Chapter 61: The Mirror Beside the Exit!

  "Alright, alright. Lian Yu, don't cry anymore, look at me, I'm fine! Did you think I was dead? Foolish girl, I won't die that easily, I still have to stay and protect you!" Ying stroked Lian Yu's head, constantly comforting her.

  "You're fine, why didn't you say so! I really thought..."

  "Look, there's another fork in the road ahead. I just want to go explore a bit and see if I can find an exit before coming back for you guys!" Ying looked around, "Where's Jingya?"

  Hearing Sheng call out her own name, Jingya excitedly rushed over "Sheng! I'm here!"

  Seeing Jingya walking over, Lianxi hurriedly pushed away the shadow. After all, she was a girl, and being seen like this by others would be embarrassing.

  "The road on the right is a dead end, I walked randomly on the left and found many forks in the road ahead, but didn't encounter any mirrors, so let's head back to pick you up, we should hurry!"

  Lian Yu and Jing Ya nodded slightly and followed closely behind Ying.

  Indeed, after turning around, there were two roads again. The shadow hesitated and chose the road that went straight and turned right.

  "Shadow, is this really the way? I feel like if we keep turning right, we'll end up back at the entrance!"

  "Pitiful evening, just that long ago I indeed took another road. After all, most people would think the exit should be far from the entrance. That road was indeed getting farther and farther away, with countless forks in the road inside. The more I walked, the more I felt something wasn't quite right..."

  "You mean... perhaps the exit is near the entrance?"

  "That's right, wasn't that game of yours almost hopeless? The survival points for that game were 11, but this time it's only 10. It doesn't seem to be that difficult after all. Maybe we've both been thinking too much about the game."

  "That makes sense! Let's keep walking in the direction of the entrance and see if we can encounter a miracle!"

  Lan Yu and Qiao Jia were also moving forward according to their own ideas, they had been wandering around the boundary on the left side of the maze, and it seemed that they would soon reach the edge of the innermost part of the maze. Lan Yu felt an unusual sense of confusion.

  "It seems we really can't catch up with them." Lan Yu walked forward dejectedly, his head hung low. Originally, he still had a thread of hope, but now only disappointment and despair remained.

  "Lan Yu, I believe in you!"

  Although it was just a short four words 'I believe in you!' gave Lan Yu a lot of confidence, Yu Guang looked at Qiao Jia behind him, for her, he must also work hard to find a way out! No matter how dangerous it is, Qiao Jia must survive!

  "What a fork in the road again!" He Zhuang finally spoke up, having walked for so long without encountering any danger, He Zhuang had become numb and relaxed. Su Yunxue, on the other hand, was still drenched in sweat, mixed with some tears, trembling as she followed at the back.

  "Let's split up and act separately!" Blue Rain still said this, although he had a thousand regrets, but separating was indeed the best choice in the current situation.

  "Alright, let's split up then. How are we going to divide the three roads?" He Zhuang's cooperation also gave Lan Yu a glimmer of hope. "You and Qiao Jia definitely can't be separated either, so I'll take her with me, and we'll form one group!" As he spoke, He Zhuang pointed towards Su Yunxue who was diagonally behind him.

  "Yun Xue, what do you think?" Anyway, he still had to ask for everyone's consent, couldn't let the new players feel that he was being too harsh, after all, Lan Yu didn't want to order anyone around.

  Yun Xue nodded and spoke in a trembling voice "Okay... okay. As long as... as long as you don't abandon me... I'm alone... it's fine."

  Very soon, the four of them reached a consensus. "He Zhuang, Yunxue, you two take the left path first, I'll go with Qiao Jia on the right path. If one side is a dead end, quickly return to the original path and take the middle road. Did any of you bring a watch?"

  Lan Yu glanced at the watch on her hand.

  "There's no need..." He Zuo stretched out his wrist.

  "Me... I have..." Yunxue also rolled up her sleeves.

  "In fifteen minutes, no matter where we've gone, let's meet back at this intersection. If you're afraid of getting lost, leave a mark somewhere. If there's nothing to leave a mark with, just throw a shoe! Two pairs of shoes should be enough for you all to get through four intersections..."

  "Lan Yu, this idea of yours is really good! I didn't think of it at all!" He Zhuang rubbed his own head and smiled foolishly.

  The scene really seemed like playing games in an amusement park, but Lan Yu's heart was still very heavy. He Zuoang was participating for the first time and didn't know how terrifying the game was. Lan Yu responded with a forced smile.

  Qiao Jia didn't say much more, this way of distribution naturally conformed to Qiao Jia's wishes, she was unwilling to part with Lan Yu, even if it meant... death, she also wanted to die together with Lan Yu!

  "Well, let's set off!" After saying that, Lan Yu watched as He Zhuang and Yun Xue walked far away. In fact, Lan Yu was really worried in his heart, but there was no way around it. If someone had to die or encounter danger, he only hoped that person wasn't Qiao Jia. If possible, he also wished the dead person wouldn't be himself.

  He Zhuang and Yun Xue turned the corner again and disappeared from their sight. Lan Yu turned his head, grabbed Qiao Jia's hand and said "Dear! Let's set off too."

  Lian Yu, Ying and Jing Ya had been walking for a long time without encountering any forks in the road. Ying's heart was starting to lose hope. "We've walked for so long and still haven't seen any signs of hope. Now we can't even find a fork in the road! Was I wrong?"

  "It doesn't matter if we're wrong, at worst we can just turn back!"

  "It's okay, Ying. You've worked so hard to lead us out, even if we took a wrong turn, we won't blame you." Jinghua quickened her pace and walked up beside Ying, who didn't react. Jinghua looked at Lianxiu with an awkward expression, "Lianxiu, don't you agree?"

  "Yes, don't you have any pressure at all! We've known each other for a long time, and we've been through so many life-and-death tests together, I believe in you!"

  "Don't worry! I'll definitely take you out of here!"

  He Zhuang and Yunxue were advancing without daring to delay, Yunxue occasionally glanced at her watch, looking forward to the time when she would meet with Lan Yu and Qiao Jia, while quickly following behind He Zhuang.

  "Dead end!" After walking for a long time, He Zhuang and Yunxue didn't encounter any forks in the road, and finally reached the end, where they saw the black wall in front of them. Yunxue let out a sigh of relief, at least on the way back there wouldn't be any danger.

  "Or we might as well turn back!" Ying looked somewhat exhausted. As an S-level killer, all his judgments had never gone wrong before, but this time he was uncertain in his heart. He wasn't afraid of death, but he feared that he would disappoint Lian Xi.

  "Shadow! Believe in yourself! If you don't believe in yourself, how can I believe in you?" Lian Xi walked up to Shadow's front, lifted her head and looked into Shadow's eyes.

  Watching the shadow, it seemed that he hadn't listened at all. Lian Xi turned her head and walked towards the depths, passing by the corner.

  The shadow hadn't had time to react, only hearing a miserable cry of "Ah!" from Lian Xi. He ran over like a madman, turned the corner and saw Lian Xi sitting on the ground shivering with fear. On the black wall in front of him stood a mirror taller than a person! Next to the mirror was a wooden door identical to the entrance gate, also bearing two large characters - Exit!