The second day in the maze—
In the morning, everyone packed their things and set off to explore the maze.
Bai Youwei took her paper and pen as usual, counting as she walked.
Tu Dan's side was still using the push-forward method, but they had made improvements on the original basis. Bai Youwei didn't know the specifics of the changes, nor did she care. The two groups split up in opposite directions and quickly entered the depths of the maze.
Bai Youwei and Shen Mo traveled light. Because of their walking method, no matter how far they went, they would eventually return to the starting point to rest, so they didn't need to carry too much luggage. Because of this, Zhang Tianyang thought their method was the most time-wasting.
Tu Dan's team carried large bags and small bags, bringing tents and stoves with them. The characteristic of the push-forward method was that people couldn't turn back and had to stay in the same position as the small flag.
On the way, Tan Xiao asked, "They have more people, will they find the exit before us?"
"So what if they find it first?" Bai Youwei said indifferently. "It will save us trouble."
Tan Xiao thought about it and felt that Bai Youwei was right!
So she relaxed even more along the way.
Bai Youwei asked them again, "I asked you to look in the mirror when you had time yesterday, did you all see it?"
"Yes," Tan Xiao said as she walked, "I didn't find anything unusual, it's just a puppet doll that looks exactly like me."
Bai Youwei turned to look at Cheng Weicai. "Teacher Cheng?"
"Mine…" Teacher Cheng recalled for a moment and said slowly, "It's a little strange, my puppet seems to be very old…"
"…"
Everyone looked at him.
Teacher Cheng said, "Oh, why are you all looking at me? I mean, it's even older than my current age, maybe… maybe eighty or ninety years old."
"Really?" Tan Xiao asked curiously, "The puppets in the mirror can be different?"
There happened to be a mirror in front of the passage, and Bai Youwei said, "Go and take a look, don't get too close."
Tan Xiao and Cheng Weicai walked to a position about ten steps away from the mirror and stopped. Two puppets appeared in the mirror: Tan Xiao's puppet was almost the same as her, but Teacher Cheng's was at least twenty or thirty years older!
His face was full of wrinkles and age spots, his hair was all white, his teeth were sparse and about to fall out, even his height seemed to have shrunk, his back was hunched, and he was half a head shorter than Teacher Cheng now.
Teacher Cheng couldn't bear to look at it any longer, he sighed and looked away.
Tan Xiao was extremely surprised, she looked left and right, "What's the principle? Is it a funhouse mirror or some kind of ghost?… How can it make people look so old? Why didn't I change? Why? Why?"
She kept on chattering.
Bai Youwei turned her head to look at Shen Mo, who was pushing the wheelchair behind her. "Do you want to take a look too?"
Shen Mo was silent for a moment and then said, "I'm the same as Tan Xiao, nothing has changed."
Having said that, he still walked to the mirror—
His puppet appeared in the mirror.
It had to be said that God favored him. He was handsome, and his puppet also looked extraordinarily exquisite. He stood there with long legs, like a model in a display window, admirable and desirable, but at the same time, as distant as the stars.
Shen Mo said there was no change, but Bai Youwei felt there was.
It was just that this change was very subtle, hidden in every detail. The curve of his mouth, the wrinkles between his brows, and the indifference in his eyes…
Shen Mo always gave people a very indifferent feeling.
This indifference was reflected in his expressionless face all year round.
It wasn't that he didn't have emotions, but that he was good at controlling himself and was more rational and calm than ordinary people. His smile was faint, and even when he was angry, he would suppress his anger.
But his puppet gave people a cold and indifferent feeling.
As if he had no heart and was indifferent to everything.
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