Excessive ferocity due to caution

Zhao Yi remained in the secret room and opened the message that Lao Wu had sent him.

The content above is quite disorganized, but it can be seen that it has been deliberately organized.

Old Wu also left him some words:

The meme "Bloody Weapons" was obtained from a mysterious organization. The boss behind Abalone Games had negotiated terms with them several years ago and repeatedly squeezed them for bargaining chips.

What's intriguing is that... they didn't seem to care how much their product could sell for; they seemed somewhat distracted throughout the meeting.

I wasn't a core member, I don't know much about that deal, and I don't know much about memes either.

All I know is that the organization seems to have found fragments of some unknown monitor lizard in some ruins and extracted this meme from them.

They say that, based on their years of research and archaeology, the owner of this monitor lizard fragment was a creature that was virtually impossible to kill.

But it eventually died...

【...】

...

Zhao Yi flipped through the documents that had been sent to him again and again.

His gaze was focused and intense.

He became increasingly certain...

The monitor lizard that provided this meme... came from the Foundation.

"The monitor lizard has been contained and is under protection..."

Does the death of the monitor lizard mean... the Foundation has also ceased to exist?

"If that's the case, then what is it... that could destroy such an incredibly massive organization?"

"Could it be that indescribable darkness...?"

Zhao Yi's mind was filled with endless thoughts.

Numerous speculations surfaced in my mind, but none could be confirmed.

The world is full of horrors and mysteries.

What ordinary people encounter is ultimately just the tip of the iceberg.

...

The next day, the players were taken to the edge of the maze while unconscious.

Once they were all awake, the loudspeakers outside the maze began to blare a cacophony of noise:

"Congratulations on surviving and making it to the second game."

"This level of the game is called 'Prisoner's Maze'."

"You are currently on the outskirts of a giant maze. You each have a piece of paper and a pen to help you take notes on the map."

"You need to reach the very center of the maze within 12 hours, where there is a completely transparent safe room."

"It's worth mentioning that there are 200 of you in total, but the Prisoner's Maze can only accommodate 21 people."

"Five minutes after the timer starts, 'bloody weapons' will enter the maze from various corners outside, searching for you and killing you at all costs!"

"The 21 survivors will qualify for the third and final game!"

"Now...the game begins!"

As soon as the loudspeaker finished speaking, the players rushed into the huge maze!

They entered through two hundred different entrances and began to grope their way toward the center!

No one knew just how big the maze was, nor did they know which of the countless forks in the road was the real one...

Meanwhile, Zhao Yi headed towards the maze, following the route and time given by Lao Wu.

Although there are no surveillance cameras inside the maze, the players' initial entry points are recorded.

Old Wu told Zhao Yi about Luo Qili's initial location and the map of the maze. Zhao Yi then quickly headed towards Luo Qili's location, following the map etched in his mind.

After forming a team, the two players can have simple communication within the game system.

However, the number of words exchanged each day is limited, and most of them are reserved for key messages.

Luo Qili waited for five minutes, but the maze was too big, and it would take Zhao Yi some time to get there. However, the frozen corpse lying in the transparent coffin behind her had already opened its eyes!

Seeing this, Luo Qili had no choice but to flee into the maze!

Zhao Yi had already shared with her the horror of the Bloody Weapon last night, especially the fact that it would evolve every time it was killed, a near-bug-like ability that was simply devastating!

If you don't fight back, you'll get beaten.

Fighting back wouldn't be very useful, as the opponent's self-healing ability is too overpowered (abnormal).

If we kill them, things will calm down for a while... but the problem is that once things calm down, they'll be even harder to deal with...

Five minutes have passed.

Outside the maze, the lids of coffins were suddenly knocked off!

A murderous aura burst forth from the coffin!

One after another, the corpses with eerie purple eyes sat up, and after only a moment of adjustment, they suddenly chased after the depths of the maze!

Along the way, some players encountered a bloodthirsty weapon exuding murderous intent and were forced to stop and fight it!

boom!

A slender, graceful girl pulled out an RPG from somewhere and sent the other person a shot that looked like the brightest star in the night sky!

However, after the fireworks ended, the other person, with half of his body blown apart, still rushed towards the girl!

"What the hell is this thing?"

The girl screamed and hurriedly ran away!

The bloody weapon, whose body had been blown apart and whose head was reduced to a tiny bit of skin, was still acting as if nothing had happened, stumbling and swaying as it chased after the girl!

She initially thought it was a zombie, but now... she realizes she was terribly wrong!

Countless bloody weapons were placed in the maze, ready to tear apart the players participating in the Prisoner's Maze game!

"ah!!!"

A middle-aged man let out a scream as his arm was torn off by a bloody weapon and swallowed!

Immediately afterwards, a sharp, bloody hand pierced his chest and abdomen, tearing him off alive!

...

Luo Qili was on the run, and would occasionally look back.

Although the walls inside the maze are covered with vines and flowers, they have a high-strength alloy core inside, which players cannot break through by force!

And there are visible electric arcs on it.

Who knows what level of voltage it is?

Climbing over and destroying walls is now a pipe dream; players have no choice but to find their own way.

That terrifying, bloody weapon seemed to have a target for Luo Qili. No matter how Luo Qili dodged or ran around in the intricate maze, the weapon could always accurately track her!

This thing seems to have unlimited stamina, but players' stamina is limited. During a chase that lasted about three minutes, Luo Qili clearly felt her stamina decreasing!

"No... If this continues, I won't last until Zhao Yi arrives... I need to find a way to kill it!"

Luo Qili gasped for breath and quickly spread sharp threads throughout the narrow passageway, waiting for bloody weapons to walk right into her trap!

"Hehehe..."

A bloody weapon appeared around the corner. Upon seeing Luo Qili standing still, its face was filled with extreme excitement, and it charged directly at Luo Qili!

Puff!

The silk threads left streaks of blood in the air!

The bloody weapons instantly turned into a pile of mangled corpses...

Just as Luo Qili relaxed slightly, she suddenly saw that the dismembered corpses on the ground... were actually piecing themselves back together at a speed visible to the naked eye...

She stood frozen in place for a moment, then uttered a single word:

"Grass……"

P.S.: There's one more chapter, so don't wait up, it's getting late, so get some rest!

Thank you for reading!

Goodnight, brothers!