The Beloved Heiress's Dark Side (11)
Professor Pan said, "The only information we can confirm right now is that Old Master Ou's brain is hidden in a cabinet. Let's split up and search for Old Master Ou's brain. As before, we'll divide into three groups, each responsible for a different floor."
Everyone, check all the cabinets as quickly as possible. After you've finished checking, regardless of whether you found anything, return here to gather.
Everyone agreed with Professor Pan's plan. The group assignments would proceed as before: Jian Tanxi, Meng Yuening, and Qu Chen would form one group; Zhang Dayong and Professor Pan would form another group; and Fan Siqi would form her own group.
The Ou family owns a total of 6 buildings, which means each team can check two of them.
Each building has hundreds of rooms, so there are even more closets.
Therefore, each team has a lot of work to do in one hour, and they need to compress the time as much as possible. Everyone is very nervous.
Perhaps only Qu Chen was unaware of what had happened and thought they had gone to the villa for fun.
Jian Tanxi and Meng Yuening let Qu Chen play on whichever floor they checked. After the check was completed, they would take him to the next floor.
The cabinets in the kitchen, living room, bathroom, study, bedroom... were all opened and inspected one by one.
For some locked cabinets, Jian Tanxi simply used the Interstellar Triangular Pyramid to knock them open.
However, after looking at almost both buildings, Jian Tanxi and Meng Yuening found nothing.
They are now on the top floor of the second building.
Meng Yuening said, "The brain might not be in the two buildings we've checked. We'll ask the others later."
Jian Tanxi said, "There are still steps ahead, I wonder where they lead?"
"It should lead to the balcony. There shouldn't be any cabinets on the balcony."
"What if there's a cabinet on the balcony? Let's go up and take a look."
The two of them went up to the balcony with Qu Chen. There were no cabinets on the balcony, only some pickled vegetables drying in the sun.
Jian Tanxi was somewhat disappointed.
Suddenly, she saw Professor Pan on the balcony of the building next door, very close to them.
Professor Pan was pleasantly surprised to see Jian Tanxi and asked, "Jian Tanxi, do you have a very hard triangular pyramid in your hand?"
Jian Tanxi said, "Yes."
"Great! Come over here quickly. I've found Old Master Ou's brain, but I can't get it out."
The buildings belonging to the Ou family are not far from each other, and you can step directly across them from the balcony.
So, Jian Tanxi and the other two simply stepped over and went to Professor Pan.
Professor Pan led them downstairs to the outside of a room. Zhang Dayong was also there.
This room is quite different from the others. The door is inconspicuous and has no doorknob. At first glance, it looks like a wall.
There is a small button on the door; pressing it displays the word "ERROR".
Professor Pan said, "Old Master Ou's brain is inside this door, but the door can't be opened. It's probably unlocked by fingerprint. I think your triangular pyramid should be able to break through this door."
Jian Tanxi asked, "Since you can't get in, how do you know the brain is inside?"
Zhang Dayong said, "Professor Pan can talk to this door."
Jian Tanxi looked puzzled: "What?"
Professor Pan explained with a smile, "I have a special ability called 'The Talker,' which means I can talk to inanimate objects. Just now I asked this door if there was a brain inside, and it said yes. However, since objects themselves cannot speak, even if I communicate with them, I can only get a few words, and sometimes I may not get the answer I want."
"I see. Then I'll try breaking this door open."
Jian Tanxi took out the interstellar triangular pyramid and smashed the door with force.
Unexpectedly, the door was very sturdy. Jian Tanxi smashed it for several minutes, but it only dented it slightly.
Zhang Dayong said, "I'll give it a try."
Jian Tanxi gave the triangular pyramid to Zhang Dayong.
Zhang Dayong was a manual laborer by trade, and he also possessed superhuman physical strength. He pounded on the door about ten times, finally managing to create a hole in it.
Zhang Dayong said, "This door is too hard, why would there be a door like this..."
Professor Pan said, "Perhaps this is the Ou family's safe, containing a lot of valuable property, which is why it is heavily guarded."
“That makes sense… It’s precisely because this place is so difficult to get into that Ou Bao’er kept her brain here…”
Once inside, everyone was stunned by what they saw.
The room was very large, probably 200 square meters, and filled with black shelves.
Some shelves are transparent, allowing you to see the jewelry, property deeds, and other items displayed inside; others are opaque, divided into many small compartments, each of which is locked.
Finding a brain among so many small compartments is very difficult.
Meng Yuening said, "Let's touch it and see which part is particularly cold. If we want to preserve the brain, we'll definitely have to put it in ice."
Everyone agreed, and so they each touched the shelves and small compartments.
After a while, Jian Tanxi touched a particularly cold little compartment, from which gusts of cold air emanated.
Jian Tanxi was overjoyed. She used a triangular awl to knock off the lock on the small compartment and then opened it—
Upon opening it, a cool sensation hits you, and thick mist rises from the compartments.
Through the mist, you can see a box inside.
Jian Tanxi took the box out and placed it on the table.
This box is just the right size to hold the brain of an adult.
The others gathered around excitedly.
However, after studying it for a long time, no one knew how to open it.
This box is a bit strange; it looks like a single piece with no gaps, and there's nowhere to open it.
There are three combination locks on it, and it seems that you need to find the correct combination to open them.
However, the three combination locks are constantly rotating, and the displayed numbers are changing every moment. Unlike ordinary combination locks that are stationary and require manual manipulation to select different numbers, these are not.
These combination locks actually look like they need to be pressed down with your hand to stop them from turning.
However, no one dared to press it rashly.
Meng Yuening asked, "How do we open this? Is this really a brain inside?"
Zhang Dayong said, "We touched all these cabinets, and only the cabinet containing this box was cold. I think there couldn't be anywhere else to hide a brain, otherwise, in this hot weather, wouldn't the brain have gone bad?"
Meng Yuening said, "That makes sense... If we stop these three combination locks from turning, can we open the box?"
Professor Pan said, "Not necessarily. I'll try to communicate with it first."
Professor Pan placed his hand near the box, then closed his eyes.
After a while, Professor Pan said, "The brain is indeed in the box, but opening the box is quite complicated."
Jian Tanxi asked, "What do you need?"
Professor Pan said, "This box tells me that the three combination locks are constantly spinning and I need to manually stop them. Also, the numbers displayed by the three combination locks must be the same in order to open the box."
For example, you can make all three combination locks stay on the number '1', or all stay on the number '2', and so on. The combination can range from '111' to '999'.
However, if the three numbers are not the same, the box will explode immediately. And there is only one chance to try.
Meng Yuening said, "That's almost impossible... You can hold down the combination lock to stop it from turning, but how can you make all three locks display the same number? They turn too fast; it's just a matter of luck. And according to probability, the chance of success is only 1 in 81."
Zhang Dayong said, "Why don't we take the box first and then figure out how to open it later? Let's go find the other people's brains first."
Meng Yuening said, "We don't have much time left. This problem has to be solved sooner or later. If we fail to open the box and it explodes, the mission will fail immediately. Also, the wounded need to get enough healing pills and resurrection pills within the next two days, but we're running out of pills... It's a dead end no matter how you look at it..."
Jian Tanxi said, "Why don't we go and meet up with Fan Siqi first, and see what he has in mind?"
There's no other way now. Fan Siqi is steady, reliable, and experienced; perhaps he really can come up with a solution.
Jian Tanxi and the others carried the box back to the room where they had previously gathered.
Fan Siqi was already there. He said to everyone, "I didn't find it... Wait, did you find it? In this box?"
Jian Tanxi nodded and said, "That's right, it's almost certain that Old Master Ou's brain is inside. However, we don't know how to open it."
Professor Pan explained the method of opening the lock again, and Fan Siqi was also surprised: "It seems that this is entirely a matter of probability. The combination lock spins so fast that it is impossible to see what numbers are displayed, and there is no way to control what number will be displayed after you press the key."
Meng Yuening said, "We have no other choice but to rely on you."
Fan Siqi examined the box carefully for a while and said, "No, I dare not touch it rashly. Perhaps this box can only be opened with the help of some kind of prop or superpower. How about this, everyone tell me what superpowers and props you have, and see if there is anything that can be used."
To get through customs, everyone stopped holding back. Besides, after spending several hours together, everyone trusted each other and there was nothing left to hide.
Everyone quickly shared all the items and abilities they possessed, and together they considered whether these abilities and items could be put to use.
However, even with the intellect of these intelligent individuals, they couldn't think of any special abilities or gadgets related to opening this box.
Jian Tanxi took several deep breaths to calm herself. She quickly recalled everyone's special abilities...
Suddenly, she thought of something and asked Zhang Dayong, "Uncle Zhang, do you have a special ability called 'Instant Failure'?"
Zhang Dayong nodded and said, "Yes, I can make any item malfunction and control when it returns to normal. However, I can only use it on one item per game."
"So, do you need to touch a specific object to use this ability?"
"No need, I just need to look at that object."
"Then, use your 'Instant Fault' ability on this box."
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