Endless Silver Machine

Immediately afterwards, the "Maze Exploration" lasted for two days, using the central square of Shigezuki Academy as the venue and held within a closed barrier.

To the outside world, the "Moonflower Festival" of Shigetsutsu Academy only lasts for one day, which is the first day of the festival. The "maze exploration" on the second and third days will not be open to the public.

Shuoyue Academy has returned to its normal atmosphere, and unrelated persons are not allowed to enter or leave Shuoyue Academy at will.

First-year students are not eligible to participate, and the competitions for sophomores and juniors will be held on two days respectively.

Each day's competition is limited to six hours. At the end, regardless of whether the maze is cleared or not, the groups within the barrier will be forcibly removed from the barrier.

Some of the instructors stayed in the central square, ready to deal with various accidents during the competition.

The so-called "maze exploration" uses special barrier-type magic tools to develop a simulated environment. Each class is divided into five groups. There is no limit on the number of groups, and the group members are limited to students in the class.

The maze environments within the barrier vary. Even though two forests look the same on the outside, the details inside are completely different.

The prerequisite for the team's victory is not only to leave the maze, but also to activate four pedestal devices randomly set at different locations, so relying on strength or brute force to rush forward is not a feasible method.

Each maze is connected to each other by a teleportation magic circle, and the teleportation destination is randomly designated. Clearing the opponent's maze is also determined as a victory.

At the same time, as a double insurance, each person is also issued a small pendant-type magic tool, which can be activated in an emergency to leave the barrier, which also means voluntary abstention.

"It really turned out like this..."

There are twenty-two students in the twin class, which would be two more students if divided equally.

Aika, Luoluo, Ling and Wei Xi, it seems that it has become a conclusion in everyone's mind that these four people will form a group.

The strength of this group is very clear to the students who have been together for half a year, so a weak group was expanded to six people.

Looking at his familiar companions, Aika smiled bitterly.

"We must have been alienated by everyone..."

Although it was very reassuring to be in such a group, when everyone had no objection to the self-evident results, Luo Luo was indeed a little worried.

"If the scores from this competition will not be counted into the final class total score of the 'Moon Flower Festival', but will be regarded as individual scores, they will probably change their minds."

Ling told Luoluo the real reason for this result.

"Everyone seems to have high expectations for us..."

Wei Xi waved her hand sheepishly and responded to the calls from the students around her.

"Our class depends on you!"

"Ling, we have fought until now because of your words, so we must not lose in the end!"

"Originally I wanted to average out my strength to increase the possibility of winning, but in the end it was safer to make a breakthrough."

Luoluo's worries were completely unnecessary. Instead, they gathered the hope of the whole class.

"Hey, hey, hey, don't put such a big burden on them before the game starts."

Qiu Ke suppressed everyone's excitement with one sentence.

"We will definitely work hard for the sake of the class, and everyone must also work hard until the end! It would be great if we could meet at the finish line together."

"oh--"

As soon as the relieved Luoluo finished expressing his position on behalf of his group, the boys' voices resounded in the preparation room of the twin class.

While serving as a member of the Gemini Class organizing committee, Luo Luo's popularity among boys seems to be growing rapidly.

Coupled with the good relationships that have been built among the girls, her popularity in the twin class may be second only to Qiu Ke.

Ling and Wei Xi are also equally popular, but Luo Luo also naturally has a motherly feeling, so she may be even better.

The above comments and speculations come from her brother.

Maybe it was because he was more partial to Luoluo, but Aika didn't take the strange idea that suddenly popped up in his mind seriously.

"Do you just wear this thing on your belt like that?"

Ling was referring to the pendant-type magical device used for emergency escape. Both she and Wei Xi tied this small thing to their wrists.

"Put it here, it will be handy if you really need to use it."

Although this kind of magic tool is distributed every year, the opportunity to actually use it seems to have never appeared.

Of course, this was only what he heard from other classmates. To be on the safe side, Aika did not ignore this little magic tool.

Lolo returns here from other circles.

"It's about to start."

"I'm not too nervous. It's obviously a very important game."

"Actually, Sister Ling and I feel the same way."

Luoluo put his hand on his chest and felt the steady beating in his chest.

"Compared with not knowing what will happen next, such a game is more reassuring."

Aika didn't become nervous either. Maybe the only one who was really nervous was Wei Xi who always took it seriously.

"I-I'm not nervous either..."

"Such a smile is completely unconvincing."

Luoluo knelt down and gently rubbed Wei Xi's stiff smile.

"I want to say something rude." Ling said this to Aika, "I wasn't very nervous just now, but after I noticed that you were here, I didn't feel that way at all. It seems that I always feel nervous wherever you are. Something is going to happen.”

"This statement is really disrespectful, and my heart is deeply hurt."

"Then I'm really sorry."

There was no sincerity in what Aika and Ling said, they just started quarreling out of habit out of boredom.

"Is everyone ready?"

Qiu Ke's energetic voice focused everyone's attention on her.

"Remember, no matter what the result is, just have fun with the process! But I don't mean to let you relax!"

The preparation time left for each class is almost over, and the whole class must now gather in the central square.

Qiu Ke is in the same group as Abby and Xixi, and is also a highly anticipated group, but there is no trace of anxiety from her.

Aika admires this aspect of Qiu Ke very much. Is his outstanding leadership ability innate or developed in Shuoyue Academy?

He planned to find time to ask her for advice after the "Moon Flower Festival" was over.

Leaving the preparation room of the twin class, students from the other three classes also passed by in twos and threes.

"Ah, classmate Luoluo!"

From the crowd, a voice greeted Luoluo.

The other person was a boy in the same grade that Aika didn't know. He waved to this side in the crowd and walked towards the two of them through the crowd.

"your friend?"

Aika asked Luoluo quietly. She did not show any confusion because she was suddenly stopped.

"He is the organizing committee member of the Aries class, probably... a friend..."

Luoluo expressed some hesitation at this statement.

They probably met at the organizing committee, and Aika felt a little relieved.

The boy came to the two people who stopped and first introduced himself to Aika.

"First meeting, classmate Aika, I am Brad Rossi from the Aries class. Please give me your advice."

When she first saw Brad, Aika felt a slightly different feeling from him than other people.

After he reported his family's surname of "Roxi", Aika immediately found the source of that strange feeling.

It’s that inexplicable sense of confidence.

"Hello……"

His identity made Aika wary. It is said that the Fu family has a considerable status in the Bisi Empire, and what happens in August will also reach their ears.

"It seems that there may be some small misunderstandings between us." Brad said, raising his hands to show the hostility that he did not have. "Although our family is a family with the surname Fu, at least I am not your enemy."

Classmate Luoluo knows, right? He looked at Luo Luo who was nervously looking at the tense situation between the two.

Ling and Wei Xi noticed that the two of them did not follow, and it was not convenient to approach them in this atmosphere, so they could only watch from a short distance away.

"Brother, classmate Brad probably won't do anything to us."

Luoluo also affirmed his attitude.

"Have you known this for a long time?"

Luo Luo seemed to have had contact with him knowing that his identity had been exposed, and Aika became a little anxious.

"It was Brad who proposed it on his own initiative. He also promised me that we would not consider each other's family status in the academy."

"As Luoluo said. Can't you let down your guard against me now, Aika?"

"If he had an agenda against us, he wouldn't have identified himself in the first place."

Now that Luoluo is so sure, Aika can't continue to maintain such an attitude towards him.

There was still a hint of unhappiness in Aika's heart.

Why can Luo Luo trust him to this extent? Were they really just in contact during the organizing committee?

"Aika, Lolo, and Brad, what a rare combination."

Leilu, who was also in the Aries class, came to the three of them quietly. None of them noticed that Leilu had been here since then.

"Then I'll take the first step."

Now that Leilu, an outsider, appears here, there is no way to continue the topic just now.

Brad gave a slight greeting to the two of them, and then strode towards the meeting place.

"What did you and Brad say?"

Leilu didn't seem to hear the conversation between the three about their family background, and Aika felt relieved a little.

"It's just that we met by chance."

"Is that all?"

"Um."

"Ah... I have to go. Brad and I are in the same team."

Leilu didn't seem that interested in this topic, and Aika dealt with it easily.

Looking at Leilu's back as she trotted away in a hurry, Aika calmed down a little.

"elder brother……"

"What's up?"

He realized that his tone was a little harsh, and this emotion must have been noticed by Luo Luo.

"I'm sorry, I never told you about Brad..."

"It doesn't matter. I don't have to know everything about you."

"Hey, what happened?"

After Brad and Leilu left, the two men who were watching not far away returned to them.

Ling could tell at a glance that Aika was in a bad mood.

"Let's talk about it after it's over."

There was no one else around, and there was really no time to explain what had just happened.

Aika doesn’t want to mention this matter anymore.

"Then you must tell us everything after it's over."

"Brother Aika looks a little strange..."

Wei Xi said very worriedly.

"It's not a little bit, it should be very strange. Anyone can see it."

Moreover, there is another person who becomes strange.

Lolo, who was treated with a cold attitude by Aika, rarely walked side by side with Aika, but followed him in frustration.

At the moment when neither of them explained anything, Ling couldn't think of the reason.

Teacher Letika was walking back and forth anxiously at the entrance. As a class teacher, she could not leave here to look for the four people who had not come yet.

"late!"

"I'm sorry, Teacher Letika, I was delayed a little bit on the way..."

Luoluo quickly apologized to Teacher Letika on behalf of everyone.

"I barely made it. You guys hurry up to the meeting place, the second row on the left."

Teacher Letika hurriedly explained and pushed them into the central square.

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