"I used this concept to survive the illusion of the Source of Tremors." Feng Bujue continued, "This is called 'reverse guidance.'" He smiled. "Perhaps the situation later became a bit 'out of control,' which is why the Heart of Fear said those words."
"Alright, you don't have to continue. Just pretend I didn't ask." Brony turned his head away.
"I'm not interested anymore …" Hong Hu added. He was also helpless. Every time he teamed up with Brother Jue, his Sanity Value (Sanity Value for players in the tabletop game of Cthulhu Mythos, representing mental power or intelligence) would plummet.
Therefore, Brother Jue once again successfully brushed the matter aside. Then, he changed the topic and led his teammates forward.
This time, the players were no longer searching aimlessly. Because before the Heart of Fear died, it had already told them the way to enter the Cage of Despair.
Actually … the paths in this Crystal Maze had a certain pattern, and this pattern was hidden in the surrounding crystal pillars.
The Heart of Fear did not tell the players all the rules. It only told them one of them. When they encountered a fork in the path (two or more paths were possible), they had to stand at the center between any two paths and calculate the distance between the first crystal pillar on the left and the second crystal pillar on the right as well as the angle between the line between the two points and the ground. If these two values were within a certain range, it meant that they were on the right path.
Using this method, it did not matter if they were faced with four or five paths or even more. They just had to try them one by one.
At that moment, Feng Bujue, Hong Hu, and Flying Pegasus followed this pattern and kept moving forward.
Initially, they moved quickly and smoothly. However, after some time, the number of forks in the path increased, and the crystal pillars became more and more complicated. This caused their speed to slow down.
Of course, this was normal because the closer they were to the center of the maze, the fewer paths that fit the criteria. The center of the maze was set up with many meaningless paths that were similar to a maze, and they were used to confuse outsiders.
To make a long story short, this journey had taken more than four hours …
During this time, Feng Bujue and the others stopped to eat again. They also encountered a few monsters. The battle was naturally unavoidable, and the three of them had all paid a certain price. Fortunately, there were no further casualties.
Finally, at the fifth hour …
"I say … this road seems to be very long," Feng Bujue, who was walking at the front, said.
Along the way, he was still the one leading the way. Leading the way in the darkness, he indeed had various advantages that others did not have.
"I'm starting to wonder if we're on the right path …" Unrestrained Pegasus replied listlessly.
Obviously, after experiencing a long journey, all kinds of frightening plots without warning, and many difficult and cumbersome battles, Brother Ma's morale had dropped to the freezing point.
"Could it be that … the Heart of Fear lied to us?" Hong Hu pondered for a moment and said, "Maybe it gave us a set of wrong theories on purpose to make us go around in circles?"
"We're not going around in circles." Feng Bujue replied. He appeared calm and determined. Then he asked, "Along the way … have you seen anything repeated?"
"In my memory … no," Hong Hu replied.
Unrestrained Pegasus said, "I have no recollection …"
Feng Bujue did not need them to have any recollection because he remembered it very clearly. "I have constructed a map in my mind, and if I'm not mistaken … after we killed the Heart of Fear, the route that we've taken is generally in the shape of a spiral." He raised his hand and gestured in circles. "We're approaching a 'central point', and … we're very close."
Brother Jue's words were always convincing. Even if he could not provide any evidence, with just the statement of 'I've drawn a map in my mind', his teammates were willing to believe him.
Even Hong Hu, the 'Strategist', had to admit that Feng Bujue had this kind of personal charm … a presence that made people feel like they could rely on him in the face of adversity.
"Ha … Look." Not long after Brother Jue said that, the searchlight in his hand shone on something. "There are things in this world that cannot be repeated."
Hearing that, Unrestrained Pegasus and Hong Hu both turned to look. They saw that … the crystal crust on the road before them had been cut off.
The three walked forward for another ten meters and reached the end of the path. What appeared before them … was a giant hole with a radius of several dozen meters. It was surrounded by tall crystal pillars, and the center was dark and bottomless.
"Ah … In any case, my searchlight won't be able to reach the end." As he spoke, Brother Jue raised his arm and punched the crystal pillar next to him.
The next second, he picked up a crystal shard that was knocked down and tossed it into the hole.
Hu!
That was the sound of the crystal falling. And then … there was no then …
"Wow … It's a bottomless hole …" Unrestrained Pegasus leaned over with his hands on his knees and looked down.
"Yes, Madam Di Yong (the golden-nosed, white-haired rat from Journey to the West) lives down there," Brother Jue mocked. "Even I am getting restless … Phew ~"
"What kind of doukou is this?" Ambitionist's lips twitched. "Let me tell you, now that Atobe is dead, we might not know what kind of joke you're playing. If you continue to do this, we'll just assume that you're the only one who's lost his mind."
"Ha … So be it." Feng Bujue shrugged. "In any case, I'll go down first." Then, he took several steps back and prepared to run.
"Current quest completed.
"Main quest updated.
At that moment, two consecutive system announcements interrupted Brother Jue's action.
The players opened the game menu to check the quest tab. They saw that the quest 'Reach the Despair Cage' had been ticked off.
The new quest was' Find the way to open the cage. '
"What's going on?" Unrestrained Pegasus asked. "This is a hole, and there's no lid … How do we open it?"
"Perhaps … the 'Despair Cage' is not the hole itself but somewhere inside the hole," Hong Hu hypothesized.
Feng Bujue said, "Alright, I'll go down and take a look."
"There's no need for that." Suddenly, an unfamiliar voice spoke.
At the same time, a hand landed on Feng Bujue's shoulder.
"I'll help you open it, travelers from another dimension …" the person said as his body slowly appeared from the darkness.
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