In the gray mist maze, under the guidance of some mysterious forces, Team Rose and others had just completed about 60% of the layout, and mercenary teams began to approach the area.
Luo Chen was so decisive that he asked Blood Crystal to throw all the attackers into the gray mist maze for "training". If they passed the test, they would ask if they were willing to surrender, and if they didn't, they would kill them.
It's a pity that not a single person has passed the level...so they all stay in the maze and become a hindrance to others who come after them.
After all the arrangements were completed, the mercenary teams here were discovered one after another. Except for a few elites who passed the examination and were willing to join, they had to stay away from the Griffin City-State temporarily to save their lives.
At first, Luo Chen thought about whether to pack up all the mercenaries and take them away, and then slowly train them.
But soon, he gave up. It was unnecessary and it was easy to add variables.
Anyway, he will soon be able to occupy the world's first "village".
The slave contract is strong, but it is not omnipotent, especially for those who are willing to sacrifice their lives for their beliefs.
Never be superstitious about equipment. Even if you have the Box of Creation, even if you have access to the vast blue spirit market, at every level, there are still many precious items that cannot be reproduced.
At this moment, the outer edge of the gray mist maze was already surrounded by densely packed troops. The troops, with an average life strength of 7 or 8 awakened levels, raised the flag of the Griffin City State and completely sealed off the surrounding area.
At the same time, it is also forbidden for anyone in the army to enter the maze. Several mobile teams composed entirely of grassroots backbones, at least at the level of intruders, patrol at all times to prevent soldiers from rushing into the maze.
However, in many cases, it is completely impossible to guard against it. Some soldiers began to fall into depravity when they heard some lingering sounds leaked from the gray fog maze while they were sleeping.
At the earliest, hundreds of soldiers rushed into the maze madly during the breaks in patrols...
Since then, I have never seen them come out again.
And in the maze, there are still only those chaotic flesh and blood monsters, and the end... can be imagined.
Fortunately, after those soldiers fell and fled, this phenomenon rarely happened again. Many careful soldiers and officers even found that their spirits were a little better than before they came here?
However, just because the Griffin City-State has sealed off this place, it does not mean that no one enters the Gray Mist Maze.
It is difficult for the miscellaneous soldiers who do not have the vision to unite the legion to stop the infiltration of high-ranking powerful men.
Some forces with ulterior motives in the Griffin City-State, spies from other city-states, ambitious thieves who firmly believe that there are treasures buried deep in the maze, and...
Students from other universities.
Originally, Luochen didn't care about a few students and didn't want to delay his plan, so he didn't care.
However, a student nicknamed Magician, who came from an unknown school, caught his attention.
He is the original source of the rumors about the Star Tower deep in the maze... Well, Luo Xueqing's divination is quite credible.
So, Luo Chen created another clone, and as a student of a certain school, he infiltrated the group of professionals in the Griffin City State.
Then, he was surprised to find that the number of students who had infiltrated the Griffin City-State was more than he thought, and they were... quite good at playing!
According to incomplete statistics, about one-tenth of the publicly powerful people in the city-state were killed by Li Daitao.
You know, professionals have only just arrived in this world for two months!
The most outstanding one is the professional team led by the nickname Faceless, who used some means to replace three or four elders of the Privy Council.
Indirectly controls one-third of the military power of the Griffin City-State.
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The old man in the dark gold academic uniform, who is called a sage by the world, successfully arrived outside the gray fog maze under Luo Chen's expectant eyes.
Soon, the eager bachelor and sage walked toward the maze, escorted by more than a dozen people.
[The "Sage" who is well-known in this world, his data can barely be regarded as the racial limit of human beings in this world, right? 】
Of course, in the history of every race, there will be some monsters that exceed the upper limit of race values and are difficult to infer using common sense.
The Bachelor Sage stood at the door of the maze, observing everything in the maze.
The dark golden walls glowed with a strange sheen that looked like metal and jade. A faint gray mist clung to the walls, churning constantly, but never strayed away from the dark golden jade walls.
[Substances that have never been seen before...]
The scholar and sage frowned slightly. Just standing at the door, he could vaguely hear traces of indescribable mysterious sounds. It was extremely mysterious and intoxicating, and he tried hard to explore its secrets.
"It's really evil!"
The bachelor sage slowly exhaled and said to the guard next to him, "Praise the truth, have you ever tried to destroy the maze?"
"Back to Sir Sage, we have already tried this on the fifth day we were stationed here, but unfortunately, even the heroic leader of the griffon legion and his griffons were unable to destroy this maze at all.
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"I understand." The Bachelor Sage exhaled slowly with a calm expression. This answer was not too unexpected. "You guys step back and I'll give it a try!"
"Yes, sir!" The guards stepped back more than ten meters without hesitation. They had already heard about this sage's abilities and were not surprised at all.
A book appeared in front of the bachelor sage, turning the pages slowly, and a golden knight's spear quickly condensed out, shot down instantly, and hit the floor of the maze.
However, apart from wisps of gray mist rippling slowly and a halo of light spreading around, there was not even a sound of metal hitting.
As if being swallowed up...
There was a trace of solemnity on the face of the bachelor sage, his eyes were staring at the depths of the maze, and he whispered: "It seems that we can only go in and take a look."
However, even though he was thinking this, he did not act immediately. The book in front of him was flipped gently, and a simple copper whistle emerged, with the characters arranged in order, and quickly disappeared into it.
A few minutes later, the scholar and sage picked up the copper whistle and blew it gently.
"Chirp..."
An extremely majestic creature that resembled a goshawk was condensed. His eyes stayed on the scholar and sage for a few seconds. He nodded as if in understanding, swallowed the copper whistle, and galloped away into the distance.
"You can stay here, I can go in alone."
The Bachelor Sage rejected the escort's request to accompany him: "If you go in, I will be distracted from protecting you."
"Moreover, I need you to stay and help me receive the other sages who are coming. I believe that their arrival will bring new opportunities for deciphering the maze!"
Although the guards were extremely reluctant, they were far behind in terms of status and strength compared to the Scholars and Sages. In the end, they could only watch the Scholars and Sages in silence as they walked into the maze:
"Praise the truth and wish you good luck!"
The bachelor sage returned the courtesy, then strode into the maze resolutely and disappeared into the faint gray mist.
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Deep in the gray mist maze, the bachelor sage once again used a fireball to smash a mass of rotten flesh creatures. He looked up at the gray maze and frowned slightly:
"The whispers are becoming more and more frequent, and the stability of the energy released has fluctuated. I need to find the end point as soon as possible."
"This maze is very strange. Not only can the magic mark not stick to it, but it can also blind the mage's spiritual sense. Fortunately, I sent them a notice before entering."
"It should be...not a big problem!"
The bachelor sage added a meditation technique to himself, followed the inspiration in the dark, and headed towards the depths of the maze:
"I want to see what kind of sin is blaspheming life!"
As one of the strongest people in this world, one of the sages who truly leads the development of many city-states, he is quite confident in the power he possesses.
Until, he followed the maze and saw a monster that did not belong to this world...
At the end of the maze, the gray fog rolled violently, and a blood-colored eye slowly emerged, making a strange sound:
"Gulu gulu (good lunch, do you want some snacks?)..."
"Boom!" The scholar sage seemed to have been hit hard, and the incomprehensible voice filled his mind.
【What kind of monster is this?】
The moment the incomprehensible, indescribable, and incomprehensible sound of terror sounded, the entire sea of consciousness seemed to be on fire in an instant.
The spiritual sense belonging to the mage was frantically warning him not to look directly at the thing in front of him!
"Bang!" The bachelor sage knelt on one knee, looked down, grabbed the ground with both hands, and gasped violently.
The illusory spell scroll was just halfway condensed when it collapsed with a friendly "Would you like some snacks?"
At the same time, the academic sage who suffered the backlash spat out a mouthful of blood and lay on the ground. His right hand was stained with blood and slid on the ground.
The only thing the scholar and sage could do, knowing that he was powerless to resist, was to leave a reminder:
His fingers trembled slightly, trying to leave a few bloody words on the ground. Unfortunately, before he could finish writing, his consciousness completely collapsed.
The moment he fell, his body began to squirm crazily, as if some terrifying creature was about to burst out of his body.
"Tsk, tsk, the song of the past with the highest intensity, with the blessing of the Ancient God and the Trace of Mist, is really terrifying!"
Luo Chen's figure emerged from the mist, and he patted the evil eye: "Okay, let's turn off the ability. He is still useful. It will be quite troublesome if it is contaminated."
His eyes were so intimate that he rubbed Luo Chen's cheek, and said kindly: "Gulu!"
Luo Chen picked up the scholar and sage who had stopped changing, and found the blood stains he left on the ground. A slightly meaningful smile suddenly appeared on his face.
Soon, a bloody tentacle stretched out from the mist, changing into the shape of the bachelor's sage's fingers, and continued to fill in the unfinished words he had written.
A warning written in blood: Don't... stop!
【Well, I am indeed a good person who is willing to help others! 】
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At the military camp outside the Griffin City-State, Luo Chen's team changed shifts and left the Blackwater Dungeon where the old derivatives were imprisoned.
After going through strict procedural testing and confirming that everything was fine, Luo Chen took the leave approval note and rode a wildebeest to the Griffin City-State.
He didn't hate intrigues, but when his strength was overwhelming and the required data collection was completed, he had no need to continue procrastinating.
【If they are not willing to serve me, then send them away from this world.】
Luo Chen thought indifferently, it was just a bunch of fish, it was either surrender or die, it was that simple.
[Just remember to let the magician with the city defense map "accidentally" go. 】
"Faceless team who wants to do business?" A sneer appeared on Luo Chen's face, "Although I am not short of money, I don't like using money to buy things that belong to me!"
Luochen rode a wildebeest and slowly headed towards the Griffin City. Deep in the black shadow reflected in the sun, a long white hair was already ready to move.
And shortly after he left the military camp, a huge figure loomed in the clouds above the military camp.
"So, how do we win over people's hearts? Give help when it's time?"
"That's a good idea."
"Who will command those monsters?"
An elegant young man holding a feather fan stood up and said, "I'll do it!"
Standing high in the clouds, under their feet, a huge beast with no visible edges was quietly staying in mid-air, serving as their foothold.
Although the appearance of professionals and the replacement of many authoritative people in the Griffin City State surprised him, it did not have much impact on his subsequent actions.
It's nothing more than killing a few more people...
No matter who you are, either become your own person or please leave this world.