The abrupt fourth voice sounded somewhat shrill, resembling a child's, and then it cracked with static.
The female Staff had worked in the space station for a long time and was very familiar with the temperament of this Curio.
At times like this, the Horrific Maze would issue taunts, which was its favorite thing to do-rubbing it in their faces.
In past research materials, there were records stating that the Horrific Maze was just like an asking-for-a-beating kid.
So the female Staff was completely immune to this suddenly appearing voice.
She explained to Jiang Yu and Stelle, "This is the voice of the Horrific Maze."
Jiang Yu and Stelle certainly were not frightened by the sudden voice of the Horrific Maze; in fact, Stelle even began appraising it with a serious expression.
After pondering for a few seconds, Stelle said to Jiang Yu very earnestly, "Its voice isn't as nice as yours."
"Really? Yay!"
Watching Jiang Yu and Stelle, who were completely unaffected before her, the female Staff sighed inwardly in her heart.
As expected of heroes who faced the Doomsday Beast head-on and saved the space station, they were not scared at all!
"We found some information related to the Horrific Maze on our way here," Jiang Yu said to the female Staff. "So we already roughly understand its situation. Are the Designated Imaginary Overflow Storage Container and the Imaginary Overflow Interference Field needed to retrieve it here?"
The female Staff nodded. "They are."
Subsequently, she led Jiang Yu and Stelle out past the maze entrance, finding the Designated Imaginary Overflow Storage Container and the Narrative Attention Interference Field among those incomprehensible instruments.
The former was something with a pitch-black base and a transparent cover, resembling some kind of display case, while the latter looked like a model composed of four palm-sized triangular bodies and connecting rods.
Learning, understanding, and mastering how to use these two tools from the female Staff did not take long.
Even though throughout this process the Horrific Maze kept talking to interfere with and taunt Jiang Yu and Stelle.
For example: "Laughable! The two of you even have to learn on the spot how to use these devices!"
Or: "How could you two, who still need to learn how to use these devices, possibly think you can retrieve me?"
And like: "If you ask me, the two of you should just hurry home! Don't make a fool of yourselves here!"
In short, such taunts popped out from the very depths of the Horrific Maze like machine-gun bullets, but they were all ignored by Jiang Yu and Stelle.
After knowing how to use these two tools, Jiang Yu and Stelle armed themselves with them.
The Imaginary Overflow Interference Field was relatively small and could be held in the hand, but the larger Designated Imaginary Overflow Storage Container could only be carried on one's back. Strapped to Jiang Yu and Stelle, this thing looked as though they were carrying a transparent turtle shell.
"Hehe... Without further ado! Let's go retrieve the Horrific Maze right now!"
Carrying the two containment tools, Jiang Yu clapped his small hands together, grinning to reveal a confident smile.
His heart was a little excited right now; after all, as long as he finished this job, he would be free!
Now he just hoped the Horrific Maze could behave itself. Otherwise, he couldn't blame Jiang Yu for showing no mercy!
Stelle followed by Jiang Yu's side, and the two came before the maze entrance.
"Humph-humph~ The two little rookies learned how to use those devices? But you just learned, so if you ask me, you'd better turn back and head home!"
The voice of the Horrific Maze was extremely confident, acting as if it didn't take Jiang Yu and Stelle seriously at all.
So what if the two people before it defeated the Doomsday Beast?
It believed Stelle and Jiang Yu possessed no power to deal with it. Within its own maze, it was invincible!
On the surface, Jiang Yu and Stelle ignored the taunts of the Horrific Maze, but they had already committed every one of this fellow's jibes to heart.
And they decided that once they caught this Curio, they would definitely kick its butt hard!
Neither of them spoke. Jiang Yu led the way in the front, with Stelle bringing up the rear, and the two of them stepped straight into the maze entrance one after the other.
"Roar-roar! You two really have guts. So many people have been scared out of their minds by me, yet you two rookies who only just figured out how to use the containment tools didn't run away, but instead came in to challenge me?"
Finally, upon hearing this sentence from the Horrific Maze, Jiang Yu's DNA stirred, and he simply had to speak up in response.
"If we didn't do this, how could we catch you and then kick your butt hard?"
"Humph! So many people failed before. What makes the two of you think you'll succeed?" the Horrific Maze said with extreme arrogance. "The ones who are going to be scared out of their minds next are the two of you!"
During the brief dialogue, Jiang Yu and Stelle kept their feet moving, continuously pushing through the maze entrance.
This maze entrance was initially narrow, but after walking a few dozen steps, it suddenly opened up...
And as the field of vision before them grew broad, Jiang Yu and Stelle finally stepped completely into this maze!
Towering high walls appeared before their eyes, and the interior space of the space station seemed to have been folded by the Horrific Maze. Although at this moment there was only a single path laid out before Jiang Yu and Stelle, what awaited them was actually countless complex, intersecting mazes.
Jiang Yu and Stelle exchanged a glance, walking forward side by side.
Inside the Horrific Maze, maps were of little use. Jiang Yu and Stelle encountered quite a few forks in the road along the way, making numerous choices, turning left and right until they lost all sense of direction.
However, their objective was very simple: just get within a range of five hundred meters from the center.
Therefore, although they had walked many paths and lost all sense of direction, Jiang Yu led Stelle while constantly advancing in the general direction they had when entering the maze.
As they passed yet another corner, a behemoth blocked their path.
An immensely huge Warp Trotter, white on top and black on the bottom, stood there.
Upon seeing the two of them, this Warp Trotter did not run away. Instead, it spread its wings, let out a roar, and flashed its two tusks, looking as though it regarded the two of them as food.
At the same time, the voice of the Horrific Maze rang out from all directions.
"How about that? This is a Giant Warp Trotter! Over three hundred people have been scared out of their minds in front of it! A Warp Trotter's entire life is spent eating and running away; that's because they are too weak. When they become this huge, humans are nothing more than a dish on their menu-"
The arrogant and smug words of the Horrific Maze stopped abruptly before they could finish.
As a maze created by its own ability, it could naturally observe every detail within the maze. At this very moment, Jiang Yu and Stelle, whom it expected to be terrified, showed no panic whatsoever. These two guys were looking at the giant Warp Trotter before them with excitement, resembling starving wolves that had spotted a wild rabbit, their eyes glowing!
"It's a Warp Trotter, and it's so big!" Jiang Yu clenched his fists in excitement. "Ah-Stelle, quick, quick, hit it and see how many stones it drops!"
Hearing Jiang Yu's words, Stelle curled her mouth into a grin, waved her small hand, and a pitch-black bat imbued with the power of the Stellaron appeared in her grip.
The next instant, Stelle charged right into the Warp Trotter's roar and struck it with a single swing of the bat!
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