Chapter 1698 Exploration!!
Ye Chuyun stepped forward and cautiously headed towards the first corner.
After the corner, there was another similar corridor, but at the end was an open stone door, inside which was a stone chamber of about fifty square meters.
In the center of the stone chamber, a milky-white sphere of light, about the size of a basketball, floats.
[A light orb for gaining points has been discovered. Touching it will earn you points.]
Ye Chuyun naturally did not rush forward.
He first carefully scanned the stone chamber floor, walls, and ceiling with his divine sense to confirm that there were no hidden traps or monsters before stepping forward and reaching out to touch the ball of light.
The ball of light entered his body.
[Gained 5000 points!]
[Illusion buff activated, gaining an additional 10000 points!]
"More than 10,000 points in the first room, not bad." Ye Chuyun was very satisfied.
Although it's just a drop in the ocean compared to his current total points, this is only the beginning, and he'll enjoy double the rewards.
Previously in the Endless Abyss, he had to search everywhere and waste a lot of time to obtain a considerable amount of points.
But in this illusionary maze, less than a minute had passed and he had already earned 10,000 points.
In terms of efficiency, the Illusion Maze is indeed much better than the Endless Abyss.
After obtaining the points, Ye Chuyun left the stone chamber to continue exploring.
An hour passed quietly like that...
During that hour, Ye Chuyun encountered all sorts of situations within the maze.
Some rooms are completely empty, while others contain treasure chests that, when opened, yield tens of thousands of points or some common materials.
Ye Chuyun easily resolved the issues in the rooms where traps were triggered as soon as one entered.
Other rooms spawn Maze Guardians, monsters that resemble gargoyles and are around the early Heavenly level. Defeating them yields a decent number of points.
Defeat the maze guard and earn 15000 points!
[Open the treasure chest and receive 8000 points!]
Solve the puzzle and earn 12000 points!
Points have steadily increased, and the exploration progress has slowly risen to 5%.
But this was clearly not Ye Chuyun's main goal.
He was looking for two things.
The first is the core of the maze, and the second is the score-boosting items.
According to the rules, those rare rooms are hard to come by and require luck.
However, he was clearly quite lucky.
After exploring about a dozen rooms, Ye Chuyun came to a fork in the road.
There are three passages ahead.
Based on her intuition, Ye Chuyun chose the middle one.
At the end of the passage was an archway shimmering with iridescent light.
"A special room?" Ye Chuyun immediately perked up and carefully stepped inside after confirming there was no danger.
The room was small, but the decoration was exceptionally luxurious, with walls made of crystal that constantly reflected a dreamlike luster.
In the center of the room was a small fountain pool, but the pool was not filled with water; instead, it contained flowing silver liquid.
Two objects are suspended above the fountain.
On the left is an exquisite silver treasure chest.
On the right is a constantly rotating phantom of a compass, its needle trembling slightly.
[Discover a special room: The Lucky Room]
Option 1: Open the Silver Treasure Chest. You are guaranteed to receive either a rare item or a large amount of points.
[Option Two: Spin the Lucky Compass. There's a chance to get a higher quality reward, but also a chance to get a very low-value item or trigger a negative effect.]
【please choose. 】
“Lucky Compass…” Ye Chuyun’s gaze immediately locked onto the right.
As far as he knew, the Lucky Compass was one of the score-boosting items that could be found in the Illusion Maze, and it could also guide the way to high-value rooms.
As for risks, fortune favors the bold.
He's already killed a Spirit-level expert, why would he be afraid of a mere compass?
"I choose to spin the lucky compass."
As soon as he finished speaking, the suspended lucky compass slowly stopped spinning, and then began to spin rapidly on its own.
Ye Chuyun watched as the pointer moved across the densely packed squares on the compass, its speed gradually slowing down...
The pointer eventually stopped on a square with a golden treasure chest design.
[The Lucky Compass has finished spinning!]
[Obtain a special item: Lucky Compass (for Illusion Maze only)!]
[Get a bonus: Triple Points Scroll (30 minutes)!]
With a flash of light, a bronze compass and a scroll emitting a faint golden light fell into Ye Chuyun's hands.
【Lucky Compass (for Illusion Maze)】: After use, it will guide the holder to the highest value room in the current maze for the next 30 minutes. The cooldown time will reset after leaving the maze. Remaining uses: 1/1.
【Triple Points Scroll (30 minutes)】: After use, all points earned within 30 minutes are multiplied by 300%. This effect can be stacked with the double bonus in the Illusion Maze.
"Beautiful!" Ye Chuyun couldn't help but exclaim excitedly.
It really comes to whatever you want.
Not only did they receive a compass to guide them, but they also received a scroll that tripled their score.
"Don't use the compass yet. Continue exploring normally, scan the ordinary rooms, and then use the compass to find the maze core or the highest value room. Then activate the triple scroll to harvest everything in one go."
Ye Chuyun carefully put away the two treasures and left the Lucky Room.
Although most of the rooms in the subsequent explorations are of average value, the accumulation speed is not slow under double points.
More than an hour later, his exploration progress reached 15%, and his total points increased by about 800,000.
Having explored most of the ordinary rooms, Ye Chuyun decided to use the Lucky Compass.
He took out the ancient bronze compass and infused it with a trace of magic power to activate it.
The compass surface immediately lit up, and the central pointer began to tremble, eventually pointing in a direction deep within the maze.
"Is it over there?"
Ye Chuyun moved quickly in the direction indicated by the compass.
When you encounter a fork in the road, the compass needle will deflect slightly to indicate the correct direction.
After wandering through the maze for about twenty minutes, including forcibly breaking through two checkpoints guarded by high-ranking Heavenly-level warriors, Ye Chuyun arrived at the entrance of an arched hall.
The compass needle pointed straight inwards from the door and was slightly warm, indicating that this was currently the most valuable area of the maze.
After thinking for a moment, Ye Chuyun decided to use the [Triple Income Scroll].
[You have used a triple points scroll (30 minutes). For the next 30 minutes, all points earned will be increased by 300%!]
The scroll transformed into golden light and merged into his body.
Ye Chuyun stepped into the hall.
The hall is as large as a football field, with a three-tiered altar in the center.
A multifaceted crystal, constantly shifting its seven-colored light, floats atop the altar.
Ye Chuyun's eyes lit up; this was the "core" of the maze.
On each step of the altar, there were several treasure chests, ranging from black iron to gold.
Eight golden-armored guards, each radiating peak Heavenly-level energy, also roamed around the altar.
Clearly, to obtain the core and the treasure chest, these guards must be dealt with.
