Chapter 159
[Ding Dong! The system automatically detected that your JR points accumulated to 7,672,300. All player information meets the requirements for this tower climbing event.]
[This tower climbing event will start at 00:00 on January 3, 2024, and players will automatically enter the event. (Participation status cannot be canceled in this event)]
[Players, please be prepared to climb the tower and try your best to survive to the passing line! ]
[The countdown for the tower climbing event has begun. Five, four, three, two, one... the data has been loaded!]
After a few seconds of familiar dizziness, four magnificent and towering red and black towers appeared in front of Yitu.
They are quietly suspended in the void, dim and silent.
[This time, your tower attack suit is hearts. Please wait patiently for the tower master to enter and open the tower gate!]
Since this was Yitu's first time participating in the tower climbing activity, he had to first master the pattern of his identity card before he could freely choose to climb other A-shaped towers.
So Xu Heng had to give up the idea of entering the same tower with Yi Tu, and they could only wait until they climbed to the 50th floor before meeting again.
After climbing 50 floors of each A-shaped tower, you can freely choose the color of the next floor.
The reason for setting up this activity is nothing more than to balance the development of the players themselves. The higher the tower level of a suit, the more compatible the player is with the suit, and the more difficult it is to pass.
Most players cannot expand their range to just one suit, so they have the right to make new choices after the 50th level.
Xu Heng's suit is plum blossom, while Song Jingchen and Xie Yan's suits are both diamonds.
In other words, except for him and Xu Heng who had no acquaintances as companions, the others were not lone wolves.
However, even though Ou Cheng and Shen Yueshu both had spades as their suits, the two of them hardly needed to communicate while climbing the tower, as they climbed their own way.
As the master of the Spade A tower, Jiang Hanyu cannot choose towers of the other three suits to attack.
The only place he must and can focus on is the Spade Tower.
The same goes for the other three tower masters, who are unable to leave the A-shaped tower that imprisoned them.
In this regard, Yitu no longer plans to go out and play with his spouse, as there is a high probability that the two of them will never meet.
Yi Tu didn't know whether the communicator between him and Jiang Hanyu could be used. As he thought so, the Red Heart Tower soon began to light up with golden light.
The next second, the system prompt sounded in his ears.
[The Heart Tower Master has started the event and is about to enter the first floor of the tower - Fairy Tale Town! ]
As soon as the mechanical sound fell, the tall stone door in front of Yitu opened to both sides with a bang.
After entering, Yitu took a quick look and found that as expected, there were not many players attacking the Heart Tower.
Compared to the most popular and fiercely contested Diamonds and Spades, there are less than a third of the players in the Hearts Tower.
The space on the first floor of the tower was so spacious that even after three or four thousand people came in, it still seemed a bit empty.
Yi Tu subconsciously glanced at the communicator between him and Jiang Hanyu. It was disconnected, which was a pity.
Although they knew that this was only the first floor of the Red Heart Tower, it seemed like a whole new world in its own right.
A beautiful and warm fairy tale world, with colorful balloons floating in the blue sky and a few cute little white boats floating on the sparkling Swan Lake.
Behind the Swan Lake is a huge pink princess castle, which is particularly magnificent and dazzling surrounded by green gardens.
Despite the beautiful scenery, no player focused on the castle.
Obviously, the castle gate was closed, and the protagonist of the story of Storybrooke was not inside this time.
There were a lot of discussions around, but Xiaoxiao was not noisy. Yitu looked around and listened attentively.
"Why hasn't it started yet? Have you seen the King of Hearts?"
"I haven't seen it yet. Don't worry, you will know it in a while."
"Yeah, why rush? Every time Fairy Tale Town comes, it's the Emperor who has to go through it. Let's just wait patiently for the answer."
Yitu's heart moved slightly. The first level of the Red Heart Tower was very special, and the way to pass it was different from the other three towers.
The first level of the Heart Tower is quite difficult, but as the base of the A-shaped Tower, even though it is difficult, it will allow players to pass it in an alternative way.
That is, among so many players, as long as one person opens the stone gate, all the other players will be able to pass the level.
And every time on the first level of the Red Heart Tower, Emperor Minghuang was the first to give the answer.
As the players were talking, a stone door engraved with words and numbers suddenly appeared in the east. It was the door to the second floor.
Just as Yitu was trying to decipher the words on the stone gate, there was suddenly a noise coming from the three dilapidated thatched houses to the west.
"The big rabbit is sick. The second rabbit takes care of it. The third rabbit buys medicine. The fourth rabbit boils it..."
Several snow-white rabbit-headed people, more than one meter tall, rushed out of the thatched hut. They sang nursery rhymes with strange tones and made corresponding movements. The scene became a bit scary for a while.
"Rabbit Five died. Rabbit Six carried the body. Rabbit Seven dug a hole. Rabbit Eight buried the body. Rabbit Nine sat on the ground and cried..."
Everyone watched this opera-like performance and finally knew what the question was that Once Upon a Time was going to ask.
A scary nursery rhyme about a bunny-headed man.
The rabbit-headed man's nursery rhyme continued, and the nine rabbits sat on the ground and sobbed as the song went. It was not difficult for everyone to find that among all the rabbits, only the nine rabbits were slightly different.
The other rabbit-headed people had no decorations on their bodies, but Rabbit Nine had a small pink flower on his ear.
"Ten rabbits asked it why it was crying?"
"Rabbit Nine said Rabbit Five would never come back!"
Three seconds after the nursery rhyme was finished, the ten rabbit-headed men began to repeat the performance.
"The big rabbit was sick. Rabbit Two looked after him. Rabbit Three bought medicine. Rabbit Four boiled the medicine. Rabbit Five died. Rabbit Six carried him. Rabbit Seven dug a hole. Rabbit Eight buried him. Rabbit Nine sat on the ground and cried. Rabbit Ten asked why he was crying. Rabbit Nine said that Rabbit Five had gone away and never came back!"
The strange nursery rhyme was sung once more, and only then did someone remember to look at the words on the stone gate.
Sure enough, there were three questions written on it, and you could pass the level only if you answered all the questions with correct numbers.
How many rabbits died in total?
[Several rabbits participated in the murder]
[A few rabbits are the masterminds of this nursery rhyme]
Just when everyone was guessing the first answer, the nursery rhyme had already been sung for the third time.
The players around were discussing the matter. None of the questions on the stone gate had direct answers.
If you can't guess the complete story of the nursery rhyme, it's almost impossible to guess the three questions correctly, and this stone door only gives you three chances to answer.
"The ones who died were Big Rabbit and Five Rabbit, right? The first question can't be that simple."
"I think one of them must have died. Don't overthink it. What if they were deliberately trying to confuse us?"
"Oh my god, I can't figure it out. What kind of nursery rhyme is this? Could it be that Rabbit Three bought drugs and poisoned Rabbit Five? Is Rabbit Five the murderer?"
When the nursery rhyme was sung again, two voices, one high and one low, suddenly rang out in the crowd at the same time.
“The answer is 2, 4, and 10.”
“Two, four, ten.”
A hint of surprise flashed in Yitu's eyes. He looked at the master who spoke almost in unison with him, and their eyes met in mid-air.
The man had long hair that reached his shoulders, and each strand of his golden hair was clearly visible under the sunlight.
His skin was white and delicate, and there was no trace of superfluous emotion in his eyes, so when he smiled at Yi Tu, his delicate features suddenly became lively, which seemed a little unreal.
The man's lips moved slightly, but no syllable came out.
But Yitu knew what he was talking about, my queen.
After he and Minghuang told the answer, the player standing next to the stone gate entered the answer immediately.
The next second, the stone door opened to both sides with a bang.
"Holy crap! Is it so magical?"
"The person who gave the answer together with Emperor Ming should be the Red Queen climbing the tower for the first time. So handsome."
"Oh, why? Can anyone help me analyze this nursery rhyme? I really don't understand it."
More and more players poured into the exit, so that the figure of the Red Heart King Minghuang was quickly covered up. When Yi Tu looked again, the man had disappeared.
Yitu frowned slightly. That person was not an easy person to get along with.
The two looked at each other for a brief second, but it seemed like they were fighting for a moment from a distance.
The moment the divine thought was extended, it was immediately captured by the Red Heart King and dissolved invisibly.
But the message from the King of Hearts came back, saying, you are much smarter than I thought.
Yitu couldn't understand the meaning of his words, and the man turned and disappeared into the crowd.
The King of Hearts may not be very powerful, but he must be a top expert in manipulating human psychology.
Yitu dispelled the strange feeling in his heart and was about to walk towards the exit when suddenly a girl boldly pulled his sleeve.
Yitu was stunned for a moment and looked at her with a frown.
The girl blushed slightly, but still asked boldly:
"I don't mean anything else. I just want to know how you guessed the answer to the nursery rhyme. Can you tell me?"
A trace of helplessness flashed across Yitu's eyes, and he had no choice but to remind her:
"It's simple. This is a story of passion and murder."
"What?" The girl was stunned and didn't understand.
But the man didn't intend to explain any further, and said calmly without turning his head:
"Think about it yourself."
The girl stood there blankly for a long time and didn't dare to chase after him, while the viewing area of the Queen of Hearts was in chaos.
[Spade Player 932: Oh my god, this little girl is so brave! How dare she try to touch the Red Queen?]
[Heart Player 491:??? What does the Red Queen mean by this? A love-murder story? Is it for the Nine Rabbits??]
[Block Player 876: Holy crap!!! I get it!!! Holy crap, the Queen of Hearts is awesome! The King of Hearts is awesome!!]
[Spade Player 3846: What the hell is this? Tell me now! Don't force me to slap you!]
[Diamond Player 876: Oh, I don't really understand it either, but the Red Queen said it was a murder of passion, and based on the Nine Rabbits wearing the little flower, we can guess that the Ten Rabbits who asked her why she was crying were the mastermind.]
[Block Player 876: Because Rabbit Ten likes Rabbit Nine and pays attention to her every word and action, she asked her why she was crying. Since Rabbit Nine was crying for Rabbit Five, this means she likes Rabbit Five.]
[Hearts Player 4721: You're right. Actually, after the Queen of Hearts gave me this hint, I figured it out. But I still don't quite understand the other two questions.]
[Spade Player 598: Oh, how come they're so smart? They figured it out after playing the nursery rhyme three times, while we can't guess the whole story even if we give them hints.]
[Block Player 947: So... can anyone tell me, the big rabbit got sick, so why did the fifth rabbit die? ? ?]
There were many speculations in the viewing area, and even after so much time, no one could correctly analyze the story hidden behind this horrible nursery rhyme.
However, Yitu and Minghuang took less than five minutes to figure out the cause and effect.
Each line of this nursery rhyme is inevitably connected to the next line, so that the whole forms a story.
The ten rabbit-headed people who appeared all had close hidden relationships with each other.
The reason why Yitu was able to guess the answer completely was thanks to a friend who was a forensic doctor.
The big rabbit is sick, and the second rabbit comes to see him, which means that the second rabbit plays the role of a doctor here.
The next sentence, "Three rabbits buy medicine," does not mean that the three rabbits actually went to buy medicine.
"Buying medicine" is actually a slang term, which means killing a rabbit to use as a medicine to cure the big rabbit.
Therefore, the role played by the third rabbit is similar to that of a killer, and the medicinal material boiled by the fourth rabbit is actually the corpse of the fifth rabbit.
What’s interesting is that it was the second rabbit, who was a doctor, who decided who of the third rabbit would be killed as a medicine. He said that the fifth rabbit could be used as a medicine, so the fifth rabbit died.
The fifth rabbit died, and the sentence "six rabbits carried it" is actually a faulty sentence.
It is impossible for one person to lift a corpse. The action of "lifting" must be done by two people.
So the original sentence here should be changed to "six rabbits carried" to "six rabbits were carried".
The truth is that five or six rabbits died, and the reason was that these two rabbits were good brothers living together.
When three rabbits go to kill someone, there is a high probability that they will kill someone by mistake, or six rabbits will be killed while saving someone.
This speculation comes from a very small detail that Yitu did not miss at the beginning of the nursery rhyme.
Five or six rabbits ran out of the same thatched hut and stood together until they started their singing performance.
So the answer to the first question came to light: a total of two rabbits died, that is, rabbit five and rabbit six.
The following two sentences, "Seven rabbits dig the hole, eight rabbits bury it," are fine until nine rabbits and ten rabbits appear.
Rabbit Nine is the only female rabbit here. She cries bitterly for the death of her beloved.
The concerned inquiry of Rabbit Ten revealed its love for Rabbit Nine.
This nursery rhyme ends here. If you look back at it again, you will find that the big rabbit’s illness might be the work of the ten rabbits.
In other words, the story from beginning to end was a conspiracy planned by the Ten Rabbits.
It colluded with rabbits two, three, and four to murder rabbit five, so the death of rabbit six could only be considered an accident.
So the second question is how many rabbits were involved in the murder. There were four rabbits in total, and the tenth rabbit was the mastermind behind the answer to the last question.
Yitu understood the hidden meaning of the word "buy medicine", and the subsequent speculation became natural.
However, Emperor Minghuang gave the answer at the same time as him, and both of them saw fear in each other's eyes.
After successfully passing the first level of the tower, Yitu saw that the tower climbing reward value on his game panel had become 2 points.
The tower climbing reward value can be exchanged for various props or JR points he wants in the store before he exits the activity.
The more tower levels you clear, the higher the reward value.
Yitu found it interesting, climbed a dim staircase, and soon he stood at the door of the second floor of the tower.
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