"Another boring puzzle-solving segment."
"That only applies to brainless idiots like you. What we geniuses excel at and love most is decryption."
"With a brain like yours, you'd be useless at solving anything."
"I'm going to sleep now, wake me up when you go out."
"..."
While the clones were making a ruckus, Qin Ze was silently counting down the time.
A moment later, the maze shook again, and only two exits remained around him, one on the left and one on the right.
"The maze moves once every two and a half minutes."
Time was short, and the exact size of the maze was unknown.
Qin Ze said calmly, "Who said you have to go through a door to navigate a maze?"
As he finished speaking, blue flames ignited beneath his feet, enhancing his physical body.
Qin Ze took a deep breath, then launched himself forward like a cannonball.
Bang bang bang bang--
The seemingly indestructible maze walls were as fragile as tofu in the face of Qin Ze's physical strength.
He smashed through dozens of walls effortlessly, in just two breaths.
Finding the correct route is a method only ordinary people would use; Qin Ze directly chose the speedrun.
It's just a maze. As long as you decide on a direction and just keep going straight, you'll definitely get out.
The Dharma King asked, "Isn't this considered cheating?"
Qin Ze disagreed. "I passed the test quickly by my own ability, how can that be called cheating?"
However, the labyrinth was much larger than he had imagined.
Half a minute passed, and they still hadn't left.
"This is..."
Qin Ze suddenly stopped in his tracks.
There was a hole in the wall in front of me that was taller than a person.
He looked through the hole and saw that the walls further ahead had also been breached.
In a cave deep inside, Qin Ze saw a familiar figure from behind.
"That was... me?"
Miss Sword Case exclaimed in surprise, "I'm one too!"
It wasn't just Qin Ze's back view; Miss Sword Case was also standing next to him.
Looking deeper in, there were more walls with holes, and the same silhouettes... repeating endlessly.
Qin Ze frowned slightly. He turned to look behind him and saw an exact replica of himself through dozens of holes.
The other person did the same thing, turning to look back.
Rumble--
The maze trembled, and the walls around Qin Ze shifted.
Once things stabilized, the walls he had chiseled through at the front and back had disappeared, leaving only the exit on the right.
Miss Sword Case said regretfully, "I'm out again."
Qin Ze muttered, "I can't skip class."
This maze has its own unique Space Rule, and you can only follow a predetermined route.
However, the maze changes every three minutes or so, and its route changes accordingly, making it undoubtedly a hellish difficulty level.
Qin Ze quickly came up with an idea. "Since that's the case, it's you, you old folks."
After saying that, Qin Ze began to release his clones.
One is released every half minute to act as a "true eye" and light up the entire maze.
Qin Ze transformed into a ruthless egg-laying machine, relentlessly "laying eggs."
Miss Sword Case was very interested in what she had done. She was curious about where her good friend had put all these puppets.
While his clones lit up the maze, Qin Ze, who had nothing else to do, started a fire to cook.
"It's been a long time since I've put any food in my storage ring."
"It would be great if there were ingredients in the maze."
After searching for a while, Qin Ze realized that all he could do now was cook a bowl of instant noodles.
Three minutes later, while slurping noodles, he watched his clone navigate the map, during which the maze changed again.
The maze was empty; there were no treasure chests or traps.
Qin Ze strongly suspected that the person who set up this maze was simply trying to waste his time.
Miss Sword Case suddenly spoke up, "The sun is rising!"
Qin Ze looked up and, sure enough, saw the sun pattern glowing.
The next second, a green streak of light plunged into the maze and vanished in a flash.
"I feel like I'm bursting with energy right now!"
"To be honest, it's even more powerful than the Mist Lord's Fervor buff."
"What's going on? Why are we suddenly being strengthened?"
"Alright, now we can go deliver it."
"..."
The clones near the point where the green light fell received a boost, and everyone felt as if they had inexhaustible strength.
Qin Ze looked at the sun, puzzled. Shouldn't it be a weakening buff?
Less than half a minute later, the sun shone again, casting a blue streak of light into the maze.
Having learned from the previous mistake, the clones that missed the previous buff rushed towards the crash site.
As the blue light exploded on the ground, several nearby clones instantly "mutated".
Some turned into cats and dogs, while others turned into cattle and horses—cattle and horses in a biological sense.
Qin Ze clapped his hands. "This buff is correct."
Different types of light produce different effects.
He vaguely remembered that the light from the falling stars was golden, which was the same golden light that appeared in front of him in this maze.
What's the difference between the sun, the moon, and the stars?
Transforming into an animal clone, experiencing a completely new version unlike anything ever before.
"I've become a real cow or horse!"
Is this something to be proud of?
"I've become a dog, come here and let me lick you for a little while."
"Get out! What else can you do besides getting me covered in your spit?"
"Damn it! Can't I choose for myself? I want to be a dinosaur! A super Tyrannosaurus Rex!"
"The chicken is fine too."
"..."
The animal clone lost all its cultivation and was just an ordinary cat or dog. This made Qin Ze think of the Transfiguration, which only cost four coins.
Even the most powerful follower will eventually become a docile 1/1 sheep.
Qin Ze slurped his noodles while watching the circus.
Now the Circus is finally a real Circus.
There was no danger in the maze, and even becoming cattle or horses wouldn't affect their work; a group of birds and beasts continued exploring.
The moon overhead twinkled, then a stream of green light descended and struck the first few clones.
They immediately lay stiffly on the ground, and their spirits flew out of their bodies.
Immediately afterwards, another beam of green light shone down from the moonlight, unleashing a powerful mental shock throughout the maze.
The spirit that had just left its body was instantly annihilated, and the other clones in the maze were also affected to some extent.
In Qin Ze's Spiritual Sea of Consciousness, not even a ripple could be stirred.
"What kind of nonsense is this?"
Qin Ze threw a punch at the sun, moon, and stars in the sky.
However, the enormous fist imprint passed straight through the three patterns and disappeared into the darkness further away.
"Can't hit him?"
The sun, moon, and stars seem to be merely personifications of something, not real entities.
As if in retaliation against Qin Ze, the sun shone a beam of green light at him.
Qin Ze did not resist; he wanted to see how the light worked.
As the green light entered, Qin Ze discovered that his arms had transformed into metal, and he felt nothing throughout the entire process.
Just as he was wondering what was going on, Miss Sword Case Box spoke up, " Qin Ze, I feel like I've seen these before."