I Have Yet to Become a Doll Today-Chapter 842 - : The Fourth Picture

Chapter 842: Chapter 842: The Fourth Picture

Du Lai was too unruly, only showing caution when the name Fu Miaoxue was mentioned.

Bai Youwei spoke calmly, “You and Fu Miaoxue joined the King’s war without any real interest in the battle itself, solely focused on entering the labyrinth. You did it to help her recover her body, right? The labyrinth can turn a person into a doll, perhaps it can do the reverse as well. That’s what you were thinking, isn’t it?”

Du Lai sat in front of the glowing square, his eyelids drooped, his expression unchanged.

Bai Youwei continued, “You’ve been through quite a few games, but your experience with the labyrinth is close to zero. So you and Fu Miaoxue agreed to first enter the labyrinth with me to gain enough experience, and then bring her along?”

There was finally a subtle change in Du Lai’s face, as if dismissing the idea, he gave a nonchalant smile, “We wouldn’t dare owe that kind of favor.”

“Of course… it’s not really a favor,” Bai Youwei also responded with a light smile. “Although you brought companions to gain the experience, you indeed helped me as well. It’s a mutually beneficial arrangement.”

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Without Du Lai, Leonid, and Chen Hui, it would not have been easy for Bai Youwei to enter the labyrinth.

“You should be careful when you take Fu Miaoxue into the labyrinth in the future,” Bai Youwei said. “We’ve nearly collected all the keys now, it won’t take much more time. It’s always better to come out later than to take the wrong path.”

Du Lai’s brow furrowed slightly, “You suspect that this exit might not be the real exit?”

“Anything is possible,” Bai Youwei replied indifferently. “At least until we’ve collected all the keys and the door’s secret has been unraveled, I feel it’s not prudent to just leave like this.”

Du Lai looked down at the tiny lice scurrying between his fingers. They burrowed into his nail crevices, crawled toward the folds of his clothes, fluttering and unsettling his mind.

“Understood…” Du Lai closed his eyes. “I’ll wait for all of you to come back.”

Bai Youwei pursed her lips and left the Stone Chamber with the others.

…

Without the threat of the Minotaur, their passage through the labyrinth was unobstructed, and they soon found the remaining keys.

Following the Stone Chamber’s transmission points, Bai Youwei collected the keys that were marked, including those found by Chen Hui and Asarina, totaling twelve.

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The group returned to the room with the wall painting.

The keys did not seem to require a specific order; any key could fit into the same lock.

Shen Mo fitted a key into the lock, turned it, and unlocked it.

Click.

One lock opened. Then the second…

“Will there really be an exit behind the door?” Chen Hui asked, uneasily.

Asarina looked nervously at the door, “I don’t know…”

Leonid, dizzy with hunger, tried to restrain himself. He stood a bit distant, muttering lowly, “I hope it’s not a trap.”

The last lock was opened.

Shen Mo turned to look at everyone, finally resting his gaze on Bai Youwei’s face.

Bai Youwei nodded at him and said, “Open it.”

The heavy iron door creaked open…

When the door was fully open, everyone was stunned.

Because behind the door was not the anticipated exit, but a wall! Precisely, one side of the pillar had been fitted with a door!

No exit, no mechanism, the side of the pillar that was concealed by the iron door was the fourth mural.

All the beams from the torches converged on the painting.

The fourth mural was even more intricate than the previous three.

In the painting, the Minotaur was tied over a fire, a group of tiny figures danced around the campfire, and the hero who had vanquished the beast held a knife in one hand and a dark object in the other.

Upon closer examination, all the little figures had black objects in their hands as well.

The painting was too abstract to discern what they were doing.

As Bai Youwei watched, she suddenly felt alarmed, “Quick!… We need to go back and find Du Lai!”