161: Mirror maze!

A crisp, shattering sound, like a mirror breaking, echoed.

From Lin Chuan's perspective, it also looked like a mirror breaking.

Because he saw his own reflection shatter.

But very quickly, he realized that only the reflection shattered; the mirror itself was perfectly intact!

This indirectly proved that his idea was correct—there was something fishy about this mirror!

The first three stages of this secret realm should all be considered welfare stages for players to accumulate points.

In the first stage, although there was a threat of death, he was rewarded with 9 attribute fruits;

In the second stage, fighting monsters carried risks, but a treasure chest was guaranteed to drop at the end;

Only in the third stage did Aiya receive no rewards, and her final points were 0!

Clearly, her method of clearing the stage was incorrect!

Lin Chuan wasn't sure if his brute-force method of clearing the stage was correct.

But since he was in a dream anyway, he silently memorized the path he took, hitting the mirror every step of the way.

Thus, throughout the entire underwater mirror maze, an incessant, mirror-shattering 'crashing' sound could be heard at all times.

And Lin Chuan's reflection in the mirror shattered again and again under his heavy axe.

After each shattering, it would re-coalesce a few seconds later.

In this manner, Lin Chuan spent over an hour in the mirror maze.

The more he tried to decipher the path in this maze, the more he admired Aiya!

Because he discovered that this maze was dynamic!

He had meticulously memorized the path he took to enter.

But when he tried to return the same way, he found that routes that were clearly open before were now blocked everywhere!

In other words, memorizing the path was completely useless in this dynamic maze!

And what was even worse—

There were mirrors everywhere, all reflecting Lin Chuan's image.

Walking in such an environment, everything Lin Chuan saw was himself.

Not only did it make him lose his sense of direction more easily than in a normal environment.

Crucially, it also made him very dizzy!

Lin Chuan had only been inside for a little over an hour, and he already felt dizzy and nauseous.

It was hard to imagine how Aiya managed to stay in the mirror maze for over ten hours and still successfully find her way out!

Perhaps his state of mind was broken by his own reflections surrounding him from all directions.

Lin Chuan's subsequent attacks on the mirror became increasingly fierce!

He exerted more and more force, even bringing out Death Grip.

His other Talents also took turns in action.

All sorts of chaotic attacks, in various forms, smashed against the mirror.

In this way, he spent another hour in the mirror maze.

Lin Chuan's mental state became increasingly unstable.

He realized he couldn't let negative emotions control him any longer.

So, he stood still, closed his eyes, and spent a few minutes trying to calm his emotions.

After that, when he opened his eyes again, he no longer rushed around like a headless fly, but instead observed carefully.

This observation truly revealed a clue to him!

Lin Chuan looked at his reflection in the mirror, his gaze suddenly sharpening.

Then, he took out a normal mirror from his dimensional ring.

He held the normal mirror to himself.

And at the same time, he held the maze mirror to himself.

Then, he carefully compared his reflection in the normal mirror with his reflection in the maze mirror.

He quickly discovered—

Although they had the same appearance, there were subtle differences in expression between his reflections in the two mirrors, and their temperaments were clearly different!

His reflection in the normal mirror had returned to a calm and composed state, with a cold and indifferent gaze!

However, his reflection in the maze mirror had a hidden ferocity in its eyes and brows, and its entire demeanor was one of impatience and restless anxiety!

Lin Chuan suddenly understood—

The reason he was so easily agitated and extremely restless in this maze.

Perhaps, it was the mirror's guidance!

The mirror reflected his agitated appearance, and he himself unconsciously became genuinely agitated!

Human emotions are inherently contagious.

However, for one's own emotions to be infected by a reflection, Lin Chuan had never encountered this before!

At this point, Lin Chuan vaguely guessed—

The key to the entire mirror maze lay in those ubiquitous reflections!

After a brief moment of thought, Lin Chuan simply stopped moving.

He tried his best to maintain a peaceful state of mind, then attacked the mirror furiously, again and again!

Amidst the continuous 'crashing' sounds.

His gaze carefully observed the entire process from the reflection shattering to re-coalescing.

In this way, another half an hour passed.

Lin Chuan felt that this half an hour was truly a test of his mental fortitude!

Finally, perseverance paid off!

When Lin Chuan swung his thousand-jin axe at the mirror surface again.

His reflection in the mirror made the same movement, also smashing towards Lin Chuan.

Such a scene had occurred countless times since Lin Chuan entered the mirror maze.

He himself was actually somewhat numb to such scenes.

But precisely this time, his Intuition Talent kicked in!

A strong sense of impending death made a string in Lin Chuan's mind instantly tighten!

His excellent combat awareness made his body's instincts even faster than his brain, and he moved swiftly!

Instant Flash could not be used in the maze.

But Lin Chuan's speed attribute was extremely high!

At this moment, his brain even forgot that he was in a dream.

Only the instinct for survival remained, causing his body to dodge sharply to the right at an extremely fast speed!

However, Lin Chuan's reflection in the mirror did not dodge, but continued its previous action—

His heavy axe actually smashed directly out of the mirror!

With deadly force, it slammed heavily into the mirror on the opposite side!

At this moment, even when Lin Chuan remembered he was in a dream, he still felt a little lingering fear!

Because he knew that the 'self' in the mirror, the force with which he swung his axe, was the same as his own!

If Lin Chuan were to truly take such a terrifying blow head-on…

He would probably have died right there!

At this point, Lin Chuan had a general understanding of the mirror maze's harmful principle.

First, it used a unique dynamic maze format to trap anyone who entered, preventing them from leaving.

As time passed, players trapped in the maze would inevitably develop mental issues!

And the countless reflections from all directions would constantly guide players into a state of irritation.

Some players with unstable minds might even be driven mad.

After attacking randomly in the maze, they would be directly killed by the mirror!

Even if a player could stabilize their mental state and notice something amiss, like Lin Chuan.

But as long as they discovered that the anomaly lay in the reflections, players would inevitably try to attack the reflections.

Each time a reflection was attacked, the reflection would also display an action of attacking the player.

But for countless times initially, the reflection would not actually attack the player.

Instead, it would wait until the player's guard was down, or even when they became numb.

Then the mirror would unleash a fatal blow!

That one blow could truly be described as 'fatal'!

If Lin Chuan hadn't possessed the Intuition Talent, which allowed him to detect danger in advance!

If Lin Chuan hadn't possessed excellent combat instincts!

If Lin Chuan hadn't possessed a speed attribute that exceeded the limits of his current stage!

Then, he would have died directly under the reflection's attack!