[Player-Selected Maze Phase activated. Time limit: five days. Each stage cleared grants one Mysterious Reward. The first ten thousand players to complete the maze will receive an additional grand prize.]
The seventh month's disaster phase looked very easy.
At least, when this announcement appeared, there was no apparent danger in its wording. It seemed that, at worst, they could simply wait until time ran out and be released.
But once they actually entered the maze, it was not that simple.
[Player {Snow Mountain/0099-5111-1111} has entered the first floor of the maze.]
After teleporting, Ye Fei swept his gaze over his surroundings, the golden sword on his back.
He had seen no options to choose from. He simply appeared in a vast, endless world of white snow.
Snowflakes drifted through the sky. A gentle breeze blew, carrying them along as they fell.
He looked around. Aside from snow falling through the air and snow covering the ground, there was nothing.
It was even emptier than when he had first arrived in this survival game world. Back then, there had at least been a simulated house and dead trees nearby.
"Yip, yip, yip~"
Qingxue's cries rang out, sounding as though they came from beneath the snow.
However...
"Qingxue!"
Ye Fei looked toward the sound. The snow was shifting across a large area.
There were snow foxes-hundreds of them beneath the snow, all identical in appearance.
He more or less understood this first stage of the maze. He had to identify his own little fox among a great many others.
"Yip, yip!"
A group of white little foxes emerged from the snow, looking around at one another, all making similar cries.
Judging by appearance, every one of them looked like Qingxue.
But Ye Fei was certain he had spotted