"Does this mean... the answer is marked directly?"

Feng Yuan was stunned when he saw the golden mirror. The puzzle wasn’t insurmountably difficult; it was just that there were no hints, so at first, no one would think in that direction.

Looking at the golden mirror, Dou Yanlan held her chin and said,

"It should be, or perhaps it’s... compassion for the powerful?"

"Hmm, it probably just needed to form a mirror, but who would’ve thought those dining utensils could form a mirror."

Shaking his head, Feng Yuan really didn’t expect the answer to this stage to be this, but upon serious thought, it didn’t seem strange because the challenges here all revolved around mirrors and reflections.

Following this line of thought, they would discover that aside from the silverware, there was nothing else likely to create a reflective surface.

The rainwater had already been proven to be a trap, and even trying to replicate the method used on the Ghost Ship wouldn’t work.

Of course, the utensils themselves couldn’t become a reflective surface; even when combined, they couldn’t. Previously, Feng Yuan and the others had noticed that the utensils couldn’t reflect light.

However, seeing the rainwater constantly falling on the mirror formed by utensils, how could Feng Yuan not know the correct solution?

To assemble and reassemble, unless you saw the answer from the start, Feng Yuan didn’t think he could immediately come up with this strange solution.

"Since we already have the answer, let’s go try it."

Although Feng Yuan felt this puzzle was a bit... it didn’t matter since they hadn’t hit a bottleneck.

Returning to the previous banquet hall, the downpour continued, but none of them seemed to mind. Although they had seen the effect of the compiled plates in the bonus stage, handling them personally, they found it wasn’t that easy.

"In a way, this truly brings out the features of the Data Domain."

Finally piecing the mirror together, Feng Yuan couldn’t help but sigh. Without the Data Domain, even if the designer wanted to do this, they’d face a big problem: how many props to prepare and how to make those props achieve the desired effects.

The Data Domain wasn’t so troublesome; almost anything conceivable could be simulated by the Data Domain.

"Hiss, it’s quite heavy. Why didn’t they just remove the weight?"

This mirror, akin to a heavy shield, was made of various utensils, but put together, it wasn’t much lighter than an ordinary heavy shield. Feng Yuan found it strange as the Data Domain should freely adjust the weight of objects; why didn’t they do that?

"Perhaps because it wouldn’t be realistic?"

Dou Yanlan wasn’t too sure either, but regardless of its weight, they all could still manage it, thanks to the strength gained from Bestial Nourishment.

"Tsk, these non-reflective silver utensils aren’t real either, but whatever."

Pursing his lips, Feng Yuan carried the mirror to the balcony. Rain fell on the mirror, coating it like a water film, and Feng Yuan looked puzzled at the banquet hall. Why wasn’t anything changing?

"Is there something else that still needs to be done?"

Not just Feng Yuan, even Dou Yanlan and Qi Chen were confused. Furrowing his brow, Feng Yuan propped up the mirror. At this moment, the banquet hall scene appeared in the mirror, and simultaneously, the banquet hall scene in the mirror suddenly ignited with silvery white flames.

"So that’s how it is, truly complex."

Seeing this, Feng Yuan already understood what to do. Using the mirror to continuously reflect the banquet hall, soon the entire banquet hall was engulfed in silvery white flames.

At this time, even the balcony began to be gradually surrounded by silvery white flames.

"Let’s go, this fire seems to be harmless."

Reaching out to test it, Feng Yuan found that the flames were just an illusion. The three walked into the sea of flames; the flames instantly consumed the balcony, with silvery white flames occupying the entire space. Feng Yuan and the others found everything to be a blinding white, severely impairing visibility.

"Will these flame effects disappear on their own?"

Borrowing Xiao Ji’s power, Feng Yuan found these flames, like phantoms, had no substance, rendering the Ultimate Move for extinguishing useless.

"I don’t know, but they greatly affect vision."

Qi Chen cautiously followed along; surrounded by silvery white flames, he had no clue where everything was, fearing an accidental collision.

After walking for a while in this near-blinding sea of fire, the group noticed the surrounding flames gradually dying down. Underfoot lay a crystal floor emitting rainbow hues. Not far off, a dazzling glass Gate of Light stood there.

Passing through that gate, they arrived at a city filled with mirrors. The city looked like an ancient fortress, except for the tourists in modern attire and the abundance of mirrors disrupting the city’s atmosphere.

"Uh, are those... real tourists?"

Feng Yuan was taken aback at the input nickname panel that popped up in front of him, especially with those modern-dressed people having yellow nicknames above their heads, giving Feng Yuan the feeling of stepping into a virtual game.

No! Even in Big Cat’s virtual game, names weren’t directly displayed above heads; it was too immersion-breaking.

According to Big Cat’s settings, only by gazing at someone would lines appear around them, listing simplified information such as nickname and affiliation.

As for directly having a name overhead... Big Cat only did that initially and later changed it.

"It should be correct, although I didn’t expect Big Cat’s discarded plan to still be in use." Veronia chuckled lightly, pointing to the nickname appearing above her own head. Feng Yuan smiled and said,

"After all, it’s convenient and easy to distinguish. But with everyone mixed here, isn’t it possible we’ve reached the end?"

"It seems not, but with so many people, finding the path ahead maybe is not easy."

Dou Yanlan thought for a moment and said, although it’s possible that this was a designer’s illusion and that everyone except them were NPCs, Dou Yanlan felt that possibility was low.

Because doing so serves no purpose and would be better replaced with NPCs matching the ancient city style.

"Could it be a moment for us to unwind? If there’s no rush, exploring the city might also be nice?"

Noticing the expression on the tourists’ faces, Qi Chen said, causing Feng Yuan to be taken aback; he said with some surprise,

"It might really be that way, a mid-game break before continuing the Maze of Mirror challenge. But is this place that large?"

Since it involved the Data Domain, Feng Yuan couldn’t be sure. With the rapid development of the Data Domain, even Feng Yuan didn’t dare claim he fully understood the current Data Domain.

Even though Maomu City couldn’t control much Data Domain space, the internal space within Data City alone was already vast, so Feng Yuan wasn’t sure if this occupied part of the space constructed within Data City.

"They likely used some cost-saving measures, but with even a map provided, this place really feels like a rest area."

Veronia waved her little hand, and the ground projection unfolded, showing not just the rest area but also service areas, souvenir experience zones, and more.

If the path to continue the challenge weren’t marked, Veronia might have thought this was the real endpoint.

"Hmm, souvenirs? Shall we take a look?"

Seeing the mention of souvenirs, Feng Yuan couldn’t help but feel intrigued. The Maze of Mirror souvenirs should have some uniqueness, right?

"Definitely, I’m very curious about what the prizes could be."

Sitting on Rainbow Bubbles, Veronia chuckled, not knowing what the reward from the bonus stage was but judging by the difficulty, it shouldn’t be something simple.

The souvenir area was bustling with tourists; they found the Maze of Mirror intriguing, so they didn’t mind picking up some interesting souvenirs here.

Of course, if those souvenirs appeared to be intended just for show, they wouldn’t easily make a purchase.

"Most of these are recreations of previous scenes. They seem okay, but... something’s missing."

Examining the displayed souvenirs, Feng Yuan muttered. He couldn’t help it; these replicas reproduced previous scenes perfectly but felt insignificant to Feng Yuan.

After all, those scenes weren’t particularly unique either.

"This one seems nice, though we haven’t seen it before," Qi Chen said in astonishment, pointing at a large statue of a slime creature. Although its form was common, its lifelike details were impressive.

"It should be the rain from the castle, shouldn’t it? Just by its appearance, you can tell. Right, I also wonder what this can be exchanged for,"

Feng Yuan said, taking out the medal with some curiosity, wondering what kind of prize it might be exchanged for.