The Beloved Heiress's Dark Side (15)
Meng Yuening said, "If we really want to collect all these walnuts covering the mountains, it will take at least several days. Cracking them open will take several more days. By then, all the people bitten by the zombies will be dead, and we will have violated the principle of 'no one should die'."
Fan Siqi said, "I think there should be a simple way to pass the level, but we haven't found it yet."
At that moment, Professor Pan suddenly felt someone tugging at his arm.
It turned out that Qu Chen had been running forward, and the leash for the child had already been taut, but he still wanted to keep going, so he pulled on Professor Pan's arm.
As Professor Pan pulled the leash back, he called out to Qu Chen, "Xiao Chen! It's time to come back. Why did you run so far?"
Professor Pan was strong and soon pulled Qu Chen back.
Qu Chen was not happy. He seemed to want to go somewhere ahead and kept pulling on Professor Pan's hand.
Professor Pan said, "I'll play with you later..."
Jian Tanxi said, "Did he discover something special? Maybe it's related to our mission. Why don't we have him take us to see it?"
Professor Pan nodded: "That's fine."
So everyone followed Qu Chen forward.
Qu Chen jogged all the way to the front of a factory building.
At the factory gate, some peeled walnuts were scattered around. Qu Chen picked one up and ate it.
Everyone understood why he came here; he must have seen that there were many walnuts here.
The closer you get to the factory gate, the more walnuts are scattered around.
People guessed that the factory was probably used for temporary storage of walnuts.
So everyone pushed open the door and went inside.
As soon as I stepped inside, the door closed automatically.
At the same time, a mechanical voice rang out in mid-air: "Welcome to Walnut Hut. Master Ou's brain has been transformed into a walnut and is hidden in this hut. In the very center of the hut, there is a freezer box that can preserve the brain. Now, please find Master Ou's brain among these walnuts and place it in the freezer box in the center."
Rule: When you pick up a walnut, you either eat it or put it in the box.
If the rules are broken, the whole house will explode immediately.
At the same time, if what's put in the box isn't a real brain, but just ordinary walnuts, the house will explode immediately.
Have fun playing the game!
After saying that, the mechanical voice disappeared.
Looking at the room full of walnut kernels, Zhang Dayong said, "Let's not delay, let's start looking."
Professor Pan stopped him: "Wait, do you know how to find it?"
"It's simple, if not, just eat it."
"How do you determine if a particular walnut is Master Ou's brain?"
"Well... the brain must be different from a walnut, right? Look closely and you'll see."
"The mechanical voice said that Master Ou's brain has turned into a walnut. So, it looks the same as an ordinary walnut."
"Then... look at the hardness? Walnuts are very hard, while brains should be relatively soft."
“That won’t work either. Since the brain has been turned into a walnut, it’s just like a regular walnut in terms of appearance and texture.”
"Then there's no other way... If we eat Master Ou's brain like a walnut..."
Zhang Dayong shuddered as he imagined the scene. Eating a human brain like a walnut was horrifying no matter how you looked at it.
Zhang Dayong continued, "How about... we try putting each walnut into the middle freezer compartment?"
Professor Pan said, "Have you forgotten the second rule? If what's put in isn't a real brain, the house will explode immediately. So, this game seems to offer choices, but in reality, you only have one chance."
We have to find the real brains from thousands of walnut kernels and put them in frozen boxes. But until we succeed, we'll probably have to eat a lot of regular walnuts. However, the six of us combined don't have that many stomachs.
Moreover, we have no idea whether the walnut kernel we picked up was actually a brain.
After Professor Pan's analysis, everyone felt that it was very difficult.
You can't just eat these walnuts, because you can't be sure you're not actually eating a brain.
However, you can't tell where the real brain is just by looking at it. You have to pick it up and examine it.
However, once you take it with your hands, you either eat it or put it in the middle freezer box; there is no third option.
Eating too much might kill you; putting the wrong walnuts in the box might cause them to explode; and not eating the walnuts you picked up might also cause them to explode.
It's like a vicious cycle.
At this moment, Jian Tanxi said, "Perhaps I have a way. I have a special ability called 'super strong stomach and intestines,' which allows me to digest excessive amounts of food immediately. Therefore, only I am capable of eating a lot of walnuts. However, there is one inconvenience: I need to go to the toilet after digesting them."
Professor Pan said, "There's no need to worry about that. I see a makeshift toilet in the corner; you can go whenever you want. If you're worried about us hearing you, we can plug our ears."
Fan Siqi said, "I have earplugs. I used to use them a lot when I was on missions. Sometimes the enemy would deliberately make loud noises that were unbearable. I still have about ten pairs of earplugs here, which should be enough for everyone."
Jian Tanxi was a little embarrassed, and smiled, "Then I'll have to trouble everyone. Also, I have another special ability, which is 'ten times the sense of taste'. My sense of taste is ten times more sensitive than that of an ordinary person, and I can taste the subtle differences between the same food. There are so many walnuts here, which is just right for me to put this special ability to use. I think that even if the brain is turned into a walnut, the taste will definitely be slightly different from that of a regular walnut, and I should be able to taste it."
Meng Yuening said, "Are you going to lick every single walnut kernel? It sounds a bit disgusting, but it's the only way."
Jian Tanxi also felt a little disgusted and said with a smile, "I don't think I need to lick it... I just need to put the walnut kernel to my mouth and smell it, that should be enough."
Meng Yuening said, "Your two superpowers are practically tailor-made for today's game, hahaha..."
Professor Pan: "That's right, it's a perfect match for my major."
Jian Tanxi: "Stop making fun of me."
For convenience, Jian Tanxi went directly to the toilet, and the others moved all the walnuts to the toilet so that Jian Tanxi could smell them.
Although Jian Tanxi possessed these two superpowers, everyone was somewhat nervous. After all, Jian Tanxi had never used these two superpowers before, and they didn't know how effective they would be.
However, there is no other way now.
Jian Tanxi was also a little nervous. She tried to calm herself down and told herself, "The more stable you are, the more accurate your judgment will be. Don't panic."
She picked up a walnut kernel, put it to her lips to taste it, and then smelled it.
She thought it was a real walnut, so she ate it.
Then, she picked up a second one and ate it in the same way.
To save time, she sped up afterwards.
After eating several pounds of walnuts, she went to the toilet and came back to continue.
After eating about three baskets of walnuts, Jian Tanxi discovered a special walnut kernel.
This walnut kernel is somewhat different from other walnuts. To be precise, it has a strange smell, an aroma that doesn't belong to a walnut.
Jian Tanxi hesitated for a moment, then made her decision and said, "I've decided on you."
She took the unusual walnut to the middle of the room, intending to put it in a freezer box.
Everyone's hearts were in their throats, but no one stopped Jian Tanxi.
Since they approved of Jian Tanxi doing this, they completely trusted her.
Soon, Jian Tanxi put the walnut down.
There was no explosion.
Walnuts have become the human brain.
The lid closed automatically.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and hugged each other, men hugging men and women hugging women.
Only Qu Chen was unaware of what had happened. Just now, everyone had forbidden him from eating walnuts, but now that no one was watching him, he secretly grabbed a handful of walnuts and ate them to his heart's content.
They didn't dare to be happy for long, and left the factory with Master Ou's brain in tow.
Now that the brains of Grandpa Ou and the second generation of the Ou family have been found, the brains of the five young masters of the third generation are still missing.
However, even reading Ou Bao'er's inner thoughts couldn't reveal anything about the five young masters' minds; it seemed she didn't know either.
As they walked out, they discussed among themselves.
Meng Yuening asked, "Where are we going now? Back to the Ou family home, or to the old building we saw before?"
Professor Pan said, "Why don't we go to the Ou family? I think the remaining brains might be there."
Meng Yuening: "I have a question. Why can't I read where the brains of her five brothers are when I read Ou Bao'er's mind? Logically speaking, since Ou Bao'er created the zombies, shouldn't she have preserved their brains as well?"
Jian Tanxi said, "I also find it strange... Could it be that Ou Bao'er forgot?"
How could I forget that?
"She's not a normal person anymore; we can't judge her by common sense..."
"If the brains of those five young masters are in five different places, and we have to go through so much trouble to find them, I think we would all be overwhelmed."
"There's nothing we can do about it, that's just how the mission is..."
"If only the remaining five brains were all in the same place."
That's what everyone thinks, but it's not something they can decide.
Jian Tanxi said, "When we get back to the Ou residence, how are we going to find it? The place is so big, and we don't have a single clue..."
In fact, this is the question that others also want to ask.
Everyone was racking their brains over it.
After a while, Fan Siqi said, "The brains we found were all hidden very well and in a very tricky way. Based on this pattern, we can deduce that the brains of the five young masters of the Ou family must be hidden in the most difficult place for the Ou family to find. We just need to think along these lines."
Jian Tanxi asked, "Where is the hardest place to find the Ou family?"
Meng Yuening said, "Although we worked as nannies at the Ou family for a few days, our scope of activity was limited, and we didn't know about some of the Ou family's secret rooms. Ou Bao'er should know, but she probably wouldn't take us there. Besides, she's unconscious right now."
Jian Tanxi pondered, "The Ou family clearly has so many servants, where did they all go? If we can find one of them and use the 'good guy card' to control him, and make him lead us to the secret room, it should work."
Professor Pan suggested, "Why don't we go back to the small building first? There are many people from City A in the small building. Maybe they know where the Ou family's servants went, or even where the most secret place in the Ou family is."
Furthermore, we found four brains, which we can put into the zombies first, so we don't have to carry them around. Carrying them for too long could lead to unforeseen problems.
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