Chen Hui stared blankly at the empty road and murmured, "They're gone…"
"Because they went into the mirror."
Bai Youwei chuckled derisively:
"According to the logic of the maze game, we recognize our true selves through the mirror. To prove that we have accepted our 'true selves,' we must leave the maze with them. Only then can it be considered a perfect ending—huh, I'm going to be sick."
She slid her wheelchair forward.
Shen Mo grabbed her.
Bai Youwei looked up. "Don't worry, I was 80% sure just now, and now I'm 100% sure."
Shen Mo frowned, but he didn't try to persuade her. He just held the armrest of her wheelchair and said, "Let's go in together."
Bai Youwei looked at him and nodded after a moment. "Okay."
The two entered the door together, their figures quickly melting into the white fog and disappearing.
Tan Xiao looked left and right, but didn't notice anything unusual, so he went in too.
Then came Chen Hui.
Then came Zhang Tianyang and his classmates.
Teacher Cheng stayed at the end and waited until everyone had gone out safely before he stepped into the door with his crutches.
…
Not far away, Liao Jingjing shrank at the intersection of the corridor, her bloodshot eyes fixed on the exit.
After a long time, she murmured in disbelief, "Why… why are they okay? Why didn't they turn into dolls?"
She lowered her head and looked at her right hand—from her fingertips to her forearm, it had turned into insensitive plastic.
She had just tentatively put her hand in for a short while, and it became like this. Later, she found the doll of her classmate and realized that this exit was wrong! But why could Bai Youwei go out?!
"That cripple… She said she wanted to go to the starting point, said she wanted to see herself in the mirror…" Liao Jingjing covered her forearm, staggered, and turned back. "I want to go out, I must leave this place…"
…
Bai Youwei was surprised. She clearly came in with Shen Mo, but now Shen Mo was gone.
She sat in her wheelchair, alone, surrounded by nothing but white fog.
At this moment, a voice rang out:
"Congratulations on clearing the No. 2 Maze."
"Now starting the reward settlement for this round of the game."
"As the player who cleared the No. 2 Maze for the first time, you will receive a doll puzzle piece."
"The player's clearance ranking in this round of the game is first. Now upgrading the player's data… Ding, this upgrade is complete."
"Reward settlement complete. Please continue the game and try to clear…"
As the voice ended, the white fog dissipated.
As if in the blink of an eye, Bai Youwei found that everyone was there.
Everyone stood blankly on the wide and straight road, and it was only when they saw each other that they came back to their senses and realized that they had finally left the maze!
Behind them, the fog was still there.
Everyone gathered together and saw the puzzle pieces in each other's hands.
"Why are there only five?" Tan Xiao held the puzzle piece, completely confused. He looked at Cheng Weicai. "Old Cheng, you didn't get a puzzle piece?"
Teacher Cheng shook his head. "No."
Bai Youwei, Shen Mo, and Tan Xiao each had a puzzle piece. Zhang Tianyang and Chen Hui also had one, but the remaining three classmates didn't.
"It should be given according to the order." Zhang Tianyang said, "When the game was settled, the system said that I was ranked fifth in this round of the game. I guess the puzzle pieces will only be given to the first five people who get out of the maze."
Yang Yi, who was beside him, let out a long sigh of relief. As if exhausted, he sat down directly on the sidewalk, slapped his hand down heavily, and sighed, "It's lucky to be alive! Puzzle pieces or not, it doesn't matter!"
Another classmate who didn't get the puzzle piece also nodded repeatedly. Thinking of what happened in the maze, his expression was still a little scared.
Chen Hui suddenly said, "Yang Yi, get up."
"Ah?" Yang Yi was stunned.
Chen Hui walked over and directly pulled his hand away. He saw that the brick where Yang Yi had patted was cracked.
Everyone was stunned.
Chen Hui looked at them. "Do you remember? The system also said something… upgrading the player's data."