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Chapter 511 New Information
Luo Jun's worries are not without reason...

A Class A mission was discovered more than ten years ago. According to Caroline's testimony at the time, she found corpses here that were at least thirty years old, and that was not the oldest corpse in the maze... By this calculation, this maze has appeared for at least half a century, and no one has ever heard of anyone having cracked it in the entire cultivation world.

If you can leave here just by collecting the ultimate treasures from both the black and white shops, then there is no reason why no one has succeeded. Although this condition is harsh, it is not difficult to find. The existence of the white shop is clearly written in the mission rules. The existence of the black shop can be learned from the white shop as long as you get the gold ingots. The product catalogs of both stores can be viewed for free. As long as you can see these two booklets, you can naturally think of a way to break the deadlock.

If it is normal that no one succeeds after a few rounds of missions, then in fifty years, even if it is only opened once a year, there will be fifty rounds and hundreds of practitioners coming in. Is it possible that no one has succeeded?
In fact, according to statistics, there are 300 to 500 Class A missions opened every month around the world, which means about 5,000 missions a year. The same type of Class A missions are often opened multiple times a year, especially those that have not been conquered, which are opened more frequently, but people who have entered will not come in again.

From this point of view, there must be at least several thousand people who have entered this endless maze before. Those who can reach Class A are all non-weaklings. Among so many people, no one has ever gone out. This task is definitely not that simple!
But what's the problem?

Luo Jun didn’t know. There was too little information and no one else could analyze it clearly.

"If you ask me, let's not dwell on this for now." Yuan Lao comforted him, "At least there is a hope now. Let's treat it as a backup plan. Our top priority is to quickly return to the starting point and reunite with the others."

As he spoke, Mr. Yuan started the origin pointer again and continued to move forward. Finally, after more than four hours, he returned to the origin.

"No one else has come back yet..."

The familiar circular room before them seemed to be exactly the same as when they left.

But all in all, they had been gone for five or six days.

"Others don't have a pointer to the origin," said Macho. "They may not be able to return even if they want to."

"Not necessarily." Luo Jun shook his head: "Do you remember the Hall of Decision we passed when we left? After passing there, our retreat was blocked. If that road was still there, we wouldn't have gone so far back."

"If the Hall of Decision is not sealed, will you be able to remember the way back?" Ma Qiao curled his lips, looking unconvinced.

"You didn't remember?" This time it was Luo Jun's turn to be surprised: "Except for the part where I opened the map and ran wildly, I remembered the route we took before. I can't say there are no mistakes, but it shouldn't be a problem to grope my way back to the starting point."

"What? We've been walking for two days..." Ma Qiao said in surprise.

"This is a maze, so you should remember the way carefully no matter how long you stay here." Yuan Lao also said, "And this endless maze is mainly huge, but the route is not particularly complicated. The cultivation in the Solid Foundation Realm not only strengthens the body, but also improves memory. Remembering these routes is not difficult, right?"

"Well..." Now it was Ma Qiao's turn to be embarrassed.

Luo Jun nodded: "The other couples all chose to act alone. They should understand the importance of remembering the route. I believe that as long as they want, they can come back."

Seeing the old and the young taking it for granted, Ma Qiao was completely speechless. He turned to look at Sun Xiaowei beside him and said, "You remembered it too?"

Sun Xiaowei was stunned by his question. She looked around with a wandering look and stammered, "Dangdang... Of course!"

Ma Qiao looked unconvinced: "You're just bragging?"

"You... don't drag me down with this!" Sun Xiaowei ran directly behind Luo Jun: "I knew that my junior would remember the way, so I put my energy into other places... Don't forget, all the exploration along the way was done with the help of my robot, so I am also contributing to the team!"

Ma Qiao looked at the three of them. Luo Jun was the one who made the plans, Yuan Lao was the one who was responsible for the combat, and Sun Xiaowei could make robots to explore the way. So he was the only useless one?

"Well, I'll send another message to confirm." Old Yuan took out another talisman paper, lit it and sent a message.

"We have arrived at the origin. If you are sure you can come back, please reply."

After the message was sent, a few minutes later, they received three replies one after another, from Mao Xintong, Zhuge Zi and Ling Jian respectively.

Mao Xintong and Zhuge Zi said they would come back, but Ling Jian said he didn't need supplies and wanted to continue exploring.

"Didn't Li Ying reply?" Mr. Yuan was still a little worried about this former student.

"Maybe he didn't see it?" Luo Jun consoled him, "Maybe he was in a hurry to get on the road? How about sending another one later?"

Elder Yuan shook his head: "Talisman paper is limited and cannot be wasted... I will confirm it again after the two-day deadline is up."

And so, the four of them began to wait here.

As Luo Jun said, the other groups also remembered the way back, but there was no pointer to indicate the nearest route, so they were not as fast as them. While no one was coming back, Luo Jun explored the area near the origin. He did not go far, but just looked at the terrain nearby. In order to avoid being trapped in places like the Hall of Decision, he would try to avoid any abnormal situation.

Finally, after waiting at the origin for about a day, Mao Xintong came back.

This capable woman looked thinner, and her torn clothes and tired look showed that she had not had an easy time in the past few days.

Exploring alone means you have to do everything by yourself, even when you sleep there is no one to watch over you, which makes you feel very nervous.

Old Yuan immediately gave her a portion of supplies. Mao Xintong didn't care about her image and opened the package and started eating.

"Slow down, don't choke..." Yuan Lao advised: "There is water, drink more water to smooth it out..."

After eating and drinking, Mao Xintong finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Sorry... I haven't eaten for two days."

Although cultivators have stronger physiques than ordinary people and have vitality to support them, they must also follow the law of conservation of energy. Their vitality is generated by themselves, and they do more work than ordinary people. In theory, their energy needs are also higher, so they should all be big eaters.

However, the cultivation of vital energy will not only strengthen the output, but also the intake capacity. The strengthening of the body in the Solid Foundation Realm will greatly increase their efficiency in utilizing the energy in food. The movement of vital energy will also assist digestion and absorption, allowing them to ensure sufficient energy to maintain activities even if they eat the same amount of food as ordinary people.

Even as their realms improve, their energy intake methods are also evolving, but even at the peak, they are still at the level of mortals and cannot do without food. Legend has it that when one reaches the realm of Yuhua, one can stop eating grains and become a true land immortal. For life at this level, eating has gone from a necessity to a form of entertainment.

"It's okay. Is it enough to eat?" Looking at the wrapping paper on the ground, Luo Jun took out another batch of supplies: "If not, there are more."

“Enough, enough…” Mao Xintong waved her hand: “You should also leave some, this maze is too difficult… After I left, I found nothing on the first day, and only found a relic on the second day. I exchanged some supplies for them and lasted for three days. Finally, I ate them all and never encountered any supplies again.”

After hearing about his experience, Sun Xiaowei and Ma Qiao secretly thanked their good luck. If they hadn't chosen the store door in the Hall of Decision, they wouldn't have had so many supplies. Their experience would probably be similar to Mao Xintong's... No, it might have been earlier. After all, there were four of them, and one supply was not enough...

"Relic?" Luo Jun asked curiously, "Is one relic enough to exchange for three days' worth of supplies?"

"Not enough..." Mao Xintong shook her head. "The food given by the relics is not much, just a little more than what you have. I have been frugal and only ate for three days. But in addition to food, some weapons and medicines were also given. The rules say that it is random. I don't know if other people exchanged the same..."

"Eh? Wait..." Mao Xintong looked at Luo Jun in surprise: "Don't you know? Have you never exchanged relics?"

Luo Jun shook his head. Mao Xintong asked in surprise, "Then where did you get the food for me?"

"We came across a store." Ma Qiao said, "Didn't I send you a message?"

"The message only said that you found clues about the exit in the store. You can't afford it, right?" Mao Xintong frowned and said, "I thought you had no money. Are there supplies in the store?"

"As long as we kill monsters and find treasure chests, we can get money. We bought a lot of supplies." Sun Xiaowei said with a smile: "Sister Mao, why don't you join us so that we can take care of you."

"Even if we have supplies, one more person means more consumption." Mao Xintong was still a little hesitant: "Besides, if we have one more route, our chances of getting out will be higher."

"Don't worry, we have found a way to obtain supplies sustainably, and maybe we've even found a way to leave!" Sun Xiaowei said confidently.

"How to get out?" Mao Xintong was even more shocked, and then she listened to Sun Xiaowei talking about the situation in the black shop.

"There is strength in numbers... I am too conceited." Mao Xintong shook her head: "It seems that as long as we earn enough money and gold ingots, we can find a way out."

"It's just possible." Yuan Lao said, "We are still skeptical about the merchant's statement...especially the one from the black shop."

"Oh, by the way, Sister Mao." Luo Jun asked, "What happened to the monster team that passed through the wall in the message you sent earlier?"

"Oh yeah, I almost forgot if you hadn't mentioned it." Mao Xintong said, "Those monsters are very sensitive to sound. They will be targeted if they make the slightest movement, so I didn't dare to make any sound in the video I sent. When I recorded that video, I had been following them for a while. I couldn't find a way to get around the wall they walked into at the end, so I could only send you a message to record it."

"That is to say, we don't know where their destination is in the end?" asked Old Yuan.

Mao Xintong shook her head: "I don't know..."

"What about the direction?" Luo Jun asked, "Using this place as a reference, can you draw the approximate direction they are heading?"

As he spoke, he took out a pen and paper from the opened supply bag and handed them to Mao Xintong.

"Let me give it a try..." Mao Xintong took it, drew a circle in the middle of the paper, and then began to draw her own route: "I remember that after I went out, I walked straight for a while, then turned left, walked about a few hundred meters and went upstairs, and then..."

As she drew the line all the way, she finally arrived at the place where she encountered the monster parade.

"So this is the direction they were heading." She drew an arrow on the paper to indicate the direction the team was heading.

"Of course, it's not necessarily accurate," Mao Xintong said, "Because not every intersection is a right angle. With so many turns, the angles are likely to be off."

Indeed, with just an arrow and no reference, it's hard to tell where it leads to, not to mention the deviation...

Luo Jun frowned, but suddenly his eyes lit up. He also picked up the pen and started drawing on the paper.

This time, he drew the same route they had taken the day before, except that he started from the origin and drew it in the opposite direction.

Finally, the route ended at a point, which was the black shop they had visited before.

At this time, looking at the line drawn by Mao Xintong, although it was not exactly pointing to this store, it was probably pointing to this store, and the location where Mao Xintong finally lost track was not far from this point.

"This is..." Mao Xintong asked in surprise: "Where is this place?"

"The Black Shop..." Luo Jun frowned and said, "Of course, we both drew it from memory, so there must be some deviations. It's very possible that this route is very far away from the shop and has nothing to do with it at all. But it's also very possible that... the place where you lost track was only separated from this shop by a wall!"

"It can't be such a coincidence, right?" Sun Xiaowei asked in surprise, "Are you saying that those monsters are heading for this store?"

"It's possible." Luo Jun nodded. "And you forgot that the thing sold in that black shop, the Void Pass, can pass through walls in the maze, right?"

"That's right!" Several people suddenly realized: "If that team is holding the Void Pass, then it makes sense that they are heading towards the store!"

Luo Jun nodded and looked at Mao Xintong again: "Sister Mao, you said before that those guys are very sensitive and afraid of being heard... That means you have been discovered by them. What are the consequences?"

"Actually, it wasn't me." Mao Xintong explained, "Before I discovered these monsters, I happened to alarm an armored monster. I acted alone, and in order not to alert the enemy, I planned to retreat and quietly bypass it, but the noise made by the armored monster suddenly attracted a big monster, which smashed the armored monster to pieces with a hammer."

"I didn't dare to act rashly at the time. I followed quietly out of curiosity. As a result, I found that the big monster made many twists and turns along the way and finally found the team. I joined them and started to pass through the wall with them..."

(End of this chapter)