Chapter 108

Chapter 108

Gu Chen scratched his hair. He still hadn’t told her the most important part!

You don’t even know where I’m going to pop out from. What’s the rush?

Many of the mechanisms in the Underground Maze had already been figured out by countless visitors.

The Passage 19 and Passage 20 that Gu Chen had chosen were two such passages.

The two passages were connected to each other, with at least three mechanisms that allowed entry into the other side.

But the moment Gu Chen stepped into the passage, his mind cleared in an instant.

Holy crap!

He had been so focused on looking for inspiration that he’d forgotten his girlfriend was afraid of ghosts!

Next door, Mao Jing had only taken a few steps before she sensed something was off.

The bloodstains on the wall that hadn’t yet dried, the faint sound of footsteps drifting over-every single detail screamed that this was a horror theme!

“Gu Chen!”

Her voice, full of gritted teeth, echoed through the passage again and again.

But what could she do about her idiot boyfriend? Spoil him, of course!

She moved forward nervously, cautiously exploring ahead.

In Gu Chen’s memory, Passage 20 was low difficulty.

But that was before the upgrade. Don’t forget, the visitor-caring Boss Zhang had stuffed the entire Eerie Doll lineup into the low-difficulty routes.

Mao Jing had only walked a dozen meters or so when she faintly heard a baby crying.

The story of the Bloodthirsty Infant Spirit that Gu Chen had written kept surfacing in her mind.

Mao Jing’s body had already gone stiff. She stared at the corner ahead, unable to force herself forward.

In the end, reason defeated fear. She moved her weak legs and inched forward with extreme caution.

Gu Chen was also frantic on his side. After moving more than sixty meters ahead, he hurriedly worked on cracking the mechanism on the wall.

The girlfriend he’d finally found couldn’t just disappear after one round in the Maze, could she?

No matter how slowly Mao Jing moved, she still made it past the first corner.

What came into view were two even narrower passages. In the passage on the left, a baby was crying with its head tilted to one side.

That alone wasn’t enough to terrify Mao Jing.

But the baby’s face was covered in blood, and its heart had vanished without a trace.

The baby noticed Mao Jing and slowly raised its head.

“Pretty big sister, Ah Bao is so hungry!”

Before the words had even finished, Mao Jing dashed into the passage on the right in the blink of an eye.

When a person was terrified to the extreme, the brain stopped thinking and went completely blank.

And under those exact circumstances, Mao Jing sprinted at full speed.

On the other side, Gu Chen finally solved the puzzle on the wall after no end of effort.

He went straight through the hidden door and entered the passage Mao Jing was in.

Before he could get a proper look at the surroundings, a scream from up ahead instantly made him jolt.

“Holy crap, Jingjing!”

His legs turned into a whirlwind in the Underground Maze as he sprinted toward the direction of the scream.

After running for a while, Mao Jing also stopped, her whole body tense as she leaned against the wall to rest.

Suddenly, the sound of rapid footsteps entered her ears.

Mao Jing clenched her teeth and crouched at the corner.

I’ve already run this far and you still won’t let me go, huh?

You’re really going to wipe me out, huh?

Fine, I’ll fight you to the death!

All the combat techniques she had once learned flashed through her mind.

Listening to the footsteps getting closer and closer, Mao Jing simply shut her eyes.

Strike straight at the heart of the enemy!

Heart-ripping punch!

Mighty Heavenly Dragon!

Crow Boards the Plane!

Before Gu Chen could react at all, he saw his girlfriend charging straight at him.

But the hug he imagined never arrived. First, his girlfriend landed a flying kick that sent him crashing into the wall.

Then a punch slammed into his chest. Before he could even draw a breath,

A pair of long legs drove straight into his lower abdomen.

Gu Chen, already stunned by the combo, took that heavy blow and simply passed out on the spot.
After the final heavy blow, Mao Jing trembled and opened her eyes.

Huh?

Why did this face look so much like that idiot boyfriend of hers?

Under the dim lights, the doctor pushed his cart and sprinted for dear life.

I was gone for one freaking minute!

One minute!

How did a fight break out already?

Instead of focusing on clearing the stage, why had they started learning how to hit people?

While the doctor raced at full speed, Mao Jing stood in the passage, caught in a struggle.

Not far away, a bizarre infant was crawling toward her on all fours.

But her boyfriend was right beside her. Should she leave him behind and run by herself?

Before she could come to a decision, a crack suddenly opened in the wall.

A blood-soaked maniac pushed a cart piled with severed limbs and charged straight at her.

At the same time, that bizarre infant closed in at terrifying speed.

In that instant, guilt, regret, and fear all surged into her heart.

She stared at the maniac in front of her, her eyes rolled back, and she fainted on the spot.

The sprinting doctor also came to a stop. Looking at the two people lying together, he fell silent for a moment.

After a quick examination, he found that neither of them had any serious problems.

Gu Chen had simply been knocked out.

Mao Jing’s mental state had fluctuated too violently-in common terms, she had fainted from fright.

The doctor silently placed them both on the cart. Looking at the unconscious Gu Chen, his heart filled with desolation.

Just what had this kid done to his girlfriend?

What could make such a quiet little girl knock her own boyfriend unconscious?

After thinking for a long time, the doctor still couldn’t come up with an answer.

All he could do was silently bless the unconscious Gu Chen: if you are well, then all is sunny skies.

He followed the familiar Employee Passage all the way forward, glancing at the two people on the cart.

Without realizing it, the doctor’s gaze turned resentful.

Couldn’t these two have picked a better time to fight?

He had just left for one minute. One minute!

Zhang Bei was still studying the Amusement Park’s recent visitor flow. When he saw the way the doctor looked at him, he immediately shivered.

What was wrong now?

Why did that resentment feel even heavier than before?

Should he ask Professor Wei to come back and hold the fort for a couple of days, so the doctor could take a vacation?

If that didn’t work, should he have Li Yang ride the Hot Air Balloon with him once?

While Zhang Bei kept pondering the feasibility of these options, Mao Jing, who had been laid inside the Morgue, slowly woke up after being baptized by sunlight.

Mm-hm!

A strange sound slipped out. Mao Jing raised her trembling hands and pushed herself upright.

Looking at Gu Chen beside her, whose forehead had a few scrapes, her mind rapidly replayed everything that had happened before she fainted.

Once she remembered it all, her expression instantly stiffened.

I’m done for!

My image!

My boyfriend!

Wasn’t it all gone now?

If her idiot boyfriend woke up, wouldn’t he dump her on the spot?

As Mao Jing wavered between being dumped and becoming a widow, she watched helplessly as her boyfriend slowly opened his eyes.

When Gu Chen saw Mao Jing, he showed no sign of remembering the beating at all.

He only felt a dull ache in his lower abdomen.

“Jingjing, what happened to me?”

After careful consideration, Mao Jing reached a conclusion.

Her boyfriend had probably, possibly, maybe not seen clearly?

“You fainted!”

Gu Chen rubbed his lower abdomen and began recalling what had happened in the Underground Maze.

First, he had cracked the mechanism and heard Jingjing scream.

Then what happened after that?

His girlfriend seemed to have thrown herself at him.

Seeing that her boyfriend was about to remember the whole sequence of events, Mao Jing silently reached out and placed one hand on Gu Chen’s cervical spine.

Boss Zhang: “Sneaking in an extra update. (doge)”