Chapter 78 Triggering the Maze Mission
Feng Ling thought: You guessed wrong, Su Yuqing invited me twice~
However, in the past two days, Su Yuqing seemed to have given up and stopped mentioning the matter.

Did he see through that she was not suitable for the Supervisory Bureau? ... Thinking about it this way, Pei Xianjue's words actually made some sense, and it was hard to refute~
"It will take several hours to evacuate all the tourists. Let's go to the entrance of the maze to make arrangements first." Pei Xianjue said.

Feng Ling walked in front to lead the way and asked her, "Do you have any inside information on how to conquer the maze?"

"No." Pei Xianjue said, "The Supervisory Bureau doesn't know much about the maze. The pollution incident was only discovered in the last two months. When it was discovered, it was initially thought to be just an ordinary pollutant. No one thought it was caused by the maze... until recently, uh, about two weeks ago, the research institute locked down the contaminated area and believed that it was a pollution leak caused by the maze, and then planned to go to the contaminated area for investigation."

Pei Xianjue turned his head and glanced at Li Qing. "Before we received the call from Captain Su, we didn't even know there was a maze administrator. It's incredible. So as long as you die, the maze will pollute this place?"

Li Qing nodded. "At the moment... it looks like this."

"What do you mean it seems like this at the moment? You are the administrator, don't you know what the consequences will be after your death?" Pei Xianjue asked curiously.

"Because this situation has never happened before." Li Qing explained in a low voice, "According to the normal operation mechanism of the game, after the administrator goes offline, the system will temporarily manage the system until a new administrator comes online to take over. But now, the administrator's death is an abnormal offline state, which cannot trigger the management mechanism, and the new administrator cannot take over. As a result, the maze is in an unstable state without supervision, and the internal pollution is slowly spreading outward..."

Pei Xianjue nodded thoughtfully, "I think I understand. You maze administrators are equivalent to telephone customer service. According to normal procedures, if a customer service agent suddenly dies at his workstation, someone should immediately drag the body away and send a new customer service agent to take over the job. However, no one took care of the body, and the body remained at the workstation, so the new customer service agent could not take over the position."

Feng Ling frowned and turned to look at Li Qing, "There are too many bugs in your game."

Li Qing lowered his head and spoke even more quietly, seeming to be helpless about it. "Yes, the game is collapsing, the players... the players are very dissatisfied, and killing the administrators by force may be a form of resistance."

"You're a really nice person," Pei Xianjue said with a smile, "The player wanted to kill you, but you still thought about others."

Liang Zhou behind her said indifferently: "Players and administrators are all aliens who invaded this world. It would be better if they were all killed."

As soon as the words fell, the atmosphere immediately became a little weird.

Li Qing and Huangfu Miaomiao silently quickened their pace and moved a little further away from them.

Feng Ling looked back at the man and asked, "Are you here to reinforce us or to cause trouble?"

Pei Xianjue stood in front of Liang Zhou with a smile, "Of course I'm here to reinforce you! Liang Haohan is too outspoken, and his friend was killed by an alien species, so he was in a bad mood and his tone was a bit aggressive, don't take it to heart."

Feng Ling said calmly: "Really? When did the accident happen to his friend?"

Pei Xianjue recalled and said, "Hmm...it seems to have been two or three months. Liang Haohan's card was also obtained at that time."

Feng Ling said coldly: "It's been two or three months and I still can't control my emotions. Is it because the pollution level is too high?"

Pei Xianjue was slightly stunned, then turned to ask Liang Zhou: "Good man, how much is your pollution worth?"

Liang Zhou frowned, glanced at Feng Ling in front of him, and said unhappily: "Not much."

Baozi, who had been silent the whole time, spoke up to help Liang Zhou: "He has only digested one card, so the pollution value is not that high."

"Yeah, that makes sense." Pei Xianjue nodded and looked at them with a smile, "Our mission today is to destroy the maze. I want to see my name on the hot news list tomorrow, so don't mess things up, okay?"

"I understand, Miss."

"Call me Deputy Captain Pei."

"Yes, Deputy Captain Pei."

……

The closer we got to our destination, the fewer people there were on the mountain. Under the repeated bombardment of the drone loudspeaker, all the tourists were rushing to the nearest cable car station.

Helicopters dropped food, water and weapons nearby.

All they have to do now is wait for the sun to set, and let the right key open the door to the maze at the right time and in the right place.

The key here naturally refers to Taoist Li.

As time gradually approached, everyone's expression changed from relaxed to nervous.

Pei Xianjue stood on a raised granite slab, took a deep breath silently, and then slowly exhaled. He spread out his hands and found that a layer of sweat had unconsciously appeared on his palms.

They are not players.

They have no way out.

Players have mission prompts and safe areas, but they have nothing. This journey may be a dead end.

At some point, Feng Ling came up behind her and asked, "Are you really reinforcements?"

Pei Xianjue was startled and said with a wry smile: "Why don't you believe it? How about I show you the certificate?"

"That's not necessary." Feng Ling looked at Li Qing who was not far away, "I just find it strange. Conquering the maze is a big deal. If it was the Qingjiang City Supervisory Bureau, they would have to hold a meeting for three days and three nights to discuss it. Why did the Yuquan City Supervisory Bureau send people here so quickly? If they sent people to supervise or inspect the situation, I think it's normal, but sending people directly to reinforce... It doesn't seem like the style of the Supervisory Bureau."

Pei Xianjue pulled the corners of his mouth, trying to smile more naturally.

Feng Ling said thoughtfully: "And among the reinforcements, there are actually two of your privately hired bodyguards. Don't they know the dangers in the maze? Even if they are short of money, they wouldn't take such a big risk... They don't look like the kind of people who can sacrifice themselves for humanity. It's really strange."

Pei Xianjue couldn't help but ask back: "You don't look like a brave and selfless person, why would you want to enter the maze?"

"Didn't Su Yuqing tell you?" Feng Ling raised an eyebrow and looked at her in surprise, "My pollution value is very high, so I went into the maze to find the statue."

Pei Xianjue was slightly surprised by Feng Ling's frankness.

However, since the other party was so frank, Pei Xianjue felt that he could not be stingy. After thinking for a moment, he told Feng Ling: "Actually, I plan to kill first and report later."

“Oh~~~~~” Feng Ling understood and nodded.

"Captain Shen did ask me to come over and check out the situation first. However, it is normal for me to accidentally enter a maze during my inspection, right?" Pei Xianjue slightly curved his eyes. "Humans have always kept their distance from mazes. So far, there is no official record of any human entering a maze. Just like the first landing on the moon, this is an opportunity to go down in history. It is worth taking a risk."

Feng Ling smiled, "You have big ambitions~"

The two were chatting when Li Qing waved at them from a distance: "It's time, Miaomiao can go through the process now."

Feng Ling asked: "What is the process?"

Huangfu Miaomiao rubbed her hands excitedly, "It appears, it appears, triggering the maze mission!"

In her field of vision, a huge golden exclamation mark appeared above Li Qing's head.

I thought I could enter the maze today, but...oh, maybe tomorrow!

Tomorrow for sure! T_T