Ye Ling carried the unconscious Duan Yu on her back and struggled forward in the dark and winding maze.
The dim light barely outlined the contours of the passage, and the metal walls reflected a cold light.
The air was filled with a stale smell, a mixture of engine oil and dust, which made people feel depressed and uneasy.
Although Ye Ling had easily won the previous battle against Ma Ge's group of "pig teammates", he did not dare to take it lightly at all.
She knew very well that although Ma Ge and his gang were not very strong, they were full of shady tricks and were especially good at setting traps to deceive people.
Thinking of this, Ye Ling couldn't help but complain: "These guys are not good at fighting, but they are professionals at digging holes. They are simply the rat spirits in the ruins!"
Ye Ling took every step extremely cautiously, as if she was stepping not on a metal floor but a landmine that could explode at any time.
She was always alert to her surroundings, keeping her eyes and ears open, for fear that she would accidentally trigger the "surprise" left by Ma Ge and the others.
The maze passages are intricate and complex, like a huge spider web. If you are not careful, you will easily get lost.
Relying on the vague memories left over from her previous exploration and her super perception comparable to radar, Ye Ling successfully avoided several obvious traps.
"Tsk tsk tsk, this trap is too childish, right? Do you really think I'm a three-year-old kid?" Ye Ling looked at an obvious tripwire trap at the corner of the passage and curled her lips in disdain.
She slid deftly around the trap and continued on her way.
After turning another corner, Ye Ling found a seemingly ordinary metal plate on the ground, but she keenly noticed that the color of this metal plate was slightly different from the surrounding floor, and there seemed to be a tiny gap at the edge.
"Haha, a trick? A mere trifle!" Ye Ling sneered in his heart and saw through this clumsy disguise at a glance.
This is clearly a pressure plate trap!
She carefully stepped around the metal plate and continued forward.
Along the way, similar traps appeared one after another, including tripwire traps, pressure plate traps, poison gas spray traps, etc., but they were all identified and cleverly resolved by Ye Ling one by one.
"Brother Ma and his gang are really putting a lot of effort into this! Unfortunately, they ran into a bug-like existence like me, and your conspiracy is doomed to fail!" Ye Ling was secretly proud in his heart.
Suddenly, several black gun muzzles appeared on the walls on both sides of the passage, flashing dangerous red light.
"What the hell! What the hell is this?!" Ye Ling exclaimed, and instantly realized that this was an automatic attack mechanism left behind by Ma Ge and his gang!
"I knew they had bad intentions!"
She quickly placed Duan Yu in a relatively safe corner, then started the mecha and prepared to fight.
"Swish swish——"
The energy bombs fired from the machine gun rained down on Ye Ling, and the dense firepower blocked all her escape routes.
Ye Ling controlled the mecha to dodge flexibly, flying through the gaps between the energy bombs like a butterfly.
"That's it? Just a tickle?" Ye Ling dodged while making a few sarcastic remarks.
While dodging, Ye Ling keenly discovered that there was a short pause in the machine gun attack.
Her eyes rolled and a plan came to her mind.
Seizing the opportunity, Ye Ling controlled the mecha to rush forward and used the mecha's arms to block an attack from the machine gun.
"With this little power, you dare to show off in front of an expert?"
Immediately afterwards, Ye Ling threw a backhand punch, hitting the machine gun hard. With a "clang", the machine gun was paralyzed instantly, and a burst of black smoke came out.
"Hmph, a mere trifle!" Ye Ling clapped her hands, a look of disdain on her face.
At this moment, a small stone that was shaken off fell to the ground with a "click", hitting an inconspicuous mark left by Ma Ge's expedition team.
Ye Ling's eyes focused, and she quickly stepped forward to take a closer look.
"This is..." Ye Ling's mouth corners slightly raised, "It seems that I'm about to find a way out..."
Ye Ling moved forward along the marks, and those childish traps seemed useless to her.
A catapult?
Sorry, I’m as light as a swallow and can just jump over!
A laser fence?
Come on, my mech has a built-in energy shield, it’s like a tickle!
Ye Ling even felt a little bored cracking these traps and couldn't help but complain: "Brother Ma's IQ is probably only kindergarten graduates. The traps he designed are too simple!"
She even began to enjoy the pleasure of cracking the mechanisms, feeling like she was playing a large-scale real-life escape room game, and was a VIP player, the kind who could cheat all the way.
Every time Ye Ling cracked a mechanism, her confidence increased. She felt that she was familiar with the mechanisms and traps in the ruins and was simply the killer of mechanisms!
Looking at Duan Yu who was still unconscious, Ye Ling felt a warm feeling in her heart.
Although this guy is usually cold, he is quite reliable at critical moments.
She gently held Duan Yu's hand, feeling the warmth of his palm, and whispered, "Don't worry, I will definitely take you out. When you wake up, I will treat you to the most delicious energy bar in the universe, all you can eat!" Thinking of Duan Yu's disgusted expression when he woke up, Ye Ling couldn't help laughing.
This smile is full of hope for the future and trust in partners.
Just when Ye Ling felt that victory was in sight and the exit was right in front of her, a faint sound of footsteps broke the silence in the passage.
Ye Ling immediately became alert, and her hand unconsciously pressed on the weapon control panel of the mecha.
"Who?" she whispered, with a hint of tension and vigilance in her voice.
The footsteps were getting closer and closer, and it seemed that there was more than one person.
Ye Ling held her breath and stared at the direction where the sound came from.
At the corner of the passage, a figure slowly appeared...
"It's you?!" Ye Ling's tone was full of surprise.
Qin Shou raised a meaningful smile: "It seems that we meet again..."
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