Chapter 343 - Unbelievably Strange (1/2)

Chapter 343: Unbelievably Strange

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Cave.

“Lord, it’s a dead end?” Skinorse gaped at the spiraling steps.

The first Magic Door was in the near distance. He walked up and tried with his dagger. There was a sharp scraping sound, and a faint scratch appeared on the smooth Magic Door. It faded slowly and disappeared completely after three seconds.

“This door isn’t very sturdy. I can destroy them easily, but there are too many.” He estimated that he could force through five doors, ten doors, and even 20 doors but 50 would exhaust him.

Link had a headache too.

The reason was simple. The space in the spiral steps was very unusual and was finely folded multiple times. Only one of these doors was the true exit, but its position wasn’t set. It could randomly appear as one of the 50.

In the previous game, Link had tried more than 100 times. Every door had once been the exit, but as a player, they could only gamble their luck.

They had to break through door after door and go in to check until they found the correct exit. If one was lucky, the first would be the exit. If one was unlucky, it could end up being door 50. That would be honestly depressing. Some players were even stuck in this place for an entire week.

Link was quite lucky in the other world. Paired with some tricks, he could usually find the right exit within five tries. However, that was a game, and this was reality. Link didn’t know if his tricks would work.

Of course, the most important task now was to open the doors.

Forcefully breaking them was possible, but these Magic Doors were all around the pinnacle of Level-6. It was too consuming and wouldn’t work in the long run. Fortunately, Link was prepared.

He took out the dark red crystal claw blade taken from the Undead Assassin earlier. After modifying it, it had become a 20-centimeter-long, two-centimeter-wide crystal stick. Holding this stick, Link walked towards the first Magic Door. He studied the wall carefully. After around one minute, he found a centimeter-long crack in the wall.

Found it. It’s just like in the game! Link was overjoyed. He took out his wand and pointed at the crack lightly. “Cleansing spell!”

Faint light loomed over and lightly cleaned the crack of dust and pebbles like a duster. Finally, it revealed a small hole around two centimeters wide. It was the exact size of Link’s crystal stick.

Link stuck the stick into the hole and started pouring Mana into it. At the same time, he explained, “This should be the keyhole of the Magic Door. A key made from the Undead Assassin’s claw blade won’t be rejected by the Magic Door’s power…Wait, the position is wrong.”

He pulled the crystal stick out and continued to add Mana in to investigate. After around three seconds, Link slowly pushed the stick in again. He went millimeter by millimeter, and after around three millimeters, a slight crack sounded in the hole.

“Got it.” Skinorse was overjoyed when he heard the sound.

Link activated an enchantment again and modified the crystal stick bit by bit to the shape of the lock’s structure. After around ten seconds, Link gently turned the stick. Buzz…buzz…buzz… The Magic Door beside the hole hummed lightly. After around ten seconds, the door transformed into light and disappeared.

“The door is open!” Melinda laughed and clapped her hands. She looked at Link with reverence.

“Hmph, you haven’t seen anything.” The black cat looked at the cheering Yabba woman with disdain. Then it changed its position and curled up again as if things had nothing to do with it.

“Skinorse, investigate the path!”

“Okay.” The guy brandished his dagger and rushed to the front again. He walked in and, after a bit, he said, “Come in, it’s safe…but it’s a bit strange. I think we’ve been here before.”

The group entered. Link glanced around and sighed. “Let’s go. This door is the entrance to a looped space. It’s not the exit. Let’s continue forward.”

The place they were at was completely identical to the entrance of the Door of Lies. This door was like a transmitter among the steps. They stepped through and returned to the entrance.

“Lord, why don’t we go back?” Skinorse asked curiously.

Link pointed behind them. “Are you sure you want to go back?”

Skinorse walked to the door behind them and instantly had a fright. When they came in, there were still steps. Now, it had become a bottomless hole. He couldn’t see anything in the hole while violent wind kept blowing through. It was really strong too and caught Skinorse by surprise. He lost his balance and actually floated. It seemed that the wind would suck him in.

Nana hurriedly grabbed his arm and pulled him back.

Regaining his balance, Skinorse felt that even his breaths were shaky. His legs felt like jelly, and he could barely stand.

Link tossed a rock into the hole. One second, two seconds…After more than one minute, there was a sudden boom, and a lick of fire shot out from the hole. The flame was light blue and was abnormally hot. Skinorse was a bit closer to it and his face hurt from the heat, forcing him to activate his Battle Aura to defend himself.

“That scary?” Skinorse gulped. The rock took one minute to land, there was wild wind, and there was Level-8 explosive fire in the bottom. If they retreated, they would definitely die.

“This is a one-way looped space. There is no way back.”

“What’s a one-way looped space?” Skinorse asked as if he wasn’t in dire danger.

Before Link could reply, the black cat cut in. “Mortal, take it easy with your poor brain and let it live a few more years. You won’t understand even if I tell you.”

Link shrugged and said, “You saw the general situation. We can only go in one direction and go past the places we’ve already been through. As for the specific theory, are you sure you want to know?”

He understood the theory and could even make something similar. Decoding this type of space wasn’t that hard either, but there was a big problem.

This one-way looped space had dead ends. This meant that once it was decoded and the space collapsed, there was a high possibility that everyone inside would be brought to the dead end—the bottomless fire pit they’d just witnessed.

From what they’d seen, this dead end was abnormally horrifying, and there was little chance they would survive.

Thus, Link decided he would just follow the spatial laws obediently. He could get out anyhow.

Skinorse didn’t believe him. “Tell me. I’ll listen.”