"Am I going to fight alone?" Qing Chen murmured. "No."
As he spoke, he turned back to look at the Ghost Child following behind him, smiled, then patted the two Water Ghosts hanging from either side of his neck. "It's not fighting alone. I still have you with me. You're actually pretty cute when you're not causing trouble." Water Ghosts: "..." Ghost Child: "..."
In the dark, a stone-carved gecko statue crouched atop a square stone pedestal, standing over two people tall.
It lowered its head slightly, staring in Qing Chen's direction. It was as though it had been looking elsewhere when Qing Chen shot out of the slide, only to suddenly twist its head toward him. It was chilling.
Qing Chen silently watched it. This gecko statue, which had appeared several times in the paradox clues, had unexpectedly appeared right before his eyes. He had thought it was something hidden, something that would take considerable effort to find! Moreover, there was more than one gecko statue.
Based on the nineteen people who had entered, if every entrance had one, then this maze should have at least nineteen statues.
But on the first trial's totem, Qing Zhen's simulacrum had clearly said: there was only one gecko statue in the maze. However, if you saw two at the same time, do not throw blessing plaques into their mouths. "Let's first see how it protects me after I toss in a blessing plaque," Qing Chen said, removing one and tossing it into the statue's pitch-black mouth.
The next moment, the stone gecko moved. It twisted its neck, blinked slightly, then suddenly flicked out its tongue, wrapping it around the Ghost Child behind Qing Chen and preparing to pull him into its mouth.
"So this is protection." Qing Chen nodded, then grabbed the