The Age of Machines

Chapter 829

"It's a holy spring."

The destination is under this circular corridor, within easy reach of them.But after the excitement, everyone found that there seemed to be no stairs to go down here.Are they supposed to jump right in?
Ukiyo-e stepped on the fence, but was warned that doing so was life-threatening.In other words, it is impossible to survive the jump. Although this height is not fatal to them, since the system reminds them, there must be danger.

One day is one day to pull people down.

"How to get down?"

They looked behind them, and the little red arrow was pointing at the gate on the other side.

There are a total of twelve doors in this circular corridor, corresponding to the pillars, it seems that each door is passable.

They roughly understood.

If they want to find clues to the holy spring below, they must first find the exit to the holy spring by themselves.There are twelve doors, and the arrows directly indicate which door they are allowed to enter.

Come to think of it, there is only a maze.

"Hey, I like mazes the most."

Follow the arrow into the first door.

The left and right wall passages are three meters wide, and they walked a few steps to a corner.This is indeed a maze. Eleven of the twelve doors are connected. They may walk out of another door and return to the original circular corridor.Only one door has a way out, and because the twelve doors are almost the same, and every pillar in the circular corridor is the same, so it is also possible that they will cycle endlessly between one or two doors.

The level of this maze is not low.

Twelve paths also means that there are several times more passages than other levels of mazes.This is extremely easy to confuse the player, because every road is passable and has an exit.In the past mazes, the lowest level has only one way out, the more difficult ones have two ways out, and the highest level has two false passageways to confuse the real ones.

The maze they encountered now, except for the ruins, other activities will not appear, unless the special event is launched within a time limit.This kind of maze is very difficult. The thing about the maze is that the map will not be very big, but there will be many routes, and each one feels connected.

In this intricate maze of various crossroads, it is very difficult to get out.

In just half a minute, they had met and walked four corners.If there are too many corners in the maze, the picture will be very complicated, and there are usually two forks past the corners, one is a dead end, and the other is a way out, but the way out is not really a way out, maybe the way out is a dead end.

There are ever-changing things in the maze, if you meet someone who can move, then Beixi and the others will be out of luck.

"It's not easy to walk, this maze is accessible wherever you go."

The civet cat looked at the two connected roads in front of him. Generally speaking, one of the corners must be a dead end.But both are interlinked, so how to choose?
"But this maze map must not be big."

In this case, if the area of ​​the entire maze is large, then the player basically cannot get out, even with the help of props.

They are all veterans of the maze and actually have a lot of props.However, not all props are permanently available, and some items cannot be used again after being used once, so they need to be taken out carefully.

"Is there any [Pathfinder Ball]?"

Lollipop: "I have five groups here."

"I still have ten groups."

[Pathfinder Ball], as the name suggests, is a prop used to detect the maze road, and it is only used in the maze.This ball can generally roll by itself, but the roads that roll over will be red and cannot be eliminated.Usually in the maze, they will use this to mark. [Pathfinder Ball] The distance that can be marked is not long, and it can only mark a route of ten meters at a time.

[Pathfinder Ball] There are only ten pieces in a group. Even if this item is sold in an NPC store, it costs several hundred gold coins. Moreover, it is in a limited-time store, and the probability of spawning is very low, and it does not appear every day.

It is an extremely sought-after prop.

However, this amount does not seem to be enough to get them out of this maze.

Beixi has fifteen sets in her hand, but it is very difficult to brush out this thing. For her, the general maze will basically not use up one set, after all, there are rules to find.This kind of maze is rare. She has played it before, but she doesn't remember it very clearly.

"I have [Dead Spot Detector] here." He said day after day, taking out an oval metal instrument from his pocket.They know that this prop can be used by players to detect blind spots, which will help them find a way out and facilitate customs clearance. [Blind Spot Detector] There is a limit on the number of times of use, and once you use it, you will naturally lose one chance. After all five times are used up, it will become invalid.A detection will only last 10 minutes, and it will be useless once the time is up.

"You are stupid." Lollipop scolded him, "There are twelve exits in this maze, only one is a way out, and the others are all dead ends. This maze must have more ways out than dead ends."

Even if they detected a blind spot, they bypassed it and found a way out, but who can guarantee that the way out must be the holy spring of the palace, not the circular corridor.

Ukiyo-e: "Put it away, it doesn't make sense to use it in this maze."

Every day is a day with emotion: "I used to be eager to use it, but now I don't need it if I want to use it. Hey~"

Beixi "Leave the props and take a look."

It would be a waste to use props before they are familiar with the maze. Beixi needs to know how much time it will take them to go on intuitively without stopping.

It didn't take long for the group of people to see a faint white light.When they walked out of the passageway, they returned to the circular corridor where they stayed at the beginning as expected, but they didn't know which door it was. They are all the same.It's like a complete copy, and they don't know which door is the real one.

Among them, the only door that can go out should be directly leading to the holy spring.They enter from here, and they will still be in the maze, but if they find the right door, it may be easier to crack the maze.

Unfortunately, they couldn't mark the door.This kind of existence similar to the starting point cannot use any props at all.All props will only take effect in the maze.

This is the rule.

Just because this door couldn't be marked, Beixi and the others couldn't be sure whether the location they were in was the door they entered in the first place.If you can't tell them apart, they just keep going back and forth in the same place.

Without staying here for too long, Beixi and the others entered the maze again through another door.There was not too much delay on the road this time, and it took a total of 2 minutes to return to the circular corridor for the second time.

This maze map is small, but the route is too complicated.It took them 2 minutes to walk out to the circular corridor. This area is actually no different from the low-level maze map, but the route is more complicated.

Back in the circular corridor, Beixi and the others were not in a hurry to go to the next door.A group of people began to discuss countermeasures, walking blindly, they couldn't get out of this maze.They had to think of countermeasures so that they could leave this place as soon as possible without wasting more time.

"This maze has no mechanism."

After walking twice, they more or less found out.Along the way, they were not blindly relying on their intuition to find the way. In fact, they had also observed the internal structure of the maze.Shengshida has various maze activities from the very beginning. As veteran players with a lot of experience, they have done a lot of activities. They have an understanding of the classification and general structure of maze maps. They are only intermediate maze maps. They can get out without relying on any props and relying on intuition. As for the advanced level, it depends on the difficulty.

In this kind of maze, most of them are survival situations, they can only use props, and then judge based on their own situation.I have walked twice now and found that although there is no mechanism in this maze, the walls will change, sometimes exist, sometimes not, and become transparent and empty, making it even more difficult for them to distinguish the way out.

Tanuki said to others: "I think the internal structure of this maze is regular."

Because the twelve roads intersect with each other, it is like a branch splitting into countless branches, and then the countless branches split again, endlessly without end.In the end, it will form a shape similar to the rhizome of a tree, but from the beginning to the end, there is a branch as the main trunk, running through this shape.

That should be the way out of this maze.

But it is not easy to find the main part, because the shape of the branches is the same, it is difficult to distinguish.You can start with the shape and size, but there are too many and there is no time to explore.

"This maze has the same structure as some high-level diagrams." It is not a simple small "back"-shaped maze, but a patchwork of two patterns. At present, only "H" and "コ" shapes have been found in Rashomon. Although the patchwork maze is very complicated, it has an advantage. Once it is marked, it is basically possible to know whether it has been passed.

Because not every corner has the same direction, and not all walls on the left and right of the route are exactly the same.Once it is confirmed that you have passed, you basically don't have to worry about the road behind.

After some discussion, the seven decided to enter the maze in three groups.

"Do you know how the color of [Detection Ball] changes?" Beixi distributed the ones on her body to others who didn't have them.

Ukiyo-e took it in his hand and looked at it. He hadn't played a maze for a while.He didn't have the patience to play this kind of game before, and he always felt that it was very nerve-wracking.

Then why did you like it?
He also forgot.However, activities such as mazes can indeed be regarded as a way to relieve boredom.

"Ukiyo, let's go."

The civet cat patted him, why did this man stare at the ball in a daze. "Don't you know how to use it?"

Ukiyo-e snorted coldly, "Do you think it's possible? Master, I'm a maze master. Would you like me to show you my title?"

Maze Master, a golden hidden title that players can get by clearing [-] maze maps. The title is only responsible for coolness, but does not bless any attributes.The civet cat rolled his eyes at him, "This title is outdated."

The two chose a door at random and walked in.

"Do you have any?" He passed over with contemptuous eyes.

Tanuki looked at the dark sky, "No."

"That's it, even if there are no people in the past." Ukiyo-e's tone was a bit smug. "I'm a master who has played [-] intermediate and advanced maps. If you follow me, you will definitely get out of this maze before them." It seems that he is determined to win.

The strategy after Beixi and the others discussed it was to separate out teams to mark.

Once there is a marked route, they will no longer walk. If a group gets away with it, the marks left will be clues to others.

The color of [Detection Ball] will change, there are three colors: red, green and blue.Because there are too many types of mazes, in order to cope with the variety of routes, this has the function of marking with different colors so that players can easily distinguish them.

The civet cat looked at him proudly, but didn't refute it back.I just hope this title really deserves it... Ukiyo-e is so stupid, it’s no different from Eve~
"Ahh~"

Eve, who was far away in the sky, sneezed.

Scared, the Red Jiao next to her glared at her with a pair of small eyes, "What are you doing?" Now they are hiding from monsters.

Eve glanced at him and said angrily, "I don't know, but my nose suddenly itch. Who's thinking about me?"

Hong Jiao couldn't help muttering: "Who would fall in love with an idiot like you and still miss you, probably scolding you."

Hearing this, Eve rushed forward and grabbed him by the neck, "I can hear you, you are going to die, how dare you say that about me."

"Shh, there's something wrong. Don't make trouble!" Xiao Chang in front quickly turned her head and put her index finger on her lips, calling out to the two of them with a serious expression.

Eve covered the red flood dragon's mouth, and pressed the person to look at the situation outside between the gap between the stone and the wood.Although the red flood dragon was aggrieved, he didn't dare to struggle.Mr. Lemon in front turned his head and gave him a "contemptuous" look, then hummed twice and turned back to observe the situation.

They are squatting here with a mission now.

There are more monsters in the city than they thought, and it will take a lot of time to clean them up.Now they are still in the edge of the destroyed city, and the main task now is to investigate the situation and determine the number of enemies and their strength.

"There are a few monsters holding bows and arrows. The quality... looks very good. It is probably higher than the monsters we met yesterday."

Hold the wine and who holds the binoculars in both hands and continues to observe.

"So far, five high-level monsters have been found, and there is no lord."

Xiaoshang memorized the information.

Those monsters are wandering in the city, if they want to break through, they have to enter from the weak link.

"Xiao Xiao." Yi Lan next to her said, "My mechanical beast has finished investigating."

Hearing this, Xiaoshang turned to the other mechanics behind and asked, "What about you?"

Several people gestured to her.

Although the detection ability of the mechanic's mechanical beast is affected by the magic fog, it can still detect moving monsters to some extent, but the detection range is shortened.

Therefore, Yilan couldn't complete the investigation in some areas by himself.Fortunately, there are many powerful mechanics in their guild, which helped a lot this time.

Soon, the distribution map of the monsters was sorted out.

Xiaoshang took out her scepter and said to Eve, "Tell the vice-chairmen that the hunt can begin."

(End of this chapter)