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85: Changing terrain
Without hesitation, Chen Ze led the way, running out of the passage.
From the parchment, Goethe was still a bit of a distance from them, so running now was still possible.
"No, Ze, are you really sure that the red and white dots displayed on this are us and the guy with the chainsaw?"
"What if it's wrong? Wouldn't it be bad for us to run out now?"
Old Hei looked at the anxious Chen Ze and instinctively followed him, asking as he went.
"Trust me, my intuition won't be wrong!"
"Just watch how I lead you guys to clear the level!"
After getting the parchment, Chen Ze's confidence obviously increased a lot.
The thought of successfully clearing the castle with his leadership made him unable to stop smiling.
In this way, the matter of indirectly causing Ellie to be captured would definitely be overlooked.
And by then, the attention he received would definitely be more than Dai Xiaomei and Song Yang.
This trip was not in vain!
On the other side, Li Zhou stood in the corner from beginning to end.
Looking at the excited Chen Ze, he raised an eyebrow, a meaningful smile appearing on his face.
He hadn't forgotten what the General had said earlier.
The parchment Chen Ze held at this moment was indeed a map of the castle's routes.
However, it was not the castle's previous routes.
As soon as everyone entered the attic, the entire layout of the castle had been completely disrupted.
In the second stage of the castle's great escape, not only would the rules change, but the terrain would also change.
At this moment, the entire interior of the castle had become a giant maze.
Even with a map, it would be difficult to quickly find a way out without calm thinking.
Seeing that several people had successively entered the passage, Li Zhou quietly followed.
The audience in the livestream room naturally heard the conversation between Chen Ze and the others earlier, and watching the flickering flashlight beams ahead, everyone began to hold their breath.
Next, a very exciting escape performance was likely to unfold.
Because the flashlight could only illuminate a few meters around, Chen Ze and the others didn't know that Li Zhou was behind them at this moment.
After crawling through the passage, Chen Ze, who came out first, instinctively wanted to turn right.
Because the end of the right corridor earlier was where the stairs to the third floor were located.
However, just as he turned around and was about to take a step, his forehead met a hard surface.
Bang!
A crisp sound rang out.
It sounded like a good head.
"Oh my god!"
The sudden scene left Chen Ze a bit bewildered.
Clutching his forehead, he raised his flashlight in surprise.
Before him, a wall had appeared out of nowhere.
"Why aren't you moving?"
Behind him, Old Hei, who had crawled out of the passage, looked at Chen Ze, who was standing still in a daze, his tone immediately becoming a bit nervous.
Could it be that they had encountered that terrifying guy as soon as they came out?
"Old Hei, after we came out earlier, we went to the right, didn't we?"
Chen Ze swallowed and spoke, a bad premonition suddenly rising in his heart.
"It must be to the right, there's no path on the left."
Dai Xiaomei, bringing Fang Xiaolu, also crawled out of the passage, just hearing Chen Ze's words.
She looked nervously at the dark surroundings and replied.
Hearing this, Chen Ze moved aside.
"Then... what is this?"
The wall was displayed before their eyes.
In an instant, everyone was stunned.
Except for Fang Xiaolu, Chen Ze, Old Hei, and Dai Xiaomei had all been reborn more than once.
They had also crawled through this passage more than once.
They all clearly remembered that after crawling out of the passage, the corridor extended to the right.
"What's going on?!"
"When did a wall appear?"
After confirming that the direction was correct, Dai Xiaomei murmured uneasily.
She found that ever since Song Yang was captured, the castle before her had become increasingly unfamiliar, completely different from yesterday!
Even though everyone's speed was already very fast earlier, Goethe still inexplicably revived.
Moreover, after reviving, Goethe seemed to have changed his style.
Not only did he not deal with them cleanly, but he also captured Song Yang and Ellie.
Immediately after, the rules changed, and the escape room became an escape and rescue mission.
Unexpectedly, now even the castle's terrain had changed!
"Wait, didn't you say earlier that the patterns on the parchment were the castle's map?"
"Take a look, is there a wall at our current location?"
After being stunned for a while, Old Hei seemed to have thought of something and suddenly spoke, looking at Chen Ze.
Hearing this, Chen Ze snapped out of it and quickly took out the parchment to examine it carefully.
Soon, he exclaimed in disbelief, "Oh my god, this is really spooky!"
"This place is really blocked!"
On the parchment in his hand, next to the four white dots, a line was cut off in the middle.
Clearly, Chen Ze's previous guess was correct.
The crisscrossing lines on the parchment in his hand formed the castle's route map.
However, it was not the routes they had taken before, but new ones!
The castle... had changed!
Realizing this, Chen Ze instantly lost some of his confidence.
Looking at the densely overlapping lines, he suddenly felt dizzy.
He hadn't noticed it before, but now it seemed these routes were extremely complex!
What's the point of playing this?!
A thought of wanting to quit once again arose in his heart, and Chen Ze turned around, looking behind Dai Xiaomei.
For now, they could only try going to the left.
From what the parchment showed, Goethe was not on the same line as them, just closely adjacent.
Perhaps, he was on another route behind the wall next to them at this moment!
Taking a deep breath, Chen Ze signaled Old Hei to move aside.
Soon, he passed Dai Xiaomei and Fang Xiaolu, arriving at the first position on the left.
Raising his flashlight, the front was still pitch black, nothing visible.
Without hesitation, he looked at the parchment in his hand and began to walk forward.
Seeing this, Old Hei and Dai Xiaomei immediately followed, pulling Fang Xiaolu along.
As expected, no wall appeared on the left.
After walking for a while, they realized that not only had the routes in the castle changed, but some decorations had also changed.
Originally, there would be human-head sconces hanging on both sides of the walls.
However, the sconces were now gone, and the further they walked, the closer the walls on both sides became, and the path beneath their feet became narrower.
The entire wall was dull and bare, carrying a strange sense of oppression.
If someone with claustrophobia were here, they would probably die on the spot!
At this moment, no one spoke anymore.
The tense atmosphere made it hard to breathe.
Chen Ze continued to walk forward, looking at the parchment in his hand.
If he wasn't mistaken, the path beneath his feet at this moment actually led directly to the location of the other two white dots!