Exceptionally Dashing

Huangfu Miaomiao skipped over to the brazier beneath the second stone statue, brushed aside the ashes inside, and found similar writing.

"The gods created the world and established order, sealing Kaos within the Sea of Unconsciousness. During the long seal, Kaos absorbed the slaughter of war, the suffering of death, the fear of being lost... All these impurities made it begin to hate order and life, longing to return everything to chaos."

After reading it aloud, Huangfu Miaomiao poked at the Virtual Screen and pulled up the clue they had found at the first stone statue.

"Before all things were born, the world was nothing but emptiness. Chaos and mist were the only things that existed. In the end, that emptiness gave birth to the world's first will—Kaos."

She turned to Pei Xianjue. "Earlier, it said Kaos was chaos and mist, but now it says Kaos wants to return the world to chaos. I think Kaos is definitely the Labyrinth Boss. These clues are telling us that the Labyrinth Boss's skills are related to mist. It might even be like that huge Soul Eater earlier, capable of spewing out massive amounts of dense fog."

Pei Xianjue walked over and lit the brazier. The bones inside became smooth and lustrous, like burning jade.

"It seems these words aren't finished. There's probably a third stone statue somewhere in the Maze, or perhaps even more," Pei Xianjue said.

Huangfu Miaomiao nodded. "Mm, I think so too."

Pei Xianjue fell silent in thought.

She was no longer as flustered. It felt as if she finally had a foundation to stand on. Once they found a certain pattern in the Maze, everything seemed to become much simpler.

Based on what they knew so far, there were stone statues in the Maze. The braziers at the