Paintings of TerrorCh263 - Qinggong Water-Walking

Ke Xun put on his clothes and furrowed his eyebrows in contemplation.

There were already two methods, swimming across and floating across on ice. What other way could there be to cross the water? Unless he really would need to fly? What kind of laws allowed people to fly? Upward lift from spinning? This wasn’t Doraemon’s Bamboo Copter. If machines for flying were needed, he would have to know the corresponding laws. sDpjlM

What other methods could there be?

Time passed by — or, in this chaotic painting of distorted time, several hours might have passed already. Every next second could potentially be the end of the night here.

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Whenever he thought about this, Zhu Haowen felt frightened. He looked at Ke Xun, who was squatting by the pool lost in thought, and couldn’t help but shout, “Ke Xun, keep calm. I’ll figure out a way!”

Ke Xun raised his eyes, looking over, his face showing no signs of anxiety. Instead, he even gave Zhu Haowen a dog-like smile, “No rush, take your time thinking. I’m also thinking of things. I’ve even thought about getting across on a flying sword or using Iron Palm to walk on the water!” Su7dzc

Seeing that he still had the mood to make jokes, Zhu Haowen also quieted his mind. Suddenly, a flash of inspiration crossed his mind, and he couldn’t help blurting out, “Iron Palm water-walking — I’ve got an idea.”

“What idea?” Ke Xun heard it with his sharp ears and shouted over.

“Non-Newtonian fluid’s shear-thickening property!” Zhu Haowen said.

Ke Xun: “…”

Ke Xun: “…… What happened to Newton?”

Zhu Haowen looked at him and for some reason, felt like lifting up the corners of his mouth, “Don’t worry about that now. Just do as I say. If the law passes, open up the item box and request cornstarch.”

Ke Xun followed his instructions. The law was approved, and he got cornstarch. Following Zhu Haowen’s instructions, he poured a large amount of it into the pool.

The items provided in the item box had no quantity limits, and thanks to Ke Xun’s superhuman stamina, he continued pouring cornstarch incessantly, something an ordinary person would have collapsed doing from exhaustion. JMf 5n

While he was pouring, Ke Xun suddenly received a help request.

Huh? Who could it be? Someone actually sent a help request to him.

Ke Xun clicked on the light bulb icon and saw that the pop-up dialog box displayed Mu Yiran’s profile picture, with a text prompt beside it: “[Profile Picture] has sent you a help request, accept or reject?“

Ker Xun was startled and quickly clicked to accept. sf0uyg

Mu Yiran’s face appeared on the interface.

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Ke Xun’s face broke into a big smile, gazing at Mu Yiran with eyes as if they were flowing with stars. 5vhL68

So, so he wasted a precious request for help, just to see if he was okay.

What a wonderful man. Ke Xun smiled, shook his head, and then nodded, “We’ve passed this level smoothly. Everything is going exceptionally well. How about your team? How are you?”

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Mu Yiran looked at him, seeming somewhat resigned as he let out a gentle sigh, “Tell me the truth, Ke Xun. We’ve passed this level and returned to the room marked with numbers, but from our position, we can’t see anyone from your group. It seems you’re still inside the challenge. Are you facing any difficulties?”

“No, we’re about to solve it. Don’t worry!” Ke Xun was about to explain the requirements of their team for this challenge to Mu Yiran, so he wouldn’t worry too much. However, time ran out, and Mu Yiran’s face disappeared from the interface. MA0IdV

Ke Xun poured cornstarch into the pool even more vigorously, wanting to get out quickly to meet Mu Yiran so Mu Yiran could worry less about him.

Although this pool of water looked endless, Ke Xun believed it must have a specific quantity. Otherwise, wouldn’t many laws be not applicable? This would contradict the original intention of the painting, which forced people to withstand tests using laws.

As expected, the cornstarch in the water had begun to thicken. It wasn’t until Zhu Haowen on the other side shouted, “Okay!” that Ke Xun stopped.

“What’s next?” Ke Xun asked. QWqwmi

“Run over!” Zhu Haowen said.

“Okay!” Ke Xun said, opening his stance and, without hesitation, confidently stepping into the thickened pool that was as thick as cornstarch porridge.

Zhu Haowen, on the other hand, was dazed.

He thought Ke Xun, being the curious child that he was, would find it strange and insist on asking why before following his instructions. Unexpectedly, he followed his words so readily. Al7BGY

Was he not afraid of falling into the pool by running like this? Was he not afraid of it being deemed as a violation of the rules and facing punishment?

In a situation where he didn’t know anything, he really dared to trust his words so confidently.

Watching Ke Xun running over like a happy husky, stepping on the water surface and dashing all the way, Zhu Haowen couldn’t recover for a while.

“WTF, this is too magical!” The husky jumped ashore, howling impatiently, “This is real Qinggong water-walking! Brother Wen Er, how? What’s the principle behind it? What does it have to do with Grandpa Newton?” z1fJaT

“……” This was more like him, the curious husky.

Zhu Haowen regained his senses and was about to explain when Ke Xun made a pause gesture again. “Let’s talk about it later. Let’s get out of here first!”

With that, he stepped into the dark hole.

Why was he in such a hurry? Zhu Haowen wondered. However, when he entered the hole, returned to the room labeled with 4, and saw Mu Yiran next door, he understood. OnBAvZ

“Yiran!” Ke Xun rushed over, wanting to give him a big hug, but Mu Yiran extended his long arm to block him within the limit of his own room.

“Don’t run around. Be careful of violating the rules,” Mu Yiran said, rubbing his hair gently. “Why are you so wet?”

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“I went swimming.” Ke Xun caught his hand, carefully scrutinizing his face and body for a long time. After making sure everything was okay, he felt relieved and briefly explained the situation that his group encountered. After that, he didn’t let go of his hand but turned to Zhu Haowen. “Wen Er, come come, tell us, what’s that Newton’s, uh, scissor principle thing?”

“……” Zhu Haowen calmly explained, “Non-Newtonian fluid’s shear-thickening property.” q4OrLt

“What’s Non-Newtonian fluid?” Ke Xun asked.

“Many fluids in nature are Newtonian fluids, such as water, alcohol, and most pure liquids,” Zhu Haowen had to explain in detail to this guy. “But various body fluids in the human body, like blood, lymph, cystic fluid, etc., as well as petroleum, mud, paper pulp, paint, foam, liquid crystal, water with high sand content, mudflow, tomato juice, starch solution, egg white, apple pulp, concentrated sugar water, soy sauce, jam, condensed milk, etc., are all non-Newtonian fluids.”

“Non-Newtonian fluids have internal friction, also known as shear stress, which makes them appear to have a certain viscosity. The viscosity of some non-Newtonian fluids increases with the increase in the shear rate applied to them.”

“Newtonian fluids generally consist of small molecules, while non-Newtonian fluids are generally of large molecules. Take the cornstarch solution as an example. When it is hit or stepped on at a slow speed, the molecules quickly adjust to equilibrium under the action of binding forces and thermal motion, so it has no hardness.” qtxmeo

“But with rapid hits or steps, due to the large and heavy molecules, they cannot adjust to equilibrium quickly enough and will display strong shear resistance. The fluid viscosity increases, and so does the hardness. This property is called shear-thickening.”

“So when you ran quickly on it, it was like stepping on a solid and you won’t sink. But if you stand still on the liquid surface, you will sink down.”

“So magical,” Ke Xun said, “So, in the end, you can still learn a lot of practical knowledge in school. Although I believe that knowing how to apply knowledge flexibly is important, Cheng Shi’s son is still a bit extreme.”

“After all, he’s just a child,” Zhu Haowen said without much emotion. “Children’s way of thinking is always linear, simple, and direct. They won’t or can’t consider and analyze problems with more social factors and macro concepts. After all, their experiences are limited. No matter how much knowledge they have gained from books, there are things they can’t learn at this age. Some knowledge and abilities need time to accumulate and develop bit by bit. Unfortunately, he didn’t give himself that time.” kXzg5G

“Makes sense.” After being enlightened with new knowledge, Ke Xun turned back to his boyfriend, holding Mu Yiran’s hand, and quietly asking him how their group had passed the challenge.

As they were talking, they saw the other two groups successively getting through and returning to their respective room. However, there wasn’t enough time to discuss the processes of the challenges as the next round of the test had already begun.

Ke Xun still rolled the dice first, this time getting a 2.

Next was Mu Yiran, who rolled a 3. 3viYIP

Ke Xun’s eyes lit up. “Yiran, does this mean we can be in the same group this time?”

In the first round, he rolled a 4, and Mu Yiran rolled a 3. If their assigned rooms were based on their dice points, the two of them could be in the same room this round.

After everyone had rolled the dice and reported their scores, they all found themselves in different rooms from the previous round. Whether this was a random occurrence or a deliberate design was unknown.

As this round started, in the next instant, everyone found themselves in a new challenge. ZSOiEz

This time, Ke Xun, Mu Yiran and Qin Ci were part of the same group.

The three veteran members didn’t need much communication. They immediately split up to inspect their surroundings. Similar to the room Ke Xun had encountered before, there were matters that resembled both waves and particles floating in the black void around them and over their heads. In the distance, a black hole-like opening was marked with the word “exit” on the interface.

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Beneath their feet, a large area of red-hot iron plates extended all the way to the opening of the black hole.

The interface blinked with a line of text: ​”Requirement: Each person must reach the exit using different laws or items of different phases.” wohatf

“… Here we go again.” Ke Xun sighed with his hands on hips. “Last time it was water, now it’s fire. Not just simply fire, but also an iron plate this time. Are they trying to roast us?”

“If it’s fire, we might actually be doomed.” Qin Ci shook his head helplessly. “But with the iron plate, maybe we can figure something out.”

“Okay, let’s think about it.” Ke Xun began undressing.

“What are you doing?” Mu Yiran raised an eyebrow. iS9zDv

“I got wet in the last round because I went into the water. My underwear is still damp, so while it’s warm, I’ll dry it a bit,” Ke Xun explained.

Qin Ci: “…” This guy is as carefree as ever. He is probably the only one who still has the heart to dry his clothes in this situation…

Seeing him squatting there naked, Qin Ci couldn’t bear to look directly and turned his gaze to the far end of the iron plate. He then spoke to Mu Yiran, “Each person must reach the exit using different laws or different items. It’s not easy. In other words, once one person uses an item of a certain phase, the other two can’t use it. However, from the wording of the task, it seems to imply that as long as different laws are used, even if the same type of items is used, it’s acceptable. There’s something very particular about this ‘or’. What do you think?”

Qin Ci turned to look at Mu Yiran when he didn’t immediately respond. He noticed that Mu Yiran’s gaze had just moved away from Ke Xun, and he absentmindedly made a vague “Hmm” sound. X5s2KH

Qin Ci: “……” I made a mistake. I shouldn’t have rolled into the same room as you guys.