Chapter 468 The Competition Begins

"Well." Zhou Qingze said, "It's the only way. It's engraved on the stone and it definitely can't be moved. I can only try to remember it."

"There's no need to do anything now. Anyway, every page of the Heavenly Book will have the same effect and the same number of words. We just have to wait and see which one we copy." Xia Wange glanced at the machine that kept dropping ping-pong balls.

"I didn't expect you know so much." Seeing the discussion over, Bai Yuyao looked at Lu Qiu and spoke. It was rare for her to say something nice to him.

Xia Wan Ge: “…”

You should be looking at me when you say this.

Lu Qiu: “…”

Don't look at me, I don't know anything.

"What's wrong? Why are you looking at me?" Bai Yuyao said, "If you don't do that kind of thing, I won't be so hostile to you."

Lu Qiu: “…”

Forget it, the prejudice in people’s hearts is indeed a huge mountain.

Xia Wange also turned his attention back to the machine.

Do whatever you want.

Soon, the results came out. They were assigned to Chapter 10. Then someone took them to a building near the venue and led them directly to the tenth floor.

On the way, detailed rules have been released.

Each chapter of "The Book of Heaven" is engraved on different stone slabs and placed on different floors. Each team that completes the transcription of its own chapter wins.

There is a dark room on each floor where the stone slabs are kept. There is a fingerprint lock outside the door and only the contestants can enter.

Contestants are not allowed to destroy or touch the stone slabs, cannot use electronic devices, and can only use flashlights prepared by the props team to illuminate in the dark room. Otherwise, they will be disqualified and held accountable.

The group that finishes copying the fastest will win and get points. The first group to finish will get 100 points, the second will get 90 points, the third will get 80 points, and the fourth will get 50 points. The rest will continue to decrease in order. From the point setting, you can see that the points of the top three can make a big difference to the subsequent rankings.

There are surveillance cameras in the living room and dark room, and the signal has been blocked in the entire building. The contestants cannot contact the outside world. If they have any questions and need to find a referee, they can pick up the walkie-talkie.

The rules are clear and there are no twists and turns.

When they reached the tenth floor, Xia Wange took a look and found that there was everything here. It was very much like a small apartment with three bedrooms, two living rooms and two bathrooms. The sofa bed was very complete, there were a lot of food in the refrigerator, and there were snacks on the table.

Xia Wange walked to the table, looked at the bread on it, and curled her lips, "With so many things, it looks like this is going to be a long battle."

Zhou Qingze checked the room. He and his junior sister would flip coins in each room. After checking the room, he returned to the living room and said, "The room is clean. There is no problem."

Hearing this, Lu Qiu raised his eyebrows slightly. Clean?

But the next moment, he realized that the clean the other party meant was probably different from what he understood as clean.

This is a metaphysical competition, he needs to adapt quickly and change his thinking.

The game hadn't officially started yet. Xia Wange brought paper and pen, and dragged the table directly outside the darkroom, "This way we can get closer."

"That makes sense." Zhou Qingze looked at Lu Qiu and nodded, "This can indeed save some time."

Xia Wan Ge: “…”

Lu Qiu: “…”

This time, only the contestants could enter the dark room. Bai Yuyao took the initiative to take charge of the logistics. She took out some fruit and said, "Brother, this way of communicating is weird."

"I think so too." Zhou Qingze looked at Lu Qiu, "You should be able to hear me talking to her, right? I talked to her afterwards, otherwise I would have to look at you when she talked, which would be a bit troublesome."

"I couldn't ask for more." Lu Qiu nodded.

It's really what he wants. He is almost torn apart.

"Let me do a quick divination first." Zhou Qingze said, then sat in front of the dark room door and began to tell fortunes. Looking at the results of the divination, he was stunned for a moment.

"What's the result?" Xia Wange squatted down and asked.

"It's a bit strange." Zhou Qingze divined again, and the result was the same, "'odd', 'win', 'big win'"

"These are all very good results!" Bai Yuyao's eyes lit up after hearing this, "It's a good sign!"

Zhou Qingze frowned and analyzed, "But the hexagram shows that we have a great victory. A great victory means that we are far ahead of others, which is why such a result occurred. But in fact, we were able to win not because one of the three of us was very good at copying, but because we used a unique trick and made efforts from all sides to make us win. It's just... very strange."

"It's a good omen, and it has a good meaning." Xia Wange walked to Lu Qiu's side, took the jade from him and put it on her hand, saying, "Let's summarize the information we know about the Heavenly Book. The words on the Heavenly Book are incomprehensible, and if you try to read it, you will be under great mental pressure. I don't know exactly how strong it is, so we'll take it one step at a time."

"The Heavenly Book is quite mysterious." Lu Qiu whispered.

"It can actually be explained." Xia Wange said, "Complex things can indeed cause a certain amount of mental attack. Just like someone who is very bad at physics, after reading a few pages of university physics, he will start to feel sleepy and can hardly read a few words, and feel dizzy. The Heavenly Book is just more complex and more concrete than this."

Lu Qiu: “…”

That made sense. Every time he looked at the book full of talismans that Xia Wange usually read, he would feel sleepy and lack energy as soon as he opened it.

Xia Wange had just put on the jade when the voice of the referee team came from the room, "Countdown ten seconds, get ready! Ten, nine, eight... three! Two! One! The competition begins, good luck to everyone!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Qingze stood up, picked up the flashlight outside the darkroom door and said, "I'll go in and take a look first."

Xia Wange nodded.

So Zhou Qingze walked in using the fingerprint recognized at the door.

In just thirty seconds, the door of the darkroom was quickly pushed open, and Zhou Qingze ran out with a pale face. He hugged the trash can and started vomiting violently. Bai Yuyao handed him some water, but he quickly waved his hand, then endured the nausea and crawled to the coffee table, quickly drawing a complicated pattern on a piece of white paper.

After he finished drawing the pattern, he took the water and gulped down a few mouthfuls. He closed his eyes tightly as if trying to overcome dizziness, and then he spoke word by word, "It's very dark inside. There is a cover outside the stone slab that cannot be touched... I drew only half of the first word. I don't know how many words there are, but there are at least more than 200. I just stared at the first word for a while, and I felt dizzy as if I had turned around countless times. This competition is difficult and requires a long-term battle."