Xia Nuo finally knew why he couldn't reach the center of the maze without the seeds of the Moonlight Tree.
Because of the road it points to, no one can think of it, and no one can walk it.
He watched helplessly as the seeds of the Moonlight Tree opened a light gate on the wall of the maze. After passing through the light gate, he received a prompt from the game system:
The player's current location is 50 degrees latitude, and the exploration progress is 10%
Passing through one light gate after another, reminders came one after another.
The player's current location is 30 degrees latitude, and the exploration progress is 50%
The player's current location is 10 degrees latitude, and the exploration progress is 70%
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The number of exploration progress can be said to be rising rapidly compared to before. Shano and Korolik stood still before the last light door. According to the prompt given by the system this time, the exploration progress has reached 99%.
This means that as soon as they step through this door, they will reach the center of the maze.
But Shano stopped in his tracks.
"I've been wondering about one thing." The boy's face was full of seriousness, trying to create a serious atmosphere, but the pair of cat ears on the fluffy hair destroyed this seriousness.
You can tell by looking at Kororick's uncontrollably funny expression. He probably didn't notice the boy's "seriousness" at all, but only thought he was cute.
"What's the matter?" He smiled, "Maybe I can answer it for you."
"I was thinking, can someone really get out of the maze?" Even though he said so, there was no corresponding doubt in Xia Nuo's eyes.
On the contrary, the boy's eyes were clear and bright, with the determination to see everything.
"Hmm..." the demon pondered for a while, and gave a surprising answer, "I think no one should be able to leave the maze."
Even though they were standing here, only one step away from the center of the maze, Krorick gave such an answer.
"Because the maze is constantly expanding, isn't it?" Xia Nuo asked two questions in succession, "Because the maze is constantly expanding, no one will ever be able to complete the exploration 100%, right?"
The two stared at each other tacitly, as if they were playing a quiz game, and they both knew each other.
"Yes." The demon nodded without hesitation.
If this news is known to the players in the maze, it will definitely cause an uproar.
After all, their long-standing hope is to be able to complete 100% of the exploration progress and then leave the maze. Although the task is arduous, there is still a glimmer of hope.
But the demon's answer killed even that glimmer of hope.
"Let me guess, the existence of the holy spring is to accumulate energy for the expansion of the maze?"
When he asked this question, Xia Nuo was already 80% sure.
It is a bit suspicious that players must invest in magic crystals to obtain the necessities of life.
In addition to what Xixi once said, there was a magic crystal of the wrong level, and a large number of low-level monsters appeared in the holy spring. What about the transmission channel opened by the magic crystal
The existence of the summoned object provides evidence for this guess.
After all, summoned objects are alive, not lifeless dead objects like food and medicine.
In order to survive, players have to invest a lot of magic crystals in the holy spring, and the investment of magic crystals just provides energy for the expansion of the maze.
As everyone knows, it is precisely because of this that the maze becomes bigger and bigger, and it becomes more and more difficult for players to leave the maze.
The reason why Xia Nuo was able to discover this was because of the prompts from the game system.
When I was in the secret room in the castle, the exploration progress had reached 0.0015‰, but when I left the space just now, as if time was going backwards, the progress returned to 0.0015‰.
In fact, the progress bar is backed up by one space.
For such a situation, Xia Nuo couldn't think of any other explanation except that the maze was constantly expanding.
As for why the other players didn't find out, apart from the fact that they didn't encounter such a rare coincidence, Xia Nuo believed that the maze should have consciously covered this up.
First, the maze itself is extremely large, and the hard-to-raise progress bar scares away most players; second, players who are obsessed with exploring the maze may not have the heart to measure the changes in the maze; third, the reason why the maze is called It is called a maze because of the unpredictable twists and turns of its road. Even if the progress of the road does not match the progress bar, it is difficult to arouse people's suspicion.
And the map created by the Demon King, this shortcut that was passed on by someone unknown, has attracted the attention of many players after it was widely circulated.
If the map can be found, then there is no need to spend a lot of time and energy exploring the maze, so that almost all players spend their minds on finding the map, and the number of players exploring the maze decreases, which reduces the chance of discovering the truth. possibility.
And does this legendary map really exist
After listening to Xia Nuo's speculation process completely, the man applauded: "You guessed right, the magic crystal will indeed expand the maze, and the map does not exist."
"In fact, as long as you reach the center of the maze and get the permission of the devil, you can leave the maze."
There was a smile on the corner of the devil's mouth, and his face was calm, making it impossible to see the true thoughts in his heart.
"But, will you let me leave, Your Majesty the Demon King?" For the first time, Xia Nuo looked into those demonic eyes without dodging.
"No, unless you are accompanied by me." The devil said without hesitation, "However, when did you discover my identity, Chang'an?"
Xia Nuo got the expected answer, he blinked slyly, like a kitten catching his favorite prey, and said softly: "Just now, you admitted it yourself."
"..." Kororik laughed dumbfounded. It turned out that the young man was so determined just now, but was he just saying something
It has to be said that his performance was really successful, and he actually deceived him.
"Before, I was just suspicious." Xia Nuo couldn't help but feel a little proud of successfully getting to the demon, "Because you are so different from other summoned creatures, so I don't need to explain this one by one, right?"
"Leaving aside those flaws for now, what really made me doubt you was the fairy tale you gave me—"The Labyrinth of the Demon King."
"Really?" Kororick didn't have the slightest sense of being exposed. Mentioning the fairy tale, the Demon King's expression was not the slightest surprise, instead he looked at the young man's head with fascination.
When the boy was excited, his ears would vibrate involuntarily, his eyes were glued to them, and he couldn't look away.
Different from the young man's indifferent or shy appearance, his somewhat arrogant expression is also quite heart-warming. Especially the pair of ears that revealed his true feelings, as if they were saying: Am I amazing? Come and praise me!
Xia Nuo was unaware of this: "The content of that fairy tale has actually been tampered with by you, right? The original version didn't describe in such detail how to reach the devil's palace."
As for why he found out, it wasn't because he saw the original version that hadn't been tampered with in Miss Mermaid's library.
It has to be said that the devil is really terribly careless in this regard.
No—or, did he do it on purpose
Facing the suspicious gaze of the young man, Krorick was actually quite calm.
So what if it was intentional? Anyway, he has now achieved his goal.
"Then Chang'an, what do you think about me being the devil king?" He approached the boy calmly, and stretched out his sinful hand to the long-coveted cat's ear.
"I don't have any opinion, but you'd better explain what the tattoo on the back of my hand means." Xia Nuo squinted at him, and there was actually a bit of helplessness in his eyes, "Also, please don't hit my ear idea."
As for the fact that Kororik is the Demon King, he just accepted it without any hindrance. This is different from the previous mermaid incident. Xia Nuo was mentally prepared for the fact that Krorick is the devil king.
And strictly speaking, this is not a deception, at most it is a deliberate concealment.
What made Xia Nuo even more concerned was the tattoo on the back of his hand that the devil said reflected the essence of the soul, and the devil's extra attention to the extra organs on his head.
But even though he said so, he didn't stop the devil's outstretched hand. After all, Kororik's technique was really good, and it really made him feel very comfortable.
"Hmm..." Xia Nuo subconsciously moaned in enjoyment, his eyes were moist, but he still struggled to look at the devil, seeking the answer to his previous question.
The devil raised the corners of his lips, and he gently picked up the boy's hand. Under Xia Nuo's surprised gaze, the original tattoo disappeared, replaced by a capitalized English letter - "k".
Shano: "..."
"You are the supervisor?!" A cry of surprise blurted out.
"Originally in this world, I should be the incarnation of the labyrinth, which is what you call the devil." Kororick's eyes looked extremely deep, "But not long ago, I discovered my true identity. "
The memories of the previous three worlds have all returned, and he has also found the true location of the boy, and can take him away without any scruples.
"Your system has been taken away for investigation for violating the rules, and the memory that disappeared before has also been recovered."
In fact, this is also the reason why the system never appeared before Xia Nuo entered the game of the maze.
"As for the others, after returning to the high-latitude space, I can tell you slowly..."
Shano was still in shock, but Krorick had already reached out to him, waiting for his response.
"..."
Xia Nuo hesitated for a moment, and then slowly stretched out his hand. The moment his hands were about to touch, the man's originally smiling face suddenly showed a look of extreme astonishment, even fear.
He had never seen this kind of expression on the face of a demon. He was never surprised by anything, and he was able to handle it with ease.
What happened? Before being swallowed by the darkness, Xia Nuo was still puzzled, and the man's heart-wrenching roar sounded in his ears.
"Chang'an---!!!"
Then he lost consciousness.
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Originally obediently following behind the two of them, the body of the coal ball, which seemed to have no sense of existence, had swelled to countless times its original size.
Just now it swallowed Xia Nuo from behind in one gulp, and now it is repeating a sentence with an inorganic voice: "Find him... protect him... devour him... kill him!"
And in the space inside its body, the long-accumulated vitality rushed towards the body of the young man floating in mid-air.
In the distant space, Zhang Man—no, it should be said that Jiang Man looked at the lit cards in his hand and smiled slightly: "This day has finally come."
The author has something to say: There is one more update, which is the next world. Friendly reminder, the next world may have a different style of painting than the previous one, involving more ghosts and supernatural elements, so enter with caution.
And it won't end so soon, there are at least twenty more chapters in a world [cover face]
I hereby declare that Jiang Man is not a bad person, and the boss felt that the briquettes were not a threat before, and his feeling was not wrong. As for when the boss remembered it, it was after he asked Nuonuo if his skills had improved.