92: Chapter praise!

“Stacking up layers turns you into a snowman?!”

Brother Tian was shocked.

Cheng Zhen calmly said, “He currently has over ninety layers of ‘Ice Snow Curse’. I think once the Ice Snow Curse reaches 100 layers, he will completely transform into a snowman.”

The two couldn’t help but shuffle back a little, afraid that Mba would suddenly explode and hit them with dozens of layers of curse.

“Brother Tian, take these.”

Cheng Zhen threw over two ropes, one end already tied to Mba’s body. “He’s currently got a 90% speed reduction, so he’s basically immobile. We’ll have to drag him along.”

Brother Tian was a bit puzzled. Since the summoned creature was about to turn into a monster, wouldn’t it be more logical to stay away from it?

And was he seeing things? He seemed to see Cheng Zhen throw a glove on the ground, and the glove disappeared very quickly.

Lizi had only been looking at Friday just now, with a strange feeling of gratitude on her face.

Even such a summoned creature is not abandoned or given up on. Robinson is truly a benevolent person!

Cheng Zhen: Oh, yes, yes, yes, who told me I was a benevolent king!

“Then, what’s the other rope for?” Brother Tian asked, confused.

Cheng Zhen looked at his constantly depleting Mental Power and the full ad slots, sighing helplessly: “It’s for pulling me.”

Brother Tian: “?”

Cheng Zhen tied the other end of the rope around his waist: “I need to use an item, so it’s inconvenient to walk. So, please pull me along too.”

Then, he used the [Mental Lad Honor Badge], struck an attention pose, and let Brother Tian pull him along by the rope.

Brother Tian: “……”

Looking at Cheng Zhen’s figure, which was even straighter than Friday’s, Brother Tian felt like he was pulling two ice sculptures.

Forget it, pulling one is still pulling, pulling two is still pulling, so be it.

The group no longer delayed, leaving the grid hall and entering the corridor.

The corridor, made of ice crystals, had no windows and emitted a faint blue light.

Several light points appeared on both sides of the corridor, seemingly lighting up and extinguishing according to certain patterns, forming designs. The furthest end seemed to be blocked by something.

And A Shi, who had entered this place first, was now nowhere to be seen.

Lizi habitually observed her surroundings carefully, but besides those light points, there were no other clues.

So Brother Tian placed the Cheng Zhen statue in front of the light points, waiting for the mental process.

After a while, Cheng Zhen put his hands down.

Brother Tian was shocked: “You solved the puzzle so quickly?!” What kind of astonishing wisdom was this?

Cheng Zhen shook his hands: “No, my arms got tired from holding them up.”

Brother Tian: “……”

“However…” Cheng Zhen spoke again, “It feels a bit familiar.”

“Lizi, connect the dots on your notebook according to the positions of the bright spots.”

Lizi immediately opened her notebook and quickly drew lines on it, following the light points.

Brother Tian watched for a long time but couldn’t understand what those messy lines were.

“It’s the sequence, the decryption sequence.”

Cheng Zhen pulled out a few items, which were the boxes that previously contained the Ice Snow City map.

“The sequence in which those light points lit up is precisely the decryption sequence for these password boxes.”

He had completed several of the decryptions himself, and watching Lizi draw along the sequence over and over, he quickly remembered what was going on.

Moreover, Cheng Zhen believed that the Endless Game wouldn't provide useless items. If the dungeon only set up puzzles to give out maps, it could simply dig a pit and hide them. Giving four such similar and complex boxes definitely meant there was a trick.

Cheng Zhen cross-referenced the decryption sequence of the map boxes, and soon, he confirmed the sequence of the four light points.

After touching them in order, the four spots lit up consecutively, and the passage seemed to activate, the blocked path now clear.

Before the group could rejoice, a chill emanating from behind them made them turn their heads, only to see more snowmen emerging from the corridor entrance.

“They’re truly persistent!” Brother Tian wished he could punch them.

But those things were like dog poop; stepping on them would only disgust him terribly.

“Just walk normally. There’s a movement grid restriction between you and the snowmen, so as long as you don’t turn back and stick to them, you’ll be fine.”

Cheng Zhen was very calm; he had already seen through the current monster mechanism of the dungeon, so he naturally didn't need to worry.

Brother Tian tried taking a step, and it was indeed as Cheng Zhen said. He walked, the snowman walked; he stopped, the snowman stopped, so he relaxed and proceeded, pulling the two statues with the two ropes.

Only the wall behind him trembled, as if something was moving.

… …

The group continued forward until they reached a three-way intersection, where Brother Tian finally stopped.

If they took the wrong path and had to turn back, who knew how many more snowmen would be in their faces.

“Hmm… sure enough.”

Cheng Zhen thought for a moment and had Lizi take out her notebook. Based on the straight lines she had just drawn connecting the dots, he roughly confirmed the location.

“Follow the sequence of those four patterns, and walk according to these connected points.”

Cheng Zhen also reminded: “It’s possible that at certain nodes, the snowmen will experience the same changes as before.”

For example, sudden acceleration or explosions were all possible.

Brother Tian acknowledged and advanced along the line, indeed unimpeded.

It wasn’t until a bright light appeared ahead that he became nervous, afraid that the snowmen behind him would suddenly explode.

But even until they walked out of the corridor, the snowmen behind them only followed to the exit and didn’t pursue further, their faces still wearing stiff smiles.

The stopping snowmen didn’t make Brother Tian feel at ease, because as he looked at the scene ahead, his brows furrowed again.

Those houses were too familiar.

They had already passed through the same buildings four times, back and forth!

“This, it seems, is the house we encountered on the outer perimeter.”

After careful comparison, Lizi also confirmed, “Although these houses have changed from wood to snow huts, and even the trees have turned into ice crystals… the external structure and layout here haven’t changed. It is indeed the place we encountered initially.”

They hadn’t expected that after circling the outer ring several times and then entering the inner ring, they would still run into those snow huts.

The group was just wondering whether to investigate when the door of the snow hut suddenly opened.

The one who came out was the Scholar.

But at this moment, he wasn’t a snowman; he was a normal person with rosy skin and bright eyes.

The Scholar held up a book and shouted to the other houses: “Praise, praise!”

“Praise the great Snow King!”