Chapter 83 The First Night

"What was that just now?!" Huangfu Miaomiao asked in surprise.

Pei Xianjue also saw it and frowned as he said, "I'll lower the height a bit so I can take a clearer picture."

In the pictures taken by the drone, the trees and rock formations are shrouded in hazy fog. After the altitude is lowered, the scenery illuminated by the light beam gradually becomes clearer. However, this will put a great test on the control technology, because the drone can easily crash into tree branches if you are not careful.

"Could I have seen it wrong? The shadow just now was too big, it could be a tree?" Huangfu Miaomiao said worriedly, her tone sounding like self-comfort.

Feng Ling frowned and asked Pei Xianjue: "Can it be lower?"

"I'll try my best." Pei Xianjue held his breath and continued to lower the altitude, controlling the drone to carefully pass through the branches.

The drone's lights illuminated the mountain path they had just walked.

A dark red humanoid beast suddenly entered the picture. It seemed to be stimulated by the light and raised its claws to swing violently!

The video screen suddenly went dark.

The control tablet in Pei Xianjue's hand lost connection with the drone.

Inside the Sanqing Palace, everyone was speechless.

After a while, Pei Xianjue asked everyone tentatively: "Did anyone see it clearly?"

No one spoke.

Feng Ling replayed the video, paused it at the moment the monster turned around, then zoomed in and observed it carefully.

This monster had a pair of huge horns, a human torso, and a very strong physique. Its strong deltoid muscles bulged high, and were so exaggerated that it looked as if it had been injected with hormones.

It turned around and attacked the drone so quickly that an afterimage of its face was left, so we couldn't see it clearly, but it was likely to have a ferocious appearance.

Feng Ling also noticed that the monster had several round objects hanging around its waist, which looked like the skulls of wild animals.

"It's so close to the safe zone..." Huangfu Miaomiao swallowed nervously, "I thought there would at least be a transition."

From a weasel that was just as tall as her knees to such a huge humanoid monster, Huangfu Miaomiao felt that the difficulty of killing it had skyrocketed.

Pei Xianjue said: "This is a bird's-eye view, so it looks smaller than the real angle. I estimate that the monster is at least three meters tall, otherwise it would be impossible to touch the drone with just one hand."

Baozi touched the handle of the machete in his hand and said half helplessly and half jokingly: "If it really is a monster three or four meters tall, the weapons in this box are just playing house. I guess only a brave man can deal with it."

This card, Giant Wolf Fenrir, will make its holder's body grow in size when using its ability.

Everyone looked at Liang Zhou.

Liang Zhou folded his arms across his chest, looking calm and composed, showing no fear or panic at all.

This made Pei Xianjue feel a little relieved - no matter what his personality was, Liang Zhou's abilities were worthy of her trust.

Feng Ling was concerned about another thing.

She asked Huangfu Miaomiao: "Is this monster the master of the maze?"

Huangfu Miaomiao shook her head in embarrassment. "I have to see it with my own eyes on the spot, and the system will prompt me. I can't see it through electronic products like this."

"What kind of hint? Can you tell me specifically?" Feng Ling asked.

"All targets will have prompts. Depending on the difficulty of the kill, the text colors are green, orange, red, purple... just like the color changes of the traffic jam on the traffic map. If you encounter a special character, there will also be a prompt." Huangfu Miaomiao stood up and walked to Li Qing. "For example, when I saw him, there was a row of blue text above his head, saying 'Maze Manager'."

Feng Ling nodded thoughtfully. Li Qing glanced at Huangfu Miaomiao calmly, then looked at Feng Ling and said, "This monster is not the master of the maze."

Feng Ling was slightly stunned and asked him: "Are you sure?"

"Because it's too close." Li Qing replied, "The Lord of the Labyrinth is equivalent to the end of a maze. The current exploration degree has just reached 15%, which means we are facing a lot of unknown areas, so I don't think this monster is the Lord of the Labyrinth."

"How do you know my exploration level is 15%?!" Huangfu Miaomiao was surprised.

——When she discovered the safe zone, her exploration level had just reached 13. Later, she opened a treasure chest, and it increased to 15, but she didn't tell anyone.

Li Qing sighed helplessly, "I'm the maze administrator and can see the data."

Just as he finished speaking, he noticed Feng Ling was staring at him, so he quickly added: "But I can't see the location of the Lord of the Maze."

Feng Ling: “…………”

Huangfu Miaomiao sighed: "If such a scary monster is not the master of the maze, then how powerful must the master of the maze be..."

Pei Xianjue tried to liven up the atmosphere and said with a smile: "Anyway, we now have some information about the maze. If we can't defeat it, we can come back next time. If we bring a rocket launcher, we should be able to knock down even a giant."

This time they came in a hurry and did not bring any large weapons and equipment.

Feng Ling took the control screen from Pei Xianjue, fiddled with it for a few times, and when he saw that the drone didn't respond, he sighed softly.

She originally wanted to use high technology to get a general understanding of the situation nearby, but she failed. The drone was smashed to pieces by the monster as soon as it appeared.

"How about we take a rest tonight?" Pei Xianjue suggested, "Regain your energy and explore again tomorrow morning?"

A gust of evening wind blew into the room, causing the lamp on the altar to sway.

Feng Ling glanced outside the door and stood up with an axe in hand.

"Where are you going?" Pei Xianjue asked hurriedly.

"Cut some branches to make a fire." Feng Ling said lazily, "It's quite cold in the mountains."

"Let me help too." Baozi waved the machete in his hand, thinking it was a good opportunity to try out the weapon.

Seeing this, Huangfu Miaomiao knew that there would be no action tonight, so she took out her and Feng Ling's outdoor camping sleeping mats, pillows, blankets, as well as aluminum kettles and disposable cups from the storage compartment.

Pei Xianjue's compressed bag contains a sleeping bag, biscuits, canned food, basic weapons and ammunition, and a simple medical kit, all of which are standard equipment.

I thought I had prepared everything, but I didn't expect Huangfu Miaomiao to keep taking things out. She couldn't help but exclaimed: "You brought so many supplies."

Huangfu Miaomiao chuckled, took out a bottle of gardenia-scented perfume, and sprayed it twice on her and Feng Ling's bed.

Pei Xianjue's smile froze slightly.

Pillows and blankets are for better rest, and drinking hot water is good for the stomach, but she really doesn't understand the step of spraying perfume.

After a while, Feng Ling and Baozi came back holding branches, with a layer of damp dew on their bodies.

There was heavy dew on the mountain, and it took them some effort to get the branches on fire.

Everyone sat around the fire, dispelling the chill and humidity of the night, boiling water, eating, looking at their phones, and talking in low voices.

The first night in the maze was spent in peace.