On the road surface, there are guiding signs.
Above the entrance to the palace, a few gigantic white glowing words float.
The train gently lands on the road and drives into the palace along the road. Surprisingly, although this palace is built underwater, not a single drop of water can be seen inside, and there’s plenty of oxygen.
A line of text appears on the screen of the train’s control panel.
"Train Captain, please disembark to select your maze difficulty."
The bald man shows a flash of shock in his eyes. This is his first time encountering such an adventure located in water, and without delay, he steps out of the train and stands inside the palace, which has a ceiling tens of meters high.
An empty and enormous palace.
The originally large train behind him seems almost inconspicuous.
In the air of the palace, five huge light screens appear, along with another light screen.
"Welcome, Train Captain of the ’Azure Dragon Train’, the first explorer of the Undersea Maze adventure."
"Perhaps one day, humans will scatter like stars, taking root and sprouting in the corners of the galaxy, but no matter how far they travel, those adventurous spirits will forever be etched on the monument of civilization."
"To embark upon the unknown is not because it is easy, but because it is difficult."
"True belief is not the certainty of success, but the willingness to give everything for a one-in-a-billion miracle despite knowing the possibility of failure."
"As the first explorer."
"Whether or not you succeed through the maze, you will receive a consolation prize. If you succeed, you will be regionally broadcast with Reputation Value and receive additional rewards."
"Please choose your maze difficulty."
"Once chosen, it cannot be changed."
The bald man, feeling a little embarrassed, glances at the rows of text on the huge light screen; he didn’t realize he was this great, feeling a bit shy from the praise, then he looks at the maze difficulties on the following five light screens.
S-grade difficulty maze: Your consciousness will inhabit a robot and appear on a random train. The Train Captain of that train will carefully lay out a static maze for you. Reaching the endpoint within half an hour means successful clearance.
ps: Your accessories and armed personnel on the train cannot attack you, nor can you attack any accessories and personnel on the armed train. Your Train Assistance AI will possess this robot, granting you exceptional thinking, and the robot runs at the speed of an adult male, with the train being limited to a maximum of 18 carriages.
Reward: 30 Murphy Stones.
A-grade difficulty maze: You will fall asleep and enter 99 layers of dreams. Waking up within 24 hours means successful clearance.
ps: If not awakened within the stipulated time, forcible awakening will occur.
Reward: 20 Murphy Stones.
B-grade difficulty maze: After losing four senses, you will enter the Undersea Maze, which has 999 nodes at the back of the palace. Reaching the endpoint within 6 hours means successful clearance.
ps: The lost senses are sight, sound, smell, and taste, retaining one sense, touch.
Reward: 10 Murphy Stones.
C-grade difficulty maze: Your consciousness will inhabit a goblin monster in an extremely dark place. You need to find a pickaxe and a mine in the darkness and mine 12 units of iron ore within 24 hours.
ps: If..beep...beep beep...search fails...this task difficulty is currently unavailable.
Reward: 5 Murphy Stones.
D-grade difficulty maze: Retaining all five senses, you will enter the Undersea Maze, which has 999 nodes at the back of the palace. Reaching the endpoint within 24 hours means successful clearance.
ps: It is recommended to wear a ’smartwatch’; this maze will bring your steps to a new high today.
Reward: 2 Murphy Stones.
Standing next to the Azure Dragon Train, the bald man looks at the different maze difficulties shown on the five light screens above, his attention immediately drawn by the generous rewards, his chest heaving, breathing unconsciously rapid, his eyes full of greed.
This time, he has hit the jackpot!
He’s been to so many "train adventures", always hearing that "personal adventures" have many special tools as rewards, but he’d never encountered one, and today he finally encountered one, a personal type adventure.
Moreover, the reward is precious Murphy Stones!
If he could complete the S-grade maze difficulty task, he could earn 30 Murphy Stones. He can hardly imagine if all these 30 Murphy Stones were used on the "Azure Dragon Train", how many top-notch components with supermodel effects would be upgraded!
Even the lowest difficulty level has 2 Murphy Stones!
Not only that, he is the first Train Captain to explore this area, which means if he successfully completes the task, he can also gain Reputation Value and extra rewards through regional broadcast.
This is truly a big win!
The bald man carefully looks at these five difficulties, very familiar with the first S-grade difficulty. The S-grade task for the "Mechanical Train" transfer task was to lay a maze. Could it be that the consciousness inside the robot is a real person?
So when other trains do this S-grade transfer task, are they also using real human consciousnesses inside the robot, and do other adventure maps have the same S-grade maze task as this?
Even though it’s an S-grade task, it seems like the easiest!!!
For that "Mechanical Train" S-grade transfer task, he knows several trains have tried it, but none succeeded. He hasn’t seen any "Mechanical Train" with "S-grade potential" on the leaderboard at all.
He loves exploration and has been to so many green zones. He has seen a few Flesh and Blood Trains with S-grade potential on the leaderboard, but no Mechanical Train.
The failures of these Train Captains signify his success!
The bald man’s eyes turn red with intense greed flowing inside. He’d mentioned how his train, which constantly ranks below on the "supermodel effect quantity leaderboard", suddenly gained four or five supermodel effects.
Could it be simply due to sheer luck, completing a similar S-grade maze task in an adventure like the "Undersea Maze" and taking away 30 Murphy Stones?
The more he thinks, the more it seems so!
He doesn’t even bother to focus much on the remaining few tasks, as those are really hard.
Un S-grade difficulty task, which is easy and has generous rewards.
Without any hesitation.
He resolutely chooses the S-grade difficulty maze task.
Then his thoughts couldn’t help but drift into the distance, smiling foolishly with scattered eyes.
Murphy Stones, regional broadcast, Reputation Value, extra rewards...
This adventure was truly worth it!
After planning for a whole month for this "Undersea Maze" adventure!
It was totally worth it, absolutely worth it!
After he made his choice, the numerous light screens in the air inside the palace slowly dissipate, finally merging into one light screen.
"Azure Dragon Train Captain successfully chose the S-grade difficulty maze."
"Searching for corresponding train...Search failed...No available train to descend."
"Issuing a one-time Special Tool ’Consciousness Transmitter’."
"When a compatible train is found, the ’Consciousness Transmitter’ will emit a piercing alarm sound and flash red light. Press the Consciousness Transmitter’s button within one hour, and no matter where you are, your consciousness will be transmitted into the robot, formally starting the S-grade difficulty maze."
Immediately, several beams of light gather in the air, forming an entity, and a device resembling a walkie-talkie falls from the sky to the ground.
"What are you doing!"
The bald man rushes forward swiftly, quickly picking up the "Consciousness Transmitter" that had fallen to the ground, anxiously checking it several times, and only mutters when he’s sure it’s undamaged.
"Be gentle, don’t break it for me."
"This is my great opportunity!"