Huangfu Miaomiao fell silent.
She secretly guessed at what bad news Meteor meant.
The worst possible news was nothing more than dying here, or being unable to escape the Maze. She had mentally prepared herself for those outcomes. It was no big deal—so long as she got the information out, she could log off.
Meteor could not hurt her.
Huangfu Miaomiao tried her best to calm the fear in her heart and slowly walked toward the door, one step at a time.
Her fingers touched the cold, hard statue. Then, keeping close to it, she edged her way outside bit by bit, staying vigilant at every moment. She wished her ears could stand up like a rabbit's to catch every sound from all directions.
When she moved from behind the statue to in front of it and passed through the invisible Third Gate, the world before her suddenly brightened.
She could clearly see the stairs carved from grayish-brown rock and the chaotic claw prints scattered across the ground ahead.
Her vision had returned!
Overjoyed, Huangfu Miaomiao immediately opened the Virtual Screen and sent Li Qing a lengthy account of what had happened to her!
Huge blocks of text were sent out, but several notification windows popped up in succession:
You currently do not have authorization to chat.
What?
Had Li Qing blocked her?! Why could she not send messages anymore?
Huangfu Miaomiao was dumbfounded.
Meteor said from inside the cage, "The bad news is that the Administrator has muted you."
"That's impossible!" Huangfu Miaomiao could not accept it.
Although she had always had issues with Li Qing, she did not think he would do something so underhanded! Helping Feng Ling was in both their interests. There was no reason for him to mute her!
Meteor said, "Nothing is impossible. I