The four words - shut-in, fair-skinned, short, and weak - perfectly describe Mo Shuwan.
Until one day, she boarded the mysterious dimensional bus and gained a group of变态 teammates...
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Zhou Quansheng is still unable to stand up, and the progress bar is not yet at 100%. It is impossible to just leave him here. So, while waiting for him, Mo Shuwan turned around and began to search the room again, leaving no stone unturned.
She examined a tattered map from different angles, then continued the previous topic, saying, "What's the use of being afraid? If he tries to attack us, can we control his mind?"
Zhou Quansheng couldn't help but chuckle. "I doubt anyone can sway his thoughts."
"Since no one can control it, he will still make a move when he wants to. We should resist if we want to, and run away if we can't resist. It's already destined that there are only two paths to take. Thinking about it this way, we don't feel scared anymore."
Liu Dongcheng remained silent, standing to the side staring at Zhou Quansheng. It was clear that he was in a state of readiness to strike at any moment.
Looking at Liu Dongcheng, who was wary of him, Zhou Quansheng said, "You guys are quite interesting."
This time, Mo Shuwan didn't respond to his comment, making it even less likely that Liu Dongcheng would say anything.
Mo Shuwan, who had been looking at the map over and over again, suddenly stopped her gaze on the upper right corner of the map. The map around that area was torn, with only a small strip of paper still tightly connected. If one was not careful, it could easily be torn to shreds.
Mo Shuwan carefully squatted down, placed the map on the ground, and covered the area around the top right corner of the map with her hand. Upon closer inspection, she noticed that the map, which was smaller than her palm, was somewhat strange.
"The walls up here seem even more imposing?"
Mo Shuwan muttered to herself as she covered the small area with her hand. Then she peeked at other places on the map and found that the places with walls were indeed slightly different.
She squatted down to study for more than ten minutes. Zhou Quansheng, who was slumped against the wall, coughed and slowly stood up. Liu Dongcheng, who was staring at him, immediately changed his posture.
"They saved my life this time, otherwise I would probably still be unconscious," Zhou Quansheng explained. "Don't misunderstand, I didn't intend to do anything."
Liu Dongcheng was still staring at him.
Zhou Quansheng then said nothing more.
Mo Shuwan, holding the map, stood up and looked at Zhou Quansheng. "Is there anything you want to say to us? Your medicine should only work temporarily, right? I'm restricted, so I have to protect you temporarily, and you need our protection too. Even though we're only temporarily in the same boat, I think it's okay to reveal some information that has nothing to do with you."
"Can."
Mo Shuwan guessed correctly; Zhou Quansheng's medicine was indeed only a temporary fix. Otherwise, he would have recovered after being injured back then, and wouldn't have been caught by the two of them when he was on the verge of death.
Zhou Quansheng, whose current situation wasn't much better, slowly walked to Mo Shuwan's side and said in a hoarse voice, "Let me see the map."
Mo Shuwan didn't refuse, unfolded the map and moved it closer to him so that he could see it more clearly.
Liu Dongcheng, who was positioned in a way that allowed him to control Zhou Quansheng at any time, also looked down at the map.
“Tear this off; it’s a map of the maze.”
The spot he pointed to was exactly the small piece of map that Mo Shuwan had found strange earlier. In fact, she had already guessed it in her heart. Now that Zhou Quansheng had confirmed it, Mo Shuwan nodded and, instead of listening to him tear off the map, carefully folded the entire map up.
Seeing Mo Shuwan's actions, Zhou Quansheng raised an eyebrow and continued, "What I know so far is that there are some specific places here that can teleport people to specific locations. See that line by the wall?"
The line he was referring to wasn't really a line; it was more like a small shadow.
"Is there a problem?"
“Yes, there is a big problem,” Zhou Quansheng said. “Do you have paper and pen?”
Mo Shuwan took out paper and pen and handed them to him.
Zhou Quansheng slowly walked to the wall and squatted down. He glanced at the blood gushing from his stomach but didn't pay much attention to it. He said to Liu Dongcheng next to him, "I need something to cushion my fall."
Liu Dongcheng walked over directly and raised his arm to Zhou Quansheng, indicating that he should rest his arm on Zhou Quansheng's arm.
Zhou Quansheng didn't say anything, put the paper on the ground, and started drawing lines. "This is the first line. We came in on this line, and the activity area is also in the area of this line. I have been to many rooms, and some of them have the small shadows I just told you about. If you see those small shadows, just go to the wall opposite the small shadow and pass through it to reach the second line."
Mo Shuwan understood Zhou Quansheng's meaning almost instantly. "You mean, everyone else is on a different line, and unless we get to the same line, we won't run into them?"
“Yes, this is where we are now.” Zhou Quansheng circled the first line he had drawn. “The exit of the maze is obviously not on the first line. If we want to find the exit, we must cross these lines and collect the fragments of the maze map.”
After saying that, Zhou Quansheng coughed violently. His lips, which had just regained some color, turned pale again. He didn't dare to be careless and quickly took out the black bottle, poured several pills into his mouth, and only then did he feel a little better.
"I've searched all the rooms on this line, you can leave now."
Mo Shuwan looked at Zhou Quansheng.
Zhou Quansheng had no choice but to add, "Besides this room, you already have that map fragment."
How many map fragments do you have?
"One sheet."
Mo Shuwan hummed in agreement and said nothing more. Since Zhou Quansheng could walk again, they certainly couldn't stay in this room where there were no more clues. However, although Zhou Quansheng said he had searched all the rooms along this route, Mo Shuwan and Liu Dongcheng still decided to search again.
The map fragment that just appeared has been perfectly integrated into the map; who knows where the other map fragments will end up?
Zhou Quansheng didn't say anything about their decision, but he would take out a black bottle and take some medicine every now and then.
More than half an hour later, back in the room where Zhou Quansheng and the map fragments were found, Mo Shuwan finally couldn't help but ask, "Could you sell me some of that medicine?"
"I thought you would keep putting up with it." As he spoke, Zhou Quansheng took a black bottle from his storage space and handed it to Mo Shuwan. "Take this, consider it your reward."
The weight of the bottle and the rattling sound inside confirmed that the bottle was full of pills. She opened the stopper, took out a pill, and was about to put it in her mouth to test its effect when Liu Dongcheng next to her stopped her.
Liu Dongcheng looked disapproving. "That's too reckless."