Swallowed Star: The Lone Bamboo Does Not Stand
Chapter 169

Loneliness

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Under the arrangement of He Meng and Jiang Zhicheng, Qi Caining also successfully entered the training support list. No one has any objection to this list. After all, Jiang Zhicheng's assessment was all conducted in the presence of everyone, and they actually saw Qi Caining dodge Jiang Zhicheng's powerful fists one after another, and they had no choice but to surrender.

He Meng said goodbye to Jiang Zhicheng and Qi Caining in private, and embarked on the road to Spiral Labyrinth.

About a day later, He Meng came to a city near Spiral Labyrinth - Tamir City.

This was once the location of the HR Alliance, but after all was moved to Mars, the original HR Alliance residence no longer needed such a large area, so it was gradually changed into a city, which is now Tamir City.

In Tamir City, you can see the remnants of the former HR Alliance everywhere. Those represent the residences of various large families of that era. The huge venue located in the middle of the entire city is exactly where HR Alliance used to hold meetings.

Now that HR Alliance has existed in name only, Blue Star Council has also preserved many historical traces of the past, so that all those who come after can clearly understand the past history.

In the eyes of He Meng, you can see the statue of East standing in the center of the city. In the entire area that HR Alliance once covered, the worship of East, the strongest person of the HR Alliance and one of the founders, can be described as crazy.

Especially after East became one of Six Great Councilors and now has become the strong one of Universe Level, this kind of worship has reached the top.

People living in this city always say "East Speaker" in their daily greetings, which makes He Meng a little uncomfortable.

He is not planning to stay in this city for too long, and He Meng has no intention of discussing the several speakers with them too much. After all, in his eyes, among the several speakers, Speaker Hong is the one he admires the most, Speaker Lin Chenxing is the one he respects the most, and Speaker Luo Feng is the one he wants to catch up with the most.

He Meng I hope that in the future, like Chairman Hong, I can travel to other galaxies and other Universe Country degrees to see the customs of various civilizations.

After a short three-day rest, we visited every corner of the city and prepared a backpack of food and drinking water. He Meng arrived at the entrance of Spiral Labyrinth.

"All those who are ready to enter Labyrinth register here and receive the locator."

"All those who are ready to enter Labyrinth register here and receive the locator."

Next to a house next to the entrance, a loudspeaker kept shouting, although there were only a few people nearby.

There is no way, after hearing about the nature of this Labyrinth, there are far fewer people willing to come to challenge it, and not many people are willing to come and experience the fear.

The beings of Planetary Level naturally have some understanding of the nature of this Labyrinth, but being able to break through to Planetary Level means that their spiritual will has already been initially condensed, and they no longer have much feeling for the things they were once afraid of, so there is no point in going to this Labyrinth.

Under normal circumstances, Planetary Levels will not tell those Apprentice Levels too much information about this Labyrinth, unless they are some children they value, and those who come here to experience the most are those Psychic Masters. For Psychic Masters, this place has a really good effect on improving Spiritual Forces.

He Meng came here not for anything else but to exercise his courage and feel what he is afraid of in his heart?

According to the introduction of the Labyrinth staff, the purpose of receiving the locator at the entrance is to accurately find the person in Labyrinth and avoid delaying treatment.

There is no possibility of death in this Labyrinth. Every year, one or two will end up with arrhythmia due to fear and eventually die.

Although the bodies of Apprentice Level's Martial Artist and Psychic Master's have evolved to a certain extent, these evolutions have not changed some essential things. In extreme fear, they will lose the ability to regulate human hormones, and it is often too late to react, but most of them are immersed in fear and never wake up.

After the initial death case occurred, the Labyrinth also had this locator, which could notify the administrator immediately when the wearer had a heart rate problem, and then take the wearer out for treatment.

But in the end, there were still some people who couldn't hold on before the managers arrived. These people were not paid too much attention by the senior management. On the one hand, they only accounted for less than one ten thousandth. On the other hand, these people who could not bear fear had almost no chance of reaching Planetary Level. In the end, they just made the locator's judgment more accurate, hoping to detect signs a little earlier.

After He Meng registered and received the locator, he immediately entered the entrance of Labyrinth.

It was dark, and there was no sound except for his own footsteps, breathing, and heartbeat.

He Meng also couldn't see the end of the road. He knew that he needed to keep going and couldn't stop.

But that feeling of loneliness kept lingering in He Meng's heart. Step after step, one after another, his own footsteps seemed to be stepping on his own heart, not on that road.

"Dong, dong, dong..."

The combat boots kept colliding with the metal ground, but no echo was heard in this extremely deep cave.

This shouldn't be the case. He Meng felt a little strange in his heart. It stands to reason that after walking like this for a long time, a person would encounter something that scares him, instead of nothing like this.

Labyrinth is out of order?

He Meng is a little doubtful, because he knows that he does still have some things to fear. Although he is not that afraid, it still exists after all. According to the original analysis, the things he is afraid of will continue to appear, and he will continue to try to defeat the spirit of the challenger.

rout...

spirit...

He Meng At this moment, a possibility suddenly occurred to him.

That is, the thing that I fear does not appear, but has already been in front of my eyes. So this space, this endless dark space is my so-called fear?

But why should I be afraid of him? Shouldn't I? Such doubts linger in He Meng's mind.

With such doubts, He Meng chose to continue walking. He wanted to see what Labyrinth could do.

I don't know how long it has passed, but He Meng couldn't help but have thoughts in his mind. "How long has it passed? Will I never be able to get out and stay here all the time? What about my parents who have been waiting for me outside? Where is Jiang Zhicheng who has been waiting for him to go to Mars? Where is the little sister Qi Caining that I just recognized?"

He Meng Gradually, I felt a strange feeling, a feeling of fear.

This feeling was not strong at first, but it began to linger.

This is a fear caused by loneliness, a fear caused by long-term estimation.

"No, I can't look back. If I look back, I might not be able to go on. I want to get out, and I want to keep moving forward!"

Gradually, there was nothing left in He Meng's mind that he wanted to continue thinking about. If he kept going, this thought controlled his body to move forward continuously.

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