Three bottles? What a coincidence!
Lin Beiyue narrowed her eyes slightly, while Qin Jin and Gu Changge exchanged a glance, neither of them making any rash moves.
"Click".
The suitcase was opened, revealing two suitcases full of 3x3 Rubik's Cubes. These cubes looked brand new and had clearly been carefully maintained.
What's going on here?
"thump!"
Ouch!
A muffled thud suddenly came from outside the door, followed by a scream, which startled everyone on both sides.
The team members clutched their fragile hearts; so much had happened in the past two days that they felt mentally exhausted.
Lin Beiyue carefully opened the door, only to see a large crater smashed into the snow. A black creature thrashed around inside for a while before crawling out of the crater, clutching its waist.
"Ouch, my God, my back! For a girl like me, the way you threw me in here was way too rough!" A man grimaced as he stood up, clutching his back.
"Guan Nianshan?" Lin Beiyue tentatively called out the name.
"Huh? I'm..." Guan Nianshan looked closely and realized that he was in a very awkward situation.
Behind him was a large, densely packed crowd, and in front of him was a security booth, while he stood alone, bare on the snow, feeling inexplicably awkward.
Guan Nianshan reacted quickly. While everyone around him was stunned, he shamelessly dusted himself off and scrambled into the security booth.
Lin Beiyue was completely bewildered by Guan Nianshan's series of actions. Only when Guan Nianshan squeezed in to shake off the snow did Lin Beiyue close the door again.
"What happened? What stage are we at?" Guan Nianshan breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that everyone around him was still standing there safely. He muttered under his breath, "Thank goodness. If there were a few more people, I would have been in trouble."
"What did you say?" Lin Beiyue didn't hear clearly.
"It's nothing, it's nothing," Guan Nianshan quickly waved his hand.
"Well, it seems we've gained another friend." Salesman Li also realized this, and rubbed his hands together with a smile: "But it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter if there's one more person or one less person. Let's relax together, warm up our bodies first, so it'll be easier to negotiate."
“Peace talks…” Guan Nianshan’s expression was somewhat strange as he glanced meaningfully at Salesman Li as he pulled a Rubik’s Cube from the box.
"That's right, that's right, let's try this Rubik's Cube! How about a little intelligence test?" Salesman Li smiled and distributed the Rubik's Cubes to everyone: "Want to give it a try?"
"Sure, sure, let's give it a try. I love playing with Rubik's Cubes." Guan Nianshan grinned and tossed the Rubik's Cube in his hand. "Salesperson Li, why don't you give it a shot?"
All of these Rubik's Cubes are scrambled; not a single one has been put together correctly.
"No need for that. I'm mainly here to negotiate with you. You should eat well and have fun." Salesperson Li picked up a bottle of coffee from the side: "There's a prize if you can complete the whole puzzle within the time limit."
No one paid him any attention. The Rubik's Cube was already in everyone's hands, and people were solving it half-heartedly. When Li, the salesperson, saw this, he immediately smiled and frantically suppressed the corners of his mouth that were turning up.
This man, who called himself Salesman Li, had never felt so excited in his life.
He's about to complete his mission. Once he does, he'll get a lot of supplies. He's made such a great contribution this time, he won't have to worry about food or clothing or freezing for a long time after he goes back!
"Let's begin the countdown." Salesman Li gripped his wristwatch, staring intently at the ticking of the clock, his eyes gleaming with barely suppressed excitement.
"10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4..."
"3, 2, 1..."
"Hahahahahahaha! How about that! You were... uh?" Salesperson Li turned around, opened his arms as if embracing the sky.
But the moment he turned around, he was stunned. Everyone in front of him was standing there unharmed, looking at him as if he were an idiot.
Guan Nianshan gave a strange smile and handed over the Rubik's Cube: "Hey, it's solved. Where's the prize?"
Two large boxes full of Rubik's Cubes, a total of twelve, were neatly arranged on the ground, each face matched with the same color.
Salesperson Li: "?"
We only exchanged a few words, why did you finish piecing it together?
Salesperson Li quickly picked up the Rubik's Cube and looked at it. It was indeed perfectly aligned, with every color matching. It had really been solved!
"Sorry, I've been playing with Rubik's Cubes since I was a kid, I'm just too good at it." Guan Nianshan had a mocking smile on his face. "Besides, your Rubik's Cube was already solved, didn't you notice?"
"Huh? How could this be?" Salesperson Li was taken aback and quickly took the Rubik's Cube.
“Yes, and this Rubik’s Cube is not only already solved, but it can’t even be turned.” Guan Nianshan spread his hands helplessly: “Before promoting it, we should focus on the quality of the product first.”
"How could that be..." Salesperson Li hurriedly turned the Rubik's Cube in his hand. The "click-click" sound came, and the Rubik's Cube was turned smoothly. Just in case, Salesperson Li turned it a few more times.
It runs very smoothly, without even the slightest lag.
"There's nothing wrong with this Rubik's Cube." Salesperson Li breathed a sigh of relief and handed the cube back to Guan Nianshan. "I knew it! Our products are absolutely guaranteed for quality. How could it be impossible to solve? Want to try again..."
But when he handed the Rubik's Cube out, Guan Nianshan ignored him and retreated to the corner with everyone else.
Salesperson Li suddenly had a bad feeling, just as Guan Nianshan was timing her.
"10, 9, 8..."
Wait, how is this possible?
Salesperson Li felt his heart skip a beat, and his hand trembled so much that he almost smashed the Rubik's Cube.
"Impossible! How could this person know what my special ability is?" Salesman Li's face turned pale. He immediately lowered his head, trying to quickly put together the Rubik's Cube that he had just messed up.
However, he was caught off guard by Guan Nianshan's trickery and had no idea how he had solved the Rubik's Cube.
"3, 2, 1".
As Guan Nianshan's last words fell, Salesman Li disappeared from everyone's sight.
"Click-clack-click-clack".
The Rubik's Cube in the air started moving on its own, as if a black hole had sucked Li, the salesperson, into it, and it began to spin violently.
"Aaaaaahhhhhh—"
As the Rubik's Cube turned, screams came from inside, and crimson blood spurted from its cracks before it fell to the ground and remained motionless.
"Luckily we arrived in time." Guan Nianshan muttered to himself, "You're just unlucky; you ran into what I do best."
"What, what is this thing?" Lin Beiyue broke out in a cold sweat.
She had never played with a Rubik's Cube before, but luckily Guan Nianshan came to her rescue, otherwise she would be inside the Rubik's Cube by now.
"It's similar to how if you can't solve a Rubik's Cube within a set time, you'll be sucked into the Rubik's Cube world." Guan Nianshan picked up the Rubik's Cube from the ground, and a round purple energy core fell out from the crack: "You guys are really something, don't just touch things that other people give you."
"Didn't you move it first?" Lin Beiyue said speechlessly, "If you hadn't suddenly come and picked up a Rubik's Cube first, we wouldn't have moved this strange thing at all."
On a snowy day, someone suddenly invites you to solve a Rubik's Cube. How strange is that?
"I'm just buying you time, don't be ungrateful." Guan Nianshan shrugged. "If I hadn't bought you so much time, the people outside would have rushed in the moment you gathered."
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