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Chapter 524 Don’t use it!

"Thirteen, fourteen, fifteen... a total of seventeen gold ingots."

In the dim and messy black shop, the big businessman counted the coins one by one, and finally looked at Luo Jun with a smile on his face.

"My guest, you are really capable. This is the first time I have seen someone bring so many gold ingots in all these years."

The head of this big-handed businessman is on his index finger. He is a bearded man. Like the beautiful businesswoman before him, his face is also clean, without those disgusting tumors and hyperplasia. If you ignore his body, he is quite pleasing to the eye.

"I've also put in a lot of hard work." Luo Jun nodded: "Here, help me exchange 70,000 bills, and the remaining ten for a Void Pass!"

"Okay!" The bearded man exchanged things for Luo Jun quickly. Although this guy looked fierce, his service attitude was the best among the big businessmen Luo Jun had ever met.

After putting the items he had exchanged into the smart equipment bag, Luo Jun left the store and walked towards the people waiting outside.

"How is it?" Sun Xiaowei asked expectantly.

Luo Jun made an OK gesture, and everyone was delighted when they saw it.

It has been more than ten days since the enhanced version of the monster-attracting incense was made. I have to say that the effect of this thing is really terrifying. After it is lit, the monsters that smell the scent will gather around no matter how far away they are. If there were not so many experts in the team and their strength was strong, I am afraid they would not be able to withstand such continuous attacks.

If ordinary monsters are just attracted, then chaos monsters are simply crazy. Luo Jun found that this thing has a much greater attraction to chaos monsters than ordinary monsters. Not only will it attract them, but it will also cause them to go crazy, greatly increasing their danger. If it weren't for Elder Yuan, I'm afraid there would be more injured people in the team.

As for Ling Jian, he was still unconscious, but judging from the shape of his body, more than 70% of it had been replaced by chaotic matter. What was even more miraculous was that Ling Jian had survived for so many days without eating or drinking, and still maintained the most basic vital signs.

According to Yuan Lao, Ling Jian must have used some special method to reduce his metabolism to an extremely low level, delaying the process of being replaced. If someone else were to be replaced, he would probably not be able to survive ten days or ten hours.

"Now that we have the Void Pass, we already have more than 100,000 yuan in cash. As long as we exchange it for the exit indicator, we can leave this damn place!" Ma Qiao said excitedly.

"Don't be too optimistic." Mao Xintong shook her head: "Don't forget what I mentioned in my diary before, exports will change."

"According to the diary, Grandpa and his friends didn't have the Void Pass, so they were very slow in heading to the exit. Judging from the intervals between exit changes, if we had the Void Pass, we might still be able to make it before the exit changes."

Luo Jun nodded: "There is no other way now, let's go to the white shop and exchange the exit indicator first."

In the past few days, they not only lured monsters, but also took the initiative to attack and recorded the locations of several shops. During this period, the shops also provided two diaries, but there was no substantial content in either of them. The only thing worth noting was that there was no mention of the black shop in these two pages of diaries.

It is clear in previous diaries that Zhuge Qian had been to a black shop, and later diaries show that he had also exchanged banknotes from the black shop, but there is no diary that directly mentions the black shop.

Is it a coincidence?

Looking at Ling Jian who had been mostly replaced, and others who would also be replaced at who knows when, Luo Jun had no time to explore the secrets and could only try all the methods he knew.

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"Sir, you've come at the right time. I just happened to collect another diary." The fat businessman rubbed his hands and smiled.

"Oh?" Luo Jun raised his eyebrows. "It's rare. There hasn't been a new diary entry for a week. How much money do I have left with you?"

"After deducting this diary, there are still five thousand." As if afraid that Luo Jun would go back on his word, he stuffed the diary directly into his hands.

Luo Jun unfolded the diary and everyone gathered around to read the contents.

"We encountered a group of virtual monsters on the march."

"This is a spectacle we have never seen before. We dare not approach rashly. We can only quietly follow this monster army."

"Because we were too focused on tracking, we accidentally activated a gargoyle when we passed an intersection. This is a very difficult monster to deal with. It has strong melee ability and high resistance to vitality. Several people in the team are not good at fighting, so it is indeed a bit tricky to deal with this kind of monster."

"Just when we were thinking about how to get around it, three monsters suddenly rushed out from the monster army. After they left the team, they became physical entities and rushed over to besiege the gargoyle."

"Although the gargoyle was powerful, it still couldn't hold out against the siege of three monsters. Finally, one of the monsters holding a sledgehammer smashed its head and turned it into dust."

"After killing the gargoyles, these monsters left to chase the team. We went forward to check and found that the monsters they killed did not drop any items."

Seeing this, several people looked at Mao Xintong. After all, she was the only one who had seen the army of virtual monsters.

Mao Xintong nodded: "Indeed, I checked it too, and nothing was lost."

Everyone's eyes continued to look at the diary.

"Out of curiosity, we continued to follow the team and found that whenever we encountered a monster, the team would split up and kill several of them. The monsters they killed would disappear without leaving any drops. Could it be that this monster army was here to clear the maze? If this continues, wouldn't all the monsters in the maze be killed by them? Then where would we make money?"

"Just when we were thinking about how to deal with it, a chaos monster suddenly appeared in front of us!"

"It has no fixed form, is almost immune to physical effects, has a high resistance to spells, and possesses extremely strong power. It is a monster that is even more difficult to deal with than a gargoyle!"

"At this moment, the monster army suddenly became agitated, and then dozens of monsters emerged from it and rushed towards the chaos monster like crazy!"

"Although the Chaos Monsters were powerful, they were unable to withstand the siege of so many monsters and were eventually completely destroyed."

"But this time, the monster dropped gold ingots!"

"Moreover, one of the monsters even walked forward and picked up the gold ingot!"

"Could it be that they are also collecting gold ingots? Just when I was wondering, Chen Jin's reaction suddenly became a little strange, and he actually walked towards the direction of the group of monsters."

"I was about to call him, but Chen Jin called out first, he shouted 'brother'!"

"We were all shocked. These monsters will attack at the slightest sign of trouble. His shout will probably attract the entire group of monsters."

"But surprisingly, the monsters didn't seem to hear anything and didn't react at all. Chen Jin didn't give up and chased after them, shouting. Finally, a monster with a burning body turned around."

"Chen Jin ran up, and the monster opened its mouth and seemed to say something, then suddenly shot out a fireball. The flames of the explosion almost filled the entire corridor, and the heat wave pushed Chen Jin back." "When the flames dissipated, the monster was gone, and the army of virtual monsters was gone too. We tried to chase it in the previous direction, but ran into a dead end and could no longer find any trace of it."

"I asked Chen Jin what happened just now, and Chen Jin said that the monster on fire was his brother."

"We were all very surprised. The monster was over two meters tall, and it was on fire. Under the flames was a body that looked like a skeleton. It didn't look like a human being at all. But Chen Jin was very sure that the monster was Chen Xiao who disappeared during the Chaos mission six years ago. He said he could tell from the monster's habits and moves during battle."

"We were all shocked when we heard this. If the monster on fire was Chenxiao, what about the others? Could it be that all those virtual monsters that followed the procession were transformed from humans?"

"We continued to ask Chen Jin what the fire monster said to him, and Chen Jin said he only said one sentence:"

"'Don't use the Void Pass!'"

"What does this mean? Isn't the Void Pass an important item for clearing the level? Why aren't we allowed to use it? Could it be that there's something wrong with that black shop? The things it sells are actually different from what they describe?"

"If that's the case, then our hope of leaving is slim..."

"No, we have to find a black shop and get things straightened out."

"I remember exchanging two maps at the Black Shop last time. After discussion, we decided to take a good rest today and use the maps tomorrow to try to find the Black Shop and find out what's going on!"

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This is the end of the diary...

After reading it, everyone looked at each other and saw shock in each other's eyes.

It turns out that those virtual monsters were actually practitioners who had participated in the mission!
And what does it mean to not allow the use of the Void Pass?
"Does it mean that if we use it, we will turn into those monsters?" Sun Xiaowei swallowed her saliva, still feeling scared: "Fortunately, we have used it before..."

"Sure enough! Everything in the black shop is defective!" Ma Qiao cursed, "Such an ugly merchant, really can't be trusted!"

"It seems that all the information from the black shop cannot be trusted." Zhuge Zi frowned and said, "Which of the things we know now are true and which are false?"

"I think the information provided by the black shop may not be all false..." Luo Jun expressed a different opinion: "Think about it, what does the description of the Void Pass say?"

“After using it, you can enter a state of nothingness and pass through walls.” Yuan Lao recalled.

"That's right." Luo Jun nodded. "Even if you really turn into those monsters after using them, do you see that they really enter the state of nothingness and can pass through the wall?"

"But the instructions don't mention turning into a monster!" Ma Qiao retorted.

"I didn't say it won't change." Luo Jun spread his hands and said, "So I think the information provided by the black shop should be accurate, but incomplete. They selectively concealed some information."

The reason why Luo Jun made such a judgment was of course not just speculation, but mainly because he used dice to verify the reliability of the information from the black shop.

"Hiding things is terrible too." Old Yuan sighed, "Sometimes partial truths are more harmful than pure lies."

"It's not just a black shop..." Mao Xintong said, "We can't even tell whether the 'Chenxiao' in the diary is true."

"To be honest, I'm about to reach the clearance conditions, and now I'm told that the key props can't be used. I can't accept it..."

The others nodded as well. Despite what was written in the diary, everyone still had a glimmer of hope in their hearts.

Luo Jun looked at the fat businessman, who instinctively shuddered and then began to dodge his gaze… Seeing that he could not avoid it any longer, he could only reach out and wipe the sweat off his face: “Dear guest, you have already extracted enough information from me these days… To be honest, I am only a small part of the maze rules, and I don’t know everything…”

"What about the origin of this virtual army?"

“I really don’t know about this…” The fat businessman shook his head like a rattle.

"Okay..." Based on Luo Jun's understanding of this businessman, he would not lie about such a thing, nor would he use the few remaining dice.

Luo Jun took out the Void Pass and sighed: "If only I had found this page of the diary earlier, I could have saved ten gold ingots and exchanged it for an extra exit indicator."

"What should we do now?" Sun Xiaowei was a little confused: "Is it really true that we can't get out?"

"It's okay, there is still hope." Luo Jun comforted her while showing all the treasures in his hand that could be exchanged for money. After calculation and exchange by the merchant, Luo Jun was given a total of more than 90,000 banknotes. Adding to the money he had accumulated before, the banknotes he had in his hand now exceeded 160,000.

After exchanging an exit indicator, Luo Jun looked at the fat businessman and asked, "How long will it take to get a new diary?"

"We have tried our best." The fat businessman frowned and said, "But in such a big maze, taking a few photos of paper is harder than finding a needle in a haystack. I am afraid..."

"I believe you still have a way..." As he spoke, Luo Jun shook the stack of banknotes in his hand: "I want diaries, the more the better, the sooner the better!"

The businessman's eyes lit up: "If you give us enough funds, we can use some extraordinary means..."

"How much funding is needed?"

The businessman swallowed and held up five fingers: "Fifty thousand!"

"Okay!" Luo Jun didn't even bargain this time. He just took out 50,000 yuan and slapped it on the windowsill. Then he flashed his watch and said, "Well, tonight at 11:30, I'll collect the diaries at the same place."

"Well..." The merchant said in embarrassment: "You know, after our store opens, we will move to another place in an hour. We can't stay here any longer."

"Transfer?" Luo Jun sighed and picked up the banknotes again: "Then I can't find it..."

"Wait!" The businessman hurriedly stopped him: "It's not that this can't work..."

Luo Jun smiled slightly and put the banknote back: "Then it's a deal!"

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(End of this chapter)