Wen Wen scoffed at Jing Yan’s words.
Villains in various film and television works always said things like that, but how many of them actually won?
However, his words did contain some important information, namely the guards of the maze.
This meant that within this maze, there were not only Jing Yan and Guo Shengye, but also 'guards,' and Jing Yan believed that these guards were capable of killing Wen Wen.
After making a brief appearance, Jing Yan vanished.
He knew he wasn't very intelligent, so he didn't want to interact too much with Wen Wen and expose more of his weaknesses.
Wen Wen scratched his head and continued to explore the maze.
Identifying directions here was a troublesome matter. The positions of the rooms were constantly changing, an alteration that was quiet and chaotic, making it difficult even for Wen Wen to find a pattern.
However, besides the difficulty of finding his way, the place didn't feel very dangerous to Wen Wen.
There were no traps in the maze, nor poisonous insects. All there were were rooms with vastly different styles, as if a city block from the real world had been randomly cut into squares and then reassembled.
And Wen Wen still hadn't encountered the guards that Jing Yan had spoken of.
Occasionally, however, he would see strange scratch marks on the walls or ceiling.
Wen Wen transformed his own palm into a ghost claw and scratched the same spots. By comparing the traces, he could tell that the creature that made the scratches possessed destructive power comparable to a disaster-level monster, but it was not as strong as Wen Wen.
However, this was the eerie Mirror World, and estimating strength solely by destructive power might not be entirely accurate; the opponent might possess some peculiar methods.
After walking for a while, Wen Wen faintly heard a scream, a woman's scream!
This was the first time Wen Wen had heard a human voice in this maze.
Without hesitation, he rapidly flew in that direction, regardless of whether the sound was a trap, an enemy, or something else entirely.
Anything that was breathing, anything different from the other rooms, was a clue, and Wen Wen wouldn't let go of a hard-won clue.
But just as Wen Wen was about to reach the room, the space suddenly began to flip, obscuring the door that led to the scream.
This was the first time this structure had changed its position within Wen Wen's sight; all previous positional changes had occurred without his awareness.
However, Wen Wen was not flustered. He hurled a long spear, which pierced directly through the wall, passing into the room Wen Wen wished to enter.
Then, Wen Wen snapped his fingers and instantly teleported to the spear’s location.
Upon appearing in this room, Wen Wen did not land but floated in the air, observing the situation to prevent any trigger-based traps.
Necessary caution could help Wen Wen avoid many unnecessary troubles. After completing his inspection, Wen Wen landed on the ground and looked towards a nearby bedroom with a closed door.
The scream from earlier should have come from this bedroom, and Wen Wen could sense someone hiding inside.
The sudden change in the room's position meant that Jing Yan did not want Wen Wen to come to this room, so the scream must be quite valuable to Wen Wen.
He shifted his body and gently knocked on the door a few times.
“Is anyone in the room?”
The person inside did not reply, so Wen Wen directly pushed open the door. The locked door was twisted and deformed by Wen Wen's immense strength, and the heavy object blocking the doorway was also pushed aside.
Wen Wen briefly examined these items and then glanced at the wardrobe beside them, understanding the general situation.
“Come out, I know you’re hiding in the wardrobe. Don’t worry, I won’t hurt you.”
After a short while, the wardrobe door was pushed open, and a young woman in pajamas, pale-faced with bloodshot eyes, crawled out. Sudan Novel Network.
“So that’s it… How long have you been hiding here?”
Upon seeing her face, Wen Wen guessed her identity; she was one of the over thirty girls whose souls had been taken by Jing Yan.
Her name should have been Meng Jiao, a former elementary school teacher. After a stormy night, she had become ‘foolish.’
Outside the Mirror World, she lived her life in a dazed state.
And within the Mirror World, her soul endured endless fear in this maze.
“How long…” Meng Jiao shook her head, her expression somewhat vacant, and said:
“I don’t know how long I’ve been hiding. Suddenly, I was the only one left in my home. The outside world became unfamiliar, with terrifying monsters lurking within…”
“I can’t see time here, I can’t distinguish day from night, and I’ve never felt hungry. Am I dead…”
Seeing that she was unaware of what had happened to her, Wen Wen realized she had been in this maze since her soul was plundered.
The body her soul inhabited was a reflection of her true body in a mirror, so she felt neither hunger nor other needs.
Wen Wen manipulated the Angel’s ability, emitting a faint light from behind his head, making him appear very benevolent and more convincing.
He knew he wasn’t good-looking, so when he needed to gain someone's trust, he had to use some auxiliary methods.
“You’re not dead, and the world hasn’t changed. Your consciousness has just gone to another place.”
“You can consider your experience here a nightmare, and I’ve come to lead you out of it.”
Upon hearing Wen Wen’s words, the woman’s expression relaxed, but she immediately said nervously, “Don’t go! There are monsters outside, terrifying monsters! I’ll be killed if I go out!”
When speaking of the monsters, the woman’s expression became twisted and ferocious, her body trembling slightly. It seemed like something more than mere fear.
Wen Wen tentatively asked, “Will those monsters not find you if you hide here? I could open your door directly, let alone those monsters.”
“Those monsters won’t enter my room. They want to devour me all the time, but they can’t get in here.”
Wen Wen sat on the bed and pondered. Perhaps the sudden change in the room’s position before he found Meng Jiao wasn't to stop him, but to stop something else…
No other entity had entered Meng Jiao’s bedroom for several months.
This indicated that Jing Yan did not want Meng Jiao to interact with anything else, nor did he want Meng Jiao or other girls whose souls had been plundered to roam freely in this maze.
If this place were entirely under Jing Yan’s control, why would Jing Yan go to such extra lengths?
Unless… those so-called monsters were not allied with Jing Yan, but were even enemies!
In fact, looking at this massive structure, Jing Yan could not have built such a huge maze just to deal with Wen Wen seeking trouble.
Therefore, the existence of this vast maze must be to trap other things.
Things that could threaten Jing Yan within the Mirror World!