[Lin Xiuyuan] looked at Chen Ran, and then at the other three.
'Co on, looking at them, do all four really know such obscure knowledge?'
In truth, people who are well-read in history more or less know about the "Five Virtues Cycle".
Simply because the "Five Virtues Cycle" was the basic theoretical frawork every dynasty used to maintain the legitimacy of its rule, so it wasn't surprising that all four knew about it.
"The Han Dynasty's deduction based on the 'Five Virtues Cycle' theory is actually highly debated. What Chen Ran just said about the Han Dynasty being Water virtue is rely one viewpoint. Han destroyed Qin, and Qin was Water. According to the generating interactions of the Five Elents, Water generates Wood, while Fire suppresses Wood. Therefore, the Han Dynasty is Fire virtue."
"However, according to the overcoming interactions, since Qin was Water virtue, the Han Dynasty should be Earth virtue. Furthermore, Emperor Wu of Han also proclaid to the world that the Han Dynasty was Earth virtue. But later on, the ancients more strongly agreed with the viewpoint that the Han Dynasty was Fire virtue."
"Therefore, there are three possibilities for the Han Dynasty: Water, Fire, and Earth."
Diwu Zeyi added. The reason he said this was clear to everyone else; even [Lin Xiuyuan], who didn't understand anything, knew that this guy's motives were impure.
The reason was very simple: in the Secret Room, only these five surfaces counted as clues, so the upcoming puzzle-solving would definitely be related to them.
After the Qin Dynasty ca the Han Dynasty. He blurred the Han Dynasty's Five Elents attribute, so if the Han Dynasty truly appeared later, it would make it difficult for people to choose.
[Lin Xiuyuan] sank into thought.
'Judging from the conversation just now, Chen Ran's explanation was ant solely for .'
'He doesn't want to die.'
'However, he should know that my true body hasn't been summoned yet, so I can't die for the ti being. Even if I die here, my soul can control other corpses.'
'Could he be deliberately saying it for the others to hear as a probe? Using this to determine whether the Three-Star players know about the Five Virtues Cycle?'
'However, I keep feeling that neither Chen Ran nor Diwu Zeyi told the whole story.'
As ti passed, aside from [Lin Xiuyuan], the other four grew increasingly fatigued, as if their essence, energy, and spirit were draining away...
This made them realize that the Secret Room was highly likely to be ti-limited. But the problem was, they had been standing on the surfaces for so long...
...yet no abnormalities had occurred, such as triggering certain chanisms or the like.
"Do you guys think it's possible that each person has to stand on a different surface?" Qiu Yinong suddenly said.
This idea was vetoed by the other three. Chen Ran glanced at the surface beneath his feet.
'What is certain is that later on, this surface will be a safety zone.'
'The surface is only about 5 square ters. If all five people stood on the sa surface, as long as they paid attention to the distance between them, they wouldn't trigger the Slayer's Sanctuary protection chanism. But if two people stood at the 1/3 positions on the left and right of the diater...'
'Then, when a third person steps onto this surface, it will absolutely trigger the Slayer's Sanctuary of one of the first two people.'
Thinking of this.
"Qiu Yinong, [Qin]." Having said that, Chen Ran took the lead, running off of [Yu] and charging towards the [Qin] surface in the middle of the Secret Room.
[Lin Xiuyuan] hadn't even understood what was going on when Diwu Zeyi and Long Hui exchanged a glance and also charged off the surface, running towards the opposite [Yin] surface.
At this point.
[Yu]: Lin Xiuyuan.
[Qin]: Chen Ran, Qiu Yinong.
[Yin]: Long Hui, Diwu Zeyi.
When Long Hui and Diwu Zeyi stepped onto the [Yin] surface, Chen, Qiu, Long, and Diwu—the four of them simultaneously looked at their watches to record the ti.
[Lin Xiuyuan] was a bit dazed.
'Spleen is Earth, Yu is Earth. Therefore, standing on [Yu] is absolutely fine.'
'Earlier, Diwu Zeyi ntioned the issue of the Five Elents' generating and overcoming interactions.'
'Generating: Earth generates tal.'
'Yin is tal, therefore Diwu Zeyi and Long Hui chose [Yin].'
'Overcoming: Earth overcos Water.'
'Wait, that's not right. Earth overcos Water. Qin is Water virtue. Chen Ran and Qiu Yinong are standing on the [Qin] surface. No matter how you look at it...'
'It's a certain-death situation!'
'Spleen is Earth. According to the "Five Virtues Cycle" theory they just explained, it should be the latter overcoming the forr.'
'Simply put, if the latter overcos the forr, then the latter is safe.'
'If the forr overcos the latter, then the latter is in danger.'
'Yu Earth overcos Qin Water!'
'Qin Water will surely be destroyed!'
'I feel like my brain is swelling.'
[Lin Xiuyuan] asked, "Are you sure there's no problem with you guys standing on [Qin]?"
Before Chen Ran could answer, Diwu Zeyi preempted him: "Records of the Grand Historian: 'In the past, Duke Wen of Qin went hunting and captured a black dragon; this is an auspicious sign of Water virtue.'"
"You've seen 'A Step into the Past', right?"
"The Master Zou inside is Zou Yan. Xiang Shaolong stated the ti when the Qin Dynasty would unify the Six States, and it matched the ti deduced by Master Zou. That was how the female lead confird Xiang Shaolong was soone from the future. In other words..."
"Even if you don't know what era Zou Yan is from, if you've seen 'A Step into the Past', you should understand that he doesn't belong to the ti before the Warring States period. He can only be from the period between the Warring States and the Qin Dynasty."
"During this period, he proposed the 'Five Virtues Cycle' theory."
"Thus, the Qin Dynasty was the first unified feudal dynasty to pursue this theory. So there's absolutely nothing wrong with the two of them standing on the [Qin] Water position."
"Furthermore..."
At this point, Diwu Zeyi took a deep look at Chen Ran. "The Secret Room is the size of a football field, and [Qin] is situated in the center."
"Those standing on the center surface have an advantage when rushing to occupy other surfaces."
Hearing this, Chen Ran, with a Cigarette dangling from his mouth, gave the three of them a "Scissors" hand sign [a V-sign].
Now, everyone understood: as long as two people stood on a surface, it would prevent a third person from being able to stand on it.
For example, if later the surface or the Secret Room underwent so kind of change, and [Qin] was the correct and safe surface, then Chen Ran and Qiu Yinong could use their positioning and the Slayer's Sanctuary protection chanism to prevent the other three from stepping onto the [Qin] surface.
This was also the reason why the five, after standing on the three surfaces, imdiately looked at their watches to record the ti. They had to accurately record the interval between each change to determine which safe platform would be the most cost-effective choice before the next change. Naturally, the most cost-effective one was [Qin], located in the middle of the Secret Room.
Of course, amidst all this...
There was an uncontrollable factor.
[Lin Xiuyuan]!
'This guy's true body hasn't been summoned yet. Even if he dies in this Secret Room, it's only physical death.'
'His true body won't die.'
'In other words, when a certain situation arises, this guy can choose whether to die or not to break the stalemate for soone, or...'
'To block off soone's path.'
With this thought.
The expressions of the four beca strange. From a certain perspective, the BOSS's Usurpation Skill was a divine ability for trial and error during puzzle-solving.
No wonder the BOSS seed foolish, yet this Instance still hadn't been cleared by any players to this day.
For so reason, as he saw more and more Skills, he increasingly felt that the effects of a player's Skill were related to the holder's personality, knowledge, cognition, experience, and so on.
For example, Chen Ran was a novel author in life, an absolute otaku among otakus, and he didn't want to be disturbed. Therefore, his skill was the Eternal Kingdom, which allowed him and other players to be free from the interference of Skills.
Before long.
Just as the ti passed two and a half minutes, a raging fire erupted within the Secret Room without any warning!
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