A hand suddenly stretched out, grabbed the wrist of Doma who lost her balance, and pulled her back to the path.
After regaining his footing, Doma exhaled a breath of hot breath, glanced at Lu Li with his brown eyes, and said nothing.
Owen on the opposite side threw the body of the dwarf puppet, and Doma raised his hand to catch it, making way for Frank and Owen to jump over, and then grabbed the two guys who were also leaning forward and almost fell into the swamp.
The wooden sign in the center of the swamp was obviously a trap. When the five people successfully walked to the next door, a narrative voice sounded at the right time to tell them the meaning of the trap.
[You may have lost yourself and forgotten your purpose. But with the help of excellent companions, you have successfully found your own path]
Is that so...
Owen almost understood the purpose of this level.
They don't need to jump to the center of the swamp to read what's on the wooden sign. The door leading to the next level is right in front, so just go there.
This level reminds them that they must focus on their goals when doing things. Distractions and meaningless curiosity may kill themselves.
Especially when conducting an incident as an investigator.
Owen observed the others, Lu Li and Daniel looked calm, Frank was thoughtful, and only Doma didn't want to open the wooden door in front of him and walk into the next level behind it.
I hope she understands but is just too lazy to show it
Owen thought to himself.
…
Bang.
The soft sound of Lu Li closing the door attracted the attention of several people, and then they looked away.
[The maze blocks your way. If you want to pass it, you must have an extremely determined heart]
The first time the narration sounded, Owen looked at Thomas.
Just as he imagined, Thomas tried to use the corpse of the dwarf puppet to smash the high stone wall connecting to the sky.
This is of no use.
"It seems that we can only walk through the maze honestly." Owen analyzed. "But the narrator seems to have given us some hints."
"What did you think of again?" Frank asked in confusion.
If other people had said this, Owen might have thought that they were mocking his previous wrong analysis, but everyone knew that Frank was a very kind-hearted big boy.
"'You must have an extremely strong heart if you want to pass it', this is the narrator's hint. There may be scary and confusing difficulties after we enter the maze, which will make us flinch. So what we have to do is
No matter what, we cannot retreat."
"I like this!" Doma rubbed the weapon in his hand.
"Maybe you are right, we can try." Frank was eager to give it a try.
Lu Li and Daniel never expressed their opinions, so it was like Owen's proposal was unanimously approved.
Owen quickly blocked Doma, who was already rushing to the intersection on the right: "Wait a minute, let's discuss how to go first."
The entrance of the maze is divided into left and right sides, and there must be a fork in the road. Before entering, they must first make sure they encounter a fork and go that way.
"Stay to the right!" Thomas waved the dwarf puppet.
Owen and Frank looked at each other, and the plan was finalized: move along the right wall.
On the way, Owen asked Thomas to leave some marks on the walls of the maze, and then continued forward.
Lu Li was still walking at the end, unable to see anything. He followed Owen and others around the room.
Lu Li, an outsider, couldn't see anything and could only analyze their situation at this time through the exchanges between Owen and others. For example, they saw the marks they left behind.
"We've come around again...?" Frank looked at the mark blankly.
Owen didn't think so. There was a faint emotion called excitement in his eyes: "No, do you still remember that reminder? Be firm... Maybe my guess is right."
"So we just have to keep walking?" Frank asked.
"That's right."
Silent Lu Li looked at the swamp wooden door that was within reach.
They don't know yet that they have come full circle.
The pace of progress never stopped. As time went by, the number of times they passed the mark began to increase, three times, five times, seven times...
Doma's impatience increased at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the confidence on Owen's face began to fade away, replaced by doubts about himself.
Only Frank remains optimistic as always.
Lu Li, who could see through illusions, noticed that as the number of times increased, they no longer just circled in front of the entrance, but began to approach the exit.
At this moment, they have reached the middle of the room. If they continue walking like this, they will reach the wooden door on the opposite side sooner or later.
"This is the fourteenth time we've seen this mark."
Owen, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped. The towering blue-gray walls around them were like prisons, trapping them here. The repetitive monotony of the surroundings made him begin to question his judgment.
"I feel like we've been going in circles."
Frank patted Owen on the shoulder: "But we have to persevere, right?"
"This makes no sense!" Dorma growled, she had had enough of beating around the bush.
Frank asked Daniel for help: "What do you think we should do now?"
"..."
Daniel said nothing.
Frank asked Lu Li again: "Lu Li, what do you think?"
"It will be all right."
"Let's change the direction..." At this moment, Owen stopped insisting on guessing and changed his words: "Let's turn left at the next fork in the road."
Thomas can do anything, as long as he no longer sees the damn mark. Frank hesitated, but still agreed.
So when the next fork in the road appeared in front of them, they turned to the left, and at the same time, a door appeared in front of them.
Excited, Doma quickly walked to the door and opened the wooden door. The scene behind the door appeared in front of everyone, with bubbles of dark purple sludge emitting a putrid stench.
They are back to square one.
Crunch——
The wooden door held by Doma made a grinding sound.
"Um...can I say something?"
Frank stood up cautiously and said: "I think Owen's idea is right. We will return to the starting point because we cannot strengthen our hearts. As long as we move along one side of the wall, we will eventually reach the next wooden door. We are here
During the assessment, the four responsible persons are observing us, we won’t really be trapped here, right?”
Frank's comfort made Owen feel better and made Thomas less impatient. Closing the wooden door of the swamp level, they set off again.
Five times, ten times, fifteen times, twenty times, thirty times... marks continued to appear on the road they passed.
"How long do we have to go?" The dwarf puppet in Doma's hand was about to be crushed to pieces by her.
"You will always make it to the exit." Frank encouraged everyone.
"But it's been thirty times." Owen hesitated.
In this case, everyone's strengths and weaknesses are exposed: Thomas is irritable but surprisingly has strong endurance, Owen is smart but can't completely believe in himself, Frank is kind and friendly but has no independent opinion.
"Lu Li, do you have any idea?" Frank, who couldn't handle it, asked Lu Li for help.
