Soon, Richard knew the contents of the next several difficult questions.
In addition to feathers that never smooth and seeds that stay dormant forever, Richard received a series of items including a wooden box that could not be repaired, a leaky cup, a bag with holes, etc.
After Richard saw the last problem, he couldn't help but smile on his face. He was already very sure about what the real god's purpose was.
I saw three slender silver pillars more than one meter high standing by a river. There was nothing on the right and middle silver pillars, and there were densely packed gold plates with holes stacked on the left silver pillar. From bottom to top, the gold disks become smaller in order. The bottom gold disk is half a meter in diameter, and the top gold disk is only the size of a palm.
What are the requirements
It's extremely simple, just move the gold plate with holes on the silver pillar on the left to the silver pillar on the right.
However, there are three limitations in this process:
First, you are not allowed to use extraordinary strength and must move by hand;
Second, only one disk can be moved at a time;
Third, the big market cannot be placed on top of the small market.
Richard took one look and was sure that this was obviously the Tower of Hanoi game on Earth, with almost no changes.
The Tower of Hanoi game was invented by a French mathematician named Edward Lucas in the 19th century on Earth. The solution is so simple that even a child can figure out how to do it.
However, there is a trap here, and that is how many gold disks are on the silver pillars.
Because the number of gold disks has a great relationship with the number of steps required to complete it. If it is described by a formula, it is s=(2^n)-1.
Among them, s is the number of steps and n is the number of gold disks.
The number of completed steps will increase exponentially as the number of gold disks increases. It is inconspicuous at first, but when the number of gold disks reaches a certain number, it will make people feel desperate.
For example, if there is only one gold plate, enter the formula, and the number of steps is only 1, just move the gold plate directly from the left to the right.
If there are two gold disks, enter the formula and the number of steps is 3. You need to first place the upper small gold disk on the middle silver column, then place the lower large gold disk on the right silver column, and finally put the small gold disk on the right silver column. Go to the silver pillar on the right to finish.
What if there are ten gold disks? That is (2^10)-1=1023 steps.
What about twenty? (2^20)-1=1048575 steps.
What about thirty? (2^30)-1=1073741823 steps.
In the original problem of the earth, the number of gold disks is 64, which means (2^64)-1 steps are required. It is difficult for ordinary people to realize how big this number is, but if you convert it, you will understand - it will take nearly 600 billion years to move one step per second and complete (2^64)-1 step.
600 billion years!
So how many gold plates are there on the silver pillars given by the true God? Richard glanced at it and quickly got the answer, no more, no less, a hundred in total.
a hundred.
Ah!
The purpose of the True God, if there is no accident, is to delay him with a series of such problems. In order to prevent the first nine from actually being solved by him, the tenth one directly took out the theoretically impossible Tower of Hanoi. .
If it had been anyone else, he might have fallen into it, but he was Richard.
If he knew there was such a big trap and still jumped, then he could change his name.
So…
Richard looked at the golden parrot, thought for a while, and commented with some sigh: "The ten problems are all interesting."
"Interesting? As long as they are interesting." The golden parrot responded and urged, "Then you can solve them now. You don't need to consider the order, but they must be completed. Only after they are completed can you be qualified to see the true God."
"Is that so?" Richard said without changing his expression, "Then I've finished everything and can go see the true God."
"All done? Huh? Where is it?" the golden parrot asked strangely.
"Look." Richard waved his hand, and a pile of things such as permanent feathers, eternally dormant seeds, irreparable wooden boxes, leaky cups, and bags with holes placed on the ground in front of him instantly burst into flames. The flames were a gorgeous purple-red color and burned things into powder in just a moment.
The silver stalks and gold plates of the Tower of Hanoi were not spared. Purple-red flames also appeared on the surface, and they melted into liquid in the blink of an eye and ceased to exist.
"You!" The golden parrot was startled at first, then shouted angrily, "You are blaspheming, you are completely blaspheming the goodwill that the true God has given you. You put the test problems that the true God has carefully set for you. It’s all destroyed, and you will never be qualified to see the true God, and you will never be able to see the true God.”
"Really?" Richard said to the golden parrot, "Isn't there you? With you as a pet and messenger who conveys the true God's thoughts, can't I still find where the true God is?"
After saying this, Richard took a photo of the golden parrot from a distance. The golden parrot was instantly caught by an invisible force and fell into Richard's hands.
The golden parrot struggled fiercely, but did not show much fear. Instead, he mocked: "Isn't your plan just to read my memory? Hum, I know you have the ability to break the protection of memory by the power of the true god. Because of this, Can enter the Kingdom of Heaven. But let me tell you, everything ends here. The True God has set new protections, or curses, for all existences in the Kingdom of Heaven.
The curse won't stop you when you try to crack it, but it will instantly clear your memory. Therefore, you can’t get anything from me. All your thoughts are expected by the true God! "
"Really?" After hearing this, Richard's expression didn't change. He glanced at the golden parrot and said calmly, "But why do I already have memories from you?"
"Um?"
"Really. Just when I'm talking to you, I've finished reading your memory and know where the true god is." Richard said.
"No, it's impossible, you're lying!" the golden parrot screamed.
"Am I lying? Maybe. However, when I catch the true god behind you, you will know whether it is true or false. I hope you can be there by then." After Richard finished speaking, he smiled softly, "Then there is a chance … Goodbye!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Richard let go of his hand and let the golden parrot escape from the restraints. His whole body quickly faded and disappeared.
Only one bird, the golden parrot, was left on the spot. The golden parrot couldn't help but panic. It flapped its wings, circled in the air several times, and screamed: "blasphemer, where are you? Come out!"
No response.
The golden parrot became even more flustered: "blasphemer, where have you... gone? You... you can't know where the true God is, it's impossible! The curse on me has not been triggered, and you can't get any information from my memory. Impossible! You must be lying to me, you must be lying!"
But still no response.
Slowly, the golden parrot's screams became smaller and smaller, and it became disoriented. After hovering for a few minutes, it finally couldn't help but fly high with a "whoosh" sound, and its entire body turned into a golden light and flew rapidly toward the southwest.
As a result, it only flew a few hundred meters before hitting a thick mass of air with a "bang" and then being wrapped up.
The next moment, Richard appeared in mid-air next to him.
The golden parrot looked at it, still insisting on his previous point of view, and said sharply: "You must not know where the true God is, you must be lying to me..."
"I did not know where the true God was before." Richard nodded, looked into the distance and said softly to the golden parrot, "But now... it's different. You have told me with practical actions."
"Squeak..." The golden parrot's cry suddenly stopped, and he finally understood something.
Richard smiled softly, without saying anything. With a wave of his hand, he directly received the golden parrot that had lost its power of resistance into the portable space prop. His body disappeared again, quickly shuttled through the space, and moved forward.
Is it the southwest direction... Although it will be found sooner or later using the out-of-body method, this will ultimately reduce the time consumed... Let's take a look and see what is ahead...
During the shuttle, Richard thought so.
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