Fun Seesaw (3)
Jian Tanxi: "I think that's the idea... The fire is currently only on the ground. If the beads are embedded in the small holes of the pillars, the fireproof boards will be removed, and the entire house will be burned down."
The ropes suspending you don't appear to be fireproof; if they burn through, you'll all fall into the flames. The ceiling might also collapse and hit Professor Pan.
Professor Pan will either be crushed to death by the ceiling or fall into the fire and be burned to death... Only I will survive because I have the fire-resistant gauze.
But I can't leave the instance by myself...
So, the white rhinoceros bead can't be set into the small hole. There must be another way.
Meng Yuening said, "Yes, we can still live for a while now, but once the bead is embedded in the small hole of the pillar, we will die even faster... After all this time, we didn't find a clue to survive, but we found a clue to die even faster."
Du Jiaojiao complained, "What kind of mess is this? You bunch of useless people, can't you find any useful clues?"
Jian Tanxi: "..."
Professor Pan patiently explained, "I just saw a small hole on the pillar, and there were words under the hole, so I thought it was a clue to pass the level. How could I know if I didn't go down and take a closer look? Besides, it didn't take much time. Don't be impatient."
Du Jiaojiao then stopped talking.
Hong Zicheng said to Jian Tanxi, "Jian Tanxi, now that you're down there, why don't you carefully observe the floor and see if there are any clues? Anyway, you won't get burned, so touching the floor won't hurt."
Jian Tanxi nodded and said, "That's fine."
Below was a sea of fire, too bright to see clearly. Jian Tanxi could only bend down and touch the ground, but she couldn't find anything.
Fortunately, she was wearing a fire-resistant gauze robe, so she didn't feel hot, but it was a bit tiring to be bent over all the time.
She touched the floor three times, then stood up and said, "There doesn't seem to be any mechanism on the floor."
Du Jiaojiao said, "That's impossible. The only thing we can't see in this room is the floor. The key clue must be on the floor."
Jian Tanxi said, "Indeed, no."
Du Jiaojiao asked, "Did you search thoroughly?"
Before Jian Tanxi could speak, the female office worker Meng Yuening couldn't help but say, "She already said there's nothing there. Didn't you see her searching back and forth just now?"
Du Jiaojiao: "I saw it. But I was just worried that she might have missed something."
Jian Tanxi said, "Indeed, nothing was missed. Hong Zicheng, could you please use your prop rope to pull me up?"
Hong Zicheng: "Okay."
Hong Zicheng lowered the rope, and Jian Tanxi wrapped one end of the rope around her arm.
This rope is fireproof, so it's safe to touch the fire below.
With a push from Hong Zicheng, Jian Tanxi returned to the seesaw, and Professor Pan also stepped onto the other side to maintain balance with Jian Tanxi.
Hong Zicheng retrieved the rope.
Meng Yuening asked Hong Zicheng, "Hong Zicheng, can this prop rope hold two people? Your rope shouldn't be designed to only hold one person, right?"
Hong Zicheng said, “My rope is fireproof and very strong. It usually won’t break and can hold several people at the same time, as long as I’m strong enough. You want me to pull Jian Tanxi and Professor Pan up together, right? That’s possible, but it won’t help. We still can’t leave this room. We’ll just be hanging from the ceiling together.”
Besides, even though I could hold onto them at first, I'd get tired after a while.
Meng Yuening thought about it and felt that Hong Zicheng made sense; bringing Jian Tanxi and Professor Pan up was indeed not a long-term solution.
Du Jiaojiao was getting anxious and said, "This won't work, that won't work, you guys have to think of something! If we stay here any longer, we'll all be roasted to a crisp!"
Meng Yuening glanced at her: "Aren't we trying to figure something out? You can think of something too, there's no need to keep urging us."
Du Jiaojiao: "How could you yell at me? Waaaaah..."
Meng Yuening: "..."
Jian Tanxi looked around the room again, and then stared at the ceiling for a while.
Then, Jian Tanxi asked Batman, "Batman, if the three ropes suspending Meng Yuening and the others are burned, will they break?"
Batman: "Yes. If the roof catches fire, the three ropes on the roof will also catch fire, and the three of them will fall into the flames, hehehe..."
Du Jiaojiao yelled at Batman, "What are you laughing at! Would you be happy if we were burned to death?"
Batman: "Of course."
Du Jiaojiao didn't know what to say for a moment, so she could only angrily turn her head to the side.
At this moment, Jian Tanxi said, "I've thought of a way to pass the level. Du Jiaojiao, give me that white bead."
Du Jiaojiao was somewhat wary: "What are you doing? You're going to embed the white bead into that little hole at the bottom? Doing so will cause the fireproof panels on the house to retract, and the whole house will catch fire! We'll all die then!"
"Give me the white bead first, and I promise we won't die."
"If you won't give it to me, why should I believe you?"
Jian Tanxi thought for a moment and asked, "Do you know about ecospheres?"
Du Jiaojiao said, "I know, we met in the first two games."
Have you ever obtained a bio-sphere?
"No, the player who contributes the most in the game will choose whether or not to take the ecosphere first. In the two games I participated in before, the player who contributed the most took the ecosphere, so it wasn't my turn."
"I have two ecospheres; you should know my strength."
As she spoke, Jian Tanxi took out two ecospheres from her personal space.
Du Jiaojiao asked in surprise, "How come you have two?"
"Because I participated in the game twice before, and both times I came up with the strategy to win, so I contributed the most, and I was always given priority to choose the ecosphere. With these two ecospheres as proof, you should believe me, right?"
Although Du Jiaojiao is a bit spoiled and selfish, she's intelligent. Jian Tanxi participated in the game twice and contributed the most both times, so it's entirely possible that she figured out a way to beat the game.
So Du Jiaojiao said, "I can give you the white bead, but I don't know if you can catch it if I throw it down."
Jian Tanxi asked, "How's your aim?"
"It's possible, but I can't guarantee 100% that the bead will land in your hands. If the bead falls into a fire and gets burned, then everything will be over."
At this moment, Meng Yuening, who was next to Du Jiaojiao, said, "Give me the bead, and I'll throw it. My aim is 100%. I have this kind of special ability."
Du Jiaojiao: "How can you prove it?"
Meng Yuening was speechless: "Why would I lie? We're in this together now."
"No, you have to demonstrate. I have a hair tie, try throwing it to Jian Tanxi."
Meng Yuening said, "My special ability is 100% accurate throwing, but only on the first try. From the second time onwards, the accuracy will decrease by 10% each time. Are you sure you want me to try?"
Du Jiaojiao hesitated: "Forget it, let's not try it. I'll just give you the beads."
Du Jiaojiao handed the white bead to Meng Yuening.
Meng Yuening said to Jian Tanxi, "Jian Tanxi, are you ready? I'm going to throw the white bead into your hand."
Jian Tanxi said, "Wait a minute, don't throw the bead at me. Throw it directly at the small hole below. The hole is in an awkward position. I can't reach it when I jump down, and I can't reach it when I'm standing on the seesaw. It's safer for you to throw it directly."
Meng Yuening nodded: "Okay."
Hong Zicheng said, "Wait, if this bead gets stuck in the small hole, this house will catch fire immediately!"
Meng Yuening said, "You have to put yourself in a do-or-die situation to survive. That's the only way to pass the level. Think about it carefully again."
Hong Zicheng was also very clever; he understood after a little thought. However, he still had a concern: "The ceiling might collapse and hit us."
Meng Yuening said, "The ceiling is tilted, didn't you notice?"
Hong Zicheng suddenly realized: "That solves the problem."
Du Jiaojiao asked, "What kind of riddle are you playing? I don't understand."
Meng Yuening said, "You'll understand in a moment."
Jian Tanxi looked up and said to the three people on the ceiling, "After the bead is embedded in the small hole, the three of you jump back onto the seesaw."
Meng Yuening and Hong Zicheng both said, "Okay."
Du Jiaojiao was a little worried: "How are we going to jump back? What if we jump off course?"
Hong Zicheng comforted her, "Jiaojiao, don't worry, we have a way to jump back, we won't let you fall."
"oh."
Then, Meng Yuening threw the white bead into the small hole below.
She didn't actually throw it accurately, but the white bead changed direction in mid-air and precisely embedded itself in the small hole at the bottom of the pillar.
Then, a rumbling sound came from all around, as if something like steel plates was moving.
After the loud rumbling stopped, flames immediately shot up the walls. The fireproof panels were removed, and the wooden walls were ablaze.
Soon, the ceiling was also set on fire.
Just then, Hong Zicheng said to Jian Tanxi, "Jian Tanxi, I'll throw you my prop rope. Pull it for me in a bit."
Jian Tanxi nodded: "Okay."
Du Jiaojiao suddenly said, "What? You want Jian Tanxi to pull you? Or should you ask Professor Pan to pull you?"
Hong Zicheng: "Okay, then I'll trouble Professor Pan."
Everyone was speechless, but no one paid any attention to Du Jiaojiao. Professor Pan said to Hong Zicheng, "Swing the rope over here."
Hong Zicheng swung his prop rope at Professor Pan. This time he controlled his strength, and the rope only gently reached Professor Pan without causing him any harm.
Professor Pan tied one end of the rope around his arm and said, "Hong Zicheng, get down. Tanxi, adjust your position later to keep the seesaw balanced."
Jian Tanxi nodded: "Okay."
Hong Zicheng said, "I didn't bring a knife, and I can't bite through the ropes binding me with my teeth. I can only get down when the ropes are burned through by fire."
Professor Pan nodded: "Alright, once the fire gets here, you'll only have a little time left, so you absolutely cannot make any mistakes!"
Hong Zicheng said, "Don't worry, there won't be any mistakes!"
Soon, the flames spread up the ceiling and burned through Hong Zicheng's rope.
Hong Zicheng seized the opportunity to jump onto the seesaw, but he was a bit too far away and missed. He fell down.
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