Just when Gu Meng and the others were at a loss, a short man with a height of at least 165 cm appeared among the players.
The short man smiled at them from afar.
The image is easily reminiscent of the fruit shop owner at the gate of the community—
With a beer belly and a dirty pocket on his crotch, he is either moving goods or peeling pineapples and sugar cane all day long.
Everyone is a smiling face, what to say when you see someone.
He was full of philistinism, and his eyes showed obvious shrewdness.
The short man rubbed his hands and walked to the side of the ladder-shaped chair, raised his face to look at the five people above, and greeted them happily.
Turning his gaze around, he picked someone who was obviously talkative among the men, and stepped forward and said, "I was not far away just now, and I happened to see that you took a Rubik's Cube to study, it doesn't look like an ordinary gadget. !"
The obviously talkative man is Gu Meng.
Gu Meng looked back at the Rubik's Cube in Enjin's hand, and said unenthusiastically, "What's wrong?"
"Did it come from a flowerpot?"
"..."
The words were so direct that it was defenseless.
Gu Meng and the others had no choice but to face up to this man whose height was at most 165 and whose eyes had to be lowered to look at him.
Peter Pan was afraid that something bad would happen to him, so he turned to the side and held back without speaking.
Gu Meng lowered her head and kneaded the back of her neck slowly with one hand—
After sleeping with Enjin for one night, I have a stiff neck.
"What do you know?" Gu Meng asked, not talking nonsense.
"I went to room 111 with my friends yesterday, which is the room in the center of the first floor." The short man put his hand in his pocket and said with a grin, "What do you think is a coincidence? I found one in the cabinet under the sink." Flower pots, and a small Bible buried in the soil."
After hearing this, most of the people understood.
The people in front of them also had clues and were one step ahead of them.
Bo Ye originally occupied a whole row of seats and lay on Tang Zhi's legs to bask in the sun. After hearing what the short man said, he became interested, put down his long legs from the chair, and sat up.
"So, what's in the Bible?" He leaned lazily on the back of the chair, brushed the bridge of his nose with his fingertips, and asked.
"This is in the book." While speaking, the short man took out a card from his pocket.
That card was the size of a playing card.
Because of the distance, Gu Meng squinted her eyes to see more clearly, and saw charcoal black lines vertically on the card.
More can't be seen clearly.
"What is this?" Peter Pan couldn't hold back his curiosity, put his hands on the back of the chair in front of him, and stared blankly with his head hooked.
At this time, the short man withdrew the card backhandedly, glanced at the Rubik's Cube in Enjin's hand, and smiled kindly: "Why don't we exchange it? Just take a look, and there will be no loss. "
Gu Meng thought it was possible, and stretched her hand behind her.
Regarding the secret of the Rubik's Cube, they haven't figured out why yet.
Since the other party already has clues, the exchange is not a loss.
Enjin sat high in the back row, glanced lightly at the outstretched hand, and put the Rubik's Cube on it.
After Gu Meng got the card, Bo Ye, Tang Zhi and Pan Peter gathered beside him.
The four gathered their heads together to look at the patterns on the cards.
The upper side of the card has a milky white base with black geometric lines drawn on it.
"This... is a decorative pattern, right?" Peter Pan guessed.
"I don't know." Gu Meng looked sideways and vertically, but didn't see anything, so he ignored it and turned the card over.
The moment the other side was turned over, Tang Zhi instinctively said, "The final judgment."
The front of the card is an oil painting against a background of dark green grass and light blue sky.
During the period, there were around twenty people drawn, all of whom at first glance were male bodies, all without clothes, so they appeared to be full of flesh-colored and khaki-yellow.
The style of the Renaissance is coming.
More than 20 people are condensed in a small card, densely packed and crowded.
"The Last Judgment? What is that?" Peter Pan asked without understanding.
"It's a mural painted by Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel, depicting the judgment scene of the world when Jesus returns." Tang Zhi pointed to the painting on the card and explained, "But this is only part of it. , the whole mural is divided into four layers, this should be the content of the fourth layer, I am not sure where it is on the fourth layer."
"What's the use of giving this card? Do you want us to collect cards?" Pan Peter scratched the back of his head, suddenly a flash of inspiration, "I remember that there used to be card collection activities for Gansi Noodles. In elementary school, in order to collect a set of Water Margin cards , I ate ten boxes of little raccoons."
other people:"… … "
No wonder it is said that elementary school students are easy to make money.
Gu Meng asked: "...Have you collected all the pieces at last?"
"It's all short of one, it's just that the collection is not complete." Pan Peter smiled embarrassedly, "It also cost me a lot of breakfast money."
Gu Meng nodded, and said half-truthfully, "Twenty more boxes will be enough."
Tang Zhi thought for a moment, and said, "I think what Peter Pan said makes sense. Players may need to keep collecting cards to finally assemble a complete mural."
Seeing that his guess was approved, Peter Pan lowered his head in embarrassment.
I am happy in my heart.
Gu Meng habitually wanted to listen to Enjin's opinion, looked around, and said, "Where's Enjin?"
Only then did I realize that the man was not around.
Peter Pan turned his head, pouted his lips towards the top of the stairs, and whispered, "I've been sitting on it and never got off."
Gu Meng looked sideways.
I saw the little boy with a straight face, sitting in the back seat in a regular manner, staring straight at their direction.
"..."
Mr. Gu has seen this kind of children a lot, and he can always bring a few of them in each session.
He wants to blend into the group but can't hold back his face, so the small expression is particularly stubborn.
Gu Meng couldn't see the child being so withdrawn, so she waved at him: "I have a question for you, why are you sitting so far away?"
Enjin looked away coldly and arrogantly, and looked elsewhere, her soft voice was cold and cool: "I don't ask questions directly? I don't like places with many people, just sit here."
Gu Meng said: "...you are not cute like this."
Enjin's eyes moved, slightly anxious.
Why am I not cute anymore? Do you dislike me
Although my heart was rolling all over the floor, I remained calm on the surface.
He pursed his lips and remained silent, seemingly indifferent.
"Leave him alone." Tang Zhi glanced up, the red mole on his left eye, looking cold and indifferent, "Maybe he doesn't know anything."
"Who says I don't know?" Enjin turned her face back and said displeasedly.
I can bear loneliness, but I can't bear the aggressive method.
"Then please tell me where this part is in the mural." Tang Zhi clamped the card with two fingers and stood it in mid-air.
Enjin got up, raised her long legs and stepped across a row of seats, and pulled out the card in Tang Zhi's hand.
"This part of the painting is about the people who fell into hell during the trial." Enjin understood it at a glance, and said softly, "The position in the lower right corner of the mural occupies one-ninth of the entire picture."
Peter Pan was startled: "Boss! Can you see the proportions?"
Enjin looked down at the four people from a high position, snorted coldly, and said in a normal tone, "Isn't this easy? Are those who don't see it all brainless?"
How proud you are.
How much you deserve to be beaten.
Bo Ye: "...Damn, you will be beaten sooner or later like this."
Gu Meng: "... I may not be able to keep you."
Tang Zhi asked: "Can I do it now?"
"..."
After the short man got the Rubik's Cube, he twisted and pressed it. After a long time, there was no response, and he wished he could put it on the ground and knock it twice.
The smile faded away.
"What kind of clue do you guys have?" The short man was a little uncertain, "Did you really find it from a flowerpot?"
"It's absolutely true." Peter Pan returned the card to him, exchanged the Rubik's Cube, and said, "It's just that we don't know how to use it either."
The short man: "..."
I feel like I have suffered a lot.
The short man leaves disappointed.
Gu Meng turned the Rubik's Cube around and suggested, "Why don't you leave it alone and go to other places to have a look?"
It's mid-afternoon now, the sun is hot but not dry, making people a little lazy.
"Let's go to the cultural and sports room." Tang Zhi stood up, brushing the hair on the back of his head with one hand, "Dinner will be in an hour or two, and the cafeteria just happens to be downstairs."
The cultural and sports activity room and the cafeteria are in the same building, one above the other.
It is mainly a place for prisoners to entertain collectively and read books and newspapers.
Bookshelves and newspaper racks line the walls, and there's a ping-pong table in the corner.
When Gu Meng and the other five arrived there, they saw the man with the flat hair and the glasses sitting around a table studying something.
Hearing the movement at the door, the crew cut and the man with glasses looked back, and after seeing that it was the beautiful boy group, they looked at each other again.
"Beautiful boys group" is the code name given to Gu Meng, En Jin, Bo Ye and Tang Zhi by the players in private.
Because these four men always hang out in groups, each of them looks like they rely on their faces for food, and they are eye-catching everywhere they go, so everyone is deeply impressed.
Pan Peter is barely included in the handsome boy group, but he is far behind the men in all aspects, and basically has no sense of existence.
Seeing them approaching gradually, the man with glasses wobbled with his hand holding the book.
Bo Ye saw some clues, and smiled lightly: "If you don't want to reveal it, just hide it. If you don't take the initiative to say it, we are not interested in asking."
Hearing what he said, the man with glasses was rather embarrassed, and said frankly: "I found a Bible over there on the bookshelf, and there is a card in it."
"Cards!" Peter Pan shouted suddenly.
Then he looked at the other men.
Through the eyes, everyone seems to have a spectrum in their hearts—
Sure enough, different cards need to be collected during the game.
"We are discussing the use of this card." After opening his mouth, the man with glasses stepped aside and showed them the book on the table.
Gu Meng walked to the table and saw a milky white card on the open Bible.
He picked it up and flipped through it, but frowned, and said, "Blank?"
Tang Zhi took it from his hand and checked it again. Both sides of the card were empty.
"It shouldn't be like this." Tang Zhi blinked, slightly confused, "It should be an oil painting."
"What oil painting?" The man with glasses asked him directly when he heard the key information.
"The final judgment." Gu Meng helped to add.
After that, he told him the information obtained from the short man.
The man with glasses nodded in understanding, but was still puzzled: "Then why are all the blanks I found here?"
"Interference item." Bo Ye sat half-reclined by the table, and said based on the experience accumulated over the years as an Internet addicted teenager, "there is a high probability that it is an interference item in the game. Not every clue found is useful. "
After thinking about it, everyone felt that it made sense.
"Bai is happy, I thought I found something extraordinary." Xiaoping shook his head, closed the Bible, and threw it in his hand, "Keep looking, this area is quite big, why don't we divide the work and cooperate?"
The men said they were okay.
Gu Meng searched the room and came to the newspaper shelf.
Taking a casual glance, I found the same magazine neatly placed on three rows of shelves.
It has a green cover, and the title of the journal is related to gardening.
Gu Meng picked up a book casually and looked at the cover first.
There are all kinds of titles printed on the cover, most of which teach people how to grow flowers and grass and exchange ideas.
Gu Meng was not interested, and was about to put it down without turning the page.
At this time, the line of sight happened to pass over a certain subtitle in the corner—
"The Power of Seeds".
He paused and picked up the magazine again.
Gu Meng called En Jin and Peter Pan who were nearby, and left the cultural and sports room early.
On the way to the playground, Gu Meng said, "Have you ever heard of such a thing that weeds can push away rubble and stones when they take root and sprout?"
"I have an impression!" Pan Peter hurriedly replied, "It's because of the greatness of life! Even the smallest and humble life can burst out with an amazing desire to survive, so it can push away the stones that are pressing on it."
"Stupid." Enjin sneered, "The seeds absorb water and swell, and the force opens up the gaps. In addition, the stress of root system growth is high. This is a matter of physics, and it has nothing to do with the greatness of life."
Peter Pan: "..."
Popular science knowledge is half-understood.
But I knew I was beaten.
Gu Meng glanced at Enjin, shook her head, feeling helpless that "the child is too old to care about".
"Although I don't know if it will work..." he said thoughtfully, "Enter me, fill me, open me... I think I can try it with seeds."
"You mean filling the Rubik's Cube with seeds?" Peter Pan opened his eyes wide in surprise.
Gu Meng nodded.
Enjin bowed her head and thought for a while, but didn't raise any objections.
The three came to the side of the vegetable shop.
A patrol prison guard watched them not far away.
Gu Meng and Pan Peter lowered their heads in a low-key manner, kicking stones on the ground beside the iron net, pretending to be doing nothing.
Like a gangster on the street waiting for his friend to answer the signal.
Attempts to divert the guard's attention.
Eun Jin is different.
Enjin not only did not hide it, but also turned the prison guard back with a look.
Gu Meng: "..."
He is a ruthless person.
Seeing that the prison guards were no longer staring at them, Peter Pan said to the old man who was weeding inside through the iron net: "Master! Do me a favor!"
I don't know if it's because of deafness. It took the old guy a long time to turn his head and look at them slowly.
His face was full of wrinkles, his skin was dark, and his expression was very dull.
He wiped his hands on the apron, stood up slowly, and shuffled to the wire fence.
"Boy, what's the matter?"
This NPC can communicate.
Gu Meng relaxed slightly, and said, "Can I borrow some seeds?"
Of course, it is a "borrow" of "borrowing but not repaying".
He glanced at the toolbox on the other side of the iron fence, guessing that there should be the seeds they needed.
It was discovered in the morning that the seeds here took root and germinated at an abnormally fast rate.
Whether or not the Rubik's Cube can be opened will be known within a few hours.
The old master wiped his hands on the apron again, looking thoughtful.
No one knew what he was thinking.
But he didn't answer for a long time.
Gradually, people around here cast their probing gazes in this direction.
In order not to startle the snake, Gu Meng seized the time and said, "Master, I will trouble you this time, we don't want much."
Only then did the master raise his head, and looked at them through the iron net, his weathered eyes seemed to see through everything.
The rough old voice said slowly: "Alright then, leave your email address behind and I'll send it to you when I get back from get off work."
“……………”
Only then did the three young men realize that the old man standing in front of them was not a serious old man.