The next development was exactly the same as what Ji Thrush had experienced before.
After everyone had changed their bodies, Ji Xiaoniao took the initiative to ask Bing Shang to pick the door they liked first.
Ji Thrush had already entered once, so he knew that no matter which one they chose, what was waiting for them was a three-story maze. The only difference was that the rooms behind each corridor were different, and it made no difference which one of the four doors they chose.
Sure enough, Ice Grain casually pointed to the two leaves on the left, so the two leaves on the right belonged to Ji Xiaoniao and the others as a matter of course.
Next, Bingshang and others divided the team into two groups according to the strength configuration. Bingshang was with Zero and Su Rong as usual, while Baroque, Tattoos, Marco and Robot were arranged on the other side.
When the seven people over there were talking, Ji Thrush stared at them silently for a long time, with thoughts that only he could understand in his eyes, until Mo Tiangen urged him, he shook his head and turned away unintentionally out of sight.
When deciding on the grouping of the five of them, Ji Xiaoniao finally saw a difference from the previous one.
Originally, according to the historical process that happened before, Ren Jianmo should have offered to be on the same team as Ji Thrush, but this time, Ren Damei stood indifferently by the side like an outsider, neither speaking nor talking. No comment.
Of course, Ji Thrush noticed Ren Jianmo's abnormality.
He originally thought that Ren Damei should be the same as himself, also a "reborn person" who has gone back in time, holding a super spoiler cheat in his hand, but looking at his lover's reaction, he didn't feel like it...
After thinking about it, Ji Xiaoniao can only think that Mr. Ren probably only sent himself back, so like everyone else, he has no idea what will happen next.
But Ji Thrush needs Ren Jianmo to be with him.
So he took the initiative to make his request.
Mo Tiangen and the Fan family siblings didn't feel that this request was too much at all, they only agreed with a few casual jokes.
So in the end, it was still the same as Ji Thrush's previous experience, he and Ren Jianmo entered one door, and Teacher Dagen and the Fan family siblings chose the other.
Next, the pair of young angels and goddesses explained the purpose of the clock and numbers to them, and then signaled them to hurry up and enter behind the door.
While the envoys were explaining the rules, Ji Thrush kept trying to recall their previous experience in his mind, especially the time when everyone left the maze one after another—whether they voluntarily gave up or died unexpectedly.
But he was far from Fan Hemian's talent for being sensitive to numbers, so he could only think of an approximate time, and he couldn't be too precise.
-Can you make it
Ji Thrush was hiding something in his heart, and unconsciously put his right hand on his lover's right sleeve.
Ren Jianmo: "..."
He pursed his lips into a straight line, looked down at Ji Xiaoniao's claws holding the sleeve of his robe, and the wrinkles between his brows deepened not obviously.
"...Hey, Ice Grain, wait!"
Ji thrush thought about it, and decided to follow his heart.
He yelled at the ice slug who was about to enter the door.
Hearing this, the white-haired man naturally turned his head to look at him.
Ji Thrush stepped forward quickly, as if he wanted to get close to Binglu.
Zero's movements were quick, and he immediately took a step forward, blocking the ice sleet.
This quiet and silent man didn't speak, but his tense expression clearly expressed a sentence: Speak straight, don't get close.
Ji Thrush glanced at Zero, and said to himself, okay, you are right to be vigilant, after all, we are competitors.
Then he raised his hand and patted Zero naturally.
"It's nothing, I just want to tell you, come on."
After finishing speaking, he stopped talking nonsense, turned around and returned to his companions.
Zero: "..."
Ji Thrush's seemingly meaningless nonsense was delayed for about a minute, but the pair of boys and girls didn't rush, but waited for everyone to get ready before opening the four doors in a good-tempered manner.
"Everyone, please go in."
There are still four corridors waiting for the twelve participants behind the door.
After Binglang, Zero and Su Rong entered the corridor, they observed the environment of the corridor for the first time. When they saw the closed doors on both sides, they quickly deduced what they should do next.
Ice Grain was connected to "location tracking anytime, anywhere" as before, and briefly communicated with Baroque's group about the situation.
While talking, he suddenly felt that Zero took the initiative to touch his arm with his elbow.
At this time, Baroque and others in another corridor had already opened the door of the first room. Behind the door was a dark cave, and a group of golden bats flapped their wings and rushed towards the intruders in a daze.
Most of these bats were cleaned up by the four of them, but some of them still hit the flying robots released by the manipulators. Although they were all turned into golden dust, they also took four minutes of their time.
Baroque and the others had no choice but to exit the cave one after another and slam the door shut to keep the bat swarm inside.
"… I see."
In another corridor, Ice Grain heard the report from Baroque and others, and said:
"It seems that as long as you are touched by monsters, you will lose time."
He first glanced up at the clock that was four minutes off in an instant, then turned around, facing Zero who had elbowed him just now.
Binglao saw that Zero took off a small white paper figure from the skirt of the robe.
"... The robot hand, the robot you control, is probably counted as part of the 'body'."
Binglao raised his eyebrows in a rare way.
His tone of speech remained steady, and he quickly made a judgment on the situation:
"Manipulator, give up the mission automatically. Now you can't fight, you will only drag others down."
The manipulator accepted this arrangement in frustration, and voluntarily withdrew from the task, changing the remaining time back to twenty-one minutes.
After doing all this, Binglang temporarily hung up the "positioning and tracking anytime, anywhere".
Then he took the little paper man from Zero.
Of course the white-haired youth recognized this.
Because this is one of the Onmyoji Shikigami (Advanced) that he sold to Ji Thrush before he entered the "world" of "Borderless Karma".
"Where did it come from?"
Icegrain asked Zero.
Zero replied simply:
"Before entering the door, Ji Xiaoniao stuck to me."
Obviously, what Ji Thrush was looking for was the ice hail, but was blocked by Zero, so he had to hand over the paper figurine to him.
Onmyoji Shikigami (Advanced) has a total of 30 cards. In addition to being able to accept some simple commands to perform actions, it can also send any message of no more than 30 characters, and has a certain combat power.
There is no writing on the little paper figurine. Obviously, the instructions left on it are neither actions nor battles, so they should be messages.
Sure enough, when the ice grapples tore it in two, the voice of the season thrush was heard.
The message was very short, only five words, and when speaking, Ji Xiaoniao's volume was extremely low, almost a whisper-like breath.
But Ice Grail could hear it clearly.
Season thrush said:
"Beware Baroque."
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On the other side, Ji Thrush, who was also in the corridor, also got in touch with Mo Tiangen and the twins.
However, this time, Ji Thrush, who holds a spoiler in his hand, doesn't intend to be the same as before.
After he connected to the "Anytime, Anywhere Web Conference", the first thing he said to Teacher Dagen and the Fan family siblings was, "Do you believe me?"
The three people at the other end of the microphone fell into silence together.
They originally planned to discuss with Ji Thrush the corridor they were in, and the doors leading to unknown directions on both sides of the corridor, but they never expected that Captain Xiaoniao would play cards so unreasonably. A sentence comparable to "Do you love me?" Soul torture.
Mo Tiangen, Fan Hemian, and Fan Luming looked at each other, and they all saw confusion on each other's faces.
"Do you trust me?"
Season Thrush repeated.
When he said this, he clearly looked at Ren Damei from his family.
"Of course I do."
Mo Tiangen cleared his throat and replied on behalf of the three-person team:
"But you have to tell us what you want to do?"
Ji Thrush gave a low "um", his tense expression softened, and a slight smile appeared on the corner of his lips.
"I know how to get around this maze."
He didn't intend to hide it, he just told the truth.
A unanimous exclamation came from the earphones: "What did you say!?"
"it is true."
Ji Thrush continued:
"But I only know how to go from our side."
He answered very frankly, and at the same time turned his gaze to the lover beside him, and included the other party in his plan.
"But we need enough time to walk through this maze."
Ren Jianmo still just looked back at him silently, with a pair of strange-colored eyes as deep as an abyss, and he didn't show the slightest curiosity about what Ji Thrush said.
"this… "
In the earphones, Mo Tiangen's voice faltered obviously.
He and the Fan family siblings had just passed through a door and came to an unfamiliar corridor, and they hadn't even explored whether this place was round or flat. If Ji Thrush didn't take the initiative to mention it, the three of them wouldn't even know it was a maze.
It stands to reason that after Ji Xiaoniao entered the door with them, although they were not in the same place, the situation should be similar.
But Ji Thrush not only told the nature of where everyone was, but also told them very firmly that he knew how to pass the level.
"... You won't be... just picking up the map when you enter the door, right?"
Mo Tiangen was crazily complaining in his heart that you, a thousand-year-old non-chieftain, still has a day to rule Europe. Could it be that you have used all the character you have accumulated in eight lifetimes here? He tentatively gave what he thought was reasonable. Guess, "So, you really know where to go?"
"Well, so to speak."
Ji Thrush thought to himself, it would be better to let Mr. Dagen and the Fan family think he has a map than Hua Lao explaining the illusory experience of going back in time and space for a long time.
"It's very dangerous here. If you don't know how to go, the death rate is frighteningly high."
He still has lingering fears when he recalls the past.
"So, please trust me and give everything to me."
Ji Xiaoniao earnestly begged.
"..."
This time, Mo Tiangen, Fan Hemian and Fan Luming were silent for half a minute.
In the headset, the thrush could only hear the shallow breathing of the three of them.
"… Ugh!"
After a long time, Mr. Dagen sighed, "Okay, I only represent myself, I believe in you."
After Mo Tiangen, the Fan family siblings also expressed their stance, and they all expressed their willingness to obey the arrangement.
The three asked again:
"What do you want us to do?"
"Please try to buy us as much time as possible."
Season Thrush replied:
"You just stay in the current corridor, guarding a relief wall, don't go anywhere, just give up at the right time, return to the 'Fanhua Temple' safely, and then just wait for the two of us to clear the customs with peace of mind."
"Understood."
Fan Hemian thought for a while, then asked again:
"How long do you need?"
"Two hours."
Ji Thrush quickly gave the answer he had thought about in his heart:
"Give us at least two hours."
…
After explaining everything, Ji Thrush temporarily disconnected from Mo Tiangen and the twins.
"Let's go."
Ji Xiaoniao turned her head, smiled at Ren Damei, and held his hand as usual, "Let's hurry up."
Ren Jianmo staggered and naturally avoided Ji Thrush's fingers.
He crossed his arms and sleeved both hands into his robes.
"Do you really know where to go?"
Ji Thrush nodded vigorously.
Ren Jianmo stared at the clocks, doors and relief walls in the corridor for a moment, then returned to Ji Xiaoniao's face.
The quarter-thrush's big black eyes were wide open, like a small animal eager to gain the trust of its master.
"it is good."
Ren Jianmo pursed his lips, then raised his chin towards the long corridor, "You lead the way."