Yang Yu frowned, "There is no reward mechanism? Will you be burned if you pass through the flames?"
[No. Yes.]
The guardian of the maze answered affirmatively,
[No matter what decision you make, if you want to turn back, you have to pay the corresponding price. Even so, you have the determination to go all the way to the end, this is called courage.
This is the test of the fourth level.]
"It depends on luck anyway. If you are unlucky, you would be burned to death by the scorching flames after wearing it ten times."
Yang Yu's scalp went numb. Fortunately, there was Iyas in the team. Otherwise, if he went alone, no matter how many fire extinguishers he had, they would not be enough.
"Brave Laux, your understanding of courage is really twisted."
[Everyone has his or her own opinion on courage. What exactly this maze wants to express? Perhaps only Laux, who created this underground maze, knows.]
A gentle breeze blew out from the maze on the fifth floor, eliminating all the fatigue for everyone present. Yang Yu's hands, which had been aching slightly, also recovered in this breeze.
[This is your reward for clearing this level. This underground maze only has seven levels. As long as you complete the tests of the fifth and sixth levels, you can meet me on the seventh level.]
After that, bright lights lit up on the stairs leading to the fifth floor.
After a few simple stretches, Yang Yu and the others walked into the fifth floor. At the exit of the stairs was a square platform only as big as a basketball court.
The square platform was surrounded by an abyss that stretched as far as the eye could see. Looking around, the darkness on both sides extended all the way, and it was impossible to tell whether there were walls on both sides.
In the square platform, there was only a wide round log, like a magic needle inserted horizontally, stabbing into the center of the darkness.
Half of the cross section of the log was embedded in the square platform, which made it very solid, but the end was not visible and it was unknown where it extended to.
[The test of the fifth level—the never-ending single-plank bridge.]
Pass through this single-plank bridge to reach the sixth floor. On this single-plank bridge, if there is even a slight shake, you will fall into the abyss.
Magic is still forbidden here. The trial begins.]
The [Magic Control] status on Yang Yu and the others has not disappeared yet, except for Iyas and Hake, their mana remains stable at one point. Naturally, Yang Yu also gave up the idea of using the skill [Climb] to climb down along the wall near the square platform.
But the next moment, he took out a hammer, nails and wooden boards, jumped directly onto the logs, and nailed a wooden board at regular intervals.
The guardian of the maze was somewhat puzzled: [Why waste time building something like this? ]
Yang Yu replied: "I have no problem crossing this single-plank bridge. But I have my partner behind me.
You didn't tell me whether there are monsters waiting for us on this single-plank bridge. There's nothing wrong in making some preparations in advance.
Reducing uncertainty can reduce inner anxiety, and then courage will naturally flow in."
[I see. I wish you a long journey.]
The voice of the underground maze guardian fell completely silent.
In a space that shines like the starry sky, a young man slowly opens his eyes. There are star-like patterns in his eyes, shining along with the surrounding stars.
He sat alone on the throne in the center of the seventh floor, muttering to himself:
“I always felt like I had met an incredible guy.
Once you understand the meaning of courage, you will be able to sort out bad situations and move forward bravely.
There is nothing that can stop him anymore.
You have your own ideas about courage, Laux, and he has his own ideas too.
Laux, you are just an ordinary person like me, and you have not changed just because you are regarded as a hero by people.
There are still things you can do and things you cannot do. You are not omnipotent.
Every page of history is like the starry sky, composed of countless stars, but only the brightest ones can be seen and remembered by people.
But many people don’t know that the brightest stars are essentially no different from other stars.
Laux, you woke me up from my slumber without telling me any of your plans.
I don't know what your plans are, but I hope you will not stray from your original intention as a brave man and will not regret anything you have done.
Then my sacrifice will be worth it."
After laying wooden boards on the single-plank bridge, Yang Yu and his team walked forward along the bridge.
On the way, as Yang Yu expected, he encountered several monsters guarding the gate. Each of them had its fangs bared and its face twisted, as if they had run over from the Cthulhu set next door.
But when he opened the panel, he saw that they were all paper tigers, extremely fragile, with only a few hundred points of health, and terribly low attack power. Yang Yu took a punch head-on, and it was just like a tickle.
The purpose of these seemingly invincible monsters is to scare off attackers and make them fall off the logs in panic.
Even if someone is lucky enough to pass the fourth level, those who do not have true courage will stumble on the long single-plank bridge on the fifth level.
Yang Yu always has the habit of looking at the panel first when monsters appear, so these paper tigers naturally cannot stop them.
As he walked, a wooden board nailed to a log appeared in front of Yang Yu.
Bai Jin and Iyas looked at each other, and looked forward along the single-plank bridge. They could see other wooden boards behind that board.
Yang Yu bent down to confirm. On the side of the wooden board facing him, the Chinese character for thirteen was written on it.
This is the thirteenth wooden board laid by Yang Yu.
After a circle, Yang Yu returned to the place he had been to before.
It is impossible to build a never-ending single-plank bridge in the underground maze. If you want to build a bridge that can reach "endlessness", you will most likely have to rely on some magic props.
The simplest way Yang Yu could think of to reach "never end" was to use some props to make the entire bridge form a closed loop after they walked onto the single-plank bridge.
The beginning is the end, the end is the beginning,
Yang Yu didn't know how to achieve this function, but judging from the wooden board that appeared, they had unknowingly entered this closed loop.
If we continue to move forward, we will just keep going around in circles in this closed loop.
In order to explain the situation to everyone, Yang Yu asked Bai Jin and the others to stop where they were, and then he continued to run forward at a very fast speed. After about ten minutes, Yang Yu appeared behind Iyas and the others.
Everyone was very surprised. How could Yang Yu, who had been moving forward, suddenly run behind them? Some even suspected that the current Yang Yu was not the real Yang Yu.
Yang Yu just asked them to leave some things behind and let them move on. After more than ten minutes, they actually saw Yang Yu standing in front of them again.
Yang Yu returned their things to them one by one, began to explain their current situation, and briefly stated his guess.
(End of this chapter)