Yu Yueming and several others gathered next to the projected pattern and observed its changes.

On the map, those lines like channels were constantly changing the way they were connected. But now, their changes are slowing down at a speed visible to the naked eye, and finally they have been frozen into a fixed pattern and no longer changed.

At the same time, a line suddenly appeared on the edge of the map, like a young bud suddenly growing on a ball, extending to the outside.

Seeing this change, everyone immediately understood that if nothing unexpected happened, that road would be the exit of the maze.

"We should be here now." Yu Yueming raised his front paws, pointed to the star-shaped area at one end, and pointed to the line extending at the other end. "It will probably take one or two days to go from here to the exit."

"There is one problem that needs to be paid attention to." Lu Songyan pointed to a large circular area that he had to pass by before heading to the exit. "There should be the nests of those strange apes. If we want to go to the exit, we may bump into them. Be prepared in advance."

Everyone carefully observed the map reflected on the ground. Although the changed map is no longer as complicated as before, various roads are still intertwined like spider webs, and they still look like mazes.

Lu Songyan had already found the paper and pen and began to draw a simple map. Yu Yueming could only rely on his brain to remember as much as possible, and at the same time began to deeply miss the photo function of his mobile phone.

After about ten minutes, the light of the star-shaped stone gradually weakened, and the map projected on the ground gradually disappeared.

The surrounding walls gradually returned to their original state, emitting a faint fluorescence. The luster of the newly embedded talcs on the walls dimmed, as if the changes just now had exhausted their energy.

Yu Yueming carefully observed the changes around him and suggested: "This change may have a time limit. After time, the exit of the maze will probably disappear again. However, although it may take a little time, we'd better check the other rooms briefly to avoid missing any clues."

No one objected, and everyone quickly searched for other rooms. The room with various unknown items was watched by players, trying to find one or two dungeon props from it.

Unfortunately, all the items that looked very distinctive and distinctive could not be brought out for copy. However, when Rong Zhicai and Shen Yongliang were searching for the room full of stone boxes, they successfully found a stone suspected to be props, and Rong Zhicai took them on him.

After searching for a while, confirming that there were no missing clues, everyone packed up their equipment and prepared to head towards the exit.

Before leaving, Lu Songyan went to see the place where the corpses of the ancients were piled up, as if he was thinking about something.

Yu Yueming noticed her actions and followed curiously.

"Is there something wrong?"

"No, I'm just thinking..." Lu Songyan pulled out the knife and gestured at the corpse of the ancient man in front of him, saying a few hesitantly, "Ordinary beasts will avoid areas where the smell of beasts exist. Do you think those monster apes are afraid of the smell of these ancient man?"

This problem stumped Yu Yueming. He only knew that dogs might pounce on them when they smelled this scent, but other animals... were really not clear.

Then again, how many animals have the luck to meet a living ancient man?

However, the strange apes before deliberately avoided the position where the ancients were. So, this guess may be quite reliable?

"I think I can give it a try." Lu Songyan squatted down eagerly and began to divide the ancient man's body with a knife.

Although the leather of the ancients is hard to enter from the outside, these ancients have been dead for a long time, and the skin is mostly damaged. It takes enough time to cut along the damaged edges, but it can barely cut the leather.

Lu Songyan carefully cut off a large piece of tissue, wrapped it layer by layer, and put it away.

Yu Yueming looked at her and put the tissue back in her bag without changing her expression, and silently took a few steps away.

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Everyone had consumed a lot of food and equipment along the way. Compared to before, this return trip was basically lightweight. Except for one or two more Sugers spheres, there were basically only a few other items.

There are about four days left for the mission, and if you just want to leave the cave, it will be more than enough. Seeing that the dungeon is about to end, the players' mood is obviously much higher. They no longer choose to rush on the road dungeon, but chat with the sky softly.

"Did those strange apes mutate because of ancient people?"

On the way, Lu Songyan asked Yu Yueming curiously.

"I don't know this...but aren't they afraid of the location of the ancients? Perhaps it is indeed the effect of some device set up by the ancients."

Yu Yueming began to think divergently and make guesses.

"Thinking on the premise that this is a refuge, it should have defensive measures. Then, the ancients may have planned to trap the invaders in this cave through a maze, and then mutate them as guards to block the invaders later. Isn't this a good thing to kill two birds with one stone?"

Lu Songyan nodded: "It makes sense. It would be great if the notes could be explained more clearly."

Rong Zhicai suddenly joined their conversation.

"When it comes to notes. Have you found other clues about the weird guy mentioned in the notes? Judging from the records in the notes, a series of things here have been caused by him. He is a very critical figure. Obtaining his information should improve the copy's pass score."

"It's a pity that we only know the contents of that note." Lu Songyan replied with some regret, "From the age of the notes, it was something that happened more than a hundred years ago, and that weird man is probably no longer in the world."

Yu Yueming also felt a little confused when he heard this conversation.

Is that weird guy really just a character who has been mentioned by a mechanical slayer?

Unfortunately, this copy obviously won't give them more clues about the weirdo. Perhaps, he is just a background character. Or perhaps, his identity has a deeper meaning?

He was thinking, when Lu Songyan's question on the side suddenly interrupted his thoughts.

"Speaking of this, you said before that ancient people would not usually make buildings into stars. So, which special buildings will be built into stars by them?"

"Ah? Oh, this one..."

He recalled the information he knew and replied.

"I'm not sure, I just know that their graves should be star-shaped."

As he said, he turned around and looked around.

While saying this, he suddenly understood something.

Star-shaped refuge...The ancients actually did not hold much hope of awakening, so it was both a refuge and their grave.
Chapter completed!