Chapter 1829 Safe House No. 13

A hundred yards underground in the "Remains Area", in the intricate labyrinth, a stone room was illuminated by a beam of light that suddenly rose from the ground.

When the teleportation light turned from bright to dark, five figures appeared.

Joan, Klein, Scholz, Gumoduo, and Robin Hood activated the "Iron Maiden" as soon as they completed the teleportation, protected themselves and their companions behind the crystal steel shield wall, and breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that there was no danger around them.

On one side of the stone chamber, there is a candlestick with a constant "inextinguishable flame", and the dim light of the fire creates a more gloomy atmosphere than darkness.

The floor, walls, and ceiling are all polished and smooth stone panels, and there is no trace of splicing and stacking, which is obviously the product of magical decoration.

It is about 30 feet high from the ground to the ceiling, and there is only one door on the wall facing the teleportation array. Joan looks out through the door, and the long and narrow corridor extends to the end of the line of sight, submerged in the dark depths.

"Mr. Mage, Mr. Dwarf, and Uncle Toad, come and take a look at this!" Kaorui Jing called out in surprise from behind, "Look at this bronze medal, it seems to be covered with words."

Joan looked in the direction of Robin Hood's finger, and there was indeed a two-foot-square brass sheet nailed on the wall directly opposite the door, on which several lines of text were carved in the common language of the underground, and a magical aura appeared faintly.

"Mr. Master, what is written on it?"

"Don't you know how to read it yourself?" Elder Gu interjected.

Kao Ruijing scratched her head in embarrassment: "I can't understand this kind of writing..."

"Huh? You can't even understand the most basic underground common language, so what kind of language do you usually use when writing? Tu language?"

"I can only speak Tu language, but I can't write it." Robin Hood smiled mischievously, "Actually, I can't write anything."

"Gah! So you're an illiterate kid!"

"Uncle, there's no need to make such a fuss, right? Illiteracy... What's wrong with being illiterate? Isn't this a normal thing!" Robin Hood said angrily.

Gumodo exchanged glances with Klein and Scholz, and looked at Robin Hood with some sympathy.

Joan thinks that Robin Hood is right, no matter in the surface world or the underground world, people who are able to read and write are very few in society. However, in different places and different ethnic groups, there will be great disparities in literacy rates.

The literacy rate of the citizens of Midgard is obviously much higher than the literacy rate of the rural villagers in Delin Town. In the same way, Klein, Scholz, and Gumoduo all came from noble families of their own ethnic groups, and they are literate. For elites like them, it's just a basic skill, and the wild kori spirits don't have such good conditions.

In order to help Robin Hood get out of the embarrassing situation, Joan quickly cleared his throat and took the initiative to change the subject.

"This bronze medal is a notice provided by the tournament organizers, indicating that the stone room we are in at the moment is 'Safe House No. 13'."

"All participating teams will be randomly sent to a safe house, which is the starting point of the maze adventure."

"The safe house has a magic barrier, and it will never be attacked by monsters. We can rest assured here and make adventure plans."

"We can stay here as long as we want, but then again, the longer we hang in the safe house, the more competitors will leave us behind."

Joan read the notice on the bronze medal aloud, and then cast the "Mage's Hand" and touched the bronze medal lightly to activate the spell attached to it.

The center of the bronze medal was slightly distorted, and then opened a big mouth, repeating what Joan just read aloud in the underground lingua franca.

"Our host thought very carefully, and specially added a 2-ring magic spell 'Magic Mouth' on the notice board, so that even if you are illiterate, you can understand the content on the notice board." Qiao An explained.

He happened to have learned the spell of "Magic Mouth" from the ancient book daddy in Yunzhong City, so he recognized it at a glance.

"Brother Joan, have you noticed? The starting point we are in is safe house No. 13, and there are only nine participating teams. It can be seen that there are far more safe houses in the maze than participating teams. If we find other An empty safe house can be used as a camp for temporary rest or overnight stay." Klein analyzed while stroking his beard.

Joan agrees with the dwarf brother's opinion, but other participating teams may have the same considerations. It is expected that the two teams will fight for the safe house.

"Don't talk about this, let's hurry up and get on the road, so as not to be left behind." Scholz urged.

Joan followed his companion to the door, took out the "navigation compass", and tried to generate a surrounding map.

As a result, just as Chief Gouno had warned before the game, the navigation spells attached to the compass were strongly interfered with by magic power, and all of them were ineffective, unable to generate a clear map.

A group of five people walked not far away, and the tunnel in front of them diverged into three forks.

Robin Hood approached every intersection to spy, then turned to face his companions, and spread his palms helplessly.

"All the forks in the road look similar, which road should we choose?"

"In this case, we might as well use the 'right-hand rule' to screen forks." Scholz stroked his chin and said.

"What is the 'right-hand rule'?" the old bogman asked curiously.

"This is a term in our prospecting industry. When searching for ore veins in intricate underground tunnels, we often encounter forks in the road. If we are not careful, we will get lost, and even forget which forks we have walked. Looking back, we came up with two rules of thumb.”

Klein faced the fork in the road, spread out his right hand, palm facing up, and explained to his companion.

"When there is a fork in the road, if all the fork roads look similar, and there are no obvious traps or differences in difficulty, give priority to the road on the far right."

Then, the dwarf brother reversed his right hand, the palm was perpendicular to the ground, and the thumb was facing upwards.

"If the branch roads are arranged vertically, there is no distinction between left and right, and the uppermost road is preferred."

"If the currently selected path does not work, go back to the last fork, and explore the remaining intersections according to the 'right-hand rule'."

After hearing Klein's explanation, Robin Hood first imitated him by spreading out his right hand, and after thinking for a while, he spread out his left hand and asked inexplicably: "Mr. May I?"

"The left-hand rule or the right-hand rule are essentially the same thing. The key is not which hand to use for positioning, but to stick to it once you use it. Don't be half-hearted. You will be left handed and right handed for a while. Sooner or later, you will get yourself dizzy." Klein said laughingly.

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