He Jing: "...I don't want to."
Yan Hanxi: "..."
They are not cooperative at all.
He smiled helplessly: "I'm really defeated by you. I'll just say it directly then."
He Jing raised an eyebrow, signaling him to hurry up. Yan Hanxi then explained in detail: "Originally, each country had a different deck of playing cards. Italy had 78 cards per deck, Germany had 32, Spain had 40, and France had 52. Later, Westerners standardized the decks based on astronomical calendars, and international playing cards were standardized to 52 cards, with four suits per deck, gradually becoming fixed from Ace to Joker. The four suits represent the four seasons, and the 52 cards represent the 52 weeks of the year. The Joker represents the sun, the other Joker represents the moon, red cards represent daytime, and black cards represent day and night. There are 13 cards of the same suit, representing the 13 weeks of each season. The sum of the 52 cards is 364, and adding the Joker gives 365, which is equivalent to 365 days in a year. Adding the Joker gives 366, which is a leap year. The King, Queen, and Jack are 12 cards in total, representing the 12 months of the year and also the twelve Western zodiac signs..."
"In other words, there are infinite possibilities for the password to this display case. It could be any card from a deck of cards. Without other clues to help you, it would be very difficult to crack."
He Jing frowned as she listened. She had just walked around the secret room but hadn't found any useful clues. If nothing unexpected happened, the password to the display case could only be found on the playing cards.
Chen Yu heard Yan Hanxi's words from afar. He rallied the group, saying, "Why don't we collect these playing cards and see if there's any pattern?"
Cheng Yi immediately complied, and together with the other players, picked up the scattered playing cards one by one.
He Jing remained motionless, lost in thought once more.
Yan Hanxi asked, "What are you thinking about?"
He Jing replied, "I'm thinking about the designer's intentions for the escape room."
The escape room is open to the public, so the skill requirements for players shouldn't be too high; you just need to have money to buy a ticket. But if you want to pass this escape room, you need to know about poker. Is that realistic?
This is clearly unrealistic.
Secondly, with so many playing cards on the ground, even if there are ten of them, it would take half an hour to sort them one by one. With so many steps in an escape room, does the designer really think everyone can tolerate such tedious work?
The original intention of playing escape rooms is simply to relieve stress.
At this moment, Cheng Yi exclaimed with a slightly naive surprise, "Hey, He Jing, aren't you going to help?"
Everyone else was moving, but she wasn't; she looked like she was slacking off.
He Jing said, "I don't think the clues are in the number of playing cards, so I don't want to collect these cards."
Cheng Yi paused for a moment, then adopted a very generous attitude and said, "He Jing, I know we are rivals now, and the score difference is slight and could easily change; however, now is not the time to worry about the score. If we don't cooperate, none of us will escape. He Jing, teamwork is more important. We are both rivals and partners, aren't we?"
He Jing was already used to her sarcastic remarks. Her high-sounding words were just an attempt to accuse her of being unwilling to take action and wanting to reap the benefits of their victory for nothing.
As expected, as soon as she finished speaking, the other players rallied in support:
"Exactly, there are so many playing cards, the sooner we collect them, the sooner we can get out of here."
"Besides, the points aren't something one group can get. If we work together, each group will get points."
"He Jing... seems to be the one with the highest points. So that's how the first place is determined?"
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Cheng Yi heard this and felt pleased, but she still pretended to be tolerant and said, "Please don't say that about her. He Jing and I are classmates. She doesn't usually act like this."
PS: Extra chapter tomorrow.
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