"Got preempted!"

The moment they heard the broadcast, the same thought flashed through Xiang Nanxing and Liang Jingmo's minds.

This was supposed to be something they were going to do. In Liang Jingmo's plan, if everything goes well, they will be able to roughly determine the password in the next test, and at that time, the other party should be almost at the step of locking the number range. Then they preemptively change the password to stumble on each other's progress, and they use the fifth test to finalize the password and clear the level.

The plan is very good, but the other party started earlier and took the lead.

Choosing to launch at such a time is simply right on the point for them. If you can change it later, after they have further narrowed down the range of numbers, then as long as you test a specific number in a targeted manner, there is still a chance to find out the password. If they know that they want to change it sooner, then they can keep the opportunity to enter the two times and use it to find the changed number.

The most troublesome situation is now, which not only uses up half of the test opportunities, but also fails to determine the number of the other party. With this change, even the previously delineated numerical range may face the danger of being overturned and re-planned, and all they have left is three chances to test the input.

But fortunately, there are still three chances and the information accumulated before, as long as you think calmly, you will not be helpless. It's just that Liang Jingmo vaguely feels that there is another mystery in this modification, if they can't solve the puzzle, I'm afraid they will fall into the trap next.

"It's okay to handle, but it's too fast." Liang Jingmo put his hand against his forehead and said to himself, "Although the time to enter the arena is lagging behind, I thought that the speed of solving the puzzle here was already very fast, and the opposite side was at most flat." Although the royal tactic of this game is to determine the password as soon as possible, and then find the opportunity to modify the number, cross the river and tear down the bridge to cut off the access...... But have they already decided on the password now? With a maximum of four input opportunities from two machines? No, it's three times at most, and theoretically it's at least one step away from finding the password......"

"Wait, why do you think it's 'two machines'?" Xiang Nanxing was puzzled, "That Kara has already found my one just now, and then they have used this one here, plus when we try it here, they may find the remaining one, doesn't it add up to three test machines, a total of six chances?" ”

He said anxiously, "In terms of the progress of the game, it may be close to the end over there!" ”

"Listen to me step by step. First of all, I think this one around us should have only been used once. Liang Jingmo said as he took the opportunity to organize his thoughts, "Think about it, before we came, the content he tested on this was '1234', which contained two cipher numbers, one of which was held by them. Kara didn't have to be in the same situation as you just now, and didn't need to add her number to deceive her opponent, so she could only speculate - Kara started the first test before the two of them met up in order to gain time. I didn't know the number of my companions, so I didn't think about it at all, and I tried it according to the general practice. ”

"Of course, this could also be the 'last one' of the two consecutive inputs, but you've just tried to choose the distractor, and you should know that it's best not to include your own number, because that would be helping your opponent narrow the range. The opponent is a high-ranking host, and it is impossible not to figure this out. So it's still reasonable to think of it as a 'first' test. ”

"Well, even if it's only once here, the situation hasn't changed." Xiang Nanxing interrupted him eagerly, "Isn't there another machine in the game?" We tried three times in total, and we were pretty much able to find the password one more time. They were in a similar situation to us at the beginning, and if they could find another machine, there would be a total of four or five chances, which was enough to determine the password. ”

In other words, now they not only got the password, but also changed it to a version that only they knew, delaying our time. Now they'll find the code door in minutes, and they'll win and leave! What are we left to analyze in front of this inoperable machine? Either hurry up and try out the password, or find them quickly and find a way to trip them! ”

"Calm down. It's not like you at all. ”

Liang Jingmo waved his hand and continued to lower his head, as if he was still thinking about something. There were already a few bits of sweat on his forehead, and it could be seen that he had also thought about the things Xiang Nanxing said, and even now he was still suppressing his urge to chase him out. But compared with Xiang Nanxing, he is more experienced and has more information, so now that he is being chased by the situation, he can at least maintain enough calm compared to Xiang Nanxing, who began to fall into anxiety.

He originally planned to continue to keep those exclusive information until the end of the game, but in this situation, he vaguely felt that if he provided these things to Xiang Nanxing, the latter would bring a miracle. Although he is still very immature, although sometimes ridiculously naïve, Xiang Nanxing occasionally has some moments of inspiration, and he sees through the truth that others have been thinking about but have not been able to discover.

Although he himself probably didn't realize it, Liang Jingmo knew that Xiang Nanxing relied not only on reasoning when thinking about these questions, but also on some more illusory "intuition", an insight that directly cut into the other party's thinking field.

Maybe this is the "heart".

Compared with calculation and reasoning, Xiang Nanxing will always understand other people and see things from other people's perspectives, which is an innate instinct for him, but it is something that Liang Jingmo needs to work hard to do.

"I envy you stupid." Liang Jingmo sighed secretly.

"First of all, you listen to me finish this mess of nonsense, and then tell me what you think." With a decision in his mind, he said in a deep voice, "First of all, I'm pretty sure that they haven't used that last machine yet. ”

"Why?"

"Because I hid it, in a corner that is difficult to find even if it is a host, in a short period of time."

This childlike approach made Xiang Nanxing speechless for a while, but after thinking about it, this is indeed very effective under the rules of the game, and it is very Liang Jingmo-style side-kick style strategy. When he was alone at the time, testing the numbers would have left clues for the enemy, but it wasn't in his style to do nothing. After thinking about it, Liang Jingmo simply hid the machine - since he couldn't use it for a while, then let the enemy not be able to use it.

But isn't that a violation of the rules? Xiang Nanxing carefully observed the test machine next to him and found that it was not firmly fixed to the floor, but was simply locked on the desk next to it with simple screws, and it could be moved after just unscrewing. The rules limit that the machine should not be "destroyed", and the sensors on the fuselage are also aimed at the pressure acting on it, but the screws are not unscrewed to touch the sensors, and the subsequent handling is even more careful enough.

"Although this design does seem to have such a meaning, but it is really thanks to you that you have the courage to come up and take risks, and in the end, it is good fortune telling." Xiang Nanxing smiled bitterly, "Even if it's just a small chance, maybe the host will identify the disassembly behavior as a kind of destruction." In that case, you'll be out of the game as soon as you make your move. ”

"I don't have to dismantle the machine, as long as it is put down, and then the other tables and chairs are removed, and the combination is put on top to cover up." Liang Jingmo smiled, "And since this game was designed by that 'abyss' Xu Wen, then this practice was originally the default of the rules." Lately, I've been feeling like I'm getting to know his thoughts. ”

"At the beginning of the game, I was thinking that it would have four players draw cards and then set off through the elevator, presumably to use the cards to distinguish the different initial conditions for each person, and then send the players to their respective floors to start the game. The game has a total of three testing machines and one modified machine, one on one floor; Of the four cards, only 'A' has a special status, which may correspond to a modding machine, and we should have a testing machine in each floor we set out on. So the first thing I did when the game started was to search for machines on this level, and sure enough, I found them quickly. ”

"Once I found it, I checked the machine, hid it as I said, and went down the next floor. You should also wonder why I started with a 'J' card drawn, but it was the penultimate start, and it didn't match the number. Liang Jingmo said, "I was also very confused for a while, but then I thought back and found that the order in which we were sent upstairs was exactly the opposite of the order in which we drew the cards, you took the cards first, and the last to go, and I took the cards after you, and then Carla and Twelve, all right." This shows that the order of departure is only a trick to influence our judgment of the meaning of the cards. ”

"Then I speculated that the three floors corresponding to 'J', 'Q', and 'K' were probably adjacent, and that the floor of 'A' had multiple possibilities. I went down to determine the distribution of the floors. If I see you drawing a 'Q' on the next floor, then the floor distribution should be the opposite of the card size, and if I see a Kara with a 'K', the above analysis is completely wrong. It's just that at that time, what I saw on that level was the 'opossum' Twelve. ”

He paused at this point, and the expression on his face was a little complicated, as if he had brought back some bad memories.

"I saw him from afar, sitting on the edge of the elevator at the starting point, as if he hadn't moved since the game started. He saw me, too, but did nothing to me, just sat there and nodded his head far away, not even moving, as if waiting for something. I thought to myself that he was bluffing at best, but strangely, at this time, I felt as if he had really seen through something, and it was a very nasty feeling, almost like the White Night Festival, a little scary...... Forget it, let's not talk about this yet. ”

Liang Jingmo waved his hand: "So I guess that the arrangement of the floors from top to bottom should be 'KQJA', and since our end point is the place where the signal is transmitted, it should be at the highest point, if not above, at least it should be on the 'K' floor where we are now." And in this way, the place to modify the number is on the lowest floor of the playing field, the distance to the end is the farthest, and after changing the number, you have to have a way to go to the top to clear the level, this design is also in line with the aesthetic habits of the guy in the 'abyss'. To confirm this assumption, I ran as fast as I could to the level where we were now, found what I was looking for, saw the machine again, and then walked down a level back to where we had just met. You'll see me sweating profusely, and I'm tired from all this hard work. ”

"Wait, let me think about it."

Hearing this, Xiang Nanxing suddenly felt like something had touched his thoughts. "By the way you put it, we're on the highest floor of the playground right now, and the code door is on this level?"

"Correct."

"That's why you just said 'found what you were looking for'......"

"Right there."

Liang Jingmo pointed to the direction of the fire escape on the side of the floor: "The code door is in there, and the original stairs leading to the upper and lower floors in the passage have all been artificially sealed. In other words, in order to get to the end, we have to go up the stairway to this floor, and then pass in front of us and enter the passage. That's why I said don't panic, if they really clear the customs soon, then even if we don't go to them, they will appear in front of us. That's why I chose to test at this layer. On the other hand, since they haven't seen anyone yet, it means that they didn't exactly find the four digits when they changed the password, but only found a few numbers that were determined to be wrong like we did. This ensures that they don't get out of the game when they make changes, but then they have to find a way to find the real password, and they're either looking for the machine in the same level where I'm hiding it, or they're heading this way. ”

"We may be lagging behind in terms of progress, but the most important question now is whether we can crack their minds? How did they change their passwords - if they figured that out, there was still a good chance for the game. ”

"How's it going, do you think of anything?"

Facing Liang Jingmo's inquiry, Xiang Nanxing pursed his lips and frowned and thought hard.

"This reasoning and verification are rigorous, but ......"

He was talking to himself.

"It always feels like something very important is missing."

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