There are these inconspicuous pieces of teapot on the ground.
By simply observing, you can find that this is the wreckage left by a teapot after falling naturally. The fragments vary in size, sharp edges, and the distribution after scattering vary.
It looks really nothing special.
But experienced people can judge some information from the fragments.
For example, Ronald is now in an area where the fragments are relatively concentrated and found that the fragments in one corner suddenly empty, revealing the clean ground. In the corresponding direction, several fragments also fall farther away than other fragments.
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This situation may be explained by the owner of the house who broke the teapot and accidentally landed on it when leaving the room.
But combined with the sound Ronald just heard.
Of course, we can also draw conclusions that the situation is not very friendly - for example, this is where the sound just made.
At this time, Katerina also approached.
Ronald briefly explained his discoveries and thoughts, and the astronomical tower master narrowed his eyes and began to exude a dangerous aura.
“Something is moving around the house…”
"I just knew this place would not allow us to pass easily. How about it, Ronald? Do you want to try tracking this thing?"
Katerina was eager to try, but Ronald refused the request.
His main ideas are two:
"First of all, we now know that there should be a risk of being able to move freely in this city maze, and it is surrounding us. It is enough to know this in terms of intelligence gathering; secondly, we are still carrying time constraints on our bodies.
, rashly breaking away from the clear maze and investigating unknown things will not only face danger, but also the loss of time is something I don’t want to see.”
Ronald's two reasons are reasonable and well-founded, so Katerina naturally no longer obsessed with her own thoughts, and her expression is not impatient:
"Okay, okay, then listen to you."
"Anyway, in this maze, I don't have any decent combat ability. It's okay to keep going around in the circle honestly."
When this comes to mind, what comes to Ronald's mind is the scene when the two of them came down from the suspension bridge just now.
Even in the world of "Labyrinth Picture Book", battles are not the main theme of passing the test. But he doesn't think that Katerina next to him will be as simple as she said.
"Catrina... The action of putting ropes in the air just now is not something that ordinary people can do."
When Katerina heard Ronald praise herself like this, she smiled softly and then handed her a look that you also understood:
"I'm no longer a human being."
"Ronard, if you want, I will make a transformation when we go out, so that you can also have the same strong qualities as me when you enter such a world next time!"
"Then forget it." Ronald decisively rejected the invitation. "I think it's pretty good to be a human being, and I don't have the idea of changing jobs to other species."
After a simple and critical little wave.
The two left the house and continued on their way.
However, their posture when they moved forward was more cautious than when they explored the maze before. Because both of them knew very well that there was indeed an invisible crisis hidden in this city.
Even though the other party has not revealed his true body yet.
But considering the reason why the two of them appeared here, with their current location, it is very dangerous and they will definitely appear on the initiative in the end.
...
The time when this encounter occurred was faster than the two of them imagined.
When they advanced for another quarter of an hour, about halfway through the journey, a crisis arose!
Ronald and Caterina were turning left on the street.
Because on the original road, the main roads in the city were blocked by a pile of gravel, and there was no possibility of climbing here.
To deal with this situation where the maze terrain is obviously blocked, it is naturally the first choice to pass by the side. Ronald and others have also done this before, and the effect has always been good.
But this time, the moment the two of them walked towards the path next to the middle.
A thick tree growing opposite suddenly collapsed, and with a creaking sound, it fell straight towards the two of them with a strong pressure.
The situation is critical at this moment.
The alleyway is so long that it is impossible to go out before the trees fall. The left and right sides are so narrow that there is no room for refuge, and there is no possibility of hiding into the house. As for climbing upwards, it is even more directly hitting the broken wood.
The two were pressed down below by the huge tree in front of them.
It's almost a foregone conclusion.
At the critical moment, Ronald made a move first. He pushed Caterina beside him towards the wall, and he also used this force to jump back towards his other half.
Then he lay down on the ground and shouted to Katerina:
"Lying down, lying down! It's safe in the corner!"
boom--
The next second, the collapsed trees fell to the ground, stirring up smoke and dust that made people invisible.
But Ronald, who was hiding in the corner of the alley, also protected himself intact.
The reason is very simple.
In this world, the trunks of most trees are round, even in the world of "Labyrinth Picture Book".
So when it seems that the trees that fill the entire lane are collapsed.
Due to the structure of the trees themselves, there will be a blind spot that cannot be crushed on the left and right sides. In particular, the ground of Hamono and the walls of the building are quite stable, and the wood even rolls up, rushing people.
There is no need to consider the dangers.
Among the angle between trees and walls.
Ronald had just escaped, but did not pay attention to himself first. He shouted loudly in the small space covered in dust:
"Catrina? How are you doing there? Is it okay?"
Ronald was very concerned about his companions' current situation.
Even in the world of "Labyrinth Picture Book", Katerina has physical fitness beyond her own, but she was directly hit by such a huge tree, and the result can be imagined.
Fortunately, this nervous mood did not last long.
As soon as Ronald finished speaking, Katerina's response came from across the tree:
"Ronard, my situation is fine here and I'm not injured!"
"And you?"
"I'm OK too - ahem!"
Hearing the response, Ronald breathed a sigh of relief, but he suddenly sucked in a lot of smoke and dust, causing him to cough repeatedly.
But he is not alone.
Because just as Ronald was feeling pain, Caterina on the other side of the tree also heard a cough.
It seems that a mechanized body cannot avoid the influence of the respiratory system.
After a little emotion in his heart, Ronald forcedly shouted:
"Catrina, now we'll climb forward!"
"The position when we came in from behind may have been blocked by the canopy, so we'd better continue moving forward!"