SWNOVELXO Chapter 813 - 813: Summing Up Experience
Chapter 813: Chapter 813: Summing Up Experience
Bai Youwei looked around and asked the man, “Which room did you throw it in?”
“We’ve tried all of them…” the man answered honestly. “Any of the four rooms, it’s all the same. Anything unclaimed that’s thrown in disappears automatically.”
Bai Youwei’s brows knitted together as she asked, “What do you mean by ‘unclaimed objects’?”
The man explained, “Anything that’s left behind by a person, or any marks made by a person, will be considered ‘unclaimed’ by the room after the person leaves, and then… erased…”
Everyone exchanged glances once more.
This was exactly what they had experienced in the Stone Chamber. It turned out the markings Shen Mo made and the batteries Bai Youwei left were determined to be ‘unclaimed objects’ by the Stone Chamber, so they disappeared…
Bai Youwei reassessed the three men before her.
“It seems… you know quite a bit about the maze. Let’s hear it. If it’s valuable information, we might consider taking you with us.”
The man couldn’t wait to speak, “We’ll tell you! We’ll tell everything! Just as long as you agree to take us out, we’ll tell you everything!”
The three men were tripping over themselves to confess.
It wasn’t clear whether it was because they had been trapped in the darkness for too long, but their speech was jumbled. Sometimes a single word could convey their meaning, yet they often repeated and embellished their descriptions, their minds not entirely lucid. When they became agitated, they even burst into tears.
But it was precisely for this reason that Bai Youwei let her guard down a bit.
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To her, these men truly appeared to be suffering the mental breakdown of those trapped for an extended period.
When someone’s broken down like that, where would they find the energy to scheme against others? They would throw themselves at even the slightest hint of hope, mad with desperation!
…
The man with the key was named Mark.
The man holding the leather bag was called Dylan.
And the least talkative and most mentally disturbed was called Slade.
These three claimed to have been sailors, and there were more than a dozen others who entered the labyrinth with them, all dead at the hands of the Minotaur.
The Minotaur was said to possess immense strength, have a taste for human flesh, and move effortlessly in the darkness, making an encounter with it almost certainly fatal.
The sailors had trudged through the maze, suffering losses and losing many lives before they slowly worked out a pattern—
First, as long as they stayed still, the Minotaur would not move.
Second, if they moved, the Minotaur would move an equal number of rooms.
It was like a game of chess; you move a few pieces, and the opponent moves a few as well.
And once they reached a dead end or chose the wrong escape route, they were likely to be caught by the Minotaur.
Once caught, the four doors of the room would lock down, no force able to open them until someone was sacrificed. Only then would the doors open, allowing the survivors to escape.
Their companions died one after another in this way.
At first, when encountering the Minotaur, they would fight together, but as they realized they stood no chance against the beast, they would only run for their lives! They even hoped for others to meet mishaps because the doors would only open upon a death!
The three men Bai Youwei’s group encountered were the final survivors. Knowing they couldn’t defeat the Minotaur, they dared not move carelessly, so they hid in the Stone Chamber, surviving on bread and mountain spring water, enduring an eternity of unending time…
After listening to their stories, Bai Youwei pondered for a moment, “According to what you’ve said… that Minotaur actually knows the exact location of every person in the maze, right?”
“Yes! It knows! It knows everything!” Mark said, “But we don’t know where it is! It’s not fair. We can only tell the direction when it’s far away. If it’s close, like just a room away, echoes of the creature will come from all around, and we can’t tell which way to flee!”