My Level Zero System

This was proven through the power he displayed, if the entire area was filled immediately then Kain would have no way to escape, but if he gathered troops then it would be difficult to lock down Kain's position.

It's like using a sheet of paper to cover a pipe. If you simply wrap the paper around it, you can cover the entire pipe. But the thin paper won't be able to stop whatever is coming out of the pipe. Then, if you fold the paper over to increase its thickness until it can block whatever is coming out of the pipe, then the flat area of the paper will no longer be able to cover the entire pipe. And of course, it won't be able to stop whatever is inside from coming out.

This is something that even huge resources can hardly change.

But is this all?

Or is it just what "that thing" wants Kain to know?

That's right.
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Kain knows what "that thing" knows, and "that thing" knows that Kain knows what "that thing" knows.

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After resting and recovering a bit, Kain stood up and began to look around.

Sure enough, just as he had predicted, the monsters were scattered everywhere, with one monster wandering around almost everywhere. With so few in one place and so far apart from each other, Kain couldn't kill many even if he tried.

This strategy, in a very effective way, reduced the efficiency and lengthened the time it took Kain to kill the monster. Allowing "that thing" to have time to bring troops to surround the area.

Kain's best option now was to run to the western exit first, then fight a guerrilla war.

Until he gets enough skill points.

But just before he could move, Kain suddenly stopped.

His eyes looked into the distance, slightly narrowed.

It was as if he was facing something far away.

Suddenly, Kain uttered a word.

"Very good."

"You almost fooled me."

Kain could not help but sigh.

Just now, when he was thinking of a way to escape.

He finally thought of a little loophole.

Too big.

As for the scale of this campaign, it's huge.

Unnecessarily large.

"That thing" had to both ensure enough time with Kain, and ensure that each section of the western path would be filled with enough monsters to surround and kill Kain.

It's not that Kain doesn't appreciate his own danger, but that such a use of resources, while strategically correct, is not maximally effective in practice.

So all of this... is just a bigger distraction.

Thinking of this, Kain quickly went to check around.

He needed to confirm his guess.

Although Kain kept it a secret, the monsters were too scattered.

Every street has them. Occasionally, some monsters hide in the buildings to spy, which are extremely difficult to detect. Now, the mist that sheltered Kain was the same thing that sheltered the monsters.

This is the rule.

Kain could not help but fall silent, carefully examining.

He found that some paths seemed easier to pass than others. Because the frequency of monster appearances was unevenly distributed.

As for the other paths, even if Kain sneaks through without killing monsters, there is still a chance of being discovered.

Under normal circumstances, Kain would choose those "seemingly random" easy paths.

But in fact, this is a hidden trap.

In these "random" paths, the rate of being discovered was much lower, and even if Kain checked, he wouldn't be able to find any monsters secretly observing him.

Because it is not necessary.

"That thing" just needs to read his mind and know that he will choose the path it has cleared.

This made Kain think about the pathing strategy of the guardian Pythonel earlier.

Both traps they set play on the human psychology of seeking out less dangerous places, in two different ways.

"That's really sophisticated."

Kain did not hesitate to admit that his enemy was not bad.

This trap is even harder to detect than the Pythonel.

The Pythonel's trap, however, was a bit obvious. It had used its panoramic view to lead the Adventurers into the trap, but once they noticed the abnormality, the trap would be quickly spotted, though this was quite difficult.

On the contrary, "that thing" took advantage of the low visibility, the lack of information to trick Kain into going down the path it wanted. To detect this was almost impossible, almost like you had to realize that three monsters were all ten meters apart, but the fourth monster was ten meters plus one inch away from the third.

No one will notice this.

Only Kain, who was constantly maintaining a high level of mental activity, was highly alert to the strategic level of "that thing", and he also possessed strong spatial memory and thinking abilities. Therefore, Kain was able to realize the blind spot in his perception beforehand, and discover the trap of "that thing".

About the purpose?

Kain figured there was nothing else to do but monitor and guide him to the "escape" location that "that thing" wanted him to go to.

There, most likely, a bunch of horrible monsters were waiting for him.

Kain had previously speculated that there were a bunch of pretty terrible things, at least worse than Nightcrawler, protecting "that thing".

Now that it has awakened, if it has intelligence, then such protection is not necessarily necessary as it can use those monsters to go into battle and kill the enemy.

So what awaits Kain at the end is not an escape, but extremely dangerous monsters.

That's because, from the very beginning, "that thing" didn't really intend to use a giant army to crush Kain. It only needed a little guidance to easily lead Kain into the trap it had set.

So what if Kain didn't take the easy way out?

This shouldn't even be a question. It's simple, he's more likely to be caught, and the further west Kain goes, the higher the odds become. If they can just roughly determine where Kain is, they can easily change course and intercept him again.

In short, he was surrounded.

Confined within a large area, with monsters spread out thinly.

Even if Kain just hid here and did nothing, the giant monster army would actually surround and storm here, hollowing out the ground to drag him out of his hiding place.

It can be said that this is a dead end.

But Kain was not discouraged.

Even in his cold golden eyes, there was a hidden, rare excitement, although this was immediately eliminated by his reason.

Honestly, it had been a while since Kain had found an enemy with this level of intelligence.

The only time Kain felt this way was when he confronted the high-class Magus who controlled the puppets in Whesling City.

However, he now has a much more important goal.

So, let him come and destroy this sure-fire strategy.

Although it cannot be verified, but to increase the success rate, the further west one goes, the denser the label layout of "that thing" will be.

So, it will also lead to the label line arranged to the east gradually thinning.

Therefore, Kain planned to perform a reversal.

That thing, surely wouldn't be able to predict that he would guess its true plan, and at the same time ruin that plan by counterattacking.

For a kingdom to fall, its king must be captured.

And that was Kain's intention as well.

Right now, the strongest battle forces guarding around "that thing" should have been moved away to block him in the west.

That means "that thing" is alone right now.

This is his chance.

And he has his tools too.

The escape route they used earlier is probably still there.

This information was too much and too confusing, but Kain still only pondered it all for a few minutes.

Very quickly, he moved, heading back east.

Sure enough, as the distance he traveled, the frequency of monsters appearing became less and less frequent.

So, Kain knew his prediction was correct.

At the same time, Kain had another advantage.

This path is very mysterious, and it was built temporarily. Even if "that thing" was familiar with the entire map of this lonely fortress, it still wouldn't know.

Kain crawled through the tunnel, carefully skirting the hordes of monsters, and headed straight for the western living area.

Unlike the solemn western garrison area, this place was not much different from when he first appeared.

"That thing" had a flaw after all.

So, with his memory, Kain quickly went around each corner, avoiding each group of monsters, step by step going deeper into the western living area.

He even used [Enhancement Body] just to run and jump faster.

Time is of the essence.

The other thing's strategic vigilance towards him was no less than that. Once too much time passed without Kain appearing, "that thing" could deduce that its final trap had been seen through by him. It was even possible to deduce that back into his plan.