The darkness in a room doesn't just obstruct vision.

You know, human beings are very insecure creatures, and when they were still primitive people, the night represented danger, and the genetic memories left by our ancestors know that they also affect us now.

Some people sleep at night when something terrible seems to lurk in the darkness of the main chamber, usually men feel like they are outside the window, and women feel like they are under the bed.

This is due to the fact that in the very distant past, women lived in trees to avoid danger and men lived under trees, so women felt that danger came from below, and men felt that danger came from all around.

Uh..... got off the beaten track, back to the point.

But all human beings do not feel at ease in the dark, and it is often said that moths have phototaxis, but in fact, humans are too.

Staying in the dark for a long time, human beings will become agitated, irritable, begin to gradually lose their minds, have difficulty concentrating, and will be cranky, and will slowly hallucinate, and eventually go crazy.

An Yizhi stood in place and thought for about 5 minutes, and the system sent a reminder that once something went wrong with the player's mental condition, the system would immediately forcibly disconnect the link.

In this way, the growth dungeon will naturally be counted as a failure.

There is no doubt that the system's actions to protect the player's mental health are true, after all, it is true, but its prompt only makes An Yizhi more anxious, and he seems to have caught a glimmer of inspiration in his mind, but he is very naughty, jumping left and right, just not letting you catch it.

In addition to the sound of the system prompt, An Yizhi's thoughts were broken, and he now really wanted to find a target to fight to relieve his mood.

But there was nothing around, so he could only stomp his feet angrily.

The stomp found something else.

In addition to the numbing sensation coming from the soles of his feet, he also heard an empty muffled sound from the floor tiles under his feet, indicating that the floor tiles were empty underneath.

He lay down in the dark, put his ear to the floor tiles, and tapped his hand to make sure that it was indeed empty underneath.

"It can't be such a coincidence, right? You can't find the answer to the puzzle but you can find the exit in such a simple way? ”

An Yizhi expressed disbelief, his luck was really not good, and sometimes the attack of African blood was unbearable.

Besides, in a challenge that obviously requires careful thinking to break through, the probability of hitting the big luck and finding the exit is too small.

To be on the safe side, An Yizhi groped the edge of the floor tile with his hand and knocked on another floor tile next door, and there was still an empty echo from below.

And that's not all, he kept his ears on the ground, knocking as he crawled forward, and as a result, he crawled all the way, and he didn't know where he was in the room without turning on the flashlight, but there was still a hollow sound from underneath.

"Are all the tiles empty underneath? Oh, and that tip near the elevator means just that. ”

The hint says that the way to escape is at your feet, combined with a miniature version of the crowbar found on the trash can, which means finding the right floor tile to pry it open, and then jumping down to pass the level.

But the problem now is that you can't find the right floor tiles.

The hint is only a bunch of calculations and the coordinates of the suspected XY axis, and the result is only four numbers, and there are 24 combinations of them, which cannot be brought into it at all.

Speaking of which, it seems to have gone back to the problem that annoyed Ann Yizhi.

What exactly do these tips mean?

"The final result of the equation is not a literal number, but some kind of pronoun?"

There is indeed this possibility, and numbers can be used as 'codes' to convey information, and if you consider this line of thought, what An Yizhi wants to think about is the method of 'decoding'.

Numbers can represent a lot of meaning, in addition to the special codebook method of interpretation, numbers can also be used as a substitute for musical scores, can also be used to correspond to the letters of the alphabet.

But......

If so, what would it be? English?

I still can't tell whether there are 24 letters or 26 letters in English......

After pondering for a moment with his poor English common sense, the idea was ruled out by himself.

The reason was not that he finally remembered how many letters there were in English, but that he thought about it differently.

There is an old saying in the Celestial Empire that the authorities are obsessed with bystanders.

People who are caught up in the middle of it often can't see the whole picture, and this truth still applies to puzzles.

According to the current prompts, you can't tell what exactly it means, and what is the solution, so what if you change your mind and jump outside the game to think about it?

This is a very efficient way of thinking about the game developer, or even the system, to judge everything in the copy.

The world of the brave is not a game that sells puzzles, and the vast majority of the puzzles are things that fool children, so don't compare it with specialized puzzle games.

This is because of the audience.

There are many people who like to solve puzzles, but there are more who are not interested.

This is also the reason why puzzle games have always been crushed by other types of games in terms of game sales.

After all, everyone plays games to have fun, and playing a game is more tiring than making a dozen rolls.

Although An Yizhi almost played this game as a stand-alone game, the world of the brave is an online game after all, and even if the system arranges puzzle elements, it must also consider the audience.

To solve a puzzle, you must have a specific level of knowledge, otherwise others will be confused, this kind of puzzle is not qualified, and the system will not use this kind of puzzle.

For example, bringing numbers into the letters, simple words are fine, barely making do, but you can't put this kind of puzzle on the most crucial clues, and you can only solve the unsolvable part.

After all, the people who play this game come from all over the world, and there are people everywhere, and you can't guarantee that everyone understands English, like An Yizhi, who can't even tell whether there are 24 or 26 letters......

Therefore, when the system comes up with puzzles, they are basically all puzzles based on 'logical reasoning', and do not require the player to have specific knowledge, similar to brain teasers, only such puzzles are qualified.

Considering along this line of thought, there are also big problems with the calculations that An Yizhi encountered before.

For him, the equation is very simple, but it is only at the level of a primary school student, but this is all thanks to the education of the Celestial Empire, you try it with a foreigner, and it is strange not to cry urgently.

Ever since he saw a foreigner from the US imperialist who even had to take out a calculator for such a simple multiplication as 15X7, he had no expectations for the mathematical ability of ordinary foreigners......

Therefore, in the eyes of ordinary foreigners, those calculations are things that can only be solved by experts who specialize in mathematics, which involves a specific aspect of knowledge, which is inconsistent with the rules of the system for setting puzzles.

"Slow, if the equation as a puzzle and hint does not conform to the system's usual rules......"

In the darkness, An Yizhi's eyes rolled, the corners of his mouth lifted, and a flat smile appeared:

"I see, that's what happened, it's really insidious."

He muttered, turned the flashlight back on, found the floor tile with the text written on it in front of the elevator, and then crouched down and pulled out the crowbar that had been given, and inserted the sharp end into the edge of the tile.

That's right, the text was written before, and the floor tiles just three meters in front of the elevator are the right exit.

The reason is simple, the existence of the equation does not meet the consistent standard of the system to produce puzzles, and in this way, the existence of the equation is not so much a puzzle as a trap that interferes with the player's train of thought.

Any player who sees the numbers on the wall thinks that finding the coordinates is finding the exit, and then finds a bunch of calculations, and ends up being confused by the results of the four equations, and at a loss as to what to do next.

An Yizhi was led by the nose by the equation just now, and it was natural to figure out how to get the coordinates of the XY axis.

If you really think so, you will be fooled!

The existence of the equation does not meet the standard of the system, which means that these four numbers are not important to solve or not, or even there is no solution at all.

A puzzle that doesn't have a solution is not a puzzle at all.

So, the real way to get through this level is to ignore the numbers and just look at the other hints you encounter when you enter here.

But why does An Yizhi think that the floor tiles on which the words are written are correct?

First, there are the elevator doors.

The light from the elevator door, to be precise.

This light serves two purposes, one is to tell the player that there are items nearby that are convenient for you to move around in the dark, and the other is that it is hidden and needs to be seen with a flashlight.

The floor tile where the text is written is just a little outside of the light of the elevator door, and the light from behind the elevator alone is not visible at all, and it will only be noticed when the player turns on the flashlight.

Generally speaking, this hint explaining how to clear the current level should be written on the first floor tile after the player walks out of the elevator, and if it is just an opening prompt, there is no need to write it outside of the light of the elevator door.

Finally, there is the wording.

It reads, 'The way to escape is at your feet, but be warned, you only have one chance to choose, and if you choose the wrong one, you will fall into the endless abyss'

This wording will further deepen the player's desire and impression of other clues, especially the phrase 'you only have one chance', combined with the limited time of the flashlight and the darkness of reaching out to the fingers, which greatly interferes with the player's thinking and ignores the importance of the first sentence.

'The way out of the ascension is at your feet'

The questioner has written down where the exit is from the beginning, but he is very chicken thief with all kinds of other clues to hide the obvious answers, leaving the player to struggle with the meaningless numbers and eventually fall into the pit.

In short, the level is nothing more than a logic puzzle, or a leading puzzle, deliberately giving seemingly normal hints to steer the player in the wrong direction, but burying the right hint behind the wrong one.

That's why An Yizhi will say, it's really insidious.

The floor tiles were not heavy, and they could barely be pried open with the strength of An Yi's fingers and a crowbar, and when opened, a square hole was revealed.

Looking down from above, there was nothing to see, only darkness, which could not be illuminated by a flashlight, indicating that he could not be sure whether he had chosen the right path before jumping down.

"Hey, will I ever be fooled again?"

Rather than being a 'God's riddle', it feels more like a trick by a fraudster, making Ann more interested in who the god who has descended here......

Anyway, it can't be Loki, right? That guy seems to be known for this kind of behavior.

With this little doubt, An Yizhi did not hesitate and jumped into the big hole under the floor.