Two gears, one large and one small, overlap each other, and the axle passes through the center of the circle.
"The two adjacent gears rotate in opposite directions, one from south to north, and the other from north to south." Shi Yu took out another gear and stacked it on the small gear again. "If there are more than 200 closed spaces here, and the temperature of each space is within the threshold for human survival, ranging from 116 degrees to minus 71 degrees, that is, 187 degrees. But this is the limit. If you want to be able to act and think normally in it, this range needs to be lowered."
"Assuming that the temperature change of a gear is 374 degrees, the number of spaces distributed on it can reach up to 46. Different gears overlap concentrically, and there can be five to six overlapping gears. But this is the simplest case, because the overlapping gears may not be the same size, so the number of spaces distributed on them may not be the same either."
Qiao Yan frowned: "But these are all speculations, is there any evidence?"
“A little.”
Shi Yu took out the fifth gear, but didn't put it away in a hurry. He looked up at him quietly, "Didn't you just ask why he ended up here even though the temperature changes were opposite when he jumped through space? If I say that the two overlapping gears, one large and one small, rotate in opposite directions, does that sound ridiculous?"
Yes, because there is no evidence.
Qiao Yan said nothing.
Shi Yu took off the two small gears on the large gear and stacked another large gear on top: "What if these two spatial gears are actually the same size, but are not on the same plane, so they choose opposite directions?"
Qiao Yan pondered for a few seconds and spoke, "But if there are really two gears of the same size stacked together, then it is more likely that they will be driven by the axle to rotate in the same direction."
Shi Yu: “That’s right.”
Qiao Yan was stunned.
"What if it's the other way around?" Shi Yu took off the large gear from the space gear, stacked it on top of the meshing gear, and pressed down slightly with his fingertips. "What if the other space gear is not on the same axle as the original space gear?"
Qiao Yan trembled violently, and even his breathing became disordered.
Shi Yu lowered his eyes and put the two small gears back to their original positions: "The two spatial gears essentially rotate clockwise, and the meshing gears are the driven ones, rotating counterclockwise. But because the two spatial gears are not on the same axle, the intersecting tooth surfaces are moving in opposite directions."
"The process from the cruise ship to the factory occurred in Space Gear No. 1, while the process from the rainforest to the factory occurred in Space Gear No. 2. Therefore, even if the rotation direction is the same, the distance between the closed spaces is getting closer and closer. Until not long ago, Chang Jue made a space jump in the grassland, and you also made a space jump. The temperature of the destination space of both parties happened to be the same, and the teeth of the two space gears matched and merged, so you met. Doesn't it sound reasonable?"
Qiao Yan was silent for a while before speaking: "Merge?"
"The game is about disassembly."
Shi Yu's eyelashes slightly closed, eyes calm: "If the system wants players to disassemble the space gears and meshing gears, or disassemble the closed spaces distributed on the space gears, let's not talk about whether players can do it with human power. As I said, gears are just an analogy for the distribution law of these closed spaces. As for whether such a giant gear exists, it is still unknown. So this 'disassembly' may have another meaning."
"If closed spaces of the same temperature on different spatial gears collide and merge during rotation, players will meet. There are forty-six closed spaces on a gear, and sixty or seventy players act together. It is very likely that your encounter is not the first time, nor will it be the last. Space collisions will occur frequently. Suppose that each time they meet, they merge, and there will be one less closed space?"
"As we push further, there will be more and more 'collisions' and less and less space, until everything is finally integrated into the same spatial gear. Then what will happen to the gears whose space has disappeared? Will they continue to operate, or will they disappear?"
Qiao Yan opened his mouth and said, "If all other space gears disappear, then the 'disassembly' will be complete."
Shi Yu did not comment.
【Thank you, I am useless now. 】
[I gave up hope of understanding a long time ago, I am happy just lying down. 】
[How come I can't follow his train of thought even with four screens? It's ridiculous. ]
[What’s even more outrageous is that the deduction progress of the seven or eight players on my side combined is still not as good as his alone. Is he a human being? ? ]
[Fuck, my two ghost coins are no longer enough to keep up with his operation. I just went to grab a bunch of them to build the gear system he mentioned. Now I hope these are enough.]
[The direction is the same, but the result is the opposite... I am stuck at this point. If Shi Yu and Chang Jue were thrown into different spatial gears by the system at the beginning, then the space they are in now has merged. Who merged into whom? Who should be the main one now? ]
[I think it's weird to talk about fusion. I haven't seen any two players being assigned to the same space, except for Qiao Yan and Ji Congyang. If that's the case, how do they merge even if the spaces merge? If one of the buildings and scenery is left, what happens to the other one? Disappear? Collapse? Or build it into the remaining space like a brick to make it wider and longer?]
[…Sure enough, everyone on the barrage is a graduate student. Am I the only one who is stupid enough? ]
All five gears had been used up. Shi Yu did not touch the assembled parts and leaned back in his chair with his eyes half closed.
The street lights came on outside and the security guard began to patrol the surroundings with a flashlight.
Qiao Yan looked at the flickering light outside and realized that it was already completely dark. He turned around and said, "I'm afraid I can't go out tonight."
Ji Congyang was the first to respond: “Hmm?”
"This pharmaceutical factory will be closed at night. It's an electronic door that requires facial recognition." Qiao Yan glanced at him, "Also, no one can stay in the office building. There will be people patrolling at all times."
Ji Congyang was stunned: "Then what should we do?"
"Two options." Qiao Yan said, "Either you stay on the rooftop of the staff dormitory for the night. That's the only place where no one will patrol at night."
Ji Congyang: "What about the other one?"
Qiao Yan: "The security guard is outside, go out now and turn yourself in."
“…”
The flashlight suddenly turned and shone towards the window on the first floor: "Who's still there?!"
The little stutterer trembled all over and opened his mouth tremblingly: What should I do?
Even if no sound is made, it does not prevent others from understanding his lip movements.
Qiao Yan frowned.
Although his life weapon is used to increase speed, firstly, he cannot bring people with him without restraint, two is already the limit; secondly, there will be streams of light when using it, similar to the laser emitted by a high-speed rotating cutting machine. This has nothing to do with the system settings, it is an effect that only occurs when the speed is too fast, and it cannot even be eliminated. If you don't want to be seen at night, you can basically rule out using this method.
He stood by the door and said, "Go to the dormitory building and stay there. I'll come find you later."
Ji Congyang's brain, which was not much faster than that of the idiot, could hardly understand: "Are you going to distract the security guard?"
"I'm the best fit."
Ji Congyang wanted to say something else.
Shi Yu picked up the brochure he had read before and handed it to Qiao Yan who was passing by.
The brochure was just turned to the page with the layout diagram. Qiao Yan lowered his head and laughed, then walked out the door: "Hurry up, I'll only give you fifteen minutes."
The sudden light in the night was too dazzling, and the security guard subconsciously pointed the flashlight over there: "Who?!"
Qiao Yan had already left that place and went behind the building.
The security guard quickly caught up with him: "Who dares to run?! Stop!!"
The patrol left, Ji Congyang silently made a gesture, hunched over and was the first to leave the building.
Although there are not many people patrolling the factory, there are definitely not too few. There should be people on every road.
With Ji Congyang leading the team, except for the one who was led away by Qiao Yan at the beginning, the few of them didn't encounter any security guards and climbed directly to the roof of the dormitory building.
Just as I stood on the rooftop, Qiao Yan came up from the stairs and asked, "Are we there yet?"
Ji Congyang nodded at him.
Qiao Yan looked around and his eyes fell to the corner.
Shi Yu holds the gear workpiece in his hand.
No one dared to bother him, so he had peace and quiet around him, and no matter how others grumbled, they could not hear him.
When Qiao Yan came over, Shi Yu was disassembling the assembled workpieces one by one and stuffing them back into the bag. His skin was too white, and his hands looked even more bloodless in the dark. When he held the black gear, the color difference between the two was particularly strong.
After putting the gear away, Shi Yu leaned his back against the concrete wall, his eyes fixed on the ground without any focus.
Qiao Yan returned the brochure to him: "Thank you."
Shi Yu seemed to be in a daze for a long while before he looked up at him, moved his fingers, took it without even looking at it, and put it aside.
His vision was not clear, so he closed his eyes and pulled his coat tighter.
Until someone on the rooftop spoke up: "That..."
As soon as Qiao Yan walked to Ji Congyang, Chang Jue, who was sitting next to him, took the initiative to make way for him and stammered, "Thank you, thank you guys, you are so awesome, so great."
Qiao Yan glanced at him and said, "You wanted to catch up on your own, why are you thanking us?"
Chang Jue blushed: "I, I'm sorry, I just..."
Qiao Yan: "Just on the way?"
"No……"
"It's just that you can't escape on your own, and you just happened to run into us, so why not just follow us and take advantage of the situation?"
"I……"
"So you just heard someone else's conclusion and thought they were amazing and you didn't want to let go of the chance to get a rating?"
“…”
This sounded sarcastic and mocking, and Ji Congyang couldn't stand it any longer: "Old Qiao."
Qiao Yan ignored him, his eyes cold: "Do you remember what I told you before?"
——If I see you again, I will think you are following me deliberately.
Chang Jue naturally remembered it. When he was reminded of this, his eyes turned red and he hunched his shoulders: "I..."
It was like the words "I didn't mean it" were lingering in my throat for a long time, and in the end I could only say: "I'm sorry."
Ji Congyang raised his voice a little disapprovingly: "Old Qiao!"
“Pah—”
The gears fell to the ground.
Shi Yu opened his eyes and looked over here calmly: "Quiet."
The three of them fell silent at the same time.
Anyone with eyes could see how much Qiao Yan disliked Chang Jue. It was hard to explain to the little stutterer, and he didn't dare to get close to him and annoy him, so he could only cower in the corner.
Ji Congyang was puzzled and could only lower his voice to tease his companion: "Did you eat gunpowder today?"
Qiao Yan said nothing.
Ji Congyang whispered, "We are all in the same boat in the game. Even if you need to be on guard, you can just ignore him. He didn't provoke you. Why are you targeting him?"
Qiao glanced at him with disgust and said, "Idiot."
Ji Congyang: "..."
Damn, if he cares about this guy again, he'll be a dog!
The guy didn't give him a chance to do anything. He just stood up and left him alone to sulk.
Arriving at the stairwell, there were no surveillance cameras around. Qiao Yan took out a cigarette from somewhere, shielded his hand from the wind and lit it, but he didn't smoke, just watched the sparks burn quietly at one end.
Until a hand took the cigarette away.
Chang Jue held the filter in his mouth, the white smoke blurred his brows, his often timid and evasive eyes, and his face which was too delicate for a man.
He crossed his legs and chuckled, "I didn't expect someone would find him faster than me."
Qiao Yan looked at him expressionlessly: "Have you had enough of pretending?"
Chang Jue didn't answer, holding a cigarette between his fingers, with a smile in his eyes, and spoke fluently and clearly: "When did you run into him?"
[What the hell? ? ]
[Stuttering is not a stuttering?! ]
[An old fan who has been following him for a year said that he never stuttered. ]
Qiao Yan: "What does it have to do with you?"
"That's right." Chang Jue tilted his head thoughtfully, "After all, the boss doesn't want to see who can find Shi Yu the fastest in the game, but who can kill him first."
The night wind is howling.
Chang Jue said with a smile: "Since you haven't made a move yet and I've caught you again, don't blame me for cutting off your tricks."
Qiao Yan: “You can’t intercept it.”
"Then wait and see." Chang Jue put out his cigarette, "Although there are two of you, you have been in the Divine Realm for too short a time. You are no match for me."
He flicked his finger.
The cigarette butt drew a parabola in the air and fell accurately into the trash can.
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