Almost at the same time that Bai Mo raised his feet, Zhang Meng's complexion suddenly changed, and his figure suddenly retreated several meters like a conditioned reflex. He suddenly distanced himself from Bai Mo, and then crept to the ground with his head in his hands.
A burst of fragrant wind suddenly passed over the tip of his nose. His expression froze. He turned around and saw that the woman Li Youji had retreated even further than him. At some point, she grabbed the thin man and blocked him in front of him. Apparently, she wanted to use him as a human shield.
.
The other three were obviously much inferior to the two. They had almost no effective response to the crisis. They rolled and crawled for two steps and then fell to the ground with a look of panic on their faces.
Everyone was holding their breath and concentrating, and their muscles were tense, ready to withstand the attack.
The air suddenly became quiet.
One second.
Two seconds.
Three seconds.
However, a full three seconds passed, and there was no movement, no explosion, no trap. The entire passage was eerily silent, with only a faint sound of footsteps sounding continuously, getting farther and farther away from everyone.
Everyone raised their heads and saw Bai Mo in front of them without looking back and continuing to move forward unhurriedly, as if he didn't care about the sound just now.
"call--"
Knowing that it was a false alarm, everyone couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief. The three people in front seemed to be exhausted, lying on the ground sweating profusely, breathing heavily, looking like they were surviving a disaster.
Zhang Meng and Li Youji, who were lying behind, remained motionless and fully alert. The latter didn't care at all about the shouts and curses of the thin man in his hands, hiding behind him and staring straight ahead.
Until fifteen seconds passed, there was still no movement in front of them. Seeing this, the two of them felt relieved and got up from the ground.
However, even so, Zhang Meng still had doubts and did not step forward. Instead, he frowned and said, "Did you hear the sound just now?"
"Um."
Li Youji looked cold and kicked the thin man on the ground who kept calling her a "bitch". Seeing that the latter had lost two teeth, he nodded with satisfaction and said slowly, "That voice is very abnormal. Listen to it."
It seems like some kind of mechanism has been triggered. Logically speaking, nothing should happen."
Her posture at this time was completely different from the one in Zhang Meng's memory.
"You finally showed your true colors..."
Zhang Meng casually glanced at the screaming man on the ground, then narrowed his eyes and looked at Li Youji, "This is the first time I have heard of the difficulty rules of Forest of Steel. It seems that even the Xingyao couple don't know about it. Where did you know about it?
?”
"Don't say it so harshly. No matter it was me before or I am now, it's still me. How can I have any real or fake identity?"
Li Youji covered his mouth and smiled, then his eyes narrowed slightly, staring at Bai Mo's back and said, "Compared to this, what do you think of the guy in front of you?"
"I don't know, but I think it's better to avoid the path he just walked."
Zhang Meng didn't want to step on what Bai Mo had just stepped on.
"Just what I wanted."
Li Youji spoke calmly and turned to look at Zhang Meng, "I know you are very curious about my identity, but it is better to wait until you are alive to explore these things."
"I know."
The issue that everyone needs to be most concerned about now is how to leave the Forest of Steel alive. If you can't even leave alive, everything else is meaningless.
Zhang Meng asked: "But is the rule you mentioned before true?"
"Yes, all challengers must reach the finish line at the same time to open the last 'final door'. I am convinced of this - that is to say, all problems must wait until the 'final door' is opened."
"Yeah……"
Zhang Tao narrowed his eyes slightly and glanced at the others calmly.
Through several previous actions, he has been able to fully conclude that, except for the somewhat mysterious Li Youji around him, everyone else is a burden. He has even thought of abandoning these people more than once.
However, after learning this rule, it meant that he would have to find a way to save the lives of these people, otherwise he himself would not be able to leave alive.
"But it seems that the man in front of you doesn't seem to care at all about what you said."
Zhang Meng thought for a moment, then his expression suddenly changed and he asked suspiciously, "Is there any way that guy can open the final door by himself?"
"It's impossible." Li Youji said firmly.
As she spoke, she shook her head, walked to the corner, lifted up the thin man's collar, and whispered to him: "Sun Zong, you should have heard what we just said, so if you want to live, just cooperate with us honestly, don't
If you hold us back, for the sake of our relationship, I will try my best to take you out alive, you know?"
I know Nima!
The thin man nodded quickly, but he was cursing in his heart. He thought that the bitch was talking nice, not because he could survive in the end, otherwise he would have been left alone long ago.
He remembered clearly that the way the other party used him as a human shield was done in one go, without any hint of confusion.
Smelly bitch...
"Okay, hurry up and follow the man in front. My intuition tells me that it is easier to survive if you follow him." Li Youji said.
Zhang Meng nodded slightly, he agreed with this point.
However, I was secretly alert in my heart. The woman next to me obviously had some ulterior motives. Even entering the Forest of Steel might be part of her plan...
I have to guard against it.
…
Bai Mo estimated the time in his mind. About thirty minutes had passed since he entered the passage. However, the distance traveled was less than one kilometer, and he was still nine kilometers away from completing the journey.
However, he was not panicked.
The reason why he wanted to enter the library was mainly because he was interested in the library in Boundless City. Now that he had discovered the special creation of the Forest of Steel, he naturally wanted to explore it carefully.
...And he doesn’t think he can’t leave the Forest of Steel within the stipulated time.
At this moment, Bai Mo suddenly stopped and stared forward.
At this time, there was no road ahead, only a silver metal wall, completely blocking the passage. The entire wall was smooth and translucent, like a silver mirror.
However, I don't know if this "mirror" is not polished very finely. The white ink body in the mirror image looks a little distorted, and the expression on his face is also quite strange, as if he is smiling.
Bai Mo looked calm and walked straight towards the wall.
And just when he was about to hit the wall, his eyes suddenly turned cold, and he suddenly stretched out his hand towards the wall, grabbed a cold silver arm, and twisted it back hard.
Strangely, almost at the same time as he exerted his strength, this arm suddenly turned into silver liquid, flowed out from between his fingers, and then re-condensed to form a brand new silver arm——
The owner of the silver arm is none other than Bai Mo in the mirror image.
Bai Mo in the mirror is all silver, even his eyeballs are pure silver. He has a weird smile on his face, tilting his head and looking at Bai Mo quietly.
"Is it really a mirror image..."
Bai Mo seemed to have realized something was wrong, and once again reached out and grabbed the mirror image's arm, pulled it back hard, and actually dragged the mirror image out of the wall.
The mirror image seemed to be caught off guard, and its arm turned into liquid again, obviously intending to repeat the same trick. However, Bai Mo obviously would not give him a chance to escape - his target was never this arm, but had been determined from the beginning.
His released palm instantly turned into a fist, hitting the mirror image's neck with terrifying force.
Fast, accurate and ruthless.
Accompanied by a gust of cold wind, the punch hit hard.
Mirror Image's movements were obviously much slower than Bai Mo's. Even if he had the terrifying ability to turn his body into liquid, he could not avoid the punch in time. The punch hit the vital point, and his entire neck instantly sunk, almost being interrupted directly.
At this time, Zhang Meng and others arrived just in time, and just happened to see this scene, and all of them suddenly felt chills on their spines——
Not to mention what this silver-white thing was, Bai Mo's terrifying punch alone made him and the others feel frightened, and it almost hurt just to look at it.
What's more, the opponent is still hitting "himself"...
"This guy is really cruel to me..."
Everyone sighed in unison.
As expected, Bai Mo's clean blow was effective. As if the mirror image had been hit hard, his entire body instantly flew backwards and was deeply embedded in the wall. Then it turned into silver liquid and squirmed on the ground.
At the same time, a human-shaped hole quietly appeared on the silver wall, which looked exactly the same as Bai Mo's figure, like a passage specially opened for him.
Behind the hole is a soft light and a wide metal corridor, which is undoubtedly a new road.
Bai Mo passed through the human-shaped hole without hesitation and entered the passage behind the wall.
"Quick, follow up!"
Li You behind him changed his eyes, as if he suddenly realized something, and ran over quickly.
However, her reaction was still a little slow after all. As the white ink passed through the wall, the silver liquid on the wall suddenly began to wriggle violently and spread, filling the human-shaped holes again. The silver wall returned to its original state, and the smooth wall gradually reflected the people who came over.
The figure of Li Youji.
"not good!"
Li Youji's heart sank, but she did not panic. Instead, she recalled Bai Mo's actions when facing the mirror image, walked quickly to the wall, and then suddenly stretched out her hand and grabbed a silver arm——
Yes, just like Bai Mo, Li Youji's shadow reflected in the silver wall suddenly came to life at this time and was about to attack her.
However, it must be said that Li Youji's imitation ability is very strong. He almost completely restored Bai Mo's entire process of dealing with the mirror image without any mistakes. He quickly punched the mirror image in the throat and was about to kill him.
However, at this moment, a sudden change occurred——
Li Youji's calm expression suddenly became distorted, severe pain hit him, and he felt as if his entire arm was about to be broken.
The body of the silver mirror image was so frighteningly strong that she felt as if her punch had hit an iron plate, and her bones were about to break.
Hold!
When she pulled back her arm with a grin on her face, a big question mark appeared on her head.
"Why does that guy look so easy? Killing him is like cutting a watermelon, but I can't kill him at all?"
Feeling the huge force coming from the mirror, Li Youji didn't have time to think about it. Her complexion changed slightly, and she suddenly retreated. She turned to the stunned people and said, "Why are you still standing there? Come over and help!"
Everyone looked at each other in shock, and soon thought clearly about the pros and cons of this matter, and gritted their teeth and stepped forward to help.
Fortunately, the silhouettes of other people were no longer reflected in the silver wall. After some setbacks, everyone successfully subdued the mirror image and turned it into silver liquid.
And just like before, a human-shaped hole with the same figure as Li Youji also appeared on the silver wall - this was a passage specially opened for her.
"Sure enough, only after defeating the respective mirror images will the corresponding exits appear on the wall..."
Just as Li Youji was about to think, the figure of Zhang Meng who was closest was once again reflected on the wall, and the human-shaped hole belonging to her on the wall did not disappear, but remained there.
She shouted: "Don't relax, there are six mirror images in total!"
In this way, after ten minutes of twists and turns, with the cooperation of everyone, they finally defeated the mirror images of the six people one by one, and holes belonging to the six of them appeared on the wall one after another.
Everyone was sweating profusely, and the high-intensity fighting made everyone exhausted. Fortunately, they won the final victory and gasped for breath to regain their strength.
Zhang Meng looked at the smooth mirror surface and said with some concern: "Fortunately, only one of these mirror images will appear at a time, so we can cooperate to deal with it, otherwise we might be stuck here."
The silver mirror image coming out of the wall is really too scary. Although its sensitivity is a bit slow compared to the main body, its body is extremely hard, and it can turn into liquid to avoid attacks. It can only be destroyed by hitting its vital points. It is very difficult.
Tangled.
If several of them hadn't acted together and continuously attacked the same key points of the mirror, one person alone would not have been able to fight against the mirror.
"Cooperation is a required course in the Forest of Steel. Maybe we need to work together on every door..."
Li Youji took a breath and said solemnly, "This should be the first door. The strength of the mirror image depends on the main body. We have worked hard to deal with a mirror image, but that guy can easily defeat it alone... His strength is definitely not
Simple."
Zhang Meng looked at her and said meaningfully: "I think you still have something to hide."
"You think too highly of me. Although I conceal my identity, my own strength is not strong, otherwise it can be seen from the mirror image just now." Li Youji explained.
"That's right."
Zhang Meng nodded slightly. The strength of the mirror image can basically correspond to the main body. This can be basically confirmed. The strength of Li Youji's mirror image just now is average, so it can more or less reflect the situation of the main body.
...But he always felt a little uneasy.
"Okay, let's follow up quickly. The man in front can help us explore many problematic roads. It's best not to stay too far away from him."
Not long after, Li Youji's voice interrupted everyone's rest. They needed to follow Bai Mo's footsteps as soon as possible.
Everyone took a deep breath, cheered up, and passed through the wall one by one.
What surprised everyone was that when they entered the passage behind the wall through their respective human-shaped holes, there was a man not far ahead leaning against the wall with his eyes closed, seemingly waiting for them——
