Keep attacking girls and try not to be killed by them

Even a simple fifth-level spell is more than enough to freeze a two-story house.

"...When did you escape from this house?"

Shirley waved her ice crystal staff to break the ice on the interior of the house.

She just wanted to know at which stage she lost control of the boy.

"Uh, maybe around the third or fourth second?"

The boy gave an answer, but Shirley was not satisfied.

She remembered clearly that at the sixth second, she blew away the white mist in the mission hall, and then vaguely saw the figure of the young man beside the pillar.

——(This boy is lying. Is he trying to hide his strength...)

——(Humph, forget it, losing is losing, I can only blame myself for underestimating him.)

Shirley let go of the ice crystal staff, and the ice crystal staff turned into countless tiny ice particles and disappeared into the air.

"Your name is Fike, right? Come back to the hall with me first."

·

After returning to the mission guild hall with Fike, Shirley froze the door again.

Vanessa and Heloise were surprised to see Fike and Shirley coming back together, and they couldn't close their mouths. They didn't know what had happened.

In their memories, they only remembered that when there were only two seconds left in the countdown, they and everything around them were frozen.

"You want to know the secret of the maze, right? Listen carefully, I won't tell you the secret twice."

Shirley stood on the podium in the hall. Her words made Vanessa and Heloise realize that Fike had won! They couldn't help but jump for joy together!

"Oh my God! Fike, you actually did it?!"

"The Good God's messenger is indeed worthy of his reputation! The Evil Tiger King God's apostles are full of admiration!"

Fei Ke just smiled and nodded without being too ostentatious.

Frankly speaking, Fei Ke was quite impressed by Shirley at this time, because she really kept her word and did not cheat.

After the commotion of celebration, Shirley frowned and solved the secret of the maze.

"Whether it's an ordinary maze or an ancient maze, they all share a common characteristic, which we call 'adaptive difficulty change'."

Starting with these words, the secret of the maze was revealed to Fike and the others.

It turns out that the strength of the monsters in the maze is not fixed. The stronger the person who enters the maze, the stronger the monsters will be.

The maze's strength is determined by the "total strength of all people entering the maze." When the overall strength is too low, there will be a minimum "difficulty limit" to prevent the difficulty from being too low. When the overall strength is very strong, there is no upper limit to the difficulty. Therefore, the maze's mechanism has no loopholes at all.

If someone as powerful as Ice Star Shirley were to challenge an ordinary maze, not only would he have to bear the risk of extremely high difficulty, but the treasure he would eventually obtain would not be any better. This would be completely an act of asking for trouble.

"I understand, no country would be stupid enough to send strong people into an ordinary maze. That's why I won't go into the 'Green Ghost Lair' with you."

·

After listening to Shirley's explanation, Jiang Ran suddenly realized. He suddenly felt that although Bingjixing Shirley had a sharp tongue, she was actually a good person.

Based on Shirley's statement, Jiang Ran also understood the intention of the West Kingdom to form a maze expedition team this time - conquering the maze to obtain treasures was fake, and the real purpose was to screen and cultivate "talents" with qualifications and potential.

(Ordinary mazes are just a filter. What the country really wants are low-level talents who can conquer ancient mazes.)

(If the secrets of the maze were revealed, lower-level people would definitely be unwilling to team up with higher-level people, which would eventually lead to a vicious cycle where no one was willing to conquer the maze.)

Jiang Ran got the answer to the question of why Ice Star Shirley did not join in the conquest of the maze, but this still could not explain why Jiang Ran's team was wiped out in the "future death scene".

"Lady Shirley, in your opinion, if Heloise, Vanessa, and Captain Pride of the Cuilin City Cavalry Regiment and I were to challenge the Green Ghost Lair together, what would be the chance of our being wiped out?"

While Shirley was talking, Jiang Ran asked another question that he was eager to know the answer to.

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7.09 - Backfired

"Team wiped out? Not really, right?"

Shirley answered without hesitation, and this answer was in line with Jiang Ran's expectations.

After spending some time together, Jiang Ran has basically understood the character of Ice Star Shirley.

Although this lady has a sharp tongue, she actually has a good heart and can even be said to be a good person.

After arriving in Dris Town, she seemed to say some harsh words at the beginning, but in fact she was trying her best to avoid unnecessary deaths and let those weak-willed people get out as soon as possible.

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[The above picture is from "6.73 - Shirley's Speech"]

Such a good person who is cold on the outside but warm on the inside is really rare.

However, after giving the answer that "it is unlikely that the whole team will be wiped out", Shirley immediately put forward a new point of view. This time, her statement was not so optimistic.

"However, what I said just now was based solely on the team configuration you mentioned. The actual situation isn't limited to just your team... Of the three teams attacking the Green Ghost Lair this time, the Scarlet Qi family's team is likely to be uncontrollable. Do you understand what I mean?"

The subtext of Shirley's words was that if the Feiqi family sent a powerful team, it would inevitably greatly increase the difficulty of the maze, which would undoubtedly be disastrous for the two teams in Dris Town.

"Lady Shirley, didn't the royal family send an instructor to the Feiqi family?"

Jiang Ran keenly heard the concerns in Shirley's words and immediately asked about it.

"They did send someone... but the person they sent to the Feiqi family was just an insignificant civil servant. What good would that do?"

Shirley's counter-question clearly expressed her attitude.

Looking at the frown on Lord Bingjixing's face, Jiang Ran finally understood the true situation of the attack on the "Green Ghost Lair".

(It seems that humans are more dangerous than the monsters in the maze.)

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According to the information provided by Shirley, the key to successfully conquering the maze obviously lies in a reasonable team configuration.

Given that the maze has a "dynamic difficulty" and "minimum difficulty" mechanism, the expedition team cannot blindly pursue a low level, but must just surpass this "minimum difficulty".

In addition, under the premise of ensuring the integrity of the team's basic structure (for example, at least including vanguard tanks, midfield control, back row output and support, etc.), the total number of people in the team should be as small as possible to reduce unnecessary additional "overall strength".

The maze instructors sent by the royal family are the few people who know the truth about the maze and have the power to form a team. Their real responsibility is to follow the special mechanism of the maze and form the most reasonable team.

If the instructor in charge of forming the team this time was only Bingjixing Shirley, Jiang Ran felt that with her strength and status, she could form an excellent and reasonable team.

But now there is a problem, that is, the Feiqi family's team is not under Shirley's control, which is a big trouble.

If Shirley followed the maze's mechanism and formed two reasonable low-level teams in Dris Town, but the Feiqi family sent out a powerful high-level team, the two teams in Dris Town would undoubtedly be in a very bad situation.

Therefore, communicating well with the Feiqi family is the top priority of this maze expedition.

"Lady Shirley, since the Feiqi family is willing to send people to participate in the maze expedition, they must hope to succeed, right? Have they provided a list of the team?" After thinking about it, Jiang Ran asked the question again.

He felt that although there might be difficulties in communication, the Feiqi family had no reason to deliberately harm the team from Dris Town.

As long as the Feiqi family needs to send people into the "Green Ghost Lair", they should not do such things that harm others and themselves.

"That's certainly true, and they gave me the list, but I still feel... something's not right."

Shirley seemed to want to find someone to talk to about this matter, and this time she generously took out a list.

Jiang Ran took it and looked at it. There were a total of seven names on the team list, but none of them had the Feiqi family surname. They were all civilians.

What's even more amazing is that the class levels of all seven people are marked on the list. The lowest level is 45 and the highest level is 50, all of which are just around the maximum level of the second level.

"Lady Shirley, level 50 on the second stage... could that be the lowest difficulty level for the Green Ghost Lair?"

"Supposedly yes."

"In that case, isn't this Feiqi family's team pretty good?"

“It’s really good.”

Just as Fike asked, Shirley had no fault to find with the team list provided by the Feiqi family.

If there is any problem, it is that no one in the team is a member of the Feiqi family.

However, given the special nature of the maze, the Feiqi family had every reason to say that they did not send any family members because they could not find the right person.

·

But, is it really such a coincidence?

·

Although there was no evidence, Shirley still had a vague ominous premonition - she always felt that the Feiqi family was trying to cause trouble.

Jiang Ran could see clearly what Shirley was thinking.

However, since he has decided not to participate in this maze expedition, it makes no difference to him whether the Feiqi family will cause trouble or not.

Moreover, Viviana's name was not on the Feiqi family's list, which made Jiang Ran feel a little relieved.

If Viviana wants to participate in this maze expedition, Jiang Ran will have to reconsider his decision.

After all, in the Shadou Canyon incident, Jiang Ran could be said to have owed Viviana a life.

·

Jiang Ran and his friends' consultation with Ice Star Shirley was almost over here.

The truth about the maze cast a shadow on Vanessa's enthusiasm, and this result was what Jiang Ran wanted to see.

Afterwards, Shirley lifted the blockade on the perimeter of the mission guild, and everyone dispersed.

Two days later, the eldest son of the Bilix family, Wei Pu Bilix, easily defeated the champion Babol, and then defeated two people who tried to challenge him, and secured his position as the captain of the first team.

Two days later, just as Jiang Ran finished his daily training and returned to the hotel with Heloise, Vanessa suddenly visited him at night.

·

If it were a novel, a young girl's late-night visit would be accompanied by some plot that is not suitable for description, but unfortunately, Vanessa did not bring such a welcome development this night.

"Lord Fike, there is an emergency."

As soon as Jiang Ran opened the door for Vanessa, Vanessa rushed into the room anxiously and closed the door again.

In front of Jiang Ran and Heloise, Vanessa said two things straight to the point.

The first thing was that the eldest son of the Green Lizard family, Wei Pu Green Lizard, had just given up his position as captain and withdrawn from the maze subjugation team overnight.

The second thing is that before leaving, Wei Pu Bi Xi found Vanessa and advised her to give up the attack on the "Green Ghost Lair" because the Feiqi family might not play by the rules.

"Unconventional? What does that mean?"

Jiang Ran vaguely felt that Ice Star Shirley's ominous premonition might be coming true.

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7.10 - The Feiqi Family's Plan (Part )

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October 187, 7

〖9:12 pm〗

[Maze clearing remaining: 9 days]

[Confession death countdown remaining: 25 days]

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In the hotel room, Jiang Ran and Heloise were staring at Vanessa.

The news she brought tonight might very well change the three people's future plans.

"What I'm about to tell you is the internal information of the Green Lizard Family. Please don't tell anyone else."

Vanessa gave the two of them a heads-up beforehand, and then told them the truth directly.

This afternoon, Master Wei Pu Bi Xi obtained secret information from his family's channels.

Intelligence shows that in this attack on the "Green Ghost Nest", the Feiqi family will allow strong people such as the "Silver Young Queen Bee" to quietly join the attack team, and this matter will not be known to Ice Star Shirley.

As the eldest son of the Bixi family, Weipu Bixi naturally knew the special mechanism of the maze, so he understood at the first time that the Feiqi family was going to set a trap for the two teams from Dris Town.