[Endless Killing: My Fireball has a bug! – Chapter 256: Solve the maze!]
After entering the elevator, there is no need to press any elevator password.
Shana directly pressed the 82 button.
Lin Chuan raised his eyebrows and asked, “You should have cleared the maze, right?”
Shana shook her head: “Every time I am sent out of the maze, I lose my memory of the maze.”
Therefore, every time you enter the maze, it will be a new exploration.
Lin Chuan nodded and said nothing more.
The number on the floor display jumped to 82, and the elevator door slowly opened with a “ding” sound.
The world behind the elevator was pitch dark.
The two walked out of the elevator together, and Lin Chuan took out a night pearl from the space.
But the Night Pearl seemed to be completely unusable in this space, and everything in front of me was still pitch black!
Lin Chuan tried to eat another night-shining beetle.
But the scene was still pitch black.
Obviously, this maze is very special, as if even the air is pure black.
There is no other choice but to explore in the dark.
A few minutes later, Shana suddenly said, “It seems that we need to follow the maze map of Area B here.”
Lin Chuan shook his head slightly: “Not necessarily.”
A few minutes later, what he said came true!
They were clearly following Map B, but as they walked along, they realized something was wrong.
After the two continued to explore for a few minutes, they found that the maze had turned into the maze shown on the map of Community A.
The two of them were trapped in a dead end with no way out!
After the two explored continuously, they finally came to the conclusion——
This special maze located at the boundary between communities A and B seems to be dynamic!
What happens is that every five minutes, the maze changes!
If my guess is correct, the first five minutes after entering the maze will be maze B.
The second five minutes is maze A.
In the third five minutes, it changes to Figure B.
They will go through six five-minute periods of such twists and turns.
It is not easy to walk in the dark with only a maze map.
Now, the two mazes are constantly changing, and their complexity far exceeds that of a single static maze!
At the moment the maze changes, they must reach the only designated location with extreme precision.
Otherwise, they will be stuck in a dead end like they are now!
Although Lin Chuan and Xia Na’s first maze journey lasted less than half an hour, they knew that the operation had failed!
The two of them were at a dead end in the maze and began to deduce the correct way to navigate the ever-changing maze.
Unfortunately, the dynamic maze is too complicated and they don’t have enough time!
Before they could even figure out the correct route, they were teleported to Area B because the half-hour time limit was up!
At this time, they all lost their memories of being in the maze!
I have no idea what kind of difficulties I will face in the maze!
After the first failure, the two did not immediately start the second action.
Instead, they looked at each other and began their own speculations.
Lin Chuan already had some ideas in mind, so he took the lead and said:
“First, according to what you said, the maze is located at the boundary between Areas AB. Then I think we may need to use both maze maps we obtained in Areas AB.”
Shana also agreed with this.
She speculated based on Lin Chuan’s words:
“I think of two scenarios.”
“The first type is that the maze is divided into several parts in space, some of which are A maze segments and some of which are B maze segments.”
“The second type is divided into several parts in time. In this case, the entire maze is dynamic. It changes with time.”
Lin Chuan smiled and added: “Maybe there is a third possibility, where both time and space change?”
Shana frowned: “That’s too complicated!”
Lin Chuan nodded: “Indeed, if that is the case, there is no way for us to get out of this maze. So, let’s deduce it based on the two possibilities you mentioned.”
But these two possible deductions are complicated enough!
In fact, their biggest problem right now is that they cannot retain the memory of the maze!
If you can retain some information in the maze, the difficulty of passing the maze will be greatly reduced!
When Lin Chuan raised this point, Shana shook her head and said, “There’s no way. I’ve tried it many times.”
“The moment I am teleported out of the maze, everything will change back to the way it was when I entered the maze.”
“Words written on paper will disappear; marks left on the body will also recover.”
“Any mark you want to leave behind cannot be preserved.”
Lin Chuan pondered for a moment and asked, “Including leaving things in the maze?”
Shana nodded: “Put the Night Pearl at the entrance of the maze. When you come out, the Night Pearl will follow you out, maintaining the same position and state as when you entered the maze.”
“It’s still the same as I said. It’s the same as when you enter the maze. It won’t change at all.”
“Once you leave the maze, you will not be able to retain any information.”
After thinking for a while, Lin Chuan suddenly said jokingly, “Then Ruyu, killing you in the maze can be regarded as a reminder to myself, right?”
Shana said expressionlessly: “…You can try it.”
Lin Chuan was indeed joking, but he followed up the joke by asking a question: “If a person dies in the maze, will the body be teleported out after half an hour?”
Shana: “I don’t know.” She has never died.
Lin Chuan pondered and said, “Then let’s try again.”
Shana misunderstood his meaning: “Are you really going to try to kill me?”
“No, I’m ready to look for the body.”
Yes, corpse.
Nelius and Yan Yuji’s corpse!
Shana also came to her senses: “If I guessed correctly, you arranged for someone to go through Community A to reach the maze, and then committed suicide in the maze? So I suspect their bodies are still in the maze?”
Shana is right.
But when she said this, Lin Chuan also realized a problem——
At that time, Nelius and Yan Yuji were arranged to commit suicide in the maze.
Lin Chuan thought that the maze was in Community B.
But now we know from Shana that the maze is located at the boundary between communities AB.
Then why were Nelius and Yan Yuji, who died in the maze, counted as having died in Area B, causing the red sky of Area B?
Lin Chuan thought about it, and combined with the two possibilities that Xia Nai had just proposed, it was not difficult to guess –
If the maze is divided in space, then the location of the entrance should be the maze in Figure B.
If the maze is divided in time, then the first time should be the maze in Figure B.
That is why Nelius and Yan Yuji, who had just entered the maze, would be counted as dead in Area B.
The explanation for the maze changing every five minutes is—
The first five minutes is the B maze.
So during these five minutes, the maze belongs to Area B.
The second five minutes is maze A.
So for these five minutes, the maze belongs to Area A.
Nelius and Yan Yuji both died in the first five minutes of the maze.
So they were counted as having died in Community B.
So their death can bring red skies to Community B.
This reasoning gave Lin Chuan a piece of information –
At the starting point of the maze, or at the initial time, the maze should be the B maze.
After Lin Chuan sorted out his thoughts, he said to Xia Nai, “It’s a little after four in the afternoon now, and there are less than two hours left until the deadline of 6 p.m.”
“And each trip through the maze takes half an hour.”
“That is to say, we have at most three chances left to explore the entire maze.”
“So this time, we can get at most two pieces of information——”
“First, is the maze divided by space or time?”
“Second, how many sections does the maze have? Are each section evenly spaced?”
“So, in this maze exploration, we will solve these two problems.”
Because memories cannot be retained in the maze.
Therefore, how to solve these two problems must be discussed before entering the maze.
Lin Chuan thought for a moment and continued, “After entering the maze, our first step is to find the bodies of Nelius and Yan Yuji.”
“The second step is to explore the rules of the maze.”
“The third step is to preserve the rules through the corpse.”
“My idea is that people who enter and exit the maze cannot retain any information.”
“But the bodies that were originally in the maze, because they didn’t leave the maze, might not change when we leave.”
Shana nodded thoughtfully, “You mean, use the corpse to record information for us.”
But soon, she shook her head again: “No, there is a problem.”
Lin Chuan: “You say.”
“The information left by the corpse can indeed give us a reminder, so that when we enter the maze, we can immediately know the rules of the maze.”
“But no matter what, we will learn the rules of the maze after we enter it.”
“Because the body is left inside the maze, we must enter the maze before we can obtain information from the body.”
“But in this case, we need to spend time in the maze and figure out how to navigate it.”
“And the time wasted on solving the puzzle may affect our ability to complete the maze.”
Lin Chuan naturally thought about what Shana said.
But–
His face was a little gloomy: “Well, do you have a better way?”
Shana didn’t.
So, that’s the only way!
Three chances to explore the maze.
You must clear the level the third time.
That is, they can fail twice.
And the next time, they will use the corpse as planned.
This time, it will definitely be an experimental failure.
Therefore, their actual fault tolerance rate is only 1 time!
This is really too extreme!
But……
Time is really too tight, they don’t have any more time to waste!
The two looked at each other, their eyes fixed.
Lin Chuan suddenly laughed: “Relax, this time, it’s just a trial and error to find the pattern.”
Shana nodded but didn’t smile.
The two entered the elevator again.
Half an hour later, they were teleported out of the maze again.
Still no memory.
It is the same when you come in as when you come out.
The two looked at each other again, their expressions becoming more serious.
This time, Lin Chuan didn’t laugh either.
After a moment of silence, he said calmly: “Time is running out. Hesitation will lead to failure. We can only continue.”
Yes, we can only continue…
Without any hesitation, the two of them entered the maze again.
They don’t remember what it was like to be in the maze before.
But this time, the news was that they quickly found the bodies of Nelius and Yan Yuji at the entrance!
And the corpse indeed retained the information they had set up during their last maze journey, which served as a reminder for themselves next time!
Based on the information, they instantly knew the rules of the maze——
Changes every 5 minutes!
So, the two of them started thinking quickly, simulating the solution to the dynamic maze in their minds!
They must reach a specific point precisely every time the maze changes!
Only in this way can you pass the level with one life!
But!
Dynamic mazes are too strenuous to solve!
By the time the two determined the point they needed to reach after the first maze change, time was running out!
If you miss the first point, you won’t be able to move on in the entire dynamic maze!
Despair!
What is the most desperate thing in the world?
It’s you who are experiencing despair and knowing at the same time –
Soon you will forget it all and then experience it again!