao Qingge took a step forward and took the lower piece 3 from the wall.

Sure enough, there was another door at the end of the corridor. Shao Qingge walked over and found a section of steps that curved up to the left at the door.

The steps are very long, like there is no end, and the height is unknown.

Shao Qingge analyzed while walking: "At the beginning I took the king of diamonds, but when I got the 7 of diamonds, I suddenly fell down, but when I got the 3 of diamonds, I had to go up. It seems that the points of the poker cards are not Represents the height of the passage?"

Shao Qingge nodded: "Suppose this time the maze is a high-rise building, if you get the diamond 2, you will fall to the second floor, and the diamond 3 will be on the third floor, that would be too simple. The playing cards must be randomly scattered on different Floor, unfortunately we still can't see the pattern."

The two were not in a hurry. After all, there were 54 playing cards, and they only took 3 of them. It was normal that they couldn't see the pattern.

The spiral staircase is very long. In order to save time, Gui Yuanzhang simply took out a brush and said, "Climbing this way is too slow, just fly." He used the brush to stimulate the airflow, forming a whirlwind under his feet, followed by, He was suspended in the air as if he was stepping on a magic broom, and flew up with Shao Qingge.

About half a minute later, the spiral staircase finally reached the end, and a door appeared in front of it.

The two entered the passage and saw four cards: 2 of diamonds, 6 of diamonds, 4 of diamonds, and 8 of diamonds.

Currently, with K, 7, and 3 in hand, Shao Qingge took [Diamond 2] and continued to move forward. , the revolving stairs appear again at the door, but this time the revolving stairs are to the right, and the number of steps is obviously much less than before, and it only takes less than 5 seconds to reach the next passage.

The next passage shows 8 of diamonds, 8 of spades, 8 of clubs, and 8 of hearts.

Shao Qingge took down [square piece 8]. After a passage appeared at the door, the two continued to move forward, but their feet suddenly stepped on the air, and Gui Yuanzhang and Shao Qingge fell down quickly at the same time!

Shao Qingge had a splitting headache: "This up and down, what's going on?!"

Lao Gui has a writing brush, Shao Qingge transformed into a bug king, and he is not afraid of falling to his death.It's just that they climbed up a long step for a while, and fell down suddenly for a while. The two of them have only collected 5 cards so far, and they are already confused by this maze.

Gui Yuanzhang said with a sullen face, "We have to draw a map."

Shao Qingge said seriously: "My sense of direction is not very good, I don't quite remember the winding path just now, I only know that after taking the 7 and 8 of diamonds, I stepped on the air and suddenly fell down."

Gui Yuanzhang: "...Me too."

The two looked at each other.

They can't understand the flat maze, so put them in the three-dimensional maze, isn't this a joke?

Shao Qingge pressed his temple with a headache: "Go ahead and have a look."

The two pushed open the door and walked into the poker corridor of 8 of squares. As a result, as soon as they entered, they saw a person sitting on the ground, holding a piece of white cloth the size of a handkerchief in his left hand, writing and drawing on it with the index finger of his right hand, with a serious expression on his face , obviously lost in thought.

The corner of Shao Qingge's lips raised: "Old Mo, you're here too!"

It was the first time Lao Mo heard that when Mr. Shao called him, there was a strong...surprise in his tone?