After the skeleton army left, Ji Xun collected the cash scraped from the two corpses on the ground, which totaled more than two thousand.
It’s almost the same salary that was deducted before.
It can be considered that the two owe nothing to each other.
Not sure if the gunfire would cause any trouble, he didn't dare to stay longer and followed the traces left by the skeletons.
After walking through several passages, I saw hundreds of skeleton monsters piled in the corridor, and a mangled and bloody corpse lying on the ground.
It's the leprous Liu.
The body was also found, all the witnesses were dead, and there was no need to worry about anything.
At this time, the sound of fighting in the passage was already very intense.
Ji Xun raised his eyebrows as he listened.
After identifying that the sound of fighting came from the nine o'clock direction, he decisively chose the passage at three o'clock and plunged in, heading all the way to the depths of the maze.
...
Before, Ji Xun was worried about hitting monsters if he walked too fast, but now that there was no threat from skeleton monsters, the road ahead was clear at once.
There is no need to walk in fear like before, and you can still run all the way.
Moreover, he deliberately chose a corridor with many skeletons.
Skeleton monsters that are not triggered by humans are mostly just a pile of broken bones on the ground.
Only a few intact entities wander the maze.
Ji Xun completely suppressed his fear and calmly stepped on those skeletons without any accidents.
Occasionally, when you encounter [Skeleton Commander] or [Elite Skeleton], you will notice something unusual and turn your head to look.
After activating the clown mask, the skeleton leader will immediately lose his target and stand blankly on the spot.
If it were just skeletons and mazes, Ji Xun felt that the difficulty of this extradimensional space was much lower than 407.
Moreover, the people in the Governor's Mansion attracted most of the dangers in the maze.
Even for the mysterious [Secret Keeper], Ji Xun gradually came up with some ideas.
He chose the corridor with more skeletons not on a whim, but on a conjecture.
The hint of the maze is: This is an extra-dimensional space created by the resentment of 300,000 workers who were trapped and killed.
So here comes the question.
Who killed these 300,000 workers?
It just so happened that the [Keeper of Secrets] gave another reminder that it would keep the secret of the tomb and kill all living creatures.
Could it be that they were the workers killed by the secret keeper?
If so, if you were killed, would the resentment left behind forget your murderer?
Therefore, he felt that where there were many skeletons, the probability of the secret keeper appearing would be lower.
Of course, what supports this inference still comes from Ji Xun's other judgment: the essence of extradimensional space is not to kill people.
He has now learned that there are many patterns in the extradimensional space of this world.
Pure monster killing, puzzle solving, survival, battle royale, bloody confrontation, plot, single player challenge, team competition, hell...
Different modes have different ways to break the game.
If encountering the [Secret Keeper] means death, then this cemetery maze is not a "decryption mode", but a matter of pure luck.
Since it is a decryption, this monster must have a way to survive for those who encounter it.
Ji Xun doesn't know what that "method" is yet.
But at present, it seems that staying in the corridor with many skeletons is always the right thing.
...
Ji Xun can think of these things, and some people can probably think of them too.
But if others think of it, they may not be able to do it.
At least not the people at the Governor's Mansion.
There are definitely many capable people in the Frost Knight Legion, and maybe there are some who can keep the San value from fluctuating drastically like Ji Xun.
But Governor Cao had too many guards, and it was impossible for everyone to maintain that absolute calmness.
When there are more people, there are more targets to attract hatred, but they have to unite to protect the governor.
Therefore, their only way to clear the level is to kill monsters and push through.
Ji Xun can already see their ending.
Attract monsters along the way and kill them along the way.
In the end, the battle came down to one soldier and one soldier.
Moreover, Ji Xun suspected that the trigger for the skeleton monster's hatred might not be just the San value.
Even "heroic", "uplifting" and other violent mood swings can also attract hatred.
Just like when a hunter comes to the maze to spawn monsters, the monsters will inevitably be triggered.
As long as there is a battle, this kind of rational fluctuation is inevitable.
so.
No matter what the situation is, the Governor's group is still dead.
But reasoning is reasoning.
The life and death of the people in the Governor's Mansion had nothing to do with him. In the end, Ji Xun still had to get out of the maze to survive.
He walked all the way, carefully looking for clues.
.......
In this way, Ji Xun walked leisurely in the maze.
Cracking mazes was one of his favorite entertainment games in his previous life, so he didn't feel any panic at all when he was trapped.
Without a sense of crisis, the fluctuations in sanity will be small, and skeleton hatred will not be triggered.
A virtuous cycle.
He explored along the tunnel where skeletons were densely packed, and occasionally found some glowing bones among the piles of skeletons.
This kind of bone ground into powder is called [Bone Dust], which is an extraordinary material.
It is used in the production of many undead and dark cards, and is in high demand.
It is also the material that this maze produces the most.
But Ji Xun's storage ring has limited space, and it won't be worth much if it's full. He picked up some and ignored them.
As for killing monsters, he didn't think about it at all.
Even though he saw some skeleton elites who were obviously likely to explode good materials and cards, he didn't think so.
The best option now is to do nothing.
Wait until everyone in the Governor's Mansion is dead first.
Just like that, we walked for more than half an hour.
I don’t know if he guessed correctly or if he was lucky and chose to take the passage with more skeletons, but he didn’t encounter a single [Secret Keeper].
...
Ji Xun has the ability of photographic memory. As he walked all the way through the maze, a maze model like a QR code gradually formed in his mind.
But even so, he would always take out his notebook to write and draw.
He couldn't guarantee whether the maze was a physical maze or a metaphysical maze like a ghost breaking through a wall.
I am afraid that some mysterious factors will interfere with my perception.
So walk along and mark along the way.
Physics notes can have a little more error tolerance.
Gradually, he also discovered that this maze was indeed outrageous.
He just walked all the way, picking up materials along the way, and wandered in this dark maze for a long time without finding any sign of getting out.
But it takes an average of three to five days to get out of this maze.
He wasn't in a hurry either.
In addition to skeletons, we occasionally encounter some special things.
But while walking, Ji Xun suddenly stopped looking and found a skeleton in the corner carrying an adventure backpack.
"Another one..."
Seeing this monster, Ji Xun raised his eyebrows slightly.
This distinctive skeleton is a treasure hunter who was trapped and died in a maze.
Although the extra-dimensional space is refreshed every time someone enters it, there is a chance that hunters who died in the maze will stay in the maze if they have left something valuable with them.
It's like an "Easter egg".
The passage Ji Xun chose was less visited, and the harvest was a bit more.
I encountered two dead bones before and found some relatively valuable undead materials.
This time we encountered a third body.
Ji Xun walked over and just reached out to pick up the backpack. Suddenly, the skeleton's bone claws suddenly jumped up and grabbed his arm.
This is also a little trap to get the easter egg.
Usually frightened by this, San value fluctuations will attract surrounding monsters.
Ji Xun was frightened the first time, but now he was completely indifferent the third time.
Watching the skeleton wake up, he didn't even look at it, and stabbed the white skull with a dagger from his backhand.
The skeleton also fell silent instantly.
The attack made several skeletons wandering nearby seem to notice something. They turned their heads and looked over with dark eye sockets, but their hatred disappeared instantly.
Ji Xun has dealt with it very skillfully.
He drew out his dagger and opened the package next to the bones.
There are some exploration tools such as ropes and flying claws inside, which have a strong sense of age and look like they were styled decades ago.
There is also a yellowed notebook.
It seems that everything is not very valuable, which makes people feel a little disappointed.
But when he casually flipped through the notes, Ji Xun's eyes were drawn to it.
Only then did I realize that this was something more valuable than treasure.
.......
This is an adventure diary.
Ji Xun looked at the contents of the note and immediately guessed the identity of this person.
This is not just a treasure hunter, but also an adventurer.
"My name is 'Yuri', an adventurer who likes to solve puzzles. I hope that someone who gets my notes will know that I have been here and almost solved this maze."
"March 11th: I entered the legendary cemetery maze. I found that suppressing fear in my heart will reduce the probability of attracting skeleton monsters. This is good news for me, so that I can explore the depths of the maze. Got it..."
"March 25: I came to the depths of the maze, but what's worse, I found that I was trapped..."
"..."
When Ji Xun saw this, he immediately became interested.
He can discover the monster's hatred mechanism just by himself. This guy is a master of decryption.
But when he looked at the next note, he was even more surprised: "Did Yuri also trigger a hidden plot?"
It turns out it's not the first time.
But someone has triggered it before.
"28th: I finally deciphered the meaning of the ancient characters on the mural, triggering a hidden plot. Hahaha... I finally discovered an area that no one has ever been to. Oh, it's so amazing, this maze It turned out to be such a design. Please allow me not to leave the solution in my notes. If I wrote out the answer, then no one in this maze would be able to appreciate its exquisite design. If you see my notes, then Here’s a hint for you: run.”
When Ji Xun saw this, he raised his eyebrows and chuckled in his heart.
I gave a few hints, but didn’t write them all out.
It looks useless.
If it were an ordinary person, I would probably curse someone out of context.
But Ji Xun seemed to see the deep meaning of the words written on the withered bones.
It's like reading a novel. Once the suspense is revealed, the whole story becomes eclipsed. Therefore, the author often writes some seemingly watery content and lays out a little foreshadowing, even if he is being scolded.
This notebook was given by the adventurer named Yuri to his peers, not to people who couldn't understand the spirit of adventure.
And if he couldn't reach the place he had been even after receiving the reminder, then Yuri also felt that the person who got the note was not worthy of seeing his discovery.
certainly.
Probably because there are no spoilers, this notebook was left here by the will of space.
This is also the "clue" left by the space.
When Ji Xun saw this, he thought in his mind: "But, what does this 'running'... mean?"
In fact, when he walked the maze before, he had a rough assessment of the difficulty of the maze.
No matter how complicated the maze layout of a pure two-dimensional plane is, it will definitely not remain unsolved for so many years.
Therefore, the final solution to this maze in the cemetery must be the existence of some special mechanisms or an unexpected design.
Now judging from the contents of the notes, that's it.
certainly.
Even without these notes, Ji Xun was confident that he would be able to find the correct move if he took some time.
For him, the most important clues in this notebook were the contents of the cause of Yuri's death.
As he watched, his expression gradually became serious.
"April 2nd: I didn't choose to go back because I knew I wouldn't get a perfect pass. But I was close. I found another hidden passage in the maze. I avoided monsters and encountered a crescent moon sign☾ I guessed that behind that door was the final hidden plot in the maze. But the Talun ancient text on the stone carvings was too profound and also hid encrypted information. I tried my best not to open it. And there were too many skeletons wandering around here. Elites and leaders. Even if I try to suppress my fear, I will still find out..."
"Damn, the strength of the secret keepers is really terrifying. They are immortal and never get tired. The monsters have a very wide sensing range and there are many of them. If you are not careful, you will hit them. The only thing on the monster that can be considered a weakness is , probably because it has snake-like dynamic vision and slow perception of non-moving objects, but this is not enough to keep me alive..."
"April 5th: My injuries are getting worse and worse, and my supplies have been exhausted. I probably have no chance to get out. What a pity, it's obviously only the last step..."
"I have been in this world before. My name is Yuri, adventurer Yuri!"
"..."
The note stopped abruptly.
Ji Xun read the entire notebook and finally found the most important information.
That’s the key description of [Keeper of Secrets]: dynamic vision!
This is the correct way to open the puzzle-like extra-dimensional space.
...
"The secret keeper really can't be killed?"
Ji Xun pondered the contents of the notes in his mind.
When he looked at Enlightenment before, he thought the monster prefix was an exaggerated adjective, but he didn't expect it to be a realistic word.
It should belong to the "space rules".
Just like the wall here, the secret keeper will never die no matter what level of disaster it is.
It eliminates the possibility of high-level hunters killing monsters and pushing them sideways.
Therefore, this is the serious puzzle-solving mode.
Ji Xun also suddenly realized: "No wonder the planners want to take action here..."
Who would have thought that a rudimentary extra-dimensional space could actually contain dangers that could wipe out the entire elite army of the Governor's Mansion?
This is indeed the best place to murder.
The monster can kill everyone trapped in the maze without even requiring the killer to come forward.
And the "☾" mark?
Ji Xun saw the symbols on the notes and suddenly remembered that he had seen such symbols on the wall of the tailor street cellar before.
Maybe the two are related?
But the most useful information is the description of "dynamic vision".
Knowing this, at least Ji Xunzhen had to encounter the [Secret Keeper] and had some ways to deal with it.
