Poseidon
Ma Liangchen, who couldn't see the person clearly, asked her in confusion, "Don't the rules say that we have to catch a rainbow fish every day, no matter how big or small it is?"
The rules were correct, but when Lin Nuan saw the little girl wearing a yellow and a blue sea fish, she suddenly felt confused.
"Yes, but didn't you notice that there were two small sea fish on the little girl just now?"
"She had a blue one hanging in front of her neck and a yellow one at the end of her hair."
Lin Nuan stared at the doll in Liu Hanshui's hand and thought, if we follow the first rule of the town, they can completely ignore the little girl and not catch the colorful fish, but this little girl has three rules.
They correspond to rule one, rule two and rule respectively.
When three rules appear on the same person, how should he choose?
"You mean to say that the town's rules are being forced to merge?"
Lin Nuan looked at Qi Jing who had spoken and asked him, "Isn't it?"
Isn’t the little girl just now enough to explain it?
If the rules of the bulletin board are constantly merging and becoming uncertain, then this also means that there are big bugs in the town, and it is obvious who these bugs are.
Zhang Heqian was confused by all these rules. If they only looked at the first rule, they could choose not to go. But the third rule clearly said they had to go, and the second rule required them to do so. So, should they go or not?
"Go, you must go!"
Shi Yuncheng, who had been listening to them, spoke confidently, "If the rules are to be combined, we need to break them down and compare them again, just like addition and subtraction."
"If we look at Rule 1 alone, we can completely ignore what she said, but that doesn't mean it's unimportant. On the contrary, we need to distinguish whether what she said is true or false. In this way, we can determine whether this rule can be added or subtracted with other rules.
Let’s look at rule two.
It tells us that we must do what she says, but there is a second half to rule two—if we want to disobey her arrangements, we must find the person wearing the red shell pendant for help.
There is a hidden trap here, which is that it does not clearly tell us what the chances of success are! Not to mention that we have not yet found anyone wearing a red shell.
Rule three requires us to go into the sea and catch a discus fish every day, regardless of size.
If Rule 1 is true, then Rule 3 is invalid, and we only need to deal with Rule 2. However, if Rule 1 is true, then Rule 3 is irrelevant. This fish must be caught today and offered on time."
At this moment, after listening to this speech, the wrinkles in everyone's brains were smoothed out.
Only Ma Liangchen, after listening to his explanation, gave him a more challenging question: "What if we add a rule eight that can only be triggered by us?"
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Zhang Heqian looked at him and asked him in disbelief, "Were you dreaming when you were sleeping just now?"
It’s no wonder that Zhang Heqian couldn’t believe it. Even he himself didn’t believe it when he woke up.
Because he hadn't had a dream for many years, and this dream felt very strange, as if he was dreaming someone else's dream.
"I didn't expect this damn place to not play by the rules." Ma Liangchen said honestly.
"If you add Rule 8, then Rule 3 will cancel it out, and Rule 1 will be completely invalid. Now you only need to follow Rule 2."
By adding Rule 8, this problem will be easy to solve. You can directly deal with Rule 2.
If they verify that Rule 1 is false, then they can either go fishing or seek help successfully. If it is true, they can only go fishing. Ma Liangchen can choose to fish or seek help, but if seeking help is unsuccessful, he still has to go fishing.
No matter how you look at it, it's better to go fishing.
Liu Hanshui was about to squeeze the colorful fish doll out of shape, so he threw the fish to Ma Liangchen and asked him to go to the beach with them. If they were lucky, they only needed to find someone wearing a red shell and ask for help. If they were unlucky, he would go fishing with them.
Anyway, his eyes can see everything except humans, so fishing shouldn't be a big problem.
It was 3:40 in the afternoon, and even though the town looked small, it took them a long time to walk.
When they finally arrived at the beach, they saw several fishermen waiting for them.
"It's over, Lao Ma." Zhang Heqian looked at the fishermen helplessly: "Now you have to go fishing with us."
Ma Liangchen held Liao Wenqiang's arm to prevent him from losing them. He felt it was okay, but before going into the sea, he reminded them that when they came up, they must find him and drag him along.
He was really afraid of following the wrong person.
Before going into the sea, the fishermen will tell them how to use the fishing tools and warn them to pay attention to whether there is enough oxygen in the oxygen tank for their return trip.
After explaining everything, the fisherman took them to the front of the fishing area and signaled them to go in and search on their own.
Discus fish are fish with seven or more colors on their bodies. The larger the fish, the more colors they have. The more colors they have, the more ferocious they are.
They tend to hide among the rocks, but this can only hide smaller fish, as large discus fish live further down.
But in the waters here, the deeper you go, the more dangerous it becomes, and most fishermen are unwilling to go there.
There were only eight of them in this fishing area, and they split up and whoever caught the most would go first. If someone was lucky enough to catch a few more, they might be able to complete the required landing early.
Maybe it was because the newbies had a protection period, and in less than an hour they all caught a small rainbow fish.
Ma Liangchen's position was relatively low, and he went up diagonally, which caused him to deviate from Zhang Heqian and the others after he went up.
After taking off his diving gear, he looked around for them in confusion. When he turned around to see where to go down, he suddenly saw a handsome guy.
A handsome guy whose face can be seen clearly.
He thought it was due to blurry vision, but after he closed his eyes and opened them again, he could still see.
He was so happy when he finally saw someone who could see clearly besides himself that he ran over without even hearing the people behind him calling him.
"Hey handsome, you're alone."
Ji Changtian, who was stopped, glanced at him and continued walking forward without paying any attention. Ma Liangchen, who was ignored, did not get angry. He just sniffed and said, "You smell so good!"
Ji Changtian looked at his reflection in his eyes, and after making sure that he didn't recognize him, he said, "Your friend is calling you from behind, are you ignoring him?"
"Where is it? Why can't I see it?"
Ma Liangchen pulled the chain on his clothes and looked around.
There were a lot of people here, all gathered in small groups. He couldn't see the people clearly, so he couldn't tell which group was Liao Wenqiang and the others.
Seeing him turning his head again and again without seeing anyone, Ji Changtian helplessly pointed him in the direction: "On your right, see the coconut tree? That's the one standing underneath."
Ji Changtian, knowing why he couldn't see clearly, pointed him in the direction and then pushed his hand away.
"The time for the offering is short, so stop following me."
"As for your eyes, they will be fine after tonight."
While he turned around to look for a gap between the coconut trees, Ji Changtian blended into the crowd and ran away.
Before Ma Liangchen could ask him where he lived, the man disappeared. He didn't care whether he could see tomorrow or not. Maybe the man had deliberately deceived him.
He was still holding the colorful fish in his hand. After confirming the location of Liao Wenqiang and the others, he hurried over.
Before he even got to him, he heard Zhang Heqian scolding him in a loud voice.
"You made it. Is there too much water in your ears and you can't hear us calling you?"
"Who are you that successfully recognized as your relative? Why are you pulling others to laugh?"
Ma Liangchen grabbed someone's arm and explained, "No, I really didn't hear you calling me. I just saw a handsome guy and went over to ask."
"You call him handsome? I think it's more like a mosaic." Zhang Heqian's angry mouth was like a machine gun, constantly shooting at him.
"Really? I just saw it. He even said my eyes will be fine after tonight. If you don't believe me, I'll show it to you tomorrow. He's really handsome!"
Seeing that the two people were arguing endlessly, Liu Hanshui urgently stopped them.
"Stop arguing. If you keep arguing, we won't have to offer sacrifices to the Sea God. We can just sacrifice ourselves."
The two inseparables were immediately forced to mute their microphones. Lin Nuan dragged Ma Liangchen, Liao Wenqiang dragged Zhang Heqian, and the eight of them followed a veiled woman.
The woman said that she was the keeper of the altar and was responsible for cleaning the rotten fish on the altar every day.
The sky gradually darkened and it was already six o'clock. The woman led them in and disappeared.
The altar is actually a place like a temple, where many statues of gods are placed.
Holding the fish in their hands, they looked at the statues of all sizes here and were a little confused for a moment.
They were only told to come here to worship the sea god, but no one told them that there were so many statues on the altar!
Liu Hanshui looked at the statues and was at a loss. "No, each person should choose one to worship. How the hell is anyone supposed to know which one is the Sea God?"
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Wang Shuitou picked out an image that looked like a kind mother and said, "I think it's okay."
When everyone had chosen a statue to worship, Ma Liangchen, whose eyes felt a little uncomfortable, looked up and squinted, and caught a glimpse of another statue above his head.
With one eye still closed, he quickly stopped several people who were about to place offerings and kneel down to worship.
"Wait a moment."
"Don't kneel yet, take a look at the one above your head and see if he looks more like the God of the Sea."
On top of several statues, a statue that looks like a mermaid is hanging upside down and looking at them.
The statue's eyes are closed, making it look like it's asleep. Looking along the statue's tail, you'll find that the entire room is covered by the mermaid's tail.
From this perspective, the statues in the middle look more like they are protected by mermaids, and the mermaid-like statue is like a mother hiding in the dark to protect her child.
Facing the upside-down statue of Poseidon, several people decided to form a circle and kneel down in worship, facing the wall. As for the colorful fish, they placed them in the fish tanks installed in the corners of the walls.
During the third bow, the sea god's tail began to spin, including the gathered statues. His originally kind expression turned into pain, and he curled up quietly.
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