Chapter 026 Anchor Simulator
Ren Xi did not show up immediately, but she stole the phone of the nurse who came to change the dressing, and found a way to add her newly created account to the hospital's internal group chat. Then when the nurse came back to look for the phone, she pretended to have found it under the bed by accident and returned it to her.
Ren Xi was scrolling through his phone, and from time to time a few messages popped up in the group.
This hospital has good service and high medical skills. Employees are busy coming and going every day. But today, someone was sending messages in the group chat every few hours. Ren Xi saw someone upload a screenshot, which showed the contestants spending money crazily online.
From morning to noon and then to afternoon, the reward amount has increased several times. Even the medical staff couldn't help but take time out to express their complex and melancholy emotions in the group.
There is a line of small text in the screenshot, and the time limit is before 11:50 tonight.
Ren Xi immediately thought of the host.
Only the host can make the contestants crazy. If the contestants want to set aside some time to contact the host, it is reasonable for them to close ten minutes earlier... Thinking of this, Ren Xi realized that she had already dialed the phone.
“Beep—”
The dial tone lasted no more than two beeps before someone picked up the phone. "Ren Xi?" It was the anonymous voice, slightly surprised. "The sniper was right. You actually showed up on your own initiative and found the contact information hidden in the picture."
Ren Xi got straight to the point: "What do you want from me?"
"I need your help for the last match." Anonymous explained tactfully and handed the phone to the sniper. She put her finger on the receiver and whispered to him, "I'll leave it to you. She probably doesn't want to see me."
The sniper then remembered the reason why Ren Xi was eliminated. He took the phone and explained what had just happened.
Unexpectedly, Ren Xi didn't care at all. After listening, he immediately pointed out: "Headset."
After she was eliminated, she didn't keep any of the show's content, but she remembered the scene where 123 raised his hand to touch his headset, looking thoughtful. Ren Xi asked, "Were the headsets of the eliminated contestants taken away?"
The sniper with a good memory fell into thought, "So that's how it is."
He breathed a sigh of relief and took the initiative to ask: "Thank you very much, what do you want?"
"Tell me everything that happened after the live broadcast." Ren Xi didn't hesitate to add an additional condition, "You must repeat every word."
"Aren't you afraid that the host will be angry?"
Ren Xi asked back, "Will he? Maybe he has already guessed what you are doing and also deduced my conditions. Why don't you recall what the host talked to you about..." She put herself in the host's shoes and said, "Did he tell you about this? Don't ask him. Just go find him."
I said something similar...
The sniper hesitantly agreed, on the condition that he contacted the host first.
Ren Xi let them leave without worrying about it. She was confident that the host would not care about this matter. Sure enough, within half a minute, the phone rang.
The sniper shared the information, and Ren Xi felt something was wrong the more he listened. "Didn't the host ask the contestants to set a time at the beginning? He must have decided on the spot... What did you do to make the host suddenly change his mind?"
The sniper was confused. "I didn't do anything."
"So where is your next game?"
"An abandoned factory," the sniper who was communicating with the host quickly reported, "The construction plan is useless. The host must have transformed the inside beyond recognition. But some things will not change, such as the size of the site, the main structure, and the equipment inside... Anyway, knowing the location will facilitate our operations in three days."
Ren Xi: "Three days later? So soon."
"123 requires that it start tomorrow morning. Three days is late enough. If it goes on any longer, no one knows what the host will transform the factory into." He explained a few words, but did not mention the fact that the unfinished building was turned into a landscape after four days. "If everything is ok, I'm going to recuperate. See you in three days."
"See you in three days." Ren Xi hung up the phone.
She wondered who would be the winner of the competition. In the previous two shows, the contestants completed the tasks within the pace set by the host. Now it was the last game, perhaps the rules would be different?
Perhaps anticipation will speed up time at certain times. Before he knew it, three days had passed. This time, Ji Xu set the time to midnight. Under the moonlight, the rusty factory was coated with a layer of silver, which made it look magnificent. He got out of the car, reciting the rules that were becoming more and more casual.
"Since you are all here, all progress from the first two games will be invalidated, and the ranking will be based on the performance of this game."
Ji Xu said, "There are ten capsules hidden in the factory. Some need to be decrypted, and some require physical strength. Five hours later—" He took out his phone and glanced at the time, then continued smoothly, "That is 3:25 in the morning. The ranking will be based on the number of capsules obtained. A tie is fine. I only want to see the first place."
The three players' eyes suddenly sharpened.
They selectively forget the host's weird freezes and the behavior of checking the time temporarily. The host doesn't care how normal they are, they will adapt to the host. For example, when the countdown sounded, the three of them immediately rushed out, and the sound of metal clanging suddenly came from the factory, which seemed to indicate that a conveyor belt had been dismantled.
Season sequence: "..."
So energetic.
He felt that this simulator was a complete vacation. As long as the contestants were intimidated, they would trip each other up, and Ji Xu would have to ensure that they didn't kill each other.
After all, it takes five hours, so Ji Xu didn't make the puzzle too easy, especially the last word puzzle. But he didn't plan to trick the contestants, so he kept it at a level that required some brainpower but some effort to solve.
If the ones that require IQ are time-consuming, then the ones that require physical strength are even more difficult. The capsules are only the size of a knuckle, and you can't find them if you don't pay attention.
Ji Xu was kind enough to give a hint, but knowing does not mean finding it.
Anonymous, who had just finished the violent demolition, stood up with the help of an iron rod. As soon as she entered the door, she saw that the conveyor belt was clean. She used the iron rod to pry it open and found a capsule hidden in the gear position. Anonymous thought with a heavy heart that if this was what the host said lightly, "it requires physical strength", then she really couldn't hold on for more than five hours.
Even the gorillas couldn't hold on.
123 and the sniper retreated, leaving the place for Anonymous to look for other capsules. The show has just begun, there is no need to fight, just find all the capsules first.
Then the scattered search for 123 got stuck on the first question.
Question: "Guignol was born in the Purple Chamber and died in Limbo", answer: "How did he die?"
The electronic screen waited quietly, and a keyboard popped up underneath awaiting his answer.
What is this?
Why did he die?
Is there really any connection between these sentences?
123 is running like crazy. In addition to the conspiracy and calculation of the brain that has not been supplemented with fresh knowledge for a long time, there are three special nouns in the two sentences. "Guignol" is the easiest to understand. It is a character in a puppet show. Some people say that it makes children laugh and adults humorous. The occupation changes in the show, and the only constant is poverty.
His brain went blank due to the nervousness. He didn't know how he came to this connection. After a long pause, he finally remembered that although the character of Gignol represented beauty, it was a derogatory word in grammar.
However, the clue of poverty reminded 123 that being born in the Purple Chamber actually refers to someone being born in a prominent imperial palace. In contrast, "Lin Bo" must refer to a place that is the opposite of an imperial palace.
It can't be a slum...
There's no point in making blind guesses, he still has to uncover the truth behind the death. 123 really wishes he had a cell phone with him, but he's used to being surrounded by electronic devices and now he doesn't even have a watch, so he has to think based on his vague memory.
He said to himself: "'Guignol' has a suggestive function in the sentence. His poverty is a satire on the Purple Chamber... What about its grammatical meaning? It is clearly a symbol of humor, but it has become a derogatory word in the mouths of others."
What place could best rival the grandeur of the imperial palace? And, in a grim and humorous way, it was a place where innocent people were belittled.
123 vaguely grasped something, but the more he grasped it, the faster it would go blank. When he returns home from this program, he will definitely spend every day in the library to fill his brain with knowledge! This situation must not happen again.
He had to give up temporarily and catch the sniper who came out of nowhere: "Do you know 'Lin Bo'?"
The sniper who didn't see the words understood from the transliteration: "Hell border?"
123: “…”
Now I remembered, Lin Bo, it also refers to the world of short-lived ghosts, filled with babies, innocent ghosts, and suicides. He had read about it in The Divine Comedy, but because he had no interest in religious books, he quickly skimmed through it and forgot about it.
Guignol even has a job, so he is definitely not a baby; and he is humorous and just, so he is unlikely to commit suicide. The answer is naturally that he was wronged.
After figuring out all the puzzles, 123 immediately turned back, not even bothering to say thank you. After all, their plan was to find all the capsules first and then compete for them based on their abilities. Otherwise, the sniper, who had been tricked twice, would not help him.
Enter the answer and you will get the second capsule.
After the sniper passed by 123, he came to the highest point. He was used to looking for a commanding height every time he arrived at a building, and this time he was ready to search from top to bottom.
As soon as he stepped onto the rooftop, he immediately noticed red balloons hanging on the missing sign.
The factory has been closed for more than 30 years. I don’t know how the owner managed to renovate it, but he was able to change the layout while keeping the aging and fragile equipment.
The sniper raised his head and stepped back a few steps. The iron pole supporting the sign had long been corroded by rust. If he climbed up, he would definitely fall to the ground with the sign and enjoy the treatment of jumping off a building on the spot... But he could see clearly that the capsule was placed next to the balloon, with no obstruction.
If the wind blows the capsule away, he will have to search the weeds for important items up to three centimeters long.
The sniper resigned himself to making his own props.
He went downstairs, broke off the four legs of some tables and chairs, wrapped them with wire and torn rubber strips to make a long pole, then went to the first floor and found the conveyor belt that was pried open by the anonymous person. He used the top of the long pole to stick the semi-solidified black mud, which was expired lubricant, and then returned upstairs and successfully stuck it to the capsule.
In just half an hour, the three contestants performed well and each of them got a capsule.
But when they thought that there were seven people waiting for their rescue, the three of them couldn't help but look bitter. When they remembered that they would have to fight again after getting the capsule, the bitterness gradually evolved into a mask of pain.
Help! !
It would be better to put them in a forest or an unfinished building to fight other players and robots! !
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