Chapter 2272 - Statue (1/2)

Creatures in the geno universe only had one soul, but Han Sen’s Sea of Soul held many beast souls. Since each silver sycee could only freeze one soul at a time, Han Sen used eight beast souls to neutralize the sycees.

Han Sen played with a silver sycee in his hand and stroked the blood kirin’s head. He looked at Mister White and said, “Which way should we head now?”

Mister White went silent for a moment. “I don’t know what these palaces are made of, but not even Fox Queen could force one open. We have to travel around the palaces using their installed teleporters. Each palace seems to possess four teleporters. The front gate and each of the side halls have a teleporter. The back hall has one, too. That means every palace has four exits. What we don’t know is how many palaces there are. I think there might be a way to find the right path to the leader’s hidden stash, though.”

“Well, you’re very good when it comes to calculations and restrictions, Mister White. You must have the answer.” Han Sen smiled.

“I have a few ideas, but I cannot be certain my assumptions are correct. We can give them a try, however,” Mister White said, then he turned to the back hall.

Crime followed Mister White, and Han Sen and the kirin brought up the rear. Just as Mister White had explained, the place was practically a maze. Han Sen wasn’t very good with these sorts of puzzles, and it would have been very difficult for Han Sen to find the Sacred Leader’s treasure by himself.

If he walked around aimlessly, he would probably never find the treasure. And if he bumped into Fox Queen, that one encounter could be the end of him.

Mister White teleported out via the back hall. When Han Sen stepped out of the teleporter on the other side, he found himself in a big hall. The hall was just like the one Han Sen had come from. There were many statues and paintings there.

Mister White made a calculation, and he went to the side hall’s teleporter.

Han Sen wondered just how many palaces there were. This maze was far too complicated for him to navigate by himself. Mister White made a calculation every single time they reached a new palace. It took them four hours to move through one hundred palaces, and they still hadn’t reached the end.

“How long is it going to take for us to reach the treasure?” Han Sen couldn’t help but ask.

Crime snorted in annoyance and said, “Do you think calculating the right route is easy? If it wasn’t for Mister White leading us down the correct road, we would be teleporting into the wrong palaces and exposing ourselves to a great deal of danger. It wouldn’t simply be a long trip, at that point. We would struggle to survive whatever trials those other palaces threw at us.”

“I wasn’t complaining. I was just wondering how long it will take for us to get to where the treasure is hidden,” Han Sen said in exasperation.

Mister White laughed and said, “If I’m guessing correctly, we’ll be reaching the first checkpoint soon.”

“What does that mean?” Han Sen asked. This was the first he’d heard about a checkpoint.

After thinking briefly, Mister White said, “Even with us going down the correct road, there will be a few defensive systems that we’ll have to bypass. For a treasure like this, there will be multiple protective measures in place. Our path is correct, yes, but we must also open the many locked doors to gain entry. I estimate that there will be four to seven of them. I don’t know exactly what form these ‘checkpoints’ will take, of course. The defensive systems will be a touch more threatening than actual locked doors. We have to tread carefully.”

After saying all that, Mister White returned his focus to the path ahead. Han Sen followed the man silently.

After going through another three palaces, Mister White arrived at a palace’s main gate. It was there that he told Han Sen, “If I’m correct, the next palace will be the first checkpoint of this maze. You are going to have to be a little bit more careful.”

After that, Mister White traveled through the light. Crime followed him, as well.

The bird’s nest was still sitting on Han Sen’s head, and he also summoned the gold Demon Bug King Bai Sema before walking through the light.