To give you an idea, although I only caught a glimpse of it yesterday, I've already memorized the arrangement of the numbers on the genuine article.
This one is completely mislabeled.
By the way! The stone rock documents in Yangben were probably provided by Meiguo.
The person who translated the Shi Yanwen text for Mei Guo deliberately mistranslated the numbers, so it's no wonder they couldn't label them correctly.
I'll just pretend I've never seen the real thing.
I walked around the table once, and there were several other people next to me with paper and pens waiting to take notes.
After I stopped, I said, "This is impossible to calculate!"
Duanmu Yifu frowned, while the person holding the paper and pen nodded in agreement.
"Mr. Zheng! You're saying you can't figure this out?"
"That's right! It's because there's a problem with the arrangement of the numbers. The first group fits 3n plus 2, but when we calculate the third side of the second group, there will be an extra remainder."
If we calculate according to the first and second groups, it becomes 5n minus 3, but it doesn't match the third group at all.
I just did some reverse reasoning, and for the numbers above to hold true, at least three numbers need to be changed, with one or two more added each time.
And so on, until we reach the first level, we have to overturn everything. In this situation, what else could it be but a problem with the numbers themselves?
"Wow..." The people next to me all applauded.
"It really is Mr. Zheng! We just noticed something was wrong, but we never thought of using reverse verification."
It seems these people are also experts in mathematics.
"Moreover, it's amazing that Mr. Zheng was able to deduce it so quickly."
Duanmu Yifu clearly didn't care how powerful I was; he frowned, seemingly lost in thought, while Duanmu Xiuchun looked at me with shining eyes once again.
I was looking at the pillars with numbers just now, and now I'm prying open the small archway:
“Mr. Duanmu! If you’re afraid I’ll see the real thing, then I’ve done what I promised you.”
Duanmu Yifu was taken aback: "Mr. Zheng knows about this?"
One sentence and it's all exposed. Isn't that admitting it's fake?
"I don't know! I just think that people in the past wouldn't have made such a wrong thing and left it to this day."
Therefore, it can only be that Mr. Duanmu failed to imitate it properly.
Duanmu Yifu is still struggling with this!
I sat down to the side, picked up the fruit, and started eating.
"Dad! Why don't we let Mr. Zheng take a look?"
Duanmu Yifu sighed: "Mr. Zheng! It's not that I don't want to show it to you, but this thing involves our country's secrets."
Grass!
"It's okay! Even if I saw the real thing, I might not be able to calculate it. I believe the numbers you wrote on it weren't just randomly placed."
But regardless of right or wrong, I've kept my promise and calculated everything for you; I'm not returning that sword.
Duanmu Yifu: "Mr. Zheng, what are you saying? Even if you don't help, we won't take back what we've sent out."
That sounds nice, but it's probably because the sword is too broken, right?
"Okay! I'll ask my superiors. If they agree, I'll take Mr. Zheng to see the genuine article."
At the same time, I will also give Mr. Zheng another weapon.
Haha! You know how to do it.
I smiled and nodded.
Duanmu Yifu went to the side to make a phone call, and quickly returned: "Mr. Zheng! The higher-ups have given permission for you to see the genuine article, please!"
I thought they would disagree!
It seems they have some information that the castle knows.
Moreover, they probably didn't have all the keys, otherwise if they knew there were other keys, they definitely wouldn't have been in such a hurry to let me unlock this.
They didn't bring any of their own people; only Duanmu Yifu and his son took me underground.
"Click!" The light turned on, and Duanmu Yifu said, "Look! This is the real thing."
I walked around the genuine article, wondering to myself.
What exactly does "Shiyan people" mean?
They have such advanced technology, yet they created this thing. This has nothing to do with technology.
According to their technology, this thing should be controlled by a computer, and then it can be started by cracking the firewall, instead of a whole stone pillar that people have to twist.
"Shi Yanwen!"
After I finished speaking, Duanmu Yifu became excited: "Mr. Zheng understands Shiyan script?"
"I don't know! I just see them a lot, so they look similar."
Duanmu Yifu froze, then became somewhat worried: "Mr. Zheng! Do you have a solution to this?"
I patted the stone pillar: "No problem, but it will take a while. I need to discard all the numbers you marked and then calculate it myself."
"Huh? How long will that take?"
"Is Mr. Duanmu in a hurry?"
The castle's been turned into a joke, what's the rush? Does someone else want to take it from them?
"Please, Mr. Zheng, hurry up!"
"I will never be slow if I can be fast. Tomorrow is the day of the competition, and I don't want to be delayed."
On a whim, I hacked Duanmu Yifu's phone.
"Yes, yes! We can't delay! Um... Xiuchun! You stay here and assist Mr. Zheng. He must fulfill all his requests."
"Okay, Dad!"
Duanmu Yifu then left, leaving only Duanmu Xiuchun and me on the ground floor.
There was paper, pen, and even a computer. I took the paper and pen and pretended to walk up to the stone pillar, starting to draw the symbols on it. Actually, I was listening to Duanmu Yifu's phone.
Duanmu Yifu cooperated, making phone calls as soon as he went out.
"Mr. Inoue! Zheng Yang has begun to crack the code. However, he said it will take a long time."
"Um!"
Inoue Ichiki?
Judging from Duanmu Yifu's tone, it seemed as if Inoue Ichiki was his boss.
Inoue Kazuki continued, "Hurry up! The castle and the magician are just fools. I thought they had stopped developing the rainforest."
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