Zhou Hui kept frowning as he watched the boastful guy on stage.
The cube-shaped lock made of that unknown metal had been passed down in his family for generations, and they had naturally consulted various lock-picking experts.
But none of them can be opened.
Zhou Hui even sent this mechanism lock to a very famous ancient mechanism research laboratory, but the researchers spent a month on it.
That also failed to solve the problem.
Some have even suggested that this lock might be the kind of object with an internal self-locking mechanism once locked, making it impossible to open without damage!
To find out what secrets this thing holds, we'd have to use a cutting machine to break it open from the outside...
Unfortunately, because this was an antique, and Zhou Hui didn't want to damage the integrity of this exquisite creation out of curiosity, he refused...
"Heh, just a locksmith. He thinks he can open this kind of mechanical lock just because he knows a little about modern locks and can open some door lock mechanisms? What a joke!"
Zhou Hui cursed inwardly, feeling annoyed.
On the stage right now.
After hearing what the host said, Xu Lu walked up to the plate.
Actually, when many audience members came up to check it out, he also took a few glances at it. With his 'antique expertise', he could naturally tell that it was an antique.
As they approached the metal lock, which was about a foot in diameter, Xu Lu's other skill, 'Mastery of Theft', began to take effect.
Even though he knew he couldn't sense the internal mechanism of the metal object, as soon as he touched it, his mind was filled with many inspirations, or rather, solutions...
As time passed, the audience members began to whisper among themselves again:
"I knew it! Even a lock-picking expert needs to find the keyhole to pick a lock. Look... they're completely stumped now, aren't they?"
"I don't think this thing can be opened by a human. There's absolutely no gap, and it can't be pushed open at all!"
"Hahaha, I have to say this production team is quite interesting; they're actually making things difficult for the experts..."
"It's strange how ingenious people were in ancient times. But how did they develop these mechanical locks back then?"
...
The audience whispered among themselves, while Zhou Hui, the owner of the lock, crossed his legs, looking smug.
"You said 'it should be possible,' now you know you were exaggerating, right?"
This antique lock of mine is definitely not something locksmiths like you can open..."
On the other side.
Director Xie, who had been overseeing the recording of the program, felt a little embarrassed at this moment, thinking to himself:
"Mr. Xu just helped me out, but I ended up screwing him over. Well... cough cough, I'll just have to give him two bottles of wine later!"
Pang Yue, a fan of Xu Lu, clenched her fists in worry:
"Keep it up, Brother Xu, you can definitely... wait, Brother Xu seems to have taken another piece off that mechanism!"
Pang Yue witnessed this scene, as did others present.
On the stage in front, Xu Lu had already taken the mechanism lock from the plate.
I don't know how he managed to place an irregularly shaped piece of metal, about three centimeters in diameter, onto the plate, then a second piece, a third piece...
At first, the metal block didn't peel off the lock very quickly.
But as time went on, Xu Lu placed the metal blocks into the plate at an increasingly faster pace.
In just ten or so breaths, everyone saw that the metal blocks in the plate had piled up.
The cube-shaped lock that was originally one foot in diameter had now shrunk by a size...
Upon seeing this, the audience members gaped in astonishment.
"Holy crap, this expert actually cracked it! This expert is amazing! How did he do it?"
"I was proven wrong. I just said that no one could open it, but I didn't expect that the experts would open it in the blink of an eye."
"This lock is really complicated. It's unbelievable that it's pieced together from these individual parts!"
"When I first handled it, I clearly felt that it was a whole piece, but I didn't expect it to be broken into so many pieces."
...
"Huh, Mr. Xu actually opened this lock? This... Didn't Old Zhou say this thing was impossible to open?"
Director Xie, who was in charge of the program, was completely dumbfounded.
However, after he came to his senses, his expression became somewhat strange, and he thought to himself:
"Since Mr. Xu has already opened this lock, then I won't be cheating him. Wouldn't that save us the cost of two bottles of wine?"
The others were merely surprised to see Xu Lu open that strange, square-shaped lock.
However, Zhou Hui was the owner of the lock and had put a lot of effort into it.
Looking at the scene on the stage in front of him, he was so surprised that his eyes almost popped out!
"Impossible! I must be seeing things!"
Zhou Hui was utterly shocked.
After rubbing my eyes hard, I finally admitted that what I had seen was the truth.
This is an ancient lock that has been passed down in my family for generations without being able to unlock it.
Today, however, it was opened by a locksmith!
The host on stage was almost dumbfounded at this moment.
It's worth noting that his next lines were designed based on the premise that Xu Lu couldn't open the ancient mechanism.
Now you're telling me it's open?
What about my next lines?
Then, Director Xie saw the host frantically gesturing to him to pause the conversation.
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