Can the slime mold network in Netlogo still find the shortest path even when it is not in the maze

I am using the slime mold network from Netlogo in the shortest path environment. I used the eraser tool to get rid of the maze that the slime mold spawns in and placed food sources around the map randomly. Then, I traced the convex hull using the wall feature and spawned the slime mold in the convex hull.

My question is the following: Can the slime mold still find the shortest path in this setup? If so, how long will it take?

Thank you for your help!
Best regards, Talal Tariq

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