The seawall is not that high, and the fall only takes a moment.
There was no sound of water, and there was no suffocating feeling surrounded by sea water. When Ethan Hayes opened his eyes again, he saw the tall stone wall standing in front of him.
The mist that was seen moving around accumulated in the sky, forming thick clouds that compressed the light to the extreme.
The surrounding visibility is extremely low, but strangely, the surrounding stone walls are clearly visible. Three huge walls trap people in a shooting place, and only one direction is open, leading to the dark unknown, inviting you to enter.
Ethan Hayes, who had his purpose in mind, did not rush to leave. Instead, he stood patiently and waited for a while.
Not long after, ink-colored water drops that were difficult to distinguish with the naked eye seeped out from the stone wall, squirming like living creatures, and gradually gathered into obvious font lines.
---【please be quiet】
...
"Kala---Kala---"
The small but clear sound of bones rubbing against each other echoed in the narrow road, and a skeleton slowly swayed in the gray alley.
This is the skeleton of an unknown creature. It is most likely spliced together. It can clearly be distinguished that it contains human hand bones, but it also drags a long tail. The sticky and disgusting unknown liquid squirmed on the skeleton, occasionally dripping to the ground, causing bursts of corrosive "sizzling" sounds.
The most important thing is that it is still walking normally.
---It's normal for people who don't have the mental capacity to scream when they see this scene.
Ethan Hayes looked at the broken bones scattered on the roadside, shook his head silently and pitifully, and passed by the skeleton that was still patrolling everywhere.
The skeleton seems to be following a certain fixed procedure, turning a blind eye to the humans passing by it and moving forward slowly.
[Suddenly I realized that Blake Ryder-nii’s figure still has advantages. ] At least in such a narrow place, as long as you are careful, you will not encounter those disgusting things.
He carefully avoided the strange-shaped skeletons along the way, and shuttled through the alley with a clear goal, not slowing down but not making any sound.
[It seems that this maze is still in its infancy, maybe we can solve it directly! 】Xiao Qi looked at the scanned data and expressed optimistic expectations for their mission.
[Don't set the flag, this guy has swallowed up hundreds of people at least. Being relaxed on the surface only means more trouble on the inside. ]
[Maze] is a type of dimensional beast. The name is very simple. It is a living maze.
This kind of dimensional beast is not very intelligent and always only follows fixed rules. As long as you abide by the rules and find an exit before starving to death, you can leave safely. But as the space-time rift expands and the number of devoured lives increases, its rules will increase or decrease until it becomes an indiscriminate killing field covering the whole world.
The interior of the maze is divided into the surface layer and the inner layer. The exit of the surface layer is very close to the entrance of the inner layer. This is also the insidious part of it. Some lucky trapped people managed to avoid the dangers of the surface layer and reached the end point, but they did not choose the correct one. Instead, he entered a more dangerous inner layer through the exit, and he could only die here with regret.
Ethan Hayes's purpose is to enter the inner layer, and if nothing unexpected happens, the space-time rift will be there.
For this kind of dimensional beast, if you are lucky enough, for example, if you encounter a rule that does not require combat, you can avoid armed conflict and win it. Ethan Hayes is betting on this probability. As long as he sees the entrance to the inner layer, he can determine whether the internal rules require force to be resolved.
However...
[I knew good luck would not favor me. ] Ethan Hayes sighed in his heart.
He looked at the stone door carved with countless twisted patterns at the end of a certain alleyway, and the purple light in his eyes lit up and went out.
Ethan Hayes decisively gave up his desperate plan to enter the inner level at this stage, turned his head to look at the path on the right, and stepped in with light steps.
After walking a few steps, he unexpectedly saw two men so thin that their cheeks were sunken, wearing tattered black suits, huddled in the corner.
As if they felt something approaching, the men, who had been frightened for the past few days, raised their heads in fear, but burst into tears the moment they saw Ethan Hayes. One of them subconsciously wanted to open his mouth to say something, but quickly covered his mouth.
The two of them rolled and crawled towards him, and with a flexible kneel, they grabbed his ankles and cried with snot and tears.
---Master Zhongyuan, Master Zhongyuan is here to save us, oooooooo! ! ! !
---
The discovery of "Jace Rivers" was a pure surprise. Even if he failed to obtain more information, it would not affect Osamu Dazai's continued search for the real Chuuya (tao) old (hua).
Sadly, Port Mafia is no better than they know.
Osamu Dazai thought about the gains of this trip and returned to the Armed Detective Agency.
"Too! Zai!!"
Then as expected, my partner yelled: "You are three hours and twenty-seven minutes late!"
Aiden Cole nimbly avoided Noah Bennett Doppo's hand trying to grab his collar, took two steps back and shouted: "I am collecting information for the case!"
Noah Bennett stopped moving alone and asked suspiciously: "Really?"
Osamu Dazai nodded sincerely: "It's true, for this case, I went deep into the evil port Mafia stronghold alone, and after going through a lot of hardships, I came back with the information."
Noah Bennett Doppo softened his expression: "In that case..."
"uuuuuuuu I worked so hard, Noah Bennett-san still blames me..." Osamu Dazai rubbed his eyes grandiosely.
"Ah..." Honest Noah Bennett began to feel guilty visibly, "I'm sorry, Dazai..."
"I didn't even catch the sale on canned crab meat today..."
"...I'll buy it for you."
"I want ten boxes!"
Noah Bennett Doppo: ...
He gritted his teeth and said, "Okay!"
Aiden Cole finally stopped pretending to cry, and just when he was about to continue to push forward, Oda Sakunosuke, who was sorting out information at his workstation, poked his head out and said, "Dazai, what information did you get?"
Noah Bennett also focused on this: "Yes, what did you find out? Mr. Ranpo said that there were hundreds of victims in this case, and it must be solved as soon as possible."
He was not idle when Osamu Dazai didn't come back. He had been reviewing the details of the case with the Special Agents Division, and was now preparing to take Atsushi Nakajima to the crime scene for an on-the-spot investigation. If Osamu Dazai could provide an investigation direction, the detection would be faster.
Aiden Cole pinched his chin and fell into thought: "Well..."
Noah Bennett: "Huh?"
He raised his head with an innocent look on his face: "I didn't find out anything~"
Noah Bennett: ...
...
"Bang, bang---bang bang---"
After a moment of uproar, Noah Bennett Doppo angrily pulled Nakajima Atsushi and strode out of the door, leaving Zaiji Usagi lying dead on the sofa with his head full.
After lying down for about two or three minutes, Osamu Dazai suddenly sat up straight, took out a pair of headphones from under the sofa and put them on. As expected, he could only hear the "hissing" sound of losing signal.
"How prudent..." he muttered.
At this time, the seat next to him suddenly sank, and Finn Walker sat next to him with interest while holding potato chips, "Dazai, did you find anything interesting?"
Osamu Dazai fell softly on the backrest: "It's not interesting, it should be a super---level trouble."
"Let me guess...something to do with Mr. Hat?"
"As expected of Mr. Ranpo." He held out two fingers, "The slug actually split apart! Do you think it's super scary!"
Finn Walker opened his eyes: "Is the difference obvious?"
"It's obvious, but compared to that guy, the slimy little slugs are much more pleasing to the eye..." Osamu Dazai complained, "And there's another one hidden somewhere!"
"one?"
"He said there was more than one, but I felt there wouldn't be too many."
"That's right," Finn Walker nodded to show his understanding, "What are the rules for entering?"
"Just as Mr. Ranpo expected, there was only night before, but now it has expanded to dusk."
"Can't get in?"
"Can't get in."
Edogawa ran around and held his head: "Then we can only wait for Noah Bennett-san."
"It won't be easy to tire Noah Bennett-san out with his energy."
"You shouldn't be particularly tired now, just stay up all night!"
"Mr. Ranpo, are you going too?"
"That's inevitable. Without a famous detective to lead the way, even Noah Bennett might not be able to come back."
Aiden Cole pulled himself out from the crack of the sofa: "Aren't you going to wait any longer?"
"Time waits for no one." Edogawa shook his head randomly, "If they have the same purpose as us, we will meet again tomorrow."
Aiden Cole chuckled: "That's right."
Everyone in the detective agency is accustomed to the daily charades of the two intellectuals, and they have no intention of trying to understand them with their own mortal IQ. Oda Sakunosuke glanced at them and made sure they had reached a consensus before interjecting: "Dazai, do you want to go to my house for dinner tonight? Hoshimi is back."
"Eh? Didn't Hoshimi say he would come back next week?"
"He said he had finished writing his thesis and his tutor had taken leave early."
Osamu Dazai stretched out and said, "Okay, I just happened to have something to ask him about."
Oda Sakunosuke seemed to have thought of something and reminded him: "You guys take it easy."
"Okay, okay, there will be no problem!"
---
Murata is an ordinary but extraordinary Mafia member.
What's ordinary is that he's been doing this for several years and hasn't become a big shot, but what's extraordinary is that--he's a person with supernatural powers.
His superpower is not powerful, it is just an intuition of danger that sometimes works well. But with this superpower, he became a member of the Black Lizard and enjoyed treatment that was not low in Mafia. .
Considering the particularity of his superpower, Master Guangjin only assigned him tasks such as patrolling port cargo. He was occasionally called to assist adults in judging the danger of some things. The overall job was not easy, but it was not dangerous either.
Until one day, their patrol was enveloped by a strange gray-white fog. After just a moment of trance, they came to a special space surrounded by walls on three sides.
After all, they were well-informed Black Lizard members. They were not too panicked at first. After exploring the place for a while, they saw a line of writing appear on the wall.
---[Please do not make loud noises]
At this time, they had confirmed that they had fallen into the power of a person with special abilities. Before being unsure about the situation, it was safer to abide by the rules, especially since Murata's intuition gave an obvious warning about this.
The captain called Murata to his side, and the two of them opened the way and began to explore this strange space, or --- maze.
Yes, it didn't take them long to figure out it was a maze, but that wasn't the point.
When one of the companions touched the skeleton but was instantly dissolved, and when the other companion subconsciously fired a gun but was surrounded by the surrounding skeletons and swallowed up, the black lizards realized---those strange and twisted Bones are the most dangerous existence.
They sacrificed several of their companions before they could escape from the siege of the skeletons. Not long after, they were horrified to discover that they could still communicate in low voices, but now even making a sound could provoke those things!
In this environment, it is extremely difficult for people to restrain their fear and not make a sound.
With no food and water, and no way out, they didn't know how long they had been suffering here. In the end, only the strongest captain and Murata, who could judge danger, were left.
They supported each other and reached the end of the maze - a stone door carved with countless patterns.
The captain gestured to Murata in surprise, asking him to judge whether this was the exit.
Murata was also full of expectations. He raised his head and was deeply attracted by the pattern on the door.
It wasn't until he was awakened by the crazy warning from his superpower that he realized that he was almost touching the door!
[No! This is not an exit! ] Murata staggered back two steps and shook his head hastily at the captain.
The two fell into despair for a moment.
They didn't dare to stay at Shimen anymore, but they didn't dare to leave here and face those deadly things. They could only hide on the side path, waiting for hope that they didn't know if there would be.
Fortunately, God favors them.
When that familiar figure, the ocher hair that looked particularly bright in this ghostly place where the road could barely be seen appeared in front of them, Murata felt as if he had seen the light of a god penetrating the maze and illuminating the road ahead. .
[It’s Mr. Zhongyuan! ! ]
After they looked at each other to confirm that it was not their hallucination, they rushed forward as quickly as possible and knelt at the feet of "Jace Rivers".
Mr. Zhongyuan's body, which was not considered stalwart, seemed unusually tall at this time.
[Woo woo woo woo... As expected of Master Zhongyuan, he will never give up on any of his subordinates! ]
---[We are saved! ]
"Jace Rivers" lowered his head, looking at the two men who were so big despite being so hungry, with their faces covered in tears and runny noses, and pulled away their hands with a little disgust.
Oops, the snot is dripping on the shoes.
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