The sickle in his hand instantly sliced out a blinding blade light. Фэн Юань understood why Xiao Ji didn’t make a move because this passage was very narrow. With Xiao Ji’s control over the ultimate move, attacking might end up hitting himself.
The bizarre faceless metal man seemed to have no defensive ability and was completely shattered into pieces by Фэн Юань’s blow. However, at that moment, the fragments on the ground suddenly transformed into a mercury-like liquid and merged into the ground. Seeing this, Фэн Юань was stunned. Was this thing blatantly reviving itself?
He didn’t think this was to prevent monster debris from blocking the way forward because the main construct rules of this place were still based on Область данных rules, so this thing could easily refresh itself in the game manner.
Now that it deliberately exited in this way, Фэн Юань had no doubt this thing would continue to appear later, until...
Thinking of something, Фэн Юань touched his chin. At this moment, he once again looked back at Xiao Ji behind him, but before Xiao Ji could react, he immediately turned his head. As expected, silver-white metallic liquid suddenly emerged from the ground, quickly forming into a faceless metal man.
"So that’s it, ’no turning back’ refers to this."
After shattering the faceless metal man once again, Фэн Юань mumbled as he understood something. Now he realized what Veronia meant about not turning back. Back then, he was puzzled. Could the space here be so narrow that you couldn’t even turn around? Now it seemed Veronia meant that turning back would refresh the faceless metal man.
Really, Veronia could’ve been a bit clearer with her words.
Shaking his head helplessly, Фэн Юань didn’t think too much and just shared his speculation with Xiao Ji behind him, then proceeded to walk forward in the tunnel. Even though the faceless metal man was very weak, he didn’t want to trigger this mechanism repeatedly. Who knows if some unwanted changes might occur after multiple activations.
At this moment, Xiao Ji also didn’t dare to turn back casually because it was uncertain if the same situation would happen to it as well. Although Xiao Ji believed it could easily solve the faceless metal man on its own, Фэн Юань had already mentioned his concerns to it before, so it naturally wouldn’t act recklessly.
The narrow passageway twisted and turned, and Фэн Юань and Xiao Ji walked for quite a while without seeing the end. Taking out the walkie-talkie, Фэн Юань thought he should communicate with others, only to find out that everyone’s situation was more or less the same. Even Veronia, who entered the room first, was still advancing in the narrow passage.
Фэн Юань: "Strange, this place shouldn’t be that large. After all, the space here can’t expand indefinitely, so this small scene shouldn’t be very big."
Veronia: "It’s hard to say. I’ve run a long distance, but still haven’t reached the end, it’s really frustrating."
Yang Hongzhi: "Could it be that there’s something wrong with this place itself?"
Фэн Юань: "What do you mean?"
Najia: "We speculate that it might be a closed-loop path. After we came in, because we can’t turn back, we can’t see the changes in the passage behind us. Maybe, after we passed a certain node, the road behind us got sealed by metal walls, and now we can’t reach the end because we’re progressing within a loop.
Hearing Najia’s speculation from the walkie-talkie, Фэн Юань touched his chin. This possibility didn’t seem low. Although the spirit suppression here couldn’t target his Divine Sense, he hadn’t deliberately sensed the surroundings before. And the unadorned metal walls in the passage seemed to meet the needs of this loop trap.
Фэн Юань: "This possibility seems quite likely. If that’s the case, we should investigate seriously. If someone makes a discovery, notify the others."
Veronia: "Ah, really, I ran all for nothing just now~"
Najia: "The walls around here interfere and block spiritual power, so the possibility of a closed-loop path is quite high."
Putting away the walkie-talkie, Фэн Юань sighed and said,
"Xiao Ji, keep an eye on your surroundings later."
Standing behind Фэн Юань, Xiao Ji responded with a sound of acknowledgment. It had also heard the conversation over the walkie-talkie and understood the current situation. Looking at the passage ahead, Фэн Юань sighed and said,
"It’s a headache. I don’t know where the exit of this place is. If the loop path is too long, it’ll be a real hassle to find it."
With a complaint, Фэн Юань immediately took action. This was all just a speculation for now, but his Divine Sense was more capable than their spiritual power in finding hidden mechanisms in such places, so he believed he might be the first to solve it.
Unfortunately, luck wasn’t necessarily on Фэн Юань’s side. As Фэн Юань searched along the way, the walkie-talkie suddenly picked up Yang Hongzhi’s voice,
Yang Hongzhi: "I found a mechanism here. There’s an unobvious protrusion in a groove on the wall. After pressing it, the nearby door opens, but I’m not sure if it leads to the entrance or the path forward."
Veronia: "In a groove? No wonder there are such ornamental grooves on the walls~"
Фэн Юань: "So it’s a loop path after all? I haven’t found a door here yet. Maybe I’m too far away, but I’ll check the whole loop passage. You guys take care of your side."
Storing the walkie-talkie, Фэн Юань looked ahead. To conveniently know where he started his investigation, Фэн Юань left a space mark at the starting point. Therefore, he was very clear that he hadn’t returned to the starting point yet. But was the one Yang Hongzhi found an exit or an entrance?
Unable to figure it out, Фэн Юань didn’t dwell on it and called for Xiao Ji. Фэн Юань continued to search ahead.
The first door appeared in front of Фэн Юань only after a long walk. He didn’t immediately enter the opened door. Leaving a mark, Фэн Юань chose to move forward because he didn’t know how many entrances and exits this place had. And because he hadn’t realized the loop road problem before, he wasn’t sure from which point he entered the loop road.
Before reaching the starting point mark, Фэн Юань found a total of two doors, which gave him a bit of relief. After all, if this place had several branching paths, they would really have to rely on luck. With only two doors, it proved that the place only had two access paths.
This made determining the entrances and exits easier for them. Otherwise, Фэн Юань suspected Yang Hongzhi might face difficulties. After all, if not for Фэн Юань suppressing the place’s rules with his power, the mark he left might not have stayed.
Although there wasn’t much special on the surface of this place, even spatial marks would not persist unless Фэн Юань embedded them into the fundamental rules of the world. This area constantly had unique spatial turbulence clearing out powers not belonging to this region.
Veronia might have a special method to leave marks, but Najia probably couldn’t, since its Authority had little to do with space.
Not thinking too much about it, Фэн Юань directly walked into the first door he encountered, as he had walked in a loop back to it. The second door was relatively farther, of course. Retreating backward wouldn’t be completely infeasible, just quite troublesome.
"Looks like luck is on my side; I didn’t return to the entrance."
Looking at the rows of shelves ahead, Фэн Юань chuckled and said. He didn’t expect to really choose the path forward, but seeing the jumbled metal devices on the shelves, Фэн Юань couldn’t help but think of previous off-campus training, wondering if this broken place might have some odd stuff too.
"Speaking of which, how mad is the Mad Doctor’s Research Institute really?"
Touching his chin, Фэн Юань suspiciously glanced at the items on the shelves and mumbled. He didn’t think the place’s name was just randomly picked. However, the faceless metal man didn’t seem dangerous or terrifying, and it didn’t really relate to madness either.
Was there perhaps a unique dangerous boss waiting for him ahead?
Thinking of this, Фэн Юань couldn’t help but recall those randomly designed biochemical monsters, wondering if they might appear here. However, this place corresponded to a haunted house facility. Could these things even scare anyone in a haunted house?
Glancing at the black scythe in hand, Фэн Юань was uncertain, as haunted houses in this world rarely chose designs that could easily provoke attack instincts, fearing that Укротители зверей might instinctively make a move and cause trouble.

Comments

Loading...