The group hurried back. Before reaching the starting point, they heard students’ terrified screams!

After turning another corner, they saw several students running toward them in panic!

“What happened?!” Shen Mo stopped them.

Zhang Tianyang, still shaken, said with rapid breathing, “The mirrors… the puppets in the mirrors came out!… Two, two students were grabbed and pulled into the mirrors!”

Breathing heavily, he turned to look at the people behind him. Seeing Chen Hui, he immediately reached out to grab her and looked her up and down. “Not, not reversed… Thank goodness you’re okay, we’re okay…”

Shen Mo scanned these students with a glance—only six remained.

His brow furrowed tightly: “Where are the others?”

Chen Hui raised her head, her eyes filled with bloodshot vessels. “…They ran through the door and turned into puppets.”

“The door?!” Teacher Cheng asked in disbelief, “You found another exit?”

Zhang Tianyang nodded and replied with difficulty, “A very large door… many puppets, more than before. Not just on the walls—even on the ground…”

Recalling the feeling of walking across, as if treading on skull after skull, his expression grew increasingly ugly, cold sweat pouring down.

“Were there mirrors?” Bai Youwei asked urgently.

Zhang Tianyang was stunned by the question.

“No mirrors.” Chen Hui answered for him. “There wasn’t a single mirror near that door.”

Liao Jingjing cried out, “I said all along the first exit was the real one! Let’s go quickly! I don’t want to stay here anymore! I want to get out! I don’t want any rewards anymore!!!”

“Enough!” Chen Hui viciously shoved her. “If you want to go, go yourself! Stop wailing here!”

Liao Jingjing burst into loud crying and helplessly grabbed at Zhang Tianyang’s arm.

Zhang Tianyang both disliked and pitied her. He shook his sleeve but couldn’t shake her off, and had no energy to continue struggling with her. He looked weakly toward Shen Mo and Bai Youwei:

“Mr. Shen, did you discover anything on your end?”

Shen Mo said, “We also discovered an exit.”

Zhang Tianyang’s face showed a bitter smile: “So now we have three exits.”

Chen Hui said, “The maze has four main pathways. There are very likely four exits as well, but only one will be the true exit.”

“The starting point has mirrors, so the endpoint should also have mirrors.” Bai Youwei looked at them, her voice both calm and firm. “If you trust me, come back to the starting point with us now. Everyone pack up your things—I’ll lead you out of the maze.”

“I’m not going back!” Liao Jingjing shrieked. “Why should we go back?! Those puppets are right behind us! If we go back we’ll definitely encounter them!”

“We must return to the starting point.” Bai Youwei said expressionlessly. “Otherwise, even if we find the exit, we won’t be able to leave.”

“I’m not going back!” Liao Jingjing shook her head frantically, crying and shouting, “Why should I trust you?! Teacher Tu is dead, and now you want to drag us students along as test subjects to send us to our deaths! Isn’t that right?! You don’t even know which exit is correct!!!”

Liao Jingjing’s mental state was trending toward collapse. She turned and ran, refusing to stop no matter how the other students called out.

“Don’t worry about her.” Bai Youwei actually calmed down. “Even if she runs to the exit, she won’t go in.”

Zhang Tianyang: “But…”

“She won’t go in.” Teacher Cheng sighed heavily. “We saw puppets of your classmates at the exit. If she sees them… she definitely won’t rashly enter.”

The other students all fell silent upon hearing this, their exhaustion and confusion deepening on their faces.

Chen Hui turned and walked back.

Zhang Tianyang was startled: “Chen Hui, where are you going?”

“Back to the starting point.” Chen Hui didn’t look back. “Didn’t she just say? If we don’t go back to the starting point, we can’t leave the maze.”

“…Can we really get out?” Zhang Tianyang stared blankly ahead.

Bai Youwei closed her eyes and said softly, “Let’s try…”