Chapter 3 The Ultimate Answer

This is a difficult multiplayer game, Ning Fei can't be sure that he can directly solve the others, in fact, this possibility is almost non-existent, and once he takes the lead, he will be regarded as the target of public criticism, and he will be the first to be killed.

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In the control room, the original civil servants left, Kevin and Caitlin were in front of the monitor, watching the conference room through the camera, and there was another person, Colonel Barton.

"Looks like they're going to be at a stalemate forever," Caitlyn clasped her hands.

"Count the time, it's time to break the balance, the countdown to the royal salute", Kevin looked at his watch, at 8:25 p.m., the interview had already started 15 minutes.

But what a problem, Barton looked at the scene in the conference room, turned to Kevin and asked, "Does this Blade know?" ”

Caitlin shook her head and said, "Of course not, unwitting spies don't reveal secrets." ”

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"Di ~ Di ~ ", two electronic tones suddenly appeared in the conference room, very slight, but due to the confrontation of everyone, the room was too quiet, so everyone noticed, which was unusual.

It is an electronic clock that is placed on the table to keep time, a rectangular plastic clock that is placed horizontally, and the appearance is ordinary and not easy to attract attention.

"What happened?" , Thomas, furthest from the table, looked at the clock and asked cautiously.

Ning Fei was standing just short of the clock, and he could reach it with his hand, and under the gaze of everyone, he cautiously reached out to check. When he picked up the clock, Ning Fei felt that this electronic clock was extra heavy, and the weight of the components of the general electronic clock was very limited, not to mention the plastic case.

There must be other hidden devices inside, a thought flashed in Ning Fei's heart, he gently put down the clock, and said solemnly: "There is something inside, I'm not sure if it's dangerous, I need to take it apart and take a look." ”

The clock was originally placed on the bar counter of the bar, but it was taken to the conference room by Captain Kevin before the test, and now that I think about it, this move reveals some kind of deliberate purpose, and it is very likely that it hides the interview questions.

"I need tools", Ning Fei looked at Feng Ying and said tentatively: "Mind using your knife, I need to remove the panel behind the clock?" ”

Feng Ying didn't hesitate, reached out and pulled out the special micro-arc dagger on his boots, the blade was matte, plated with camouflage patterns, and handed it to Ning Fei and said, "Remember to return it to me when you're done."

Ning Fei turned the side of the clock showing the time down, flipped it over, the dagger was very sharp, and pried it open through the gap in the back cover, and saw a small igniter, using the clock itself as a timing device, and a cylindrical substance, wrapped with black tape, which was fixed inside, with wires connected to other parts, sharing the power supply of the electronic clock.

A handmade bomb!

Feng Ying cursed secretly in his heart, frowned, and reminded: "Be careful, there should be explosives inside, although it is very rudimentary, it is enough to blow up the people in this room." ”

"What?"

The interviewers were completely unaware of the threat to the test, and the scene was instantly agitated.

Officer Thomas stepped back to the door of the conference room and backhanded to open the door, "I'm going to quit the test!" ”

The door can't be opened.

"Man, put down the knife in your hand first!"

"Watch out for the wires, you want to blow us all up!"

"Don't touch it~"

"Di~Di~", the sound of bombs rang out regularly

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"Bang!" , a gunshot rang out, and the accident happened, Chachai clutched his shoulders in pain, blood spilling from his fingers.

Officer Thomas was very nervous, pointing his gun at Chachai with both hands, sweat oozing from his forehead, and warned: "If you dare to touch that damn bomb again, I'll shoot you in the head!" ”

Thomas's gun was in fact kept in his clothes all the time, and belonged to the New York Police Department, a city that allowed citizens to carry guns, and police officers were allowed to protect themselves first in the face of dangerous situations, so they took preemptive self-defense measures in a hurry.

"Please calm down, Officer Thomas, I can try to defuse this bomb", Ning Fei had already put the dagger back on the table, keeping a little distance from the clock bomb, and raised his hands to try to stabilize Thomas's mood.

"Shut up, don't touch it!" , Thomas then pointed the gun at Fengying and said: "You, you go and contact the people outside, and terminate the interview immediately!" ”

Damn it! Feng Ying scolded secretly and replied in an unkind tone, "Okay, officer, but you'd better not put a gun at my head, it's very dangerous." ”

Feng Ying didn't make a movement that made people feel dangerous, picked up the pen on the table and wrote on the blank test paper, and slowly walked to the corner of the conference room in front of the camera and held up the paper: Danger, someone is injured and needs to exit the test.

Two minutes later, there were two knocks on the door of the conference room, and the door opened, and Thomas subconsciously looked back sideways.

At the moment when Thomas's attention was distracted, Ning Fei knew that this was a good opportunity, and immediately stepped forward, quickly grabbed the pistol with his right hand, and pressed his elbow against Thomas's chest. However, at this time, there was a faster figure, like a black wind, quiet and swift, a punch in the abdomen, slamming the whole person against the wall, the gun came out of his hand, and Thomas fell to the ground unconscious.

Super soldiers, Ning Fei knew about the existence of this kind of warrior when he checked the internal information of the alliance base, using genetic technology to transform human beings and obtain strength, speed, endurance, resilience, etc., which far exceeded ordinary people, and existed specifically for combat.

The door opened, and it was Caitlyn, who looked at the half-disassembled clock, and seemed to have expected the scene, "The test will not be interrupted, someone needs to quit, and can leave from here".

Chachai's gunshot wound to his arm seemed to be more serious, and he endured the pain and said, "I need medical treatment, and I decided to quit."

"Okay," Caitlyn instructed the security guard at the door, "arrange for him to have a medical officer, and clean up the wounded personnel on the ground to make sure there are no problems." ”

"I've shown mercy, I warned you that it's dangerous to point a gun at someone," Blade retrieved his dagger from the table.

"You've violated the test rules, you're eliminated," Caitlyn said to Blade with a smile, motioning for him to leave the room.

"Hey! Wait~ There's a bomb here, a very deadly, extremely unstable bomb that will blow up this place, and this guy from science and engineering is like a curious cat, always thinking about pounding, as long as he shakes his hand, he will blow everyone's arms and legs all over the sky, and all the chaos is caused by this", seeing that Caitlin was leaving, James exclaimed excitedly and eagerly.

Chachai, Blade, and the unconscious Thomas have been taken out of the room by security personnel, and the guns that have fallen to the ground have also been taken away.

Caitlyn was at the end of the line, stopped at this point, and turned back and said, "Congratulations, you've been eliminated too, Sergeant James."

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"Di ~ Di ~ ", the bomb is still not defused.

The test continues, the four contenders are out, and only Ning Fei and Harry are left in the room, and time is running out.

After the tension, people will always instinctively relax, Ning Fei picked up a chair that fell in the fight, the chair foot was a little broken, barely usable, sat down, and said to Harry: "First of all, let me declare, I am a pacifist and always resist solving the problem by force, unless it cannot be solved."

"Yes, I agree," Harry said with a smile, but when it comes to force, the stronger Harry clearly has the advantage in strength.

Ning Fei moved the chair to the table, made a creaking sound, and used his fingers to stabilize the electronic clock containing the bomb from being torn off, and carefully turned it over so that the side that displayed the time could be seen.

Ning Fei pointed to the display time with his finger and continued: "Look, it's 8:49, and in 6 minutes, the test time will end, and the bomb will use the alarm program of the electronic clock as a timer, and it will explode at the end of the interview. I will try to disassemble the unit during this time, and if it succeeds, even if we can't give us a test answer, then we will avoid direct obsolescence. ”

"What if it fails? It's no better than knocking you down in six minutes," Harry rolled up his sleeves, his muscles and muscles looking explosive.

"Then I'll detonate it before you can knock me down."

Harry looked at Ning Fei's determined eyes, he didn't think he was joking at all, he didn't dare to bet on whether this guy was a crazy person, and withdrew his tentative gaze: "I still choose to agree with your plan, then I still need to remove the door lock to buy more time."

Harry walked over to the door and kicked the lock off with a single kick.

There are 4 minutes left.

"Di~Di~"

"Okay? There is no time left. ”

"Not yet, the line is too thin, it will take a little more time."

"Di~Di~Di......"

The sound was urgent, and Harry stood by the door and retreated at any time, with only one minute left.

"I see!"

At this time, Harry suddenly said excitedly: "From beginning to end, the interviewer only asked one question, and from beginning to end there was only one question, and we were all deceived!" ”

Harry quickly found the blank paper and pen left in the conference room and wrote down the answers. The electronic clock just showed 8:55 sharp, Ning Fei had not dismantled the device, and the sound seemed to be particularly harsh at this moment, about to explode and destroy, there was no time, Harry picked up the paper, rushed out of the conference room, and threw himself to the ground.

"Get out of here!" , shouted Harry.

1 second, 5 seconds, 10 seconds...... 30 seconds, 1 minute......

There was no roar of explosions, no tumbling waves of air. Captain Kevin and Caitlyn walked over.

Harry got up from the ground, handed Kevin the paper on which he had written the answer, and said confidently, "The bomb is fake? Either way, it seems like I'm the only one who gets through. ”

Kevin took the crumpled test paper, opened it and looked at it, nodded, then glanced at his watch, shook his head again, and said under Harry's confused eyes: "You answered correctly, but unfortunately, you broke the rules and you were eliminated." ”

"What?"

Kevin showed Harry the time on his watch, which showed the time at 8:54:30, explaining: "It's not time yet, you left the room early, you broke the rules, so you didn't pass, you were eliminated." ”

Harry stared blankly at Kevin's watch, the second hand moving precisely, pushing the mood of loss until he passed the top point, 8:55.

Ning Fei walked out of the conference room where the door was broken, holding a test paper in his hand, looked at everyone, decided to tell them the truth, looked at Harry and said: "I'm sorry, I lied to you, I defused the bomb early, and secretly set the time forward by 3 minutes, before the end of the final test, I was just adjusting the working frequency of the buzzer to make it sound a little faster, but I still have to thank you for the hint, otherwise I can't guess the correct answer." In fact, the answer is not difficult, the difficulty is to find the problem, and after the start of this test, Captain Kevin only asked one question, which was just after saying the rules, and asked the sentence 'Do you understand', all the layout is to affect the interviewer's attention, mentality and way of thinking, which is the aspect that you value the most, and in these aspects, it turns out that I am the best person to deserve. ”

After Ning Fei finished saying this, he slowly unfolded the test paper he rolled up, and wrote a few words clearly - "I understand".