[You think you can get me to praise you? Don't you know who you're talking to? Our family of three is the best!]

[The cheese is so happy because it just cracked one code. All the codes from the beginning until now have been cracked by the three of us!]

[Pool - Master of Perfunctory Work - Cheese]

They unexpectedly ran into Xing Yu and his two companions, so the six of them ended up traveling together.

They searched everywhere.

After searching for about four or five minutes, they found Guo Zhuyan and his family locked in the classroom.

Guo Zhuyan and his family of three were still searching the classroom, trying to crack the password, but they couldn't find them.

Xing Yu called out softly, "Teacher Guo—"

Upon hearing the sound, Guo Zhuyan turned around and saw Xing Yu and Qin Yuanyao. She immediately rushed to the window, tears welling up in her eyes.

Qin Yuanyao and the others were speechless.

Was he having another dramatic outburst?

Guo Zhuyan gripped the iron bars of the window with both hands, wailing and screaming, "You've finally come! You've finally come to save us! Please get us out of here! I don't want to be tortured by those people! I'm over forty years old, I can't take that kind of torture. Please get us out of here! We don't want to die here!"

Ye Rui "..."

Guo Yicong "..."

I really want to pretend I don't know this person.

The live stream was filled with "hahahahahaha" comments, and netizens were laughing hysterically at Guo Zhuyan.

"Uncle Guo, why are you always so excited? Being excited won't unlock the code," Chi Nao asked, puzzled.

Guo Zhuyan “…”

"I'm just happy to see you all." Guo Zhuyan wiped away imaginary tears.

Chi Nai nodded her little head in agreement. "I understand. Seeing us means we're about to see the password."

Guo Zhuyan “…”

[Hahaha, I thought Teacher Guo was already hilarious, but I didn't expect the cheese to be even funnier!]

[While the cheese analogy might sound a bit arrogant, it's perfectly valid.]

[It suddenly occurred to me that the last time Teacher Guo's family was locked in the torture chamber, they were rescued by Cheese's family. No wonder Cheese could speak so confidently, hahaha]

"Teacher Guo, have you found any clues?" Cao Feiyue asked.

"We found a chalk box with the number 8 written on the bottom. We also found a lesson plan book, which was full of brainwashing content. We specifically looked at page 8, but there was nothing special about it."

Ye Rui continued, "We also found a pocket watch, but it had stopped at 7:35. We tried to create a password using the numbers 8, 7, 3, and 5, but it didn't work."

"Have you looked under the wall? Are there any words on it?" Chi Nao asked.

Guo Yicong replied, "We've looked, but there are no words on the walls or below."

“Yes,” Guo Zhuyan said. “We’ve searched the entire classroom, but we only have a few clues. We’ve tried all the passwords we could, but none of them are right.”

"It's really difficult," Cao Feiyue murmured.

Qi Tian nodded repeatedly.

"The pocket watch stopped at 7:35?" Qin Yuanyao confirmed.

Guo Zhuyan: "Yes."

"The chalk box says 8..." Qin Yuanyao pondered.

Guo Zhuyan: "Yes."

Chi Nai's face lit up, and she said in a soft, sweet voice, "Three plus five equals eight!"

"Have you thought of any clues?" Guo Zhuyan asked, looking at her expectantly.

Chi Cheese shook her head. "No, I just suddenly thought of three plus five equals eight."

Guo Zhuyan “…”

Okay, no problem.

"What does the number 8 represent? Does it have any special meaning?" Xing Yu asked.

"I don't know." Ye Rui sighed. "We searched the 8th desk, the 8th window, everything that could be associated with the number 8, but we found nothing."

"Why is the pocket watch stopped at 7:35?" Xing Yu asked again. "Could it be that Li Xuan passed away at 7:35?"

His words gave everyone a new perspective.

A group of people started talking all at once.

Guo Zhuyan: "Very likely! If Li Xuan passed away at 7:35 on November 4th, could the password be among these numbers?"

Ye Rui: "7:35? Is that morning or evening? If it's 7:35 in the evening, then it should be 7:35 PM."

Guo Zhuyan: "That's right! You can't tell if it's morning or night from the pocket watch! If it's night, then it's 1935!"

As Guo Zhuyan spoke, he immediately ran to the combination lock and tried the four numbers 1935.

The password error message sounded.

"How about we try using these six numbers as a password at 7:35 AM on November 4th?" Xing Yu suggested.

Guo Zhuyan used these six numbers to create several passwords, all of which resulted in incorrect password prompts.

"You guys forgot about eight," Chi Nao said cutely.

“Oh yes, there’s also 8.” Guo Zhuyan suddenly realized. “Then let’s try using the numbers 8, 11, 4, 7, and 35 as a password.”

Then, the password error message continued to play continuously.

When everyone had reached a dead end, Qin Yuanyao said, "Why don't we try setting the pocket watch to eight o'clock?"

Everyone was taken aback.

Qin Yuanyao explained, "Eight can also represent eight o'clock."

Everyone understood.

Ye Rui adjusted her pocket watch to eight o'clock.

However, nothing happened.

Chi Nao stared at the regulator on the pocket watch and said, "Huh? What's this?"

"This is a regulator; it can adjust the position of the pointer," Qin Yuanyao explained.

"Then it can move?" Chi Cheese asked.

Qin Yuanyao didn't quite understand what kind of "movement" Chi Nao was referring to, but since the pointer's position could be adjusted, it could probably be considered to be able to move.

"Okay, sure," Qin Yuanyao said.

"Try pressing it eight times?" Chi Cheese said.

Guo Zhuyan thought of Chi Naizhi's earlier statement that "three plus five equals eight." "Did you suddenly think of that again?"

“Yes.” Chi Nao Cheese nodded her rosy cheeks.

"Alright. Since we don't have any other clues, let's try pressing it eight times."

After Guo Zhuyan finished speaking, Ye Rui counted and pressed eight times.

As she pressed the button for the eighth time and counted to eight, a loud "boom" sound came from somewhere nearby.

Everyone was startled.

Coming to their senses, they looked around for the source of the sound.

Everyone quickly noticed that a white projection screen that had fallen from above the blackboard displayed the four bold numbers "7391".

"No way—" Xing Yu was dumbfounded. "This is a password??"

Guo Zhuyan had already entered the four numbers "7391" into the combination lock.

The combination lock opened immediately.

It really is a password!

Xing Yu stared at Chi Nao Cheese with a mixture of admiration and disbelief. "How did you know to press eight times?"

“I guessed it.” Chi Nao raised her chin. “Which password wasn’t guessed?”

Xing Yu “…”

She's absolutely right; I'm speechless.

(End of this chapter)

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