doitstory Chapter 1214: Labyrinth at Night
Chapter 1214: Labyrinth at Night
Chapter 1214: Chapter 1214: Labyrinth at NightIt’s worth mentioning that while the maze is bright during the daytime, there’s no visible sun, let alone sunlight angles. Looking upward from the bottom of the maze, what you see is the same kind of dim blockage as the maze’s starting point.
"Are there no mutated animals or insects in this maze apart from plants?" Xu Huo asked.
"No animals, but there are insects." The female player slid the video’s progress bar and located a black vine. "This stinking vine attracts a small insect called Blackwing. Blackwing bugs lay their eggs on the seeds of the vine. As long as the vine successfully sprouts, the insects rapidly reproduce into hundreds or thousands. They’ll stay attached to the same vine throughout their lives, moving on to find another host when the vine dies. If no suitable host is nearby, they’ll gradually perish."
"By observing their growth stages, you can infer the stinking vine’s growth period... The Blackwing bugs around this vine are mature, so these stinking vines should be about two months old."
"Judging by the number of Blackwing bugs, this section of the maze walls is probably overgrown with stinking vines. However, the growth environment isn’t great, so the vines are about a third smaller than those cultivated elsewhere..."
She stopped here, hesitated for a moment, and then said with slight annoyance, "The effect of the Truth Serum lasted longer than expected!"
Xu Huo chuckled and brought the conversation back. "Mutant plants have short growth cycles and are not demanding in terms of conditions. The plants in the maze should update and renew themselves rather quickly."
"That’s true." The female player replied, "The maze’s ecological system is already established. As long as nutrients are continually infused, the mutant plants here can propagate endlessly."
"Can the state of plants on the maze walls be used to deduce players’ walking paths?" Xu Huo suddenly asked.
The female player immediately shut her mouth, pursing her lips before replying, "You’re trying to trick me."
"Just a guess. You said earlier that you try not to trigger the maze walls, but without clues, you’d need a method to determine direction." Xu Huo took down the video, turned around, and poured her a cup of hot water from the room. Then he said, "Since you know so much about plants, I figured you might use this method to navigate."
Players moving ahead would filter out correct pathways. She only needed to find maze walls where the plants updated frequently or had irregular growth cycles.
"But it’s not exactly easy," Xu Huo sat down again. "Do you work in this field?"
The female player poured a packet of nutrient powder into her cup, drank half of it, and then said with her head lowered, "I used to be a mutant plant re