Magellan saw a very classic "dirt bomb". Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

At one time, the world had the rudiments of modern gunpowder, but it was quickly extinguished by the rapid development of magic. The alchemists, who had discovered gunpowder by accident, did not hesitate to abandon this unusable thing, and did not hesitate to pounce on the subject of the "Essence Furnace" in the current of thought that "all problems should be solved by the essence".

However, there are several ways to make explosives, after all, alchemists can't do without explosions.

The bomb in this box is made of two liquids, and if the two are mixed, a violent chemical reaction will occur, and then it will naturally boil, expand, and the liquid will splash, leaving a bunch of small holes in the wooden floor with white smoke.

For some reason, Magellan looked at this bomb with a simple structure and developed a familiar feeling.

But it doesn't matter, the bomb is a protective measure, it is connected to a lock, and if the lock can be opened, the bomb will be gone.

But this lock came as a great surprise to Magellan.

It's a combination lock, like the simplest kind of diary lock in the past, with a three-digit password. To his surprise, there were only three choices for each password, which means that the correct password was one in nine, and the ability of this lock to keep it secret was surprisingly low.

But looking at the dirt bomb attached to it, maybe the designers were confident that this would be enough, but Magellan knew that for a combination lock, a 10 percent leak could be really high.

He picked up the box and studied the combination lock, but was really startled by the roughness of the lock. Magellan was fully confident that he would be able to break the combination lock and not let the bomb explode, but he didn't.

Magellan found the combination lock interesting, and he went through all nine codes and put the box back on the table.

The code on the lock is divided into three groups, each group of three, which are shrimp, fish and rats, snakes, elephants and mice, eagles, dragonflies and mice.

It looks really weird, and Magellan thinks about it even more strangely.

Shrimp, fish and rats, the first two live in the water, but if this is to represent a large group of animals, rats can represent the mammals in the water, that is, the overlord of the ocean, cetaceans.

Snakes, elephants and rats, the first two live on land, in the same way, rats are the only animals that restrain elephants in Azoote, and, historically, the Royal Society of Brittania once had a famous debate with Scientology, in which it was mentioned that rats are the closest animals in the world to humans.

Eagles, dragonflies, and rats are the animals that can fly, and this is even simpler, and the study of magic has concluded that dragons, although oviparous, are mammals in nature.

So, if someone follows the simplest idea and turns the password to three of the same mice, they can also unlock the combination lock.

Magellan put his hand on the lock, and thought it was a little strange. All of them have made earth bombs to ensure that the contents of the box are not taken away, why is this combination lock so simple?

When he thought about it carefully, the code was not without other answers, the three animals of fish, snake, and eagle all had divinity in mythology.

Magellan smiled, he couldn't remember how long it had been since he had been so "unprofessional" and focused on things that didn't matter at all.

Without further hesitation, he turned the code to the three mice and unlocked the lock.

The box quietly opened, revealing a note inside.

Magellan took out the note and looked at it, only to see that it read: 221B.

He smiled and shook his head and put the note in his pocket.

Some of the clues he had ignored began to make sense, such as the fact that the owner of the house where Magellan had taken the box was working for Professor Moriarty.

He had noticed the pattern in a way he had learned from Sherlock Holmes, who, like him, was a frequent visitor to the quays south of the city.

Anyway, 221B Baker Street, there's the answer to everything.

Magellan carefully wrapped up the bomb box and left his residence.

......

"Good afternoon, Professor Magellan. ”

"Hello, Dr. Watson. ”

Arthur wasn't there, and it was Watson who said hello. Sherlock Holmes was nestled up on the couch, smoking a pipe and reading the newspaper, and it was rare that he didn't look bored.

"I've brought you something. ”

Magellan placed the box on the table and unwrapped the outside.

"Ah......" Holmes had a complicated expression on his face when he saw the bomb.

"Explain, Holmes, I see you have a very clear view of things. ”

"That's true. Holmes put the newspaper away on the table, picked up his pipe and stuffed it into his mouth, "I should have thought of it...... It's a coincidence, but it's almost a ......."

"The man who carved the pattern on Old John's counter was me. ”

It dawned on Magellan that he himself could not tell whether he was happy or surprised or something more subtle.

"That Jack Sparrow is also pretending to be me. ”

Magellan spread his hands and was speechless.

"Of course, I made the box too. ”

"No wonder I think the combination lock is so familiar, and the taxonomic knowledge involved in it is still what I told you as an anecdote......"

"So, this is ours, the entrance test?" said Magellan, sitting on the couch with his ass on his shoulder, let out a long sigh.

"I shouldn't be surprised that you can pass the test......" Holmes's tone was a rare surprise.

Magellan looked at the eyes of Sherlock Holmes looming behind the smoke that swirled.

"Hahahaha!"

The two erupted into laughter together.

"It seems that the hunters will not be able to form an army after all, and they are not destined to have many companions. ”

"Don't be so proud, Holmes, just because the number of people who share your interests doesn't mean that they are more noble than others. ”

"Well, you're always full of unfounded ecumenical ideas, and it's no wonder that Watson and Mrs. Hudson like you so much. ”

"Are you jealous, Sherlock Holmes?"

"Hmm-" Holmes made an inexplicable expression and said no more.

Watson handed a cup of black tea to Magellan: "I added some calming oriental herbs according to the recipe you brought, and Sherlock Holmes has been much better lately." ”

"That's great. ”

"Mrs. Hudson's pumpkin pie is a must, would you like to have dinner together, Professor Magellan?"

Magellan nodded: "That's great." ”

Sherlock Holmes took his pipe from his mouth: "I think it's better for you to help out in the kitchen." ”