Chapter 1 Very Deserving of a Beating?

Zhai Cai was first stunned, then looked at Jumang with a thoughtful gaze!

Then, he grinned and stared at Hong Ji-ge, who was pulling at his mink coat, "You seem to have a lot of disdain for mink coats!"

As he spoke, he put his hands into both sides of his coat and "swished" the hem of the coat behind him!

"Can you think before you speak? I did remind them!" Zhang Yuanqing's mind was full of criticisms, feeling that Hong Ji-ge had gone too far!

"Indeed, deserving of a beating!" That was Xiaoyao Jianxian's definition of the Sole Knight, but Jumang wasn't familiar with Zhai Cai.

Of course, it could also be explained that Xiaoyao Jianxian had reported Zhai Cai's personality to Jumang. Anyway, Jianxian and Jumang were from the same organization.

However, the Sole Knight had a strong intuition. At their first meeting, Zhai Cai keenly sensed Xiaoyao Jianxian's hostility, so Zhang Yuanqing was a bit afraid of Zhai Cai, worried that he would discover the true relationship between Jumang and Xiaoyao Jianxian!

Hong Ji-ge, unaware that he had offended two people with one sentence, laughed heartily, "Your mink coat is very eye-catching."

"Ah, when you wear it, you're a handsome dude. I'm so envious, but why are you wearing it in this hot weather! It looks very silly!"

Zhai Cai glanced at him and said, "Are you a Fire Master?"

Hong Ji-ge was stunned. "How did you know?"

"Oh, never mind then." Zhai Cai forgave his offense, too lazy to pay him any more attention, and swept his gaze over everyone. "Vinnie took Old Berent into the mountains to hunt. In the afternoon, they'll go to the beach to fish and collect shells, and they'll camp on the beach, returning tomorrow morning. We have one day and one night!"

"Let's hurry and follow me!" After speaking, he turned and walked towards the iron gate, along the stone path beside the flowerbed, towards the three-story villa with two attached buildings!

The group followed him through the beautiful front yard, pushed open the white solid wood door, and entered the main hall. Two women in black and white uniforms were sleeping soundly on a carpet embroidered with golden patterns. The entire villa was quiet.

"The servants in the villa have all been knocked out by me. I fed them sleeping potions. If no one wakes them up, they can sleep for two days!" Zhai Cai led them upstairs.

"The Pan God's Maze doesn't exist in the real world. Its coordinates are this villa. The only way to enter the maze is to actively enter. That's the rule. Even the master of the maze must abide by it and cannot violate it!"

"You seem to have said something redundant!" Hong Ji-ge commented!

Zhai Cai wore a "You're a Fire Master, I'm too lazy to talk to you" expression!

Tianxia Guihuo, also a Fire Master, instantly understood the information revealed in Zhai Cai's words and said, "This means that if the holder of the Pan God's Maze wants to use this item against an enemy, they can only lure them into the maze! The conditions for using this item are a bit harsh, but correspondingly, the maze must be full of dangers!"

Zhai Cai nodded repeatedly when he heard this. "Are you a Scout?"

Tianxia Guihuo raised his chin. "I'm a Fire Master!"

Zhai Cai: "???"

He was stunned for a long time and said in surprise, "There's actually such an intelligent Fire Master in the world? Did you drink the Aberrant's poison and your brain became aberrant?!"

The corners of Tianxia Guihuo's mouth twitched. He finally understood why Yuanshi had said that this person was deserving of a beating!

Seeing that the intelligent Fire Master didn't respond, Zhai Cai shrugged and continued, "Vinnie told me that the way to enter the Pan God's Maze is to jump from the third floor to the first floor, then run from the first floor to the second floor, then enter the left corridor and run to the end. Push open the door at the end of the corridor and you can enter the maze!"

The traces of artificial design are too obvious, Zhang Yuanqing thought to himself!

Zhai Cai said, "The route was designed by Old Berent, the master of the maze, but the method of entering can be designed by the owner! Old Berent lives in seclusion here. Whether it's the evil faction or his enemies, they won't focus on dealing with a retired veteran cadre who controls the Pan God's Maze, so he treats the maze as a storage room and designed the entry method as a 'password'!"

As he spoke, the group arrived on the third floor. Zhai Cai casually picked a room, entered, opened the window, and jumped to the first floor.

Everyone followed suit, jumping off the building, then rushing back into the villa, running up to the second floor, turning into the left corridor, and running to the end!

Zhai Cai pinched the doorknob of the door at the end of the corridor and twisted it open with a click. Behind the door was also a corridor, exactly the same as the corridor behind them, like a mirror image!

But unlike the villa, the doors on both sides of the corridor were very crowded, like hotel corridors, each door with a number plate!

The door numbers on both sides of the corridor started with "1". There were ten rooms in total, from 101 to 110. Zhai Cai said, "You should have already read the basic information about the Pan God's Maze. I'll pick out some key points. The Pan God's Maze has a total of six levels, two levels corresponding to Level 6, two levels corresponding to Level 7, and two levels corresponding to Level 8!"

"But don't think that the rooms on the first level correspond to Level 6. They may also correspond to Level 7 or even Level 8. The six-level maze is constantly changing. Yesterday, the rooms on the first level may have corresponded to Level 6, tomorrow they may correspond to Level 7, as for what level they correspond to today!"

He shrugged. "I don't know either!"

Hong Ji-ge didn't care. "Just open a door and take a look and you'll know!"

Zhai Cai clapped his hands. "Good idea, must applaud!"

Zhang Yuanqing glanced at Hong Ji-ge's already angry face and reminded the Sole Knight, "You'd better change your language style. It's foolish to anger a Fire Master in a dangerous place!"

Fire Masters were already brainless, and they became even more brainless when they got angry in a dangerous environment. Zhang Yuanqing glared at Hong Ji-ge and said unhappily, "What if the first level today corresponds to Level 8? Should we all join hands and return to the Lingjing?" (Spirit Realm)

"I can definitely survive!" Zhai Cai emphasized!

Hong Ji-ge thought for a moment and felt that he had a point.

Zhai Cai then continued, "I have already mastered the safe routes on the first and second levels. Just follow me."

"Be sure to follow me, remember not to open any doors without permission. Once you get lost inside, you can only wait for Old Berent to save you, but Old Berent may not be willing to save us a bunch of thieves!"

"In the Pan God's Maze, the corridors are safe zones and there won't be any danger. If the situation I just mentioned really happens, and one of you is unlucky enough to get separated from the team, remember to try your best to return to the corridor. This way, you still have a chance of survival!" As Zhai Cai spoke, he walked towards room "106" with a clear goal. He didn't immediately twist the doorknob. "Our destination this time is room 503. That's Old Berent's storage room!"

After speaking, he opened the door to room 106. It was dark and the scene couldn't be seen clearly. Zhai Cai stepped into the darkness, and the others followed, entering the room. The darkness was dispelled!

This was a spacious room with no furniture, no electrical appliances, empty. Where the windows should have been, there was a door!

"Empty rooms represent safety," Zhai Cai mentioned, leading Zhang Yuanqing and the others through the room and pushing open the door in the window position!

Behind the door was still a corridor, and on both sides of the corridor were rooms, exactly the same as the previous scene, but the door numbers started with "2"!

Zhai Cai came to the door of room 209 with a clear goal, and led everyone into the room, which was still an empty safe house!

Walking out of "201's" room, they arrived on the third level!

"Out of ten rooms, only one is a safe house!" Zhai Cai rubbed his chin and said, "If you choose the wrong one, you can only forcibly break through. If you break through, you can enter the fourth level! If you can't break through, then you'll return to the Lingjing!"

Tianxia Guihuo took the lead and said, "First locate the danger coefficient of the second level, and then use Spirit Servants to explore the way!"

After speaking, he looked at Zhao Chenghuang and Sun Miaomiao. The Crouching Dragon and Fledgling Phoenix of the Taiyi Sect understood and immediately used astrology to check everyone's faces!

The next second, Zhao Chenghuang's face changed slightly, and Sun Miaomiao exclaimed, "They're all facing a bloody disaster!" Apart from the three Star Officials, everyone else's expressions turned serious!

"Am I too? It can't be that unlucky, right?" Zhai Cai took a deep breath of cold air. "The third level today corresponds to Level 8."

Zhang Yuanqing subconsciously wanted to say something, but stopped himself in time, and looked at Zhao Chenghuang!

Xiao Zhao understood what he meant and said, "Let me correct you, astrology can see the fortune in the near future, it can be now, it can be a few hours later, or it can be a day!"

"A bloody disaster means that we will encounter a life-and-death crisis in the maze, not necessarily on the third level!"

Speaking of this, Zhao Chenghuang glanced at the Sole Knight!

"You may not be able to survive." This was in response to what Zhai Cai had just said—anyway, I can survive!

Xiao Zhao's sense of team honor is getting stronger and stronger, Zhang Yuanqing thought with satisfaction, although Xiao Zhao has a cold and taciturn personality and is not good at expressing emotions!

Next, Sun Miaomiao randomly picked a room and drove a Spirit Servant into it, but the moment the Spirit Servant entered the room, she lost contact with the Spirit Servant!

"Divination and divination probably won't work either, let's open a blind box!" Zhai Cai groaned and said, "Let's go with room 306, 6 is our lucky number!"

666?

Alas, I knew I shouldn't have given the Lucky Necklace to Li Chunfeng, Zhang Yuanqing thought of this item. When he handed over the relics, he gave the necklace to Li Chunfeng. Although he was resurrected later, he didn't meet with Li Chunfeng.

After all, Xiao Lizi was not a core member of the gang, so the item was not taken back!

Under Zhai Cai's leadership, the group followed him into room 306!

As the darkness receded, everyone saw the scene in the room—this was a room filled with mirrors!

The ceiling was inlaid with countless hexagonal mirrors, like the texture of a tortoise shell, mutually fitting and tightly connected. The walls and floor were the same!

The entire room was composed of countless palm-sized hexagonal mirrors, reflecting countless Zhang Yuanqings, Guan Yas, and Sun Miaomiaos, layer upon layer, reflecting each other!

It was dazzling to look at!

"Obviously, my lucky number didn't bring luck!" Zhai Cai spread his hands and opened his inventory to prepare to take out the Knight's Longsword to deal with the unknown danger.

"You guys don't get too far away from me...?" He suddenly froze, then his face changed slightly. The inventory couldn't be opened!

The members of the Returned also discovered this situation when they were preparing to take out props to prevent accidents because they had a sense of crisis!

"Eh, my skills can't be used!" Hong Ji-ge shouted!

Zhang Yuanqing and the others tried to use their skills, but the superpowers that were branded in their genes like instincts were sealed in their bodies!

The inability to open the inventory and the sealing of skills made everyone feel a little panicked and lost their sense of security!

Once a crisis came, they had nothing to rely on except for their strong physique!

"I knew I should have taken out the props in advance," Sun Miaomiao stamped her feet!

"It's useless." Guan Ya raised her hand and showed the wooden bracelet on her snow-white wrist. "The ability of the props has also been sealed. The current situation is that everyone is trapped in the mirror room. The door that was pushed in has disappeared, the door to go out can't be found, and it's unknown what danger there will be here!"

Just then, the dense hexagonal mirrors that filled the room lit up with dazzling light. The strong light stung everyone's eyes, making them sore and tearful, and they subconsciously closed their eyes!

After about ten seconds, Zhang Yuanqing quietly opened his eyes and said, "Is everyone okay?"

He suddenly stopped, staring blankly at the scene in front of him. He saw two Guan Yas, two Sun Miaomiaos, two Zhao Chenghuangs, two Zhai Cais, and a second Zhang Yuanqing beside him.

"Am I too? It can't be that unlucky, right!" Zhai Cai hissed and took a breath of cold air.