Xiao Chen blasted a hole in the strange stone wall, revealing two tunnels behind the wall.
"It is indeed a maze." Lin Lichuan said.
"Let's go. If I'm right, we might run into the warriors from the Temple of Nature in there. Everyone, be prepared for a fight." Xiao Chen said to Luo Ling, "Let Mollett come out. In a battle in such a small place, quality is more important than quantity."
So Mollett and Ackley were in front, Karanda and Chen Hansheng were behind, and in the middle were the four mages Xiao Chen, Luo Ling, Lin Lichuan and Nina. Together they walked into the huge maze projected by Li Jia.
After walking for a while, they found that Li Jia's maze was huge and complicated, but it was also very monotonous and had no attack power. There were no mechanisms or monsters in it, only endless walls.
Luo Ling thought of her own meditation world that encompassed the four seasons and now had a vibrant town, and couldn't help but say, "I never thought that Li Jia's meditation world would be so complicated and monotonous."
"Li Jia... He is actually a person with a lot on his mind, but he is empty and lonely inside. It is said that the meditation world is, to a certain extent, the evolution of the magician's spiritual world. Li Jia has many repressed thoughts in his heart that have never been expressed, so it is not so strange that his meditation world is an endless tunnel, like a complex maze."
"But if we keep walking like this, can we really find him?" Lin Lichuan asked, "I feel like we've walked many similar roads."
Xiao Chen said: "Let's follow the fluctuations of magic power. I have a feeling that the closer we get to Li Jia, the more active this maze will be."
After they walked for a while, Mollett, who was at the front, suddenly raised his arm and said, "There seems to be some movement ahead."
Everyone slowed down and continued to move in the direction where the sound came from. When they got closer, they heard people shouting and some strange calls. It sounded like the roar of some animal, but it was completely unlike any animal they knew.
Mollett quietly turned sideways and stuck half of his head out from a corner, and saw two people dressed as Knights Templar fighting three monsters that were half a meter tall.
The monster looked like something Moret had never seen before. It had a segmented body and moved by twisting its lower body. It had two sickle-like front claws and a huge insect-like head.
This battle had obviously been going on for some time, and both the warriors and the monsters had many wounds. On the ground near the battlefield, there was a temple priest, a temple knight, and the bodies of two monsters. The temple knight died from an attack that ripped open his stomach, and the priest died even more miserably, as if he had been hit by some acid, and half of his body had melted away.
The remaining Knights Templar were obviously as strong as this monster, but the monster had the advantage in numbers, height and weight. In the situation of outnumbering the monster, the Knights Templar seemed to be struggling.
Just as a knight raised his sword to block the claws of a monster, a monster next to him suddenly opened its mouth and spewed out green acid. The knight was a little careless and was splashed with acid in the face. He let out a sharp scream, then knelt on the ground with his face in his hands. As the acid dissolved, he soon lost half of his head and became a fresh corpse.
His companion became visibly panicked when he found out that he was the only one left. He turned around and tried to escape, but was hit by the acid spit out by the three monsters at the same time. He soon collapsed and melted into an unrecognizable object.
After several monsters eliminated the invaders in the maze, they stopped and began to look at the corpses on the ground, but did not attack or eat them as Moret had imagined.
Not only Mollett, but everyone who followed also saw the battle. Mollett didn't recognize this monster, but Lin Lichuan recognized the origin of the monster at a glance.
"This is... actually a hydralisk?" Lin Lichuan whispered.
"Hydralisk? What is that?" Luo Ling didn't recognize this somewhat creepy monster. The others had no idea what Lin Lichuan was talking about.
"This is a Zerg combat creature from the game series StarCraft in that world." Xiao Chen explained: "In the original world, Li Jia sometimes played StarCraft. This must be the monster that was projected to guard the maze when he projected it."
"I wonder if I'll step on a disgusting fungal blanket if I walk over there, and then see a savage mother nest." Lin Lichuan said, "Why doesn't he project Kerrigan or Nova?"
He was not nervous, as the abilities displayed by these hydralisks did not pose a threat to them.
Rowling didn't care about the origin of this monster, but she was very surprised by its behavior. She said, "But how is this possible? Legend has it that the magicians in the Dream Tower can create something with a soul. That is something that can only be done by reaching the realm of saints.
Li Jia hasn't even really established himself as a master yet, so how could he possibly create something that has a certain amount of intelligence and can fight the enemy on its own? "
"I think it's because of Li Jia's soul." Xiao Chen said with a sigh.
Luo Ling immediately understood what he meant, "Are you saying that the souls of these monsters actually come from Li Jia herself? Just like we use the spirit to create a clone?"
"No, judging from the performance of these monsters, they don't look like conscious spirits. It's more like Li Jia's soul was split into pieces and injected into these monsters. They only have some basic instincts and simple logic." Xiao Chen said as he walked around the corner, "We'll know after we give it a try."
He walked slowly towards the big bugs, and just after taking two steps, the hydralisks discovered him.
They raised their heads and stared at Xiao Chen for a while, twisting their bodies to come closer and surround him, but these hydralisks had no intention of attacking. They just circled around Xiao Chen, a bit like puppies meeting a familiar person.
Xiao Chen said: "Take me to where Li Jia's soul is."
The hydralisks didn't react and continued to circle around him. Xiao Chen said four or five sentences, and they all had the same reaction.
"Those bugs recognized him, but they couldn't understand what he said." Lin Lichuan said, "Sure enough, they only had some instincts, but not much of Li Jia's real consciousness."
Xiao Chen stretched out a hand and grabbed in the air. The three hydralisks suddenly froze, and then small spots of light were pulled out from their heads. Three soul fragments, some large and some small, were spinning in Xiao Chen's palm. Xiao Chen's five fingers slightly closed in the middle, and the fragments were pinched together and turned into a larger spot of light.
Xiao Chen lifted the ball of light gently into the air and said, "Go, go find other creatures of your kind." (To be continued)