Cultivating Through The Game-Chapter 546 - 312: Death Chessboard

The group headed toward the center square marked on the map. If the map was correct, that should be the maze's center.

At the center square, a game with high difficulty and rewards awaited them.

From the map, the center square connects to roads leading in all directions, making it almost impossible to bypass it. The maze's exit should be hidden among many intersections.

At that moment, Lu Yu and others would use the lucky cards to find the right exit from the numerous intersections, and escape the maze.

So there's no need to use the lucky cards for now. Everyone kept a lucky card in hand, while Lin Qingqing had two.

After walking for a while, Lin Qingqing suddenly asked, "Have you seen the captain?"

Chen Qingyun, Luo Feng, and Luo Heng all shook their heads, saying, "No."

They had not only failed to see Wei Long but also the presence disguised as Wei Long.

The three were still unaware that a monster disguised itself as Wei Long.

Chen Qingyun asked strangely, "The captain said you fell into a space rift and came in to find you, so if someone encountered the captain, it should be you, Qingqing."

Lu Yu recalled the Spirit Stone shell marking he had seen before and asked, "Was the mark on the ground left by you?"

"What mark?" Lin Qingqing was puzzled, looking at Lu Yu and asked in confusion.

Instantly, the four were struck with surprise, and it wasn't Lin Qingqing who left the marks. Who did?

Chen Qingyun hesitated for a moment and said, "Those marks weren't left by Qingqing but should have been left by the captain."

"Luo Heng and I followed the marks to an intersection. The marks disappeared right at the crossroads, and we chose the left path at that time. Could the captain have gone to the right?" Chen Qingyun speculated.

"It's quite strange." Luo Feng said.

"After separating from Luo Heng, I wanted to detour and join up with Luo Heng. As I walked, I inadvertently found a new marked route. Following that route, I reached the Lucky Maze."

"The markings down that path should be moving outward from the maze. Otherwise, why would I see the end of the markings and, following them, end up at the edge of the maze." Luo Feng said.

"However, I'm quite curious whether these markings were intentionally leading us into the Lucky Maze, or why I was 'lucky' enough to see ground markings while lost." Luo Feng said.

"And not only that, but also arriving at the edge of the Lucky Maze, meeting you all." Luo Feng said.

The group exchanged glances, feeling things were increasingly confusing and complicated.

"The current question is, were the marks really left by the captain?" Chen Qingyun sorted out his thoughts, raising a crucial question.

If the marks were left by the captain, they should be cautious of the captain.

Lin Qingqing saw the changing expressions of the group's faces. Hesitating for a moment, she disclosed her suspicion of the captain's disguise possibly being a monster.

Upon hearing this, Chen Qingyun froze and hurriedly said, "Then all these must be done by that monster disguised as the captain."

"I saw the captain entering the space rift with my own eyes, so Qingqing, the captain you saw is definitely not the real captain." Chen Qingyun said urgently.

"It's possible the monster confined the real captain somewhere, making it difficult for him to escape." Luo Heng said.

The group seldom heard Luo Heng speak without scolding him for being pessimistic. What Luo Heng said was indeed possible, and the probability wasn't small.

Lin Qingqing raised another question, asking, "If it wants to disguise as Wei Long, why does it flee whenever I approach it?"

Without much thought, Luo Heng instinctively said, "Maybe, at that time, the captain had not yet been captured, so it feared being discovered by you as fake when you got close."

"Once the captain is truly trapped, the monster will certainly appear before us, win our trust, and then strike slyly."

"Or perhaps the monster is observing humans closely, attempting to mimic them more accurately."

Luo Feng interrupted him, frowning as he spoke, "That's nonsense. If I were the monster, I would definitely stay hidden, only emerging after thorough preparation without prematurely exposing my existence."

"The monster surely has other intentions." Luo Feng concluded.

Lin Qingqing and Lu Yu had both seen firsthand that the silhouette of the monster had entered a dead end and vanished inside, nowhere to be found.

This point alone confirms the identity as a monster. It definitely couldn't be human.

Regarding the monster disguising as Wei Long, no one knew its purpose, but it was certain that whatever its goal, it wasn't a good thing for them.

After some conversation, the group felt a shadow cast over their minds. For the rest of the path, they walked in silence, each contemplating their plan.

Following the map, the group arrived at the center square.

The square's ground was paved with alternating gray and white bricks, resembling a giant chessboard. At the center of the board was a die standing independently on the ground, with three faces visible to the group.

Lu Yu looked at Chen Qingyun and asked, "What is written on the die?"

Chen Qingyun did not rashly step into the chessboard-like square and observed the die from a distance before responding.

"The two lower faces say 'Move forward 2 spaces,' 'Move forward 3 spaces,' while the top says 'Move back 2 spaces.'" Chen Qingyun explained to the group.