EBE Chapter 61 I'll remember that blow.
Chapter 61 I'll remember that blow.
You have entered the maze.
Only this sentence.
There was no explanation, no other information.
Lin Mo found the matter somewhat unbelievable. He stared at the line of text for a few seconds, then turned his head, wanting to discuss it with Hu Zhigang and the others.
But when he turned his head, he didn't see Hu Zhigang's face, nor Xu Bing's face, nor the road he had come from.
Instead, it was a pitch-black passage.
It was exactly the same as the one in front of him.
The black rock walls, with their dark red veins, lead nowhere.
There was nothing behind him.
The key point is that there's nobody there!
What about people?
In that instant, Lin Mo almost jumped up; he wanted to shout out loud.
Because this scene was too terrifying and shocking.
He stood there, not daring to move an inch.
"What on earth happened?" Lin Mo was completely stunned.
......
Portal to Hasburg.
A group of lizardmen guarded the place, and the roars of these low-level monsters awakened Lin Mo from his memories.
He looked up and glanced at it.
Not long ago, these lizardmen were terrifying monsters that ordinary people could not defeat.
Humanoid in size, with a physique far exceeding that of ordinary people, scales hard enough to withstand bullets, the strength to overturn a car, and even the ability to wield a bow and arrow...
However, in Lin Mo's eyes now, they are insignificant.
For Lin Mo, these lizardmen were far more insignificant than anything else.
He didn't even use any other units; he defeated the monsters with zero losses simply by stacking up skeletons.
The number of skeletons increased further under the summoning spell.
Looking at the 'teleportation portal' that seemed to have been torn open in space, Lin Mo was very curious about how it worked. This thing couldn't be destroyed or moved; it was like something that didn't exist in the real world.
In the new world, there are countless things that are so mysterious they send chills down your spine.
Too much!
"It's just like that 'maze'!" Lin Mo clearly remembered what happened in the maze in his previous life. For him, it was definitely a terrifying experience that he still remembers vividly.
But from Lin Mo's current perspective, the maze is nothing special.
Riding a skeletal warhorse, Lin Mo passed through the portal to Hasburg City.
As the light and shadow shifted, my memory instantly returned to the labyrinth.
He was terrified at that time, having never encountered anything like it before. And just like the name "maze," it had many winding passages, and he almost immediately lost his sense of direction, having to rely on his instincts to navigate.
But if it were just getting lost and not being able to find a way out, it wouldn't have made Lin Mo remember it for so long.
Besides darkness and confinement, the maze also contains monsters!
At first, you can only hear the dull thumping of footsteps. When you hold your breath, you can hear a heavy breathing sound in addition to the footsteps.
Under immense pressure and fear, Lin Mo ran around the maze like a headless fly.
More than half an hour later, he witnessed a murder.
Xu Bing, a colleague from the operations department, saw each other in the passageway. They were both pleasantly surprised and were about to meet up when suddenly, a tall figure rushed up from behind Xu Bing.
It's that monster wandering in the maze.
Heavy footsteps and breathing sounds rapidly approached.
The monster was incredibly fast, grabbing Xu Bing in an instant. Immediately following were Xu Bing's screams and cries for help.
Lin Mo gripped the iron bar, mustered his courage to go forward and help, but after only two steps, Xu Bing's body was torn in two like a rag.
Only then did he get a clear look at the monster.
It is over 2.5 meters tall, extremely strong, and has a humanoid body covered in black hair. Its head is a huge bull's head.
In his other hand, he was holding a double-edged axe.
Upon seeing this, Lin Mo turned and ran without saying a word.
Xu Bing is dead.
A living, breathing person, just like that, died?
What about Hu Zhigang, Brother Gang?
Could he have died too?
Lin Mo was running around aimlessly, completely lost in this underground maze.
Unexpectedly, after running for a while and going around several intersections, he accidentally stumbled into an area he had never been to before.
It was an empty 'room', inside which a hexagonal box, entirely golden in color, floated in mid-air, emitting a soft glow.
Mustering his courage, Lin Mo walked over and touched it, whereupon he saw a notification.
You've found the exit from the maze and discovered a Pandora's box.
Should we open Pandora's box?
[WARNING: Opening the magic box may trigger the following effects... gain treasure, inflict a curse, summon a monster, or have no effect... Are you sure you want to open it?]
Lin Mo hesitated for a moment, but after thinking it over, he chose to open it.
The golden box trembled, revealing something inside.
It was a golden money bag, and besides that, there was a yellowed parchment with intricate architectural drawings on it.
"Special treasure, the gold bag, provides 500 units of gold coins per day... The other one is a level one territory building blueprint, the dungeon. Actually, in my previous life, I was quite the chosen one!" Lin Mo had already arrived in the island nation riding his skeletal warhorse.
The portal here is underground, so once you're teleported through, you'll find yourself in a dark area.
The surrounding area was naturally filled with monsters from the underground region, including many shadow spiders, but they were immediately pounced upon and killed by the skeleton soldiers.
Despite the sheer number of Shadow Spiders, this battle actually caused the number of Skeleton Soldiers to surge by more than 20 units under the influence of Necromancy.
Lin Mo smiled and said, "Judging from this, I estimate that by the time we reach Country H, the number of skeleton soldiers will exceed 500."
Following the underground road upwards, Lin Mo reached the surface. The situation here was similar to that in North America, a scene of utter devastation. However, there were clear signs that the survivors had searched the area, indicating that some people in the island nation had begun to familiarize themselves with the rules of the new world and had even established their own territories.
Lin Mo could smell a very strong sulfur odor in the air.
"This means there's a Hell Zone nearby, and maybe even territory belonging to the Hell faction!" Lin Mo pondered for a moment, then gave up on spending time exploring the area.
Exploring the island nation can happen anytime; returning to H country to handle matters is more important.
After adding the skeleton soldiers to his military manual, Lin Mo quickened his pace. He soon found the portal back to Country H, and this time the crossing was smooth. In the blink of an eye, he was back at the XX Amusement Park in Cangnan County, Country H.
Surprisingly, the place hasn't changed much.
Clearly, no one has been here since the catastrophe.
"Finally back!" Lin Mo took a deep breath.
He then spotted a direction, patted the skeletal warhorse beneath him, and galloped towards the city where he had been before.
In my memories of my previous life, I accidentally found the exit of the maze and obtained the gold bag and the blueprints for building my territory. However, at that time, I did not know what these things meant.
He left through the maze's exit, and after many twists and turns, he somehow managed to escape back to the maintenance room where they had previously hidden. And, luckily, he found a bag of food and water in the maze.
The supplies were placed in a backpack, but the backpack was left on the ground. It's possible that someone was carrying it and accidentally died in the maze.
Wang Zhen and his colleagues in the repair shop were so hungry they were almost collapsing.
Lin Mo kept a portion of food for himself, divided the remaining supplies in his backpack among the three of them, and recounted his previous experiences.
At that time, the naive Lin Mo also revealed the news about the gold bag and the architectural blueprints.
The results of it?
When Lin Mo woke up again, he found that his head was throbbing and that he was all alone in the repair room.
His own food and water were gone, and even the gold bag and architectural blueprints had vanished.
He touched his head; there was blood on it.
Lin Mo realized almost immediately that he had been knocked unconscious, and then someone had stolen his survival supplies and those two treasures.
As for who it is, the answer is obvious.
Wang Zhen, Zhang Lei, and Chen Jie.
There could be no one else but them.
It was because of this incident that Lin Mo struggled to survive alone underground for more than two months. If he hadn't been lucky enough to find survival supplies again, he probably would have died down there.
Afterwards, he fled to the ground and missed many opportunities for development.
After some time, as Lin Mo gradually learned about the rules of the new world, he also learned that Zhang Lei had become a Lord Hero. Her territory happened to be the Dungeon faction.
More than half a year later, Lin Mo met Chen Jie by chance and learned what had happened that day.
It was Wang Zhen and Zhang Lei who conspired to knock him unconscious and steal supplies and treasures.
The reason given was utterly ridiculous.
They believed that they had received very little food and water, so they concluded that they must have hoarded more.
"They were going to kill you, but I stopped them. I had no other choice at the time. I'm sorry!" Chen Jie had also suffered a lot. She was initially a vassal of a powerful person, but was kicked out after being used and discarded. At that time, she was lame and as thin as a ghost, completely unlike the well-behaved and pretty woman she used to be at the company.
So Lin Mo forgave her and had no intention of killing her.
But he had no intention of letting Wang Zhen and Zhang Lei off the hook.