[Endless Killing: My Fireball has a bug! – Chapter 244: Unlock the maze!]
Lin Chuan’s voice and slowly approaching figure added frost to the already heavy atmosphere in this office.
He glanced indifferently at the six people in the office, and they tensed up and were as quiet as chickens.
That scene and that picture were like the most stern dean walking into an elementary school classroom.
Even Hong Chanyu, who was complaining in a low voice just now, shut up instantly, his face turned pale and his eyes were filled with fear.
Lin Chuan was just joking and had no intention of really letting Hong Canyu die immediately.
He slowly scanned the six people present and said calmly, “Are all of you here?”
Frank sat next to the vacant first seat. He stood up to greet Lin Chuan and reported like a loyal subordinate: “Everyone is here. Including you, the seven of us form a complete hunting ring.”
As he spoke, he also kindly explained the closing sequence to Lin Chuan.
Taking Lin Chuan as the starting point, the complete closed loop is——
Lin Chuan, Hong Canyu, Frank, Zhuo Kaitian, Yan Yuji, Nelius, Merlin, Lin Chuan.
When Frank read the words “Merlin kills Lin Chuan”, Merlin’s expression was obviously tense, as if every cell in his body was resisting, trying to convey the meaning of “I am absolutely loyal to the boss”.
Lin Chuan didn’t care at all.
He listened to Frank’s report calmly, then glanced at the six people present and said calmly, “Is that all?”
This was not clear, and the atmosphere became tense again.
Merlin was a little smarter, so he took the initiative to ask, “Boss, are you asking… Takei Kana?”
Lin Chuan leaned lazily in his chair without saying a word.
Frank took the initiative to say, “It’s really strange. Since the fifth level of the secret realm, it seems that no one has seen Takei Shana again.”
“Even in the hunting game afterwards, none of us who are left seem to have the strength to kill Shana.”
“But now that we have formed a complete closed loop, it is very likely that Shana is dead.”
After these analyses, most of the others nodded subconsciously.
After all, hunting games bring everyone together.
If Shana was still alive, she would have been part of the closed loop.
But in the current situation, it is obvious that she is no longer in a closed loop.
Then according to the rules of the game, she should be dead.
However, Lin Chuan looked at Frank and raised his eyebrows slightly.
Frank pondered for a moment and suddenly said, “Boss, you are wondering… maybe Shana is not dead, but has escaped from the closed loop in a special way?”
Break out of the closed loop in a special way?!
As Frank said this, Lin Chuan observed everyone’s expressions.
He suddenly looked at Zhuo Kaitian and said with a smile, “Little boy, it seems that you have a deep understanding of this matter? So is there anyone around you who has escaped from the closed loop?”
Zhuo Kaitian’s eyebrows twitched.
In fact, with his strength, he felt that he should not be afraid of anyone.
But for some reason, when facing Lin Chuan, he felt a kind of paranoid fear.
I have never felt such fear even when I was in death row and facing the voice of a mysterious man!
Such fear seemed to come from instinct, just like a mouse can be afraid of a cat!
Zhuo Kaitian hates this feeling.
What’s even more annoying is that Lin Chuan called him “kid”.
Although this title is somewhat true, Zhuo Kaitian just hates it.
It felt as if he was looked down upon.
However, even though he was angry and dissatisfied in his heart, Zhuo Kaitian remained silent like an autistic patient and did not answer Lin Chuan’s questions.
However, the others looked at Zhuo Kaitian a few more times because of Lin Chuan’s words.
Frank’s eyebrows also jumped, and he said solemnly: “If someone really jumps out of the closed loop alive, then they are hiding in the dark and may become your strongest opponent in clearing the secret realm!”
Frank’s tone was loyal.
It seems that those who are hiding in the dark and jumping out of the closed loop are the only threat to Lin Chuan.
䀴This closed-loop group of theirs is all loyal to Lin Chuan.
The other five people also followed Frank’s words and expressed their loyalty to Lin Chuan.
This is the norm in the end times, and the strong will always be respected.
Lin Chuan did not bother with Takei Kana anymore and officially started the meeting.
Everyone took out something from the table.
What everyone has in common is their own hand-drawn map of the maze.
The map that the other six people obtained from Terao and the map that Lin Chuan obtained through Ye Haiming were basically the same, with no difference.
This also made Lin Chuan inexplicably feel that Ye Haiming’s eyes seemed to have been sacrificed in vain.
He really couldn’t figure out how Terao got the map.
But the most urgent task now is to find out where the maze is!
Everyone present expressed their opinions, but basically no one got to the point.
Lin Chuan did not express his opinion. After listening to everyone else’s thoughts, he looked at Frank and said calmly, “I remember you said before that Terao revealed some information to you.”
With just one word, all eyes were focused on Frank.
Frank nodded slightly and said, “I do have some clues about the location of the maze. In fact, I believe you should have noticed it too–“
“The elevator in the Hope Community shows the floors from -18 to 101. However, if we observe from the outside, we will find that the community is obviously not as high as 101 floors. I have counted them by heart, and the real number of floors in the community should be only 44.”
This has been made quite clear.
Hong Canyu speculated, “You mean, the maze is hidden in those floors where there are no elevators?”
Frank nodded, and then said modestly: “Of course, I’m just guessing.”
This guess is exactly Lin Chuan’s guess.
But the problem is——
Merlin immediately expressed his doubts: “But there are so many floors from 45 to 100. Which floor is the maze we are looking for?”
Frank smiled and said, “This is where the high efficiency of cooperation comes into play. According to my guess, no matter which camp it is, they should be able to obtain some information from themselves. That information may point to the floor where the maze is located!”
“All players, even if their information is different, should be pointing to the same elevator floor.”
“That’s why I asked you to prepare some important information, which will help us to deduce the floor where the maze is located.”
At this point, a complete line of reasoning is formed.
Identity information, reasoning maze location;
If you look up at the rooftop and down at the setting sun, you will get the maze map.
Everyone suddenly understood.
Of course, some people had already speculated this, and suddenly realized that it was all fake.
Those who have survived to this day are basically powerful old silver coins.
Those who don’t have any brains may be wiped out by the rules before they even have time to hunt.
Now that I have made myself clear, what remains is to infer the information and then integrate it.
Lin Chuan took out the express package he had just received.
Inside is a set of palm-sized mini toddler books.
The prop information of other people is different.
According to Lin Chuan’s experience in the prophetic dream, he knew that the three major camps were generally fair to a certain extent.
The property camp has the fewest rules to follow and has the easiest difficulty in survival in the early stages.
But when it comes to reasoning about information, property camps are the most difficult.
The tenant camp has the most difficult time surviving in the early stages, but it is the easiest to infer information.
So here, as a member of the tenant camp, Lin Chuan found it very easy to reason.
After he simply flipped through those children’s books a few times, he had a number of floors in his mind.
Then, his eyes turned to other people.
This scan allowed him to discover another detail——
There were seven people present, and the props each used to infer the weight seemed to be related to baby products.
Lin Chuan’s are books for young children;
Frank’s, cans of powdered milk;
Nelius’s is a molar;
Zhuo Kaitian’s is a milk bottle…
The child seemed very dissatisfied with the bottle. His originally expressionless face froze instantly when the bottle was taken out.
䀴It was obvious that Lin Chuan was not the only one who noticed such details.
Frank completed his reasoning and took the initiative to speak: “Our respective props seem to be related to baby products.”
Merlin nodded and speculated: “Perhaps this is also a hidden message that will be used later.”
Several others nodded as well.
After more than half an hour, the seven players each gave their own reasoning.
All of their information, as Frank said before, really points to one number:
82.
This probably means the 82nd floor of the elevator.
In fact, among these seven people, Nelius and Hong Canyu did not calculate the number 82.
However, seeing that everyone else came up with the number 82, the answer must be 82, so they also confidently followed suit and said the number 82.
After getting this information, Frank looked at Lin Chuan cautiously, as if he had received Lin Chuan’s permission, and then he took the initiative to speak: “In this case, how about we take the elevator to the 82nd floor first?”
Everyone cheered: “No problem!”
Only Hong Canyu muttered: “But the elevator in Hope Community is basically the death elevator…”
Lin Chuan stood up and said calmly, “Leave the elevator problem to me. Let’s go now.”
So the group of seven went to the elevator on the first floor together.
After entering the elevator, Lin Chuan skillfully deciphered the tonnage code on the elevator keys. After several minutes, he finally pressed the five numbers “82, 83, 84, 85, 86”.
Others only saw Lin Chuan randomly pressing the keys, without realizing it.
Fortunately, with Lin Chuan’s efforts, the elevator successfully reached the 82nd floor.
But the 82nd floor was not what they had imagined.
Here, like a normal floor, there are long, wide corridors with room doors spaced far apart.
That’s what every normal floor should look like.
It’s not what they thought, a maze.
Nelius did not deduce the number 82, so he was the first to wonder, “Could it be that the number 82 is wrong?”
Frank shook his head. “One person could make a mistake, but all seven of us came up with the number 82. So this number should be correct.”
He pondered for a moment and speculated, “It may be that we have missed a certain link, so we cannot reach the real 82nd floor!”
Merlin immediately asked, “Will it be related to baby products?”
Everyone else was silent, but Frank suddenly looked at Lin Chuan and said respectfully, “What do you think, Boss?”