Chapter 41

"Sun Yuan is the team leader, he makes the call!"

Shen Jingran shrugged.

"The Silver Carousel only gives us 24 hours, if we can't get out, we'll die!"

Chu Yuntao glanced at his watch; half an hour had already been wasted.

What a waste.

"Liao Wei, what do you think?"

Li Minglu looked at Liao Wei, who was considered the smartest among the team members.

"Wait!"

Liao Wei stared at Sun Yuan: "This kid is too calm, he must have a plan, let's follow him."

"Great minds think alike!"

Li Minglu decided to wait one last time.

Amidst everyone's anxiety, another ten minutes passed, and four mushroom men appeared in the passage on time.

"Get ready, kill one!"

Just as Li Minglu finished speaking, he saw Sun Yuan get up and signal his companions to move out.

"Run fast!"

Sun Yuan urged.

"..."

Li Minglu was dumbfounded, why are you running?

What about the plan to kill the monsters and get clues?

But since Sun Yuan wasn't fighting the monsters, he naturally wouldn't take the risk either, and immediately called for the team to move: "Quick! Quick! Quick! Follow them!"

"Wait!"

Chu Yuntao shouted: "Don't go that way!"

Li Minglu also stopped, his face twisted with indecision, because he realized that the fork Sun Yuan chose was the right one, which was opposite to the main group.

"Sun Yuan must have chosen randomly, let's not follow him!"

Chu Yuntao ran to the left passage, where the maze walls had a green glowing arrow sign: "Even if there's danger ahead, Tang Tang and the others have already cleared it for us."

"Go left!"

Li Minglu made his choice, parting ways with Sun Yuan, as he also thought Sun Yuan had chosen randomly, especially since no clues were found after killing the monsters.

The four monsters reached the fork, with three entering the left passage and one heading right, chasing after Sun Yuan and his group.

"Damn!"

Chu Yuntao cursed when he saw this.

Li Minglu's brows furrowed, tight enough to crush a crab. Was this a coincidence?

Or did Sun Yuan know this would happen?

"Great Sage, our luck is really good, only one came!"

Zhuo Wen sighed in relief.

Sun Yuan stopped; with just one monster, it had to be killed.

Xu Qingshan and the others quickly came to help.

They didn't spend much effort to kill the mushroom man.

But nothing dropped.

Zhao Siyu pursed her lips, still curious: "Team leader, why did you choose this way?"

Whoosh!

The others also looked over.

"Intuition!"

Sun Yuan was brief.

Actually, it wasn't.

In the mobile game "Advancing Civilization," Sun Yuan had played this maze escape level and knew the key to breaking it.

This game was very tricky.

The maze's plant walls had an arrow-shaped indicator, which many people would guess was a trap.

Should I go the other way?

Once this thought appeared, the player fell into the trap.

The arrow indicator was there to mislead players.

To clear the maze, you had to kill the mushroom men, some of which would drop a map when they died. Following the map was the only way out.

Besides the map, they also dropped spore clothes, which were essential for survival.

After killing the mushroom man, Sun Yuan stopped again.

The others were speechless but didn't dare to say or ask anything, as Sun Yuan had saved their lives.

Sun Yuan wasn't wasting time.

According to the maze rules, a batch of mushroom men would spawn from the starting point every ten minutes and enter the maze to chase the players.

The number of mushroom men doubled each time.

So the next batch would be eight.

When they appeared at the first fork, they would split into two groups.

If more players entered the left fork, more mushroom men would chase them.

Sun Yuan used this rule, so only one mushroom man was chasing them.

Ten minutes passed.

Eight mushroom men appeared, with two entering the right passage.

"Mosquito, Xu Qingshan, Wang Xu, Zhou Ze, you deal with one, Qin De, we two will deal with one!"

Sun Yuan assigned tasks and charged at a mushroom man.

Zhuo Wen, Xu Qingshan, and Qin De followed the orders, while Wang Xu and Zhou Ze were a bit scared and lagged behind.

The battle was uneventful, and the two mushroom men died but dropped nothing.

Sun Yuan shook his head, this luck was really bad.

Am I really the king of bad luck?

"Should we wait?"

Shen Jingran asked.

"Sure!"

Sun Yuan nodded: "If anyone doesn't want to wait, they can leave!"

"Only a fool would leave!"

Bao Qi muttered.

The mushroom men were too scary, only someone like Sun Yuan could kill them so easily.

"Team leader, according to the pattern of mushroom men's appearance, the next batch will have at least three, we need to set up some tactics."

Zhao Siyu suggested.

"Damn!"

Shen Jingran understood and was suddenly alarmed, feeling frustrated. Is my +9 intelligence just for show?

I don't want to be a pretty face!

I need to contribute!

I need to show my beauty and intelligence, so Sun Yuan can't live without me.

"When the mushroom men come, Xu Qingshan, Wang Xu, Zhou Ze, you three deal with one, Mosquito, Qin De, you deal with one. If you can't kill them, just hold them off!"

Sun Yuan arranged: "Zhen Yu, once the mushroom men run towards you, use the bird shot to drive them away."

"Understood!"

Zhen Yu snapped to attention and saluted.

No one complained, as Sun Yuan took on the hardest job, fighting one alone.

"What if there are four?"

Shen Jingran was worried.

"We'll deal with it as it comes."

Sun Yuan said firmly.

Zhao Siyu, hearing this, suddenly had a good impression of Sun Yuan, as his arrangement meant he would face one mushroom man alone.

It was dangerous.

Actually, with Sun Yuan's authority, he could have ordered two boys to hold off the fourth mushroom man, but he didn't, knowing it would be too dangerous for them.

Sun Yuan was too kind.

Zhao Siyu evaluated.

But compared to a cold-blooded team leader, she appreciated Sun Yuan's concern for others.

Because he didn't treat the team members as cannon fodder, showing human warmth.

A few minutes later, the sound of heavy footsteps echoed.

They were coming!

Everyone's muscles tensed.

Soon, the mushroom men came into view.

One!

Two!

...

"Damn, there are four!"

Wang Xu cursed.

What you fear comes to you!

"Go!"

Sun Yuan charged first, followed by Zhuo Wen.

Xu Qingshan and Qin De had no choice but to join, while Wang Xu and Zhou Ze, looking scared, lagged behind again.

"Wang Xu, Zhou Ze, hurry up!"

Sun Yuan urged, pulling out the barbarian boomerang from his waist and throwing it at the leading mushroom man.

Whoosh!

The boomerang flew like a crescent moon.

"Jingran, Bao Qi, Wang Yu, let's go!"

Zhao Siyu shouted, wielding a club and charging forward.

"Huh?"

Bao Qi was stunned, she was scared.

"Charge, we can't let men protect us forever!"

Shen Jingran was determined to clear this game and be a savior, not relying on men to save her.

The mushroom men were much slower than humans, and the barbarian boomerang was fast, hitting the leading mushroom man's head, almost blinding it.

This hit made it pause, closing its eyes in pain.

Sun Yuan kicked off the ground, speeding to its front, and with his right hand gripping the explosive bat, he struck its eyes with full force.

Bang!

The mushroom man's head exploded, and Sun Yuan's powerful strike sent it tumbling backward.

Sun Yuan followed up with a flying kick.

Bang!

The mushroom man's eyes were blinded, green fluid splattering.

Sun Yuan didn't pay it any more attention, leaping over it to attack the next mushroom man.

Xu Qingshan and the others also blocked a mushroom man each.

"These mushroom men are strong, but their movements are slower than normal humans, so don't engage them head-on, use hit-and-run tactics!"

Sun Yuan taught on the spot.

He relied on his agile steps, always managing to dodge the mushroom man's attacks and strike its back.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Within seconds, the mushroom man's head was shattered.

Zhao Siyu and Shen Jingran stopped.

They were prepared for a tough battle but didn't expect Sun Yuan to handle two mushroom men so easily.

This...

This is too effortless!

Sun Yuan wasn't surprised.

The explosive bat and Street Fighter gloves were rare equipment, worth 15,000 points in total, making them top-tier beginner gear.

Ordinary mushroom men couldn't withstand such damage.

Sun Yuan didn't help Zhuo Wen and the others but stood aside, giving pointers: "Take advantage of the few monsters now to adapt to the combat."

"Senior Zhao, Jingran, go kill this mushroom man!"

Sun Yuan pointed to the first one he had injured but not killed.

"I'll do it!"

Shen Jingran rolled up her sleeves, eager to try.

Bang!

The club hit the mushroom man like a rubber, feeling bouncy and good, so Shen Jingran couldn't resist hitting it a few more times.

She hit hard.

"Don't play around, be precise and ruthless!"

Sun Yuan scolded: "When facing monsters, you won't have many chances, so aim to kill with one hit and minimize the number of attacks."

Zhao Siyu held the club with both hands, striking the mushroom man seriously.

But Sun Yuan could tell from her stance that this girl was hopeless.

She was uncoordinated and not good at sports.

Just focus on being the brains!

Shen Jingran, on the other hand, was very agile, more than capable of being a boxer.

Bang!

Shen Jingran finally killed the mushroom man, and a pale white light floated from the corpse.

"Equipment?"

Shen Jingran's eyes lit up.

"Ah?"

Zhao Siyu was delighted, following Sun Yuan's advice was the right choice.