Global End, I Awaken the Unique Rank Speedrun Dungeon

How can you be sure that the root cause of your laziness is avoidance?

Liu Kang questioned whether he still harbored resentment towards Zhuang Yu for publicly offending him.

Zhuang Yu shook his head: "You don't have to believe me, I'm just offering my opinion and suggestions."

Aside from Xu Qingyan and Qiao Ge, he didn't care whether the others lived or died.

Especially given that Liu Kang harbored ill intentions towards him.

He had already done more than enough by pointing out the answer to them; if they didn't listen, he couldn't be blamed.

Seeing the tense atmosphere, Xu Guodong tried to smooth things over: "How about this, we split into two groups, one taking the left passage and the other taking the middle passage."

After he finished speaking, he was met with stares from the crowd as if he were an idiot.

Zhao Lina was the first to object: "No, we have no idea what dangers lie ahead. If we split up and encounter a crisis, we'll only bring about our own destruction."

a long time.

Liu Kang decided to take the middle passage: "Let's go through the middle first. If we make a mistake, we can go back and take the left passage."

He admitted that Zhuang Yu's words made some sense, but whether this test was about escaping was another matter.

He prefers to trust his intuition rather than listen to someone who is unreliable and on the opposite side.

Indolence, isn't the most direct expression of it laziness?

After pausing for a few seconds, Zhao Lina followed Liu Kang. Xu Guodong and the other two looked at Zhuang Yu and the other two.

Qiao Ge smacked his lips: "Bro, I think you're right. How about we go to the left?"

"I don't care, let's see what the alliance leader chooses."

Zhuang Yu then passed the choice to Xu Qingyan.

The latter was stunned for a moment, taken aback by Zhuang Yu's blunt way of addressing her.

He laughed and said, "No need to be so polite, we're all family. Just call me Big Sister or by my name."

"I also think avoiding the answer is the right thing to do, but those two have already left, let's follow them and see."

As Zhao Lina said, it is ultimately unwise for a complete team to break up.

Nobody knows how the subsequent dungeons will proceed, and unless absolutely necessary, having a couple more teammates is always a good thing.

Zhuang Yu naturally had no objection: "I'll listen to Big Sister."

Seeing the three of them follow, Xu Guodong and his companion also slowly followed.

This disunited seventh team has already manifested as three distinct subgroups.

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Zhuang Yu looked up at the sky. Sunlight streamed in sparsely through the narrow gaps in the wall above, making the environment dim.

It was around noon before we entered the instance, but now two or three hours have passed and it's almost noon.

In addition, it should have been hot and humid in the summer, but the maze was surprisingly cool.

Qiao Ge shuddered: "If I came to this godforsaken place alone, I definitely wouldn't be able to sleep at night."

The dark, enclosed passageway was winding and silent; walking through it alone could truly lead to despair.

Half an hour has passed since the seven people entered the middle passage corresponding to the answer to the riddle of laziness.

Liu Kang's initial apprehension and hesitation quietly transformed into pride and smugness.

See? His intuition was right. Sloth is laziness, and any talk of avoiding diligence is just complicating the problem.

But the longer Xu Qingyan walked, the more uneasy he felt.

When she stood at a corner again, she stopped and said, "We've been here before."

Zhuang Yu stopped behind her, and Qiao Ge, not stopping properly, bumped into his back.

"What do you mean?" Xu Guodong asked from behind.

Xu Qingyan pointed to a corner with her left hand: "The last time I turned left, I felt something was wrong. It seemed like I had walked back and forth several times, so I left a mark here."

Qiao Ge leaned closer and saw a dark scratch.

Liu Kang, who was leading the way, denied it: "Impossible. The corners we've passed have gotten narrower and narrower. How could we keep walking on the same road?"

"So the problem is even bigger."

Xu Qingyan said coldly, "We've been walking the same path, but the width between the walls is getting smaller. Now it can only accommodate one person at most, and if we continue, the situation will probably get worse."

Liu Kang's expression changed instantly.

"Then let's go back."

"Going back is the same. The key now is to find out what's trapping us—the rules, or some kind of evil force."

Zhuang Yu ruthlessly extinguished Liu Kang's wishful thinking.

Liu Kang felt as uncomfortable as if he had eaten shit, but he didn't refute it anymore.

Although no one else said it, he felt like everyone was laughing at him.

Zhao Lina comforted him, "Brother Liu, it's not your fault. Let's think about how to get out of here first."

"You're right. I'm sorry everyone, it was my problem."

Liu Kang admitted his mistake in person, and the resentment that Xu Guodong and the others had just begun to feel dissipated before it could be vented.

Zhuang Yu looked at Xu Qingyan: "Big Sister, have you discovered anything?"

Xu Qingyan turned to look at Zhuang Yu and nodded: "I don't know if you've noticed, but the walls in this maze... no, the walls in the 'Sloth' passage we entered seem to be different from the ones before."

"The walls used to be bluish-gray, and now although they are still mainly bluish-gray, the gray is more intense."

"Even leaning towards black."

The others hadn't noticed at first, but after Xu Qingyan said that, they took a closer look.

The group nodded; the color did seem a bit too dark.

"Zhuang Yu, could you please come here for a moment?" Xu Qingyan suddenly said.

She hooked her right index finger around Zhuang Yu's left index finger, and the two stood side by side at the corner.

At this point, the others realized what the problem was.

The corner passage, which was originally so narrow that it could only accommodate one person, now accommodated both Xu Qingyan and Zhuang Yu.

In their line of sight, the two figures appeared elongated, like clay being stretched, which looked quite strange.

George exclaimed in surprise, "The width between the walls hasn't changed, but the scene we see has?!"

Xu Qingyan showed an expression of expectation: "To be precise, we were under an illusion. The walls didn't narrow; it was all an illusion."

Zhao Lina: "Where did the hallucinations come from?"

Zhuang Yu tapped on the wall: "The maze wall emits a hallucinogenic substance that causes what we see to change."

The truth came to light, and they understood the reason for the illusion. They breathed a sigh of relief.

Liu Kang asked how to break free from the illusion.

Zhuang Yu: "Illusion is essentially a form of mental manipulation. Given the current limited resources, a better approach is to stimulate the nerves with external objects."

He glanced at Xu Qingyan, who understood and released his grip on Zhuang Yu's hand.

Fingertips trace a few strokes in mid-air.

In an instant, a small bottle of medicated oil landed in my hand.

Then everyone remembered that Xu Qingyan's ability was to draw what he knew about things.

I never expected that even something as simple as Tiger Balm could be drawn.

Xu Qingyan first applied a few drops of medicated oil to the tip of her nose, and then handed it to Zhuang Yu.

Zhuang Yu pretended to wipe his nose and then handed it to Qiao Ge, who was of course not affected by the hallucination.

Although he has not yet broken through to the Soul Transformation level to awaken his spiritual power, the vast increase in spiritual power brought by the 'Dark Phase' has made the hallucinogenic substances brought by the maze walls disappear like pebbles into the sea.

It couldn't even stir up the slightest ripple.

After everyone has applied the medicated oil, they close their eyes and immerse themselves in the refreshing feeling of clear-headedness.

When I opened my eyes again, the scene before me had changed.