The time after the exams was relatively less difficult to endure. Although they only had one meal at noon and consumed a lot in the afternoon, as long as there were no exams, it was heaven for these "bad students".
After the other people in the classroom gradually calmed down, Shi Xin held a pen and calmly analyzed and recorded on paper what he needed to do next.
First, he would have to exchange all the clues he knew with Jiang Su and the others tomorrow at noon, and ask Jiang Su to help him explore the feasibility of "sacrifice" in exchange for the rules as soon as possible. Once it was feasible, he would immediately encourage the students to implement the plan.
Secondly, the upcoming exams cannot be taken lightly. Although Shi Xin has already told everyone in the class how to get full marks quickly, the situation in other classes is still unknown. He must help more students within his ability.
Finally, there is Mingqiao.
Shi Xin's pen spinning posture stopped.
The dense and strong emotions and impulses that rose from his heart made him circle the two words "Mingqiao" again and again.
He thought about all the clues about Mingqiao since he entered the teaching building, from the note that said "Believe what you believe" at the beginning, to the instructions for the chief invigilator on the back of Mingqiao's work badge that he accidentally saw, to the various rules that Mingqiao revealed to him intentionally or unintentionally later, and finally to the real and fake Mingqiao.
There seems to be no connection between these scattered clues, as if Mingqiao was just helping him to deal with the situation from beginning to end.
Shi Xin rubbed his tightly furrowed brows and connected the several clues he had written with Mingqiao's name using one-way arrows.
There is no doubt that Mingqiao has become an NPC. His identity is an accomplice of the "villain" and the opposite of the student group. An NPC representing the villain will not help his enemies again and again, either theoretically or logically.
But if Mingqiao's purpose of giving hints is not to provide timely assistance, and these actions must conform to normal game logic, Shi Xin can only think of one thing -
Mingqiao needs to think about the problem from his perspective.
He changed the direction of all the one-way arrows pointing to Mingqiao.
As Mingqiao, he can distinguish right from wrong. He knows his duty as a teacher, so he left the note to Shi Xin, hoping to help the students escape. On the contrary, as an NPC, he needs to abide by the instructions of the main invigilator. He knows and firmly enforces all the rules that will kill students if they violate them.
Mingqiao is a contradictory individual, he saves people and kills people, he is both a decent person and a villain. What will such a person do?
Shi Xin connected Mingqiao's name and the word "rules" with a double arrow.
They knew long ago that the rules were caused by "it". In other words, the creation, change and disappearance of the rules all required "it" to complete.
But Mingqiao has a close relationship with "it". According to Mingqiao's previous analysis, "it" is Mingqiao's mentor Sun Guiping, who came to this school as the new principal. However, this respected principal needs to achieve the ultimate goal of improving the enrollment rate, so he created all the strange things in the school and selected talents through examinations.
But what can be analyzed here?
He must have missed a crucial clue.
Shi Xin's heart was beating fast. He raised his head and turned his sore neck, and accidentally caught a glimpse of the clock hanging in the middle of the blackboard.
This clock is of very old style. The outer plastic dust cover is covered with a layer of fuzzy dust. The three hands are stationary and it seems that no one has used it for a long time.
But just with this accidental glance, an answer was about to emerge in Shi Xin's mind.
He stood up suddenly from his seat: "Who has a cell phone? Or a digital watch that can tell the date will do."
A boy in the front row raised his wrist, which was wearing a small blue Genius watch: "Me."
"What day is today?" Shi Xin asked.
"Number 2." The boy said, "We keep repeating this day."
It's time.
Shi Xin wrote the word "time" next to "Mingqiao" and "rules". The three keywords lead to each other and form a closed loop.
They have been struggling with the issue of time from the very beginning. Whether it is the pause, loop or reversal of time in the copy, there has never been a reasonable explanation.
But if someone has the authority to change time, in other words, this person can go to any point in time - travel from the future to the past, and then from the past to the future, or simply stop time at a certain state, and this person is not subject to any restrictions.
Wang Ruming Mingqiao often goes out. What does he do when he goes out?
Shi Xin opened his mouth wide and breathed hard. His heartbeat had reached its limit and the blood was forced to flow rapidly in his blood vessels, causing him to feel a tense and hot feeling all over.
It's Mingqiao.
It was him from the future who went back to the past and provided various clues to their "breakthrough team" as the opposite of "it".
He is using his NPC authority to change the rules.
In other words, Mingqiao of the future is saving his historical self.
Shi Xin chuckled in disbelief.
He never thought that his wild imagination could be so funny, but it was this kind of wild imagination that made all the logic and clues become a complete line.
If we were to find another explanation for why they in the past had never seen Mingqiao in the future, it would probably be a question about the "grandmother paradox".
Shi Xin crumpled the draft paper in his hand into a ball and threw it into the trash can.
The sky had darkened as time passed. Shi Xin didn't even notice the arrival of evening when the thick fog outside had already taken on a mysterious and terrifying inky color.
The bell for the end of the last exam rang, and Shi Xin wanted to go to the front of the classroom to turn on the lights, but before he could get up from his seat, he felt his eyelids become heavy, and then he passed out.
Anyway, when Shi Xin woke up, it was already the next morning. The fog outside had thinned a little, and he could barely see the green branches of the willow tree planted outside the teaching building through the window.
"It's the 3rd!" The owner of the Little Genius watch shouted loudly, "We have moved forward one day. It's right to get full marks! Big brother, you really saved us!"
Shi Xin had just woken up and his mind was not very clear yet. He waved his hands casually and let these little kids cheer and celebrate.
He sat alone in the corner, and after thinking for a while, he decided to pick up the paper ball he had thrown away yesterday.
He carefully smoothed out every wrinkle, spread the paper as flatly as possible on his desk, and then circled the name Mingqiao a few times.
Since Mingqiao went to save them in the past, Xin will come to save them in the future.
So the last thing we need to do is to save Mingqiao.
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