Chapter 867: Getting out of the maze
"Okay, okay..."
Although her expression was very shocked, the Sphinx still strictly abided by her own settings.
So when Ronald said the correct answer, it quickly adjusted its posture, and then said with a dignified and beautiful expression:
"Adventurer, congratulations on answering my question correctly."
"Then now it is correct for the first time. As a reward for answering two questions, you can choose - or I will give you the reward for passing the question and answer now. Or you can also let me provide you with some small help as allowed by the rules." "You plan
to How do you choose, adventurer?"
"..."
After hearing the reward provided by the Sphinx, Ronald lowered his eyes and immediately had an idea:
"I choose the latter, and I need you to do me a favor."
" Please speak."
"You should know that there are many evil pursuers in the rear, chasing the two of us. So I hope you can ask them very difficult questions and help us buy as much time as possible." After hearing
Luo Nader's request made the Sphinx look very happy.
The monster guarding the maze did not put forward any additional conditions and nodded directly in agreement with Ronald's request:
"A very good proposal!"
"Adventurer, you can trust me."
"It is absolutely impossible for those guys who are chasing you to Pass my obstacle in a short time!"
"..."
"Roar——"
It happened by chance.
Just as the Sphinx finished speaking, Ronald heard claws running on the ground and the sound of monsters roaring from behind.
Turn around and look.
It was Bai Chuan's predator that rushed out from the corner of the maze.
Even in the cartoon world constructed in "The Maze Book", the terrifying appearance of these guys can still be glimpsed.
Its limbs crawled on the ground in a ferocious appearance, its white skin was covered with terrifying spikes, and its large mouth covered with fangs could not even be closed normally.
See the appearance of predatory individuals.
Ronald had no doubt about one thing - if in reality, ordinary people would only end up being eaten alive if they encountered such a terrifying guy.
"..."
"Nicole, let's go!"
Seeing the other party chasing after her with a ferocious attitude, Ronald grabbed Nicole's thick hand and almost dragged the investigator girl, crossing the Sphinx and sitting upright. position.
During the whole process, the Sphinx smiled and watched the two people pass, and then turned to look at the predators that had just arrived:
"Little guys, wait a moment."
"I have a guessing challenge here, do you want to try it?"
Behind Ronald and Nicole, the Sphinx naturally obeyed the rules and blocked Baichuan's predatory individuals.
However, something unexpected happened.
These scary guys don't have the advanced wisdom to communicate with others. When faced with the obstruction of the Sphinx, they roared and pounced on the guy in front of them like real beasts.
"Presumptuous!"
For those who dared to challenge their own rules, the Sphinx roared and pounced forward simultaneously with the lower body of the lion.
There is no suspense about what happened to both sides.
The first batch of predatory individuals that came after them were choked by this terrifying monster in almost the blink of an eye.
Snap, snap, snap—
soon, the sound of intensive bone and flesh breaking was heard.
In just a moment, there was only a pool of debris under the Sphinx's feet, without any living creatures left.
And after completing this unsuspicious massacre in a few seconds.
The Sphinx slowly returned to its original position, then sat down in a dignified posture, and turned to smile gently at Ronald who saw this scene.
"..."
Although this guy didn't speak, Ronald also understood its meaning.
——Adventurer, I did a good job, right?
"..."
Ronald nodded to the other party quite politely, and then dragged Nicole and continued to run wildly into the depths of the maze.
Maintaining this state, the two of them moved forward for a while.
After being dragged around in the air by Ronald for a long time, Nicole suddenly woke up:
"Ronald, what was the question just now!"
"I don't understand your conversation at all?"
Ronald He immediately explained to Nicole:
"The one just now was the Sphinx. Originally in mythology, it was a monster that blocked passers-by and killed people with riddles." "
As for its riddles, there are actually two, one of which is - what Animals walk on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon, and three legs at night. The answer is naturally humans, because this riddle is a metaphor for human childhood, middle age and old age." "The second riddle - there is a pair of sisters
, Sister gave birth to sister, and sister gave birth to sister. The answer actually hinted at the rhythm of day and night."
Nicole suddenly realized.
"I understand, this is a good riddle!"
"Next time I get together with people in the bureau, I can also test them with this question."
Ronald looked back at Nicole.
The investigator girl now had a calm look on her face, and she seemed not to have cared about the urgent situation just now.
Faced with this guy's careless look.
Ronald suddenly had some ideas, so he continued:
"And one more thing, although this guy has a very beautiful face, he is actually a male." "
Huh? It's a male!" Nicole's eyes widened as expected, and she quickly asked in disbelief. "How is that possible? It's so beautiful!"
Ronald continued to explain:
"Because after all, the Sphinx is a monster."
"If we can't answer its questions correctly, what will happen to those predatory individuals just now? The same will happen to us, the appearance is just something it uses to hide its evil." "
..."
Ronald told the truth.
Nicole's interest immediately dissipated.
After walking through the maze guarded by the Sphinx, the two continued to decipher the maze and trekked south.
It turns out.
Sphinxes are very effective in blocking predators.
It took Nicole and Ronald a full day to finally get out of this incredibly huge maze. During this period, they did not encounter any additional disturbance, and they did not even hear the movement of predators chasing them.
The two breathed a sigh of relief and slowly walked toward the exit of the frost maze.
And in this last moment.
Nicole looked back at the scenery behind her with some emotion:
"Ronald, I don't think I want to walk through this kind of maze again in my life." "
..."
Nicole said this with some emotion, but there was silence around her. .
She didn't wait for Ronald's response
and the investigator girl realized something and turned her gaze to the front. Only then did she finally understand what the two of them were facing now.
Because it's right in front of them.
A stretch of seawater several kilometers wide blocked them in front of them.
What's even more terrible is that when the two tried to swim across here, they found that the edge of the sea was protected by the rules of the "Maze Picture Book" game.
Just walking on the edge of the water prevented them from going any further.
Not to mention swimming across it!
(End of chapter)