Doomsday Life Simulator System In A Zombie Apocalypse World Update Era-Chapter 124: Naked Stone Statue

[As you entered the Rule Horror Maze, you realized that using your spirit energy to sense the surroundings was futile.]

[As long as the spirit energy wave that you sent out for sensing had come into contact with a flesh wall, the flesh wall would absorb it, and it wouldn’t pass through the flesh wall.]

[Giving up using that method, you summoned Order King to your side just to ensure you could use it immediately in times of emergency.]

[As for your navigation in the Rule Horror Maze, you decided to trust your Hint Prompt again.]

{Hint Prompt: Go straight, and then go left at the nearest intersection.}

[Reading the Hint Prompt, you followed it and walked straight, and then headed left after there was an intersection.]

[When you turned left, you were greeted with a dead end.]

{Hint Prompt: Go straight. Ignore the flesh wall that seems like a dead end. That’s just an illusion.}

[’Fuck! No wonder no one can solve this maze. It even dared to play with dead ends and illusions. Without an identification type talent like mine, I doubt anyone can solve this.’]

[You inwardly complained. Now you know why no one has obtained the item wish since the inception of this Rule Horror Maze.]

[After all, there were those people who were really smart, and even if their power ranks weren’t up to par, as long as they were lucky enough to avoid those props and bizarre creatures and even figure out the rule attack mechanisms, at least one of them couldn’t be unable to complete this.]

[However, with the Rule Horror Maze playing with illusions, it’s not impossible for someone to miss the correct path and stray away from the original path since the Rule Horror Maze was ridiculously big.]

[Even if someone thought outside the box and considered the possibility of illusions, it was still possible for them to overthink and stumble upon a trap that was hidden by an illusion.]

[Knowing the dangers of this Rule Horror Maze, you resolutely decided, ’Every second and every decision, it seems I have to keep using Hint Prompt.’] 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

[’I know I’m not the brightest person on Terra, but my advantage compared to them is that I have cheats. If I don’t use my cheats in situations like these and stupidly rely on my own intelligence, I’ll undoubtedly fail and die.’]

[You knew you weren’t the smartest Explorer who had ever stepped on this maze. Yet, even they had met the same end of dying, not being able to receive the item wish.]

[If your Hint Prompt was a low-grade talent, you wouldn’t have given it this much trust. But with it being a Gold-grade simulation talent, you ought to trust it.]

[’Although I can use Absolute Compass to find the exit, it’s still merely an Orange-grade simulation talent and wouldn’t be as reliable. Moreover, it’s not as accurate as Hint Prompt, which gives instructions.’]

[Aside from that, you remembered that Absolute Compass has the limitations of only being able to find things that were within the same world layer.]

[You didn’t know if the true exit of the Rule Horror Maze was hidden in a separate dimension, so it was best to just use Hint Prompt due to it being a higher-grade simulation talent in comparison to Absolute Compass.]

[Although this was merely a simulation, you didn’t dare to gamble with your life now, especially when you are so close to getting a Peak Platinum-grade talent.]

[As long as you could reach your power rank to Peak Platinum, even death after that would still yield you enough benefits, as this meant you could inherit a power that was higher than your real-world self.]

[’Still, it’s best to end the simulation when I’m at Diamond rank. Just getting Peak Platinum rank would indeed increase my real-world power, but it’s still only at the same power rank. Only reaching Diamond rank would be a qualitative change.’]

[Thinking of this, you became more cautious and look forward to completing this maze as soon as possible.]

[As you explored the Rule Horror Maze, you handed your Explorer’s Flashlight to Order King since his left hand was free anyway, while the right was holding the royal scepter.]

[Your means of combat were Fists of Power, so the Explorer’s Flashlight was only a hindrance to your fighting style. While you didn’t plan to fight those bizarre creatures directly, it’s still best to have another method of dealing with them.]

[While you were exploring and listening to the guidance of the Hint Prompt, you finally stumbled upon a "prop".]

[It was a naked stone statue, similar to those Greek statues that featured a muscular man in certain poses. In this case, this stone statue was posing with its chin resting on its clenched right fist, facing its back towards you.]

{Hint Prompt: Its rule attack mechanism is that, after someone sees it, they must watch it for five minutes. If your eyes ever stop staring at it, it will move and sneak attack you.

It’s only at the Initial Platinum rank. You can neutralize this by letting it wear clothes, any type of clothes, as long as it’s not feminine. After neutralizing it, submitting this to the security guard will yield 10 Amusement Park Coins.}

[Receiving the guidance of the Hint Prompt, you didn’t completely follow it after realizing it was merely an Initial Platinum rank bizarre creature.]

[Estimating that it was within your tolerance range, you decided to test if World Order was useful against rule-based creatures like them and if you could bypass their rules by overriding them with World Order.]

[With that plan in mind, Order King pointed its royal scepter towards the naked stone statue, and you uttered, "Order! For I am the King, I am above the rules! This stone statue’s rules are ineffective against me, and I can neutralize him immediately with force!"]

[As your World Order took effect, you didn’t immediately attack the naked stone statue.]

[Instead, you tested the waters with Hint Prompt first.]

{Hint Prompt: You can attack and neutralize it with confidence. An Initial Platinum rank bizarre creature like this one is still affected by World Order.}