"Does that mean that no matter where we go, we will just end up back where we started?"
Iyas folded her arms in anger.
“The underground maze guardian actually lied to us, saying that we could reach the sixth floor by taking the single-plank bridge, but this is what happened.
Hey, Guardian, can you come out and explain?"
Iyas tried to communicate with the guardian who was watching them, but received no response.
“That’s probably what the trial is about.
Finding a way out of this closed loop means we have passed the test.
As the guardian of the maze, he can't give us any more hints."
Bai Jin gave Yang Yu a confirming look and received a positive answer from Yang Yu.
"It seems that there is no other way."
"So, Yang Yu, do you have any idea how to get out of here?"
Facing Iyas's question, Yang Yu nodded and pointed to the bottomless abyss.
"The sixth level is beneath this abyss."
Iyas tried to use the holy light in her hand to illuminate the bottomless abyss, but the holy light in her hand disappeared directly into the endless darkness.
No matter who it is, without sufficient information, there is no way to casually say that one can enter the sixth level by jumping into the dark abyss.
"Are you sure that the sixth floor is in this invisible abyss?"
"No matter how much we try, we can't get out of this closed loop. This is the only way I can think of to get out of this closed loop."
"Only?"
Iyas clenched her hands tightly. It was not that she did not believe Yang Yu, but Hake and Qingshi, who were sitting on Lotkar's back, had worries on their faces. They were forced to follow Yang Yu and his team to conquer this underground maze.
In order to calm the two, Iyas hoped that Yang Yu could explain the whole story.
“I know what you’re worried about.
I remember telling you once that the purpose of the underground maze is to be conquered.
The underground maze, in my opinion, is a dangerous game.
Since it is a game, winning in a way approved by the game rule makers is the norm.
The underground maze was designed to select the conqueror who meets the maze maker's wishes and let him get the maker's gift.
Since that person has set the only way to clear this level, and we have no other way to break through the restrictions he has set, we can only clear this level in the way he envisioned."
As he was talking, Yang Yu turned to Lotkar, Qingshi and Hake.
"The sixth layer is below the abyss. I know this is hard to accept. But in reality, similar things are everywhere. No matter how much you think about it, you will only come to the same conclusion.
There is no meaning in an endless cycle. We must have the courage to break the routine. Perhaps this is the test of this level of courage.
Stop or go forward, we have no choice since we entered this underground maze."
Qingshi grasped the fur on Lotkar's back and nodded. At this point, he would not say that it was his fault that Yang Yu and the others came in here, forcing them to move forward.
All he could do was to trust these adventurers in front of him who could overcome danger time and time again.
As for Hak, he just smiled fearlessly. He had seen hell once, and being able to reunite with his sister was already his greatest luck. He was also willing to believe Yang Yu.
Lotkar said nothing and nodded slightly.
After confirming that Qingshi and Huck were calm, Yang Yu used wooden boards to build a platform on the logs, organized manpower, and used the materials to make a simple parachute.
It took another three or four hours for Yang Yu to prepare parachutes for everyone. He took the lead, pulling the parachute and jumping off the platform.
The inflated parachute perfectly caught the wind and carried Yang Yu slowly down. Seeing this, the others calmly deployed their parachutes and followed Yang Yu's steps into the bottomless abyss.
Lotkar was rather bulky, and Yang Yu tied a lot of balloons on him, so he became the slowest member to fall.
There was invisible darkness before their eyes. Even though Yang Yu gave Hake and the others psychological counseling, they still felt a sense of uneasiness in their hearts.
After floating in the abyss for half an hour, Yang Yu's body was the first to touch the black clouds.
As soon as his body passed through the black clouds, he felt something dragging him up and slowing down his descent.
Because it was too slow, Yang Yu simply took off his parachute. He fell into the clouds with a "bang" like a landlubber taking off a lifebuoy.
The black clouds gradually faded and finally turned into flawless white clouds like cotton candy. Yang Yu's falling speed became slower and slower, and finally he landed safely in a white space.
Without any warning, the scene in front of Yang Yu changed and turned into a chessboard on the third level.
But there are no disgusting spider corpses here. Every chess piece is neatly placed on the chessboard, solemn and dignified, quietly waiting for the chess player to arrive and command the battle.
The position where Yang Yu was located happened to be the position of the king chess piece. The king chess piece had disappeared long ago, and the king chess piece opposite him had also disappeared.
On the seventh floor, the guardian sitting on the throne stood up slowly without saying a word. The next moment, he appeared on the king chess piece opposite Yang Yu.
[Next, let me explain the rules of this layer. ]
Yang Yu quickly realized that this voice was the same voice that had been ringing in his ears countless times before. The person sitting opposite him as the king was the guardian of the maze.
[The name of this game is chess. The rules are a bit complicated, but please listen to every rule carefully and understand how to play this game. ]
"If it's how to play this game, I know. Just tell me the additional rules."
[In that case, please watch carefully. Your companions have arrived one after another.]
The guardian waved his hand forward, and Iyas, Bai Jin, Qingshi, Hake and Lothkar appeared in the center of the chessboard. They looked around and saw Yang Yu. They wanted to say something, but they couldn't make a sound no matter what.
The guardian lightly tapped his hand, and Iyas and the others' bodies uncontrollably lined up in a row.
[Each chess piece has a corresponding number. You choose one of your partners and then choose a chess piece. Your partner's soul will be divided into parts corresponding to the number of chess pieces. Once this chess piece dies, your partner will also die.
For example, to determine the winner, you need to capture the opponent's king, and the king chess piece is you.
Once you, the king, are eaten, you will die here.
First, let's decide who will be the queen.]
(End of this chapter)