Chapter 129: 107: The Land of No Light and the Demonic Secret
Zhou Baiyu experienced a tremendous inner shock.
As a legendary explorer, he knew that Jiang Xianwu's sss rank from the last cruise definitely meant some great rewards...
But what he hadn't expected was that it would be so much higher than his own ss rank.
Zhou Baiyu's judgment was correct.
Jiang Xianwu's sss rank performance earned him a potion and a dice.
The potion enabled Jiang Xianwu to get through the defense mode, and the shoes from defense mode triggered the gathering of the demonic elite and prisoners.
In the end, it was that dice that truly allowed Jiang Xianwu to display his might.
Even with an inkling of the situation, Zhou Baiyu was still very surprised.
Because among the vast hordes of demons, demonic kings may not be the rarest of beings, but they certainly were beyond human capacity to deal with at the current stage...
Moreover... this evaluation of passing the level was indeed shocking:
[You've survived and passed through two chambers; keep up the good work and show more potential.
Bonus for Friendship Ende mode—Based on your average performance, your teammates will not receive any buffs or debuffs.
Bonus for Friendship Ende mode 2—Based on your teammate's consecutive killings of demonic kings, and the fact that all threats in this recruitment have been eliminated, his performance will bring you great assistance in the upcoming recruitment process—
We will clear the corruption value affected by the maniacal laughter, and temporarily grant you these traits: "Orator," "Sixth Sense Player," "Perspective Switcher," "Heartfelt Big Sister." After the recruitment, these traits will disappear.]
[You have two minutes to communicate.]
Consecutive killings of demonic kings, and all threats in this recruitment have been eliminated...
Does this mean he wiped out all the demons in that hunting festival?
Even though Zhou Baiyu knew that an outstanding Mutator could cause many abnormal changes in the recruitment...
This time, the changes were indeed too drastic.
"Jiang Xianwu... what happened on your end?" As soon as the conversation started, Zhou Baiyu was eager to inquire about the process.
He was surprised, but after all, it was a pleasant surprise.
"President, tell me about your situation first," Zhou Baiyu was no longer panicked.
Zhou Baiyu paused for a second, then thought, 'Yes, I have enough opportunities to find out how Jiang Xianwu did it afterward.'
For now, he needed to share the information he had discovered with Jiang Xianwu.
He organized his words and said as concisely as possible:
"In the third chamber, from what I've read so far, every ward in the insane asylum is a chamber..."
"There used to be doctors here, but the doctors have gone mad as well."
"I did as you said, played chess with made-up rules, like my rook is a dump truck, and my cannons are all area-of-effect... Turned out, the other side actually accepted it, yeah, I defeated the unprincipled with my own lack of principles."
"After leaving the first chamber, I faced a choice: walk towards the darkness in the distance or the light in the distance?"
"Logically, I should choose to walk towards the light... but I felt that this guidance was too obvious, so I made a hard choice and went the other way."
Gambler.
Zhou Baiying sighed once more, thinking that the president was truly bold in his gambling... Is it possible that the puzzles of the insane asylum are not as convoluted and simply aligning with the madmen's brainwaves could suffice?
As for the design of the insane asylum... That should be designed by sane people, of course, the exit is towards the side with light.
However, Zhou Baiying could also understand a bit.
First, the president was already affected by the maniacal laughter, which put him in a somewhat confused state, and secondly... after all, the president is a Mutator held back by Concealment, essentially a gambling addict.
But Zhou Baiyu's next words gave Zhou Baiying an idea.
"Later I found out, the closer to the darkness an inmate is, the crazier they become, and the more bizarre their behavior."
"The second chamber was a game of hide and seek, where the target couldn't really hide at all; such a small chamber, no matter where he hid, as soon as I found him, I'd win."
"But the thing is... I realized he didn't think he existed at all; he just hugged himself, pretending to be a stool. When I tried to talk to him, he gave me a look that said, 'I'm a stool, what do you want to talk to me for?'"
Pfft, Zhou Baiying couldn't help but laugh. She could imagine the president's speechlessness.
"But I managed to pass this part thanks to a mutation privilege I got from you. I mutated into a table... tables and stools come as a set, then the table began to speak... The nutcase immediately said: So you were also pretending."
"He thought the table was a person, felt outdone thinking the table played its part better than he did, and gave up on the spot."
Zhou Baiyu sped up his talking, probably realizing there wasn't much time left. But despite this... he still found it somewhat amusing.
Of course, with the sudden acquisition of several temporary traits, he was gradually beginning to understand the minds of the madmen.
The following challenges were not difficult.
He wasn't seeking guidance from Jiang Xianwu; he was informing him of something—
"The farther you go, the more exaggerated the maniacal laughter becomes, and the greater its impact on the mind. I suspect that hidden within the insane asylum is a powerful corrupt entity."
With that statement, Zhou Baiying was taken aback for a moment, then it dawned on him...
That's right!
The president deserved to be a legendary explorer; he was still able to think so much after nearly being driven to collapse by the madmen.
Upon further reflection...
The president and she were of the same version, both version 2.30.
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