Chapter 105 Plague
But it was too late.

A thick black smoke came out of the old woman's mouth. Although they tried their best to escape down the mountain, the black smoke lingered.

As the distance got closer, Feng Ling realized that those were not black smoke, but extremely tiny mosquitoes! They gathered together, like a dense silk net in the air, moving towards them.

Feng Ling immediately shouted at Pei Xianjue: "Fire!!!"

Pei Xianjue raised his hand and swung a knife into the air!

The flames spread into the air in an arc shape, dispelling some of the black smoke.

Feng Ling said as he ran: "Can't you be a little more angry?!"

Pei Xianjue swung his sword a few more times, but the flames became weaker each time.

Her limbs felt weak and she couldn't exert any strength. She couldn't even use the power of the cards freely, which frightened her.

Baozi on the other side started coughing violently, his face turned red, and snot and tears flowed out.

Li Qing covered his mouth and nose and urged: "Go back to the safe zone! These bugs are poisonous!"

As soon as the words fell, everyone held their breath, protected their heads and faces, and fled down the mountain!
They ran more than a hundred meters on the mountain path, and the black smoke behind them finally stopped chasing them. However, they still did not dare to stop until they saw the flying eaves and green tiles of the Sanqing Palace, and then they finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Huangfu Miaomiao maintained her ghost state, moving faster than anyone else, and was the first to reach the safe zone—

As soon as she climbed over the archway of Sanqing Palace, she rolled out from the black ghost in unbearable pain. The fruits wrapped in the ghost were scattered all over the ground, and Huangfu Miaomiao lay on the ground naked, coughing constantly.

Blood choked out of her throat and she struggled to take out a blanket from the storage compartment and wrapped herself in it. The exposed skin broke out in a red rash and her face was red from the high fever.

Not long afterward, Feng Ling, Pei Xianjue, Baozi and Li Qing also returned to the safe zone.

Pei Xianjue and Baozi had the same symptoms as Huangfu Miaomiao. They all had high fever and constant coughing. Baozi even had bleeding gums and vomiting.

Feng Ling's card is the mother nest. She has a certain resistance to bacteria and viruses, but she also developed rashes, felt dizzy, nauseous, weak, and had dry and red eyes.

Li Qing was the only one among all the people who did not have any symptoms.

Huangfu Miaomiao exchanged for the recovery injection, gave one to each person, and injected one into herself as well.

Recovery potions cannot detoxify, but they can quickly improve one's immunity, strengthen physical fitness, and thus alleviate symptoms.

After Feng Ling injected the recovery potion, he took a break and asked Li Qing: "Why are you the only one who is fine?"

Li Qing: “…………”

How was he going to explain that he was just a dead body?
Boom!
Baozi lost consciousness and fell to the ground with a loud noise.

Pei Xianjue wanted to say something, but his throat was hoarse and he felt drowsy.

After being injected with the medicine, Huangfu Miaomiao curled up on the ground, closed her eyes weakly, and waited for the medicine to take effect.

Looking at the disastrous situation, Li Qing sighed, pulled up Baozi's arm, lifted him up, and said to Feng Ling, "Help them inside to rest."

Feng Ling had no time to pay attention to Li Qing's unique physique. He bent down, picked up Huangfu Miaomiao, and walked into the front hall of Sanqing Palace.

There was no cushion or pillow, and almost all of her and Huangfu Miaomiao's luggage was in the storage compartment. Looking at Huangfu Miaomiao's current state, it was estimated that she couldn't get it out.

Feng Ling put her down and went outside, ready to carry Pei Xianjue into the hall.

Who would have thought that just as he helped Pei Xianjue up, he looked up and saw a clay statue standing right in front of the archway, at a distance of no more than ten meters!
It’s the statue in the ancient tower!

It actually caught up with him! It caught him outside the safe zone! Feng Ling felt a shudder of fear.

Although the statue looked kind and graceful with a smile, she saw the hideousness and cruelty of a flesh-eater and blood-drinker in its gentle features and smiling mouth.

Not sure if it was affected by the disease, but after the statue appeared, Feng Ling found that the fog around him gradually turned red, as if it was stained with a layer of blood, which was extremely terrifying and eerie.

Li Qing stepped over the threshold and saw the ancient pagoda statue outside.

Feng Ling immediately asked him: "Can you see? Is the color of the fog not right?"

Li Qing nodded solemnly and said, "That statue should be the master of the maze."

Feng Ling was stunned, and turned his head to look outside the safe zone again——

The mysterious statue stood motionless outside, its eyes always fixed here.

The eyes painted with colorful lacquer were dark and eerie, without any of the warmth and peace of gods and Buddhas, only ghostly viciousness and evil.

"This is a game mechanic. For example, the dragon guarding the treasure will only awaken when the knight touches the gold coin. Another example is the demon statue. When the hero enters the sight, the statue will be unstuck and attack." Li Qing explained, "When you step into the tower, the maze boss will be awakened. From now on, it will no longer stay in the tower, but can move freely. If you find that the fog turns red, it means that the maze boss is nearby."

Just like in some games, when the player approaches a boss monster, the background music changes.

Feng Ling looked at the statue, bit her lip, and an intense feeling of frustration welled up in her heart that she could not suppress.

She thought she could get rid of the Lord of the Maze easily.

The result was that he fled in a panic, without any ability to resist.

Now, she didn't even dare to step out of this safe zone, because once she left the protection of the safe zone, she would kneel down to that damn clay doll!

The mental pressure was beyond her physical capabilities, and she couldn't find a way to break it.

Feng Ling suppressed his anger and turned to ask Li Qing: "What happened to that old woman just now?"

Li Qing pondered for a moment and said to her, "Come in first, I'll tell you slowly."

The two men helped Pei Xianjue into the hall of Sanqing Palace.

——Six people entered the maze, one died, three were lying down, and now only Feng Ling and Li Qing remained conscious.

Li Qing lit the oil lamps on the altar one by one.

The dim light illuminated Feng Ling's frustrated face, while the red mist outside never dissipated.

"Regarding the Lord of the Maze, I have a guess. It may not be accurate, but I think it is very likely." Li Qing said.

Feng Ling frowned.

Li Qing went on to say: "The image of the Queen Mother of the West has evolved several times in legends. One of the images is of an old woman holding an elixir of immortality."

"Immortality elixir?" Feng Ling tried to recall, but it was so thrilling and hurried just now that she couldn't remember whether the old woman was holding anything in her hand.

"The elixir of immortality is often mentioned in the legends about the Queen Mother of the West," said Li Qing. "The most famous one is Chang'e flying to the moon. The elixir of immortality that Chang'e took was given to Hou Yi by the Queen Mother of the West. Because this image is basically tied to the elixir of immortality, I think the maze will not miss this element when it evolves. The fruit on that tree is likely to be an evolved form of the elixir of immortality."

Feng Ling thought for a moment, "Indeed... if you put it that way, everything makes sense. Those monsters came back to life because they took the 'immortality potion'."

"And those bugs..." Li Qing looked at the few people sleeping on the ground. "In ancient mythology, the Queen Mother of the West controls plague and life and death."

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