Thinking of this, the two of us entered the next room. By the time we reached the door, I was mentally prepared. If nothing unexpected happened, the next room would be identical to the previous maze.
However, as we walked in, I was surprised to find that the surrounding environment seemed to have changed.
The walls were still walls, but compared to the walls outside, these were much rougher, feeling more like they were piled up by hand.
The ground was also uneven, but walking in such a place made me feel more grounded.
"Lu Ge... are we out of the maze?" Lin Chun asked.
I shook my head. To be honest, I didn't know now.
I had no idea how far we had walked in the maze or how much time we had spent.
We had completely lost track of time. The place was always brightly lit, and we couldn't even distinguish between day and night.
The only thing certain was that we hadn't reached our final destination yet.
This meant we still hadn't found the most important thing.
"Let's keep moving!" The increase in my strength gave me more confidence.
With my current combat power, I was confident that I could defeat that octopus by myself.
We walked forward. Not long after we started, I suddenly felt a slight increase in the surrounding temperature.
"Lu Ge... why do I feel a bit hot?" Lin Chun asked.
"Me too..." I glanced around and saw a large door not far from us. "Let's go in and see!"
We walked in.
The moment I stepped into the room, I froze.
The scene before me was too bizarre. I felt like I wouldn't have imagined such a scene even in my dreams.
As soon as we entered, the door behind us slammed shut. Lin Chun and I had no time to react before we were trapped.
The room was divided into two areas.
The left side was filled with chilling water, which felt like liquid carbon dioxide.
The right side was a rolling expanse of molten lava.
Logically speaking, these two elements could not coexist in the same space. The existence of one would necessarily mean the demise of the other.
But, bizarrely, these two substances were present in the same room, maintaining a strange balance.
There was no reaction even at the boundary where they met.
It was as if they were meant to be this way.
"Lu Ge..." Lin Chun looked ahead. The door was on the opposite side of the room.
Could it be that this place was just like the previous one?
We stepped in, and the surroundings would change...
Lin Chun let out a slow breath. "Let's go, Lu Ge!"
As she spoke, she was about to walk directly into the lava, but I grabbed her.
"Wait!" I looked at the lava. The feeling here was very different from before.
The reason I dared to step into the lava before was because I felt that the lava in that place was too much like lava.
Too real, it became fake...
But the lava and chilling water before me were different.
I walked back and forth between the lava and the chilling water a few times. The temperatures on both sides were different!
"No... this is... real lava!" I said seriously.
Hearing this, Lin Chun's expression changed. She took two steps back, feeling a lingering fear.
To be honest, I admired the person who built this place. They must have understood human psychology perfectly.
Under normal circumstances, when faced with such a situation, people would instinctively think that this room, like the previous one, was just an illusion, and thus lower their guard.
But when they actually stepped into the lava, they would discover that it was real!
Moreover, the increase in strength before would surely make people overconfident...
"Lu Ge... how... are you sure this is real lava?" Lin Chun asked.
"A feeling..." I replied. "The same trick appearing twice is abnormal..."
Hearing this, Lin Chun nodded. "Lu Ge... there's no path ahead of us..."
I nodded, and then a surge of Mu Shen power erupted from my body.
Accompanying this terrifying Mu Shen power, invisible stone steps appeared one after another above the lava and chilling water.
However, these steps were all floating above.
Without using Mu Shen power to check, they would be completely undiscoverable!
"That is the real path!" I said.
Lin Chun only then realized. "Then my... we have to hurry! This place feels off..."
"Let's go!" I said, and without another word, I jumped onto the nearest stone step.
I had to admit, such a scene was indeed heart-stopping. This kind of thrill was probably not something an ordinary person could handle.