Major couldn't find a clue for a while, so he simply sat down against the wall, picked up a brick and started looking at it. There was a Hydra carved on this brick. The carving was very exquisite, and the Hydra was carved into a palm-sized area.
Vivid image, each of the nine heads has a different expression, either opening its mouth to spit out a message, or staring angrily.
He picked up another one. This one was engraved with a unicorn, looking up and neighing on the grass. Different from the docile and dreamy image in his impression, this unicorn was muscular, strong and had a wild nature.
The power of beauty.
There was a sudden movement in his heart, as if he had discovered something, and he quickly arranged the pile of bricks face up, neatly placed them in front of him, and selected different statues from them.
Sure enough, among the 54 bricks, there are nine types in total.
They are the hydra, the unicorn, the two-headed dragon, the three-headed hell dog, the ghost-faced butterfly, the man-eating plant, the seven-headed firebird, the octopus and the giant spider.
There are things that fly in the sky, things that walk on the ground, things that swim in the water, plants, animals and insects.
Looking up at the wall, you will see that the brick statues on the wall are also of these nine kinds. One is not too much, and the other is not enough.
Major stood up and counted the bricks with statues on the wall from left to right. There were nine in rows and nine in columns from top to bottom.
Nine palace grid!
It is indeed a test of wisdom, but the difficulty is getting higher and higher. From the simple reasoning at the beginning to the current nine-square grid, the difficulty increases step by step.
Then, these nine statues should represent nine numbers.
From one to nine, they are the unicorn, the two-headed dragon, the three-headed hell dog, the ghost-faced butterfly, the octopus, the man-eating plant, the seven-headed firebird, the giant spider and the hydra.
The ghost-faced butterfly is a winged insect. It looks weird, but it still has two pairs of wings, one large and one small. It represents four.
The man-eating plant has five big mouths, apparently five.
It’s a little hard to tell the difference between an octopus and a spider. They both have eight legs. Which one represents six?
This must be clarified, otherwise the next step cannot be taken. You must know that a very important solution to the Jiugong grid is the elimination method. If two numbers are unclear, it is completely impossible to solve them.
Major scratched his head and carefully recalled the biological characteristics of these two animals. Apart from the feet, what other unique features are there?
Major suddenly remembered that a popular science book he read when he was a child said that the octopus is unique in not only having eight tentacles, but also six hearts.
The person who asked the question actually tested biological knowledge.
Now that the number represented by each animal has been determined, the next step is to start solving the nine-square grid.
The nine-square grid on the wall is:
Empty four empty empty seven empty empty
Empty empty empty nine empty one empty five empty
seven empty empty four three six empty empty empty
Empty, empty, empty, nine, empty, empty
Empty empty empty three empty empty seven empty
Empty three one empty six eight four empty five
Empty empty empty empty empty empty four empty
Empty empty empty empty three five empty seven
Empty seven five Empty six three eight
Major sighed. This is a very difficult nine-square grid Sudoku problem, but since we have reached this point, we must solve it. Otherwise, we may be trapped here like Windosa Monroe.
He stood up and fell into deep thought.
The rules of the Jiugongge Sudoku game are very simple. There are nine straight rows and nine straight columns. Each row and column consists of nine different numbers from one to nine.
Its rules are also completely derived from rules, mainly the elimination method. There are several special methods, such as the three-chain number elimination method, the rectangular vertex elimination method, etc. It requires high memory and reasoning ability, especially this kind
There are far more empty Sudokus than non-empty Sudokus, so solving them consumes a lot of brainpower.
Major stared at the wall and stood motionless for several hours. From time to time, he would pick up a brick from the ground and fill it in a certain space, and then continue to meditate.
Finally, he took a long breath and slowly put the last brick with an octopus in his hand into the last remaining hole in the upper right corner.
The wall shook slightly, and a few seconds later, with several loud rumbling sounds, the wall with the statue carved on it slowly sank downwards, slowly giving way to a passage.
Major crawled over, exhausted both physically and mentally, and dizzy. The high-intensity and long-term mental operation just now had exhausted his brain power. He crawled to the corner, used his backpack as a pillow, found a comfortable position, and fell asleep.
…
I don't know how long I slept before Major woke up from a whirlwind of dreams.
The passage behind him had been closed again at some point, and there was a half-open door not far ahead.
He walked in. Behind the door was a hut, which was exactly the same as the first hut Papaliunas took him into. There were also two doors on the front wall. What was different from the first hut was that these two doors
It is tightly closed. There is only a clock hanging on the lintel on the left, and a crystal ball like an astrology hanging on the lintel on the right.
The clock is very strange. Only half of the clock dial has scales, and there are only minute and second hands. In other words, it can only count half an hour. There is a blue planet suspended in the planetarium, and the outer wall is dotted with countless silver stars.
One represents time and the other represents space.
What challenges will there be in this? Each link of the wisdom test is significantly more difficult than the last one.
Major hesitated for a moment, then pushed open the door with the clock hanging on it and walked in...
Following a few weak electromagnetic sounds, the figure of Papaliunas, who had changed his appearance, flashed in the hut. He looked at the small door that Major entered and said to himself: "He can actually defeat my modified skeleton.
Guard, but no one can escape the space maze I specially strengthened. After half an hour, your soul will be lost in the endless space forever. In the end, you will become my heart slave."
…”
There was pure darkness, nothing could be seen. After a few seconds, light from an unknown source broke the darkness.
It's another small room, almost exactly the same as the one I just entered. The only difference is that this room has a door on the four walls, ceiling, and floor. There is a clock hanging on the lintel of each door, and the light has just turned on.
As soon as I started, the hands in the clock began to click.
Half an hour, Major only has half an hour.
And he still couldn't figure out what he should do. This was the first time Major had encountered such a strange room. He tried to open the door on the left. It was like there was a huge mirror in the door, and there was also a room opposite this one.
The exact same cabin. Except there is no other Major, everything is exactly the same.
Major frowned and opened the remaining five small doors - even the door on the ceiling made him jump up and open it.
Six doors correspond to six cabins, all the same - the door he entered also became a room like this.
Maze! Major’s first idea. In his previous life, he had been exposed to this type of maze game. There are many different ways to play. Some are to use the prompt items in the room to open the door and continue to enter the next room until you exit.
This type is similar to an escape room. Others make a fuss about the architectural structure and slightly change the size and shape of adjacent rooms, making it invisible to people and leading people to go astray.
The maze here is obviously not the first type. Every room is the same, and there are no special furnishings. Every door can be opened. Could it be the second type?
Major stepped back to the wall, leaned his heels against the wall, then stepped forward and walked towards the opposite side step by step. The house was 7 steps long, about 7 meters long. He opened the nearest door and walked in to measure, no more, no less, just right.
Seven steps. Four houses were measured in succession, and they were all the same. In other words, the sizes of the houses were the same.
Major looked up at the clock and saw that 12 minutes had passed.
He took out a gold coin, bit it on his mouth, put it in the corner, opened a door, and ran wildly, walking in a straight line. He ran with all his strength at an astonishing speed, crossing from one door to the other in just one step.
In the other door, five minutes later, he saw the gold coin.
That's right, it stayed in the corner, shining brightly, with clear tooth marks left on the edge.
Time never stops, and the hands of the clock point ruthlessly to the final moment.
Major gritted his teeth, jumped up, opened the door with one hand, grabbed the edge of the door frame with the other, climbed up, and then went all the way up.
This time it took a little longer. Seven minutes later, he looked at the gold coin again.
Not forward, not backward, not left, not right, not up, not down.
At this time, Major calmed down. Since he had no way to go, he decided not to leave at all. He sat down against the wall and tossed the gold coins in his hand.
There's something strange about this maze.
Logically speaking, the purpose of a test is to test a certain ability. As an entrance test for newcomers, it should not be too difficult, otherwise it will run counter to the purpose. In this world, general education is not universal, even with the wisdom of the Watchers
The test, this maze now seems too difficult. Does the Watcher only need math geniuses and exclude others?
impossible!
The clock has almost completed half of the clock face, the minute hand points to 29 minutes, and the second hand has just left the 12 o'clock direction.
Major threw the gold coin high and let it fall to the ground. Then he rummaged around in his backpack and found a pair of iron gauntlets.
He put on his gauntlets and twisted his neck.
Since there are no roads open, I will make my own way out.
He raised his fist and hit the wall hard. The wall shook violently under his huge impact, and the whole room was shaking. Once, twice, and three times, cracks appeared on the wall, which continued to expand.
Throughout the room, Major didn't care about the time and just hit one spot.
At the 55th second, all the cracks converged at one point and finally became one, and the wall was crumbling.
Major delivered the final blow.
As the second hand met the minute hand at 6 o'clock, the room instantly lost all color and shape, like pieces of transparent glass shattering and flying everywhere.