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Chapter 154 - 140: Burning the Wall

Chapter 154: Chapter 140: Burning the Wall

Su Jie had also asked similar questions, but that was based on the fact that Li Cheng knew Su Jie.

After pondering for a moment, Li Cheng said thoughtfully, "Is that Felix doing well?"

?

Father Andre’s forehead veins pulsed, thinking to himself, using the same line again, huh? You like recycling. I’m not Su Jie, and I don’t know any Felix.

He slowly put down his gun, lowering his guard—regular imposters could not pull off such a neurotic act.

Previously, he had been unacquainted with the ant, and if he wanted to gain someone’s trust, he would have to reveal hard-to-fabricate information, which could potentially expose private information and real identity.

This Ant clearly seemed to be a genius at playing dumb.

No sooner had Father Andre put down his gun than he saw the other party raising an assault rifle aiming at him, speaking solemnly, "What proves you are a living human?"

???

Father Andre’s forehead veins bulged with anger, and if it were not for his clerical status, he might have already started cursing.

He took a deep breath and slowly said, "When I came for the mission, the first sentence I said was ’Sorry, I am late.’"

"That’s not enough," Li Cheng decisively shook his head, maintaining his gun-aiming stance, "Rule three, don’t trust a companion who has gone astray more than once. Who knows if the park might brainwash, control visitors, or read memories to create imposters."

Father Andre slowly said, "...If it were an imposter, there would be no need to participate in amusement rides and, afterwards, like me, leave notes for other companions with pen and paper, right?"

"Maybe, the highest level of deception is to deceive oneself as well," Li Cheng remained unmoved, "Just like Da Huang downstairs in my building, he believes since oil floats on water, by smearing himself with oil on rainy days, he could fly."

After saying that, Li Cheng paused, muttering to himself with a mix of astonishment, fear, and confusion, "Wait, could I be an imposter..."

...I think a regular imposter couldn’t pull off being as brilliantly absurd as you.

Ignoring that Andre’s expression was slowly turning constipated, Li Cheng, with a composed demeanor, said, "Anyway, since you’ve already completed this mission, why not let me give it a try? In exchange, I can tell you the content of two attractions in the Dream Garden area."

After completing the [Carousel] attraction, he had also completed the [Hedge Maze] attraction.

The giant maze, constructed from hedges, required one to go from entry to exit, with the interior structure of the maze changing at intervals.

The hedges could not be climbed, and any attempts to cross them caused them to grow taller continuously, always blocking visitors’ view.

Also, due to the amusement park’s strict prohibition of drones, most people who accidentally entered could spend half an hour or even an hour without finding an exit, becoming increasingly anxious and unable to escape. Eventually, like Jack Torrance in The Shining, they would die trapped in the maze.

Li Cheng had activated the Multi-threaded Brain Domain Method right from the start; after entering the maze, he kept a lookout in all directions and built a mind palace in his mind, recording every change in the maze.

He discovered that the maze would change every time in a 10*10 meter area, and each time it changed, a cross-sealed wall would first be generated within the area, then openings would be made on the wall, forming three forks.

This change complied with a computer-generated maze’s cross-split method—cross points have even-numbered x-coordinates, map rows and columns and the drilling points are odd, with random numbers increasing from 1-9.

Once the pattern was clear, it was easy to handle. Li Cheng effortlessly passed through half of it and reached the center of the maze, only to find no further path ahead, just a scale, demanding a pound of flesh from below its stone platform.

This was clearly a jest on Shakespeare’s comedy "The Merchant of Venice," where the 16th century Jewish merchant, Shylock from Venice, bore a grudge against his peer Antonio for opposing him, thus setting a trap during the loan contract signing and demanding a pound of flesh from Antonio.

As for why there was a scale in the maze... It likely had something to do with Disney founder Walt Disney, who, like Shakespeare, had a pronounced anti-Semitic tendency and did not hesitate to exhibit this in early Disney animations.

However, the irony was that after Walt Disney’s death, Disney, struggling in management, was quickly infiltrated, acquired, and occupied by the Jewish Group, with the CEO position moved from the Disney family to the Jewish Michael Eisner, who counterattacked against the old Disney culture.

Considering that the real-world United States had passed the "Anti-Semitism Consciousness Act" in 2024, if Walt Disney and Shakespeare, daring to write anti-Semitic works like "The Merchant of Venice," were resurrected, they would likely be instantly convicted and sent to prison.

Faced with the scale, Li Cheng took out canned meat from the corridor of bones as emergency food, poured approximately one pound onto the scale, but it triggered no response.

The scale wanted a pound of flesh freshly cut from his body.

Taking no notice of the scale’s demands, Li Cheng decisively ignored it, took out his Nuclear Energy Lighter set to level four, began burning the hedges, and let Gray Rain slightly melt and form a blanket over him.

As a Liquid Metal Robot, Gray Rain had excellent thermal insulation, protecting Li Cheng as they burned their way out of the maze—almost crushing his organs with nearly a ton of weight.

Of course, he definitely couldn’t share these specifics with Father Andre.

"The carousel task is simple, requiring you to ride the awakened horse to cross the finish line within a set time. As for the hedge maze task... I’ve already burned through it with Green Lotus Earth Core Fire, just walk straight to the exit."

Li Cheng said casually, boarding the pirate ship amidst Andre’s puzzled expression.

The pirate ship was indoors; the so-called drifting was just making a round in a circular riverway.

"What a Fruit Ninja."

He clucked in amazement, continuously knocking down the fruit missiles flying towards him with the ship’s guns and swords.

"Another task in the Pirate Bay area is the swinging pirate ship, lasting eight minutes. Just like a regular pirate ship task for the first three minutes, swinging back and forth from slow to fast, making sure undaunted tourists are not thrown off. In the last five minutes, the pirate ship will invert and plunge into the sea demanding visitors to hold their breath underwater for five minutes..."

Since Ant had already shown sincerity, stating the two tasks he completed in the Dream Garden area, Andre also explained the content of the tasks.

Suddenly, a sharp siren rang from the horizon, interrupting him.

Air raid siren, sounded?!

The sound spread across the entire amusement park, all the surviving visitors simultaneously looked up at the sky, their faces turning incredibly grim.