"...What? How do you know that?"
The Red Driver was taken aback. Pifu’s explanation that this was a recreation of a 1990s office building in developed Western countries was sothing he could understand,
given the recognizable large computers, gray carpets, and beige wallpaper.
However, accurately pinpointing the ti and place as the sumr of 1992 in an English-speaking area of Canada was beyond his comprehension.
"Isn’t it obvious?"
Li Cheng casually said while taking out an Electronic Pet Egg and releasing Gray Rain: "The clocks on the walls and the small alarm clocks on employees’ desks are exactly one hour ahead of the cobweb-covered clock in the corner of the storage room. This indicates that the region observes daylight saving ti,
where clocks are advanced by one hour in the sumr to help people adjust their routines.
Countries practicing daylight saving ti include England, France, Germany, Finland, Greece, the United States, Canada, Australia, Brazil, among others. Our country also briefly used it.
Considering that the vast majority of computers in the office cubicles use a QWERTY layout Arican English keyboard, we can further narrow it down to the English-speaking regions of Canada."
His explanation flowed smoothly, briefly halting the atmosphere on the floor.
The Red Driver, having personally witnessed Li Cheng’s outlandish stunts during the battery escort mission, nodded in agreent.
White Horse Tombstone crossed his arms with interest, "Many countries use QWERTY layout Arican English keyboards, including the United States, Canada, and New Zealand. All of them practice daylight saving ti.
How are you sure that this is Canada, not the United States or New Zealand?"
"Because these keyboards have been dual-language adapted."
Li Cheng tapped the desk as he nonchalantly said, "On the? key, there’s an additional É, a French character.
On the \ key, there’s an additional À, a French character.
French keyboards use the AZERTY layout.
These keyboards, while retaining the QWERTY Arican English layout, have been adapted for French, thus it’s only possible to be in the English-speaking regions of Canada—
Canada’s official languages are English and French, with French as the mother tongue of less than twenty percent of the population. It’s not surprising to have adaptation."
Perceiving the big picture from a small detail, like understanding autumn from a single leaf, White Horse Tombstone almost wanted to applaud with admiration if not for the inappropriate setting, "One last question, how did you determine it’s after 1992?"
"The computers."
Li Cheng patted the computer case and cheerfully said: "These computers are Apple’s Macintosh Quadra 950, which were released in ’92, equipped with Motorola’s 68040 processor and six expansion slots, with maximum mory expandable to 256 MB, priced at seven thousand US dollars."
The Red Driver exclaid, "You know so much! What a hardcore Apple fan."
"I’ve always been an Apple fan."
Wearing the Information Integration Glasses to secretly gather information, Li Cheng patted his chest and even started singing, "Republic Masters Group, we like you, we like Xu Zhimo, Eileen Chang, Hu Shizhi..."
"Goodness, what an Apple fan, huh?"
Moreover, the "masters" you cited are quite peculiar,
what cos to mind when thinking of the shining stars of a certain crowd."
Fuding Hualong and the Red Driver wore expressions akin to painful masks,
while White Horse Tombstone, hailing from Romania and having no idea who Hu Shizhi was, thoughtfully said: "Now that we know the ti and place, what’s next?"
Before Li Cheng could answer, an abrupt change occurred.
A Caucasian man in his forties, dressed in a brown suit, materialized out of nowhere, completely ignoring the four players near him. He walked straight to the floor-to-ceiling window.
Fuding Hualong’s pupils constricted, and the two Gate Gods beside him imdiately moved to guard him.
White Horse Tombstone also frowned, gripping a chain on a stone coffin, ready to lift it and smash it.
An Evil Spirit?
Unlikely, as the Spirit Body Detection Device showed no reaction.
A phantom?
Also unlikely, since the man cast a clear shadow under the light.
The man, as if existing in another world, invisible to the players, smiled silently at the air and then suddenly dashed toward the window.
Thud!
The window produced a dull sound yet remained completely unscathed.
The man seed quite pleased, took a few steps back, and charged at the window again.
This ti, the glass still held strong, but the window fra was dislodged by the impact.
The man, along with the intact window and fra, plumted outside the building and fell to the ground.
"He jumped himself?!?"
The Red Driver was dumbfounded, letting Abandonnt Monkey grab his hand while he cautiously approached the window and peered down.
Black, feathery particles drifted in the air, and the man had already vanished after falling from the high building.
The sudden incident left everyone utterly perplexed,
Gray Rain pondered for a mont before suddenly having an epiphany and thumping his hand, "I get it! This is ’Shonen Jump’s’ special issue, ’Middle-Aged Jump’!"
Is there also a special edition titled ’you jump, i jump’?
It seems you two truly belong to the sa kind.
The others mockingly criticized inwardly,
but after a brief reflection, Li Cheng squinted and said, "Gary Hoy, a Toronto native in Canada born in 1955, was a senior partner at the Holton Day Wilson law firm."
"You know that too?"
The Red Driver was incredulous, "This is beyond deduction!"
"It’s not deduction; a person like this did exist in the real world."
Li Cheng explained, "Gary Hoy was a well-known expert in corporate and securities law in Toronto, had an engineering degree, and worked as a senior partner at the Wilson Law Firm on the 24th floor of the Toronto Dominion Centre Bank Tower.
When hosting interns, he would always demonstrate by slamming his body against the window to prove that the law firm, just like the window, stood firm and unbreakable.
Until July 9, 1993, he once again hit the window in front of the interns. The glass didn’t shatter, but the fra ca loose, causing him to fall from the 24th floor.
This incident not only tarnished the reputation of the Wilson Law Firm, leading to its closure a few years later. Gary Hoy, due to his abstract death, also secured a spot in the top ten of the Darwin Awards throughout history."
The Red Driver exclaid, "Is there really such an award? Falling after hitting a window only ranks in the top ten? Are there even more skilled ones?"
Li Cheng raised an eyebrow, "Of course there are. Like a lifeguard drowning at a gathering of 200 lifeguards;
a teenager playing Russian roulette but using a semi-automatic handgun instead of a revolver, resulting in imdiate death upon pulling the trigger;
a young man in xico using a shotgun to shoot a cactus, only to be crushed to death by the fallen cactus."
The world is full of wonders, and there are all kinds of bizarre ways of dying that you can imagine but can’t be achieved by just anyone."
Fuding Hualong felt the absurdity, "Why do I feel like there’s a hint of admiration in your tone?"
"I do admire them. The original intention of the Darwin Awards is to thank these individuals who leave behind valuable lessons for future generations, reminding people to pay attention to production and life safety."
Li Cheng stated confidently, "Don’t you think it’s cool? As a player who also explores the boundaries of human existence, I find it incredibly cool!
If I had to choose how I’d die, I’d prefer landing on the surface of a star when the night sun turns cold."
As he casually chatted about unrelated topics, Li Cheng stepped out of the floor, grabbed the wall’s crevice with one hand, and hung outside the wall, saying to White Horse Tombstone and the others, "Personal suggestion, leave this building while you can."
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