Three days later.

In the dark dungeon, a blue lamp illuminates a corner.

Ji Xun was still sorting out the information in his hands, and he was muttering something from time to time: "The '⊰' in the ancient Talen language represents space, '†' represents the institution, ' ☍ represents the secret passage, 'ϡ' represents the cursed seal, and 'ↅ' is the corridor or the confusing passage... What does this "☾ seem to point to?" ”

More than just looking at the material, he also made detailed notes.

In the past two days, he has memorized more than 100,000 characters of this stack of materials.

But in fact, excluding repetitions, there are less than 1,000 characters, and only a few hundred are commonly used.

Whether hieroglyphic or alphabetical, a single symbol refers to a certain semantic. As long as the symbol appears multiple times, once analyzed in the context, the general meaning can be slowly deciphered.

The frequency of occurrence is high enough, the greater the probability of decipherment.

This is true of any writing system.

The content that Ji Xun remembered in 407 Space before gave him the most direct help.

When asked about Chu Jiu again, she still remembered some.

The two complement each other, and many sentences can be translated directly.

For three whole days, Ji Xun has been translating the ancient Talen language in the literature except for meditation and rest.

I have to say that the super high level of understanding and the ability to keep it unforgettable are really an excellent match for learning languages. Coupled with his dedication, he also makes translating ancient texts a hundred times more efficient than others.

Although the decipherment is not much, and it is not necessarily completely accurate, it has grasped the approximate meaning of hundreds of ancient Talen characters.

Even if there are symbols that you don't recognize, if they are related, you can roughly guess some meanings.

Ji Xun felt that it was almost.

.......

Three days have passed, and no sounds of battle can be heard in the labyrinth passages.

I don't think there should be much to live in the maze.

Monsters or something should have been cleaned up by the Governor's Palace.

At this time, Ji Xun packed up the information in front of him, then stood up and said, "Let's go." The crowd at the Doge's Mansion should be almost dead, and we'll find a way to get out now. ”

"Finally leaving?"

Hearing this, Nan Jing jumped up happily.

This kind of sitting time is simply torment for her lively nature.

She didn't know why Chu Jiu believed this guy so much.

Say wait, wait, wait or three days.

"Hmm."

Ji Xun nodded.

He and the first nine people originally spoke little, one translated ancient Chinese, the other healed, and the three of them hardly communicated for three days.

Therefore, the rest of the southern mirror seems very boring.

She tinkered with her summon cards every day and made some small skull cards out of the materials in the maze.

Chu Jiu listened without speaking, and also stood up from meditation.

The most important reason why Ji Xun chose to act now is Chu Jiu's injury.

Her silver hair was now gone, and her injuries had apparently healed.

This team's "strongest combat power" and "humanoid radar" have to be taken care of, which is the best insurance to improve the fault tolerance rate.

......

The three of them got up and walked all the way into the maze.

Now that they have experience, Chu Jiu and Nan Jing can also deliberately suppress some of their fears and various mood swings.

As long as you don't encounter elite monsters, you basically won't attract monster hatred.

No matter how careful you are, it is almost impossible to avoid monsters in this maze of hundreds of thousands of skeletons.

But the group of people in the Governor's Mansion rampaged through the labyrinth, almost pushing the corridor where they passed by force.

Don't look at the terrifying number of 300,000 skeletons, but the rank is too low, and there is almost no threat in front of that kind of high-level elite army.

This also greatly facilitated the three of Ji Xun.

Now those guys are most likely dead, and they don't have to worry about being suddenly bumped into the passage like last time.

With the super perception of Chu Jiu, the risk has been minimized.

The three of them still chose to look at the road with traces of battle, and along the way, Ji Xun's eyes were still carefully looking for something in the pile of skeletons.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for them to encounter the corpse of a second Frost Knight.

For the first time, the two women looked at the human corpse killed by the secret keeper, and their faces were solemn.

Chu Jiu looked at the shriveled state and muttered, "Curse means? ”

Nan Jing also said with a serious face: "It seems to be." Flesh and soul were drained. ”

Ji Xun had already studied corpses, so he was not interested in seeing more.

He quickly put away the dump ring and equipment on the corpse.

Nothing to be polite about.

......

In this way, the three of them continued to walk along the bone-strewn corridor towards the depths of the labyrinth, where they did not know where they led.

Along the way, Nanjing also left marks along the way.

This also saved Ji Xun some effort.

The three of them continued to walk towards the maze.

Ji Xun found three more corpses of the Frost Knight one after another.

Plus the previous one, there are five in total.

Five fine armors, five ice swords, five storage rings, and a number of potions, supplies, iron armor, leather armor... There are a lot of good things.

These trophies are definitely an overnight fortune for him, an apprentice of a card master.

Unfortunately, the large forces of the Frost Knight Legion were not found.

But there is a high probability that there is no hope.

That Governor Cao must have died last, and the place where he died must have had the most guards, but it must have been full of [Secret Keepers].

......

Along the way,

As Ji Xun expected, with the "humanoid radar" of Chu Jiu, the danger of the underground palace has been minimized.

The three of them walked in the corridor, and she could always sense the breath of a powerful monster for the first time, so as to avoid danger in advance.

Although the [Secret Keeper]'s hatred range was farther than her perception, once they sensed that there was a monster, the three of them ran away.

Using some of the obstacles that had been prepared for a long time, the trio was able to get out of danger every time.

In this way, the three of them encountered the [Secret Keeper] several times in the labyrinth, but none of them met head-on.

Without this biggest deadly threat, all that's left is to crack the maze itself.

Nan Jing had come to the maze to brush skeleton materials before, and actually knew the maze walking method mastered by the hunter guild.

But now the sealing stone has fallen, and the original way out has been blocked.

They had to find another way.

Although Ji Xun picked up an adventurer's diary, it did not record the correct way to move.

The three of them went around in this labyrinth for three days.

.......

This labyrinth is just too big.

I also had to avoid some monsters, took a lot of detours, and wasted a lot of time.

Moreover, the complexity of this large cemetery maze has always been known for the difficulty of the hunters' union, and so far it has only been about 40% exploratory.

The remaining 60% may have been walked by, but they were trapped inside.

All labyrinth-like extradimensional spaces have the same deadly threat, and that is food and water.

Although there are storage rings, the supplies carried by Ji Xun and the three of them can last for up to half a month.

It's been six days now.

In other words, if they can't find a way out in a few days, even if there are no monsters, they will be trapped in it alive.

In the dark passage, the three of them walked unhurriedly.

Ji Xun's expression was still indifferent, walking all the way, observing all the way.

Chu Jiu didn't make a sound, just followed quietly, focusing on perceiving the surroundings.

But the psychic lady was a little agitated.

......

In other words, anyone who walks in such a depressed underground palace with no way out for three days will feel anxious.

Oh, no.

That guy didn't!

Nan Jing even suspected that this guy was an expressionless zombie.

She could still hold her breath two days ago, after all, Chu Jiu said that this guy named Ji Xun is a very powerful decryption master.

Before, Nanjing was convinced.

But just these two days of observation.

She felt more and more unreliable.

Where does this guy look like a master of decryption?

I don't know what to ask, and I only choose someone else's walk, and I don't even make a mark.

This made her wonder if Chu Jiu had been deceived.

Finally, the three of them came to a fork in the road again, and for the third time, Nan Jing saw the mark he had left in the corner, and couldn't help but mutter: "Ah... Are we going to keep going? ”

Ji Xun responded lightly: "Hmm." ”

Chu Jiu looked at the mark on the corner of the wall, and although he knew what Nan Jing was pointing to, he didn't speak.

But Nan Jing couldn't help it, and anxiously reminded: "However, this is the third time we have come to this road. In other words, we are stuck in an endless loop. If we continue to go around like this, we will run out of food and water, and we will be useless. Why don't we look for other routes that haven't been taken? ”

The more she talked, the more resentful she became, and she really doubted that this guy would be able to crack the maze after all, and she didn't even understand this bit of common sense.

“...”

Ji Xun listened, glanced at her, and his eyes shone slightly.

Along the way, he didn't tell all his puzzle-solving ideas too early.

One is that I don't think it's necessary.

The second is that many ideas can only be known by himself, and he can't explain it for the time being.

Chu Jiu understood the silence and didn't say anything.

But Nanjing didn't understand.

She asked, "Mr. Ji Xun, can you tell me, why do we continue to repeat this path now?" ”

Ji Xun spread his hands, "I don't know." ”

He really didn't know.

This labyrinth is so complex that Ji Xun has never encountered before.

Because it's beyond the two-dimensional level.

His ability to remember makes the maze map in his head form a "QR code".

But now, there are a lot of bugs on this QR code map.

The more you walk, the more bugs you have.

They've been here three times, yes.

And Ji Xun remembers it very clearly.

↑←↓←↑→↓←...

This is their fixed move every time.

But the strange thing is that every time you go this way, theoretically even if it is a loop, the path is exactly the same, and the marks should be the same.

But the bizarre thing is that most of the passages are the same, but there are a few different passages along the way.

And if you walk two more times, you will find that the number of chaotic passages is different each time.

This is the "key point" that he grasped.

Intuition told Ji Xun that as long as he cracked why those passages were different, he would completely unlock the secret of this labyrinth.

So I can only keep going.

See what the difference really is.

But it's not completely rewarding to walk so many times.

Perception is not misled, and memory is not tampered with.

He basically determined that the "mystery" of this labyrinth was a physical obstacle, not a mystical one.

But these findings are speculation for the time being.

He didn't want to explain either.

......

Nanjing listened to the sentence "I don't know", and his face instantly became very ugly.

Do you want to be trapped here?

She tilted her head and glanced at it faintly: "Ninth Sister Chu? ”

Chu Jiu said in a very indifferent tone: "I trust Mr. Ji Xun's judgment. ”

The calmness that has not changed from beginning to end is a convincing reason.

And she has observed it herself, and the complexity of this labyrinth has long been seen.

In the current situation, if they were to go by themselves, they would not have any idea at all.

Nanjing listened and muttered a little anxiously, "But..."

After three days of getting along, I got to know each other a little bit. Ji Xun knew that this Miss Pill-headed Psychic didn't have any hostility, but she just felt that this kind of headless fly was scurrying around, and her heart became more and more anxious.

After all, after wandering around the maze for three days, and still not knowing anything, it would have collapsed a long time ago if you were an ordinary person.

Nanjing showed good enough.

Thinking about it, Ji Xun also revealed a little progress: "I'm almost solving the puzzle." If nothing else, this maze can be solved after a few more trips. ”

Chu Jiu listened and nodded: "Hmm." ”

“...”

Although Nanjing was skeptical of this statement, it was difficult to say anything.

The three of them continued to walk through the maze.

This time, it was another small half a day.

......

The three of them walked through the dimly lit corridor two more times, and returned to the intersection again.

Although Nanjing questioned it, he was not really stupid.

She walked two more times, and only then did she realize Ji Xun's intention to repeat this road, and she also found that every time she walked, there were problems with the road mark.

But even when she found out, she figured out why it was happening.

This time, however, it was different.

Walking and walking, suddenly, Ji Xun stopped and fell into deep thought.

Chu Jiu turned his head sideways, saw the burning gaze under the gas mask, and already guessed something, "What's wrong?" ”

Nanjing also cast a curious gaze.

Ji Xun pondered for a moment, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he said, "I have found the correct way to move the maze." ”

The tone was very calm, as if he had long expected that he would inevitably get an answer after hard work.

Hearing this, Chu Jiu and Nan Jing's expressions lit up: Really?

"Hmm."

Ji Xun had enough information in his head, and in this little half-day walk, he had already spliced that information together.

Just now, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration and thought of the key word: running.

Enlightened!

At this moment, Ji Xun looked at the passage in front of him and already understood what the clue left in the diary by the adventurer named "Yuri" was.

Ji Xun solved the puzzle that had puzzled him for a few days, and he also exhaled a long breath of turbidity.

Nan Jing couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Ji Xun, how are we going to go now?" ”

Ji Xun said to the two: "You will run with me as fast as you can in a while." ”

Nanjing didn't know why: "Huh? ”

Chu Jiu was thoughtful.

Now that the thinking has been clear, there is nothing that cannot be said, Ji Xun carefully explained: "This labyrinth is actually not as big as the legend. At least not as big as we see with the naked eye. ”

Chu Jiu was accustomed to this kind of out-of-the-box thinking, and looked at it habitually.

But Nanjing was surprised: "This... But haven't we come to the end these days? ”

They walked for a few days and didn't get out, and the size of this maze was experienced by themselves.

But now it's not that big?

Ji Xun said meaningfully: "If you think about it with a flat mind, then it will never be possible to solve the mystery of this labyrinth. ”

After a pause, he added, "Because these roads are not on the same plane at all!" ”

When she said this, the two women immediately frowned, obviously unable to understand the precise meaning of this sentence.

Ji Xun didn't beat around the bush, and directly prompted: "Have you ever played the 'Rubik's Cube'?" ”

Saying this, Chu Jiu faintly understood something.

Nanjing was half a beat slower, and he didn't react yet.

Ji Xun said: "This labyrinth is like a Rubik's cube, it is not a plane maze to see, but three-dimensional, and it will move and change. ”

Without waiting for the two to ask, he explained directly: "In fact, the exit may have been in a certain direction all along, such as the top of the Rubik's Cube." But every time we approached the exit. The labyrinth's pathways will change, leading us down the wrong path. That's why we've been stuck in the loop before. The principle is also very simple, that is, there is a sensor mechanism at the mouth of some passages, and when we step inside, the maze starts to turn. Because we are far enough away that we do not perceive the movement of the labyrinth. ”

This has been said in layman's terms.

Nan Jing's pretty face was happy, she already understood, and continued: "That's why we have to run!" Use your speed to narrow the time difference between the labyrinth and finally find the exit before it finishes moving? ”

"Hmm."

Ji Xun nodded with a smile and added: "And it's to run on the right line." ”

As soon as this puzzle-solving idea was spoken, all the doubts suddenly came to an end.

And Nanjing looked at Ji Xun again at this moment, and the doubts in his eyes had completely disappeared and turned into deep admiration.

Only then did she understand why Chu Jiu's mouth often said that "Mr. Ji Xun is a master of puzzle solving" has the gold content.

After seeing it with my own eyes, I realized that it was really strong!

The way to solve this labyrinth has been said, and it may not be difficult to look at.

But it is really difficult to be trapped in the maze for a few days, ignore the interference of the external solution, and analyze the structure of the maze with absolute calm thinking.

It's like herself, she can't find an exit in the past few days, and the environment and supplies have made her gradually anxious.

Moreover, how can a normal person's decryption idea be in a channel that knows the loop, going back and forth for a day or two?

This kind of behavior that is almost paranoid looks like "stupid" in Nanjing before.

But now I know that this is due to the accurate judgment and confidence brought by his super puzzle-solving ability!

And the magic brain circuit of "Rubik's Cube", how did he come up with it?

Nan Jing knew that she had misunderstood before, and her temperament was not hypocritical, so she said directly: "Mr. Ji Xun, I'm sorry, I was too rude before." ”

Ji Xun responded with a smile, and he didn't care at all.

After three days of getting along, he also had a good impression of this psychic lady.

"However, it's not entirely safe to find the right move," he added. After entering that space, you may encounter a lot of monsters. I'm not sure what the situation is, but the risk is certainly not small. We also have to do some preparation in advance. ”

"Hmm."

Chu Jiu and the two also nodded.

Finding a breakthrough is already the best news.

Otherwise, I'm afraid I'm really going to be trapped in this labyrinth.