Maze Information

The dizzying high-speed rotation finally stopped. Su Wu landed steadily, and the sounds of thuds echoed from all around.

Many people had fallen directly to the ground, knocked unconscious.

Besides them, some people were missing. They were probably lost.

Being left wounded and abandoned in the desert, their fate was predictable; in the end, they could not escape death.

Of the entire caravan, only Su Wu and the leader were still conscious and able to move.

Not a single camel or horse was in sight.

"...At least one person qualified this time." The leader looked at the people around, sighing as he scratched the back of his head.

Su Wu ignored him and instead surveyed his surroundings.

This seemed to be misunderstood by the leader.

"Ah, are you looking for those camels? Don't worry, they know the way back on their own," the leader said with a smile.

To prevent the loss of goods, his camels and horses were all magical beasts he had paid for. They possessed a certain level of intelligence and could return home by themselves. They had even been specially trained before the exam, and the magical beasts were probably used to it by now.

"What about these people?" Su Wu gestured with his eyes toward the unconscious figures on the ground.

"The assessment began the moment they stepped into the desert, and they are naturally unqualified." The leader held a Hunter License in his hand, his smile hearty yet ruthless.

Every year, hundreds or even thousands of people died in the Hunter Exam, and the pass rate was less than one in a hundred.

"So you're just going to leave them here to die..." Su Wu mused, tapping his chin and chuckling softly.

They were currently in an underground labyrinth, seemingly constructed from bluestone or some other hard material. The interconnected passages stretched endlessly, like bottomless corridors devoid of any light. The darkness did not impede Six Eyes' vision; he could see cobwebs and moss clinging to the corners of the corridors, along with dull, dried grey-white and yellowish-brown stains.

As if it hadn't seen fresh air in a long time, the corridor exuded the musty scent characteristic of old buildings. It felt as if he were inhaling dust with every breath, accompanied by a faint smell of decay.

However, no matter how bad it was, it still smelled better than Meteor City.

But there were no bodies.

Why were there no bodies? The yellowish-brown was bloodstains, but was the grey-white brain matter?

The presence of these marks but the absence of bodies indicated... someone had disposed of the corpses?

Without Six Eyes, it would be difficult for ordinary people to find this information in the dark.

"The next trial is to pass through this labyrinth?" Su Wu asked, looking at the leader beside him.

The leader had a person tucked under each armpit, carrying another on his back, and holding one in each hand.

"That's right. Information about the subsequent examination sites is hidden within this labyrinth. Good luck, young man." He grinned widely, then leaped up and disappeared into the end of one of the corridors in a few bounds.

Should he follow?

No, that path was definitely the wrong one.

Since the leader was not a candidate and was carrying only unqualified people, his objective was to lead the failures away. Su Wu's task was to find information about the next examination site within the labyrinth.

Clearly, they were not going the same way.

"So, where should I go now..." The white-haired youth squatted on the ground, closing his eyes in thought.

So many passages, which one to choose?

Every passage had bloodstains; people had likely died here.

Why did those people die? Were they traps?

This meant every passage had traps...

So it didn't matter which one he chose?

He pondered for only three seconds before quickly standing up and making a choice, casually stepping into the closest passage on his left.

As his left foot entered the passage, he looked up at the walls on both sides and above—nothing happened.

"No traps?" he muttered, tapping the wall beside him.

Then he stood still, raised his left hand, and said, "Blue Sky."

A dark blue energy, like a miniature black hole, appeared in his palm. The surrounding air seemed to be sucked dry by this energy.

He pushed forward gently with his hand, a look of anticipation on his face, and with a smile, he provided the sound effect, "Boom!"

The dark blue energy orb expanded rapidly after leaving his hand, pushing forward and destroying the walls of the corridor. Finally, it seemed to hit the wall at the very end, emitting an explosive sound.

The debris on the corridor, as if bombed by a bomber, shook.

Arrows fell from the sides of the corridor, and beneath the walkway, empty trap openings were revealed, filled with sharp spears.

If he had fallen, he would likely have been riddled with holes.

He then teleported to the end of the corridor, only to find a pile of rubble.

There should have been a large stone ball here, another trap, but it had been blasted to dust by Blue Sky.

On the left wall, two numbers were carved: 1 1.

Is this what they call information? What do these two numbers represent? Or is it some kind of Hunter Continent code? Does it need decryption and cracking?

But—is this the only piece of information? Su Wu pondered, his figure disappearing once more, returning to his starting point.

This time, he chose another path.

He raised his hand, releasing the Blue Sky, his movements smooth and fluid.

This time, the final sound was the roar of a beast.

It seems the traps also include magical beasts.

After he had bombed all the paths, he obtained several pieces of information—

1 1, Banato, Ajin.

"Hmm... what does this mean?" Su Wu tried to connect the three pieces of information but couldn't link them together.

Banato and Ajin sound like place names, but unfortunately, he wasn't familiar with the place names here.

Thinking of this, he took off the bag he was carrying and started rummaging through it. As expected, he found a map.

A map of continental plates.

"This is the Urubian Continent, Banato... ah, it's a port. Ajin... Ajin is another continent, the continent where the Kajin Empire is located..." He looked at the place names marked on the map and nodded in realization.

Sid was indeed a competent male bodhisattva, preparing such comprehensive items. He must have prepared things for people leaving more than once.

"Then does '1 1' represent time? January 1st, go to Banato or Ajin? Guessing by time, it should be Banato. After all, it's on the Urubian Continent. The Ajin Continent is another continent, and the distance shown on the map isn't short."

"So, the plan is to first go to the port and take transportation to reach the Ajin Continent?" Su Wu's brain rapidly analyzed.

Ah, perhaps the test lies in choosing the transportation...

After all, the information didn't say how to get to the Ajin Continent, and the Ajin Continent is so vast. Who knows exactly where on the Ajin Continent to go.

He thought with a blank expression, casually pulling out a tissue from his backpack to wipe his nosebleed.

"But none of these paths are the exit. It seems the path the leader took is the only exit."

"If I had followed the leader from the beginning, although I could have gotten out, I would have missed the information hidden in the other paths..."

"I must go through all of them." Su Wu calmly stepped onto the path the leader had entered.

The trials that others in previous years spent a lot of time or even their lives on were bypassed by him, ending in an extremely short time.

This maze won't be usable as an examination location for a long time, at least not until it's repaired.