Chapter 65 New Clues in the Room

Chapter 65 New Clues in the Room

Chapter 65 New Clues in the Room

For those who are participating in the level scene of Tuntun Bookstore, time is very tight.

Five minutes of automated activity and clue collection is clearly not enough.

"No, there is not enough time!" Ma Ling was so anxious that he was sweating. After he entered the room, he kept looking for possible clues, checking the book catalog, making notes on books that looked problematic, and even finding them to look through.

Also check the room details.

But in the final analysis, he was still like a headless fly, and he knew very well that five minutes was not enough.

Seeing that more than half of the time had passed, he ran back as fast as he could, grabbing a few books.

"Luo Xi, I found something, a book with numbers. Oh, and there's something in that room that we didn't have in the first room. It's a miniature building model, a model similar to an opera house."

Ma Ling put all the things on the table and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"Thanks for your hard work!"

Luo Xi glanced over the books and models on the table.

Then, his eyes locked on the model. He picked it up and looked at it. The model was about the size of a shoe box. The raw material was wood. It should have been made into parts of different sizes and then assembled together.

It is a very interesting and beautiful architectural model.

It looked like an opera house. Luo Xi turned the model over and found a letter name engraved on the bottom.

(Ern Rubik)

"It should be the maker of this model, but this is not English, I don't understand it!" Ma Ling said.

Luo Xi immediately said, "This is Hungarian, and it means Erno Rubik, who was born on July 1944, 7 in Hungary. He is a Hungarian inventor, sculptor, and architect."

"Architect? In other words, this is his work, but it doesn't seem to have anything to do with the level scene."

"He has another identity. He is the inventor of the Rubik's Cube."

"Magic Cube? Was it invented by this person?" Ma Ling was stunned. He really didn't know. This was a blind spot in his knowledge.

But he soon realized a problem, why did Luo Xi know?

As of now, Luo Xi has demonstrated a very broad range of knowledge, especially some knowledge that ordinary people are unlikely to know, he actually knows it like the back of his hand.

"Rubik's Cube, Rubik's Cube, wait a minute, wait a minute." Ma Ling suddenly thought of something at this time. He slapped his forehead, and the whole person became excited in an instant, like a cat whose tail was stepped on. It was the kind of excitement that was difficult to suppress.

"Haha, Luo Xi, I get it. It's a Rubik's Cube. I know how to achieve condition one of the clearance."

Ma Ling was so excited that he lost control of his facial expression.

The noise here obviously also attracted Qian Lejin and the other four people who were exploring in another room, and they all came back at this time.

Ma Ling had already found paper and pen and started drawing quickly. His fingers were shaking because he was too excited.

"Ma Ling, what did you say just now? Do you know how to pass the level?" Qian Lejin asked at this time.

"Yes, that's right, I understand." Ma Ling didn't even raise his head, and he was in a state of excitement.

"Say it quickly!"

“Think about it, what does the first condition for achieving clearance say in the contract?” Ma Ling raised his hand, his eyes wide open.

"It seems so. Enter room 23. Yes, this is it."

"So, why room 23?"

"I, how would I know?" Qian Lejin shook his head.

"Ha, that means there are at least 23 rooms here, but actually, there should be 27, because the structure here is a Rubik's Cube. Think about it, at the entrance to the room, behind the woman named Qiu Kui, there are three room doors, side by side, right?"

"Yes, that's right." Liu Hao nodded. He remembered this detail.

"Actually, what we saw was only part of the bookstore. And don't you think the room we were in was too square?"

"That's true. A completely cube-shaped room is indeed rare."

"So, if we think of the room as a cube of the Rubik's Cube, then everything makes sense. The one we just entered is just one of the three cubes on the bottom edge of the Rubik's Cube, and the Blue Team entered another one. If we number all the rooms in the Rubik's Cube, they will be numbered 1 to 27. So, as long as we find the room in the middle of the top layer of this Rubik's Cube structure, that is Room 23."

Ma Ling then held up the picture he had drawn.

The above is a disassembled Rubik's Cube diagram. Although it is very sloppy, you can understand it at a glance.

The other party even made some notes on it.

For example, he marked a corner block at the bottom of the Rubik's Cube as the red team's initial room, and another corner block on the same side as the blue team's initial room. In the three-by-three-by-three structure, the middle block on the top layer was marked as 23.

"As long as you start counting from the bottom, no matter which side you start from, number 23 is the middle square on top. Now, do you understand?" Ma Ling was very excited.

Because this is the conclusion he drew based on various clues.

If he can pass the level, he will undoubtedly be the biggest contributor. This is a very strong sense of accomplishment. According to scientific research results from some research institutions, the sense of accomplishment ranks second among all feelings of satisfaction.

In short, it’s great!
No one said a word. Those with slow brains were still pondering the ins and outs of the matter, while those with faster brains had already revealed expressions of surprise and joy.

"Damn, Ma Ling, you are really amazing. I think what you said makes sense. So this is how Room 23 came about." Liu Hao obviously figured out the principle behind this. It can be said that based on what he knows so far, there is a very high possibility that Ma Ling's inference is true.

"That is to say, from the very beginning, this level scene gave some important clues, such as three almost identical rooms side by side, a rare cube room interior, Room 23, and a building model with the name of the inventor of the Rubik's Cube written on it. Wow, this is not something that ordinary people can infer," Qian Lejin was also amazed.

“So, you have to meet condition one and pass the level to get the reward of card number 077. Because it is difficult, the reward is so high.” Ma Ling was extremely proud.

It was as if he had already understood the rules of the game and could pass it immediately.

At this time, Ma Ling looked at Luo Xi.

He knew that Luo Xi was very capable, so at this time he wanted to get Luo Xi's "affirmation", but he found that Luo Xi did not show any surprise or excitement.

From the beginning, the other person's expression was the same.

It's dull, and sometimes even has an inexplicable chill that makes people feel creepy.

This kind of temperament is indeed rare.

This kind of person is either an absolute introverted mediocrity with a mental illness, or an absolute genius. Ma Ling himself is a top student. He has always been among the top students in elementary school, junior high school, high school and university.

He is a 'genius' in the eyes of others. He doesn't even need to work particularly hard to surpass his peers who seem to be more hardworking in terms of learning ability and grades.

During college, Ma Ling joined an "elite club" organization, whose members were all geniuses whose IQs far exceeded those of ordinary people.

In their eyes, ordinary people are just like cats and dogs. It is an absolute crushing of "intelligence" and a sense of superiority of higher biological organisms over lower biological organisms.

So Ma Ling is essentially a proud person.

In his eyes, Luo Xi was undoubtedly a powerful veteran, and Ma Ling believed that fools and mediocre people could not survive for too long in confinement, so Luo Xi must be a being of the same caliber as him.

For example, in the first round of survival, the evil ghost's temptation strategy, although Luo Xi's methods were a bit extreme, judging from the results, it was undoubtedly successful.

Because he cracked the other party's plan.

Ma Ling has analyzed carefully that it is impossible to escape during the days of confinement by relying on personal strength alone. It is necessary to gather the real elites among the Shiyi people, especially the elites in terms of intelligence.

"Luo Xi must also need a partner and ally with equal intelligence. I am his best choice, because I am the only human being at the same level as him." At this moment, Ma Ling's eyes were filled with strong confidence.

"Did you find the wheel in other rooms?" Luo Xi asked at this time.

"Wheel? Uh, yes, so I guess there should be one in every room," Ma Ling said.

“Can it turn?”

"No, it feels too heavy. Either I don't have enough strength to turn it, or there is a mechanism inside that requires some kind of locking device to be opened before it can be turned."

"Go to the other two rooms and take pictures of the book catalogues." Luo Xi checked the time and said, "Hurry up, the second round of survival time is about to begin."

"Oh, okay, okay!" Ma Ling and Qian Lejin reacted and ran over to take pictures, but Ma Ling was obviously a little angry.

"He seemed to have not listened to my analysis just now. Why? Did he think my analysis was wrong, or did he simply look down on me?" Ma Ling frowned, with anger in his eyes.

And the more I think about this kind of thing, the angrier I get.

"If what you said is wrong, we can discuss it. What's the big deal about ignoring people? What's so great about you? Why do you look down on others?"

Ma Ling's face was gloomy, and the little bit of good feelings he had towards Luo Xi was gone.

A proud and conceited person hates the most people who are not as good as him in his eyes and look down on him.

"Doesn't he know that this behavior is stupid? Therefore, he is not a wise man, but an ordinary person who pretends to be wise!"

After taking the photos, Ma Ling and Qian Lejin returned to the original room almost at the same time.

Luo Xi took their two cell phones and looked at them separately.

"So that's it!"

And at this moment, the countdown for the five-minute rest and exploration time began.

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The second round of survival time begins!
(End of this chapter)