When Xu Feng thought that there was a lurking sentient being overseeing their actions, he wasn''t being paranoid.
After all, the symbols that involved the usage of Mana-Bane Thistle and Veilroot Essence essentially eliminated all those attempting to solve the puzzle without any prior knowledge or experience in Herbology.
Since Xu Feng had been exposed to both and was familiar with such herbs. Then naturally, its effect couldn''t affect him in contrast to Carmen and Crimson Heart.
And this was what made Xu Feng suspicious.
Unless the puzzle somehow knew there was one experienced Herbalist here, then such a puzzle wouldn''t have appeared as an obstacle to them.
As harsh and despicable as the Divine World was, it had always been fair to its yers, ensuring that every obstacle was doable as long as the yers gave their utmost effort.
"What''s wrong, Guild Leader?" Concerned about his well-being, Carmen had been asionally taking small nces at Xu Feng. When she noticed he seemed to be in a trance, she quickly rushed to him and shook his shoulder.
"Huh?" A bit startled, Xu Feng turned to Carmen. "What do you mean?"
"You were in a daze earlier," Carmen exined. "I thought you got affected by the stones."
Realization dawned upon Xu Feng and he smiled lightly. "I see. I''m not affected by the symbols, but rather by the puzzle."
"The puzzle?"
Nodding, Xu Feng proceeded to ry his deduction to Carmen.
By the time he finished, Carmen felt a cold chill running down her spine. "If your deduction is true, then aren''t we being watched from the start?" She uttered in shock.
Although Xu Feng didn''t n on rming her, he couldn''t help but have that thought.
After all, as he continuously recalled the encounter with the Chasm Stalker, followed by Crimson Heart "identally" triggering the teleportation that was extremely rare, the coincidences were simply a bit overboard.
Once or twice, he could still excuse it. But the puzzle seemingly targeted at his Herbalist Profession was the third coincidence.
Everything seemed linear and nned from the start.
And there was only one possible culprit he could think of that could result in the lurking presence to understand them very well: Yaren.
All contestant information was legit ryed to the organizer of Paradise ins, so naturally, Yaren who acted as the conductor could have ess to his information.
Not to mention, her adamant determination to send him to the Abyssal Rift was somewhat out of her character.
"What are the two of you talking over there?" Meanwhile, Crimson Heart, who had been trying to figure out the symbols on the wall, realized the two had be idle. Confused, she asked to see if they had some enlightenment.
Just like that Xu Feng summarized it briefly regarding his doubts to her.
"Conductor Yaren was that shrewd?" Astonished, Crimson Heart found it baffling that this was all nned. But what made her feel better was that she could finally get rid of the jinx status.
If Xu Feng''s deduction was true, then regardless if she touched the symbol earlier or not, they would still be teleported to the lowest level.
"Then what do we do?" Carmen questioned. "We can''t just be sitting ducks here and not solve the puzzle."
"Actually, we can." Xu Feng mused. "Since we are being watched, then the spectator is naturally curious about our every move. Think of it like you''re a viewer watching a drama or movie. Would you be bored if the scene showed the actors not doing anything?"
"That''s obvious!" Carmen rolled her eyes.
Who would watch a movie or drama when the actors are not doing anything exciting to keep your retention?
Suddenly, realization struck upon Carmen. "Wait, if we do nothing, then the sentient being will be forced to do something to make us entertain them."
"But it''s risky to do it." Crimson Heart shook her head. So far, the deduction was merely based on Xu Feng without any concrete evidence. Without it, they could bepletely wrong and merely waste more time.
"Let''s say if the Guild Leader''s deduction is correct. Who are we to know whether the sentient being would be nice and release us?" She raised the question, equivalent to saying their action could potentially anger them, resulting in more terrible consequences to befall their current situation.
Not a bit surprised by Crimson Heart''s doubts and worries, Xu Feng continued, "The worst punishment possible is death. If we die, then we''ll be automatically transferred back to Paradise ins. It''s not like there could be any more worse consequences."
"The Guild Leader got a point." Carmen agreed.
"Fine, but you will bear all the consequences." Crimson Heart gave up and ensured Xu Feng would take up all the me if he was horrendously wrong.
"Rest assured, the 300 GMP will be given to you regardless of sess and failure." Xu Feng calmly said and began toy down on his back.
He loved to use other people to his advantage, but that didn''t mean he enjoyed being used by others. Therefore, he was willing to waste time and determine whether his deduction was wrong or correct.N?v(el)B\\jnn
Either way, he highly doubted they could gather 100 Silver Glyph Fragments until the end of thepetition. Thus, for Yaren to be so confident of his sess, there must be something else underlying.
It was just that he hadn''t thought about what it was until now.
Seeing Xu Feng lying down on his back,pletely rxed, Carmen decided to follow suit.
Crimson Heart pondered for a while before sighing softly. She decided to take a proper rest as well.
As the trio began resting and discussing some trivial topics to pass the time, an invisible orb that had been hovering in the air from the start trembled slightly.
Within a dark room, a figure could be seen ring through the orb''s transparent screen. Their rocky-like tail filled with simr symbols that Xu Feng inspected started mming down the ground heavily.
"That Yaren tricked me! She promised me a good show, but they are just resting and ignoring the puzzle I set up!"