(Foreword)

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

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June 2, 2022 at 23:45 p.m

As soon as we walked into the hall, Lin Yun walked like us, looking at her expression seemed to be a little nervous, and the atmosphere in the hall was completely different from when we left just now, and an indescribable sense of depression made me completely breathless.

"Lin Yun, I heard Cui Li say that you have found the clue to the third mystery?"

Lin Yun's eyes flickered a little, I don't know where that trace of nervousness came from, but there is indeed a significant change here and just now, but I can't say the specific change.

I always felt that none of this was as simple as we saw, and there were clues in it that we didn't know.

The whole hall was unusually quiet, and no one spoke. I looked at Lin Yun's anxious look, but I didn't know what she was anxious about, so it can be seen that the third mystery is not simple.

"Cheng Yin, didn't you notice anything wrong?" Lin Yun's answer made me nervous.

Although the atmosphere in this hall was not quite the same as before, at first glance the environment had not changed much, what was it that made Lin Yun and them so nervous?

"What's wrong, I didn't find anything wrong, what's wrong Lin Yun?"

"Let me tell you, Cheng Yin, not long after you and Zhang Han left, a big incident happened here." Zhao Yuyu's tone seemed to be a little dignified.

It was at this moment that I suddenly noticed some subtle changes - the mechanical arms and parts that should have been scattered in this hall are now all gone, what the hell is going on?

"Zhao Miyu, hurry up, what's going on?"

Zhao Yuhe suddenly looked at the ceiling and said, "You will know everything if you look up." ”

I followed Zhao Yuyu's gaze to the ceiling, and at that moment I was shocked, my eyes widened, and an incredible thing happened in front of me.

How is this possible ......? My sweat began to drip and I couldn't explain what was happening in front of me. What the hell is going on here?

"How is this possible? Zhao Haoyu, Lin Yun, Xia Cheng, Cui Li, tell me quickly, what happened to become what it is now? ”

I looked flustered, it was all so incredible, I was wondering why those mechanical arms and electronic parts suddenly disappeared, but in fact I was wrong, these electronic parts and mechanical arms never disappeared, but all ran to the ceiling in another place.

I looked up at the ceiling covered with scattered parts of the mechanical arm, all of which I couldn't explain, even if those parts really ran to the ceiling, how could they not have fallen to the ground, it was impossible for the maze designed by Murong Feng to get rid of the earth's gravity, right? But when I think about it, I think it's ridiculous, if it really escaped the gravitational pull of the earth, those parts should be floating in the air, not gathered on the ceiling.

"Cheng Yin, not long after you and Zhang Han left here, we were still carefully looking for clues to the third mystery, but who knew that suddenly there was a loud bang, and just before we knew what was going on, the parts of the mechanical arm scattered around our feet began to shake, and then hit the ceiling vertically, fortunately, Xia Cheng reacted quickly enough to let all of us hide under the table, so that no one was injured by this." Although Zhao Yuyu's words were only a few short sentences, but through her description, I can fully understand that the scene must be very critical at that time, there are many electronic parts on the ground, and if they hit the ceiling at the same time, the consequences must be unimaginable, which is no wonder they are so nervous now.

"But I don't understand, why are you still here, if you say it's what you say? Wouldn't it be safer for all of us to go to the square together? I asked, confused.

"Cheng Yin, you're right, but ......" Lin Yun stopped in the middle of speaking, it seemed that there must be something I didn't take care of, or they had a reason why they couldn't leave.

"Hahahaha! It's ridiculous, do you think they wouldn't think of such a simple thing? Similarly, you think I'd design such a childish maze? At the end of the day, you're naïve. As soon as I heard this hateful laugh, it came from Murong Feng.

"Cheng Yin, you don't know, when all those mechanical parts are gathered to the ceiling, our first reaction is to leave this hall as soon as possible, but when all of us came to the gate, that Murong Feng suddenly appeared in front of us, and he told us that once all of us leave this hall, the door of the hall will automatically close, or once the number of people in the hall is less than the number of people in the square, the door of the hall will also be closed." Xia Cheng said slowly.

It turned out that this was the case, no wonder Cui Li was the only one who walked out of this hall alone, and everyone stayed in the hall at the same time. We now have a total of six people, which means that no more than three people can leave the hall at the same time, and once there are more than three people, the door of the hall will automatically close, and once the door of the hall closes automatically, if the people in the square want to return to the hall and open the door, they will not be able to open it, which means that once the door is closed, it will never be opened. When I think about it, I know what the tension in the air is all about.

"Cheng Yin, Zhang Han, come over here." Xia Cheng motioned for us to walk towards the wooden table, and all the people sat around the wooden table, so that once the gravitational pull on the ceiling disappeared, all of us could hide under the table at the first time, although this was just a delaying tactic, but it could also ensure our safety, otherwise these electronic parts would fall from the sky, and no one would be able to retreat.

Zhang Han and I walked to the wooden table, which looked a little old, and the wood paint on it had fallen off, and it was only then that I realized that there were some marks on the table that had been hit by heavy objects, apparently by those electronic parts. I gently stroked the table top and could feel the unevenness.

At this moment, all of a sudden, tiny parts began to fall off the ceiling and onto the table, and the first instinct for all of us was to hide under the table. Sure enough, all the parts fell back to the ground like rain. There was a loud bang one after another, and we didn't get hurt under the table, and we walked out from under the table.

"It's so dangerous." Cui Li said with palpitations.

Apparently there is an electromagnetic system installed in the ceiling, and once activated, these electronic parts can be easily attached to the ceiling, how can it be cracked? Otherwise, it would not be a solution to toss like this over and over again.

I was still in the ceiling before the electromagnetic system was activated, and we had plenty of time to find a way.

"Don't leave the table, I'll check it out and see if there's a switch or something, and I'll turn it off."

"But this is too dangerous, Cheng Yin, once the electromagnetic system on the ceiling is activated, if you are too far away from the desktop, you will not have time to dodge, what will you do?" Lin Yun asked worriedly.

To be honest, I don't have a bottom in my heart, and if the electronic parts fly to the ceiling at the same time, I won't have time to dodge, but if everyone is hiding here like us now, we will never be able to get out of this maze, so I might as well try to find it, maybe I'll find it soon.

I left the wooden table and searched around, and while I was looking for clues, I looked at the electronic parts on the ground from time to time, and I could react to any movement as soon as possible.

In this way, everyone except me hid around the wooden table. Xia Cheng wanted to help me find it together but was stopped by me, because he was injured by the mechanical arm before, and he has not fully recovered, once the electromagnetic system is activated, he will not be able to dodge dexterously, and the danger factor is too great.

Generally speaking, an electromagnetic system should have positive and negative poles of ion, interacting. Just like the passage of electric current will produce electromagnetism, in this case, as long as I can find the existence of the power supply, I can cut off the entire electromagnetic system, but now the key is that this power supply will never appear in front of me like a light switch, how should I find it, my heart is also full of doubts.

I walked to the wall of the hall, where the calligraphy and paintings had been hung, but now they had been taken away by us, and there was nothing left on the wall.

"Cheng Yin, you must not be too self-forgetful, and pay attention to which electronic components from time to time." Xia Cheng reminded.

I bent down and picked up a small mechanical part and placed it in the palm of my hand so that I could feel it as soon as the electromagnetic system was activated.

I looked at the walls around me, and there was no clue at all, like a blank picture scroll, where not a single trace of pen and ink could be found.

This hall is too simple now, originally except for the calligraphy and paintings on the wall, there was only a wooden table in the center, and now even those calligraphy and paintings have been taken away by us, and we really can't find any clues.

I suddenly thought of one thing, Murong Feng had told Xia Cheng that the door would only be closed if the number of people in the hall was less than the number of people in the square, so it was like telling us that the clues were not necessarily in this hall, thinking of this, it suddenly dawned on me that maybe we should go to the square to find out if there are any other clues.

I returned to the wooden table.

"Cheng Yin, how is it? Did you find any clues? Xia Cheng asked.

"I'm afraid not, but I thought about one thing, the switch of this electromagnetic system is most likely not in this hall, which is why Murong Feng only controlled the number of people we went to the square, but did not prevent us from leaving here." I looked at everyone.

"In that case, we should have some of them get out of here and go to the plaza to look for clues." Lin Yun said.

After a long day of detouring, we went from the hall to the square, and from the square back to the hall, and now we have to leave here again, like a circle that goes around and around. Over and over again, round and round, there is no beginning and no end. The beginning means the end, the end means the beginning, and now I have to continue to set off.

"Cheng Yin, I'll go with you this time." Cui Li was the first to express his attitude. But that's not to say he's brave, it's that it's too dangerous.

"And me." Zhao Yuyu also raised his hand.

It was at this time that I thought of Arthur again, and the choice of fate was once again in my own hands.

"What are you doing?" Arthur said as he approached my side.

The words "high number...", are enough to give me a headache.

"What, you still have to learn advanced math?" Arthur's question seems redundant, science students always have to learn advanced mathematics, not to mention the fact that many places in the field of quantum mechanics require complex calculations.

"Of course..."At this point, I really wanted to roll the test paper in my hand into a ball and throw it into the trash can in the distance.

"What's wrong? Is it hard? Aren't you very studious? To this extent, give up? Arthur almost burst out laughing when he looked at me in distress.

"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......

(End of chapter)