Under normal circumstances, even in hot weather, a person's body temperature will raise the temperature of the objects they come into contact with, making those objects even hotter.

However, the concave part of the chair was slightly cooler, indicating that it had been covered by something without body temperature.

The gap between the cover and the seat creates a shadow, and only when the heat cannot enter the recessed area will it feel cool to the touch.

It's like a hole covered from above, so the temperature underneath naturally drops.

Moreover, to achieve this condition, two non-transparent objects must be stacked together. Shi Jinzhe patted the chair, "The people in Block City might also be mosaics, the kind that are square and neat. Sitting on the chair is like stacking blocks."

Shekh: "The people are mosaics, so could the monster refer to the people here? I didn't sense any living beings, but there are traces of human activity here. There were 'people' here before we came, but they're not here now. Could it be that they pieced themselves into other places?"

Shi Jinzhe bought her Lego, and she also played a similar game. Anyway, it's all about building things together, and maybe people can be pieced together with city structures.

If they could actually be assembled, wouldn't that block city be filled with human body parts?

Scherhe frowned, stepped out from behind the counter, and began looking for any unusual pieces of fabric in the store, trying to piece together a person.

Shi Jinzhe was already studying the computer: "It's called a race, but we can't just rush forward without knowing anything. The game has only just begun, and we haven't gotten many clues yet. Let's look for information about crystals here."

With twelve crystals scattered throughout such a large city, if you wander around like a headless fly, you won't find anything. You need a plan of action.

The computer works fine, although it's full of pixelated text that gives him a headache.

Finding nothing useful in the local files, Shi Jinzhe opened the webpage again.

A complete image appears on the screen, which is the most common way to verify by dragging the slider.

He didn't move the mouse, but asked in confusion, "I didn't expect that simply browsing a webpage would require verification."

In the game, an anomaly means there is information. This bookstore is a good choice; we've made a discovery at our first exploration point.

His gaze swept over the square pixels, and Shi Jinzhe asked in a raised voice, "Sheh, have you found anything over there?"

"No, this place is full of supplementary materials and extracurricular books; I couldn't even find a map."

"Then come here for a moment."

Schech returned to the counter. "Did you find anything?"

"I'm pregnant, but I need you to protect me."

“…What a fragile little kid you are. I’ve never seen you so vulnerable before, always needing to be protected.”

"Not a child, but my boyfriend."

Shi Jinzhe picked out a fist-sized cube from the table, took out the chain he had confiscated in the previous game, and tied it to the cube.

"what are you up to?"

"Verify that image." After Shi Jin finished binding the chain, he found that he couldn't secure the mouse at this end; the bottom was uneven, and it didn't achieve the effect he wanted.

He looked around, then fixed his gaze on Shekh's hair.

"Let's discuss something."

"explain."

Give me a strand of your hair.

Shekh pressed down on his hair and took a step back. "It's not easy for a snake to grow hair. Tell me what you want to do first."

Shi Jin flicked his finger across the screen, "Do you see this verification image?"

"Um."

"Jigsaw City is not a normal city, and the people here may not be people in the normal sense, so this verification map cannot be unlocked by pulling it in the way we do."

Shi Jinzhe picked up the cube in his hand and ran his finger along the straight edge to demonstrate to Shehe.

"When you normally verify your identity, pulling this thing is easy; anyone with hands and eyes can do it. So do you know why we need to add this extra step?"

Sheh nodded. Shi Jinzhe had told her this a long time ago: "It has been determined that I am not a robot."

"The human body is designed so that we cannot draw a perfectly straight line. What we perceive as straight is only what the naked eye sees, and it cannot compare to what AI draws."

Staring at the cube in Shi Jinzhe's hand, She Heming understood: "So we need to turn this over, and we need to find a way to draw a straight line."

"The straighter the better, but we don't need AI to compare. People here should have joint movement no matter what. We just need to make the lines we draw not tremble like usual."

Sheh pulled out a strand of hair and gave it to Shi Jinzhe, saying, "Give it back to me when you're done."

"Can't you give it to me?" Shi Jinzhe took the hair, attached it to the mouse and the heavy cube respectively, and adjusted the angle.

“I heard it on the news yesterday,” Shekh suddenly said, changing the subject dramatically.

"What?"

"Comments say that people of the opposite sex should stay away from your collecting behavior."

“You should stay away from people like that, but I’m not just anyone, so you don’t have to,” Shi Jinzhe said casually, placing the solid cube on the edge of the counter with his other hand supporting it from below, the distance just the right length for sliding.

Shekh didn't want to affect him, so he didn't reply and remained silent.

As the cube falls vertically, the image verification is successful, and you can log in to the webpage.

He first typed "crystal" into the search box, but no results were displayed. Having no other choice, Shi Jinzhe had to settle for second best and typed "building block city".

This time I found something new; a series of blue news headlines caught my eye.

"The Crystal Stone: A Cataclysmic Force or a Spark for a World Amidst Rapid Development?"

"The super energy source that once benefited humanity may bring about distorted radiation; residents are urged to evacuate immediately."

Starting today, the twelve crystal stones will be officially named in commemoration.

Another new technology has broken through research bottlenecks and achieved significant results.

Mysterious Meteorite? Experts Claim Mysterious Crystal Stone Came from Outer Space.

Shi Jinzhe flipped through two more pages, and there were only a few titles. He clicked on each one, and when he got to the third article, he made a new discovery.

The twelve crystal stones were named "Shejun", "Babaili", "Shanjun", "Yuejing", "Yunchi", "Yujingzi", "Zhuifeng", "Zhenlang", "Wangsun", "Sichen", "Wulong", and "Wujin".

It refers to the twelve zodiac animals.

Shi Jinzhe pondered, his fingers tapping on the table.

Judging from these titles, regardless of the present, at least the super energy possessed by the twelve crystals has contributed to the progress of humanity in this world.

It is quite reasonable that such an important animal is named after the twelve zodiac animals.

Since these are things from the heavens, the location where the twelve crystals were placed should also be related to places like the sky or the universe.

Suddenly, I remembered a sentence I had read in a book.

The greatest number in the universe is no more than twelve.

This is the result of ancient people's research on astronomical phenomena. In addition to the year, month, and day of birth, the twelve zodiac animals, there are also the twelve earthly branches corresponding to the twelve zodiac animals.

Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, Hai.

Thinking of this, Shi Jinzhe quickly searched for the directional charts corresponding to the twelve earthly branches on the webpage.

Shekh saw him engrossed in taking notes and glanced at him a few times as well.

The circles are intertwined, some representing watches and others time; each word looks familiar, but when put together, it's hard to understand what they mean.

"Does the game never consider people from other countries?"

"It didn't consider any of those things," Shi Jin grumbled as he memorized the text. "Who would bother studying this stuff for no reason?"

It's only people like them who actively seek out everything in order to clear survival dungeons and ensure their thinking is broad enough.