Ten minutes later, probably because the game program automatically detected that he hadn't replied for too long, he followed up with a message.
"By the way, kindhearted person, why did you guess at once that the exit was on the ground? Maybe it's on the ceiling?"
why
She mentioned that the room was full of mirrors, but other than that, she didn't mention any props. If there are ladders and other eye-catching "props" other than mirrors in the space, she will not hide this information.
There are no puzzles in the world that cannot be solved, and there are no secret room traps that cannot be escaped. There are no props and the ceiling cannot be touched, so it is naturally marked with a red x.
Of course, the ceiling can also be within reach, but that is not a common environment. The narrow and cramped space should also be within the scope of her description, and should not be separated from the fear that the mirror room brings to her.
But the main thing is -
He used a typical novelist's thinking. If it were him, setting an Easter egg in such a scene would be on the ground, the most easily overlooked place.
People like to look up at the stars, but rarely look down at the earth.
Hall did not reply. He threw aside this small game that would require payment in the future. He looked at the dripping coffee stains on the keyboard and gave up today's writing plan. He sent his agent a photo of coffee spilled on his keyboard.
The agent is used to it: "Tomorrow at 12:00 noon, the assistant will help you clean up. The old rules."
The old rule is "if the doorbell rings three times and he hasn't opened the door, he will default to sleeping or creative mode and won't disturb him anymore." Hall hates being disturbed during the creative process, and the same goes for his sleep.
He turned off his phone and began to fall asleep.
At 3:55 in the morning, Hall opened his eyes from insomnia.
A writer needs coffee to prolong the arrival of inspiration. Coffee will bring insomnia, and he must learn to make friends with insomnia.
He calmly turned on his mobile phone. The silence in the early morning was far colder than midnight, and the carnival crowd was gradually getting tired. Hall is not an introverted and quiet person. On the contrary, he likes to socialize and arrogantly likes the pleasure brought by the moment of insight into people's hearts.
But at this time, everything was quiet, and no one would accompany him to play the little games of people's hearts.
Hall felt a little lonely.
Oh no, there seems to be one...
In the mailbox, the interface of the paid mini-game was still stuck on the last sentence she sent:
"I have pushed open the mirror door, which leads to a basement. I saw a faint light from the fire on the wall. What should I do? Do I want to go down?"
Mini games don’t sleep, that’s good.
Hall changed his previous indifference and sent a reply to "her".
This variety show focuses on "reality". All details are perfected by specialized historical consultants, and the time is of course synchronized with reality.
So at 3:55 in the morning, PD Pearl woke up Abe.
Abe lay on the soft pillow and stretched out his cheeks that were warm from sleep, his eyes a little hazy.
"Hall gave you a reply."
"oh."
She took the phone and squinted slightly to look at the screen with a hazy white light in the darkness.
Hall: "Of course you don't have to go down and slowly rot in the mirror house, and then beautiful flowers will bloom from the rotten flesh."
Looking at the scene of the other party's "improvisation", Abe felt the restlessness of the insomniac people.
She asked Pearl to turn on a soft light, and texted the other party in a pleasant tone: "You are so interesting. I just slept and was having a sweet dream, and I was woken up by you. You are right, I can't be here The house of mirrors is sitting there waiting for death.”
“…”
The two keywords "sleep" and "sweet dreams" were like sharp arrows, piercing Hall's heart.
Can even game villains have sleep
Just because she has a brain that is as light as a balloon and cannot think? !
"Come on, I went down the stairs. Well... I saw a sign thrown on the stone stairs. It said, 'There is a lion blocking the road, but it listens to the trainer's words very well and usually behaves well. In its cage.’ What does that mean?”
"I have arrived in the basement. The stone walls are covered with paint and paintings. It is a circus tent and a fire ring. Well, there is indeed a lion here, but it is a stone lion? Is it? I can't judge its material. In short, it is not alive. Yes, but it’s so big, it feels like it could swallow a person. But it’s not in a cage, the cage is hanging in the air.”
"Wow - I can touch it, maybe that sign means let's turn it back in?"
The steps to put the lion into the cage are very simple. There are sensors on the stone floor. Just insert the vertical pole of the cage into its correct position to activate the sensor.
As the sensor beeped, the painted stone wall where the tent curtain was painted clicked, reminding them that the exit was here.
The step-by-step steps made Hall feel a little sleepy, but the series of numbers she sent cheered him up a little in the boring sleepiness.
That was the clue given on the note that she spent 15 minutes finding, and it appeared when Hall was almost closing his eyes.
If you solve this clue, you can open the stone door through the cipher.
"7896541236, 123698741, 258, 123654789"
The four numbers are long and short, seemingly unrelated.
"Only numbers?"
"Just numbers."
People who write science fiction novels often deal with numbers. He took the manuscript paper he used to make outlines and subconsciously wrote down the second string of numbers first. An idea flashed through his mind quickly. Thanks to his staying up all night, it The stay is as short as a shooting star.
The more I think about it, the more it looks like a mess of crumpled discarded manuscript paper.
"Have you solved it yet?"
"I found a few buckets with a lot of things in them, including dolls and whips... The whips were used to whip the lions. They were so pitiful."
"I'm a little bored. Tell me, can this door be opened with bare hands?"
Not only did she not provide any help, she also made trouble nearby, constantly sending nonsense messages to disturb his concentration.
Hall rested his head against his forehead with a headache, and a strand of pale golden hair fell down. His father comes from the West and has had blond hair for several generations. His mother's genes for black hair and black eyes are not matched by his genes. When he was a child, he had black hair, but when he grew up, he became blond, and his eyes gradually turned gray-blue.
He said maliciously: "You can try."
"If I don't try, will I look like such an easy person to deceive?"
He glanced at the screen briefly, then drew a long and zigzag line on the manuscript paper with a heavy stroke of the pen tip. But at this moment, the answer appeared in his mind.
"9012."
He handed over a number, a little disgusted with his ignorance just now, and felt great that he could think about the problem despite her repeated interruptions. It's just a simple nine-square grid connection, because the direction of the second string of numbers is the easiest to associate, so it is the easiest to break through.
Can this open the stone door
The designer of this game is indeed as naive as he first thought.
Soon he heard the familiar text message prompt, and Hall was about to go to bed after solving the third level. He was already a little sleepy.
"... The stone door opened, but it didn't seem to be an exit. There was only an electronic screen inside, and the colorful clowns on it were laughing, 'Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha less fool'"
She relayed it word for word.
"He seems to be laughing at you?"
The sun rose slowly outside the window, breaking through the haze of the rainy day and shining on the green grass shaking with raindrops. Abe smelled the aroma of food wafting in the air, stretched and got up from the bed.
Pearl: "Aren't we going to talk anymore? He seems very angry." He was so angry that he couldn't sleep all night. Human beings are really prone to emotions. In comparison, Abe is the person with the least mood swings she has ever encountered.
Unlike the guests, it can see scenes in the virtual world in order to better guide the guests.
"No." Abe let out a sleepy yawn, "Don't you have to pay for disturbing a girl's sleep?"
pearl:"?"
The truth is of course not that simple.
Starting from the game is the conclusion that Aibe came to after research.
Writers are sensitive by nature, and Hall's defensiveness and vigilance are also quite strong. Compared to an unknown person with the ability to think, it is of course easier to approach him as a simple game character.
But too simple games can't attract Hall. And in a short period of time, she was unable to make a game that could make the other party addicted. Attacking his emotions was her best method.
Angry him is her best work.
"By the way, the expert analysis schedule will be released today." pd Pearl reminded it.
"Expert analysis schedule?"
"It is an analysis team composed of history experts and psychology experts. They analyze the interaction between each guest and Hall and give progress tips. It will be updated every day."
Abe understands.
The guests are on guard against each other, and it is difficult to know information about their opponents. The program team gives a progress table, which may not be correct, but it can stimulate the guests' sense of competition.
She thought about it and opened the door. Unexpectedly, Wen Yunoi's door opposite was also pushed open, and the two said hello. The other party's energy was not as good as the first day, and he was a little wilted, not as good as Abe who was woken up in the early morning.
But when she saw the dark circles under Abe's eyes, she immediately asked empathetically: "Did you also study all night yesterday?"
"Um?"
"I don't have any clue." Wen Yunai scratched his hair. "Hall is not the CEO. Suddenly he was promoted from a live broadcast to become a famous high-IQ novelist. I really want to cry."
Abe thought for a while and said, "Actually, in this game, I think the sooner we start, the better."
Wen Yunai pondered, "I'll think about it again... I only have one chance, so I still want to be cautious."
Most of the five guests had the same idea as her. Even Miranda's face was a little solemn. Only Louis still looked refreshed.
Wen Yunai glanced at it and said to her: "There must be a team planning behind him, we can't compare."
Louis does have a team planning, and they even have a private agreement with the show team. The reason why the time of the virtual world is set at this period is because Hall was deeply troubled by writer's block at this stage. He had long-term insomnia, and his physical and mental state were at the lowest point in his life. The movie he starred in mainly It was this period that was photographed.
In short, he knows Hall best at this stage.
At this time, they passed by the room near the stairs, and Miranda stood there and said calmly: "Hall responded to his message."
"So fast?!" Even Wen Yuno was surprised for a moment. Even with the support of the team, the only opportunity was used up in less than a day. It must be said that the opponent's team was very courageous.
Of course, Miranda shared the news with them not because she was being generous.
When Wen Yunai asked her "What did he send?", she said "How do I know" and went downstairs first.
She and Abe looked at each other and followed downstairs. The four of them gathered in the restaurant, only to find that Kevin was missing. Louis was a little impatient. According to the rules, everyone must be together before eating. On the surface, it sounds nice, but it is to enhance the friendship among the guests.
Be present unless there is a problem with vital signs.
Less than a minute later, Kevin came belatedly at the urging of his PD, holding the special mobile phone that belonged to him. You know, in order to prevent other guests from prying into the information he sent, at least at this time At this stage, no one will take their mobile phones to public places.
Everyone present noticed and observed him calmly.
Kevin didn't seem to notice, there was uncontrollable excitement on his face, and he forced himself to pretend to be calm. During the meal, he couldn't help but look at his phone, as if he was confirming something, the time or information.
Real time and the virtual world are synchronized. In this time period, what will happen in the 22nd century? What does he want to do
The guests present were all people who had read through the records. Even Lewis, who had a team to help him, clearly remembered the major events that happened to Hall in the recent stage.
Hall himself, Hall's family, and Hall's sister...
Hall's sister
The fork in Miranda's hand was unconsciously put down. She remembered that Hall had a "sister" who was entrusted to him to take care of by his friend before his death. Hall was only prepared to fulfill his responsibilities as a guardian, but the other party was crazy about Hall and made some mistakes for this. Many excessive behaviors.
During this time, she vaguely remembered that her sister wanted to threaten him by jumping off a building, but failed and was stopped by passers-by and sent to the hospital.
At the same time, Kevin finally got the information he was waiting for. There was only a simple "?", but it already gave him a treasure!
He knew this method would work!
Yesterday, he wanted to discuss with two female anchors, but was excluded by them. He was angry but helpless. In this situation, he came up with a brilliant idea!
He was excited, of course, not because of Hall's reply, but because he thought about the scenes where the stars of the film and television dramas were as high as usual, the hot topics discussed on the Internet, and the fans attracted by it.
It doesn't matter if the other party has a team, he only needs to be able to do it alone. This is the ability of the time-travel anchor!
He pretended to be calm and wiped the stain at the corner of his mouth with a napkin before sending the message he had compiled. In order to be convincing, he checked hundreds of text messages from the 22nd century in one night, just to imitate the tone of people of that era.
But the moment he sent the text message, he received a reminder:
You have been blacklisted by the other party
In an instant, his lips turned pale.
"Impossible!" He stood up from the table and stared at the special text message in his hand, his wide eyes full of disbelief, "Impossible!!"
"congratulate."
Lewis understood something from his exaggerated expression. He laughed loudly, relaxed his back and leaned back on the chair, and raised his glass to greet him, "What did you send? Let me guess, did you want to tell Hall that his sister was hospitalized as a brave passerby? Hmm? , you might have succeeded without me.”
"...you sent the same message?" Kevin's hand holding the phone trembled slightly.
Lewis looked at him with a meaningful smile and did not answer.
Everyone present was shocked by such changes and collisions. For a moment, only Kevin was left at the dinner table to attack fiercely, and Louis was able to counterattack with ease.
"I suddenly felt that we had made a mistake."
Wen Yunai suddenly grabbed Abe's hand and lowered his voice tightly: "It has nothing to do with Louis. I don't believe he posted the same content as Kevin. When Kevin indirectly admitted it, I saw his first My first reaction was surprise. But—"
Louis remains the fatal reason why Kevin is out.
Five people in one game is too many. Can a person be curious about an unknown piece of information, or about five unknown people from different numbers at the same time
Not to mention the vigilant Hall, even an insensitive ordinary person would not be able to accept such a thing.
Of course she hadn't thought about the competition between them, but she wasn't shocked by such an intuitive scene. Two people just sent a text message, and the second one failed. What should the third person do
Obviously the further to the back, the higher the failure rate.
Could it be that the one who seizes the opportunity is the ultimate winner? Can Louis alone achieve his goal
She looked over at Louis, who was laughing relaxedly because of Kevin.
Suddenly, following the prompt of "ding dong", the virtual screen flashed and appeared in the sky of the restaurant. A green data stream appeared on a large translucent screen, with "Expert Analysis Progress Schedule" written on the top, and simple progress bars arranged below.
The most eye-catching thing is the progress bar belonging to Kevin at the bottom. It shows -0.00% in red, which is extremely eye-catching, indicating that he has been eliminated.
Everyone's eyes looked upward, and they were 0%, 0%, and 2%.
The first progress bar shows 10%, and the name in front is...
The author has something to say: This chapter is a bit late, but it's fat!
This chapter is indebted to the great insomnia expert Ms. Fen Sheng. "Learn to be friends with insomnia" is her famous saying.
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