Maze Fan: I opened a buffet in the maze

Elders' meeting? Fan Wei watched the adventurers in blue robes raise their hands one by one, and he understood and followed suit.

"Based on previous rounds of research, we found that the elders are the highest authority in this city."

Westin turned his head to Fan Wei and said, "A lot of things can be accomplished through the vote of the elders."

"Although the more complex and high-level the matter, the more people are needed to agree to vote, but now we have eleven of them and a clear candidate, so we can try to force a new elder to vote!"

As the words fell, at the signal of everyone, the light in the hall changed.

The ceiling shook slightly and a human-faced stone statue descended from it. Dazzling golden sunlight poured down from the hole where the statue was originally located, sacred and majestic.

"Mortal rulers, make your decision."

The stone statue with rough lines, thick beard, big nose and round eyes was suspended in the air and opened its mouth, uttering a deep voice.

"We propose to grant a new elder position." An adventurer said, "We vote to approve Miss Clara to be the new elder!"

"Buzz." The statue emitted a frequency signal and spoke again, "The proposal has been approved. Please raise your hands to vote."

It seems not very smart. Clara's "heretic" identity did not affect her nomination as an elder candidate, which made everyone feel relieved.

At this point, the plan is almost halfway successful!

"I agree." The lady with some fine wrinkles around her eyes raised her hand in agreement.

"I agree." An adventurer raised his hand.

"I agree." Westin followed closely, and one "elder" after another raised their hands to vote, and finally Fan Wei raised his arm.

"I agree."

The words echoed in the hall for a long time. The stone statue fell silent, and after a while it began to buzz. "Eleven people agreed, one person vetoed. There are no vacant seats left. The resolution was not passed."

After the statue finished speaking, it fell silent again and then rose back to the ceiling with a buzzing sound.

"What's going on? There is a veto, and the twelfth elder is here?!" an adventurer stood up and said loudly.

Everyone's eyes shifted to the old man kneeling and praying in front of the statue. Apart from Clara, he was the only one here. Could he actually be the twelfth elder?

"No, it doesn't say that you have to be in the hall to vote. Besides, I've studied the system of this city. The high priest and the elder cannot hold both positions at the same time."

"Judging from his past performance, this old man is indeed the high priest."

"But the rejection does not mean that the twelfth elder does exist and is in this city. He is most likely hiding somewhere. If we find him... or get rid of him, things will move forward smoothly!"

This speculation was unanimously recognized. In the past, there had never been anything that required a vote from all the elders, so they could not be sure that the twelfth elder really existed.

The new discovery made everyone excited.

"But how do we find that guy? It's not like someone has tried to investigate something before, but there was no conclusion." Looking at Fan Wei who was thinking seriously, Westin said with a wry smile.

"We have tried, but the city cannot follow normal logic."

"The elder who holds the highest authority has no power in the city and does not even have a fixed residence."

“It’s as if they are only responsible for voting here and are not rooted in the people.”

Fan Wei pondered, it was indeed strange, the sacrifice waiting to be started, the Twelfth Elder who could not be found, and those strange people and things, and the inexplicable city-state and system.

Everything is so strange, what is the so-called purpose?

"I have an idea." Fan Wei looked around and said thoughtfully: "It must have happened countless times before. Someone must have tried to find the twelfth elder, but obviously they all failed."

"So finding the elder is not the key, the key is how to get rid of him."

"According to the normal replacement rules, if the twelfth elder was an adventurer like us, he would have been replaced long ago, so it is certain that his existence must be very abnormal!"

"It is very likely that it was hidden intentionally to prevent the sacrifice from being opened."

"Then if he is hiding on purpose, the chances of us finding him are slim. We can only force him to reveal his true identity."

After a brief pause, Fan Wei continued his analysis:

"Since he was elected, it means that the elders are not blood descendants. If they can rise to the top, they can definitely fall. Now let's try to hold a vote to impeach the elders!"

The adventurers were stunned by what Fan Wei said and quickly raised their hands to agree with his proposal.

The human-faced stone statue fell again, and hummed, "The plan has been approved. Impeach the twelfth elder."

"Eleven people agreed, one person vetoed, the decision was put on hold, and the necessary conditions for impeachment were not met."

"What are the necessary conditions?"

The statue replied stiffly, "The impeached elder committed a serious fault, the impeached elder lost his authority and decision-making power, the impeached elder did not veto the proposal, and the impeached elder left Ximo Luo."

As long as any one of the conditions is met and all members agree, the elder can be replaced.

"Very good, next we will try to redefine Ximo Luo and narrow its scope to this hall." Fan Wei smiled knowingly and said excitedly.

“Is this even possible?!”

"The size of a city has no clear definition. It is a concept given by humans. We cannot just deny the entire city. We need at least twelve people to agree."

"Then let's try to deny each street one by one. The key is not to deny the city, but to eliminate the anomalies."

"Good idea! Let's do it."

The voting went on round after round, and the statue played its mechanical role like a program.

"The plan has been passed. The gravel streets are not part of Ximo Luo. Eleven people agreed, one person vetoed, and the resolution has been passed!"

A street was marked out on Ximolu's map, and Fan Wei and his men continued to divide the country and the city.

"Resolution passed..."

"Resolution passed..."

“The resolution was not passed and the conditions for abolishing the Grand Court were not met.”

"The resolution was not passed and the conditions for abolishing the Board of Management were not met."

After trying the entire area bit by bit, Fan Wei and his men divided the city into fragments with only two areas left except for the square.

"In other words, we only need to check the remaining two places, right?" Westin said with a look of joy on his face.

"Just give the order to have everyone temporarily leave these two places and isolate them. We can make sure that the Twelve Elders will be in one of these two places after a few more rounds of impeachment."

Fan Wei crossed his arms and thought carefully, "Then we can find a way to get rid of him."

"By the way, can we still go out?" he asked, and got a positive answer.

"Yes, but after the sun sets, the door of the temple will close and we won't be able to get in. We will wake up here directly in the next cycle."

Several adventurers smiled bitterly. Some of them did not follow the instructions when entering for the first time, thus wasting an opportunity for discussion.

"Then let's go."

Fan Wei was ready to leave when Clara suddenly held his hand tightly and whispered, "Sir, something happened with Miss Irene."

"I vaguely heard them discussing the changes in the city and the ringing of bells."

"The bell is ringing?" Fan Wei was stunned and looked at the bell tower in the distance that was still echoing. "No way?"

He suddenly had an idea, but whether it would work or not still needed to be put into practice.