It became pitch black in front of him, and when he saw it again, Qin Haonan found himself standing in an enclosed space.

There were all wooden walls and floors on the left, bottom, left, and right, and there was nothing left, and Qin Haonan was the only one standing there in the boxy space.

Not only that, Qin Haonan found that all the chat communication channels had been closed. This means that there is no way for any player to communicate with each other during the match.

"Ding Dong ~ The player is like a dream, you have entered the preparation space. There are still 3 minutes to go until the initial selection of the individual competition, so please check your equipment and potions...... Get ready together. This selection is a knockout round, and the competition time is 1 hour. Please go through the 'Wooden Man Labyrinth' within the allotted time and find the exit out of the maze. ”

The voice of the red-robed beauty NPC sounded in Qin Haonan's ears, and Qin Haonan understood that the other party was telling everyone about the rules of the game.

But Qin Haonan never thought that the first game would test everyone in the form of a maze.

Qin Haonan had checked the equipment all over his body before coming in, and at this time he was carefully observing the layout and structure of the confined space, analyzing to see if he could find some differences.

At this time, Qin Haonan discovered that the entire confined space was actually not empty.

In the corner of the wall on Qin Haonan's right, there was a small wooden box. The material is the same as the floor and wall, so you can't really see it at first glance.

Qin Haonan walked up and picked up the box, and found that it was not locked, and when he opened it, he saw a folded sheepskin map inside.

【Simple Map of the Wooden Man Labyrinth】The map of the Wooden Man Labyrinth simply depicts the general layout of the maze.

Since the item's description says so, it must be related to the upcoming match. Qin Haonan didn't think much about it, and directly clicked to use.

A clear line drawing map appeared in front of Qin Haonan's eyes.

This is a map with a twisty and complex layout. But Qin Haonan was a little confused when he got the map, did others have such a map in a confined space? If this game is a maze, then the map is given to everyone in advance, what is the point of this maze?

The more Qin Haonan thought about it, the more he didn't understand, what exactly did he think about this competition?

"Ding Dong ~ Players, the game is about to start. You are now in an underground labyrinth of primeval forest, and you are trapped inside the Elder Tree. It is a confined space, the air is thin, there is no food and water, and you can only be rescued if you find an exit and escape from the maze within 1 hour. ”

It seems that this is the rules of the game, and it is somewhat similar to games like Escape from the Secret Realm.

"The countdown starts now, please get ready, 10, 9, 8, 7...... 1、0！ ”

As the countdown ended, Qin Haonan saw the wooden wall in front of him slowly move. It turned out to be a door, and it went up automatically when the game started.

What appeared in front of Qin Haonan's eyes at this time was a long corridor. The walls around this underground labyrinth are all wooden, and they look like the roots of plants.

Qin Haonan visually measured the height of the internal passage of this labyrinth was only 2.5 meters, and the width was more than 5 meters. The light in the labyrinth is also dim, and the winding passages give people a sense of oppression.

The 1-hour countdown was displayed in the upper right corner of Qin Haonan's line of sight, which added a sense of urgency to everyone.

Only then did Qin Haonan understand that the game set up such a maze and countdown method, which was actually a test of everyone's psychological endurance.

There is no assistance, no call for help and no communication.

Walking alone in a dimly lit confined space, as well as the countdown that constantly reminds everyone, all of which invisibly increase the pressure and difficulty for players.

Qin Haonan calmed himself down quickly, followed the instructions of the map in his hand, and began to move forward quickly.

After roughly estimating the size of this wooden man maze, Qin Haonan found that if he followed the map like this, it would take more than 40 minutes to get out of this maze.

According to the current speculation, it is not much trouble to get out.

But Qin Haonan soon realized that his thoughts were too naïve. Because when he followed the instructions on the map and walked through the first fork in the road, Qin Haonan found that there was not nothing in this maze.

Monsters of about level 330 are distributed in many corners of the passage.

These mobs are all wooden people, and they are made of wood all over, and they look a bit like the wooden machine people often seen in movies. With a height of about 1.5 meters, it is not very large, but in such a small space, one can block the way forward.

Battles are inevitable, and players who seem to be not good at fighting are likely to be eliminated here.

Qin Haonan summoned Linglong, Xue Mei, and Yan Luo, because they were relatively petite, and they had an advantage in fighting in such a small space.

If Qin Haonan summoned Erbai, with Erbai's huge body and rampaging character, the battle here would be simply chaotic.

Qin Haonan was already level 540 at this time, and the monsters of more than level 300 were no threat to him.

The three contract beasts opened the way ahead, and the journey along the way was also very smooth.

After walking for a while, Qin Haonan found a more difficult problem again. That is, the map only marks the correct route, but does not draw which road is obstructed.

When he reached the fifth fork in the road, Qin Haonan found that the correct road was blocked.

It is sealed off by a wooden door, and if you want to open the door and continue walking, you must find the key to open the door. The locks here are not easy to use with any lock-picking props or lock-picking skills, so you need to find the corresponding key.

In this way, the difficulty of the maze increases again.

Qin Haonan needed to go back and look for the corresponding keys on those incorrect roads.

At this time, a person's patience was to be tested, so Qin Haonan had no choice but to be patient and return the same way with the contract beasts. At the fork in the road, they searched for where the key was hidden.

Fortunately, the difficulty of placing the key was not high, and when he returned to the third fork along the road, Qin Haonan easily found a wooden box with the key to the first door inside.

With the experience here, Qin Haonan didn't go to open the door when he got the key. Instead, I retreated to the starting point and checked every fork in the road, for fear of missing something and having to rework it later.

Fortunately, there are only three forks in the maze here, and Qin Haonan doesn't have to be so troublesome to find them one by one.

Qin Haonan had to admit that he really gained something from taking every fork in the road seriously.

Another key with the words "Key to Door 3" written on it.

In this way, each key is not necessarily placed in a specific position in the maze. Next, you have to be doubly careful and careful in walking the maze.

(End of chapter)