Paintings of TerrorCh260 - The World of Laws

“The World of Laws”

1.     Topic: Reach the destination using laws.
2.     Requirements:

• 1. All laws are true.
  2. Applicable to any physical phenomenon.
  3. No empirical evidence required, only imagination is needed.
  4. Take turns rolling the dice to determine the number of steps forward.
  5. Each person has only three opportunities to seek help from others, with a three-minute time limit each time. Each person has only three opportunities to accept those who seek help. One can refuse if they do not want to accept, and the seeker’s opportunity is considered used up. If the person sought for help is unable to help the seeker, both parties will be punished together.

“What… What does this mean?!” Deng Lin panicked. “These rules are so cryptic, I, I didn’t understand them at all!” tLufs8

The girl with shoulder-length hair and the girl with long hair also look panicked.

“It mentioned ‘groups’ in there; it’s likely that this time we’ll be splitting up,” Shao Ling said.

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“The three chances for seeking help are important,” Mu Yiran added. “Although we don’t know what will happen, everyone, remember that you must use these three chances carefully and do not seek help randomly. Choose people based on their expertise when asking for help.”

“Then let’s quickly introduce our areas of expertise that we are relatively familiar with for everyone’s reference,” Shao Ling said. “I can provide help related to history and certain aspects of literature.” DirQ1g

“Sports-related things for me,” Ke Xun added after a pause, “and also food, fitness, and brawling.”

Everyone: “……”

Wei Dong: “Fine arts for me. Also anime and movies.”

Everyone: “………”

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Luo Bu: “For, for me, ga-games probably…and postpartum care for cats and dogs…”

Everyone: “…………”

Were these three really about to face a life-or-death quiz? Were they really not just a bunch of bored funny folks who brought snacks, drinks, and a pet dog to roam the streets?

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Zhao Haowen continued: “I can offer help in computer technology and some physics.” R2VAGI

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Looking down, each room’s floor displayed a bold black number. The room they were in was labeled as 0, and the nearest room was 1, followed by 2, 3, 4, and so on, extending infinitely.

What was even more astonishing was that, when the large screen extended backward, everyone suddenly found what appeared to be a transparent touchscreen control panel in front of their eyes! xvgbmH

This panel moved with the person’s field of vision, meaning it remained in front of the person. No matter what direction they were looking towards, it stayed in their vision in the same position and did not disappear. Because it was transparent, it did not obstruct their view.

“What… What’s going on?!” The girl with shoulder-length hair exclaimed in fear while rubbing her eyes vigorously.

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“It seems somewhat like a game’s control interface,” Luo Bu’s tone carried a sense of surprise and wonder. “On the left side, there’s a profile picture for each of us, and on the right, there’s an icon of a book, a box, a light bulb, and… a dice. These icons certainly represent different functions. Are there any game instructions or something? Could this book icon be it?”

While saying this, he extended his hand and tapped on the book icon on this holograph-like interface in front of them. ZuhEp4

A dialog box in the shape of a book immediately appeared in the center of the interface. At the top, it said: “Please state the content of the law you want to apply.”

“Ha, what this mean?” Luo Bu was about to ask the others when he suddenly noticed a flashing line of text at the top of the interface: “Please take turns to roll the dice, 60 seconds countdown.”

“Take turns to roll the dice,” Shao Ling said, and it was apparent that the same content was displayed on everyone’s interface.

“So this means we’re about to start the test, right…” Wei Dong took a deep breath. v3xVcs

“Who wants to go first?” Shao Ling asked.

“Me.”

This unanimous voice came from two people, Ke Xun and Fang Fei.

Ke Xun, who had been the team leader throughout his student days, was already accustomed to being at the forefront, taking on the team’s greatest pressure and responsibility. As for Fang Fei, this girl seemed to have always been fearless, decisive, and brave. FvelnD

“So, let’s arrange the order,” Zhu Haowen said with an expressionless face, looking at Ke Xun. “I’m the third.”

“I’ll go next.” Unexpectedly, it was Wei Dong who spoke.

Ke Xun stared in surprise at the face of his best buddy who was not acting like his usual self. Just to confirm the authenticity of this face, he even pinched it.

Wei Dong pulled his hand away: “What you looking at? Haven’t seen Attack on Artist?” OH5lk3

“…I’ve only seen struggling hairlines on artists,” Ke Xun looked at him again, “You better think it through, don’t act impulsively.”

“Who are you scaring? You think I’m not afraid?” Wei Dong said.

Ke Xun: “…”

Wei Dong: “If a girl can be so fearless, we, as grown men, can’t always hide behind. You think we are all like Radish?” gQo1Wp

Luo Bu: “…Brother Dong, you’ve changed. What happened to the camaraderie of stuffing snowballs into each other’s pants?”

Before others could speak, the 60-second countdown had entered its final 3 seconds. Without further delay, Ke Xun reached out and tapped the dice icon on the interface in front of him. A dice appeared in the center of the interface, spinning rapidly. Ke Xun asked, “Can you all see this dice spinning?”

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Everyone said they couldn’t. Zhu Haowen commented, “It indicates that even though the current interface is shared by everyone, only the person rolling the dice can see the result. And we can’t be sure if we’ll still be able to see and hear each other once the test officially begins.”

The dice gradually stopped. Ke Xun rolled a 4. M SYQ9

They thought that something would happen immediately, however, another 60-second countdown started again at the top of the interface.

Before they could react, Mu Yiran reached out and tapped the dice on his interface. The dice started spinning again.

“Who rolled it?” Fang Fei realized she couldn’t interact with the dice icon on her interface, understanding that someone had gone ahead.

“I did.” Mu Yiran said. FdwdEt

Fang Fei: “……” Proud of your quick hands, huh?

Mu Yiran rolled a 3.

When the interface started the countdown again, everyone finally understood.

“This needs everyone to roll the dice in a round before the next step begins,” Shao Ling said in understanding. YWBC81

So everyone then took turns rolling the dice. After everyone had rolled once, the interface finally displayed new text: “According to your rolled points, please move towards the corresponding room. 60 seconds countdown.”

“Be careful, everyone. Once we move to our respective rooms, we may no longer be able to see or hear each other,” Qin Ci warned.

Although everyone knew that danger was imminent, they couldn’t afford to waste any more time. Ke Xun said to Mu Yiran: “Yiran, be extremely cautious.” He took the lead to stride forward through the corridor. Zhu Haowen followed closely behind. Both of them rolled a 4, and the girl with long hair also rolled a 4.

As they walked into the room marked with a 4 on the ground, Ke Xun looked back and could still see other companions walking towards their respective rooms. Since no one rolled a 5 or 6, the room they were in was the frontmost. E1dgfz

When the countdown of 60 seconds reached the end, the scenery in front of their eyes suddenly changed. Everything around them disappeared, leaving only Zhu Haowen and the girl with long hair. The walls and ceiling of the room turned into a black void, full of chaotic and flickering starbursts. These starbursts had no fixed positions or trajectories. They moved constantly but occasionally exhibited a wave-like pattern.

“Wave-particle duality?” Zhu Haowen lifted his eyes, pondering. “I remember the original painting was of patterns resembling waves and particles…”

“Forget about that for now,” Ke Xun pointed ahead not far away. “See that? The exit.”

Following the direction that Ke Xun’s finger was pointing, they saw a pitch-black hole abruptly open in the dark void. The interface in front of them displayed a blinking arrow pointing towards this opening and labeled it with the word “Exit.” bE7eMH

The challenge, however, was that between the three of them and this exit, there was a vast pool of water, deep and endless, with no visible beginning or end. Apart from that, there was nothing else.

“So, to get to the other side of the exit, we must pass through this pool,” Ke Xun said, turning to the girl with long hair. “Sis, can you swim?”

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The girl with long hair nodded.

“Then that’s easy. Let’s swim across,” Ke Xun said, starting to take off his down jacket. QuE6Gl

“I just feel it’s not that simple,” Zhu Haowen stopped him. “After all this mystery, is it just for us to take a swim?”

Hearing this, Ke Xun squatted down and scooped up some water with his hand. “The water is a bit cold. It looks no different from ordinary water. Could there be monsters underwater?”

Just as he was about to bend down and peer into the bottom of the water, he suddenly saw new words flashing on the interface:

“Requirement: Except for the water in the pool, without any other means of transport, each person must reach the exit in a different way.” gfOHmX

“…Damn it, it’s waiting for that.” Ke Xun stood up and shook off the water from his hand. “Without other means of transport means we can’t use a boat or build a bridge. The three of us have to find three different ways to get across. What do these three ways refer to? Three different swimming styles?”

“……” Zhu Haowen shook his head. “I don’t think so. It’s not that simple. For example, someone could swim across, someone has to float across, or even fly across. In any case, it shouldn’t allow all three of us to pass by swimming.”

“Besides water, there is nothing here that can be used,” Ke Xun looked around, observed the distance from the landing point to the exit, and shook his head. “Although it only says we can’t use anything other than water as a means of transport, obviously non-transportation methods won’t work either. For example, taking off all our clothes and tying them into a rope to climb over won’t work. First, the length is not enough, and second, there’s no place here to tie the rope.”

Zhu Haowen: “…..” He really thought a lot during this instance. EtspDh

“Let’s take a look at what these icons represent first,” Ke Xun said, clicking on the box-shaped icon on the interface.