The third maze was full of Chu Huaying's family members.
She had never mentioned her family before, and even Lu Jiuchuan did not know her background. Now, looking at the woman wearing a white taekwondo uniform and a black belt, and the muscular man wearing boxing gloves, everyone suddenly realized—Huaying's parents were actually a combination of a boxing coach and a taekwondo coach!
No wonder Chu Huaying was so efficient; she had obviously been influenced by her parents since childhood.
Although the relatives Chu Huaying saw in the mirror weren't carrying any lethal weapons, they were all professional fighters, their punches landing with deadly force, their movements agile and ruthless. Even Lu Jiuchuan and Yu Hanjiang were struggling to keep up.
Seeing that Ninth Brother and Captain Yu were at a disadvantage, Chu Huaying didn't hesitate any longer. She picked up the Spider Dagger and decisively attacked!
Dressed in black, Chu Huaying was expressionless as she stabbed a young boy in the chest with her dagger!
The boy fell to the ground, looking at her pitifully: "Sister, you always loved me the most..."
Chu Huaying kicked him away: "Shut up!"
Facing these familiar and kind faces, Chu Huaying showed no mercy. Using the fighting techniques her parents had taught her, she moved nimbly among her relatives like the wind, every strike of her dagger drawing blood!
Blood splattered in the corridor, and the patterns on the Spider Dagger grew wildly like weeds.
Chu Huaying's ponytail was stained with blood. She was as valiant as a female warrior, personally cutting a bloody path with her sharp blade!
She fought her way to the end of the corridor without turning her head and said, "This time, it's my turn to clear the way."
Her right hand gripped the spider dagger tightly, her steps resolute.
Xiao Lou and the other two exchanged a glance and quickly followed her.
Even facing their most beloved family members, they couldn't afford to be soft-hearted now.
Time was running out; these relatives were merely killing machines deliberately released by Xiao Wang to kill them. Once they were tormented by the emotions of their memories, they would only die in this mirrored maze!
They would be forced to personally kill the people they missed most, and the people in the mirrors would keep pouring out.
Xiao Wang's psychological tactics were truly despicable.
Chu Huaying led the way, with Lu Jiuchuan and Yu Hanjiang providing cover on both sides.
The four of them had now let go of their psychological burdens and were practically unstoppable!
Chu Huaying's body and face were splattered with blood, but her gaze remained exceptionally calm. After navigating three corners, she immediately asked, "Is this the right spot?"
Xiao Lou replied, "Yes, the mirror in the very center is due southwest."
She forcefully pushed the mirror aside: "Hurry!"
Lu Jiuchuan rushed in first, followed closely by Yu Hanjiang and Xiao Lou, while Chu Huaying held off the pursuing relatives.
The moment he entered, Lu Jiuchuan felt a chill run down his spine, like a wild beast sensing danger in the forest. Instinct made him immediately take a step back and whisper, "Be careful!"
Sure enough, the next moment, a dense hail of bullets rained down on them like a storm!
Lu Jiuchuan was forced to retreat, unable to move an inch, and had no choice but to quickly retreat behind the mirror.
Yu Hanjiang asked in a low voice, "What's going on?"
Lu Jiuchuan's face was incredibly grim. He picked up a bullet from the ground: "There are my comrades, and your colleagues too."
While carrying the palace lantern, he had only clearly seen some of their faces, but those familiar faces were enough to make Lu Jiuchuan wary.
His comrades were elite members of the Sharp Arrow Commando Team. Yu Hanjiang's colleagues were all highly skilled criminal investigators. Their marksmanship was impeccable; if Lu Jiuchuan hadn't reacted quickly, he would have been riddled with bullets.
Hearing the continuous bangs of gunfire, Xiao Lou took a deep breath: "How are we going to get through this?"
This was a real hail of bullets!
The bullets fired by his comrades and colleagues covered a vast area and created heavy suppressive fire. Not even a mosquito could get through, let alone Lu Jiuchuan and Yu Hanjiang.
Lu Jiuchuan, his face grim, said to Yu Hanjiang, "In the next maze, everyone's carrying guns. Unlike the swords and knives in the previous mazes, which were easy to dodge, these guys aren't exactly sharpshooters. Even if they just fire wildly, we'll easily get hit by stray bullets!"
Yu Hanjiang asked in a low voice, "What kind of gun? Did you see it clearly, brother?"
Lu Jiuchuan picked up the spent cartridge and said, "It should be a 9mm semi-automatic pistol."
Yu Hanjiang said, "This kind of gun is equipped with a double-stack, double-feed magazine, with a capacity of 15 rounds."
Xiao Lou was stunned. In this life-or-death moment, the two brothers were actually able to calmly analyze the pistol model and the number of bullets. He turned to look at Yu Hanjiang, whose face was serious and eyes deep: "We've run out of cards. Since they have guns, perfect, we can use them as needed."
Lu Jiuchuan said in a deep voice, "You're not planning to force your way in, are you?"
Yu Hanjiang's face was terrifyingly cold: "Is there any other way but to force our way in?"
The two brothers exchanged a glance, and Lu Jiuchuan nodded seriously: "Let's go, let's fight them!"
Yu Hanjiang turned back and whispered, "Huaying, protect Xiao Lou. Ninth Brother and I will deal with the people in this corridor first."
Chu Huaying said, "I know."
Although Xiao Lou was worried to death, he couldn't stop the two, so he took a step back to Chu Huaying's side. The next moment, Lu Jiuchuan and Yu Hanjiang dragged two corpses over, pushed open the mirror, and rushed in!
Instantly, the deafening sound of gunfire filled the corridor, sparks flew everywhere, and the hail of bullets almost swallowed the two brothers whole!
Lu Jiuchuan and Yu Hanjiang used the corpses to block the first volley of bullets. With perfect coordination, they rolled to the left and right, bullets whizzing past their ears.
Lu Jiuchuan kicked a nearby comrade in the back of the knee, quickly taking him down and snatching his gun. Simultaneously, he struck the man's neck with his elbow, sending him sprawling.
Yu Hanjiang, with lightning speed, dislocated the wrist of the policeman who was firing at him, then caught the gun that had slipped from the man's hand, turning and firing two shots, killing two men in the distance instantly!
Lu Jiuchuan, his eyes blazing with fury, roared forward, "My comrades would never lay a hand on me! You machines, all of you, die!"
Holding a gun in each hand, he dodged and weaved through the corridor, rapidly killing those around him. Seeing familiar faces fall in pools of blood, Lu Jiuchuan trembled with rage, but his grip on the guns remained steady.
These were people created based on his memories; it was Xiao Wang's psychological torture of them!
Yu Hanjiang, his face as cold as ice, covered in blood, his deep eyes filled with malice, shielded a colleague to absorb bullets, his other hand reaching out from under the colleague's armpit. He took one step, killing with each step, like a demon returned from hell!
Xiao Lou, watching from afar, felt a chill run down his spine.
When Brother Jiu and Hanjiang actually fought, it was utterly devastating.
After emptying their 15 bullets, the two picked up new guns from the ground and continued using them.
As Yu Hanjiang said, the people in the maze were armed, which posed a deadly threat to them, but conversely, it also provided them with a continuous supply of weapons!
Behind them, Chu Huaying's relatives also caught up.
Facing being attacked from both sides, Chu Huaying hurriedly said, "Professor Xiao, go quickly, I'll cover the rear!"
Xiao Lou immediately rushed into the mirror door. Hearing the gunshots, he suddenly bent over and slid along the ground like a fish for more than ten meters. His Ace Dance made his body extremely flexible and agile. In less than half a minute, he slid behind Yu Hanjiang.
Yu Hanjiang saw Xiao Lou cleverly hiding behind the corpses and hurriedly asked, "Are you alright?"
Xiao Lou said, "I'm fine, be careful."
Lu Jiuchuan's eyes were bloodshot. He shot a comrade in the head and said in a hoarse voice "Fight your way out."
After stopping the pursuers, Chu Huaying slammed the mirror door shut and quickly followed.
The four of them continued forward, with Lu Jiuchuan and Yu Hanjiang leading the way, and Chu Huaying protecting Xiao Lou closely.
Gunfire echoed incessantly in the corridor; these men seemed to be mass-produced, appearing endlessly and in ever-growing numbers. No matter how skilled Lu Jiuchuan and Yu Hanjiang were, they couldn't withstand the combined attack of dozens of their comrades!
As they rounded the third corner, another burst of gunfire rang out. Suddenly, a muffled groan came from afar, followed by Lu Jiuchuan's voice: "Hanjiang!"
Yu Hanjiang whispered, "I'm fine. Huaying, quickly take Xiaolou and go!"
Chu Huaying swiftly grabbed Xiaolou and rushed forward. As Xiaolou passed through the corridor, he saw a pool of blood blooming on Yu Hanjiang's shoulder, still oozing blood. His heart sank: "Hanjiang, you're injured..."
Yu Hanjiang tore off a strip of white cloth, gritted his teeth, and wrapped it around his injured shoulder, whispering, "Don't worry about me, find the exit quickly!"
This was already the southwest corridor of the fourth maze. If Xiaolou's deduction was correct, the central mirror among the nine mirrors was the "death gate" at the very edge of the maze.
Chu Huaying's body had been enhanced, giving her immense strength, and she moved like the wind carrying Xiaolou.
Suddenly, a large number of highly skilled elites surged towards them from both sides of the corridor, like a tidal wave.
Clearly, those who had just been killed had been replicated in numerous mirrors.
Xiao Lou turned around and saw that both Lu Jiuchuan and Yu Hanjiang were injured. Yu Hanjiang's shoulder was bleeding profusely, and Lu Jiuchuan's right leg was clearly immobile. After a long and intense battle, they were exhausted, but they still dragged their wounded bodies and stubbornly stood up.
The two brothers were remarkably in sync at that moment.
One guarded the left, the other the right, each holding a gun, and they fired wildly forward!
Bullets flew out, the handguns firing with the ferocity of submachine guns!
Thirty bullets could only buy them a few seconds.
Once they ran out of bullets and couldn't suppress the attack, Xiao Lou and Chu Huaying would be instantly overwhelmed by the hail of bullets.
Xiao Lou gave Yu Hanjiang a deep look, then resolutely pushed open the mirror.
"Hanjiang, Ninth Brother, Huaying, thank you for risking your lives to buy me these few seconds!
I will definitely save you!"
As
Xiao Lou stepped out of the mirrored door, a blinding light suddenly flashed before his eyes. He saw the strange phenomenon of the sun and moon shining together vanish rapidly, and the sky transformed into a bright moon hanging high, dotted with stars.
It was a full moon, not the crescent moon of the nightmare chamber.
He had returned.