Mirror Maze

Minesweeper isn't a particularly difficult Game, but it's not easy either.

If you're unlucky, you'll step on an Explosion at the very beginning and be eliminated; if you're lucky, you'll pass the level in a few seconds. It's all about probability.

Because others had already walked this path, Bai Zhi and his group walked relatively smoothly, reaching the end of the grid-patterned path after about a minute.

Then, what appeared before them was Mirror Maze, with branching Labyrinth leading in all directions between the mirrors.

"Labyrinth... are you good at that?"

Looking at his reflection in the mirrors on either side, Steel Bones frowned slightly and turned to look at Bai Zhi.

As they ventured deeper into the Rose Manor, the Tian Kong above them grew increasingly dark, until finally, it was pitch black.

If it weren't for the candlelight illuminating this Mirror Maze, it would probably have been plunged into complete darkness long ago.

The mirror wall, more than three meters high, blocked prying eyes from other places. When you turn your head to look at the two sides of the road, you can see your own reflection in the mirror at a glance. These reflections are densely packed together, giving people a rather uncomfortable feeling.

"Pretty much, unless it's a dead Labyrinth. You can find your way out of any Labyrinth... I'll give it a try."

Bai Zhi glanced back at the path he had come from, thought for a moment, and then nodded.

common Labyrinth are alright, but Labyrinth like this, with mirrors on all sides, puts a lot of psychological pressure on you when you try to navigate it.

However, those selected to participate in this Dungeon are not common; at the very least, they are all fully qualified in terms of mental fortitude.

According to Bai and _Tu_Shuzhi's estimation, these people were probably the kind of wolf-like creatures who could finish their meals next to a cesspool without batting an eye and then still beg for a few more bowls... He wasn't quite good at making comparisons.

After walking a few steps, Bai Zhi found the marks left by the other two groups on the roadside candlesticks with black Marker Pen. One was a "√" and the other was an "x". He didn't know which one was left by the March-shi.

-- Correct markings are essential, as they determine whether they can safely escape the Rose Manor in the end.

After thinking for a moment, Bai Zhi also put a "0" mark next to the two marks.

During their journey through this Mirror Maze, everyone stayed in the center of the path, avoiding any rash moves that touched the mirrors. After all, in such an unknown and eerie environment, who knew if a hand might reach out from the mirror and grab you?

Upon arrival, everyone behaved with considerable caution.

--Just like before, no one would have thought that the grid pattern would turn into Minesweeper.

Initially, exploring this enormous Mirror Maze went smoothly. As long as you had enough items to mark your Labyrinth, if you encountered a dead end, you could simply backtrack and find another way in.

However, as they ventured deeper into the Mirror Maze, they gradually discovered traces of other people's activities within it.

The traces referred to here are not those left by the other six Player; in fact, they rarely encountered each other in this Mirror Maze.

The marks here look more like those left by common.

For example, carelessly discarded Mineral Water bottles, half-smoked cigarette butts crushed on the ground, and carelessly discarded Apple cores... These Item undoubtedly indicate that other people had been in this Mirror Maze before these nine Player arrived.

"That's right, other Player have indeed come here, or rather, some common humans who were caught up in the Inner World Dungeon... You should all remember the Dungeon we encountered when we first entered the Inner World, right? Back then, there was no such thing as Level levels according to the degree of danger..."

Bai Zhi squatted down, picked up a Mineral Water bottle from the ground, looked at it, and began to speak.

"After that, Players leave the first Dungeon. The system will then divide the Players based on Player overall performance evaluation, and also assess the Danger Level of those Dungeon based on the number of Player. Nothing reflects the danger level of a Dungeon better than the Player mortality rate... The Rose Manor Dungeon is very dangerous, reaching S-rank, which means that the mortality rate of Player who were there before may have reached 90% or even higher..."

Bai Zhi clapped his hands, stood up from the ground, turned around and spoke to the two people behind him.

"In other words, there should still be surviving Player in this Rose Manor... Of course, it's also possible that they're all dead. We can try to look for clues about that once we go in."

"... I simply asked what your opinion was."

Steel Bones's eye twitched almost imperceptibly.

"My opinion? My opinion is that they are extremely immoral."

With a slight pursed lip, Bai Zhi continued to lead the way forward.

"As the saying goes, public morality begins with diapers. If people don't even know they shouldn't litter, this kind of behavior will eventually corrupt social morality... But for common, suddenly finding themselves in such a bizarre environment, it's understandable that they might sexually assault feces..."

Steel Bones: "..."

[Strongly adheres to social ethics], [possesses excellent reasoning skills]

After thinking for a moment, the Young Girl at the back picked up her pen and jotted down a few more notes in her Notebook. Young Girl glanced ahead, tilted her head slightly, and added an extra entry.

[Inappropriate word choice]

Above these newly added entries, there are already many other entries scattered around.

For example, [the phone number is unreachable], [they haven't contacted me], [I thought he was dead], [my Boyfriend Isn't Actually Dead], [he seems very lucky], [he didn't recognize me], [he's changed his mind], [he's behaving strangely], [he seems like a completely different person], [he has many friends]... and so on.

The further they walked, the more trash they saw—leftover food packaging plastics, Mineral Water bottles, and all sorts of other things scattered everywhere.

However, coincidentally, this trash also guided Bai Zhi and his group. After following it for about ten minutes and bypassing two or three intersections, the situation around them gradually became clearer.

After turning another sharp right angle, a huge castle came into view.

After two and a half hours, they finally emerged from the Mirror Maze, the size of which was unknown.