697 Treasure (1/2)

Apart from the maze being overly complicated, it was also because the maze was constantly changing. The degree of change was so complicated that it far exceeded the limits of what ordinary humans could imagine.

Memorizing the map didn't only require memorizing the routes, but it also required some formulas. When one really got lost, one didn't have to rely on their brains' memory of the routes. Instead, one had to use formulas to calculate the way out.

Zhou Wen had spent quite a bit of time on this. To be safe, he had put in a lot of effort.

Two days later, Zhou Wen and An Sheng arrived at an inconspicuous field. It was originally a cornfield, but it was very remote. After the dimensional storms, there was an anomaly here.

The corn here grew extremely tall; each of them was as tall as a tree. The corn on them was golden and even bigger than a person's head.

Furthermore, ever since the dimensional storms, the corn here hadn't withered. They kept growing.

The entrance to the maze was in the cornfield. Back then, An Tianzuo and An Sheng had fled from a Mythical break-out creature. In their panic, they escaped into the cornfield and ended up falling into the maze. As a result, they escaped the calamity.

An Tianzuo obtained his first Mythical Companion Beast there.

An Sheng circled the cornfield for a while before finally finding a spot. He used a shovel to dig up the soil on the ground, revealing a metal plate.

He lifted the metal plate and revealed an ancient well.

An Sheng patted the soil in his hand and said, ”Overseer and I disguised this place to prevent others from accidentally entering. Firstly, it was to prevent the treasure chests from being opened by others. Secondly, it was to prevent humans from entering. It's impossible for people to come out of such a complicated maze. Death would be the only outcome in that event.

”Young Master Wen, you have to follow me closely after we go down. Don't take the wrong path,” An Sheng exhorted before heading down the well.

Zhou Wen followed An Sheng down the ancient well. There was still water at the bottom. An Sheng dived down, and before long, there was a horizontal tunnel.

Soon, the two of them passed through the underwater tunnel and appeared in a squarish stone room.

An Sheng kept leading Zhou Wen through the stone room. Every stone room looked identical. There was almost no difference.

Every stone room had six exits in all directions—up, down, left, right, forward, and back. Ordinary people wouldn't be able to walk far before getting lost.

Furthermore, the stone house here could move on its own. It made it even harder for ordinary people to leave.

An Sheng kept walking and stopping, occasionally doing some calculations. After three or four hours, he finally found a treasure chest with Zhou Wen.

This stone house was a little special because there was no exit at the bottom. There was a stone chest in its place.

It was different from the treasure chest inlaid with gold and silver that Zhou Wen imagined. It was an ordinary stone chest that didn't look anything special.

”The treasure chests here are very strange. A person can only open three treasure chests. Once you open three, it will be difficult to touch any more, even if you use all your strength. According to our past experience, the treasure chests might be empty. There might also be Companion Eggs, dimensional crystals, and some strange items. They are all dimensional items,” An Sheng said.

Zhou Wen walked forward and held the lid of the treasure chest, lifting it up.

There was no golden light, nor was there any treasure aura. In the huge chest, there was only a palm-sized crystal hourglass.