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Chapter 509: Sustainable Wool Pulling

Somewhere in the maze, behind a corner, is a lush flowerbed filled with colorful flowers.

In the center of these flowers, there is a high platform with a huge treasure chest on it.

A place like this deep in the maze looks like a reward for adventurers. But if you rush there without thinking...

A mechanical dog walked briskly into the flowers. Halfway through the walk, it was suddenly entangled by a large number of vines that emerged from the flowers. The colorful flowers also changed their previous delicate appearance. They twisted one by one, became several times larger, and their sharp teeth emerged from the center of the flowers and began to bite the mechanical dog.

With a creaking sound, the metal armor could not withstand the teeth of the strange flower. Just as it was about to be devoured, a red light suddenly flashed on the robot dog's head, and then it exploded with a bang, creating a charred empty space in the flower field. But soon, the empty space was filled by the surrounding flower vines.

"It seems that the guardians this time are these carnivorous plants..." Sun Xiaowei looked at Yuan Lao: "Flowers and plants are most afraid of fire."

“No…” Luo Jun shook his head: “Do you remember the last treasure chest? After it was smashed by Ma Qiao’s energy, the things inside also disappeared. This treasure chest is not invincible. It’s too dangerous to set it on fire.”

"What should we do?" Sun Xiaowei looked around: "This sea of ​​flowers is so big that it can chew through even steel. If we walk in rashly, we may not be able to defend ourselves against the strong energy."

"I'll go." Elder Yuan volunteered: "Ordinary Qi won't work, but my Condensed Yuan Qi will definitely be able to handle it."

"No!" Luo Jun immediately denied: "Let me do it."

"You are even worse!" Yuan Lao hurriedly tried to stop him. Although he knew that Luo Jun's Condensed Qi was stronger than his, he thought that Luo Jun had not yet exposed his strength. Therefore, Yuan Lao and Ma Qiao dealt with the monsters along the way, and he tried not to let Luo Jun take action. Anyway, it was easy for him to deal with the A-level monsters, and the strength of the maze monsters was not high, so Luo Jun didn't need to take action at all.

"Don't worry, Mr. Yuan." Luo Jun gave his master a look, came to the flower field, took out a pair of shoes from the treasure box and put them on, then looked at the treasure chest on the high platform in the middle of the flower field and suddenly stomped his feet.

brush!
Luo Jun's figure disappeared and almost simultaneously appeared on the central platform, standing next to the treasure chest.

As soon as he appeared, the flower fields around the treasure chest immediately surged, and countless vines began to grow wildly, spreading towards the platform. But Luo Jun didn't give them a chance. He picked up the treasure chest, stomped his feet, and teleported back, placing the treasure chest on the ground.

"You can teleport!" Sun Xiaowei said in surprise, "There aren't many treasures that can teleport, and the distance is not that close, so the quality must be quite high, right?"

Luo Jun laughed: "I found it on the black market..."

This pair of instant-movement boots was taken from the Hell Creek family. It can teleport three times in a row, up to 100 meters each time. He had never had the chance to wear them before, but they came in handy this time.

"Come and see what's inside!" Ma Qiao said excitedly, rubbing his hands.

They detected three treasure chests in total. The first one turned out three silver ingots and a pile of copper coins, nearly four thousand yuan. The second one was accidentally damaged by Ma Qiao, so no one knew what would come out of this one.

Luo Jun opened the treasure chest and a ray of light came on. Inside was a transparent crystal ball the size of a palm. A pointer was floating inside, pointing diagonally in one direction, and there was a string of numbers below the pointer.

"What is this?" Several people looked at each other. There was a note under the crystal ball, which explained the function of this thing.

Origin pointer: No matter where it is, this pointer will always point to the initial location where the contestant enters the endless maze and indicate the distance from that location.

It can be activated by injecting vital energy, consuming five breaths per minute, and can guide the shortest path to the origin.

"Indicate the original location?" Sun Xiaowei frowned and said, "Isn't that the big room with twelve doors? What's the point of indicating this? Can we still go back?"

"At least it can help me locate myself." Luo Jun played with the crystal ball for a while: "I can roughly know my relative position in the maze..."

Luo Jun looked at the number below the pointer and said, "That means the big room with twelve doors is more than 80,000 meters away from us in this direction... more than 80 kilometers?"

"We've already gone a long way back." Sun Xiaowei said, "If we count the more than 100 kilometers we ran before, our farthest distance from the origin may be more than 200 kilometers... How big is this maze?"

"Endless, endless, maybe it really is infinite." Luo Jun put away the pointer and took out the camera: "Let's continue, there are still a few monsters to be cleaned up."

To make a long story short, the group rushed out in an hour, but in the end it took them two full days to get back to clear those encounter points, and all the supplies they had exchanged were eaten up.

But Luo Jun was not in a hurry. He waited until the Generosity was about to refresh before he came to the last shop with an empty stomach.

After knocking on the window, without waiting for the fat merchant to say hello, he threw a pile of gold ingots and copper coins in front of him.

"Change them all into banknotes!"

Seeing the mountain of treasure, the fat merchant's eyes widened. He quickly calculated the number and finally exchanged more than 12,700 banknotes for Luo Jun.

At this time, Luo Jun took out the Generosity Badge and exchanged it for three thousand, which he exchanged for ten supplies. When the cooling time was over, he exchanged for ten more, and then left the store contentedly.

Since then, the team has a total of 20 packages of supplies, more than 14,000 banknotes, seven relics, two free maps, an origin pointer, and a gold ingot of unknown purpose.

These things are a huge pile when laid out, and it is not convenient to carry them normally, but Luo Jun has a smart equipment bag, so storing the items is not a problem at all.

Looking at the abundant supplies, several people were a little dazed for a moment.

The endless maze, a very difficult challenge that no one has succeeded so far, has been turned into a farming game? This is not survival, it is clearly a sustainable way to make money from the maze!

Even though the maze now seemed endless and there was no hope of getting out, at least with Luo Jun's trick, there was basically no need to worry about survival.

But even so, we can't stay here forever. The endless maze is too big, and it will take a long time to find the exit...

"It seems that there is no other way except saving money to exchange for exit indicators." Sun Xiaowei looked at the food in front of her. Although the food in each supply was rich and delicious and changed frequently, she had no appetite at all.

"Don't worry, senior sister, we can get out eventually." Luo Jun took a bite of the chicken leg and encouraged.

"But I want to take a shower..." Sun Xiaowei complained.

It has been more than four days since I started this mission. Although there is no shortage of food and the supplies also have basic toiletries, not taking a shower for more than four days is still a torture for this clean-loving girl.

Although the men didn't care much, she always felt that she was starting to get rotten...

"We have to overcome this condition." Ma Qiao smiled and said, "Of course, there is plenty of water here. We won't stop you if you want to take a shower. We just promise not to peek." "You wish!" Sun Xiaowei glared at him.

"I heard Caroline mention that there seems to be a place like a hotel in this maze." Yuan Lao suddenly said, "She seemed to have seen a luxurious hotel where she could stay and take a shower, but the ticket was very expensive. She missed it because she didn't have money at the time. When she came back after killing a few monsters, the store was gone."

"Huh? Is that true?" Sun Xiaowei's eyes lit up when she heard that.

"Senior, do you still want to go out?" Luo Jun poured cold water on her: "Didn't you hear from Mr. Yuan that the tickets are very expensive?"

“Please, good junior…” Sun Xiaowei begged, “Just buy me a ticket… When we get out, if you have anything to ask me, I’ll agree to anything you ask!”

Luo Jun waved his hand: "Don't be too full yet, let's talk about it when we meet. Besides, it's still unclear whether we can go out..."

Luo Jun refused while looking at the camera.

"What are you watching?" As if trying to get closer to him, Sun Xiaowei moved closer to Luo Jun and discovered that he had cut the previously recorded video into small segments and was flipping through them.

"What is this for? Haven't we confirmed these places?" Sun Xiaowei asked puzzled.

"We have only confirmed the special places marked on the map." Luo Jun explained: "You forgot that the map description mentioned that this map cannot mark the location of the exit. What if there is an exit in the place we pass by?"

"Then what's the point of dividing the video into these small segments?" Sun Xiaowei continued to ask.

"I divide it into small sections and screen them one by one. If I find any suspicious part in a section, I will mark it out so that it will be easier to find it later." Luo Jun explained.

"Wow, you are so reliable!" Sun Xiaowei gave a thumbs up: "Then such a reliable junior, can you meet my small request?"

Luo Jun glanced at her and said, "Let's talk about it when we meet."

"Then I'll take that as your agreement!" Sun Xiaowei returned to her seat with a smile, picked up the chicken leg again, and immediately felt that it tasted a lot better.

Luo Jun sighed, and flicked through the videos...

He divided the video into so many segments, not for the so-called convenience of searching. As I just said, there is no exit shown on this map. Even if he is blinded, he can't see what is not there. The reason for dividing it like this is actually for other purposes.

Luo Jun swiped his finger, and the dozens of video segments began to scroll rapidly along the list. He set it to scroll in a loop, so it would not stop when it reached the bottom.

"Heaven's Secret Dice!"

"Click on the map to see a video of where the exit is!"

That’s right, Luo Jun’s real purpose is to find a exit with the help of Tianji leader!
If, by chance, he passed by the exit while running all the way, and the exit was scanned into the map, then using this method, he could lock the location of the exit within a few kilometers!
It will be much easier to find it then!
However, things did not go as smoothly as he imagined.

"Ding, this event is inevitable and cannot be determined."

It seems that I haven't passed through it. It's really not that easy to find the exit...

Luo Jun sighed and put down the video recorder.

At this time, everyone was basically full and satisfied. Looking at the leftover food and the abundant supplies in the storage space, Yuan Lao suddenly raised his eyebrows and said, "Let's contact the others."

"What?" asked Macho.

"It's been four or five days since we came in. We have food and water, but we don't know what's going on with the other people. Even if cultivators have stronger physical strength than ordinary people, they will be very weak after not eating for four or five days." Elder Yuan sighed: "I think we should give them some supplies. Anyway, we have the map and Xiao Luo's tactics now, so we don't have to worry about supplies for the time being."

Everyone had no objection to this, after all, if one more person survived, there would be one more chance of finding an exit. But the key point was that after so many days, no one knew where everyone had gone, so how could they meet up with the others?
"Don't we have a pointer to the origin?" Yuan Lao said, "Use the pointer to return to the origin. This is the only meeting point that everyone has a chance to find."

No one had any objections, and after a simple cleanup, Old Yuan took out the talisman paper, lit it, and sent out the message.

The specific content is that they now have sufficient supplies, and if they are short of food and water, they can go to the origin to get them. But from now on, they will only wait at the origin until 48 hours later, and will not wait after that time.

In two days, at most eight supplies were consumed. In fact, considering individual differences, each supply was very affordable, ensuring that even those with large appetites could be full, so if you save some, you can't finish one supply in a day. Moreover, if you are just waiting, there won't be that much consumption, and you may only consume four or five supplies in these two days.

After sending the message, Mr. Yuan activated the origin pointer, and a green line immediately appeared on the ground, corresponding to the shortest route back to the origin.

Several people set off immediately, and Sun Xiaowei and Ma Qiao rode their bikes and rushed all the way. As a result, after walking for a while, they found that the route was often contrary to their intuition. The pointer originally pointed forward and upward, but the route told you that you should go to the stairs down here, and then go back, making a big circle, before finally returning to the direction of the pointer.

However, according to the description of the prop, this thing should indicate the shortest route. This means that if you choose a route based on your intuition, you may not reach your destination even if you specify the direction.

This reminded them of the exit indicator... From this point of view, even if they spent one hundred thousand, the possibility of getting out was very slim, which cast a shadow on everyone's heart.

"Don't lose heart." Elder Yuan saw the frustration of the others and encouraged them, "At least we now have a stable way to survive. As long as we keep exploring, we will eventually find a way out."

"I hope so..." Sun Xiaowei curled her lips: "Mr. Yuan, how far do we have to go?"

"The straight-line distance is still more than 30,000 meters..." Yuan Lao took a look and said, "It should be almost there..."

Halfway through his words, Mr. Yuan suddenly froze and signaled everyone to stop.

The team was moving at high speed and suddenly braked, almost rear-ending each other.

"What's wrong?" Ma Qiao finally stopped his bicycle.

"Look over there!" Luo Jun also discovered the problem and pointed to a fork in the road ahead.

"That is..." Ma Qiao and Sun Xiaowei were both surprised after seeing it clearly.

At the end of the fork in the road, there was a black plaque...

(End of this chapter)