Chapter 10 Ten Thousand Year Maze

But as soon as their eyes touched the small figure walking in the forefront, their hearts were inexplicably full of energy, and the darkness in the forest seemed to be expelled and brightened up, as if she was a beacon of light to guide the way. People strode with their heads and there was only one belief in their minds, "the Queen will be able to take them out!"

After walking so long time, Artemis raised her hand to make everyone stop, signaling that the crisis was temporarily lifted. The crowd was relieved and sat down on the ground in dismay to catch their breath.

She also breathed a sigh of relief, but did not dare to completely relax her mind. Because the surroundings were too dim, she could only feel around with her hands, looking for something.

Ross came over with the kettle, carefully poured a glass of water and handed it to her. But seeing that she kept looking back and forth for something without noticing him at all, he asked, "What are you looking for?"

She shook her head, not answering. Puzzled, he also followed to look for, although completely unaware of what to look for. Perhaps influenced by him, everyone started to get up and look, and the scene immediately became chaotic.

Artemis's searching eyes stopped at an immature tree, she called out happily like she had found a new land, "Found it, found it, Roman, come here."

But no one answered her, and as soon as she turned around she saw the chaotic crowd and said with some anger, "What are you doing, is there still time to play around?"

The crowd froze in place, not daring to move again, and Ross could only come forward and explain in a whisper, "We're just trying to help you find something."

Artemis felt angry and funny, asked, "Do you know what I'm looking for?"

The crowd had a confused look on their faces as she shook her head and waved towards Roman again.

Roman sprinted up to her, "Do you want me to do something?"

"Split this tree."

Roman was surprised, but still fetched the axe and split the tree, which was thicker than his waist. As the tree rumbled to the ground, she touched the annual rings on the trunk, "This is the direction I'm looking for."

Hearing her say that, the crowd was even more confused.

Her beautiful eyes swept over a smile as she pursed her lips and explained, "The annual rings of the tree are sparse on the south side and dense on the north side."

Astonishment, surprise, disbelief and other expressions appeared in turn on people's faces, who once again swarmed up to look at the scone-like annual rings, like a group of good students.

"Don't waste time, practice is better than theory, let's walk while cutting down the trees. Be sure not to get the direction wrong, as long as we follow the annual rings, we will soon be able to walk out."

This was what she came up with after hearing that there were many trees.

Soon, five thousand people were divided into ten teams, one with three men with axes responsible for cutting down trees. Each team elected a captain and vice captain to survey the direction of the annual rings and keep her informed of the information. This method worked well, and the further they went, the more the road ahead opened up.

But Artemis had one mystery left to solve - who the traitor really was. She observed all people without finding out who was the most suspicious.

She was now being carried by Lore, the rest of the people were sent out to lead the team. She felt so dizzy that she couldn't hold on herself, so she came close to Lore's ear and whispered, "Let's change directions at the exit, I'm worried that there are traitors in the group, you explain to Ross and the others later."

For Lore, this simple boy was the person she trusted the most in this era besides Lars.

Lore's eyes flashed the worry and he answered softly.

She soon fell into a deep sleep, and it was her limit to stay awake for so long.