This is a huge man-made maze. What surprised Zhao Chen was that there were actually some herbivorous elves living here.
They shuttled back and forth among the lush leaves of the bushes, watching the intruders' movements curiously.
Obviously, this is not the first time they have seen humans here.
Zhao Chen didn't pay attention to them, but relied on his own intuition. Except for encountering two dead ends along the way, it was quite smooth.
This maze is very large, with cameras installed at regular intervals along the way. Even the end of every dead end is under close surveillance.
There are no hints in the maze, which means that to reach the end, you can only rely on the luck of the intruder.
But Zhao Chen didn't think so. He walked intermittently for several hours and finally stopped to rest at a resource point.
Before entering, he learned from Ye Changxin that the maze was very large, and even if he followed the correct path, it would take him a day to reach the end.
This makes it even more difficult for an African with a dark face.
Zhao Chen didn't think his luck was that good, but obviously, if he couldn't find the right path, it would be possible to be trapped in this maze for a month.
But this defeats the original purpose of this assessment.
As the saying goes, all questions have answers, and this maze must also have a corresponding solution.
Zhao Chen suddenly thought of the second rule he saw before——
"Only by solving the puzzle can you get the key to the door."
What does this sentence mean? Zhao Chen doesn't know.
But when he moved forward a little further and stood in front of a sunflower monster, he knew what that sentence meant.
The sunflower monster took out a note from behind with its leaf-like hands and handed it to Zhao Chen.
Zhao Chen took it and saw it read: "Task 78: Make the Sunflower Monster happy."
Zhao Chen was stunned for a moment, and before he could react, he saw the sunflower monster lying down on the grass, supporting its head with its leaf-like hands, and looking lazily at Zhao Chen.
That look seems to be saying: Come on! Please start your performance!
Zhao Chen twitched the corners of his mouth, recalling information about elves like the Sunflower Monster in his mind.
Sunflower monster, Sun Pokémon, attribute grass, evolved from sun seeds through sun stones. It can convert sunlight into energy. It will run around lively during the day when the temperature is high. Once the sun sets, it will take root and stay in place.
The ground stopped moving.
Such an elf seems to be interested only when facing the sun...
Zhao Chen thought deeply, but he had been gone for a day, and it was already evening and it was almost dark. Where could he go to get sunlight?
Looking at this sunflower monster again, because the sun was setting, it was lying on the ground with a sad face, pretending to be dead.
In this case, it seems that we can only wait until the sun comes out.
Zhao Chen thought this way, then packed up the food and prepared to rest where he was.
This was the first puzzle he encountered, and he had to at least try to figure it out.
Zhao Chen took out a few berries obtained at the previous supply point, a ham bread and a bottle of pulse from his pocket.
As the maze goes deeper, the items at the supply points will also change.
Sometimes it will just be a few pieces of dry silk and mineral water, sometimes it will become rich ham bread and popular drinks on the market, and occasionally there will be a few brightly colored tree fruits inside.
Although tree fruits are the food source for most elves, to humans, tree fruits are just like ordinary fruits, and there will be no benefit from eating them.
But, is it normal to have tree fruits in this maze?
Obviously, it's not normal.
This is a very obvious reminder to gamers.
In this maze, no elves or props are allowed, and you can only rely on the trainer to navigate.
However, there are a large number of ordinary elves living in this maze. They have been trained not to actively attack or help humans, but they will follow humans out of curiosity.
Thinking of this, Zhao Chen looked back at the bushes not far away.
That little guy...does he really think he didn't notice it?
Zhao Chen couldn't help but was speechless. When the Bulbasaur saw that he had been discovered, he quickly covered his eyes with a vine whip and moved to cover his ears, as if this way he would not be discovered by the human.
Zhao Chen smiled and said to Bulbasaur: "Here you go, little guy!"
As he spoke, he threw a fruit out.
The round, blue fruit rolled along the grass to the side of the bush.
When Bulbasaur saw this, he didn't care whether he was discovered or not. His vine whip quickly grabbed the fruit and threw it into his mouth.
While tasting the fresh and sweet pulp, I made a sound of "seed".
The sunflower monster lying over there raised his eyes and glanced this way when he heard the movement, then slowly stood up and moved his base towards Zhao Chen.
Zhao Chen glanced at it and asked without surprise: "You want to eat it too?"
The sunflower monster nodded, then stood still, looking longingly at the fruit in Zhao Chen's hand.
Upon seeing this, Zhao Chen directly threw an ordinary orange fruit over, and the sunflower monster happily took it, grabbed it with his leaf hand and put it into his mouth, with a happy smile on his face.
After eating, it stared longingly at the pulse in Zhao Chen's hand.
Zhao Chen followed its gaze and was quite surprised. He raised his eyebrows and said, "Do you still want to drink this?"
There were only three berries in total. I ate one on the way to satisfy my craving. I just gave another Bulbasaur, and the one I gave to the Sunflower Monster was the last one.
The sunflower monster understood Zhao Chen's words and nodded quickly with its big head.
Zhao Chen hesitated for a moment, looked at the half-drunk Pulse, and finally stepped forward and poured Pulse into the sunflower monster's open mouth.
Sunflower Monster has never drunk such delicious water.
As an elf in the form of a plant, sunlight and water are two indispensable parts of its life.
After drinking the pulse, Sunflower Monster felt that he was "alive" and a big smile appeared on his face.
Without waiting for Zhao Chen to speak, it took out a box from the grass behind and handed it over.
Zhao Chen took it and as soon as he opened it, he saw a key lying quietly in the box.
Zhao Chen:......
It’s really straightforward to solve the puzzle and get the key!
The Sunflower Monster was so happy that he returned to the place where he lay down after drinking the pulsating bottle.
Zhao Chen just twitched the corner of his mouth and prepared to rest where he was for the night.
After the Bulbasaur saw Zhao Chen sleeping after eating the fruit, he hesitated and fell asleep in the bushes with his short hands in his hands.
After a speechless night, Zhao Chen was woken up by a burst of hot temperature early the next morning.
As soon as he opened his eyes, he felt the pocket with the light stone on his chest trembling twice.
But soon, the round white stone returned to calmness, but there was still a warmth on it, proving that Zhao Chen was not dreaming just now.