It’s a strange invasion, is it okay for me to fight back?

Chapter 683 Leave it to me
Having experienced the foggy maze, the group entering the spring maze was deeply moved.

Because this maze was unexpectedly bright and open, without the gloom and oppression that mazes usually have, and without any monsters.

Continuing the flight, we entered a city with a pleasant temperature and bright light. Groups of motionless parasites stood on the ground.

Pei Xianjue sat on the back of the kite, cautiously peering down. Seeing the city streets filled with parasites, she sighed softly, "It seems the entire city's inhabitants have been parasitized..."

Feng Ling said, "No, we thought so at first too. But then we found that many of the parasites looked exactly the same and were not wearing clothes. So we speculated that they were cloned and reproduced. The body can be cloned and grow, but the clothes cannot be cloned."

“…Replication?” Pei Xianjue found it a bit hard to understand.

Feng Ling casually pointed to the climbing plants on a tall building, "Just like those leaves, every single one is the same, the only difference is the size and thickness."

At first, Pei Xianjue thought the vegetation here was very lush, with large swathes of green and clusters of flowers. But now, after Feng Ling pointed it out, she realized that the plants here were growing abnormally vigorously, with the leaves almost bursting open.

Ye Zheng asked Feng Ling, "Why are you flying this way? Even Little Third Brother doesn't want to eat the parasitized flesh, so you certainly can't eat it either."

“There wasn’t a suitable landing spot in that forest. Luckily, Miaomiao is here now. I’ll take her flying around. Maybe we can find a safe house in the maze where they can rest,” Feng Ling said.

Huangfu Miaomiao had been smiling ever since she came in. Now that Feng Ling said he needed her help to find a safe house, her smile widened. She snuggled up to Feng Ling and affectionately took his arm.

"You don't even sit properly..." Feng Ling was quite unaccustomed to it, after all, Huangfu Miaomiao was using the body of a meteor, not the child she used to be.

She pulled her arm away and tapped Huangfu Miaomiao on the forehead. "Hey, sit up straight and observe the situation below carefully."

Familiar air fluctuations appeared ahead.

A long, low hum emanated from the kite's chest as it adjusted its wings and swooped down—

The scene changed again; they left the city and entered another space within the Spring Labyrinth.

The endless greenery is as vast as the ocean.

The plants covered everything.

Huangfu Miaomiao curled the corners of her mouth and said with a smile, "When you're flying in the sky, of course you can't see anything. Most players don't have flying vehicles and can only move around on their own two legs. The paths in the maze are only at the bottom."

Feng Ling complained, "I've been down there. It's covered in plants. They're so dense that even a toothpick can't squeeze through. Humans can't pass through at all. And there are parasitic tentacles hidden in the plants."

Huangfu Miaomiao chuckled and pointed to her eyes, saying, "I have the all-seeing eye; I can see through things and navigate the road."

"Where is the road?" Feng Ling asked.

Huangfu Miaomiao looked down and said, "This forest is a maze. It's probably to prevent players from flying up and cheating, so the top is blocked by plants. Let me find the entrance to the maze and, umm... I'll also write down the map of the maze."

Feng Ling exclaimed in surprise, "Oh my, it's been a while, I have to look at you in a whole new light."

"Hehehe~" Huangfu Miaomiao chuckled, took out paper and pen, and started drawing on the paper while observing the layout of the maze below.

The big kite slowly flew forward, and the route drawn by Huangfu Miaomiao's pen also slowly extended forward, sometimes drawing a fork in the road, sometimes a dead end.

The maze was too big, with many branching paths, and the paper ran out quickly.

Qingyou offered his tablet computer, suggesting that Huangfu Miaomiao draw it on the computer. Feng Ling found it too much trouble and pointed to the location of the maze statue marked by Huangfu Miaomiao, saying, "There's no need to draw the entire route of the maze. Let's just fly to this place and blow it up."

Huangfu Miaomiao shook her head. "The vegetation covering this location is too thick. It would probably take a lot of ammunition to blast it open. Besides, didn't you say that plants repair themselves very quickly? If we blast a hole, it won't be long before the plants seal it back up. What if we need to leave the maze? It's not easy to blast a hole out of it again. To be on the safe side, let's look for an entrance."

Feng Ling clicked her tongue in amazement, "Incredible! Your analysis is so logical. Did Pei Xianjue give you an elixir?"

Huangfu Miaomiao puffed out her chest, very proud, "I'm always listening in whenever Xiaoyu holds a web conference."

Ye Zheng, standing to the side, said nonchalantly, "I think it might be influenced by the Meteor deck."

Upon hearing this, Huangfu Miaomiao touched her face; it was truly hard to say.

Feng Ling smiled and leaned back in a relaxed manner. "It doesn't matter. It's good for me to rest. I'll leave the finding of the entrance to Miao Miao and not worry about it."

Huangfu Miaomiao nodded vigorously, "Yes! Leave it to me!"

Players have an advantage in the maze, as they can discover information that is invisible to humans, and some of this information is even undetectable to the administrators.

Huangfu Miaomiao let the giant kite fly all the way to the edge of the forest, then carefully compared it with the route map she had drawn. After confirming that it was correct, she turned to Feng Ling and said, "This entrance is the closest to the center of the maze, so let's start from here."

"Okay~" Feng Ling stretched and patted the thick scales on the kite's back. "Land."

Whoosh——

The large kite, like a slowly deflated balloon, gradually descended in altitude.

Looking down from above, the entrance is completely invisible; all you can see are lush green trees and wild grasses, in large clumps, like rolling green waves.

The weeds grew tall and dense, seemingly bottomless. If Huangfu Miaomiao hadn't claimed there was no danger below, Feng Ling would never have gone down.

Although the enemy forces' red dots weren't displayed in her third-person perspective, what if the bottom of the bushes was a swamp? Or what if there were thorns growing in the bushes, and you'd get a thorn stuck in your foot if you stepped on them?
The design of mazes is always unpredictable.

The kite descended to about ten meters above the ground, its wings tilting downwards, and the group of people slowly walked down its large wings.

Feng Ling was the first to land. She stepped into the grass and felt as if she were walking on a rotten and damp haystack, soft yet firm, a feeling that was hard to describe.

The grass was almost up to her chest.

Finding it in the way, she pulled out a steel-bladed tentacle and swept it forward, clearing the area in front of her like a lawnmower.

Huangfu Miaomiao jumped off the kite's wings and exclaimed, "Feng Ling, have your tentacles upgraded? They seem even more powerful now!"

Feng Ling's lips curled up as she turned to look at her. "Hmm, I've digested the Lord of the Abyss River, Naga. Before, the tentacles only had three fixed forms: bone blades, claws, and spikes. Now, the form can change at any time. But I like this form the most; it's like a kitchen knife, so satisfying to slice with!"

As if to prove something, Feng Ling strode forward, sweeping away a large patch of wild grass once more! Swish, swish, swish—

The cut was clean and neat, the feathers were on his hips, and he looked refreshed.

Ye Zheng shook his two moth antennae, slowly walked past her, and casually reminded her, "It's time to enter the maze."

"Coming, coming!" Feng Ling quickly caught up.