Chapter 203: Chapter 203: So It’s That Easy

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Pan Xiaoxin was feeling a bit nervous.

Ever since they entered the maze, this group of people (especially Bai Youwei) had been bossing him around.

It wasn’t that he minded being bossed around… it was just… um, how should he put it, it felt weird. Why on earth would they trust a kid like him?

Did they not fear he could mess things up?

Pan Xiaoxin took a serious look at the map and hesitantly pointed at a spot, asking, “Here… How about here? Triumph Road is on the edge of the maze, and there are lots of residential buildings. If the Snakeling Monster comes, we would have somewhere to hide .

“Right there.” Bai Youwei made the decision final and then turned to Shen MO, asking, “Brother, what do you think?” Shen MO nodded, “Yeah, that’s fine.”

Pan Xiaoxin gaped at them.

Did they decide just like that?

Really?

Are you sure?

You’re not joking, are you?

“What are you spacing out for?” Tan Xiao slapped Pan Xiaoxin’s shoulder,

“Kiddo, lead the way

‘ Pan Xiaoxin quietly adjusted his backpack and took the map, heading towards their destination.

Everything went smoothly.

Occasionally, they confronted small creatures, but only a few scattered ones. They were easy to deal with before they had a chance to multiply and replicate themselves.

Sometimes when tremors approached, everyone would take cover in the nearby houses. The Snakeling Monster usually only looked for food along the streets and didn’t venture inside buildings.

With stops and starts, they were getting closer and closer to Triumph Road.

To be honest, Bai Youwei was quite impressed with the kid. In her view, all the city’s buildings looked virtually indistinguishable after having shifted into their maze-like forms, yet somehow Pan Xiaoxin was able to identify each road, each building, with an uncanny spatial and directional sense.

There were times when she suspected that he had taken the wrong path, a skeptical glance exchanged with Shen MO, he reassuring her with a nod.

She was taken aback.

However, on second thought, a grade-schooler who could have survived in such a harsh environment until now must have more than just good luck going for him.

Just like her, who was handicapped. Sure, it was fortunate that she had met Shen MO, but did that mean she was completely useless?

Of course not!

Bai Youwei crinkled her lips into a silent smirk.

This was why she loved games – they didn’t abandon you just because you were young, old, handicapped, or for any other reason.

While the doll game inflicted pain, it also forever offered players opportunities.

Others saw games as instruments of despair and slaughter;

she saw them as flowers, dew, sunlight, a spring-warmed, flower-filled amusement park by the seaside.

…Wait, hold on.

Except for here.

Bai Youwei wrinkled her nose in disgust.

This maze was genuinely disgusting!

After reaching Triumph Road, Pan Xiaoxin completed his role as the guide. Next, Shen MO took over to survey the terrain.

Shen MO chose a residential area. The outer wall of the greenery area appeared to be the outermost layer of the maze.

They made a lasso out of a hemp rope from Pan Xiaoxin’s backpack, used it to tie a Skinning Monster, and threw it near the courtyard wall to chew on meat. They were standing on a second-floor balcony, pulling the rope from a distance, like walking a dog. They directed it to chew wherever they wished by pulling on the rope.

The monster went on eating while replicating itself.

The more of it there was, the greater the holes in the wall became.

Everything was working out surprisingly well. The only thing they needed to be cautious of was the Snakeling Monster that wandered around the streets— It could easily be drawn by the stench of the Skinning Monster.

Shen MO was always the most vigilant one.

Whenever he sensed the tremors getting nearer, he would pull back the rope, picked up the Skinning Monster and took it to the entrance of the residential area as bait.

He was very good at this kind of diversionary tactic. Whenever the Snakeling Monster was enticed by the smell and wanted to venture inside the residential compound for food, he would tease it with the Skinning Monster, leading the snake around in circles. After going around in circles for a long while, the snake couldn’t manage to eat a single monster, becoming hungrier and thinner.

Meanwhile, the compound’s wall was gnawed rotten, gnawed through by the Skinning Monsters!

A faint light could be seen.

Bai Youwei sighed, “Who knew it would be this easy.”

But now, the problem was…

How were they going to get through hundreds of Skinning Monsters to reach the exit?