Lin Yuwei and Shen Mo, holding three pieces of time fragments, stood at the entrance of the forgotten ancient town, looking at the desolate and silent scene before them. They felt both uneasiness about the unknown and a firm determination to find more fragments of time.

They walked slowly into the town. The stone pavement under their feet was uneven due to the erosion of time. With every step, they could hear the "creaking" sound of the soles of their shoes rubbing against the stone pavement. The doors and windows of the houses on both sides of the street were closed, and the window paper rustled in the wind, as if whispering the stories of the past.

"Shen Mo, why do I feel like there's an unsettling atmosphere here?" Lin Yuwei unconsciously moved closer to Shen Mo, her voice trembling slightly.

Shen Mo patted her shoulder gently and comforted her: "Don't be afraid, I'm here, we'll be careful."

A faint wind blew quietly, raising the dust on the ground. At this moment, the melodious yet strange sound of a flute came from afar, the sound was sometimes high and sometimes low, and it seemed particularly eerie in this empty town.

Lin Yuwei nervously grabbed Shen Mo's sleeve and said, "This flute sound seems to come from all directions, making it hard to tell the direction."

Shen Mo stopped and listened attentively, trying to identify the source of the flute sound. "Follow the sound and see what's going on."

They walked along the winding street, the sound of the flute seemed to be guiding them. Finally, an ancient temple appeared before them. The door of the temple was half-open, and the candlelight flickered in the wind.

Lin Yuwei hesitated and dared not move forward, "Shen Mo, I have a bad feeling in my heart."

Shen Mo took a deep breath and said, "Don't be afraid. Maybe we can find the clues we need here."

They gently pushed open the heavy door, and the creaking sound was particularly harsh in the silence. Inside the temple, an old man in a black robe sat in the center, the flute in his hand exuding a mysterious atmosphere.

Shen Mo clasped his fists and saluted respectfully, "Senior, I'm sorry to bother you."

The old man slowly raised his head, his eyes deep and dark, as if he could see through their souls, "You shouldn't be here."

Lin Yuwei asked anxiously: "Senior, we are looking for time fragments and we are really at our wits' end. If you know anything, please let me know."

The old man was silent for a long time before he slowly spoke, "Time fragments are forbidden things. There is a time fragment in the underground maze of this town, but it is full of dangers, unknown puzzles and terrible traps."

Lin Yuwei and Shen Mo looked at each other, and the determination in each other's eyes never wavered.

Seeing that they were determined, the old man sighed and said, "In that case, I will tell you how to enter the maze. In the northwest corner of the town, there is a dry well, and under the well is the entrance to the maze."

After thanking him, they followed the old man's instructions and came to the dry well. The well was overgrown with weeds and the wellhead was filled with a rotten smell.

Shen Mo tied a rope to the big tree next to him and said, "Yuwei, I'll go down and take a look first."

Lin Yuwei said worriedly: "Be careful."

Shen Mo slowly descended the rope to the bottom of the well and found a narrow passage. "Yuwei, you can come down now."

Lin Yuwei carefully descended the rope and entered the passage. The passage was dark and damp, with water dripping from the walls from time to time.

Shen Mo lit the torch, and the weak light illuminated the road ahead. They walked forward cautiously, the ground under their feet was muddy and slippery.

As we walked, we found three forks in the road. The three paths looked almost identical, making it difficult to choose.

Lin Yuwei frowned, "What should I do?"

Shen Mo squatted down and carefully observed the traces on the ground and the subtle differences on the wall. "There are some slight footprints on the ground of the left passage. Maybe they are clues left by our predecessors. Let's go this way."

They walked into the passage on the left. The narrow space made people feel depressed. Suddenly, Lin Yuwei felt something crawling quickly past her feet. She exclaimed, "Ah!"

Shen Mo quickly shone the torch over there and saw a black rat crawling into the gap next to it.

"It's okay, it's just a mouse, don't be afraid." Shen Mo comforted.

As we continued forward, the air in the passage became increasingly turbid, making it difficult to breathe.

At this moment, a low roar came from the front. The sound echoed in the narrow passage, making people's eardrums buzz.

Shen Mo protected Lin Yuwei behind him and held the torch forward. A huge spider slowly crawled out of the darkness. Its body was bigger than a human, and its eight long hairy legs made a rustling sound on the ground. Its eight eyes flashed with a sinister green light.

Lin Yuwei turned pale with fear, "What...what kind of monster is this?"

Shen Mo held the torch tightly in his hand, "Don't be afraid, I will protect you."

The spider quickly crawled towards them, and Shen Mo waved the torch to try to drive it away. But the spider was not afraid and sprayed a stream of white spider silk, almost entangled Shen Mo.

Shen Mo pulled Lin Yuwei back, looking for an opportunity to fight back. While retreating, Shen Mo found a broken stick beside the passage.

He quickly picked up the stick and lit one end with the torch, forming a simple torch.

"Yuwei, stay away." Shen Mo said loudly.

He rushed at the spider, attacking it with both the torch and the stick. The spider screamed in pain as it was burned by the flames.

After a fierce fight, Shen Mo finally found the spider's weakness - its abdomen. He took advantage of the gap between the spider's attacks and stabbed the torch into the spider's abdomen.

The spider felt pain and turned and fled back into the darkness.

They continued to move forward, taking each step carefully.

Soon, they came to a place where they needed to solve a puzzle. There were some strange symbols and patterns carved on the wall, and several stones of different shapes were placed on the ground.

Lin Yuwei carefully observed these symbols and patterns, "Shen Mo, I think these symbols seem to be telling us the order in which to place the stones."

After some thought and experimentation, Lin Yuwei finally pushed the stones in the correct order, and the passage ahead slowly opened.

Then, they encountered a level that required them to decipher an ancient text code. With her intelligence and some knowledge of ancient texts, Lin Yuwei interpreted the text on the wall word by word.

"Shen Mo, I think I understand. This is a code about the arrangement of constellations." Lin Yuwei said excitedly.

After hard work, they successfully cracked the code and continued to move forward.

Finally, they came to a spacious hall. On the stone pillar in the center of the hall, there was a fragment of time emitting a mysterious light.

Just as Shen Mo was about to go forward to take it, Lin Yuwei hurriedly shouted: "Be careful, there is a trap!"

Before he finished speaking, rows of sharp spears suddenly rose from the ground, flashing with cold light. Shen Mo quickly stepped back, cold sweat breaking out on his forehead.

They began to carefully observe the surrounding environment, looking for a way to shut down the mechanism. Lin Yuwei found an inconspicuous mechanism button in the corner of the hall, with a symbol similar to the previous puzzle engraved on it.

"Shen Mo, I'll try to shut down the mechanism." Lin Yuwei carefully avoided the spear and moved towards the corner little by little.

With every step she took, her heart beat faster, fearing that she would trigger other mechanisms. Finally, she successfully reached the corner and pressed the button.

The spear slowly descended, and Shen Mo quickly stepped forward and took the time fragment.

"Great, we found another one." A hint of joy appeared on Shen Mo's face.

However, just as they were about to leave the maze, the entire maze began to shake violently, and rocks fell from the top of their heads from time to time.

Lin Yuwei panicked, "What should I do? The maze seems to be collapsing!"

Shen Mo said calmly: "Don't panic, follow me, we will definitely find the exit."

They ran desperately in the shaking maze, stones kept falling in the passage and dust was everywhere.

Finally, they saw a ray of light, which was the direction of the exit.

They rushed towards the exit desperately, and just when the maze was about to collapse completely, they successfully escaped.

When they walked out of the maze and saw the light of day again, they were so exhausted that they collapsed to the ground, gasping for breath.

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