Chapter 109 Lei Shan’s small fault
Feng Ling looked at Baozi and said, "You are the only one who hasn't expressed your opinion yet, so you can say something too."

Baozi was stunned when his name was suddenly called. He looked at the two people on the other side who were on the verge of a fight, and thought: Don’t you want to try to persuade them?
Feng Ling did persuade them. She turned to Huangfu Miaomiao and Li Qing and said sternly, "Shut up, you two have said enough. Let others have a chance to speak."

Bao Changzhi: “…………”

"Okay, you can talk now." Feng Ling said.

Baozi hesitated, touched the back of his head awkwardly, and said, "...Actually, I don't have any objections. I just think that when we make a plan, it's better to be as specific and detailed as possible. For example, if we set up an ambush in the ancient tower, how many grenades do we need? How to arrange the evacuation route? Do we need to figure out the route of the maze boss first? Who is responsible for cover, who is responsible for exploring the way, and...if it fails, is there a backup plan..."

Every time he asked a question, Feng Ling's brows furrowed a little more and his expression became more and more solemn. Baozi didn't know whether he should continue talking.

Pei Xianjue saw this and spoke to ease the atmosphere: "Everyone needs to rest today. We can discuss these issues slowly. We have plenty of time and we will always come up with a solution."

Feng Ling frowned and looked outside the door. "If we want to figure out the boss's route, now is our chance. The statue of Queen Mother of the West is watching us outside. If I can mark it, I can observe its movements within 24 hours. However, the marking ability has a certain distance requirement. I must be very close to it, at least within one meter of it."

Baozi looked embarrassed, "My abilities haven't fully recovered yet..."

"How about using a grenade to blow it up?" Feng Ling pondered. "Even if it doesn't kill the opponent, it should be able to interrupt its mental pressure. As long as I can buy a few seconds, it will be enough for me to mark it."

"That's indeed a solution..." Pei Xianjue nodded, "We can stand in the safe zone and throw grenades from a long distance. Let the explosion interrupt the mental pressure. Then you can take the opportunity to approach the maze boss to mark him, and return to the safe zone before the mental pressure is restored."

"The key is that we don't know how long it will take to recover after the mental pressure is interrupted. If the interruption time is only one or two seconds, you will most likely be suppressed by the opponent outside the safe zone and unable to move. At that time, we will not be able to save you." Baozi reminded Feng Ling.

Feng Ling thought for a moment and said, "Any action will have risks. We can't just do nothing because we are afraid of taking risks."

She looked at Li Qing, "You haven't used any skills today, right? Help me tell you whether I can move smoothly."

Upon hearing this, Li Qing took out a tortoise shell and ancient coins used for fortune-telling from his arms.

He placed the ancient coins one by one into the tortoise shell with great ritual, looked at Feng Ling deeply, then held both ends of the tortoise shell with both hands and shook it gently.

He shook it three times, let go, and tilted one end of the tortoise shell with one hand to let the ancient copper coins fall out naturally.

Coins clinked on the floor tiles in the hall.

Feng Ling couldn't understand, but she could see that Li Qing's expression was obviously relaxed.

"It should go smoothly, right?" Feng Ling asked with a smile.

Li Qing nodded slightly, picked up the ancient coin and put it away, and said seriously: "This hexagram is called Thunder Mountain Xiaoguo, with Gen on the bottom and Zhen on the top. Gen represents mountain and Zhen represents thunder. When thunder roars over a mountain, one must be afraid. If you get this hexagram, it is beneficial to do something. You can do small things, but not big things."

The smile on Feng Ling's face faded a little, "Say something I can understand."

Li Qing was silent for two seconds, then explained: "It means that when taking action, you should know when to stop, know when to stop, don't be stubborn, don't go too far, if you can't restrain yourself in time, you will bring disaster upon yourself."

"I understand." Feng Ling stood up and said, "The hexagram told me to just mark it and avoid unnecessary things."

She turned and walked out.

Huangfu Miaomiao stood up quickly when she saw it, "You...you...you want to explode now?"

"What else?" Feng Ling said, "Do you want to see me do some jumping jacks to warm up?" Pei Xianjue and Bao Changzhi looked at each other and followed him out.

There was a red fog outside, and everything in sight, whether it was the towering granite or the lush ancient pines, was stained with a layer of eerie blood color.

Outside the archway is a flight of stone steps leading downwards, which lead to a corridor. A clay statue of the Queen Mother of the West stands at the entrance of the corridor.

The clay statue had a strange smile on its face, and its dark eyes slowly moved as they approached.

Like watching prey caught in a net, murderous intent and appetite are intertwined.

The atmosphere of terror spread silently.

Even though they hadn't stepped out of the safe zone, everyone still felt the pressure coming.

Pei Xianjue's hands began to tremble slightly. She forced herself to overcome her fear and stared directly at the clay statue not far away.

Baozi saw this and released his ability to try to ease the situation. Pei Xianjue sensed it and said in a low voice: "Baozi, don't use your ability yet. I want to adapt on my own..."

Baozi silently retracted his ability.

Li Qing took everyone's look in his eyes and said, "It seems that the protection of the safe zone is also divided into levels. The closer to the edge of the safe zone, the weaker the protection."

Then he glanced at Huangfu Miaomiao, whose face was pale, and pursed his lips gently.

In his opinion, the reason why Huangfu Miaomiao was so scared had nothing to do with mental pressure. She was simply timid, afraid of death, and a coward.

On the other side, Feng Ling had already arrived at the archway.

One more step down the steps and she would be out of the protection of the safe zone.

She looked down at the tiny hairs standing up on her arms, feeling a mixture of fear and disbelief.

——Heart palpitations, hands shaking, sweating, weak legs, rapid breathing, every cell in the body is calling for help and wanting to escape.

Why is the power of the spirit so strong? She was so scared even though there was only a motionless doll in front of her.

Pei Xianjue said: "The clay statue seems to have no other abilities besides mental coercion. We were suppressed by it in the tower before, but it didn't attack us."

"Yes..." Feng Ling stared at the clay statue, "Later, when we were about to burn the fruit tree, the Queen Mother of the West changed from a clay statue to a white-haired old woman. If I blow it up now, I don't know what surprise it will give me."

Pei Xianjue clenched his fists, trying to move his limbs that were stiff with fear, and said self-deprecatingly, "How ironic... The Queen Mother of the West has been weakened over the course of history, but has become stronger in the maze. Is the game system deliberately designed to mock our human belief in gods and Buddhas?"

Li Qing corrected her point of view: "The maze is prepared for players. The birth of the maze master originated from the war of biological genetic evolution. There are all kinds of coincidences in the evolution of organisms themselves."

Feng Ling said calmly: "What kind of faith is this? It's nothing more than an imagination of humans out of utilitarian needs."

She pulled out a grenade from her waist bag and looked up at the clay statue. "Since it's just imagination, there's nothing to be afraid of..."

"There's nothing to be afraid of." She took a deep breath, pulled the ring of the grenade, and threw it out with force!