Chapter 80

This was to exchange supplies for intelligence. Su Bei understood: "We didn't bring much with us. We didn't think we would be trapped inside before we came in."

Su Bei was not lying, he really didn't bring too many things. The one who brought the most supplies among the fifteen of them should be the wooden iron man, followed by Zhao Xiaoyu and others, but definitely not him.

There were only two bottles of water and a few dry food in his backpack. There was still some in the storage space, but the water alone could only last for three or four days. After running out of supplies, he would either drink the blood of the nightmare beast or join the forces. At the moment, he was not going to do either, so he had to save money.

So what this means is to reject the opponent. Anyway, you can understand the movement rules of chess pieces after experiencing them once, so why waste time?

Hearing this, Sister Zhao's eyes sparkled, but she didn't say anything, just said: "If you don't have supplies, you have to carefully consider the matter of these two forces."

Ling You, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke up: "If you were to give us a suggestion, which one do you think would be a better fit for us to join?"

She wanted to test which faction Sister Zhao belonged to. Ling You didn't believe that she was just an independent person. Even if Su Bei didn't say anything, she didn't think she was harmless.

However, Sister Zhao did not intend to be fooled and did not give a direct answer: "It depends on your goals and abilities. Do you want to wait for rescue or take the initiative to find a way to leave. However, if your abilities can facilitate survival, it will be easier to join the conservatives. If your abilities are not very useful, the conservatives may not accept you."

This didn't sound favorable to the conservatives, so Su Bei didn't ask any more questions. He just smiled and said, "That's it. It looks like we can only join the radicals."

Hearing him say this, Sister Zhao frowned slightly. She didn't ask what their special abilities were, but just asked, "By the way, do you have any companions in this maze? At your age, you two should be here with your teachers and classmates, right?"

"There are a few more, but we don't know where they are." Su Bei naturally wouldn't reveal the location of the others. After saying that, he changed the subject directly, "Let's go find the chess pieces. It's not a good idea to stay here all the time."

As he spoke, he stood up and glanced at the fortune compasses above the heads of the two people beside him. There was nothing wrong with Sister Zhao's fortune compass, but Ling You's little finger was tilted to the right, which clearly meant that she would encounter some setbacks in the future.

A few people began to wander around randomly. Although the giant stone chess pieces made a loud noise when they moved, because the stone walls were tall and soundproof, it was difficult to judge where the chess pieces were by the sound unless they were not far away.

Su Bei knew that his luck was not good, so he let Ling You lead the team. The other side did not disappoint everyone and quickly found the target.

From a distance, they heard a huge and heavy "boom" sound.

It came from around the corner, and the three of them walked over to check it out. It was a sculpture of a woman wearing a crown.

The moment she saw the sculpture, Zhao Jie's face turned pale, and she quickly retreated, then quickly looked at the back of her hand. Seeing that the back of her hand was still clean, she breathed a sigh of relief.

Then he had time to look at Su Bei and the other two who looked puzzled, and reminded them: "Look at the back of your hands to see if there are any marks on them now."

Su Bei had nothing in his hand, but Ling You spoke slowly: "Is this it?"

I saw a black crown tattoo appeared on her hand at some point.

The moment she saw the tattoo, Sister Zhao's face changed, her eyes were full of sympathy, but her steps were slowly backing away: "You've been marked."

"What kind of danger will there be?" Although it sounds like something bad, Ling You's expression did not change at all as he asked calmly.

Perhaps because she felt sorry for her, Sister Zhao did not ask for any reward and answered directly: "This is the mark of the 'Queen'. The 'King' will hunt down those who have the mark."

It goes without saying that the "King" chess piece is not easy to play, and being targeted by such a BOSS is also a very dangerous thing.

Su Bei immediately asked: "Is it possible to remove or transfer this mark?"

This question made Sister Zhao's eyes flicker for a moment, and then she answered: "It cannot be transferred. If you want to make it disappear, you can only break the 'Queen'. If you only break the 'King', the maze will send out a new 'King' in half an hour."

After thinking about it, she decided to give it a try and added, "By the way, if you get within one meter of the 'Hou' you will be petrified."

After saying this, Sister Zhao felt that she had done her best, and looked at Su Bei and suggested, "The marked person is almost certain to die, and it will be useless for you to stay here with her. Why don't you come with me?"

If Ling You was a stranger to Su Bei, then Su Bei would not mind giving her up at this time. But if she was his classmate, then he couldn't just leave her like that.

Su Bei shook his head firmly: "No, I'll see if I can solve the problem here."

Seeing that he had no intention of leaving, Sister Zhao turned around and left with regret.

Ling You didn't say a word during the whole process. After Sister Zhao left, he asked, "How do you break the statue?"

This is a good question. Others with strength bonuses may have this ability, but they definitely don't. In fact, in Subei, it seems that no one in the entire S class can break the stone statue with brute force.

However, Wu, who mastered the [Earth Element], knew that he might be more comfortable here. After all, stone was also a kind of earth element.

Thinking of this, Su Bei glanced at the map on his watch. At this time, the light spots were gathered in groups of three or two, and there was no one left alone.

He turned on the intercom and asked, "Does anyone know how to break the chess pieces?"

In fact, if you really want to solve Ling You's dilemma, there is a very simple way, that is, Su Bei directly activates his supernatural power and adjusts the little pointer on her head to the left.

But firstly, it had not come to that point yet, and secondly, he also wanted to see what the "king" looked like, so he did not take any action.

Others couldn't think of a solution for the time being, but Wu Jin did answer Su Bei's previous question: "I saw the stone statue. It had the aura of a nightmare beast, but it wasn't a nightmare beast."

Hearing this, Su Bei had some guesses in his mind. These stone statues must be related to the nightmare beast and the maze. The deep meaning behind them is very subtle.

After a while, the "boom" sound was heard again.

The "king" is coming.

It was a stone sculpture that looked very majestic. A man with an unclear face was wearing a crown and was rushing towards Lingyou.

Its speed seemed to be comparable to that of a "horse", with an unstoppable momentum. Su Bei turned the corner first, letting the giant chess piece chase Ling You. After it passed, he came out and chased after it, tentatively attacking from behind.

But there is no doubt that this attack is useless. Even if the supernatural power has greatly strengthened his physique, he is still just a mortal. How can he break stones with his bare hands?

I used my mental power to investigate but didn't detect anything unusual.

After thinking for a while, Su Bei shouted at Ling You who was running wildly in front of him: "Don't run too far, try to circle with 'Wang'! I'll think of a way."

At first he thought that since the queen wouldn't move, he should run in the direction of the queen, and then suddenly move aside to let the king hit the queen, so that he could solve the two chess pieces at the same time.

But Sister Zhao's reminder that "if you get within one meter of her you will be petrified" made him give up his idea.

The corridor in this maze is actually quite spacious, but only about two meters wide. The "Hou" stands in the middle of the corridor, which itself is also one meter wide. No matter where it goes, it is impossible to be more than one meter away from it.

The idea of ​​letting them collide with each other didn't work, but it could attract another one to collide with the "king". Although it couldn't be a permanent solution, it could at least give them a temporary rest, give them some time to think, and let Ling You recover his strength.

Thinking of this, he told his idea loudly to Ling You, and then went to look nearby to see if there were any other chess pieces.

His luck has always been bad. He couldn't find anything he needed. He searched for a long time but found nothing. Realizing that it might be his luck, Su Bei chose to stay where he was. Sure enough, Ling You found a "horse" by himself after a while, and used it to collide with the "king", successfully solving the problem temporarily.

When he came back, Ling You was extremely tired. He was breathing heavily and his face was red, which was in stark contrast to his usual cool appearance.

She smoothed the dark green hair that was stuck to her face, and sat on the ground. She waited until she had caught her breath before she spoke her first words: "The King has skills. The one just now was a laser. I wonder if the next one will be the same."

Hearing this, Su Bei was stunned: "Laser"

He was so focused on thinking of a solution just now that he didn't notice what "Wang" did when he was chasing Ling You.

Ling nodded solemnly: "It's a laser, it's quite powerful. That 'horse' also has a skill. When it came in front of me, it suddenly raised its front two hooves, and it looked like it was stomping."

Because her own safety was at stake, she managed to say a few more words.

"So, in addition to being able to mark people, the Queen also has its own skill, which is the ability to petrify people." Su Bei suddenly realized, "It seems that each chess piece has its own ability."

But this is not a big problem. The real problem is how to deal with the mark of "Hou". If they can't deal with it, they can't leave here. Otherwise, they can't find the way back and can't completely get rid of the mark on their bodies.

"...Why don't you leave first?" After a long silence, Ling You finally spoke, "I can maintain the situation."

She could indeed hold on, half an hour was enough time for her to recover her strength. But this was only temporary, if it happened a few more times Ling Youchi would sooner or later be unable to bear it.

Do you want to activate your supernatural powers?

Su Bei was thinking about this when suddenly an idea came to his mind: "I have an idea!"

Hearing this, Ling You's eyes lit up: "What can we do?"

"As long as we break the Queen, all of its abilities should be removed, including marking and petrification." Su Bei replied, "You turn into stone first, and then when the King comes, I will push you directly behind the Queen. The space next to it is large enough for you to pass through, but it is definitely not enough for the King to pass through. Then the King will definitely collide with the Queen."

This method is not complicated, but the timing is very important. You must push the "king" out before she hits Ling You, and push her behind the "queen" one meter away, so that the "king" can hit the "queen" without being able to avoid her.

The chances of success are high, but the risks are also high. The "King" has laser skills, and if it chooses to destroy Ling You with lasers instead of crashing into him, there will be no end. After all, after turning into stone, Ling You can't even open the protective shield of his watch to protect himself.

Therefore, after explaining the plan, Su Bei shut up and waited for Ling You to think it through himself.

Although he knew this method would definitely work, as guided by the Destiny Compass, and the other party was a member of the protagonist group, there was no way he would be harmed.

But when it comes to matters of life and death, the most he can do is offer suggestions; it's impossible for him to make decisions for others.

After a moment of silence, seeing that it was almost time for the next "king" to come, Ling You finally stopped worrying: "Okay, but I hope you can push me right behind the "queen" by then."

The last time she encountered a laser attack, it was straight at her, so she guessed that the laser from the "King" couldn't bend. If she could hide behind the "Queen", she could let it help her block the laser.

This actually requires a lot of skill, and the academy has never taught students to practice it, so everything depends on the feel of the hand. But Su Bei still agreed: "Okay."

After discussing it, Ling You lay down directly, and then moved up two steps, so that his head was within one meter of the "back". This would give Su Bei a larger touchable area.

Sure enough, just as Sister Zhao said, the moment she came within one meter of the "back", she was suddenly petrified from head to toe.

Su Bei made her squat against the wall and carefully studied what angle he should use to turn a corner and throw her to the back.

"BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!"

There was a loud noise in the distance, Su Bei looked up and saw that it was indeed "Wang". "Wang was very fast and ran straight towards where Su Bei was squatting.

At this time, Su Bei suddenly realized a problem. He needed to push Ling You over at the last moment so that "Wang" would not have time to dodge and crash into him. This method was fine, but how would he leave at that time?

The "king" might smash the "queen", but before that, he would definitely knock the person standing in front of him away. Su Bei didn't think he could withstand it even for a moment. Please, he is a fragile mage!

There was no time to think, the "Wang" rushed over too fast, he had to make a decision immediately!

Gritting his teeth, Su Bei hugged Ling You and jumped up one second before "Wang" rushed in front of him, and threw himself directly behind "Hou".

When he flew within one meter, Su Bei could clearly feel that he was petrified. It was a very strange feeling, the whole body became stiff, and the brain slowed down rapidly to the point of stopping thinking.

Fortunately, at the last moment when he finished thinking, Su Bei clearly saw that the landing point for him and Ling You would be directly behind the "back".

It worked.

"Bang!"

Subeka's timing was very accurate. The "King" had no way of braking in time at that speed, so it could only fire a laser to try to make a final struggle. Unfortunately, the laser was blocked by the tall body of the "Hou", and it was forced to crash into the "Hou".

The collision of the two made a loud noise, and then the "king" and the "queen" were torn into pieces, and stones flew everywhere, but the magical thing was that they disappeared after falling to the ground.

The two people who were originally lying on the ground in petrified state were no longer petrified, and Su Bei's brain came back to normal. He first moved his fingers, and then quickly controlled his body and stood up.

Ling You stood up shortly afterwards. She had no memory of being petrified and was a little confused: "Why are you here?"

Su Bei was too lazy to explain: "Guess."

Then he walked to the place where the explosion had just occurred, picked up a square stone that had fallen to the ground but had not disappeared, and a green card with words on it: "It seems that this is the so-called token, and this card is the location of the corresponding exit."

"I have one here too." Ling You took out a card from her pocket. This was the card she got when she destroyed the first "King" just now.

Then she took out a white card: "This is the card you get when the 'Pawn' collides with the 'King' and breaks into pieces."

Because she was so focused on how to solve the "after" and she was so tired, Ling You forgot to take out these two. If Su Bei hadn't picked up the keepsake, she wouldn't have remembered.

Su Bei first looked at the white card. It was a function card. On the front was written "Soldier", and on the back was written "Tear up the card to destroy the nearest 'Soldier' ​​piece."

So that's why. No wonder Sister Zhao said this is an exclusive prop for this alien space. This card is indeed not useful anywhere else.

"Keep it." After returning the card to Ling You, he looked at the other two green cards. Although they were both the "king" corresponding to the same "queen", and they were both corresponding exit clue cards for the same token, the contents of these two cards were different.

Both were pictures. One of them was a picture of a nightmare bird. It was pitch black, with spikes all over its body like a hedgehog. It had six eyes on its head and looked very strange.

The other one is a picture of a "horse" chess piece.

After a moment of silence, Su Bei asked, "What does this mean?"

Ling You also thought about it before guessing expressionlessly: "There is an exit where there are horses or birds."

"That may be the case..." Su Bei suddenly stood up, "Let's go back to the place where we first met the horse. The horse will probably come here again sooner or later. Then we just need to follow the horse."

Both of them had good memories and had not traveled too far during this period, so they easily returned to the original route. Since they did not need to move for the time being, Su Bei turned on the intercom to inquire about the progress of others.

The team that responded the fastest was Si Zhaohua, Zhou Renjie and the wooden iron man. They were currently exploring the maze as there was no one around. Upon hearing Si Zhaohua's voice, Su Bei immediately remembered his previous question: "Can you see the entire maze when you fly?"

Si Zhaohua sighed, sounding rather regretful: "I tried it, but unfortunately there is a kind of nightmare bird in the sky with a very high attack power. As soon as I show my head, they will come over and attack me collectively, so I can't fly at all."

Nightmare Bird Su Bei's eyes lit up: "Is it the kind with spikes all over its body?"

"You saw it too," Si Zhaohua was a little surprised.

Of course Su Bei hadn't seen it, but he really needed to know where this bird was: "When you flew into the sky before, did you notice where these nightmare birds gathered?"

"It seems to be the southwest corner of the maze." Si Zhaohua said after recalling for a while, and then seemed to suddenly realize something, "There is an exit there."

Apart from this reason, he found it difficult to think of any other reason why Su Bei wanted to know where this place was.

There was no need to hide this, so Su Bei admitted directly: "Yes, we found a token and the corresponding clues, and the location is here."

There were outsiders present before the "token" and Si Zhaohua did not turn on the intercom for a while, so he did not know what Su Bei was saying.

Seeing this, Su Bei briefly explained the intelligence he had obtained before. Si Zhaohua finally understood and was much more excited. He had been wandering in this damn maze for a long time, but had not obtained any useful intelligence, nor had he seen an exit. Now that he finally got a clue, he was naturally happy.

However, through Su Bei's words, he also realized a problem: "You two found a token"

In just one sentence, Su Bei and the other understood what he meant. Yes, if a token can only be used by one person, then who of the two of them will use this token?

At this time, the wooden iron man who was standing next to Si Zhaohua suddenly spoke up: "A token may not only allow one person to leave, otherwise it will be too difficult to leave."

This makes sense. After all, to find the exit, you not only need to destroy a "Queen" and the corresponding "King" first, but also find the exit through clues given by the "King".

There were so many difficulties encountered in the whole process. If only one person could get out with a token, then we should all give up our lives and join the conservatives.

Su Bei nodded in agreement: "What you said makes sense, we'll see when the time comes. If a token can be used by many people, you can also come here."

The next second, Zhou Renjie immediately said: "Let's go there now!"

Maybe he felt that his tone was too hasty and that he seemed too eager for quick success, so he explained, "If only one person can go out, then you will be left alone, so why don't you come with us?"

After the group agreed, they each started to move. Since it was in the southwest corner, it was relatively easy to find, at least there was a place that could be described.

Otherwise it would be too difficult to find a place in the maze. But there is a way. Let Si Zhaohua fly to several different places and try. Sooner or later there will be a place where Su Bei and the others can see the direction from which the nightmare bird is flying, and thus infer the location of their nest.

Just as he was thinking about this, Ling You, who had been silent until now, suddenly said in a cold but firm voice: "If only one person can go out, you go."

Su Bei raised his eyebrows and deliberately raised his voice in a gorgeous exclamatory tone: "Oh, what a kind, lovely, beautiful, generous, selfless and generous lady!"

The next second, he received a rare eye roll from Ling You.

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