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

Chapter 692 The Twin Labyrinth
Ling Feiran's poison corroded nearly a third of the flower bud's heart. It was a pity that the West Wind Demon could not create the virus out of thin air, otherwise it would have been able to restrain Spring and the God of Life.

Feng Ling relentlessly slashed and hacked, leaving a trail of carnage and flying blood and flesh everywhere!
The heart was riddled with holes, and the blood in the blood vessels seemed to have dried up. The flow of blood had changed from gushing to a trickle, but there was no smell of blood in the air, only a rich fragrance of flowers and grass.

After what seemed like the umpteenth attack, the flower bud's heart finally stopped beating. It lay broken and mangled in a pool of blood, its shriveled veins resembling plastic bags soaked in blood plasma, only occasionally bulging out a few bubbles.

Blood flowed into the canal, staining the clear liquid inside red, and continued to flow in all directions of the square.

The bright red flesh began to melt, and the core of the heart gradually became visible.

Inside was a treasure chest.

"Miaomiao—" Feng Ling retracted her tentacles and called out, "Come and open the treasure chest!"

"Here I am! Haha~ It went so smoothly~" Huangfu Miaomiao ran over happily.

Everyone was overjoyed to hear that they were going to open the treasure chest, because it meant the battle was over and they had successfully defeated the dungeon master.

His joy was palpable, and he felt a great sense of accomplishment.

Everyone crowded around, eager to see what good stuff they could get from the treasure chest.

Ye Zheng, who was closest to Feng Ling, walked over and said, "This is the first time I've encountered a Boss dropping a treasure chest. There must be at least one rare item inside."

Feng Ling nodded, also finding it unusual. "Yes, the treasure chest dug out of the Boss's body should be different from ordinary treasure chests."

Huangfu Miaomiao rubbed her hands together, then placed them on either side of the treasure chest, took a deep breath, and opened it with a bang—

Before my eyes was a dazzling display of light and color; the treasure chest was filled with jewels and ornaments.

Huangfu Miaomiao was stunned.

Feng Ling and the others standing behind Huangfu Miaomiao were also stunned.

Huangfu Miaomiao took out the jewelry one by one: a crown, a necklace, earrings, armbands, bracelets, anklets, and a belt inlaid with various gemstones.

"It's not a weapon after all..." Feng Ling was slightly disappointed. "But there are quite a lot of them, so we can divide them up among ourselves."

“I think we shouldn’t separate them yet. These pieces of jewelry seem to be a set, and they might have special functions,” Pei Xianjue said.

Feng Ling asked after hearing this, "Miao Miao, what's the use of these ornaments?"

Huangfu Miaomiao was also full of doubts. She picked up the jewelry repeatedly and put it down, touching it again and again. "How strange... The system shows that the name of these jewelry pieces is Inanna's Artifacts, but it only shows the name and not their uses."

Feng Ling said, "Let the Taoist priest come and take a look. The administrator has high privileges; perhaps he can see some information."

Huangfu Miaomiao pouted and reluctantly put down the jewelry in her hand. "...Oh, then let him see it."

The weasel squeezed through the crowd's feet, climbed onto the treasure chest, inspected it, and shook its head at Feng Ling.

It couldn't figure it out either.

Feng Ling gave a speechless twitch at the corner of her mouth. "Could Chun Chun be just an ornament? Oh well, let's leave here first. Anyway, this trip wasn't a complete waste. At least those life seeds restored our energy."

“Indeed, the seeds of life are far more practical than these few pieces of jewelry with no real meaning,” Ye Zheng said, his gaze unconsciously searching for the seeds on the ground.

The nearby plants were mostly burned to ashes by Pei Xianjue, while the life seeds further away, now soaked in blood, had turned completely crimson. Even if they weren't expired, they were probably inedible. However, wasn't the maze boss shedding a bit too much blood?
After being dyed red, the unremarkable canal was outlined with strange circular patterns like clear red lines. The patterns looked somewhat familiar.
Ye Zheng sensed something was wrong.

At this moment, Pei Xianjue suggested, "Is it possible that this set of jewelry needs to be worn completely to display the specific information?"

Huangfu Miaomiao's eyes lit up upon hearing this, "That's right, maybe it will only be effective if you wear it on your body. Feng Ling, you should try it on!"

Feng Ling frowned immediately. "The crown is easy to put on my head, but what about those earrings? Do I need to get two piercings in my ears to wear them? The armbands are the wrong size too, they're too thin, I can't wear them."

A red light surged beneath my feet.

Feng Ling was slightly taken aback. "What's going on?"

She immediately turned around to examine the Boss's corpse behind her. "Is he still alive?"

The maze boss's corpse had completely dissolved into the pool of blood, and not a single piece of rotten flesh could be seen. Meanwhile, a red light shone through the blood in the canal, growing stronger and stronger.

Everyone became alert.

"The dungeon boss didn't drop any cards, so it might still be alive." Ye Zheng frowned and looked around. "I just don't know what new moves it might use."

"But in my third-person perspective, the red dot representing the maze boss has disappeared!" Feng Ling felt annoyed and turned to Huangfu Miaomiao, asking, "Miaomiao, what's going on?"

Huangfu Miaomiao looked bewildered, glancing down at the pool of blood and red light at her feet. "...I...I don't know either...This is the first time I've encountered something like this."

The light intensified, becoming blindingly bright.

Feng Ling couldn't help but close her eyes. When she opened them again, she found that the surrounding scenery had changed drastically.

They're no longer in the maze!

"Ah! I know!" Huangfu Miaomiao exclaimed in shock, "That light just now was emitted by a large teleportation array!"

Feng Ling was quite impressed. "The teleportation was already over, and you only just realized it?"

Huangfu Miaomiao laughed awkwardly, "I didn't expect the maze boss's death to activate the teleportation array... But this place looks kind of familiar... Strange..."

Huangfu Miaomiao looked around, and the more she looked, the more familiar it seemed. She tentatively took a few steps forward, "I feel like I've been here before..."

The sky was gray, the earth was gray, and everything presented a lifeless, hazy gray hue.

As we continued forward, an incredibly large and deep pit came into view.

She suddenly remembered!
The virtual screen pops up a message:
[Spring and Inanna, the goddess of life; winter and Ishtar, the goddess of death—twin sisters who together maintain the world's cycle of life and death. When Ishtar fell into slumber, Inanna, deprived of the restraint of death, began to expand and rage uncontrollably. Her excessive vitality destroyed the balance, and now, spring and the goddess of life are dead, while winter and the goddess of death are about to awaken…]

Huangfu Miaomiao suddenly realized and turned to run to Feng Ling, "I know! I know what's going on! It's a twin maze!"

Feng Ling also made a new discovery, pointing to an inconspicuous protrusion in the distance and saying, "That looks like a statue. There are actually two statues in the maze. There are so many bugs in the game."

"No, no, it's because there are two mazes, so there are two statues," Huangfu Miaomiao explained excitedly. "I've been here before! This maze is called the Abyss of the Underworld by the Stars! Every time you go down a level, a card is stripped away. If you don't have a card, your five senses are stripped away. So no player has ever reached the bottom level. Nobody knows how to break through this maze. I never thought of that! So that's how it is!"

Huangfu Miaomiao was extremely excited, "So we need to defeat the God of Spring and the God of Life first before we can activate the God of Winter and the God of Death!"