The following evening, Durian TV continued broadcasting its programs, and viewership numbers were significantly higher than usual.
Clearly, it was Xu Lu's fans in the live stream who received the news, bringing a significant amount of traffic to the program.
Since everyone saw that this guy had no intention of going online, they simply went to Durian TV to watch his shows.
After seeing Xu Lu demonstrate a series of skillful lock-picking techniques on the show...
Fans were shocked:
Wow! I just came here to kill some time, but this streamer has discovered a whole new treasure trove!
[Next time someone's door is locked or they've forgotten their keys, the streamer can open it for them for free!]
Hahaha, this is a great suggestion. I recommend calculating it based on the fan level.
Fans with higher levels can have the streamer open doors for free three times; those with lower levels can open doors for free twice...
[Holy crap, is this thing in the back a prank for our streamer? It can even be opened?]
...
When the show's producers brought out that ancient mechanical lock, the fans were somewhat puzzled.
People think this might be a segment created by the production team to give Xu Lu some obstacles.
[The streamer is probably going to get into trouble this time. He was just good at picking locks, he didn't say... wait, what?]
Wow, where did he get that piece from? That's unbelievable...
[That startled me. I thought the streamer was going to embarrass himself, but I didn't expect him to be able to crack even this.]
Look at everyone here, including the host; they're all stunned. They clearly didn't expect this situation.
I wonder what's inside this lock? Could it be an ancient treasure?
...
On the other side.
Inside a research institute, a group of people were also watching this program on Durian TV.
In front of this group of people was a plate, and on the plate were the very pieces of disassembled metal from the program.
"Did everyone see that? This guy named Xu Lu opened this lock like this!"
Zhou Hui, who appeared on the show that day, pointed to the screen on the television and said:
"Now I need you all to carefully observe this person's technique, and then help me put this mechanism back in place."
"Mr. Zhou, rest assured, although we were unable to open it, putting it back in place is no problem at all."
Besides, there are videos here now, so we can see how they opened it step by step..."
The head of the research institute said with a confident expression.
Then he looked at the researchers on his left and right and said:
"First, copy the video, then piece it back together step by step in reverse order. It should take about half an hour, right?"
"no problem!"
The surrounding researchers nodded in agreement, some even feeling that the team leader was underestimating them.
The person in the video took only a few dozen seconds to disassemble the thing.
Although they can't take it apart, they're just assembling it based on the video. It shouldn't take half an hour.
Soon, several researchers worked together to assemble the entire mechanism lock.
Zhou Hui stood aside watching attentively, occasionally offering his opinion.
It didn't take too long.
The group assembled the entire mechanism to the final step, with only one metal block remaining on the plate.
But the researchers were dumbfounded.
Because at this point in the puzzle, they discovered that the last remaining metal block could not be assembled.
"What's going on? Why can't I put it back?"
Zhou Hui, who had been standing to the side, had obviously noticed this and asked with a displeased expression.
"Well... Mr. Zhou, please don't worry. There might have been a problem with one of the steps in the process, so..."
The research group leader, whose expression was also not good, quickly explained, adding:
"You guys take the rest apart first, and carefully check the steps you just went through. I'll lead the second assembly."
With the research group leader taking the lead, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
However, about ten minutes later, the people present encountered another problem: the second attempt to assemble the parts also failed.
At this moment, even the research group leader had beads of sweat on his forehead, but he still tried his best to remain calm and said:
"Don't panic, don't panic, watch the video again carefully, and record every step of this person's dismantling..."
Then……
Under Zhou Hui's watchful eye, all the researchers began assembling the parts for the third, fourth, and fifth time...
However, after one failure comes another!
Moreover, every time they were assembling the parts, they couldn't continue assembling when only one metal block was left.
Finally, the research team leader spoke up, dejected:
"I'm sorry, Mr. Zhou, we... failed!"
Just as we couldn't open this lock before, we can't put it back together now!
"How is that possible? You've all seen the video; that's exactly how that person took it down."
Now, I'm asking you to put it back together following the steps. Is that really so difficult? Why can't you put it back together?
Zhou Hui asked with a dark expression.
"this……"
The research group leader, probably annoyed by the criticism, finally couldn't hold back and said:
"I imagine Mr. Zhou himself tried to put these fragments back together more than once after obtaining them, but he must have failed each time. Otherwise, you wouldn't have brought these fragments to us..."
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