Chapter 666: Maze

"Did the official release an announcement?"

Su Sheng looked puzzled.

"At eight o'clock sharp, the official posted the New Year event announcement."

"This counts as a big event."

Su Ba placed his notebook in front of Su Sheng.

Su Sheng looked over curiously.

Whoa, good fellow!

It really is a big event!

The whole world together! How could it not be huge?

Everyone celebrates together, joyfully welcoming spring!

Although the Spring Festival is a Huaxia holiday, this event runs globally in sync!

Spring returns to the earth, the Nian Beast attacks!

Global competition!!

On New Year's Eve, at 9 p. m. Huaxia time, the Nian Beast Battlefield opens!

The Nian Beast Battlefield is a special map that can accommodate global players online on the same map simultaneously!

Players can form teams of up to five, or enter solo.

After entering the Nian Beast Battlefield, players are randomly teleported to any coordinate on the map (team members are teleported together as a group).

The specifics of the competition will be announced when entering the Nian Beast Battlefield.

Su Sheng couldn't help but stare; Teng Long Company's technology is that impressive—global shared maps, just that alone adds extraordinary value.

"New Year's Eve, huh? Looks like hardly anyone will watch this year's Spring Festival Gala," Su Sheng said with a smile, returning the laptop to Su Ba.

"Are you sure anyone still watches the Gala?" Lin Huan retorted, noting that watching the Gala is almost just a childhood memory.

"Let's have breakfast first."

But at the table, Lin Huan's gaze kept unintentionally falling on Su Sheng.

Su Sheng glanced at Lin Huan in mild surprise: "Huan Jie? Is there something on my face?"

"No..."

Lin Huan lowered his head and showed off wildly; it was just the ears inside his hair that were heating up.

Su Sheng didn't doubt him and continued eating breakfast.

His parents exchanged a glance but said nothing.

... It turned out that after going offline, Lin Huan planned to go to Su Sheng's room; Mom blurted out that A‑Sheng had already left.

At that moment, Lin Huan realized his parents weren't clueless.

However, Su Ma instead pulled Lin Huan over to chat about Su Sheng, which is why Lin Huan found herself in this situation.

"What? An official club?"

Lin Huan stared at Su Sheng a bit blankly.

"Well, our Yanhuang Club hasn't existed long, but it already feels a bit mismatched."

Su Sheng nodded; the club inside the apartment building indeed felt a bit...

"Of course, we aren't just discarding it; we're keeping the core upper-level space."

"Also, like other guilds, we should build a real main base; later, if more members arrive, there will be enough space—'Zhu Lu' won't be that simple," Su Sheng mused.

Lin Huan thought for a moment: "It's not impossible."

Thinking about it, their setup really is a bit of a mishmash.

Of course, the main point is that the Yanhuang Club now actually has the ability to do this.

When players reach level 60 is when the true stronghold rises.

"No rush; we can start scouting locations now, since the recharge channel will open soon. Keep the money for critical moments, and discuss it after the New Year or when mainstream players hit level 60 and the Third Rebirth stage."

"It would be best to bring Kong Lang into the discussion; Kong Lang's group has some influence in this area."

"Alright, let's go shopping."

Su Sheng directly took Lin Huan's hand.

This time there was no one else, only Su Sheng and Lin Huan.

Lin Huan looked at Su Sheng holding his hand, gave a faint smile, and didn't pull away.

The two aren't a couple, but they seem like one.

"What do you mean?"

Everyone looked at the three entrances.

During game time, after logging in, everyone reappeared at the gate entrance of the Crystal Palace Hall.

The three passages left the group hesitating about which to choose.

"Forget it, none of us can decide; Tong Yao, you choose yourself—this is your mission."

Su Sheng looked at Yi Tong Yao and spoke.

"Okay..." Yi Tong Yao stepped before the three passages, hesitating.

Everyone waited for Yi Tong Yao to decide...

Then Yi Tong Yao extended a hand, pointing to the first entrance on the left.

Su Sheng still thought Yi Tong Yao had chosen the leftmost one and was about to speak...

Then Yi Tong Yao mumbled, "Apple round, banana bend, point to that is that...."

"This one, then!"

Yi Tong Yao ultimately pointed to the middle passage.

"????"

Su Sheng wore a speechless expression; the order in which the rhyme was chosen was so random that otherwise the middle one wouldn't have been selected.

But since it's already chosen, let's go.

"Let's go!"

Su Sheng spurred his horse, taking the lead.

Two hours later.

The party stood again at the three passage entrances of the Beijing Power Supply Gate, "you look at me, I look at you…"

That's right, they've returned.

They went straight in, finding no traps and no monsters, only occasional forks.

Each time it was Yi Tong Yao, using her troop‑selection method to determine the choice.

And then they returned…

Outside the Crystal Palace Hall's gate, the plaza still showed the boss's split "corpse".

"Feels like this is just a maze, nothing at all…" a cloud muttered, questioning its existence.

"I'd rather be a Commander-level Boss."

Su Sheng felt dizzy and bloated; he despised these maze‑like things the most.

"Fine, let's go one by one; this time we'll check the left path."

Su Sheng waved his hand grandly.

The others had nothing to say, and followed upward.

Then…

After an hour's progress, they returned again.

"……"

Su Sheng rubbed his head, feeling a headache.

"The last one, the right side, let's go…"

…

…

They came back again, this time faster, about 40 minutes later.

At first everyone stayed alert, wondering if there were traps or monsters.

After experiencing two passage mazes and finding no monsters, they felt bold enough to rush onward.

"All three passages have returned, but each time there were forks; perhaps we didn't choose correctly."

Huang Mingxin speculated.

"There are still no monsters; we'd better split up and go separately."

The cloud suggested.

"Right, this gives us more fault tolerance," Li Wenwan agreed.

"Alright, then let's split up."

"Me and Tong Yao, to the right," the cloud tugged Yi Tong Yao.

"I and Wenwan will take the middle."

Huang Mingxin stood beside Li Wenwan.

"Okay, I'll go left on my own."

"We'll keep in contact via the team channel; report any findings."

Su Sheng nodded.

They entered the maze again.

Su Sheng felt overwhelmed, but using elimination, his memory was still good; he recalled the previous left‑passage fork choice, so this time he'll pick a different one.

He had previously encountered mazes while carrying out special missions for the troops…

Every time gave him a terrible headache, but as long as he's there, the maze thing is his specialty.