Pan Xiaoxin felt a bit nervous.

Ever since entering the maze, he’d been ordered around by this group (especially Bai Youwei).

It wasn’t that he was unwilling to be ordered around… it was just, just… uh, how to put it—he felt it was strange. Why would they trust a child?

Weren’t they afraid he’d mess things up?

Pan Xiaoxin looked seriously at the map, pointing at one spot, saying hesitantly, “Here… is this okay? Kaixuan Road is located at the maze’s edge, and there are many residential buildings. If the gluttonous snake comes, we’ll also have places to hide…”

“Let’s go with this spot.” Bai Youwei made the final decision, turning to ask Shen Mo. “What do you think, brother?”

Shen Mo nodded. “Mm, it works.”

Pan Xiaoxin stared wide-eyed at them.

Decided just like that, so casually?

Really?

Sure?

Not joking, seriously?

“What are you standing there for?” Tan Xiao clapped Pan Xiaoxin’s small shoulder. “Kid, lead the way~”

“…” Pan Xiaoxin silently adjusted his backpack straps, took the map, and headed toward the destination.

The journey went smoothly.

Occasionally they encountered small monsters—just a few scattered ones. Before they could split and reproduce, they were easily dealt with.

Sometimes tremors came from nearby, and everyone would hide in roadside buildings for cover. The snake usually only foraged along streets and rarely entered indoors.

Stopping and starting, they drew closer and closer to Kaixuan Road.

Honestly, Bai Youwei quite admired this kid. Because in her view, after the urban buildings became this ghostly mess, they really looked no different. Yet Pan Xiaoxin could accurately identify every road and building—his spatial sense and directional sense exceeded ordinary people’s.

Several times she suspected the kid had taken the wrong path and questioned Shen Mo with her eyes. Shen Mo returned a “don’t worry” look.

She was quite surprised.

But thinking it over, a primary school student who could survive to this point in such a terrible environment—besides luck, naturally possessed certain capabilities.

Just like herself, this cripple. Meeting Shen Mo was certainly luck, but was she herself completely useless?

Of course not!

Bai Youwei silently curved the corners of her mouth.

This was why she liked games. They wouldn’t abandon you because you were young, or old, or had crippled legs, or for any other reason.

The Doll Game brought people pain, but also forever gave them chances.

Others saw the game as despair and slaughter.

She saw the game as flowers, dew, sunshine—a paradise facing the sea with spring warmth and blooming flowers.

…No, wait.

Except for here.

Bai Youwei wrinkled her nose in disgust.

This maze was truly revolting!

…

After reaching Kaixuan Road, Pan Xiaoxin completed his guide mission. Next, Shen Mo surveyed the terrain.

Shen Mo chose a residential compound. The outer wall of the green area seemed to be the maze’s outermost layer.

They used the hemp rope from Pan Xiaoxin’s backpack to make a loop, tied up a small skinned monster, and tossed it near the courtyard wall to gnaw flesh. People stood on a second-floor balcony, holding the rope, remotely walking it like a dog. Wherever they wanted it to gnaw, they just tugged the rope.

The monster gnawed flesh while splitting.

The numbers multiplied more and more, and the rotten holes in the wall grew larger and larger.

Everything went extremely smoothly. The only thing they needed to watch for was the gluttonous snake wandering the streets—

The snake was easily attracted by the fishy smell of the skinned monsters.

Shen Mo was always the most alert one.

When he sensed the tremors approaching, he’d pull in the rope, lifting the skinned monster to use as bait at the compound entrance.

He was very skilled at this kind of diversionary tactic. Whenever the gluttonous snake smelled something and wanted to enter the compound to forage, he’d lead it around in circles with the skinned monster, making the snake turn round and round but never catch a single monster. The hungrier it got, the thinner it became.

Meanwhile, the courtyard wall had been gnawed rotten and gnawed through by the skinned monsters!

White light was faintly visible.

Bai Youwei sighed. “So it was this easy.”

But the current problem was…

How could they pass through over a hundred skinned monsters to reach the exit?