737 Staircase Puzzle
Facing Lawrence's questioning gaze, Lin Chi said truthfully: "This is the log left by the corpse collector. ”
If he could escape, he might have lied, but in a small space like a storeroom, he didn't even have a place to hide, and even if he could force the door open, he would have "close contact" with Margaret, who was still outside the door.
What's more, the combat effectiveness of his character is pitiful, and he doesn't even have a weapon in his hand. In this case, the vampire hunter can only be honest.
"Oh? Show me! Lawrence said excitedly, directly ignoring the "shrew" who was still scolding outside the door.
Without waiting for Lin Chi to answer, the old man in a brown windbreaker had already picked up the two notebooks next to him and began to look through them quickly.
Relying on the protection of exorcist fans, the vampire hunter was not afraid of the evil spirits outside the door at all, and ignored the complicated gaze cast by the "girl in white" beside him, and just read the content of the notes with full attention, and his voice became deeper and lower:
"Meet the Lady of the Dead? That's going to be harder......"
"What is the Lady of the Dead?" Lin Chi took the opportunity to continue to collect information from this NPC.
"Evil God." Lawrence's answer was crisp and neat, summing up exactly what "Lady Deceased" was in one word.
"Which?" Lin Chi asked again.
When he heard the word, the first thing that came to his mind was the unspeakable monsters in the Cthulhu Mythos, but although the worldview of this game was very dark, it didn't seem to involve elements of the Cthulhu system, at least in the parts he saw, there was no similar content.
"How do I know? I'm just a hunter, not a scholar. Lawrence said impatiently, "Don't ask!" You remind me of that damn woman at home. ”
- How miserable is this guy at home?
While Lin Chi was secretly complaining in his heart, Margaret's scolding outside the storage room continued, and Lawrence, who was already a little irritable, finally couldn't help it, put down the two notebooks in his hand, and suddenly pulled out his pistol and aimed at the wooden door in front of him.
Bang bang bang!
After three gunshots, three more large smoking holes appeared in the wooden door, and Margaret's scolding suddenly turned into a piercing scream, and then came to an abrupt end.
"It's all said, let you stop talking nonsense!" Lawrence yelled.
"You couldn't scold him just now." Lin Chi, who was forced to appreciate the whole process of scolding by two "people" on the side, complained.
"Don't talk about it." Lawrence glared at the "girl in white" with a fierce gaze, and carefully opened the still smoking wooden door, only to see that the charred corpse on fire had turned into black ashes and was piled up on the ground.
Seeing this scene, Lawrence laughed and said to Lin Chi, who was waiting behind him, "Let's go." ”
Due to his weak combat power, it was easy for the monsters in the morgue to be killed, and Lin Chi also incarnated as a common "oil bottle NPC" character in the game, and asked softly, "Where are you going?" ”
"Go find the 'Lady of the Dead', just get rid of her incarnation in this building, and the resurrection ceremony of the dead here will end." Lawrence explained.
It sounds like the evil god named Lady of the Dead is supposed to be the culprit who turned the morgue into this ghostly appearance, and as long as the evil god is banished, the nightmare here should be over.
However, according to the routine of this type of game, it is clear that things will not be so easy to solve.
Lin Chi followed Lawrence back down the aisle, and came to the staircase at the end of the passage, only to see that the staircase was sealed by a heavy glass door.
"I've checked the first floor, and there's no trace of the deceased lady, that monster may be hiding on the second floor, and this is the only way to get there." Lawrence begins with a straightforward introduction to "the background of the story".
"Then go up, can you break this door with a gun?" Lin Chi pointed to the glass door.
"I've tried, no, there's a note next to the door that looks like a password or something, but I'm just a hunter, not a guessing expert." At this point, Lawrence's voice carried a hint of flattery: "It's up to you, little girl." ”
- This bastard's attitude changes so quickly......
Lin Chi was complaining in his heart, still with a polite smile on his face, standing in front of the glass door, only to see that the position of the door lock was hung with a combination lock that could be rotated, and the four side-by-side wheels could choose the number from zero to nine, obviously requiring a four-digit password.
On the wall next to the door, there was a yellowed piece of letterhead, on which were written some words of unknown meaning, apparently a hint of the password:
The mad king wanders the wilderness.
The ruthless general seized power and usurped the throne.
The mournful warrior kills his wife.
The vengeful prince has returned.
The year of birth is the key.
……
After reading the above five element prompts, Lin Chi squinted his eyes, folded his arms and muttered for a moment, then nodded, "I know." ”
"Do you know the password?" Lawrence hurriedly asked.
"You can't even decipher this simple password, how did you get mixed up until now?" Lin Chi said angrily, stood in front of the combination lock of the glass door, and simply entered four numbers: 1564.
With a soft sound, the originally locked glass door began to slowly open outward, and the combination lock hanging on the door also slipped down.
Witnessing the scene of Lin Chi unlocking, Lawrence asked with some surprise, "How did you solve it?" The password says what 'year of birth', but it's obviously four people? ”
"It's true that there are four stories, but those four stories were written down by one person." Lin Chi looked up at the staircase leading to the upper floor behind the door, and explained absentmindedly: "Have you heard of Shakespeare's four great tragedies? ”
When he saw the puzzle, he immediately realized that the content of the first four sentences was actually William. Shakespeare's "Four Great Tragedies"!
The mad king wanders the wilderness, referring to the plot of King Lear. The ruthless general seized power and usurped the throne, and there is no doubt that it is "Macbeth". The mournful warrior kills his wife, apparently speaking of Othello. And "The vengeful prince has returned" is obviously so famous that even elementary school students will quote the sentences in it!
Since these four plays are all works of Shakespeare, the last sentence is clearly the year of Shakespeare's birth. As for the year of birth of this great writer, Lin Chi, who had learned this knowledge point when he was in school, naturally couldn't be clearer......
Hearing Lin Chi's explanation, Lawrence frowned and thought for a while, then asked, "What kind of person is that, is it the name of a monster?" ”
"Don't you know anything but hunt monsters?" Lin Chi complained.
"That's the way hunters are, I don't need to know that much, I just need to know the know-how." Lawrence patted his chest proudly: "When it comes to hunting monsters, there are few people who can beat me." ”
"Then please get out of the way, Mr. Hunter." Lin Chi said and took a step back, motioning for Lawrence to walk ahead.