Chapter 258: Hell Maze

The 18th Level disappeared!!!

At this moment, they surprisingly appeared in an unknown Secret Room, and there were also only five people in the Secret Room.

Exactly in the middle of all four walls of this Secret Room, there was a door, not knowing where they led to.

Other than this, there were no other clues in the Secret Room whatsoever, not even having things like furniture or items. And the entire Secret Room presented a kind of eerie white color.

Among the five people, four of them exchanged a glance and each scrambled to occupy a door. Only one slow-reacting player was left standing in place not knowing what to do.

"Shall we count 1 2 3?" One of the players proposed. The three players standing in front of different doors all nodded and agreed.

"1... 2... 3!"

The sound of [3] having just fallen.

Among the four doors, only one door was pulled open by a person. The remaining four people didn't expect there really was a fool who fell for the trick, lying down like a conditioned reflex, their hands protecting their important parts.

His body got hotter and hotter. In an instant, his skin festered, his flesh melted, turning into white bones floating in the Secret Room's floor...

Not bad, preciselyinthe floor, like a certain kind of wall-clipping BUG.

Not hearing a scream, the four people slowly raised their heads and looked over. They only saw in the next Secret Room...

Was a Hot Spring Bath. A woman who had taken off all her clothes, her back facing them, was currently sensuously bathing in the hot spring pool water.

The next moment, the woman turned her head.

Among the four people, two of them saw a beautiful and stunning face. The stunning beauty threw a flirtatious glance at the two, as if hooking away the two people's souls. They got up, walking step by step towards the next Secret Room.

There was one person, who conversely saw an extremely terrifying face, as if shrouded by a massive fear, panicking and not choosing his path, pulling open the door in front of his own body, and running out.

And the player standing in the middle of the Secret Room, had long suppressed her Mental State. What she saw was...

Such a big vat of boiling oil!

Inside the vat of boiling oil it was bubbling and boiling. The three players who successively walked to the next Secret Room, were all deep-fried by the scalding hot oil until golden brown on both sides.

She slowly got up, sequentially closing the two opened doors.

Drawing out the Liar-Slayer at her waist.

"Ghost Whisperer · Rule-Based Secret Chamber!"

The Secret Room turned black. When the light was restored, the scene inside the Secret Room had already changed appearance. Perhaps it was the Skill's effect, making the space become much bigger, looking like an Apartment.

The player murmured: "I also don't know which unlucky guy, will come into the Secret Room manufactured by my Skill..."

Closely following, she casually pulled open one of the doors, and walked out of this Secret Room.

After she left.

Three soul-like existences, drilled into this [Apartment]. Among them the Middle-aged Woman went to the kitchen to chop meat. The middle-aged man sat on the sofa reading a newspaper. The Youth took a piece of paper with [Rules] written on it, and after sticking it in a conspicuous position, also pulled out a Teddy dog from his abdomen and casually threw it in the living room, before returning to the bedroom.

Not long after.

Someone opened the door to this Secret Room.

Upon seeing the middle-aged ghost sitting on the sofa with half its face completely festered, his pupils abruptly shrunk. Seeing again the Middle-aged Woman ghost in the kitchen whose upper and lower body seemed to have been torn apart with only a single bone connecting them, the fear in his heart reached the extreme point.

He carefully observed the Secret Room. On the living room's TV screen...

He saw the Secret Room rules.

【Rule One: You are the eldest son.】

【Rule Two: You do not have a younger brother, only a younger sister. If what you see in the bedroom is a younger brother please ignore him.】

【Rule Three: The one wearing brown clothes is Father. Remember at seven o'clock every evening, turn on the TV and tell him to watch the news.】

【Rule Four: The family raises a black cat. Before eating meals remember to feed it.】

【Rule Five: Mother is a vegetarian. She demands her own family members must also eat vegetarian. If you discover the dinner has meat dishes, the things in the refrigerator can help you.】

【Rule Six: The Key to clearing the Secret Room is hidden on the younger brother's body.】

Seeing these several rules, this player chose... to directly come to the front of the door.

However he discovered, the door was very strange, it was installed backwards. That is to say going out requires using a Key to open it.

Returning to his original position, he thought about it, ultimately choosing to retreat back to the previous Secret Room...

But, upon turning his head, he discovered the door he previously came to this Secret Room through had already disappeared.

'In our memory...'

'I came from another Secret Room.'

'And this place is an Instance.'

'The door disappearing, has two kinds of possibilities. One is caused by the Instance mechanics.'

'Two is caused by a player's Skill, meaning I was hypnotized, unable to see that door.'

'If it's hypnosis, then in my cognition this place is an Instance Secret Room...'

'Is it true or false?'

Thinking of this, the player fished out a Sobering Agent from his bag and stabbed it into his own thigh.

Immediately he only felt his head was dizzy and heavy.

Meaning the Sobering Agent had taken effect. He forcefully roused his spirit, sizing up the Secret Room environment once again.

There were no changes!!!

'This explains, this Secret Room fundamentally does not have an Id Tier Skill existing.'

Obtaining an affirmative answer, he staggeringly arrived in front of the TV, analyzing the rules.

Not long after.

His gaze fell on Father, discovering Father was wearing a black jacket. Instead it was the Teddy dog that had a body of brown fur.

'The rules say, Father wears brown clothes, the family raises a black cat.'

'That is to say, Father is the black cat, and the Teddy dog is the true Father?'

'Not good!'

He thought of something, hurriedly looking at the clock hanging on the front wall of the living room.

Time: Six fifty-five.

'Bone chopping sounds transmit from the kitchen, as well as a thick meat aroma. Speaking from normal logic, breakfast won't be this sumptuous.'

'Then, six fifty-five, can only be morning and evening. It's dinner time?'

He hurriedly turned on the TV. Although hard to open his mouth to say, he still spoke towards the Teddy dog lying on the sofa pretending to sleep: "Dad, you should watch the news."

The Teddy dog slowly opened its eyes. The player actually saw from its eyes a kind of...

Mockery!

The next moment, amidst the player's scalp going numb, the Teddy dog opened its mouth and spoke: "No way, there's really someone falling for such a simple trick?"

Saying this, the Teddy dog surprisingly fished out an azure blue Liar-Slayer from its waist.

"You lied."

Bang, a gunshot rang, the person died.

Waiting until after the player died, the Father on the sofa dragged his corpse to the next Secret Room, throwing it into the boiling oil vat and deep-frying it until golden brown on both sides.

Subsequently, returning to the Secret Room, still sitting on the sofa, quietly waiting for...

The next victim!

...

At the same time, in every Secret Room, when only Ghost Whisperers were left, they would all use Skills, turning the Secret Room into a self-made Secret Room.

After they left, a few ghosts would float in, doing secondary processing to the Secret Room.

The camera pulls back.

Looking from a top-down perspective, this place was fundamentally not the 18th Level, but rather composed of strings of square Secret Rooms one after another, just like a winding and coiling python. Its arrangement method seemingly followed the principles of the Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams, constructing into a super-large Hell Maze.

In the middle of the maze, there was a red sedan chair. Around the sedan chair was a Suona Band composed of ghosts, constantly blowing non-stop.

Pulling the camera further back.

One would discover, the Hell Maze had multiple exits. Either leading to The Gatehouse, or leading to the Liar-Slayer Alliance, or leading to the Deceiver Alliance, or leading to the Residential Area, or leading to the Commercial District.

From this a conclusion could be reached:

The Hell Maze and the 18th Level, were in different spaces, and the exits of the maze, were exactly the passages connecting the two spaces.

Deducing deeper.

Previously there was a Ghost Whisperer, who used [Hell Maze].

That is to say, this space, was manufactured by a Ghost Whisperer's Skill.

But, the problem is, the Hell Maze is again composed of countless Secret Rooms...

One can imagine, to what degree the numerical value of that Ghost Whisperer's Skill had inflated to. It was at least the Skill of an Eight-Star Ghost Whisperer.

Since, Hell Maze, is an Eight-Star Skill, then the previous...

Ghost Bride is also a high-star Skill!

This can also logically explain, why the Sobering Agent did not make the previous player sober.

They were completely not on the same magnitude!

...

A certain Secret Room.

Chen Ran, Qiu Yinong, Mei Zhixu, as well as two unfamiliar players, had heavy expressions.

These five people were all deep in thought.

'Previously we were in the 18th Level.'

'Suddenly arriving in an Instance.'

'Setting aside arriving in an Instance, this Secret Room is empty, not having any clues at all.'

'All four walls have doors.'

'Further connecting to before, when in the 18th Level there were four people who used Skills.'

'Ghost Bride, Heinous Crime, Hell Maze, Boundless Miasma.'

'In my memory, we were blasted by the miasma explosion outside The Gatehouse, which is exactly coming into the light screen for entering an Instance.'

'And without time to choose, directly being blasted into the door of a One-Star Instance.'

'Theoretically speaking, this segment of memory has a severe anti-logic.'

'The explosion exactly and precisely blasted us into the Instance, and moreover exactly blasted us into a One-Star Instance. This kind of extremely small probability...'

Thinking of this, the two unfamiliar players immediately pulled out Sobering Agents and stabbed them into their thighs.

Chen Ran, Qiu Yinong, and Mei Zhixu, the three of them conversely quickly locked onto a door, pulled it open and just ran inside, fundamentally not daring to stay.

'Damn it, those two guys, their brains must have short-circuited right? A blank Secret Room, and it's a freaking Maze at that, just explains this space has many such Secret Rooms composing a Maze.'

'Ghost Whisperers can manufacture physical entities, arranging Secret Rooms belonging to themselves. Delaying one more second in this Hell Maze, just means the probability of encountering a Whisperer's Escape Room will greatly increase. Only a fool would waste time injecting a Sobering Agent.'

'For players daring to use Skills in the 18th Level, it would be strange if a Sobering Agent was useful!'

Continuously passing through multiple blank Secret Rooms.

When Chen Ran pulled open a door once again.

He saw...

A beautiful and stunning woman bathing. That figure, that skin, Chen Ran looked until his eyes went straight. The key was...

The beauty was even throwing flirtatious glances at him.

'She is so pretty.'

'I like her so much.'

Chen Ran fell into infatuation. Qiu Yinong saw him in this state, and secretly said not good. She immediately blocked in front of his body, utilizing the Liar-Slayer's protection mechanism to bounce him away, not letting him step into the next Secret Room.

Immediately, she again took out a bundle of rope from her bag, tying it onto Chen Ran's body.

Mei Zhixu conversely took out an alpenstock from her bag. Closing her eyes, standing at the doorway just like a blind person, tapping here and tapping there.

The first few taps all hit empty air. The last tap hit a physical entity. She hurriedly said to Qiu Yinong:

"Keep an eye on Chen Ran, follow behind me, do not care whether there is a road under your feet."

Qiu Yinong nodded. Mei Zhixu's plan to clear this illusion Secret Room was about the same as what she envisioned, so she naturally knew what to do.

Not long after.

Mei Zhixu walked in front, Qiu Yinong utilized the rope to drag Chen Ran. The three surprisingly stood suspended in the air above the bath pool, walking forward step by step.

When Chen Ran woke up, the three had already arrived at the next Secret Room.

He broke out in a cold sweat from shock.

'Such a strong charming Skill! Even a sigma male like me could be charmed!'

However, fortunately, the situation was dangerous right now and the two beauties didn't have the intention of teasing him.

Chen Ran's heart was slightly relieved, sizing up the Secret Room.

'Someone is chopping bones in the kitchen, a man and a dog on the sofa, on the TV...'

'It even freaking pasted rules?'

'Isn't this a common routine in rule-based novels from while alive?'

'It seems the player who arranged this Secret Room is a rule-based novel enthusiast.'

'Logically speaking, a Ghost Whisperer manufactured the Secret Room, he should be in the Secret Room.'

'That is to say, there is a possibility that one of the woman and the middle-aged man is a player.'

'The bedroom is tightly shut, maybe the Ghost Whisperer is hiding in the bedroom.'

'There is also a possibility, the Ghost Whisperer left this Secret Room. If he left, he should go to the beauty Secret Room just now...'

'In such a short time, we should have encountered him, but we didn't.'

'Then that explains, this manufactured Secret Room, still has another door, only this door has been hidden.'

Thinking of this, the three exchanged a glance and each walked to a place on the walls, lightly knocking, judging whether it was hollow behind the wall through the sound.

Right at this time.

The bedroom door opened, a Youth walked out. Seeing the three's actions like this, he said smilingly: "Don't waste your effort. The three of us are playing house ghost slaves manufactured by the Ghost Bride. If you don't play games with us, you fundamentally won't be able to find that door."

"Moreover, if you violate the [Rules] we will..."

"Launch an attack against you oh!"

The three: "..."

'If we consume too much time in this Secret Room, other Secret Rooms are estimated to have long been arranged already. Wanting to quickly clear the level again...'

'Simply the ravings of an idiot!'

'Moreover, ghost knows how many Secret Rooms this Hell Maze has. Delaying one more second, the difficulty will grow exponentially.'

Chen Ran lit a Cigarette, looking with a weird expression at Qiu Yinong and Mei Zhixu:

"On the so-called rules, the first rule is [You are the eldest son]. If I am the eldest son, what are you playing as?"

"That is to say, you two highly likely can find the door, and I..."

"Probably cannot!"

These words were like an anointing of pure wisdom, letting the two react. No longer hesitating, entering like an uninhabited land, they variously rummaged in the living room, bedroom, and kitchen, rummaging like dismantling a house.

Simply put.

If it is a playing house game, according to the rule [You are the eldest son], among the three only Chen Ran fits this condition.

That is to say, Qiu Yinong and Mei Zhixu are fundamentally not in the game, but they actually appeared in this Secret Room.

Then, there is only one possibility!

The Secret Room and the three ghost slaves, come from different Skills. The three ghost slaves are playing a playing house game with Chen Ran...

What business does it have with Qiu Yinong and Mei Zhixu?

However, at the same time the two were rummaging for things, they also couldn't help but be doubtful in their hearts.

'There is a bit of a problem. Why is it that the one falling for the trick in these several Secret Rooms is all Chen Ran?'

'He couldn't possibly...'

'Be locked on right?'

'Who would lock onto him?'

'Moreover, this kind of locking Skill, should be related to luck. A luck-type Skill made Chen Ran become unlucky?'