Published at 8th of August 2022 7:27 am

Chapter 77 Maze (NPC)

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Inside the rolling transparent bubble ball, everyone is knocked into a daze, not knowing where they are taken to. When the transparent ball finally broke, they fell to the ground miserably.

"Ouch!" "Damn!" "Frick!"

A bunch of scolding could be heard, and the group of people stood up while rubbing their buttocks. Then, they keep rubbing the place where they got hit during the tumble.

"We've changed places." Nie Feng suddenly said to attract everyone's attention. He didn't care about the pain in his body and began to look around.

It's like entering the basement floor after clearing the first round in the Super Mario game. The light in the place where they are is very dark, which is very different from the bright maze before. There are high black walls all around. The only thing in common is they are still in the maze passages.

The sensory stimulation of light on humans is very obvious when it changes. When they got here, everyone immediately became nervous, even holding their weapons tightly.

"Tsk, I have a bad feeling." Lou Fan tutted.

As soon as Lou Fan said that, his team immediately looked at him. Lou Fan only spread his hands and said, "I feel like we are going to need fighting force, so Shuyang and I will depend on you guys."

Wen Lang snorted, "What kind of bad premonition is that if you only need fighting force? It’s those stuff that needs luck that will make people bald, okay?"

Qin Tan glanced around and confirmed that there is no danger at the moment. So, he said, "Let’s eat something to replenish our strength first. Also, those who are wounded, go and apply medicine."

As the only woman in the group, Zhuo Lan is rubbing her knees silently at the moment. She is in great pain, and it must have been blue and purple all over her body. However, she just rubbed the sore spot, trying to reduce the pain. Suddenly, a bottle of medicine appeared in her sight, and she knew it is medicine for wounds. Looking up, Zhuo Lan saw Lou Fan squatting down with the medicine. He is looking face to face with her and she pursed her lips.

"This medicine is not bad, the wound doesn't hurt anymore when you apply on it." Lou Fan said, "I'll block the sight for you, you can apply it yourself."

Zhuo Lan bit her lower lip and said softly, "Thanks."

Lou Fan squatted with his back turned and spread his coat, just managing to block Zhuo Lan who is sitting on the ground. Lou Fan said softly, "I have a good friend with temperament very similar to yours. She has gone to do her mission, and I don't know if she will return smoothly. When I see you, I think of her."

Zhuo Lan smiled and replied, "You must have a good relationship."

Lou Fan also nodded, "It's good, she's just like a big sister. Although she has a bad temper, she's actually a good person. When we go back, I'll introduce you to her, and you can join her organization."

Zhuo Lan uttered a sound of acknowledgment. Different from when she first came into this world, the thorns all over her body seemed to have been removed, and she became humble.

After resting for a while, everyone packed up and is ready to move on. The wounds on their body have been smeared with the medicine, which is very effective.

[Ding dong!]

A mechanical sound rang out, startling everyone.

[Ding dong! Congratulations to the players for passing the 3rd level. Welcome to the basement floor maze. The chase mode will be launched in 10 minutes, and the charming jumping frog will be waiting to meet you. Note that players can get a 5-minute rest time by killing a jumping frog. The chase mode will be activated for 1 hour. The more rest time you get, the longer you can delay the chase mode from being turned on.]

This time, the mission world even gave them a hint.

"Frck, how do we get through this level? Is there any checkpoint left?" Wen Lang yelled.

Lou Fan frowned, "Jumping frogs, it doesn’t sound like a good thing to hear." He hates this kind of sticky stuff the most.

Qin Tan calmly said, "Let’s take it one step at a time. This layer is different from the above, maybe er will encounter something, don't worry."

10 minutes passed quickly, and everyone are still standing there, waiting to see what the jumping frog looked like. With a ‘croak’, everyone saw its true appearance. It is a giant frog[1], but it looks so ugly. Its skin is darker than that of a toad, and there are lumps all over its body. It has the size of a small car but it seems to move quickly. Within a few jumps, it has arrived in front of them.

Lou Fan is disgusted, and Zhuo Lan’s face turned pale.

"Go go go, it's disgusting."

Unfortunately, before they could leave, the jumping frog stuck out a tongue and hit Nie Feng. The heavy force is mixed with disgusting saliva, making all the liquid splash over Nie Feng's body. The tongue hit him like a whip and it hurt so much that he bared his teeth.

Obviously, it was still so far away just now. Why it can come over so fast? Now, they have to face the frog no matter what.

Seeing that Nie Feng is entangled, Lou Fan immediately took some arrows and shot. 3 arrows flashed and happened to hit the lump on the jumping frog. With a 'pshh', the lump burst, and a foul-smelling black liquid flowed out.

"Blergh!" Lou Fan is even more disgusted.

Chen Shuyang held the long spear and poked it at the jumping frog. Probably due to its rough and thick skin, the tip of the spear sank under the skin. The jumping frog immediately flicked its tongue.

Seeing the tongue is about to hit Chen Shuyang, Qin Tan swept forward with his Tang sword. The orange-yellow blade slashed across the long tongue, just like cutting tofu. The long tongue is cut into half, and the one that fell on the ground is still twitching. Qin Tan swung his long sword and slashed at the jumping frog. The jumping frog made a 'croak' and pounced at Qin Tan. Qin Tan also rushed towards the frog quickly, and the edge of his sword swept across its belly.

BLEARGH! Lou Fan almost vomited out at the sight of viscera all over the place. It’s really repulsive.

A snow-white cloud emerged from Lou Fan’s pocket, staring at him with its curious little eyes. The snowball tilted its head as if it doesn't understand what happened to its master. Lou Fan paused, and an idea popped into his head. Then, he hugged the fur ball and kissed it. Lou Fan didn't turn around and just shouted to the back, "Quick, quick, let’s find the next frog. I have a good idea."

Wen Lang immediately opened his mouth and laughed, "Ah, is my Brother Lou going to do something extraordinary again?"

Lou Fan really disliked this jumping frog so he replied, "There’s no other way. Who made these frogs so nauseating." Otherwise, he would not have done this.

There was no need for the group to look for the frogs. Soon, the second jumping frog appeared not far away. When it saw them, Lou Fan felt that its bulging eyes are flashing with green light and that 'croak' contained a feeling of infinite excitement.

"Go! Brother Lou!" Wen Lang shouted.

Lou Fan’s eyes are throwing daggers at Wen Lang to shut up. Next, he said a few words to the fur ball, and it nodded slightly.

A flash of lightning-fast white figure rushed towards the oncoming jumping frog, like a small cannonball. It rushed into the jumping frog's opened mouth. The next moment, the jumping frog that was still excited just now fell to the ground heavily and stopped moving.

Furball flew back, and immediately wanted to run up to Lou Fan's shoulder but got stopped by Lou Fan. Lou Fan held Furball in front of his eyes and stared all over it carefully. After that, he sniffed Furball carefully to make sure that there is nothing strange on it or exuding a strange smell. Only then did he reluctantly let Furball stand back on his shoulders.

Before the people behind him could come back to their senses, Lou Fan already raised his arms and shouted, "Let's go! The chase mode is on, let’s look for the frogs!"

Everyone: ...

Black lines [-_-ll] can no longer be used to express the complexity of their hearts. Is it really okay to cheat freely like this?

Lou Fan is very happy that he doesn't have to come into close contact with such foul things again. There is nothing nicer than that. He can't wait to kiss Furball again, but, en… the way Furball killed the frogs… Lou Fan really can’t bear to drop that kiss. Thinking like this, he took out a handful of butter beans and fed them to Furball with a smile.

Qin Tan curved his lips behind Lou Fan, feeling a little helpless.

Nie Feng is very curious about the fur ball on Lou Fan’s shoulder. He originally thought it is just a small pet. Although he had seen only this pet in Lazuli, he didn't expect it to be so powerful. He was hit by the tongue of the leaping frog before so he knows how painful it is.

Zhuo Lan feels a little confused now. She remembers that when she was chatting with the Level 1 team before, she heard that the missions in each world are very scary. But according to what she encountered so far, apart from getting exhausted from the Guard Patrol, she does not feel very horrible. Or rather, did the Level 1 team exaggerate the difficulty? She is a little confused now.

A group of people walked slowly in the maze, carefully checking for checkpoints. The oncoming jumping frogs are all killed by Furball, so they had no chance to take action themselves. Also, Furball moves faster than anyone else, because Lou Fan would give it a big handful of butter beans every time it killed a frog.

Furball: Butter beans are the best.

After an hour.

[Ding dong! Calculating the number of jumping frogs killed...]

5 minutes later.

[Calculating…]

Lou Fan had a feeling that he could hear the mechanical voice saying the words with imperceptible gnashing of teeth.

[Ding dong! According to the calculation, a total of 378 jumping frogs were killed and 31.5 hours of rest time were obtained...]

Lou Fan sighed, "Ah, finally I don't have to see such disgusting things anymore. Why don't they come more? It would be better if I didn't have to see them at all until the end of this level."

Everyone thought about it and felt that what Lou Fan said is very reasonable.

Without the jumping frogs coming to attack them, the group is more leisurely and relaxed. Their goal is very clear, that is, to find the checkpoint and clear it. However, they have been searching for a few hours and have not seen any checkpoints.

"Take a break to replenish your strength and eat something," Qin Tan said.

After walking for a long time, everyone is really tired. They didn't sleep much at all. Now that they had enough time, the group couldn't help but relax. As soon as they sat down, they feel like they can't open their eyelids. After closing their eyes for a while, a slight snoring sound could be heard.

Lou Fan rubbed his eyes, feeling a little tired too. Qin Tan sat beside him and patted his own shoulder for Lou Fan to lean against.

"Go to sleep, I'll keep watch."

Lou Fan took Furball out and said to Qin Tan, "You sleep too. Let Furball stand guard, you haven't slept much before."

Qin Tan is quite an alert person, so with Furball helping out, they are relatively safe. He nodded and closed his eyes, resting against Lou Fan's head.

…

Hearing someone talking, Lou Fan woke up and saw that Zhuo Lan is writing on a piece of paper while Chen Shuyang stood beside her and watched. The rest of the people also woke up gradually. Lou Fan looked at the time, he actually slept for 6 hours.

Chen Shuyang walked over happily and said with a smile, "Brother Lou, we have a new idea. It is Zhuo Lan who thought of it, and I think it should be alright."

Lou Fan stood up, rubbing his hair, and asked, "What new ideas?"

Zhuo Lan showed her first smile after arriving here, "I think this level is a bit like a game."

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