Chapter 74 This is a numbers game [1 more]
Chapter 74 This is a numbers game [Update ]
If someone had said before that it would be very easy to complete the level scene of "Tuntun Bookstore" by fulfilling the conditions, that person would have been criticized to death.
They can even come up with words like "bragging without paying taxes" and if you meet someone with poor character, it's normal for them to greet the female members of your family and your ancestors for eighteen generations.
But now, no one thinks Luo Xi is pretending.
They all pricked up their ears and listened carefully.
"First of all, the level designer is very attentive, really attentive. This is the most attentive design among the several level scenes I have experienced." Luo Xi looked at Qiu Kui at this time. The latter chuckled and seemed to want to say something, but held back.
Her reaction was normal, because what Luo Xi said was like the winner of a chess game patting the loser on the shoulder and saying, "Young man, you played well. Your chess skills are the best I have ever seen."
Can't tell whether it's a compliment or an humiliation.
Or, both.
"Let's not talk about the wheel for now. Is there any problem with the bibliography? In my opinion, it's disorganized." An Zhiyan discussed this issue very seriously.
"Yes, the mess itself is a hint. Observe all the rooms, the decoration style, the cleanliness, the position of each bookshelf, the neatness of the books, the spotless table, the papers and pens at almost perfect angles, the position of the table lamps like pacesetters. Oh, I measured the distance between the table lamps, and they are exactly the same."
Hearing Luo Xi's words, An Zhiyan's eyes lit up.
"In the room of perfectionism, there suddenly appeared a messy list of books. This is indeed very inconsistent. If the person who designed the room is a perfectionist, then this list of books can drive him insane, unless..."
"Yes, unless the designer did it on purpose!" Luo Xi tapped the table with his fingers.
"I have also discovered this problem, but I have studied the bibliography and found it to be too disorganized. It seems more like a trap used to interfere with us." An Zhiyan bit her lip and frowned. She looked at Luo Xi, waiting for him to continue deciphering the code.
Luo Xi shook his head: "It's just real and fake. The scene designer set up a lot of traps and interferences, most of which are mind traps, and all of this is just to cover up the real clues. So sometimes we can't be led astray by the designer. We must stick to our original intention. For example, this is a bookstore, and bookstores can be associated with various books. Because the room numbers are hidden, starting with various books is the best route. And because there are so many books, the importance of the bibliography is highlighted."
"First of all, the books in each room are different, so it gives people an illusion of disorder, but if you look closely, you will still find some interesting details. Of course, these details need to be combined with another setting in the scene."
"What setting?" An Zhiyan asked immediately.
She felt as if she had grasped some key points, but this flash of inspiration was elusive. She knew it existed, but it was elusive and she couldn't see the truth clearly.
"Survival time!"
Luo Xi said four words.
"Survival time?" An Zhiyan didn't understand. Yu Xiaoru next to her held her head and analyzed the situation carefully. As for the others, they had given up and just listened in a daze.
"Yu Xiaoru said that you had been here before." Luo Xi said.
"Correct."
"So you know, there are only three kinds of survival time. Simply put, they are evil spirits, beasts and angels."
"That's right, including the optimal solution for each survival time." An Zhiyan nodded, then asked in confusion: "But what does this have to do with the bibliography?"
"E.B. Browning, a famous British female poet in the 19th century, once said that books are higher-level humans and the only humans who can send messages to the future." Luo Xi raised his head: "I agree with this statement, so if evil spirits, beasts and angels are also considered books..."
"But does this make sense?"
"Yes, if we make some adjustments to these three categories and extend them to 'hell', 'human world' and 'heaven', it will be easy to understand. And we can look for books that match these three categories in the bibliography. Of course, the premise is that they are the kind that obviously or implicitly contain numbers. After all, Room 23 needs to be deciphered, which means that this itself is a hidden math game."
Luo Xi sighed at this time: "Originally, there was a good person in our team, Ma Ling. Although he was misled by the messy information in the scene and thought that the structure of the bookstore was a three-order Rubik's Cube, I have to say that his previous work saved me some time and also provided some correct inspiration."
Hearing this, An Zhiyan had a strange expression on her face.
The Rubik's Cube Theory is actually a wrong conclusion.
So even Lin Yixuan made a mistake? Then who was this person in front of him?
Is he better than Lin Yixuan?
Impossible, absolutely impossible!
She looked at Yu Xiaoru, who seemed to understand the question on An Zhiyan's face. She held her head and leaned over to whisper, "His name is Luo Xi."
An Zhiyan's pupils shrank.
I seemed to understand, but bigger questions filled my mind.
".From the bibliography of the known rooms, we can find books about hell, the human world, and heaven. Here, heaven and hell are closely related, so together, they are "The Bible Code: The Bridge between Heaven and Hell", "The Secret Language of Revelation: Decoding the Suffering and Hope of the Human World", "The Stairway to Heaven: The Path of Soul Sublimation", and "The Psalms of Hell: The Ode of Sin and Punishment."
"These are all the books about heaven and hell in several book lists. In addition, there are many books about the human world, but if we simply classify them as 'mathematics', there are not many of them. They are 'Mathematical Journey: Exploration from 1 to ∞', 'The Mystery of the Binary World', and 'From 0 to 1'."
"Wait a minute, have you memorized all of this?" An Zhiyan waved her hands wildly and seemed to stutter a little when she spoke.
Luo Xi frowned, obviously not happy with this interruption, but nodded: "Yes, but sometimes if I can't remember, I will write it down on paper, what's wrong?"
"Ha! Haha!" An Zhiyan laughed dryly twice, as if a burning coal was stuck in her throat: "No, you continue!"
Luo Xi thought about it, as if he was organizing his messy thoughts. He found a piece of paper and a pen, quickly drew on it, and then connected the lines. Finally, he said: "According to the math and numbers, after selecting all the books that meet the three types of hell, earth, and heaven, you will get something very interesting."
Everyone else looked at the paper. There were big squares and small rectangles on it. The big squares seemed to be rooms, and the small rectangles were bibliographies. He wrote some numbers at a certain position in the bibliography and then connected the numbers.
The pattern of several numbers connected is obviously a hexagon.
Luo Xi wrote a number on each corner of the hexagon.
分别是1、2、3、2、7、π
Hexagon, six corners, marked clockwise, starting from the first corner on the left, forming a circle.
Everyone in the room seemed to have a question mark on their foreheads. Qian Lejin's eyes widened. He was so nervous that he started biting his fingers, but he still couldn't figure it out. Finally, he admitted defeat and said, "Well, Luo Ju, I'm not good at math. I've been bad at it since I was a child. What do you mean by this?"
Aunt Qin interrupted excitedly, "Fatty, it turns out that you're not good at math either. I'm the same. I've never scored more than 20 points in an exam since I was a child. No wonder you can box. I can do it, too. We have a good relationship. Didn't it hurt when I punched you just now?"
"Also, what was that person talking about? What about hell, what about heaven? And numbers? The last thing he wrote was obviously not a number, but a symbol, right? You can tell me whether it is a symbol or not."
Qian Lejin ignored her.
Even An Zhiyan and Yu Xiaoru moved to the side.
Luo Xi also looked at Aunt Qin in surprise and asked, "Aunt, what do you do?"
"I used to farm and practice boxing in my free time. I like watching Mike Tyson boxing the most. Now I am Xiao An's bodyguard." Aunt Qin answered honestly.
"Did you bring it to deal with the beast?" Luo Xi said, then turned his gaze to the paper on the table, and pointed at the numbers on it and said, "Why is it a hexagon? We'll talk about it later. Let's talk about the source of the numbers first. In fact, it's the books I mentioned before."
"First is "A Journey of Mathematics: Exploration from 1 to ∞". This book is in both the red team and the blue team's initial room, while the other books are not. The title of this book directly gives a clue to the number 1, because it mentions "starting from 1". And 1 is often regarded as the beginning of a journey, and it itself represents the 'starting point'."
"So, the initial room number is 1."
An Zhiyan's eyes lit up, and so did Yu Xiaoru.
"The second number is 2, which comes from a book in the second room, "Secrets of the Binary World". However, the similar books in the second-floor rooms of the Red Team and the Blue Team are different. Strictly speaking, the book on the Red Team's side is "From 0 to 1", and the book on the Blue Team's side is "Secrets of the Binary World". But in fact, these two books are the same thing. They are both about binary in computer science, so the number 2 was obtained."
"It's pretty easy to guess the numbers from the titles of these two books, but the next few are a little more difficult, like the third number, 3."
"The number 3 comes from The Bible Code: The Bridge Between Heaven and Hell. Of course, the room where this book is located is the third-floor room after the second survival time ends, which just corresponds to the heaven corresponding to the 'angel' in the third survival time. This book implies the duality of theology, heaven and hell. In the Bible, the concept of "Trinity" is often mentioned. We can cleverly borrow the number "three", but in order to maintain its uniqueness, we take one of its prime factors, that is, 3; we can also understand it as the "Father, Son, and Holy Spirit" in Christianity through reasoning, and then associate it with their numerical symbols. Although it does not directly correspond to the number, combined with the previous inferences, this number can be basically determined."
"Then, there is the fourth number, number 2"
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