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"You mean...the store?" Mao Xintong's eyes lit up.

"There is no other channel at the moment." Luo Jun spread his hands: "It seems that the most obvious manifestation of the opposition between the two forces is in the black and white store." As he said, Luo Jun took out the map of the white store: "Let's go to the white store first to see if there are any clues."

"Then let's go now!" Ma Qiao couldn't wait any longer. Old Yuan dissuaded him, "Don't worry. There's still one day before the agreed time. Li Ying and the others haven't replied yet."

Mr. Yuan still cares about this former student. Although he is not his disciple, he is also a graduate of Ningdong after all.

Everyone could only continue to recuperate at this point. Since there was no more information in the diary, Zhuge Zi took her aside and she read it carefully in a corner. Looking at her grandfather's old diary, this somewhat shy girl would have tears in her eyes from time to time.

Finally, a day passed quickly, and in the end, Li Ying's group was not seen. Yuan Lao sighed and said, "Let's stop waiting and set off."

Luo Jun took out the map and faced a doorway: "At present, this direction has not been explored yet, let's choose this side."

As soon as he finished speaking, before Luo Jun could activate the map, Yuan Lao, Mao Xintong and Zhuge Zi's faces changed and they all took out communication talismans.

"There's new news!" Yuan Lao immediately played the message and found that it was sent by Li Ying: "I'm still on my way back. I expect to arrive in a few hours."

"He's still alive!" Yuan Lao's eyes lit up: "This kid is still alive!"

The others were also excited after hearing this. In this endless maze, one more survivor means one more strength.

Everyone began to wait on the spot. More than three hours later, a figure flashed out from the archway on the side. It was Li Ying!

"You're back!" Yuan Lao greeted with a smile. Li Ying nodded and came to the crowd. Everyone looked behind him and asked, "Where's Zheng Yu who was with you?"

Li Ying sighed: "We encountered a strange monster. It had no fixed shape and was smooth all over, like plasticine. No matter how we attacked it, it was useless. In the end, Zheng Yu was killed by it, and only I escaped..."

"It's a chaos creature!" everyone exclaimed in surprise. The monster described by Li Ying had many similarities with the one recorded in the diary and encountered by Yuan Lao, Luo Jun and others.

"It seems that these chaotic creatures have indeed had a great impact on the mission." Yuan Lao sighed: "How about this, we still have enough supplies now, so don't separate, let's go find the next store together."

Then, Old Yuan told Li Ying about the intelligence and information that everyone had obtained in the past two days. Li Ying seemed a little frightened by the chaotic creatures and his reaction was a little dull. He didn't dare to act alone at first, but when he heard that everyone wanted to go together, he naturally agreed.

"Oh, brother." Luo Jun suddenly called Li Ying: "Although we also encountered a chaotic creature, it was killed by Yuan Lao from a distance, and there was no direct fight. Can you tell me how this monster attacks and kills people?"

Others were also very interested in this. After all, they might encounter it again in the future, and knowing it in advance would help them be prepared.

Li Ying nodded and recalled: "The one we encountered looked like a giant goat at first glance. We didn't pay much attention to it at first, but then we saw that it had no texture on its body, so we became alert."

"The long-range attack at the beginning didn't work. Later, the monster came closer, and Zheng Yu went forward to fight in close combat, but the monster suddenly changed its form, and its entire body exploded, like a big mouth, swallowing Zheng Yu whole. Zheng Yu was swallowed up without much struggle. Then the monster sent out many tentacles to try to swallow me, but I escaped..."

At this point, Li Ying showed a look of regret on his face: "I was really scared... If I hadn't run away at that time, and stayed to fight the monster, maybe I could have saved Zheng Yu."

"You can't be blamed for this." Luo Jun nodded: "It's mainly because these chaotic creatures are unpredictable and hard to guard against..."

As he said this, he patted Li Ying on the shoulder.

"Okay, let's stop wasting time and go find a store." Luo Jun clapped his hands, "Just as I said before, I'll take the lead in using the map... Senior brother, come with me and help me record the video."

As he spoke, Luo Jun handed the video recorder to Li Ying: "Make sure to record all the changes in the map along the way. Don't miss any of them. We will have to look back later."

"As for Elder Yuan, you are the strongest. Why don't you and Ma Qiao cover the rear?"

Old Yuan was slightly stunned. Luo Jun had never asked him to cover the rear before, and he was with Ma Qiao. What was this kid doing?
However, based on his trust in his apprentice, he still followed the arrangement and said with a smile: "Okay, I will escort you youngsters."

In this way, the group chose a direction that had not been explored before and set off. Luo Jun and Li Ying took the lead, leading the way while looking at the map.

Although Li Ying was quite old and a bit fat, he ran very fast. He was also a martial artist, and his attainments seemed to be higher than Ma Qiao's. Luo Jun increased his speed to 140 to 150 km/h, but he was still able to keep up steadily.

Behind them were Mao Xintong and Zhuge Zi. Although the former was an insightful person, she had a pair of roller skates as a treasure. After putting them on, she was very fast and the consumption was not high. As for Zhuge Zi, this girl's quality was amazing. Not only was she very fast at running, but even if she started to fall behind, she could flash from time to time to catch up with the team, and even flash in front of Luo Jun to wait.

As for the ones behind, there was Sun Xiaowei riding an electric bike, Ma Qiao riding a bicycle, and the veterans running.

The group continued moving forward, and finally, after an hour, they stopped as the map effect ended.

Luo Jun took out the origin pointer. The straight-line distance between here and the origin was eighty-eight kilometers, but the mileage displayed by Sun Xiaowei's electric car was close to one hundred and fifty kilometers.

After all, it's a maze, so it's impossible to go straight ahead. In order to maintain a rough direction, we still took a lot of detours.

Next, everyone started looking back for those special places by referring to the VCR records.

This time, the map showed eight relics, four treasure chests, countless monsters and mechanisms, but only one shop.

It seems that the number of stores is less than expected... But it doesn't matter, as long as there are stores, the cycle can continue.

With more people, the efficiency of exploration is also improved. Sometimes two special locations are relatively close to each other, so they can be explored separately. After they are all done, they can meet up at the previous place. Anyway, there are maps recorded by the map recorder, so there is no need to worry about getting lost.

Just like that, about a day and a half later, everyone returned to the starting point. In addition to silver ingots and copper coins, they also found an item from the treasure chest.

This is a wand-like thing, a consumable item, which can generate a wall at a designated location and can be used three times in total.

I have seen many props for opening walls, but this is the first time I have seen one for building walls. However, if this thing is used well, it can isolate danger. It is a practical treasure, so Luo Jun put it away.

After collecting the treasures, everyone took a rest at the starting point, set off according to the time, and headed towards the only store they had found.

This store was not far from the origin, and according to the instructions on the map, even if one moved forward at a leisurely pace, it took less than half an hour to arrive. Then Luo Jun came forward and exchanged twenty supplies at midnight.

The team has expanded to seven people, and they have stayed at the origin for so long that the previous supplies have been almost used up. These twenty supplies plus the remaining ones will be enough for everyone to consume for a week if they are used sparingly.

As for the silver ingots and copper coins, they were exchanged for more than 20,000 in total, plus the original 10,000, there were almost 35,000 in banknotes. To be on the safe side, Luo Jun bought a portable map, just in case he didn't find the store next time, there was a guarantee. After buying and exchanging almost everything, Luo Jun finally got to the point, he took out Zhuge Qian's diary.

"Brother, we are acquaintances now. I want to ask you something." Luo Jun leaned against the window frame: "I opened this from a relic, but it's damaged. Do you know what's going on?"

"Damaged?" The businessman took the diary and checked it. He quickly turned to the torn pages and frowned. "This situation is very rare... Could it be that the original owner of the relic destroyed it?"

"I can guarantee that it is definitely not the case." Luo Jun said firmly: "It was definitely destroyed by some force after his death."

"After death..." The businessman frowned and said, "That's probably the influence of those things..."

"Those things?" Luo Jun raised his eyebrows.

"Those guys from the black shop I mentioned to you... They are particularly keen on breaking the rules of the maze and don't seem to want anyone to leave the maze."

Luo Jun frowned and said, "So what you mean is that I can only find these missing pages by going to the black shop?"

"How is that possible?" The white businessman shook his fat head. "If it was really done by those guys, they would have wanted to destroy all the diaries. How could they have kept them?"

"That makes sense." Luo Jun nodded: "Is there no hope at all?"

"That's not the case..." The fat businessman touched the diary and said, "The rules of the maze require that the treasure in the relic be perfectly replicated. At least within the scope of the maze, the treasure must be able to function completely. This kind of behavior of damaging the treasure is absolutely not allowed!"

"So according to my experience, this kind of behavior of destroying a treasure will definitely be punished by the supreme rules of the maze. Maybe some pages have been completely destroyed, but it is also possible that some were left in the maze during the punishment process, and there is still a chance to find them."

Luo Jun's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Then how should we find it?"

"It's harder than finding a needle in a haystack to rely on people like you." The fat businessman shook his head. "After all, there is no prop that can guide these diaries. It may take a hundred years to find just a few pieces of paper in such a huge maze!"

"However, we at Endless Store will provide a special service." The businessman changed the subject, rubbing his fat hands and smiling, "As long as you pay a deposit, we can help you find what you want."

"Paid search?" Luo Jun raised his eyebrows.

"That's right... Sometimes, guests may lose something in the maze. As long as you pay some labor fees, we can help you find it. After all, white shops are all over the maze, and we have some unknown channels. Our efficiency in finding things is much higher than that of guests."

"That's really good." Luo Jun nodded: "How much does it cost?"

"Considering that your item has been lost for a long time and is difficult to find..." The businessman calculated for a moment and finally held up a finger: "Find one for this amount."

"One thousand?" Luo Jun raised his eyebrows.

"No..." The fat businessman shook his head: "Ten thousand!"

"Ten thousand?!" Not only Luo Jun, but also the others who were listening in the back were in an uproar.

"We have to work hard for several days to earn ten thousand yuan, and you charge so much for a piece of paper?" Ma Qiao was the first to quit.

"That's right!" Sun Xiaowei also agreed, "There are more than a dozen pages missing from this diary. If we had the money, we could just exchange it for an export indicator instead of bothering with you!"

"This is indeed too expensive!" Zhuge Zi also shook his head: "Although I really want to read Grandpa's last diary, I can't guarantee that there is anything in it that can help us leave. This price is too high."

"We are old customers, so please give us a discount," Mao Xintong also advised.

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Facing everyone's condemnation, the fat businessman wiped his sweat and said, "Well, we have to pay for our work. Endless Store has always refused bargaining..."

When these words were spoken, everyone became even more excited.

"Okay, everyone calm down..." At this time, Luo Jun raised his hand to suppress everyone's dissatisfaction, turned to look at the fat businessman, and smiled: "I think that nothing in this world is so absolute."

As he said this, he rolled the dice in his mind.

"Bargain down to the merchant's bottom price!"

"Ding, the event difficulty is 100 points, the final point is 85+15 points, the event is successful!"

I didn't expect the difficulty level to be as high as one hundred, but fortunately I was lucky enough to succeed with just one intermediate correction.

But what is the reserve price?

Never mind, let me first quote him a price that he absolutely cannot accept.

"How about this..." Luo Jun said with a smile: "This is not the first time we have cooperated. I believe you rarely meet repeat customers like me."

"Business is all about long-term success. If you provide better service, we will buy more things from you, right?"

After Luo Jun successfully rolled the dice, his words seemed to have some kind of magic. After hearing it, the merchant actually felt that it made some sense. He raised his eyes and asked, "Then what is your price? How much do you think is appropriate?"

"If you ask me..." Luo Jun looked at the fat businessman, his eyes rolled, and he laughed, "It's not easy for us to make money, and we don't feel safe betting with you. How about this, you help us find two tickets first to prove your ability?"

"You mean... free?" The fat businessman's expression twisted...

“No, no, no…” Luo Jun waved his hand: “Give me another two thousand as a deposit, or else you quit and run away, where are we going to find you…”

(End of this chapter)