Chapter 16: Guessing
What has four legs in the morning, two legs at noon, and three legs at night? and is the most incompetent when it has the most legs. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
The answer is people.
That's right, people are babies when they are born, and babies can't walk, so they crawl on all fours.
When you are an adult, you can walk upright on your legs.
After that, when I entered my old age, when I became an old man and an old woman, I had to use crutches when I couldn't walk, so it was three legs. And that time was also the time when people were at their weakest and most powerless.
What is the point of me testing this well-known puzzle?
Or is this kind of puzzle inevitable because you're a Sphinx? I was a puzzle master when I was in elementary school, and this level of problem is not difficult for me at all.
So, Lord Sphinx, I got the question right, can I leave now?
"No, no, no, it was just a warm-up, do you think the puzzle of my exhaustive wisdom will really be that simple?"
But I always feel that the way you look anxious and looking forward to it now is to say that you have only prepared this one puzzle.
"Hmph, I just thought of a riddle that you absolutely can't answer. β
When did you say you came up with the idea?
"Yes, I thought of it a long time ago, because no one answered my first question before, so this killer second question has never been used, and it is definitely not what I just came up with. β
No, it always feels like what you said "just now" came to mind.
"Don't worry about these details, Wizard of Wisdom, if you want to leave this place, answer my questionβ"
"There are five brothers living together, and they have different names, one tall and one short, so what is this?"
After the Sphinx finished the puzzle, he looked at me with a sinister expression.
Then I looked back at him with a look of pity.
Sorry, I don't have eyes, but if I do, it must be caring eyes.
Looking at the look of anticipation from the Sphinx, I couldn't bear to break his vision.
The answer is......
"Oh, don't you think about it too much, it's hard to get the answer right so quickly, right?"
The Sphinx comforted me.
But I'm sorry for you, I really don't want to think about this kind of kindergarten-level question for a second longer.
The answer is fingers.
A human hand has five fingers, each with a different name and a different height.
I mentally explained the puzzle to him.
But there was no response.
What's wrong?
I looked up at the Sphinx with a look like I was about to cry.
Woo wow wow, don't cry, I, I'm just guessing, I'm lucky.
"Uh......h I didn't cry. The Sphinx wiped the corners of his eyes, "Sure enough, it's just luck, I guessed my puzzle twice in a row, who are you?"
I'm sorry, I'm not human, I'm just a magic book for my interest.
There's no interest in this at all, okay?!
Well, anyway, I'm right, can you let me go now?
"Hmph, let's just get the first question right. β
Eh, what does this first question mean? You're clearly playing tricks.
"Shut up! The area I control here, I say whatever I say. β
Sure enough, it's playing tricks.
"Anyway, let's answer my second question. β
No.
"What?!"
I'm not going to answer.
"Thou shalt not be afraid that I will eat thee?"
Eat if you want, anyway, my life has no regrets, in fact, you just want to play me to death, even if I answer more questions correctly, you don't plan to let me go.
Rather than being toyed to death by you like this, you might as well eat me now.
Come on, like a real man.
"I, how can I go back on my word, and you don't believe what I say. β
Because you've already lied to me twice!
If I get the second question right again, you still have the third question, the fourth question, and the hundredth question, right?
"How, how is it possible, it will never be like this. β
How many questions do you want me to answer?
"I think, well, how about ten questions?"
Hey, are you making the rules on the spot?
In that case, then I raise an objection, it's too difficult to ask for ten questions, why don't we come to the competition?
"Race?"
That's right, since it's a contest of intelligence, it's too unfair for you to keep asking questions, shouldn't you also show your wisdom?
So I think we should swap questions.
"Hmm...... I don't really understand. β
To put it simply, you make a question, I play a question, see who answers wrong first, the person who answers wrong loses, if no one answers wrong, it will continue until someone is out.
"I see, it seems interesting. β
So, Lord Sphinx, do you want to compete with me?
"Oh, I am the embodiment of wisdom, and there is no reason to be afraid, and your proposal only hastened your death. Let me accept your advice magnanimously!"
Oh, thank you so much.
I said words of thanks, and this time, it should be my turn to laugh. So, this time it's my turn to ask the question.
"Yes, show me your wisdom!"
The Sphinx said this, not noticing the smug in my tone.
I've been tricked.
With the change of the game system, the competition that could only be completed in ten rounds has been changed to two rounds at the earliest.
Of course, I also had the possibility of the Sphinx answering my question, and I was going to ask him the puzzle that a three-year-old child guessed, well, just to be safe, ask a six-year-old.
My question is this-
Da Ming and Xiao Ming are twin brothers, their tall, short, fat and thin voices are all the same, the only difference is that Da Ming has a black mole on his butt and Xiao Ming does not. But when they wear the same service, there are still people who can immediately tell who is the elder brother and who is the younger brother, and who is it?
"Hmm...... Is it the one who makes clothes for them?"
No, the clothes are the same, and there are no codes or anything.
"That's their parents. β
Even if parents want to know immediately who is the elder brother and who is the younger brother?
"Because the parents saw black moles when they spanked them. β
β¦β¦ Well, it's all said that it's immediate, that is, you can know anytime and anywhere.
"Someone who has the ability to see. β
Hey, you might as well say perverted. And what the hell is the ability to see, where does such a person exist?
"It's just an ability, and I have it. β
So you're a pervert?
It's not counted, even if you don't look at it, you can know who is the elder brother and who is the younger brother.
"Well, the conditions are getting more and more stringent, all I can think of is the answer...... Sure enough, that's all there is. β
What, did you think of it?
"That's right, the answer is indeed Lord Celestine, the all-knowing and omnipotent Abyss Demon King who built this labyrinth! β
Respectfully, the answer is incorrect!
"No way! If Lord Celestial had done that. β
No, no, no, that's not the point, that Lord Celestine is very powerful, isn't it, very strong, right, like a god.
The Sphinx listened to my question and nodded like garlic.
But, big brother, isn't it a foul to use a god as an answer?
What if I answered your question from the five brothers casually and said it was Lord Celestine?
"Impossible...... There aren't five of Celestine's talents. β
But it can really be done, right, it can become five brothers, and they have different names and heights.
"Hmm...... Indeed."
So this kind of answer is cheating, you can't use God's omnipotent answer!
"If it's not Lord Celestine, what is the answer?"
Do you want to know? If I say it, it means you're losing.
"Damn! I want to know the answer! Say it quickly, but I won't agree easily. β
Hmph, then I'll be merciful and tell you the answer.
The answer is Da Ming and Xiao Ming, themselves!