Exiled from the underworld, I am still fearless

Ten years, is it a long time?
If measured by the average life expectancy of human beings, the golden time of ten years is enough to determine the success or failure of a lifetime.

Of course, even if the lifespan of a demon is infinitely closer to immortality than that of humans, Zhang Shan would not answer the obviously illogical statement that "ten years are as short as the blink of an eye".

For him, these ten years were also very long and tormented.

The reason is that since 5 years ago, he has killed all the guardian bosses in the maze. At the same time, the food and water sources have been completely cut off. In the huge maze, he was forced to become a living "mummy".

The only meaning of existence is just to solve the puzzle every 30 days.

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Standing in the hub hall, Zhang Shan couldn't help closing his eyes as the final customs clearance reminder broadcast echoed in his ears.

Shinomiya Kaguya's initial choice was right. If she hadn't quit decisively at that time, but stubbornly chose to accompany him to the end, then this maze would have silently taken away her ten years of youth.

Of course, the situation didn't matter to him.

Agent Bai once said that the flow of time is different between the dungeon world of the Tower of Infinity and the main world, which was also confirmed in the previous dungeon challenge.

In other words, the ten years he has been suffering in the [Eternal Night Labyrinth] are likely to be a few months, a few days, or even shorter in the eyes of Shahir and the others who have returned to their personal space.

As for how to convert it, he still has no way of knowing.

It doesn't matter, these are not important to him.

What matters is that he has won.

In ten years, the great demon exiled from the underworld defeated the guardian boss of the Golden Zodiac, defeated the other 99 players, defeated the game rules given by the Infinity Tower, and even defeated himself.

Riding on the already rusted bicycle, Zhang Shan went to room 12-12 guided by the customs clearance code.

Room No. 12 of the 12th corridor is very close from the hub hall, so close to the first room entering the corridor.

12 hours later.

When Zhang Shan came out of the room, he was holding the last puzzle piece in his hand.

Back in the hub hall, in front of him was a puzzle of 199 pieces that had already been put together, and between his two fingers, he gently held the last piece of the puzzle.

"Whoo~"

Taking a long breath, at this moment, Zhang Shan's mood suddenly became inexplicably complicated.

Shinomiya Kaguya once said that even if the puzzle is completely put together, it does not mean that the level will be cleared. To be honest, from an objective point of view, this is entirely possible.

It's just that he, who has spent a full ten years in the maze, has already honed his mentality to the point where he is invincible.

So what if you still can't pass the customs?

To put it bluntly, in order to win, he doesn't even mind another ten years, even if it is 50 or 100 years, he is not afraid!

"on!"

The complicated emotions in his eyes were swept away, and holding the puzzle piece, Zhang Shan resolutely inserted it into the last missing corner.

"Crack it!"

The concave and convex edges are perfect, and with the insertion of the last piece of the puzzle, the 120 pieces of the puzzle are officially completed!
The moment the puzzle was completed, the hub hall, which had been silent for ten years, made abnormal noises other than the system prompt for the first time.

"Snapped!"

The broken sound broke the dead silence, and the 12 statues corresponding to the 12 corridors shattered!

Then, the ground shook more and more violently.

"Boom!"

When an accident happened, the three-legged golden toad lying in hibernation on the "Golden Mountain" was awakened by the sound and made a "croak-croak" scream.

On the other side, feeling the increasingly violent vibration under his feet, Zhang Shan seemed to have a premonition of something.

Opening the backpack, he stuffed the map made of jigsaw puzzles, the notebook, the seed of the tree of life, and the blade of the icebreaker into it.

"come over."

"Cuck!"

"Come here, we're leaving."

Although the three-legged golden toad doesn't look very smart, but he and Zhang Shan have been living together for several years, and they still have a certain tacit understanding.

Bouncing down from Jinshan, it came to Zhang Shan's side.

"Cuck!"

Without thinking too much, Zhang Shan picked up Jin Chan with one hand and stuffed them into the backpack rudely.

Putting his backpack on, he stepped on his bicycle and quickly rode to the edge of the entire hub hall.

After 10 seconds.

"boom!"

With a loud noise, the ground of the hub hall collapsed, and all the collapsed rubble fell into the "lower floor".

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A long time ago, Zhang Shan and Shinomiya Kaguya had speculated on the structure of the maze.

Because this hub hall is called [Maze Level [-] Hub] by the system, the structure of the maze obviously has more than one layer. In addition, through the battle between the agent and Heinice, the ground of the hub hall was once destroyed by the S-class war spirit "yeah." "Mengjiad" broke through.

At that time, Zhang Shan discovered that the bottom of the maze was empty.

After a lapse of 10 years, his original speculation was finally confirmed after assembling 120 puzzle pieces.

It turns out that collecting all the puzzle pieces is the "key" to unlock the next level!
The walls and ground in the maze have an "absolute concept" that cannot be destroyed by players, but at this moment, the collapse is like being blasted by explosives.

"Rumble rumble!"

In a blink of an eye, the ground collapsed and a huge hole with a diameter of more than 20 meters appeared.

At the same time, a cold system prompt sounded.

[Hint: The passage on the negative floor of the maze has been successfully opened, please go there. 】

Hearing the notification tone, Zhang Shan was greatly relieved.

That's right, this is a prompt from the system, which is the so-called official certification. It seems that the "level clearance strategy" left by Kaguya Shinomiya is completely correct!
Taking a deep breath, Zhang Shan no longer hesitated.

"Go away!"

All his belongings were contained in the backpack, and he slammed on his bicycle and rushed towards the gap.

Riding to the edge, Zhang Shan didn't stop, just like a bicycle stuntman, he jumped down the sunken hole directly with the car and people.

"Alas!!!"

In the process of falling, a strong sense of weightlessness surrounds the body.

As above, it was still pitch black below. In order to protect the bicycle when it landed, Zhang Shan adjusted his posture from "riding a bicycle" to "carrying a bicycle" in mid-air.

10 seconds later.

"boom!"

There is a hard touch under the feet, and the huge impact is transmitted to the whole body.

Carrying nearly a hundred catties of bicycle and backpack, this ordinary person was at least as high as a broken bone, and Zhang Shan landed smoothly with ease.

"Ah~~"

Jumping out of the backpack, the golden toad was dazzled, like a roller coaster aftereffect, it directly spit out a lot of gold coins "clinking".

Quiet.

Standing on the spot, Zhang Shan's eyes stared like copper bells, but the scene in his eyes was pitch black.

"I'll go, it's still the same black."

He took out a flashlight that hadn't been used for several years from his backpack, and turned on the switch.

Not surprisingly, the flashlight was out of power.

"Um"

In desperation, he called out the [Infinite Lighter] he had drawn earlier from his personal warehouse.

"Snapped!"

The lighter flickered on.

However, with the appearance of the flames, Zhang Shan immediately felt a sense of disobedience.

Bright, very bright, abnormally bright.

Or in other words, the brightness emitted by the flames at this moment should be normal!

Staring at the flames of the lighter that illuminated the area for several meters, Zhang Shan quickly understood.

Undoubtedly, because few players actually arrive at this level of the maze in terms of macro settings, there is no substance in the air on this level that hinders the transmission of light.

Holding the lighter, Zhang Shan briefly walked around the neighborhood.

After walking a few steps, he found a metal stand. When he brought the lighter closer, he found a string of information written on the stand.

【Origin】

Seeing this logo, Zhang Shan showed a strange smile on his face illuminated by the flames.

In the heart, it is suddenly enlightened.

"Hey, he finally solved the case."

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Compared with the design of the twelve corridors extending from the hub on the upper floor, the lower floor of the maze he arrived at the moment is undoubtedly very huge, and at the same time, very complicated.

A fork in the road with no rules at all.

Countless maddening dead ends.

and intricate routes.

All in all, the design of this layer of maze is absolutely complicated, truly worthy of the name "maze".

That's right, Zhang Shan, who arrived at this floor for the first time, knows the design of this floor very well. The reason is that he has already seen the map of this floor completely. Yes, he put it together using 120 puzzle pieces. map.

The "clearance reminder" obtained on the upper layer is the complete map of the lower layer. At the same time, in the center of the map, there is also an [Origin] marked.

This is the only letter mark on the entire map, corresponding to his current location.

"Ah."

Zhang Shan let out a relieved laugh.

At this point, the complete interlocking setting of the tenth floor of the Tower of Infinity [Eternal Night Labyrinth] was finally clearly displayed in front of him.

Next, he didn't need to grope for anything in the dark maze, as long as he followed the map in his hand, he would walk to the exit of the maze smoothly.

The maze exit, which was once out of reach, has now become within reach.

Holding a map composed of jigsaw puzzles, Zhang Shan is finally about to reach the "end of the journey" after ten years.

At this moment, all the emotions in my heart were gathered into a sentence from the heart.

"The emperor pays off, hey, I'm finally going to clear the level!"