Those Classmates who Suddenly Disappeared
Chapter 1295: The Team Got Separated

Chapter 1295: Chapter 1295: The Team Got Separated

Just like that, Gu Fan moved forward involuntarily, he had a premonition that the trap arranged by this artificial intelligence was not as simple as just creating a narrow path—the bigger complications were yet to come.

The narrow path caused chaos in the team, and it was often difficult to effectively respond to a crisis during chaotic times.

"We must quickly get the team to stop!" Just as Gu Fan was getting anxious, two diverging paths suddenly appeared in front of him, startling him immensely.

In the current situation, Gu Fan no longer had time to think about which path to choose; he could only blindly pick one, hoping that his luck wasn’t too bad.

However, before long, two more paths appeared for Gu Fan to choose, instantly giving him the urge to curse out loud.

With no other option, he had to choose a path based on his initial instinct—Gu Fan felt helpless.

Ouyang Jin couldn’t help but complain, "After one diverging path, there’s another, and after that, yet another... Next, there will surely be one more diverging path."

"Aren’t the ones behind stopping yet?" Gu Fan dared not halt, because if he stopped at the very front while those behind continued to push forward, it would only make the team more crowded, and if someone accidentally fell, it would affect many.

At this moment, Lu Yi couldn’t help but speak up, "There might be an even worse situation—a dead-end ahead."

"Don’t talk nonsense, you..." Ouyang Jin’s words were abruptly cut off mid-sentence because, as they kept moving, they had indeed reached a dead-end.

Lu Yi was almost speechless. Had he really just predicted it accurately? Was he truly unable to escape the fate of being a doomsayer?

"Damn it!" There was no longer a path for Gu Fan to proceed, yet he couldn’t stop.

If they were about to hit a wall and those behind still kept pushing forward, it was very likely that those at the forefront like Gu Fan, Lu Yi, and Ouyang Jin would get squeezed.

"I hate all artificial intelligence, and I hate doomsayers," Lu Yi yelled in anger, feeling extremely wronged.

Just then, Gu Fan’s order finally spread through the chaotic team—the people behind stopped, and the team ceased moving forward.

"We’re saved!" Gu Fan and Lu Yi watched the wall so close that one more step would make their noses hit it.

Though the surroundings were still a bit crowded, Ouyang Jin stood on tiptoe to breathe a few breaths, and after feeling relieved, he asked, "What do we do now? We can’t just stay here forever."

"Pass the word—everyone slowly move backwards," Gu Fan thought of this plan for now, to leave this place first.

The command was passed from one to another, unlike before, the team stopped moving and quieted down, the command quickly reached everyone.

Finally, the last few began to move slowly backwards, freeing up space, and thus the team gradually started to shift, heading back the way they came.

With the team’s rear now at the front, this time Gu Fan, Lu Yi, and Ouyang Jin were at the very back, moving forward with everyone else and slowly leaving the dead-end.

Generally speaking, the way in is the way out—there should be no problem, but Gu Fan always had a bad feeling.

The surroundings were too dim, and staying in such an environment, coupled with the slow movement of the team, made it feel like time was passing exceptionally slowly, making him anxious.

When Gu Fan, Lu Yi, and Ouyang Jin returned to the previous fork in the road, they took a good look and found something was off.

Instead of a diverging path, it was more accurate to say they were standing in an equilateral triangle, with each side of the triangle corresponding to a path.

Lu Yi looked around and then said, "I remember, we chose the path on the right when we came, right?"

"That’s right, we chose the right side coming here, so we should choose the left side going back, but..." Ouyang Jin watched as people walked into the wrong passageway, which meant they were not returning the way they came but going down another path.

"One rotten apple spoils the whole barrel—the people at the front led us the wrong way." Gu Fan hurried to catch up, but the team was too crowded, and he couldn’t get through, so he could only shout, "Stop, stop the people in front, the direction is wrong."

Just then, the artificial intelligence Xiaolan jumped out, "Stop shouting, the wood is already a sunken boat, your team has already lost its way in this maze."

Seeing AI Xiaolan’s smug face, Lu Yi couldn’t bear it anymore and spat towards the opponent, then watched his spit go through the holographic projection, completely useless.

"Can you be civilized and not interfere with my explanation upcoming?" AI Xiaolan affected a throat-clearing gesture.

Gu Fan frowned and then said, "These people are trained mercenaries; how could they get the road wrong unless you tampered with it."

"That’s right, please watch!" Following a snap of AI Xiaolan’s fingers, a route was instantly closed off, leaving only one path they could take.

Now Gu Fan understood why the team had taken the wrong direction—it wasn’t due to their poor ability to navigate but because the paths had been tampered with.

Lu Yi protested, "Using this method to trap us here, what kind of skill is that? You’re being unreasonable; I don’t accept this."

"Yeah, I also think it’s pointless. Well then, I’ll only tamper this one time, whether you can get out or not, I’ll leave it to you." After saying this, AI Xiaolan gave a slight smile and then disappeared.

Ouyang Jin was somewhat panicked, "What do we do, how do we get the team to come back now?"

"Stop as many as we can." Gu Fan immediately chased after the tail of the team and then grabbed their clothes, forcibly stopping them.

Just like that, Irina and most from Hunter’s Guild were stopped—they still didn’t know what was happening when they saw Gu Fan desperately trying to push forward.

People who were stopped not only halted but also made way for Gu Fan to move a bit more forward, and with Gu Fan hysterically shouting, more and more people were stopped.

Gu Fan thought, as long as the center of the team didn’t break apart, there was a chance to stop everyone and then reorient them back to the correct path.

However, as Gu Fan kept going, he realized something was wrong—after catching up to about fifty people, he couldn’t see the rest of the team ahead, which should not have been the case.

"What’s going on, where is everyone else?" Gu Fan grew anxious and then saw a few mercenaries pointing ahead at the road.

Lu Yi, Ouyang Jin, and Irina also caught up and looked at the road ahead, which seemed normal at first glance. They wondered if there might be hidden mechanisms or something here.

At a glance, there was nothing wrong with this road, but when Gu Fan ventured further, he discovered this path was peculiar—it was this path that made nearly a hundred others completely lose their way here.