Chapter 400: You Make Me Sick!

Ding!

Chen Ran lit a cigarette and took a deep puff.

With the cigarette in his mouth, he climbed up to the upper level of the Scrapyard along the rope he had secured beforehand.

At the same time, he was thinking.

'Deduction is not just random guessing.'

'I'm not a compulsive gambler.'

'Left wall: 1001.'

'Right wall: The painting is named Cold Glare Blade. The Cold Glare Blade is a weapon, so what corresponds to it in the painting should also be weapons, namely the Eight Swords of the Shu Lord.'

'Cold Glare Blade originates from "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".'

'Cold Glare Blade is Guan Yu's weapon.'

'Then the corresponding one is the sword obtained by Guan Yu among the Eight Swords of the Shu Lord.'

'According to the records in "The Ancient and Modern Records of Swords":'

【The Lord of Shu, Liu Bei, in the first year of Zhangwu, the year of Xinchou, mined iron from Mount Jinniu to forge eight swords, each three feet six inches long. One Bei wore himself, one was given to Crown Prince Shan, one to the Prince of Liang, Li, one to the Prince of Lu, Yong, one to Zhuge Liang, one to Guan Yu, one to Zhang Fei, and one to Zhao Yun. All had calligraphy by Liang, acting as a talisman of the wind angle, with a decree of praise.】

'There is no clear record of what Guan Yu's Eight Swords of the Shu Lord was called, so what corresponds here is not the name Cold Glare Blade.'

'The Green Dragon Crescent Blade is also called the Cold Glare Blade.'

'In other words, Cold Glare Blade is an alias or second name for the Green Dragon Crescent Blade.'

'Therefore, it corresponds to the order in which Guan Yu obtained the Eight Swords of the Shu Lord in the records of "The Ancient and Modern Records of Swords". Namely: Six.'

'Looking again at the painting, "Shu" (heat), whether it's the painting's name or its meaning, involves figures from Shu Han.'

'Therefore, "Shu" (heat) corresponds to "Shu" (State of Shu).'

'Shu, that is Western Shu.'

'Therefore, the answer is: West 6!'

'The two lines on the front wall.'

【The dragon robe and golden crown reflect the sun's glory.】

【The benevolent are invincible, choosing heavy grace.】

'The first line contains the character 【Emperor】.'

'The key is the second line, which contains the story of Mencius' mother moving three times.'

'The benevolent are invincible, choosing heavy grace: Mencius' future achievements are related to his mother's grace in choosing an environment to cultivate him.'

'Three moves: First moving near a cemetery, second moving near a market, third moving near a school.'

'During the first two moves, Mencius developed bad habits. Therefore, choosing heavy grace refers to the third move near a school.'

'Then, the meaning of the two sentences on the front wall is: Third.'

'The circle on the back wall: The starting point is the ending point, and the ending point is the starting point, representing a loop.'

'It has two layers of meaning: First, what you are looking for is in... the room that is both the first and the last.'

'Second, to put the thing back in its original place.'

'Rule them out one by one.'

'Left, right, and front, the three walls connected are: West 6, Third, 1001.'

'The first meaning: West side 6 o'clock direction, 3rd floor, room 1001. Here the room number 1001 can determine the location, so the 6 o'clock direction is redundant.'

'The first is ruled out.'

'The second meaning: West side 6th floor, 3rd room, room number 1001.'

'There might be a question here: why must 【West 6】 be put first?'

'The answer is very simple. The Laboratory Building is a hollow, ring-shaped building, which means every floor has four directions, unlike a normal floor which only has one corridor.'

'【West 6】 has geographical directionality, so 【West 6】 is placed first.'

'In other words, the meaning expressed by the left, right, and front walls clarifies exactly which room it is.'

'Then, if the circle also means 【what you are looking for is in the room that is both the first and the last】, it would be redundant with the left, right, and front walls.'

'Therefore, the correct meaning of the circle is: remember to put the thing back in its original place.'

'The four walls connected...'

'The thing you want is in the object numbered 1001 in the 3rd room on the 6th floor on the west side of the Laboratory Building. After taking the thing, please put it back in its original place.'

The process of deduction seemed very slow, but in fact, Chen Ran's brain reaction speed was much faster than reality, so his deduction time was actually very short. He glanced at the cigarette butt, and it had only burned about 1/4 of the way down.

And he had already climbed to the upper level.

He did this because he felt that the scene inside the Laboratory Building was obviously not a place students should come to, so there was definitely a time limit.

Like Lin Xuan, he also used the method of escorting a "problem-free" student over, but he didn't have Lin Xuan's skills and couldn't test out that one could only stay in the Laboratory Building for five minutes.

So, when Chen Ran deduced that there might be a time limit in the Laboratory Building, he didn't dare waste a single second.

The whole process was: escorting the student, swapping identities, moving the remains to the Scrapyard, seeing the lower level, finding a flashlight on the upper level, securing the rope, jumping down, shining the flashlight on the scene in the basement, just taking one look, remembering the information on the four walls, lighting a cigarette, and climbing up while thinking.

Climbing to the upper level of the Scrapyard.

Chen Ran looked at his watch. Since he arrived at the Laboratory Building, 3 minutes and 14 seconds had passed.

He didn't dare to stay longer. He directly pushed open the door of the Scrapyard, his brain rapidly turning at the same time.

'There's a problem here, which is, if I go upstairs, will I be stopped by the researchers?'

'Not right!'

'Not right!'

Chen Ran suddenly thought of something. His footsteps, which were originally heading west, instantly changed direction, and he walked directly towards the exit of the Laboratory Building.

'This is a trap!'

'A trap of certain death!'

'Among the rules already obtained, one is: If you find a second person wearing white shoes, please ignore his/her instructions.'

'Previously, I didn't understand. Was the dead Fang Han in the classroom just to give players time to think?'

'After all, those who can survive until now all have quite rich knowledge reserves, not to mention those conjectures and theories that can be used to show off.'

'Therefore, the question is actually not very difficult for players.'

'Then, there is something fishy about Fang Han's death. It indicates that robots must also obey the rules.'

This point, viewed from a god's-eye perspective.

In Lin Xuan's experiment, the robot Big Gold Tooth couldn't answer, chose to pretend to be sick, and went to the first Infirmary. From this, it can be concluded that robots must also follow the rules.

'In other words, the true answer should be: wear white shoes to come to the Laboratory Building to find the rules inside the Laboratory Building.'

Looking at it again from a god's-eye perspective, Lin Xuan had spatial skills and tested it so many times, yet he was still stretched thin on time, not to mention other players. Therefore, this is a trap.

Only by wearing white shoes can one obtain the rules in the Laboratory Building.

Here, Shu Renjun played a word game: 【please ignore his/her instructions】.

Everyone in the school is a robot.

For robots...

What is an instruction?

Data transmission, data calculation, etc.

Simply put, for a robot, an instruction is not necessarily a document, nor is it necessarily spoken words. As long as the robot can receive the corresponding information and give feedback...

It's an instruction!

A player violating a rule is an instruction for the robot.

Therefore, 【If you find a second person wearing white shoes, please ignore his/her instructions.】

The true meaning is: 【If you find a second person wearing white shoes, please ignore him/her.】

As for whether the classroom rules will be recognized in the Laboratory Building.

The answer is: this rule will.

The reason is simple. The original text of this rule is: Campus staff wear four different colored shoes: black, red, blue, and white. Different colors mean different positions. White shoes are the highest rank. There is one and only one person wearing white shoes on campus. If you find a second person wearing white shoes, please ignore his/her instructions.

This rule covers the entire campus!

This is also why... the campus rules are on campus, the Infirmary rules are in the Infirmary, the Laboratory Building rules are in the Laboratory Building, and only the classroom is outside the classroom.

Chen Ran, who was almost tricked, complained in his heart about Shu Renjun's behavior.

'You make me sick!'