Chapter 11
After Lei Shen and Leng Zhi made their nominations, Yun Jingcheng could only indicate that he would nominate Le Xinzhou.
So no one lifted the whiteboard, and everything went smoothly, just as their declaration stated, with no one secretly making any moves.
The game soon officially began. This time, all the guests started from the square and were free to choose their own routes or travel in groups.
Lei Shen looked around, seemingly lost in thought.
[Is Brother Lei looking for a powerful backer to follow?]
[Could it be that he wanted to follow Leng Zhi to observe Leng Zhi's movements?]
[That's going to be interesting; Leng Zhi will definitely head straight to the pool.]
Just as the comments predicted, Leng Zhi headed straight for the pool—as long as he went there, he could immediately get Lei Shen's six playmats, and eighteen points in an instant; only a fool wouldn't go.
Lei Shen watched Leng Zhi walk towards the swimming pool and couldn't help but feel a little nervous.
The locations I've hidden are all pretty good; they shouldn't be so easy to find, right?
He hesitated for a moment, then didn't follow, instead leading Xixi towards the village entrance.
If he remembered correctly, Leng Zhi started from the village entrance in the morning. Although he remembered it as a large open space, he still wanted to confirm it with his own eyes before he would feel at ease.
When he arrived at the door, he was somewhat dumbfounded.
This place is just a completely bare lawn, isn't it?
Xixi ran around the lawn, her little face flushed from running: "Daddy, I don't think I saw a yellow playmat."
Lei Shen couldn't hold back his expression any longer: "How can there not be a single one? I don't believe it. I'll dig it out even if I have to dig three feet into the ground!"
Xixi nodded, seemingly understanding, then spotted the shovel under the fence: "There's a shovel! So, are we... are we going to dig three feet deep? How deep is three feet?"
Lei Shen had already spotted the shovel; he had only said it to vent his frustration, but he hadn't expected his son to take it seriously.
Lei Shen: "..."
He waved his hand dismissively, saying, "Forget it, we'll never stop digging like this. Let's go and look at other places."
[Don't go! Keep digging!]
[Oh my god, he even guessed the answer correctly!]
[There are actually test takers who guessed the answers correctly and then tore up the answer sheet?]
[If I remember correctly, the place where Leng Zhi dug the hole was only a few meters away from him, hahaha, so unlucky!]
The afternoon game guests were prohibited from watching the live stream chat, so none of their eagerness could be conveyed to Lei Shen. The audience could only watch as Lei Shen and Xi Xi left the lawn step by step.
Meanwhile, Leng Zhi had already retrieved the six blue crawling mats that had been placed in the trash can.
He didn't stop and walked straight towards the restaurant.
[The restaurant! I remember Sister Shaoqi started here this morning.]
[Did he give up on sniping Lei Shen's cushion?]
[Wait, after Lei Shen left the pool, didn't he go to the restaurant?]
[This guest is quite observant. Did he specifically memorize Lei Shen's movements, or did he also remember the activities of the other four groups of guests?]
[You should all remember, right? I think when they gave out the activity in the morning, you could guess that you'd be looking for a playmat in the afternoon, but you probably couldn't have guessed the rule about triple points.]
Leng Zhi did indeed remember the activity patterns of all the guests—and even more.
Le Xinzhou had been searching around the restaurant for a while, not wanting to miss any red objects in his field of vision.
However, the restaurant's overall warm red and yellow decor and lighting caused him a lot of trouble, and it took him nearly half an hour to find a spot.
When Leng Zhi carried in half a bundle of playmats, Le Xinzhou was completely focused and didn't hear the footsteps behind him. It was Duoduo who first noticed Jiang Mingzhe, who had just crawled in.
"You're here too!" Duoduo exclaimed.
Upon hearing the sound, Le Xinzhou suddenly looked up and saw the arrogant Jiang Mingzhe, and his elderly father carrying half a dozen blue play mats behind him.
He waved his hand: "Leng Zhi... Holy crap, what are you holding in your hand?"
Le Xinzhou could hardly believe his eyes.
"1, 2, 3, 4, 5... 6! How did you get six?!" Le Xinzhou suddenly felt that the red playmat in his hand was a little hot, and couldn't help but hide it behind his back.
Leng Zhi said casually, "Just lucky. Do you need any help?"
Le Xinzhou shook his head, preparing to refuse Leng Zhi's kindness.
Finding only one photo is already embarrassing enough! Asking others for help would be even more humiliating!
Before Le Xinzhou could even speak, Duoduo quickly revealed his secret: "Yay! Uncle Leng, please help us find them! My dad hasn't found a single one yet, and the one he has is thanks to me!"
Le Xinzhou: "..." What a heartless little cotton-padded jacket.
He closed his eyes: "Children...children speak without thinking, it's really not necessary, I'm sure I can find it."
Leng Zhi stopped being polite and began searching in the opposite direction from Le Xinzhou.
Under the food cart and curtains... in less than fifteen minutes, Leng Zhi found two red and two blue crawling mats.
Le Xinzhou and Duoduo also tried their best to find two more—they tried, but they were still far inferior to Leng Zhi's.
His performance was far superior to that of the five groups of guests.
Does he have some kind of item-finding system? How come he finds things so accurately?
[This is unbelievable! How many points is that already?]
[Wow, 26 points!]
[Even Shaoqi, who scored the most points next door, only had 17, and Lei Shen only had 7, hahaha]
[Did you notice that the order in which he looked for the items was the same as the order in which the guests hid the items this morning?]
[You mean he not only remembered where everyone went, but also carefully observed their movements within the room?]
[This is a bit outrageous, isn't it? This memory is as good as a computer's!]
[I'm not sure... but I'm a fan of Sister Shaoqi and Lei Shen, so I remember their order very clearly, it really is the same order in which he looked for the mat...]
[Oh, I remember now! Wasn't this guest constantly checking their location this morning?]
Leng Zhi was indeed gradually figuring things out based on his memory from the morning.
Human movement within a space is never without reason; all movement and stillness may be aimed at finding or in order to find a better location.
So he kept memorizing the order of the other guests' actions while hiding the crawling mat.
Shaoqi spent the most time in the southeast corner of the restaurant—so there must be at least one playmat hidden there.
Once you focus your attention on a small corner of less than ten square meters from the entire diverse restaurant, all the possible answers will be automatically listed.
And indeed, he found a red playmat under the food cart in the southeast corner.
The other three playmats were found using the same principle.
Leng Zhi didn't stay at the restaurant for long; he prepared to head to his next destination—the shopping street.
In his memory, Le Xinzhou spent almost all his time on the shopping street, especially on a corner on the west side, where he stayed for almost half an hour without moving.
You're sure to gain a lot from going.
Le Xinzhou finally gave up on the restaurant—he practically turned it upside down.
He followed Leng Zhi from a distance.
Duoduo asked in confusion, "Dad, why are we following Uncle Leng? Didn't you say you didn't want Uncle Leng's help?"
Le Xinzhou clenched his fist: "Duoduo, do you know that there is a kind of bird in nature that specializes in picking the teeth of crocodiles? Crocodiles will not harm this little bird and are willing to give it some scraps."
Duoduo was even more confused: "What are you talking about?"
Le Xinzhou solemnly said, "Now we are like little birds, following him to scavenge for leftovers!"
The shopping street has attracted many shops; it's unclear whether this was a special arrangement by the production team or if the area was always this lively.
The merchandise displays in the stores vary from store to store, some are arranged in a staggered manner, some are chaotic yet orderly, and some are neat and tidy—which adds a lot of trouble for Leng Zhi, who came looking for a playmat.
Although he remembered Le Xinzhou's general route in the morning, he couldn't pinpoint the exact store.
After thinking for a moment, Leng Zhi decided to head straight for the corner where Le Xinzhou had stopped for half an hour.
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