(Foreword)

The road ahead was thorny and bumpy, but there was no turning back.

(Text)

June 2, 2022 at 23:49 p.m

Se looked at my distressed look and almost burst out laughing.

"Don't laugh at me, it's a real headache," I said, tapping a ballpoint pen on the subject.

"Multiple choice questions? Isn't it just a matter of choosing one of the options? Arthur looked at me puzzled, and it seemed difficult for her to understand the difficulty.

"It's true that I only need to pick one answer, but two of the answers seem to be correct, which is a headache for me." I swirled the ballpoint pen in my hand.

"All right? So you don't tend to which answer is more accurate? Arthur suddenly became serious, as if the answerer had been replaced by her.

"I don't have a clue, I don't know which one to choose." I frowned, and to be honest, of all the types of questions, I hate multiple-choice questions the most.

Arthur looked at the test paper in my hand and did not speak, time seemed to stand still, the sunlight outside the window shone on her, and the light was very soft.

"What if there is no option?" Arthur's eyes were fixed on the test paper.

"No options? What do you mean? "I'm a little confused.

The blue curtains were gently blown by the wind.

"I mean, it's the options that affect your own judgment, so it's better not to look at these options, what's the answer in your heart?" Arthur turned to look at me, his eyes like the depths of the ocean.

"You mean forget the options and find the answer to your heart?" I seem to understand something.

"That's right, forget the answer and find the answer in your heart." Arthur repeated my words.

I closed my eyes, reopened them and looked at the question in front of me, and suddenly I felt a sudden enlightenment, and the answer in my heart suddenly appeared.

………

Nowadays we are confronted with one complex question after another, and I need to listen to the answers in my heart......

In this way, Cui Li and Zhao Yuyu and I left the hall again, and when I came to the square again, my heart was extremely heavy. If we don't get out of this labyrinth as soon as possible, let alone rescue Li Ruina, even we ourselves won't be able to get out of here alive.

Murong Feng is obviously not the same as Mr. Ouyang Yu, the purpose of the maze designed by Mr. Ouyang Yu is to find someone who can solve his labyrinth, and the purpose of the maze designed by Murong Feng is to eliminate the people who challenge his labyrinth, and the starting point of the two people is completely different. In fact, I really want to know what kind of festival Murong Feng and Mr. Ouyang Yu have, and why the two people's understanding of the maze is so different.

I walked aimlessly in the square, looking for the mechanical arms and parts scattered on the ground, and I didn't seem to be attracted by the ceiling.

"Cheng Yin, you see that these mechanical arms don't seem to be the same as those in the hall." If it weren't for Cui Li saying so, I wouldn't seem to care about this detail.

I walked over to the arm and found two letters of English on top of it, I didn't pay much attention to it at first, but now I found that there were two big "GCs" written on it

Is this a production code or something else? Anyway, there must be some point.

Cui Li looked at the code on it and said in surprise: "How is this different from those mechanical arms in the hall?" ”

Since Zhang Han and I mainly focused on searching for clues in the square, we didn't know much about the situation in the hall.

"Cui Li, you said the code on this is different?" I asked Cui Li.

Cui Li didn't answer my words immediately, but thought for a moment and then said: "That's right, it's really different, I remember that the letters on those mechanical arms in the hall should be DT, it's different from here." ”

I looked at the mechanical arm in front of me, and my eyes suddenly became frightened, how could it be? Could it be that all of our actions so far have been within the labyrinth designed by Murong Feng? It's too much to believe.

"Cheng Yin, what's wrong with you? Why did you suddenly stop talking? Is there any special significance to this code? Zhao Yuyu looked at me and asked.

"We were wrong, we thought we had solved the first and second mysteries by our own efforts, but in fact it was all just designed, and there was only one mystery from beginning to end. The reason why Murong Feng said that there are three mysteries is nothing more than to mislead us, making us make wrong judgments righteously, only to think that all success depends on our efforts, maybe he is right, we are really too naïve. ”

"Cheng Yin, what's wrong with you? Aren't these first and second mysteries solved by us? How did it turn out to be designed in advance by Murong Feng, an old guy? Are you too anxious? Cui Li didn't know why.

All the hard work came to naught in a moment, and I didn't know how to tell Cui Li all this.

"Cui Li, as you said before, there are two letters 'DT' on the mechanical arm in the hall, and the mechanical arm here also has two letters 'GC', in fact, the meaning of these codes is not difficult to understand, the mechanical arm in the hall uses the pinyin abbreviation of the hall 'DT', and the mechanical arm here naturally uses the pinyin abbreviation of the square 'GC'."

Zhao Yuyu looked at the mechanical arm and continued to ask: "What you said may be right, but what does this mean?" ”

"For a long time, we thought that we solved these mysteries through our own efforts, and the way to solve the mysteries was also our own original, just like Xia Cheng used his own mechanical arms to smash open the door of the hall, which allowed these mechanical arms to enter the hall." I said slowly.

"You're right, Xia Cheng only thought of these countermeasures in a hurry, this is exactly our effort, how could it be that Murong Feng designed it in advance? He couldn't have thought that Xia Cheng would do this. Zhao Yuyu still asked puzzled.

"You see, the code on this arm was engraved at the time of manufacture. In other words, when designing this labyrinth, Murong Feng had already designed that the hall would be smashed open by the mechanical arm, which means that Xia Cheng did this was also within his calculations, and everything was just to lay the groundwork for the final mystery. And the initiator of the final mystery is not Murong Feng, but ourselves. "I looked at everything in front of me with some emotion.

"This ...... This...... This...... How can this be? You mean there's only one mystery here, and the other mystery that we've tried our best to unravel? Cui Li asked angrily.

"That's true, so all of this was just designed by Murong Feng in advance, and we just became the switch to open this labyrinth."

"How...... How so? Zhao Yuyu's eyes revealed a trace of despair, we thought we were closer to success, but in the end, we were far away from the door to success.

I was in a state of distress, as if I was feeling a little powerless, and I had a very strange feeling that even if we kept coming up with a solution, in the end it was still within Murong Feng's plan, for this labyrinth, he was like a creator who could control everything in this labyrinth at will, and no matter how hard we tried, it was impossible to escape from his design.

I stopped myself and continued to explore to no avail.

"Cheng Yin!" Cui Li suddenly shouted at me, looked at me angrily and said, "I don't care if what you say is true or not, even if all this is designed by Murong Feng, should we give up?" I don't know any big truth, but I know that for the designer of the game, all the levels are designed by him, but this doesn't mean that the person who plays the game will never be able to clear the level, no matter how difficult the game is, only it has the slightest possibility of clearing, we shouldn't give up, and I don't want to lose to that old Murong Feng guy! ”

Cui Li's words woke me up, yes, even if all this was designed by Murong Feng, we still have hope of solving this labyrinth.

I regained my spirits, looked at Cui Li and said, "That's right, it's not the time for us to say give up." ”

Cui Li's face showed an affirmative smile, and I continued to explore new clues. If these mechanical arms were made with a set of which ones would stay in the hall and which would remain in the square, then there must be some connections, and those connections could be the key to unlocking the labyrinth.

I scrutinized the structure of these robotic arms, hoping to find some clues. At this time, Cui Li walked to the fake console again.

"Cui Li, we haven't checked that console anymore, it's like an ornament, I've confirmed it a few times and it's really useless."

Cui Li looked at the console, and left with an "oh" sound.

What we're looking for now is a switch that can cut off the electromagnetic system, and we don't know exactly what form this switch takes in this labyrinth. Ideally, it would be like a light switch, and we could turn off the entire electromagnetic system with a single touch, and then the exit door would be in front of us, and we would just swagger out of here, but the idea was too idealistic to be possible. The purpose of the labyrinth designed by Murong Feng is to try to trap us, and it will never let us leave here easily.

I look at the scene around me, and if the switch is hidden by virtual imaging technology, then I can't find it even if it appears in front of me. This is a very bad situation for us, if we have to go through every corner of the square, it is impossible to have a few days, and we have no more time to stay here, and we can't last more than a day with water and food, so we have to come up with other ways to find out where the switch is faster and more efficiently.

"Cheng Yin, look! There's a switch here, and it seems to have words on it! Cui Li exclaimed.

This really means that Cao Cao Cao arrived, and I was still wondering if there was an obvious organ Cui Li had already found it.

"What's on that?" I asked.

Cui Li said unhurriedly: "It says solenoid switch, please do not press it." ”

This...... Isn't that funny? Is this not the land without three hundred taels of silver? Is this Murong Feng deliberately playing tricks on us? Such an obvious fake switch appeared in front of us like this

Is it deliberately used to mock us?

"Cheng Yin, do you think it's this switch?" Cui Li asked.

"Don't move yet! How could this switch simply appear in front of us, it is certainly not true. "I stopped Cui Li from flipping the switch.

Suddenly my head hurts again, what the hell is going on?

"Focus, kid, don't be distracted while playing chess!"

It was this familiar voice again, and I knew that maybe the answer I wanted was about to be presented to me.

When I opened my eyes, it was the same table-style chessboard again.

By the bright light, I saw a middle-aged man sitting across from me, with a serious expression that didn't seem to smile, wearing a striped shirt and a mechanical watch in his right hand. It's so familiar and so strange.

"Kid, what are you thinking, remember that all you have in mind is the game right now." The man's voice was deep and powerful.

I don't know how many times I've seen this image in front of me, appearing in front of me again and again, helping me in my most difficult times, what the hell is going on?

The few appearances didn't give me a clear hint, and I looked at the layout on the chessboard, and there was nothing special about it.

"Good." The man began to sort out the chessboard, "Although I was a little anxious at the beginning, I was very good at this hand, and then I played more and more calmly. ”

I watched him move the pieces quickly.

"Sure enough, three-and-a-half, you won. By the way, how many games have you won since you learned? ”

I didn't speak, and I don't know what to say.

"Remember children, life is like chess, and strategizing can win a thousand miles!"

I looked at the middle-aged man in front of me, how I wanted to ask him a few questions, but there was no way,

Time passed quietly, but I couldn't catch any traces, I was like looking for the imprint of time in the water, but it was only a reflection.

"Cheng Yin, is there anything wrong with this switch? Maybe it's an electromagnetic switch. Cui Li didn't give up.

I looked at the switch next to Cui Li, if it was the opposite, Murong Feng would definitely think that we would not turn on such an obvious switch, so maybe this switch is really an electromagnetic switch.

"Cui Li, in that case, let's try it." I said.

In this way, Cui Li was ready to turn off the electromagnetic switch, but no one could know the consequences, and maybe he would succeed or he would fail.

I watched Cui Li slowly press the switch, what would happen, I couldn't say, I could only wait for a miracle to appear.

(End of chapter)