(Foreword)

Cold ice can't break the water, and dead wood can meet spring again.

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Cold ice can't break the water, and dead wood can meet spring again.

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(Text)

October 30, 2021 at 15:05 pm

The door of the passage behind us opened to us, and our group hurried out of the exhibition hall on the third floor and ran towards the stairs leading to the fourth floor.

"Cheng Yin!" Just as I was about to leave the gate, Xia Cheng stopped me.

"What's wrong?" I stopped what I was doing.

"Have you ever thought that although the five tiger generals under Liu Bei are not as good as Cao Wei, they are also talented, why did they choose Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong this time? Do you think there is any subtlety in this? We didn't expect that. "Xia Cheng's question really reminded me. But I can't think of any more problems.

"Forget it, I suddenly thought to tell you, maybe it's just the generals selected by Mr. Ouyang in order to set up this puzzle, and there is no other connection." Xia Cheng saw that I couldn't answer, so he didn't ask any more questions, patted me on the shoulder, and walked out of the door of the exhibition hall quickly.

I really can't think of a reason, let's get out of here first, everyone has walked out of the exhibition hall in front of me, I looked back at the empty exhibition hall, full of emotion, but at this time, I suddenly felt that our three generals seemed to move slightly, but when I checked carefully, I couldn't see anything. Could it be my delusion, maybe my brain was thinking too much just now, and I was a little tired. Seeing that everyone is getting farther and farther away from me, I don't have time to take a look. He quickened his pace and left the exhibition hall of the 'Battle of the Three Generals'.

The passage to the staircase on the fourth floor was long, and we finally found the staircase on the fourth floor after several turns.

But just as we found the stairs, we all stopped almost at the same time. We are all well aware that the challenges we face next may be even bigger or more daunting.

Xia Cheng's footsteps paused for a moment, and then strode up the stairs. I know very well that in this team, Xia Cheng is indeed deserving to be the leader of this research group.

I immediately took a step and walked up the stairs. After a little hesitation, everyone walked up the stairs one after another.

October 30, 2021 at 15:10 p.m

We walked up the stairs and through a long passage to the fourth floor of the exhibition hall. However, unlike all the previous exhibition halls, the huge exhibition hall is blocked by two floors, and our light wall is similar, divided into separate areas, each of which has a door on the opposite side of us. These separate areas are connected in series to form a wall that blocks our progress, which means that if we want to pass through this exhibition hall, we must first pass through this wall of light composed of many areas. We tried to see what it looked like inside these areas that were blocked off by walls of light. But when we got closer, we realized that these walls of light were the same as those seen on the second floor. We couldn't see what was inside, and there was a grid behind the walls of light, so it seemed like we couldn't get through it except for the gates in these areas.

"What does that mean?" Cui Li asked.

"Looks like you want us to separate into this area." Xia Cheng speculated.

"Do you want us to test separately?" Lin Yun said in astonishment.

"I'm afraid so. You see, there should be a relatively separate space behind each door, and each of us can only leave this space and go to the passage to the fifth floor until we pass the test. When Xia Cheng spoke, his expression became much more solemn.

We understand very well that the separate tests mean that we are no longer a team, but each of us to face the puzzle of Mr. Ouyang Yu by himself. The difficulty can be imagined. Looking back at the previous 'battle of the three generals', it was our collective wisdom and joint efforts that we were able to successfully pass the test. If we were separated, it would have been impossible to pass the test we had just taken.

"What should I do? It is impossible for me alone to pass the puzzle set by Mr. Ouyang Yu. Zhao's worries are not unreasonable.

"That's it, although I don't want to look up to that Ouyang Yu, but his riddle is really not something that can be solved by one person, and now like this, he obviously doesn't want us to pass it." Cui Li said angrily.

"Wait!! Look!! We looked in the direction Lin Yun was looking.

Next to the gate in each area, there is an indicator light, but some of the indicators are blue, some are red, and some are only the indicators but they are not on. What exactly do these different colored indicators mean? Is it part of the puzzle again?

"You said that the riddle of this Ouyang Yu is getting more and more complicated, and you don't want people to decipher it at all." Cui Li said and walked to the door of the indicator light.

"Cheng Yin, what should we do now?" Li Ruina asked confusedly.

Actually, I don't know, if we just rush to separate the tests, the results can be imagined. But since this test is set up by Mr. Ouyang Yu, there must be a reason for him.

"Don't think about it, the soldiers will come to block it, and the water will cover it." Cui Li said it lightly.

"Don't worry, we're still planning well, maybe there must be another way." Zhang Xinran was not in such a hurry at this time, maybe she also knew very well that if she was so reckless and separated from the test now, the possibility of passing was very small.

"So what do you say? I can't think of it anyway. Cui Li leaned against the wall.

"Let's see if there's anything strange around here, maybe it will help us in some way." Xia Cheng said and looked around at the situation.

Everyone also began to look for any new clues.

October 30, 2021 at 15:15 p.m

As time passed, we didn't find any new clues. All efforts turned out to be in vain at this moment. All hope suddenly disappeared in this moment.

We look at everything in front of us, but we can't do anything about it.

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Just when we were hopeless, suddenly a low voice appeared in our ears.

Cold ice can't break the water, and dead wood can meet spring again.

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"What sound? Who's talking? Lin Yun asked in a panic.

Cold ice can't break the water, and dead wood can meet spring again.

The sudden voice repeated what he had just said.

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"It's not us, it could be—" Zhang Xinran's expression suddenly became nervous.

"Is it?"

"Ouyang Yu !!" We exclaimed in unison.

(End of chapter)