"Someone's found a chess piece! right there on Six Horse Avenue!"

Suddenly, someone outside the Imperial Bar shouted excitedly. The guy didn't know anyone in the bar, and no one in the bar knew the guy outside the door.

But people are like that, someone accosted them, and someone replied.

"Hey, do you need to be so excited! Isn't it just that someone has found a chess piece again! Someone else found it a few days ago! Are you so excited?"

"However, this one is different, it is said to be a king chess of pure gold. ”

"Why didn't you say it earlier!"

No one paid attention to the person who talked to him and the person who replied from beginning to end, after all, it was someone else who had nothing to do with him. But what they shout about is what they care about.

People will always have a strong interest in things with the word "king", and they will subtly expect to be different. And when the reality conforms to the ideal, people will always question it because it is too idealistic, and want to find out.

Eventually, curiosity will make the crowd rush to interesting facts, as it is now.

Richard took a sip of beer as the people scrambled out of the bar, then turned to look at Romania again.

"Aren't you interested?"

"To be honest, I'm not really interested. And we'll see it even if we don't join in the fun, don't you think?"

"Hahaha! respect, mybrother!" shouted Richard as he raised his glass again, but before the rim touched his lips, he had to put it down again.

"If you want to honor me, get me a Coke. ”

Hearing this, Richard and Romaria turned around and saw Li Mengxi and Hinata coming from the door.

On the way back, Nayin Hinata had already told Li Mengxi about Richard and Lamaria, so the latter was not surprised to see the two now.

"Yo!" Richard waved happily, "you were too much." ”

"I'm sorry, Richard. Li Mengxi came close and sincerely apologized for ignoring the two of them just now, "Romania is the same, I'm sorry." ”

"Nothing. Then again, the people in that group of people who got the king chess are really you. ”

"Well, thanks to my prompting!" Hinata announced rather smugly. In this regard, Li Mengxi could only say "yes" again and again.

"Well, the two of you can be considered reconciled. ”

"It depends on my mood. With that, Hinata sat down to the right of Lamaria.

And Li Mengxi, who heard her say this, couldn't help but change her face. He thought that the matter in the Starlight Palace had already been revealed.

"Didn't I admit I was wrong. Why are you still angry?"

"Humph!"

Seeing this scene, Richard couldn't help but relieve the siege over there and said, "Excuse me, how can Miss Hinata be in a good mood?"

"Hmm......" Naine Hinata pretended to be pensive when she heard this. Of course, she had already made an attempt, so she just wanted to see Li Mengxi's uneasy look and secretly laugh in her heart.

"Let's just leave it at that, as long as you invite me to eat this store's special cake, I will reluctantly forgive you. ”

"Whew!" Hearing this, Li Mengxi breathed a sigh of relief. As he spoke, he sat down next to Hinata. "Of course it's fine!

"Then I'll leave this to you. The words were closed, and Hinata Nain pushed her order menu to Li Mengxi.

There are not many types on this list, but there is only one, but the number marked at the back really surprised Li Mengxi.

"Two, twenty! Nayin, isn't this too much!"

"That's a small point. Don't you know that girls have a stomach pouch dedicated to desserts!"

"Forget it, as long as you like. Giving up the rebuttal, Li Mengxi pressed the "confirm" button.

"Thanks. After saying that, Naine Hinata turned her attention to Lomaria, "By the way, Romaria, didn't you just say that there is a way to find the chess pieces without solving puzzles?

"Didn't you two already find the chess pieces? You don't need to know this?"

"That's true, yes. But I'm still very concerned. ”

"In that case, it is not impossible to tell you. But after hearing about it, I want to help. ”

"No problem, just leave it to ...... This guy is good!" Saying that, Hinata Nain pointed to Li Mengxi beside him.

"If you need anything, please feel free to ask. Li Mengxi happily nodded in agreement. He was also interested in Lamaria's approach.

"Then it's settled. However, it's more or less my secret, and I can't talk about it here now. Let's talk about it at our hotel in a moment. ”

"In that case, why don't you come to us!" Hinata suggested, "We are now staying in the 'Hall of Nobles' on the top floor of the 'Nobel' Hotel. It's spectacular, and there's a pool!"

"You live there!" exclaimed Richard, "that is a must-see." What do you say, Miss Romania?"

"I said you, how can you take the initiative to make do with someone else's house with a shy face!"

"It's okay, since Naine said so, let's come here. Li Mengxi said.

"Hmm...... Then, we might as well be respectful. Hearing that Li Mengxi also made an invitation, Luo Maria finally agreed. And to be honest, she was also a little interested in that palace-like penthouse.

Hinata Naine was very happy to see this, and she immediately spoke, "You don't have to be polite. Aren't we friends. ”

At this time, a waiter NPC came from behind the bar and placed a cake decorated with various slices of fruit in front of Hinata.

"Please use the 'special cake' you ordered. ”

Seeing her cake, Hinata Nain's eyes lit up, and she couldn't wait to pick up the fork on the plate.

"As far as the bar goes, it's really exquisite. Romalia commented in surprise.

"Say something nice, and I can please you too. Richard smirked.

"I have my own money, so I don't need to break the bank for you. Nain, hurry up and taste it, and then tell me what you think. ”

"So, guys, I'll go first!"

......

After chatting at the bar for a while, the four of them returned to the aristocratic suite rented by Li Mengxi and Hinata Nain according to the arrangement agreed in advance.

While Romalia and Richard were visiting in amazement, Hinata Nain also slowly lay down on the couch with Li Mengxi's support.

"I'll just say twenty is too much. You really can't eat it, don't eat it anymore, why do you just hold it up and stuff it in your mouth!" Looking at the girl's painful expression, Li Mengxi reproached with some annoyance.

"Because, I asked for it myself. Besides, why does the virtual experience hold up...... Hmm......" As she spoke, Nain Hinata looked like she wanted to vomit, but in the end she held back.

"If you want to vomit, you can vomit. That would be a little better. ”

"No, I don't want to ...... such tasteless behavior. Hmmm......"

"Alas, it's you who die to save face and suffer sin, Nain. ”

"She's so uncomfortable, don't talk about her anymore. As the conversation sounded, Romania, who had been walking around casually, walked into the living room. She went over to the couch and took out a bottle of earthy yellow potion and handed it to Hinata.

"Drink this, and it will be fine in a while. ”

Hinata Nain, who was in pain, didn't care what it was, but when she heard that she could feel better, she took it and drank it directly, and then slurped.

Li Mengxi, who saw the potion with his own eyes on the side, couldn't just because it was given by Luo Maria, so he didn't care about the weird color.

"What kind of potion is this?" he asked.

"It's just stomach medicine. ”

"Stomach medicine!" A medicine that was very common in the real world now made Li Mengxi extremely surprised, "There is actually stomach medicine for sale here!"

"Since there is such a symptom as indigestion, it is also appropriate to have corresponding stomach medicine. It's just that it's far from 'selling'. This bottle was a prototype made by a pharmacist player I commissioned, and the recipe was born, but it's still far from universal. ”

"Try, test!"

"Don't worry, the effect has already been tried by this guy, no problem. As she spoke, Lomaria pointed back at Richard, who had just walked into the living room.

"Well, the effect of the medicine is really good, let Miss Hinata use it with peace of mind. ”

"Thank you, Romania. Hinata said weakly.

"No thanks, just get some rest. Then, Li Mengxi, it's time for us to get down to business. With that, Romania turned to face the coffee table, reached out and slid a few times in front of her to materialize a large pile of drawings, notes, and tools. Then, he sat down on the floor.

Subsequently, Richard and Li Mengxi also sat around the coffee table.

After sitting down, Li Mengxi picked up two drawings at random and looked at them. One is a structural map of a building, and the other is a map of the city, but it seems to be more detailed and somewhat annotated than all the ones Li Mengxi has.

"Are these Lomaria, painted by yourself?"

"The structural drawings of the building were copied from the library, and these are still barely usable. I drew the map of the city myself, and none of the ones sold outside were equal scale maps. Rather, you can't print a map at the same scale. ”

"Does this have anything to do with what you said about finding a piece without a riddle?"

"That's nature. If you print a map at a scale, I'm afraid that many people will see through the secrets at a glance. ”

"Secret?"

"Yes, it's the secret of hiding the chess pieces. Li Mengxi, you have also deciphered the riddles of the two chess pieces, don't you think that the respective interpretation rules of these riddles are a bit too unrelated as a part of the same event?"

Truly. As far as the condition of "finding all the chess pieces to open the strategy" is concerned, the design of the riddle should be more uniform, or it will be based on Greek mythology, or it will be based on Chinese history. Like now, each has its own theme, and solving it is like looking for a needle in a haystack, which really makes people wonder if this has the meaning of making people collect chess pieces.

Thinking like this, Li Mengxi nodded in agreement.

Seeing this, Lomaria smiled slightly.

"But if I say that the hiding of the chess pieces comes first, and the design of the riddle comes later, does this phenomenon make a lot of sense?"

"Hide the chess pieces first and then make the riddle, it is the location of the chess pieces that determines the riddle, not the riddle that determines the location of the chess pieces!"

"That's right, so that the rules are not riddles, but the location of the pieces themselves. That's why none of the maps sold in this city are full-scale maps. However, this is just my guess. Anyway, tell me where you found the pieces. ”

"Okay. First of all, today's chess pieces......"

Subsequently, according to Li Mengxi's information, Luo Maria marked it in detail on the map and architectural design drawings. She was really very careful, even the length of the brick in the center of the Six Horse Avenue, or the area of the wall carving in the hall of the "Earth Shaker Water Fun Pavilion".

After doing all this, Romania took a breath of relief.

"If there are nine pieces to rely on, I think that's it. After muttering to herself, she sprang into action, connecting the marker points on the map she had mapped.

Li Mengxi and Richard, who were watching from the sidelines, couldn't help but show surprised expressions.

Of the nine pieces found so far, all but one are in the same straight line, which is a coincidence.

"As you can see. Seeing the two of them's gazes, Romania was sure they had seen the anomaly as well, and went straight to the next step.

"It's not just a string. Here, here, here......" she said as she drew her pen on the drawing, "the distance between these five is exactly the same, and the three here are the same. According to this rule, it is very likely that there is one more between the fifth and sixth pieces. It's just that I can't think of what this chess piece is going on alone outside the straight line. Thanks to this annoying guy, and 11 of this strange number of pieces, what astrology, the layout of chess, my conjecture was all passed. ”

"Does this chess piece really have nothing to do with these eight pieces?" Li Mengxi asked with a frown.

"There is also a mathematical clue that the line extending from this piece is just perpendicular to the straight line, and it is twice as far away from the second piece as the distance between the other pieces. ”

Listening to Luo Maria's words, Li Mengxi constructed a pattern with only points in his mind, and always felt as if he had seen it somewhere.

A straight line plus a vertical point...... Eleven chess pieces...... But now nine have been found, and there are still two missing...... Mo is not a straight line with three vertical points...... Or is it a straight line with two vertical points...... A straight line with two perpendicular points, if these two points are still symmetrical......

"Chess!" Li Mengxi exclaimed.

"Huh?" Rosea was a little surprised and disappointed at his conclusion. "The layout of the chess ......"

"No! it's not chess, I mean Chinese chess!"

"Chinese chess?"

"That's right, if you remove the pawns in Chinese chess, the remaining important chess pieces are exactly eleven, and the layout is a line plus two symmetrical vertical points, and those two points are where the cannon is located!"

"In that case...... "Romania hastened to pick up her tools and draw on the diagram, "the remaining two pieces should be somewhere in the 'Dumas Restaurant' and the south section of Sixth Avenue." ”

"I think that's how it should be. Li Mengxi nodded in agreement.

After a moment's silence, Romalia smiled in relief.

"We've all got enough pieces, and it's useless to come up with this now. ”

"'Seeking just for the sake of seeking, this is exactly the monster called the scholar,' isn't that what the professor said, Miss Romania?"

Hearing this, Rosea turned her head to stare at Richard's narrow expression for a moment, and then smiled. "Hehe, that's right!"

"Well, let's go find out tomorrow. Find out if you're a qualified scholar at all. ”

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