Cataclysm King

Chapter 47 The Adventurer's Diary
After the skeleton army left, Ji Xun collected the cash scraped from the two corpses on the ground, which added up to more than 2000.

It's almost the wages that were deducted before.

It can be regarded as not owed to each other.

Not knowing if the gunshots would cause any trouble, he didn't dare to stay longer, and followed the traces left by the skeletons to find them.

After walking through several passages, I saw hundreds of skeleton monsters piled up in the passage, and a chopped-up bloody corpse lying on the ground.

It was Laidou Liu.

The body was also found, and all witnesses died, so there was no worries.

At this time, the sound of fighting in the passage was already very intense.

Ji Xun frowned.

After distinguishing that the battle sound came from the nine o'clock direction, he decisively chose the passageway at the three o'clock direction and plunged in, walking all the way to the depths of the maze.

Before, Ji Xun was worried about running too fast and bumping into monsters, but now that there is no threat of skeleton monsters, the road ahead is cleared up all at once.

There is no need to walk in fear like before, and you can still trot all the way.

Moreover, he deliberately chose a corridor with many skeletons.

Skeleton monsters that are not triggered by human hatred are mostly a pile of broken bones on the ground.

Only a few intact ones wander the maze.

Ji Xun completely suppressed his fear fluctuations, and calmly stepped on those skull bones, and nothing happened.

Occasionally, when encountering [Skeleton Commander] and [Elite Skeleton], you will notice some abnormalities and turn your head to look.

Activate the clown mask, and the skeleton leader will immediately lose his target and stand on the spot in a daze.

If it was just skeletons and mazes, Ji Xun felt that the difficulty of this different-dimensional space was much lower than that of 407.

Moreover, the pedestrians in the Governor's Mansion also attracted most of the dangers in the maze.

Even for the mysterious [Keeper of Secrets], Ji Xun gradually had some ideas.

His choice of the corridor with many skeletons was not a whim, but a guess.

The hint of the labyrinth is: This is a different-dimensional space where 30 laborers were killed and resented.

So here comes the question.

Who killed these 30 workers?
Coincidentally, the hint given by the [Secret Keeper] is that it will keep the secret of the tomb and kill all living things.

Could it be the laborers killed by the keeper?
If so, you were killed, will the resentment left behind forget your murderer?
Therefore, he felt that where there were many skeleton monsters, the probability of keeping secrets would be lower.

Of course, what supports this inference still comes from Ji Xun's other judgment: the essence of the different-dimensional space is not to kill people.

He has now learned that there are many modes of different-dimensional spaces in this world.

Pure monster killing, puzzle solving, survival, battle royale, bloody killing, plot, single player challenge, team competition, hell.
Different modes have different ways to break the game.

If encountering the [Keeper of Secrets] means death, then this maze in the Great Cemetery is not a "puzzle-solving mode", but pure luck.

Since it is solving a puzzle, then this monster must have a way to allow those who encounter it to survive.

Ji Xun doesn't know what that "method" is for the time being.

But at present, it seems that it is right to stay in the tunnel with many skeletons.

Ji Xun can think of these things, and some people probably can think of them too.

But others have thought of it, but they may not be able to do it.

At least the group of people in the Governor's Mansion can't.

There are definitely a lot of capable people in the Frost Knight Legion, and maybe there are some people who can keep the San value from fluctuating violently like Ji Xun.

But Governor Cao had too many guards, and it was impossible for everyone to maintain that absolute calmness.

The more people there are, the more targets will attract hatred, but they have to form a group to protect the governor.

So their way to clear the level is to kill monsters and push.

Ji Xun can already see their ending.

All the way to attract monsters, all the way to kill.

The last battle to one soldier.

Moreover, Ji Xun suspects that the reason for triggering the hatred of the skeleton monster may not only be the lower San value.

Even other violent mood swings such as "heroic" and "exhilarating" will also pull hatred.

It's like the reason that when hunters come to the maze to spawn monsters, they will inevitably trigger monsters.

As long as there is a fight, this kind of sanity fluctuation is inevitable.

and so.

No matter what the situation is, the governor and his group are still dead.

But inference is inference.

The life and death of the people in the Governor's Mansion has nothing to do with him. In the end, Ji Xun still has to get out of the maze to survive.

He walked all the way, looking for clues carefully.

In this way, Ji Xun walked leisurely in the maze.

Solving the maze was also one of his favorite entertainment games in his previous life, and he didn't feel any panic when he was trapped.

Without a sense of crisis, the fluctuation of sanity will be small, and the hatred of skeletons will not be triggered.

A virtuous circle.

He went all the way to explore the tunnel with dense skeletons, and occasionally found some glowing bones among the piles of skeletons.

This kind of bone ground into powder is called [Bone Dust], this extraordinary material.

Many undead and dark card productions can be used, and there is a great demand.

It is also the material that this maze produces the most.

But Ji Xun's storage ring has limited space, and it's not worth much if it's full, so if you pick up some, you don't care.

As for killing monsters, he didn't think about it at all.

He didn't think so even after seeing some skeleton elites who were obviously likely to explode good materials and cards.

The best option right now is to do nothing.

Let's wait until all the people in the Governor's Mansion die first.

In this way, it took more than half an hour to walk.

I don't know if he guessed it right, or if he was lucky, he chose to take the passage with many skeletons, but he didn't even meet a [Keeper of Secrets].

Ji Xun has the ability of photographic memory. He walked all the way in the maze, and gradually formed a maze model like a QR code in his mind.

But even so, he always took out his notebook to write and draw.

He is temporarily unsure whether this maze is a physical maze, or a metaphysical one like a ghost hitting a wall.

I'm afraid that some mysterious factors will interfere with my perception.

So go all the way, mark all the way.

Physical notes can be a little more error-tolerant.

Gradually, he also discovered that this maze was indeed ridiculously large.

He just walked all the way, picking up materials all the way, wandering around in this dark maze for a long time, but he couldn't find any sign of getting out.

But it takes an average of three to five days to get out of this maze.

He is not in a hurry.

In addition to skeletons, occasionally encounter something special.

But as he was walking, Ji Xun suddenly stopped looking, and he found a skeleton with an adventure backpack in the corner.

"Another one."

Seeing this monster, Ji Xun raised his eyebrows slightly.

This distinctive skeleton is that of a treasure hunter who was trapped and died in a maze.

Although the different-dimensional space will be refreshed every time someone enters, if the hunter who died in the maze before left something valuable, there is a chance that he will stay in the maze.

It's like an "easter egg".

The passage that Ji Xun chose was less traveled, and the harvest was a little bit more.

I encountered two dead bones before, and found some relatively valuable necromancer materials.

Here comes the third one.

Ji Xun walked over, and just reached out to pick up the backpack, suddenly, the skeleton's bone claws jumped up and grabbed his arm.

This is also a small trap for getting easter eggs.

Usually frightened by this, the fluctuation of San value will attract monsters around.

Ji Xun was also frightened for the first time, but now he is completely indifferent for the third time.

Seeing the skeleton waking up, he didn't even take a second look, and poked the dagger with his backhand on the white skull.

The skeleton also instantly became quiet.

The attack made a few skeletons wandering nearby seem to have noticed something, turned their heads and looked at it with black eye sockets, but the hatred disappeared in an instant.

Ji Xun has already dealt with it very skillfully.

He pulled out his dagger and opened the package next to the bones.

There are some exploration tools such as rope flying claws, which have a strong sense of age and look like the style of decades ago.

There is also a yellowing notebook.

It seems that things are not very valuable, which makes people feel a little disappointed.

But flipping through the notes casually, Ji Xun's eyes were attracted to him.

Only then did I realize that this was something more valuable than treasure.

This is an adventure diary.

Looking at the contents of the note, Ji Xun immediately guessed the identity of this person.

This is not just a treasure hunter, but an adventurer.

"My name is 'Yuri'. I am an adventurer who likes to solve puzzles. I hope that someone who gets my notes will know that I have been here, and I almost solved this maze."

"March 3: I entered the maze of the legendary Necropolis. I found that suppressing my fears reduced the chance of attracting skeleton monsters. This is good news for me, so that I can explore the depths of the maze. here."

"March 3: I reached the depths of the maze, but unfortunately, I found myself trapped"

"."

Seeing this, Ji Xun immediately became interested.

You can discover the monster's hatred mechanism just by yourself, this guy is a master of deciphering.

But after taking notes, he looked even more surprised: "This Yuri also triggered the hidden plot?"

It turned out that it was not the first time.

But someone has triggered it before.

"28th: ​​I finally deciphered the meaning of the Talun ancient texts on the murals, which triggered a hidden plot. Hahaha, I finally discovered an area that no one has ever been to. Oh, it's amazing, this maze is like this The design of the maze. Please allow me not to leave the solution method in the notes. If I write the answer, then no one in this maze will appreciate its exquisite design. If you see my notes, then give you a Prompt word: run."

Seeing this, Ji Xun frowned and chuckled inwardly.

A little hint was given, but not fully written.

Looks useless.

For an ordinary person, I'm afraid I'd have to yell at a broken dog.

But Ji Xun seems to have seen the deep meaning of the words written by the dead bone

It's like reading a novel. Once the suspense is spoiled, the whole story will be eclipsed.Therefore, even if the author is being scolded, he will write some content that looks watery, laying a little foreshadowing.

This notebook is for the adventurer named Yuri to show to his peers, not to some people who can't understand the spirit of adventure.

And if he can't go to the place he has been to even with the reminder, then Yuri also feels that the person who got the note is not worthy of seeing his discovery.

of course.

It is probably because there are no spoilers that this notebook was left here by the will of space.

This is also the "clue" left by the space.

Seeing this, Ji Xun wondered again: "However, what does this 'running' refer to?"

In fact, when he walked the maze before, he had a rough assessment of the difficulty of the maze.

No matter how complicated the layout of the pure two-dimensional maze is, it will never remain unsolved for so many years.

Therefore, the final solution to the maze of the Great Cemetery must be the existence of some special mechanism, or an unexpected design.

Now judging from the contents of the notes, that is the case.

of course.

Even without these notes, Ji Xun is confident that he will be able to find the right way if he spends some time.

For him, the most important clues in this notebook are the recorded contents of Yuri's cause of death.

He looked at it, and his expression gradually became serious.

"April 4: I didn't choose to go back because I knew I couldn't get the perfect pass. But I was getting close. I found another hidden passage in the maze. I avoided monsters and came across a crescent symbol Shimen, I guess behind that door is the final hidden plot in the labyrinth. But the Tarun ancient text on the stone carvings is too esoteric, and it also hides encrypted information, so I tried my best to fail to open it. And there are too many skeleton elites wandering around here and Commander. Even if I suppress my fear as much as I can, I will still find out.”

"Damn it, the strength of the keepers is really terrifying. They are immortal and never tired. The perception distance of monsters is very wide, and there are a lot of them. If you don't pay attention, you will bump into them. The only weak point on monsters , probably because it has dynamic vision like a snake, and its perception of non-moving objects is slow, but this is not enough to keep me alive.”

"April 4th: My injuries are getting worse and my supplies are exhausted. I probably have no chance to go out. What a pity, it's only the last step."

"I have been to this world, my name is Yuri, adventurer Yuri!"

"."

The notes stopped abruptly.

Ji Xun read the entire notebook and finally found the most important information.

That is the key description about [Keeper of Secrets]: dynamic vision!
This is the correct way to open the puzzle-like heterodimensional space.

Give the necessary clues in the dead end.

"The keeper really can't be killed?"

Ji Xun thought about the contents of the notes.

When he looked at Enlightenment before, he thought the word prefixed with monster 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, no matter what level of disaster the keeper is, it will not die.

Put an end to the possibility of high-level hunters killing monsters and pushing horizontally.

Therefore, this is the proper puzzle-solving mode.

Ji Xun also came to a sudden: "No wonder the organizers want to do it here"

Who would have thought that a low-level different-dimensional space would hide the danger of annihilating the entire elite army of the Governor's Mansion?
It really is the best place to murder.

Even without the presence of a killer at all, the monster can eliminate everyone trapped in the maze.

And the "" mark?
Ji Xun saw the symbols on the notes, and suddenly remembered that he had seen such symbols on the cellar wall of Tailor Street before.

Maybe the two are related?

But the most useful information is the description of "dynamic vision".

Knowing this, at least let Ji Xun really encounter the [Keeper of Secrets], and have some ways to deal with it.

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(End of this chapter)