All Gods: Starting with Two Families

Chapter 21 The Snake MazeThe moment he passed through the vortex, Zhou Zheng’s Divine Thought felt as if it were crushed by invisible Gears, and he clearly heard a cold ”crack”—like the ruthless tick of a giant clock’s second hand!

The scene before his eyes suddenly distorted and then stabilized.

Beneath his feet was no longer solid ground, but a fractured, multicolored land that looked like giant glazed glass after it had been shattered.

The sky was a swirling vortex, where a massive, illusory sundial projection hovered, crudely dividing the entire shattered plane into twelve fan-shaped sectors.

They were currently standing in the sector belonging to the ”si snake.”

What met their eyes was not an open desert, but a labyrinth so vast it inspired despair! Countless snake paths, some wide, some narrow, some real, and some fake, twisted and wound, intertwining and tangling with one another.

The walls of the labyrinth were composed of strange, translucent crystals with patterns resembling snake scales, emitting a pale purple mist with a hallucinogenic aura that severely interfered with both vision and spiritual perception.

”Hiss... Feathered Serpent God above...” Even the battle-hardened Serpent-person Leader couldn’t help but gasp at the sight.

”Explore the labyrinth.” Zhou Zheng’s Divine Thought command was brief and cold. He did not summon the Eagle People; the rules here explicitly excluded any Bloodline vassals that were not part of the twelve chinese zodiac animals.

With a low growl, the Serpent-person Leader took the remaining nine elite Serpent-man Warriors and, like the most experienced hunters, split into two groups. They pressed close to the cold, slimy crystal walls and silently slipped into the labyrinth’s entrance.

Every step they took was extremely cautious, using poisoned bone daggers to test the ground and walls.

However, the dangers of this labyrinth far exceeded their imagination.

”Click!” An extremely faint sound of a mechanical trigger! One of the Serpent-man Warriors walking on the outermost edge stepped on a crystal that was disguised to look exactly like the ground!

Swish—!

A streak of black light flashed like lightning! It shot out from a gap in the crystals on the side! The Serpent-man Warrior only had time for his pupils to constrict before the black light accurately pierced his scale-covered throat!

”Ugh...” He couldn’t even let out a full scream. The potent poison instantly paralyzed his entire body, and dark purple toxic blood gushed out along the black arrow shaft.

His strong body swayed and fell straight to the ground, his Life force extinguished in an instant.

”Old Seven!” The Serpent-man Warrior beside him glared with fury, his eyes nearly bursting, but he didn’t dare move recklessly.

This was already the third warrior sacrificed since entering the labyrinth!

Deadly traps were everywhere: poison arrows, falling rocks, suddenly collapsing quicksand, and purple light nets that could instantly drain Life force... Every step was a walk on the edge of Death.

Even more chilling was the occasional muffled, tyrannical roar coming from the distance—the Nian Beast was hunting!

Time was ticking away second by second, yet the efficiency of their exploration was frustratingly low.

They couldn’t go on like this!

Zhou Zheng’s Divine Thought core suddenly lit up! A cold but incredibly clear glimmer, perceivable only to him, flowed through the depths of his consciousness!

[All-Knowing Eye]—Activate! Target: The labyrinth ahead!

Hum!

His vision was instantly stripped of all mist and disguises! The hallucinogenic purple fog was like nothing in his eyes.

The winding and intertwining snake paths below—which one was the path to the core, which one was a dead end full of lethal traps, and which one was a phantom circuit designed to confuse perception—all were clearly outlined in his consciousness!

The mechanical triggers hidden inside the walls, the loose quicksand traps beneath the ground, the crystal clusters hanging overhead... every killing intent was revealed in minute detail!

Zhou Zheng’s Divine Thought instantly transformed into precise navigation commands, projected directly into the minds of the Serpent-person Leader and the remaining Serpent-man Warriors!

”At the third fork on the left, take the second path. Jump over the third diamond-shaped crystal...”

Under Zhou Zheng’s precise guidance, which was like having a ”God’s eye view,” the speed of the serpent squad suddenly surged!

No longer needing to test the ground cautiously, they moved like arrows released from a bow, traversing the peril-filled labyrinth at high speed!

They narrowly avoided one Life-taking trap after another, bypassing areas thick with hallucinogenic mist.

Before the last glimmer of light faded in Zhou Zheng’s consciousness, they had broken through to the end of the massive labyrinth with unstoppable momentum!

The view suddenly opened up to a massive circular plaza paved entirely with pure black crystals. At the center of the plaza, there was nothing.

The serpent-men scanned the empty plaza in confusion.

”Don’t move.” Zhou Zheng’s Divine Thought carried a hint of solemnity. Although his remaining ”All-Knowing” vision had blurred, he still captured a slight ”distortion” in the area at the center of the plaza.