Get off work and become a magical girl

Chapter 335 Sneak Attack
When Lin Xiaolu crossed an intersection according to the route she perceived, a feeling of thorns in her back made her stop suddenly.

"Wait a moment!"

She yelled, and almost instinctively stood on one foot, then retreated while condensing a magic bullet and throwing it in front of herself -

——“Boom!”

The sudden explosion caused Bo He and Bai Jingxuan, who were standing behind, to raise their hands to block the airflow.

“Hu…cough cough cough…”

Lin Xiaolu, who was closest to the explosion, naturally felt bad too. She fell to the ground and coughed twice before standing up with a frown on her face. She said in a hoarse voice, "There is such a dangerous trap in this assessment? It's too cruel, isn't it?"

"Are you okay, Sister Xiaolu?" Bai Jingxuan walked behind Lin Xiaolu and patted her back slowly, and guessed, "Is it the secret rule?"

"Let me check it out." Mint volunteered, walked past the two of them, tiptoed to the location where the explosion occurred, and after a brief search, stood up and said:

"No, it's probably not a hidden rule, because this thing is probably not set by the examiners."

"Huh?" Hearing this, Lin Xiaolu half-knelt and raised her head, her eyes suddenly became much sharper: "What's the matter?"

"If I'm not mistaken, this is probably a trap set by another team here?"

Mint touched his smooth chin, with a thoughtful look on his face: "Although I haven't found what the examiners are really hiding after exploring so far, I have almost figured out their thinking process. That is, no matter what form of test it is, there will definitely be clues. However, there are no clues around this exploding trap, no magic fluctuations, no highlights, no sounds... This trap doesn't seem to be the work of the examiners."

"Someone wants to harm us?" Lin Xiaolu did not question Bohe's analysis, because even she felt that the timing of the trap was quite wrong. She said to Bai Jingxuan, "I'm fine," and then returned to the place where the explosion occurred: "In other words, there may be other teams hiding nearby?"

“It may still be ahead, but it shouldn’t be nearby.”

Mint shook his head. "If they wanted to launch a sneak attack, the best time would be when the bomb exploded, but no one showed up. Either they thought the trap was lethal enough to reduce the number of our team members, or they found that you were not injured in the explosion, so they chose to retreat."

Lin Xiaolu took a deep breath, then pursed her lips in a depressed manner.

She actually wanted to curse such people for their despicableness, but at this point, she also realized that this was the content of this test.

To be precise, the entire project revolves around the core ability of magical girls, which is "magical perception."

Whether it is finding the exit of the maze, or exploring possible hidden objects in the maze, or the rule that seems to prohibit candidates from attacking each other but actually encourages sneak attacks... these things all emphasize "perception ability".

Only magical girls with strong enough perception abilities can stand out among these numerous tests.

I was almost blown up by this trap because my perception was not sharp enough. If it was Delphinium here, I'm afraid I would have noticed the abnormality from a long distance.

"…So what should we do? Should we continue to move forward?"

After being depressed for a while, she spoke again: "Since they are ahead of us in this passage, they are likely to continue setting traps, right?"

"High probability."

Mint nodded: "But, because of this, my advice is to keep moving forward."

"Why?" Lin Xiaolu looked confused.

"First of all, we need to assume that the leader and decision-maker of the other team is not a fool, but a normal person."

Bohe looked at Lin Xiaolu: "If the other party's thinking ability is normal, then why did they attack our team?"

"Is there any need for a reason? If they eliminate us, they will have fewer competitors."

Lin Xiaolu put her hands on her waist and said, "I'm worried that my opponent will achieve better results than me, so I just want to strike first?"

"Please... Think about it carefully. How many people are participating in this test?"

Bo He was somewhat helpless: "It's just to eliminate a small team. There are still so many competitors. What's the benefit of doing this?"

"Of course it's because we are so good."

Lin Xiaolu blinked her eyes: "They wanted to get rid of the most threatening opponent or something... and then they came to us."

Mint shut up.

This time it was her turn to lean back against the bush wall, her chest heaving. It took her a long time to speak: "My personal opinion is that they probably found something up ahead, but they can't get it for a while, so they have to block the way here."

"What did you find?" Bai Jingxuan on the side also asked.

"……I have no idea."

Mint rolled his eyes: "Because I'm just guessing that there might be a secret in this maze. As for what the secret is, we haven't found it yet."

"So there really is no secret, right?" Lin Xiaolu looked suspicious: "I searched for a long time but didn't find anything. I think you are just overthinking."

"Maybe he's playing tricks on us again." Bai Jingxuan agreed.

"No, I think I've explained my thoughts clearly enough, sisters?" Mint took a breath and said, "Why is there no exit now? Why is there a high probability that there are secrets hidden in the maze? I've explained it to you clearly. Didn't you all tell me that you understood it?"

"So everything is just your inference. What if the examiner really didn't think that much?" Lin Xiaolu said confidently.

"I think she is just playing tricks on us, Sister Xiaolu." Bai Jingxuan rubbed her hands together.

Mint looked at his two teammates and couldn't help but sigh again, holding his head in his hands.

She leaned against the wall again, holding her head in silence for a while, then tilted her head back with her mouth open, as if she was making some silent moan. Her painful look was sympathetic.

Just as the communication between the three people reached a deadlock, a voice came at the right time, interrupting Mint's extremely frustrated state.

——[Additional notification, additional notification]

This voice resounded throughout the entire maze. Judging from the tone alone, it was obviously the examiner who had appeared in front of everyone before the exam, which attracted the attention of all the candidates who were still exploring.

[Since Team 277 was the first to solve the first puzzle and received extra points, we hereby announce Rule , the first hidden rule.]

[Rule 4: There are special puzzles hidden in certain places in the maze. If you find and solve the puzzles, you can get corresponding bonus points and get exclusive shortcuts that only the crackers can use. All puzzles and rewards are one-time consumables and cannot be transferred. The bonus points will be settled before the second practical test, so they will not be reset to zero due to failure. Please explore actively. ]

[Repeat again, since Team 277 took the lead...]

This voice continued in the maze for a while, repeating the above content twice, probably to ensure that everyone could hear it clearly.

When the sound disappeared, many teams in the maze that had not yet figured out what to do, including Lin Xiaolu and others, looked at each other in confusion.

Lin Xiaolu looked at Bo He, looking a little embarrassed.

Bai Jingxuan looked at Lin Xiaolu and Bohe, then quietly hid behind Lin Xiaolu.

Mint folded his arms and sneered, "Go on, keep talking. Why don't you just say I'm overthinking?"

Lin Xiaolu actually wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into, but now she had no one else to rely on, and she even had to become the object of Bai Jingxuan's reliance, so she could only bite the bullet and say, "Ah, so there really is one."

“Well, it turns out there is.”

Bohe stared at the two of them for a while, then put his hands down: "Forget it, points are more important. Now you should believe that the team ahead has probably discovered the 'puzzle'. They chose to block the road in this way because they don't want others to interfere."

"...makes sense."

Knowing that she was in the wrong, Lin Xiaolu continued to respond.

"So what we should do now is to press on while we are victorious. The best revenge for them is to snatch away the puzzle that may exist."

Bohe stood in the middle of the intersection again, facing forward: "The only problem is that I don't know how many traps they have set up..."

Lin Xiaolu looked at the passage ahead and felt that the dark depths were full of bombs: "...but I actually have another question."

"What?" Mint squinted at her.

"That is to say, since they have already attacked us, it is possible that they already know our appearance characteristics?"

Although she still felt embarrassed, Lin Xiaolu still tried to express her point of view: "What if we steal their puzzles and eliminate them, and then get pointed out later?"

"That's true... this is really a bit difficult to deal with."

Bohe nodded in agreement: "They already know our identities. Even if we launch a surprise attack and fight quickly, we may be fooled when they identify us later. It's a bit risky."

"Is there any other way?" Lin Xiaolu asked.

"Even if you ask me this now..." Mint scratched his head in distress.

——"Well, I think there is a way that might work." Bai Jingxuan interrupted at this time.

Then the other two turned their eyes to her.

"The exploding trap just now actually blackened the surrounding walls a little. Although it failed to destroy the passage, I think this proves that it is still somewhat useful."

Bai Jingxuan put her hands on Lin Xiaolu's shoulders and poked her head out from behind her: "Then, if we can find all the traps they set, and then release a little more magic power, and try to detonate them at the same time..."

"what."

"what."

Lin Xiaolu and Bo He stretched out their fingers at the same time, pointed at each other, and then pointed at Bai Jingxuan.

——"Maybe it will work!"

(End of this chapter)