233: Chapter 233 Treasure Land 3

Meanwhile, the thin, Mean-looking Man remained expressionless, scoffing in his heart at what the Plump Boss had just said.

Following behind them? In a game of life and death, he didn't believe for a second that any other player would be willing to protect a bunch of newbies like them.

A flash of determination crossed his eyes. No matter what kind of thing this Miracle Escape Live Stream Game was, he wouldn't trust any other player. He still had to rely on himself to find a way to clear this game.

Because the map had been divided into seven pieces, if the players wanted to know how to find the Treasure Site, they had to piece the map back together.

In times like this, the most convenient method would certainly be to keep all the map pieces with one person. That way, they wouldn't have to make every player take out their map fragments to piece them together every single time they wanted to check the map.

However, because the players completely lacked trust in one another, coupled with the effect of that safety net mechanism, not a single player even suggested this method.

Now, to find the location of the Treasure Site, they temporarily took out the map fragments from their respective backpacks. The backpacks weren't large—not the common hiking backpacks, but only about the size of two palms. However, the items inside were quite complete: a military canteen, rope, a compass, a mini first-aid kit, and a map folded into a small square.

After all, there were only seven map fragments, and unlike some fragments whose edges were too worn down to be pieced together successfully, these were in decent shape.

With just a few trials, it was easy to determine where each fragment belonged based on its edges.

Once they determined their positions, they pieced the map fragments together and spread them out on a large rock.

It was a sheepskin map that had yellowed with age. The map was quite large, over a meter long, and partially incomplete. However, the contents were still relatively clear.

First and foremost, the most eye-catching feature was undoubtedly the longest river on the map, which stood out prominently among the various symbols for dense forests and rocky mountains. Near the river, there were also many branches, covering the entire forest like a fine, dense web.

As soon as she saw this river, the Girl in Pajamas immediately said in pleasant surprise, "I heard the sound of flowing water just now. There must be a river near us! I just don't know if it's the largest one."

The Plump Boss nodded. "Yes, I heard it too. We can use that river to determine our current location in a moment. But..."

At this moment, his brow suddenly furrowed, and the Doctor with a low ponytail beside him also knit her brows slightly, a trace of doubt in her tone. "Why isn't the location of the Treasure Site marked on this map?"

Just as she said, this yellowed sheepskin map only depicted the mountainous terrain drawn in brown ink, without any clues regarding the location of the Treasure Site.

Rather than a treasure map, it looked more like a simple map guiding the players to leave this forest.

If the players' task were to leave this forest, then this map would have been perfectly fine. But their objective this time was to first find the Treasure Site, then enter it to find the ultimate treasure.

"Ah? How can that be?" the Girl in Pajamas exclaimed.

"Could this map be fake?" the Maintenance Worker in a faded jacket couldn't help but ask with a tense expression.

The woman in a white coat shook her head and analyzed calmly, "Probably not. After all, without map guidance, we wouldn't even be able to find the Treasure Site. And we don't have any other items on us besides these treasure map fragments."

"The Miracle Escape Live Stream Game wouldn't set up such a completely unsolvable situation." Her gaze focused on the sheepskin map. "So the problem must still lie with this map."

Out of curiosity, Luo Yuejian also leaned in to take a look, but she couldn't see anything. The pieced-together map looked incredibly ordinary, a world of difference from the treasure map she had imagined.

It didn't even have a red "X" on it, yet it had the nerve to be called a treasure map?

Thinking this, Luo Yuejian couldn't help but mutter under her breath, "Something's missing..."

After saying that, she didn't pay it much mind. After all, her goal wasn't to clear the game; the harder the map was to understand, the more advantageous it actually was for her.

However, Luo Yuejian couldn't just stand there doing absolutely nothing either, as that could easily be flagged as excessive slacking. So, she prepared to wander around the area.

Coincidentally, the Girl in Pajamas had mentioned earlier that there was water nearby, and the Plump Boss had also said they could use the river to determine their current position.

So there shouldn't be any problem if Luo Yuejian went to look for the river, right?

In any case, these players couldn't even understand the map right now, so who knew how much time they would waste. And the time limit for this mission was only a short three days.

Luo Yuejian liked time-limited games the most. Once the time was up, they would fail the game, which meant she didn't need to go out of her way to seek death. She only needed to keep stalling for time to perfectly achieve her goal and complete the slacker system's mission.

Luo Yuejian had only spoken off the cuff and hadn't cared at all. What she didn't expect, however, was that this single sentence was caught by the Mean-looking Man beside her.

"Something's missing? What's missing?" The Mean-looking Man couldn't help but frown, looking toward Luo Yuejian, only to see her back.

The Mean-looking Man couldn't help but call out to stop Luo Yuejian. "Where are you going?"

Hearing the voice behind her, Luo Yuejian instinctively stopped. Unsure if the voice was calling her, she turned her head anyway and saw the Mean-looking Man staring at her.

He really was calling her? Luo Yuejian didn't know what this guy wanted by stopping her, but she still replied, "To find water."

She actually originally wanted to say she was going to look for the river, but also wanted to say she was going to look for a water source. Caught in a tug-of-war between her left and right brain, she ended up only uttering those three words.

Yet these words caused a ripple in the Mean-looking Man's heart.

Water?

Before his death, he had gained a certain understanding of puzzle-solving processes through various channels.

From what he knew, some markings would only appear under specific conditions, such as being heated by fire or soaked in water.

And right now, the White-haired Girl said she was going to look for water. Could it be that she already knew the secret of the sheepskin map? That only after being soaked in water would the hidden information on the map truly reveal itself?

But how did this White-haired Girl know about this?

His brow furrowed, and he inquired, "So soaking it in water will reveal the true information on that sheepskin map?"

Luo Yuejian: ?