secret dice.

Chapter 520 Desperate News

"You mean, after defeating that monster, Ling Jian suddenly changed?"

Everyone gathered around the unconscious Ling Jian and listened to Old Yuan recount his previous experiences.

"That's right." Elder Yuan nodded. "I had already gone up to collect the spoils when I suddenly heard an unusual sound behind me. I turned around and saw Ling Jian's body changing, but he was still conscious. He was trembling to control the mutated part while loudly reminding me to get out of the way."

"Afterwards, Ling Jian could no longer suppress the chaotic parts and started to attack me. It took me a lot of effort to control him. I invested some energy in him to help him resist the infection and stabilize him. This kid should be fighting against the abnormality in his body now..."

"Mr. Yuan, are you injured?" Luo Jun asked with concern.

"I'm fine." Elder Yuan waved his hand. "Before Ling Jian attacked, he used his last consciousness to warn me. I was prepared and blocked his attacks with my inner energy."

Luo Jun breathed a sigh of relief, but still patted Yuan Lao and said, "I took a photo of Yuan Lao who was not infected."

"Ding, the direction of this incident is unknown and cannot be determined."

Unknown direction?

Luo Jun immediately began to look inward, and his vital energy circulated throughout his limbs and bones, but he did not notice anything abnormal.

Is it that I am not infected, or am I not aware of it?

To be on the safe side, he tried to use dice to make a judgment, but no matter how he worded it, the final result was unclear...

This shows that there is a problem with the concept of infection.

According to Luo Jun's experience, dice judgment events are not so literal. Generally speaking, as long as the meaning is conveyed, it will be fine. To a certain extent, Luo Jun's understanding will prevail.

The fact that the direction is unclear indicates that the concept of becoming a chaotic creature is different from the infection that Luo Jun understands.

As for other explanations, such as whether it will turn into a chaotic creature, they are not relevant enough. After all, even if it is "infected", it will take a certain amount of time to mutate, and the dice cannot determine such non-instantaneous events.

So since it is not an infection as he understands it, what is the principle behind this change?

Luo Jun began to look inward again, and his vital energy circulated throughout his limbs and bones, but he did not notice anything abnormal.

I can’t feel it myself, and the dice can’t determine it... What exactly is this strange change?

The only clue he has now is that the person has completed the change and is no longer the same person. As for how the process was, Luo Jun is not sure, but if he can't figure this out, he will have no way of judging whether there is a problem with himself, Mr. Yuan, or others!

No...Calm down and analyze...

Ling Jian was injured by a chaotic creature a few hours ago. If he was really "infected" at that time, it would mean that it would take a certain amount of time to transform into a chaotic creature, and there would be an uncontrollable mutation process in the middle.

In other words, once you're "infected", you won't be able to detect any changes, and it's difficult to verify the problem even with dice; after a period of time, there will be an intense reaction, which is Ling Jian's current state, at which time the naked eye can tell the abnormality; after this intense state, it will completely turn into a chaotic creature and stabilize, just like Li Ying, and it can deceive most detection methods. At present, only dice can accurately verify it.

It seems that except for Ling Jian, everyone else is in a stable state. Among them, Yuan Lao, Ma Qiao and Sun Xiaowei have been with him all the time. They can be sure that there is no problem at present. Even if they have been "infected" at some point in the future, they will have a violent reaction at some point in the future.

As for Zhuge Zi and Mao Xintong who joined the team later, they have been acting alone for many days. It is possible that they have completed the "mutation" during this period, so we need to verify their problems first!

Thinking of this, Luo Jun took advantage of everyone discussing Ling Jian's condition and calmly went over to pat them. It turned out that both of them were fine.

Luo Jun breathed a sigh of relief.

In other words, there are currently no mutations in the team... but it cannot be ruled out that someone has been "infected" and has the seeds of mutation, of course, this also includes myself.

"What should we do now?" Sun Xiaowei asked.

"We have no experience in this kind of situation and have no idea how to solve it." Mao Xintong suggested, "It's better to ask the businessman first. Maybe he knows something."

"But the nearest store is still far away." Zhuge Zi said, "We can't just leave him here, right?"

"Take him with you. What if he hurts someone again?" Ma Qiao said vigilantly, "And who knows how he got infected? Even if he doesn't hurt anyone, what if someone who comes into contact with him gets infected too?"

"Do you suspect that I am also infected?" Mr. Yuan asked directly.

"That's not what I meant..." Ma Qiao quickly changed his words: "Mr. Yuan has a profound cultivation base, so he's naturally not afraid of these evil demons, but we may not be able to withstand them..."

"How about this, I'll build a robot and carry him on its back!" Sun Xiaowei volunteered.

"Can you hold on?" Zhuge Zi said, "You must be very tired every time you scan the map. It's so hard to maintain an electric car and a bicycle, let alone a robot that can carry a person for a long time?"

"I can try!" Sun Xiaowei gritted her teeth and said, "Grandma said that only by constantly breaking through your limits can you become stronger!"

"This is not a long-term solution." Old Yuan shook his head, then raised his hand, took out a ring, put it on, injected vitality into it, and summoned a huge animal.

This animal looks a bit like a cow, but it is bigger than a cow and about the same size as an elephant. It has only one horn on its head and is blue-black in color. Its body is very strong and powerful, but it looks very clumsy.

"What is this?" everyone asked curiously.

"This is the summoned beast of the treasure, the one-horned rhinoceros. It is very strong and can carry very heavy objects, but it is not very fast. During our normal exploration, we can use it to help carry the Ling Sword."

With such a pack animal, no one had to come into contact with Ling Jian. Everyone found a way to tie Ling Jian to the back of the unicorn and headed straight for the store.

On the way, Yuan Lao came close to Luo Jun and asked in a low voice: "Li Ying..."

When he came back and didn't see Li Ying, he asked about it, and everyone gave him the same story that Luo Jun had made up. Of course, Yuan Lao didn't believe it. Apart from anything else, with Luo Jun's level, even if he didn't reveal his true strength, escaping from the chaos monster would at least not be a problem, and it was completely impossible for him to become a "burden" and kill Li Ying.

Luo Jun looked at the people behind him, especially Mao Xintong from the Insight School, and sighed: "Senior brother is very brave, and he didn't embarrass you in the end."

While saying this, he began to adjust the screen of the video recorder with his hands, using his body to block it and played a short video clip.

This was recorded when he was fighting with Li Ying. He knew that Mr. Yuan would definitely ask about this matter, so he kept it as evidence.

Looking at the half-human, half-monster Li Ying in the picture, Yuan Lao sighed: "I understand, thank you..."

Luo Jun nodded, switched back to the map and continued to lead everyone forward.

He gave up all encounter points along the way and soon arrived at the nearest store. Luo Jun walked up and knocked on the window. As soon as the fat merchant saw him, he immediately smiled.

"You have come at the right time, sir. We just found a page of the diary. You..."

"Don't worry about that, take a look at this first." As he said that, Luo Jun pointed to Ling Jian, who was on the back of the unicorn, and one-third of his body had been transformed. It didn't matter if the merchant didn't look at it, but after seeing it clearly, he was shocked and wanted to close the window immediately.

"Wait!" Luo Jun quickly blocked the window: "What are you afraid of? Isn't it just a sickness?"

"That's not a disease, my customer!" The businessman glanced at him, as if he didn't dare to look him in the eye: "I've seen people who became like this, and they all ended up in a miserable way."

"He's the one who's miserable, what are you afraid of?" Luo Jun frowned.

"Of course I'm scared!" The businessman shivered, "Anyone who has come into contact with him may also become like this..." As he spoke, the businessman looked at Luo Jun with a vigilant look on his face, "My dear, you won't also..."

"I haven't touched him." Luo Jun's words made the businessman feel relieved: "That's good, that's good."

"But I have come into contact with pure chaos creatures. Does this count?"

"Ah?!" The businessman pulled the door with all his might upon hearing this, but how could he shake Luo Jun's wrist strength? After struggling for a few times, he realized that it was futile and could only shrink back in: "Sir, how long have you been in contact?"

"Not long, less than an hour." Luo Jun asked curiously, "I brought gold ingots here before, doesn't that mean I've come into contact with chaos monsters before? Why weren't you afraid then?"

"The presence of gold ingots means the monster is dead, right?" the merchant whispered, "Then you won't mutate..."

"Oh?" Luo Jun's eyes lit up: "Is there such a saying?"

As he spoke, he took out another gold ingot: “This is the one I touched.”

Seeing this, the businessman breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good, that's good... But the one behind you is obviously not dead yet."

"He hasn't completely mutated yet, and still has human consciousness." Luo Jun said, "I came to you just to ask if there is any solution."

"I don't know about that either..." The businessman sighed and said, "The Black Shop is more professional when it comes to Chaos Creatures. We only know a little bit about it. How about you go and ask there?"

"Black shop?" Luo Jun's eyes turned: "Do you know any other information?"

As he said this, he secretly rolled the dice, and the result was inevitable...

"That's all I know. This mutation can be transmitted through contact. If the monster is dead and explodes with gold ingots, then there's no need to worry about transmission... For the rest, you really have to ask the black shop."

It seems that no more information can be obtained, but at least Luo Jun has ruled out the possibility that he has been "infected".

"Okay, then show me the diaries you collected."

The businessman nodded and hurriedly handed over the diary. Luo Jun took the diary and began to read it with the others.

"Success! We finally got the exit indicator!"

"This is our only hope to leave this maze... No, not just hope, we can definitely leave here!"

"After we got it, we immediately activated the treasure. After a while of shaking, the pointer accurately pointed to a direction. We immediately started to move and walked in that direction as far as possible."

"The maze was so large and complex that it was difficult for us to maintain a direction, and every time we were forced to change direction, we found that even if we walked a long way, the direction of the needle hardly changed."

"This means that the exit is very far away from us. It is impossible to get there in an hour."

"Chen Jin and Ling Yue looked a little discouraged, but Aliang comforted them, saying that even if time passed, as long as we remembered this location and kept walking in that direction, we would always get closer and closer to the exit. At that time, as long as we could exchange for another exit indicator, there would be a great hope of getting out."

"Aliang's words gave us hope, but soon, this hope was shattered."

"After we had walked for about fifty minutes, the needle suddenly moved!"

"The pointer indicating the exit suddenly changed direction drastically!"

"Before, when we were moving towards the exit, even after taking a long detour, the pointer did not change significantly. This time, the change was obviously not because we were getting closer to the exit, but because... the location of the exit changed!"

“And it’s a pretty huge change!”

"We almost collapsed when we realized this..."

"The location of the exit can actually change? Then wouldn't this exit indicator be meaningless?"

"All our efforts these days have been completely in vain..."

"When can I leave this damn place..."

………………

After reading the diary, everyone fell silent.

Will the direction of the exit change?

Such a huge maze, endless, with an exit that changes position at any time? How can one find it?
If you don't want me to pass the level, just say so. Isn't this just teasing you?

"Merchant, explain it to me." Luo Jun looked at the fat merchant with anger in his eyes: "You never mentioned before that the exit of the maze will change."

The fat businessman chuckled twice: "You haven't asked before..."

"Then let me ask you now." Luo Jun leaned his elbows on the windowsill: "How does the location of the exit change? Is there any pattern?"

"This is a bit difficult for me." The fat businessman said in embarrassment: "Although I have the exit indicator in my hand, I am reluctant to use it. To be honest, it was a customer who told me many years ago that this exit can change, otherwise I would not know about it..."

"Are you serious?" When asking this question, Luo Jun activated the dice in his mind and got the true answer.

"Absolutely true!" The businessman did not lie.

The clues about the exit ended here. There were too many mysteries in this endless maze. It took two rolls of the dice just to talk to the merchant and get information, but in the end, nothing substantial was found out.

Looking at the decreasing number of dice rolls, Luo Jun sighed silently in his heart. At this moment, his eyes blurred and he suddenly found that the number of dice rolls had been refreshed!

Refresh...it means it’s past midnight!
After exploring this maze for nearly twenty days, the real world finally arrived on New Year's Day!

(End of this chapter)