I winked at Ai Yukino, and the little girl suddenly puffed up her pretty little face, and then grimaced at me.

"What, is this the attitude towards your idol?" I laughed.

Yukino Aiyi snorted, she shook her pink two-foot sleeves, glanced at Hua Tianjun sitting in the player's seat with a squeamish face, and then said triumphantly:

"I'm sorry. I'm not your idol now. Now my fiancé is Hua Tianjun. He's my idol. As I said, I'm only interested in smart people. You're already angry, you brainless man. ”

I couldn't help but laugh a little and said:

"So, are you confident that you will score more than me in this event?"

Yukino Aiyi's face froze, and then he snorted and said:

"I ...... I may not be able to surpass you. But the Heavenly Monarch must be able to! It's not like you haven't won me. Isn't it interesting to win someone who is weaker than you? ”

"Huh." My smile widened, "And what would you think if I swiped a score that would never have been surpassed?" ”

A faint flush appeared on Yukino Ai's face, and she subconsciously avoided my gaze, and then pouted:

"You can do it. Celestial monarchs can do it. ”

I couldn't help but laugh out loud and said:

"You know what? My favorite thing to do is to snatch toys that I never seem to get. Then I threw the toys that were easy to get my hands on to the people who thought they could take them away from me, and then snatched them back from them, giving them endless despair. That's how fun it is. Hahaha......"

After laughing, I turned around and walked to my stage stand, leaving only Ai Yukino behind and humming. Russia's representative Walsh has been waiting for a long time. Because I played this game myself, the Russian side also had to send the strongest players to deal with it.

Walsh looked at me with fierce eyes and gritted his teeth:

"Kamino Moon, I will definitely defeat you."

I smiled, then looked at Tiran Shengxue on the side, and said:

"Hey, ice cream girl. I have a request. ”

Tiran Shengxue looked at me expressionlessly and said:

"Please, Kanno Moon Player."

I smiled wickedly and said:

"Let's put it this way. According to a paper published by researchers such as MLachmann of the Santa Fe Institute, there is a physical limit to communication in the universe, simply put, in the case of limited energy or surface area, only the signal with long-term statistical characteristics and blackbody radiation can reach the maximum bit rate, so extraterrestrial civilizations will use blackbody spectrum signals for signal transmission. Because the corresponding blackbody radiation temperature is easily generated at natural temperatures, it will be impossible for terrestrial civilizations to identify extraterrestrial signals from long-term statistical features, because they are mixed with the blackbody radiation spectrum in the universe, while non-long-term statistical features can only be known by extraterrestrial civilizations according to their own unique algorithms. Therefore, humanity never knows the signal of an extraterrestrial civilization. ”

Tieran Saint Ski Run:

"I'll give you a comparison table of the blackbody radiation spectra of the non-long-term statistical characteristics of different alien civilizations. In this way, even if it is a non-long-term statistic, you can identify it. ”

"No," I said, smiling, "I mean, I want to make it harder." I don't need you to provide a comparison table. ”

Tieran Saint Ski Run:

"If you don't have a comparison table, even if you see the blackbody radiation spectrum of the signals of extraterrestrial civilizations, they will become completely random because these signals look indistinguishable from ordinary noise. Do you want to play this game by pure luck? You're giving up on the game altogether. ”

"Hehe, I'm sorry, I just like to do things that mortals don't think are possible." I licked my lips and said.

Tiran Shengxue said with a calm face:

"Oh well. If you want to make it harder for yourself, I won't stop it. But if you lose, you've already lost. You won't get room for regret. ”

I smiled and said:

"Oh? Your master is so tolerant of me for making things more difficult for me. Don't need to ask him for advice? Or is it your own decision? ”

Tieran Saint Ski Run:

"The owner doesn't stop any player who wants to show what he's capable of."

I smiled and said:

"But isn't that weird? Isn't the purpose of this contest to select the best brain players and make humanity elite? But if a player with the highest mental power chooses an impossible difficulty for himself because of overconfidence, and he is eliminated, isn't that contrary to the purpose of the competition? ”

Hearing my words, Tiran Shengxue's white eyelashes, like frost-covered tiles, trembled slightly.

Tiran Shengxue said coldly:

"Kannatsuki player. You try to know about the master, and I won't divulge it. ”

I smiled and said:

"When, then, will I know about your master? If you want me to participate in this race, you need to give me a motivation. I'm not a man of life, I just want to know when I'll be able to see your master and ask him personally, or when will I know the true purpose of this game? ”

Tiran Shengxue paused slightly, and then said:

"If you can win the game, you'll know. The premise is that you can not be eliminated before then. Kannatsuki, what is your purpose for my master? ”

I shrugged my shoulders and said with a smile:

"It's weird. You should be able to read my mind, but in the arena, you're asking me what my purpose is? Does this mean that you can't read the player's mind when you're playing? Why is that...... Or is there the owner of yours among these players who doesn't want to be discovered by you? ”

Tiran Shengxue's body froze in place, she looked at me steadily, and said:

"I'm not going to get caught up in the information trapping mode of your branch demarcation method. Because the relaxation problem of integer programming does not meet the optimal solution of integer requirements, you use the construction constraints to form a successor problem of the feasible domain containing all the feasible solutions of the original integer programming problem, so as to obtain the optimal solution. I've developed a self-defense mechanism for the way you get information. ”

I laughed:

"Started talking no more? It's so cute. I just like the way you look. Yes, I have set up an objective function value and used it as a 'boundary' to get a workable solution by nogan a follow-up problem in the branching process, and the 'boundary' I have set is also a basis for dealing with other branches. ”

Tiran Shengxue looked at me steadily, she closed her eyes gently, opened them again, and said:

"It's time for the game, Kannatsuki player, I remind you one last time......"

"Let's start the game." I said lightly, yawning as I interrupted Tilan Sacred Snow's words, "Hurry up and announce it, Lord Angel." ”

Under the gaze of a pair of stunned eyes, Tiran Shengxue turned to the audience, and then raised her right hand like a Lady Liberty, and said:

"It's game on."

I walked slowly to the center of the stage, and Walsh had no time to pay attention to me, just projecting his eyes on the cosmic map overhead. From time to time, his gaze fell on the map of the starry sky overhead and on the characteristic comparison table of the alien's blackbody radiation signal floating on the side. Walsh sweated profusely in the starry sky looking for signals of aliens, and I just glanced at the starry sky above me, and then, without looking at the chart, I just crouched on the ground and stared at Walsh with a smile.

Walsh suddenly felt uncomfortable at my gaze, and he turned to me with a frown, and said with a puzzled face:

"Why are you looking at me? You don't have special fetishes, right?! ”

I put my hands on my cheeks and said with a smile:

"You don't have to worry about me, Mr. Walsh, just get on with your game. Otherwise, you won't have a chance to win me. ”

Walsh's eyelids twitched, he glared at me fiercely, then looked up at the stars again, and a pair of uneasy eyes began to quickly sweep overhead.

After five minutes, Walsh found the signals of four alien civilizations, he was already covered in sweat, and although I still had zero gain, I didn't panic at all, and my eyes just stared at Walsh's face quietly.

Tieran Saint Ski Run:

"There are 10 minutes of play and there are five minutes left."

Walsh wiped the sweat from his face, frowned at me, then smiled strangely and said:

"Are you really going to give up? You don't have a problem with your brain, do you? ”

I smiled and said:

"Hmm. I just don't think it's gentlemanly to make proper concessions to weak opponents. ”

After finishing speaking, I slowly stood up, looked at Tiran Shengxue on the side, and said:

"I've found all 1,368 alien signals. Since the game is too short for me to finish, I'll use my eyes to express it. Please remember where my eyeballs are sweeping. ”

Hearing my words, the scene was in an uproar! Not only Walsh, but everyone in the seats and the audience were blown away.

As he spoke, my gaze quickly swept over certain areas above my head, pausing only in a few of them, while Tiran turned to me with a blank face, recording my data as quickly as she could.

After scanning the answer I gave, she nodded and said:

"All the answers are correct."

After hearing Tiran Shengxue's answer, I glanced lazily at Walsh on the side and said:

"Okay, you can take your time before the game time is over. I'll get off the stage and rest for a while. ”

"You ......" watched as I turned away from the stage, and Walsh, who was still standing on the stage, looked stunned and pointed at me, his mouth staggering, but unable to speak.

Alice looked at me in disbelief and said:

"How did you do that, Captain? You really haven't even looked at the comparison table! ”

Max on the side was also shocked, and after a little thought, he said:

"I see. It's the eyes...... The captain had been staring into Walsh's eyes just now! He calculates the area where the alien signal is located based on the area that Walsh's visual focus is looking at......"

"But that's not right......," Alice frowned, "if the captain is targeting the alien signals based on Walsh's line of sight, how can the captain find all the alien signals before Walsh does?" ”

Waldner clapped his hands and speculated:

"It's incredible, but I want to ...... It should be the captain who deduced some commonality in the characteristics of alien signals, and then, through reverse calculation, directly reconstructed the comparison table in his mind! Therefore, the captain will wait until Walsh finds four alien signals before starting to search for alien signals, because to find the commonality between alien signals, at least three or four alien signals need to be compared! Only four extraterrestrial signals can draw a line chart that can reflect the fluctuating trend! ”

Alice's eyes widened, and she said:

"Reconstruct the comparison table? Just a few stares from Walsh's eyes? But how elaborate does this have to be? Sometimes the human eye looks at a large area, and there may be a lot of noise in that area......"

Waldener said tremblingly:

This illustrates...... The captain had already calculated the noises...... It was by using various probable combinations to eliminate the noise that the captain locked on to the alien signals...... My God, it's incredible to think about. ”

Max looked at me and said with a complicated expression:

"Captain, what they said is true, right?"

I snapped my fingers and laughed:

"Not bad. You can see that you are also entitled to stay here. ”

Max smiled bitterly:

"Captain, to be honest, if you fully show your strength, then no one will be your opponent at all, so in the first game just now, there is no need to put Alice on the field at all...... But why do you insist on letting her play? ”

In the face of Max's question, I did not answer, but said:

"Next game, Max, you're on."

"Me?"

"That's right." I nodded, "I'm only going to play one more game in the next game, so you have to win at least one of the next three games." ”

Face my arrangement. Max didn't turn down, because it was also an opportunity for him to show his strength.

And when I sat back in the box, I slowly returned my gaze to the stage. Until the end of the game, Walsh only found twelve signals, and Yukino Ai in the distance did well, found fifty-six, she was sweating profusely staring at the sky, a pair of big round eyes searched with difficulty in a chaotic starry sky, the more she searched, the more desperate the look on her face became, and she even had words in her mouth:

"It's a mess, how can this be found out......"

While muttering, this girl also glanced at me intentionally or unintentionally, and when she saw me, a pair of big eyes of resentment and bitterness suddenly appeared a deep stubbornness, she snorted heavily, turned her face away, and no longer looked at me more, but took the initiative to give up the next game. Although there are still 30 seconds left before the end of the match, Ai Yukino has achieved an overwhelming advantage in the face of the opponent of "Vatican", and it is no longer meaningful for her to continue competing.

"How about it, do you think that sweetheart of yours can surpass me?" I smiled and looked at Ai Yukino, who walked off the stage, and asked.

Yukino Aiyi glanced at me unconvinced, blushed, and said:

"Yes, what's the big deal? Didn't you still spend more than four minutes, if it was the Heavenly Monarch, he wouldn't need so much time! ”

Seeing the deep worry on Ai Yukino's face, I smiled and said nothing.

The results were quick to come in, and after I left the field, Walsh didn't have to stay on the stage any longer before giving up, and it was clear that he had realized that it would be a waste of time and a shame to continue competing on the stage.

"Walsh gave up on continuing the game, and in the second round, the Seychelles team's Kannatsuki won." Tiran Saint-Körkö announced the results of the competition flatly, "And in the competition rankings of all the players, Kannatsuki won the first place in this event with a score of nine times more than the second place. ”

With the second round at the end of the game, after a short five-minute break and tactical set-up, Max slowly walked onto the stage under my instructions.

The white wings behind him spread to the extreme, Tiran Shengxue, said lightly:

"The second round is over. I hope you can have a better performance after a short break. The next item is—"

After a pause, Tiran Saint Ski Trail, "Dyson Ball Puzzle." ”

"Hehe, it's getting more and more sci-fi." I couldn't help but laugh a few times.

Max looked at me, nodded heavily, and walked onto the stage to face the Russians. On the other hand, Tiran Shengxue slowly explained the rules of the game.

In front of Tiran Shengxue, there appeared a star in the main sequence stage the size of a bamboo basket, although the volume of this star is only the size of a bamboo basket, but the brightness is extremely amazing, the inner flame in its center is so bright that people can hardly look at it directly, Tilan Shengxue gently rotated his hands, so that the light on the surface of the star is appropriately reduced, and layers of metal shells similar to turtle shells appear on the surface of the star, these shells are condensed in the outer space at a distance from the star, A metal shell was formed that gradually enveloped the star.

Tieran Saint Ski Run:

"Your task is to use the parts of the Dyson sphere floating in the space around you to piece together a Dyson sphere that perfectly surrounds the stars and maximizes the use of energy. It is important to note that you need to take into account the gravitational interaction of the star itself to avoid the shell being deflected by the force of the star, because if such a deviation is not corrected, it may lead to a direct collision with the sphere being sucked into the star, which will eventually lead to catastrophic results. Such a structure requires some form of propulsion to counteract the deviation, or some way to keep the shell away from the sun. What you need to do is to adjust the trajectory of these shells and the driving force when they move, and use their collision with each other to achieve dynamic equilibrium and form a perfect 'eggshell'. ”

I sat with my chest crossed and couldn't help but laugh:

"It's really harsh conditions. There are 32 skins on the surface of a football, and it takes more than 32 skins to surround a star. ”

Tieran Saint Ski Run:

"The game lasts for an hour. Match scores are judged based on the remaining Dyson ball parts. The competition starts now! ”

"Captain, do you think Max can win this project?" Alice asked me worriedly. "There was a change of player on the Russian side, although it was not Walsh, but his opponent was Christine, the CEO and head of Golden Cicada 3301. She's not an idle person. In particular, he has a strong talent for computing power and complex combinations. ”

I said lazily:

"Hehe, that's even better. Do you really think that the key point of this competition is the speed of calculation? It is true that the arrangement of this Dyson sphere requires strong mathematical calculation skills. But the ability to calculate math is not the focus of this project, the real key to this project is ......"

Just as my words fell, an earth-shattering explosion suddenly sounded in the center of the square, and immediately after, a terrible scream instantly enveloped the entire field!

Everyone's eyes instantly turned to the source of the explosion, where a member of the team was rolling in pain on the ground with his right arm clutched, half of his right arm had turned black, and the surface of the star he had been standing on was now erupting a coronal projectile like a red carp. The ring-shaped projectile left the star and ejected for several meters before it gradually disappeared into the air and dissolved into nothingness.

"Huh. Even the coronal projectile has been restored. It's so much fun. The corners of my mouth curled.

The fallen player's arm was apparently burned by a coronal projectile ejected from the star. According to the mass and volume of the Sun, the temperature of the corona is millions of degrees Celsius, and the temperature of its coronal projectile is also extremely alarming. Therefore, competitors also need to have the ability to predict the movement of the stellar surface in advance. At the same time, what is even more cruel is that because of the high temperature of the coronal layer, the Dyson sphere can easily be destroyed by stellar radiation after it is built without repair. Therefore, while building the Dyson sphere, the builder must also repair and replace the Dyson sphere housing that has already been covered. In this way, the difficulty is more than doubled.

"I see...... There is also the ability to remember. Looking at the player who was unfortunately eliminated by burns, Alice suddenly realized, "Because the Dyson sphere is easily destroyed by the radiation of the stars, every player has to repair the Dyson ball, so they have to remember their previous Dyson sphere structure...... In addition to the ability to deduce calculations, memory is also important, otherwise it would take a lot of time to rebuild. ”

"Yes, figured it out? Angel said that the rating of the match is judged based on the number of Dyson ball parts remaining. This remaining part is not just who built it fast. Rather, it is to subtract the portion destroyed by the corona and solar projectiles. I glanced at Alice lightly, "Therefore, Max, who has a more outstanding memory ability, still has an advantage." ”

My judgment was quickly verified. Max's opponent is indeed very strong, but Max himself is not far behind, and he is not too far behind. Although Max was distanced by Christine in the process of building the Dyson sphere, Max quickly caught up with Christine with several coronal mass projectiles.

At the beginning of the 40th minute, Max finally surpassed Christine in the total number of parts of the Dyson ball, and after 50 minutes, Max successfully opened the distance between Max and Christine. At the end of the race, Max finally won the project by one-tenth more parts than Christine.

"Win, Captain, I've won!" Max walked down from the arena with open arms and cried with joy, his eyes shining brightly. Behind him, Christine knelt on the ground, hiding her face and crying bitterly.

I snapped my fingers and said:

"So-so. Your performance didn't live up to my expectations. But it wasn't too disappointing for me. You still have some room to play. ”

Max was stunned for a moment, and then said confidently:

"Don't worry, captain, I will definitely win the next game!"

I smiled and said:

"Yes. In that case, hehe, then the next one, you can continue. ”

It's a pity that Max didn't fulfill his promise. In the next match, his opponent was still Christine, and this time, he lost badly.

The content of this game is the coordinate calculation of ordinary mahjong games and three-dimensional Rubik's cubes, 136 mahjong seeds, 10,000, tube, and strip correspond to the three dimensions of length, width and height respectively, southeast and northwest represent forward and backward, and the red, fortune, and whiteboard represent the three sides of a Rubik's cube, because the cube on any Rubik's cube has only three sides exposed at most, so it corresponds to the red in the red, the yellow of the fortune and the white of the whiteboard. When a player draws a certain mahjong, the number of times the corresponding axis on the Rubik's cube is turned in the southeast, northwest, and northwest directions corresponding to the total number of mahjong numbers. And if you draw two or three mahjong pieces from the fortune, red, and whiteboard, you can swap the two or three colors on a Rubik's cube. The duration of the match is one hour for each player, and the end of the match is signaled when one player runs out of time first. The two contestants will repeat the rules of the appeal over and over again, and whoever combines the Rubik's Cube the most times will be the winner. It seems that luck plays a big part in this project, but in fact, the process also involves the calculation of the probability of remaining mahjong, as well as the calculation of the way the Rubik's cube is combined. Although the use of red, fortune and whiteboard can reduce the resistance of the player in a short time, once this secret weapon is exhausted first, the next time you encounter a problem, you may be stuck for a longer time.

"I'm sorry, Captain, I lost......" Max walked up to me with his head downcast, his eyes dejected.

"Your failure to take a better calculation is a key point in your defeat. In fact, in the calculation process, what you should consider is not what to do with what to do after you get the red fortune and tabula rasa, but whether the other party gets the red fortune and tabula rasa, and see the probability that the other party will use these three subs next. If the other party does not draw, you only need to calculate your side, if the other party draws, you should switch the calculation mode, become how to quickly combine your Rubik's cube to complete, you do not make a reasonable allocation of computing resources. I smiled and said:

"Of course, in this game, I just let you make up the numbers. I didn't think about winning. In the next game, I will come on my own and win. ”

Max looked at me with some puzzlement and said:

"Captain, since your ability is so outstanding, you can win any event, why didn't you appear in person in that round just now? Is there any reason for this? ”

My gaze intentionally or unintentionally glanced at Hua Tianjun, who was sitting in the Japanese player's seat, and then shrugged his shoulders and said:

"There's no particular reason, just to catch your breath."

Alice seemed to see the clue and said:

"Captain, I heard that the Japanese side has signed a contract with Hua Tianjun. In order to avoid the possibility that Hua Tianjun may lose deliberately in the last game, the Japanese side banned Hua Tianjun from participating in the fifth round. And you deliberately chose to play in the fifth round, and the number of games you played before was also the number of games that Hua Tianjun did not participate in, should you ...... Are you deliberately avoiding Hua Tianjun? ”

I laughed dryly, then patted Alice's head and said:

"Nice idea. It's a pity that I think crookedly. ”

Alice raised a white-gold eyebrow with a hint of suspicion on her face, but I was already in the center of the stage before she could ask a second question.

What's more interesting is that in order to suppress me to win this game, the Russian side made a desperate bet and sent Walsh players again, and on the other hand, France and South Korea finally sent Tang Chuhong and Qin Shuya to appear.

Tiran Shengxue was already ready to take place in the position of host, and when she saw me, a complicated look appeared in her eyes, but her gaze only swept like a feather on my face, and then announced in a loud voice:

"Ladies and gentlemen. The fourth round of the competition has ended. Ninety-six of the 112 countries participating in the tournament have decided the winner, leaving 16 countries to enter the fifth round. And the format of this fifth round will be a little special. Because of this game, there is an extremely high risk of death. The format of the competition is also very different from all the previous competitions. ”

Tiran Shengxue's announcement immediately caused a commotion at the scene, and after a pause, Tiran Shengxue continued:

"The event of this game is Elevator Horror. Moreover, the format of the competition will also be in the form of a team competition. ”

As Tiran Shengxue's words fell, I felt the ground beneath my feet begin to tremble in the form of a certain wave of advancement, and the remaining thirty-one players on the field also showed stunned expressions.

The next moment, smooth and snow-white walls rose around me, and these walls were like rising waves, instantly splicing together around me, forming corridors that extended infinitely forward and backward or left and right.

And when I looked up again, the sky above me was gone, and above me was a snow-white ceiling, and I could no longer see the sky of the pure blue dream world.

At the moment, I was standing in the middle of a cross-section, with 31 other runners, and whether I looked left, right, forward, or backward, I could see that the snow-white and empty corridor had only stopped a hundred meters away. At the end of the corridor, I saw two tightly closed elevator doors.

Standing at the crossroads of the Tieran Saint Snow Run:

"It's an infinite space. There are infinite levels in this space, and the number of elevators and corridors in it is infinite. With the elevators, you can travel between different floors and compartments, and some of them have ghosts inside. If you accidentally enter it, you may be killed by the 'ghosts' in the elevator. Moreover, if the elevator door is open for too long, there is a possibility that the ghosts inside the elevator will rush out and kill the other contestants waiting in the corridor outside the elevator. So, if you want to survive, try to take a safe elevator as much as possible. ”

Qin Shuya, who represented South Korea in the competition, took a light breath of cold air and said:

"I didn't expect it to suddenly become such a style of competition...... So, this is a game of complete luck, right? How does this reflect the ability of the players? What is the criterion for judging victory? ”

Tieran Saint Ski Run:

"At a certain distance, the elevator is in free fall. If there are ghosts in the elevator, the speed of the elevator will change both down and up. Players waiting outside the stairs can tell if there are ghosts inside the elevator based on the numbers on the display screen on the elevator floor. However, the spacing between different floors may be different, and the size of the elevator may also be different, so you need to accurately calculate the descent speed of the elevator to determine whether there are ghosts in it. During the race, players can choose to give up halfway. ”

"And the contestant who can take the most elevators in an hour and encounter the fewest ghosts can get a high score. However, it is important to mention that if more than one person takes an elevator, the scores are evenly divided. For example, if one person takes an elevator up one floor, he can get one point, but if seven people ride together, each person can only get one seventh. ”

Tang Chuhong cautiously walked to my side, narrowed his eyes and said:

"Sounds like a troublesome rule...... No, though. I've studied physics, don't lie to me, isn't the speed at which an object falls unrelated to its weight? ”

I smiled and patted Tang Chuhong's head melon seeds, and said:

"That was when the elevator cable broke. If there is a cable to control the lowering speed all the time, it is naturally different. Moreover, considering that the number of floors in this space is infinite, the elevator does not necessarily need a cable to pull, and it can be lifted directly with a steel rod. Physics learned you in vain. ”

Tang Chuhong muttered, stuck out his tongue at me hatefully, and said:

"I don't care so much. Anyway, I'll follow you wherever you go later. Follow you, no problem. ”

I laughed and said:

"But here's the thing. There are thirty-two of us here, and looking at this small elevator, it is estimated that it can accommodate no more than ten people, which means that we must at least divide into four squads and act separately. ”